rFactor 2 – Development blog – Tyres… The Big One. (Part III)

Michael Borda from Image Space Incorporated has published part three of his tire physics blog and posted update v088 of the Brabham BT44B WIP project.

In part three of his Tyres development blog, Michael explains how to tune, and improve the basic tyre with real-time parameters. To help us with this, he created a new spreadsheet to generate real-time batch tests. (available here)

Furthermore, in sync with Michael Borda’s “Physics and Development Blog”, the new update V088 for the Brabham BT44 Development project is now available on the the Steam Workshop. While the update contains a few minor tweaks, the main feature is the Re-design and tuning of the tyres.

Changelog Brabham BT44 v088:

• Re-design and tuning of the tyres.

• Slight increase in rake with the default setup.

• Increased brake torque

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The Brabham BT44 was a Formula One racing car designed by Brabham’s chief designer Gordon Murray. The BT44 was an update of the partially successful 1973 BT42. The BT44 was considered to be a precursor to ground effects aerodynamics.

In 1975, the iconic Martini sponsored Brabham BT44 was modified and won the Brazilian and German Grand Prix. After a series of strong finishes, Carlos Reutemann finished third in the drivers’ championship. The 1975 Brabham BT44 was believed to be a very good car, but couldn’t match the performance of the McLaren M23 or the Ferrari 312T.