Thread: Figure-of-8 oval; would it work in real life?
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Old 6 Aug 2012, 11:24 (Ref:3116604)   #7
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Originally Posted by Peat View Post
There was a fantasy figure-8 oval on the NASCAR Racing 2003 game if i recall. It produced fun racing but huge crashes in equal measure.

You would need to run a more 'standard' setup on the cars to allow them to turn both ways, not sure how that would effect oval performance.

Also, given the Fuji case-study, you would need to consider the geometry carefully.
Apparently it was called Eight Bowl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjS3a9S8QZI
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