Hey everyone -

It's Friday and I'm bored at work.

Are there any online lap simulator software programs that anyone would recommend? It can be something kind of generic, I'm just looking to get a general idea of what would happen if I get 10 more hp in my car, shed 30 lbs, or both.

Typical winter bench racing stuff...

Thanks!!

- Mark

 

Bosch has one that a few people on the board have used with success.

http://www.bosch-motorsport.de/englisch/

Click on the free download link.

 

Thanks for posting the link! That program was fun to play around with.

I took the profile for their "streetlegal sports car" and tried to tune it to match my Miata. I selected Laguna Seca because the lap times there seemed somewhat similar to what I've seen at MidOhio and as mentioned I was just trying to get a rough idea (didn't want to try to enter a whole new track or anything).

Lap #1 (my car as it is now) = 1:55.52

Lap #2 (my car minus 50lbs) = .30 sec improvement

Lap #3 (my car plus 15hp) = 2 sec improvement

There are a couple of things I can do to my car to get the +15hp that I might try this summer anyway, it will be interesting to see if I really see a 2 sec improvement around MidOhio.

- Markus