Originally Posted by
tnord
i know that's the intent, but i think it's coming to light that it's just not doable.
it's been brought up many times before that there are certain cars that the process fails. Honda S2000, Mazda RX8, most any Porsche derivative, 1st gen RX7 as putting the cars at uncompetitive weights. it's a bit silly to think that it can't create an overdog scenario either, like this Audi example that keeps getting trotted out.
and not all cars get the same guess anyway right?
some get different power multipliers, some get weight breaks for different physical characteristics, some get weight added. i agree that "codifyng" this methodology is a good thing, as it helps consistency now and in the future, but i think you have to recognize that it won't work 100% of the time.
i think it can work MOST of the time, but not ALL of the time.