Wouldn't DPs be better...

[johntt]

...if they looked like this?

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/n...-revealed.html

[HORNDAWG]

Man just stirin' the pot. But before this thing goes sideways, yes. Looks R8ish, and would be much better than what is allowed now IMO.




L.P.

[The Badger]

Yes they certainly would ..... it would be getting well away from that horrible ground hog nose !!!

[dj choc ice]

looks brilliant, looks like the love child of the Radical SR9 and Nissan R390

[tlongman]

Needs some sort of rear wing but yes it does look much better than the current DP's.

[rich07]

I gotta say that looks quite nice, it mentions that the car is aimed at trackdays, would it still be eligible to run in Grand AM ? Or is just a track day car like the Radicals and Westfields etc.

[fieldodreams79]

tis a good looking coupe; very pleasent to look at.
the DPs need more power and less downforce like most other forms of racing.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by tlongman

Needs some sort of rear wing but yes it does look much better than the current DP's.

Hmm, from the link.

Pictured here in the final stages of construction (note the lack of rear wing - not yet fitted) the car should be a low cost route to very high performance.

L.P.

[Bob Riebe]

No.

[chocmonster7]

Whilst some people find the DP's ugly they cannot deny the class produces close action packed racing. Something which a lot of other series lack. Changing the shape is just cosmetic and is like someone having a nose job because they are vain, it doesn't make their nose work better!

[MCWB]

I find DPs and this both fugly to be honest!

[Jonerz]

Originally Posted by chocmonster7

Whilst some people find the DP's ugly they cannot deny the class produces close action packed racing. Something which a lot of other series lack. Changing the shape is just cosmetic and is like someone having a nose job because they are vain, it doesn't make their nose work better!

While replacing the current DP with this car may be a mere cosmetic change, I think if you were to give the DP's a radical face lift and make them all look like Porsche RS Spyders or Peugeot 908s than the face lift is actually doing something significant for the aerodynamics. Ever since the DPs first debuted I've thought if they were to lower the roof line (significantly) they would look far better. Perhaps then allowing the cars to be a little more "swoopy" would be nice. That said, there are plenty of attractive "square" shaped Group C, GTP, WSC, and even LMP cars. This trackday car however, I'm not sure I prefer over a Riley MKXX DP.

Chris

[Speed-King]

DPs are only an inch or two higher than an average group C/GTP-car.
They are however much shorter and the sidepods are much lower, which accentuates the size of the greenhouse.

[Fogelhund]

The best looking variation of the Riley them is still the Mooncraft Shiden. Had the DP's all looked somewhat like this, the general opinion of them would likely be much different.

http://yeinjee.com/wp-content/upload...per-gt-083.jpg

[GTfour]

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

The best looking variation of the Riley them is still the Mooncraft Shiden. Had the DP's all looked somewhat like this, the general opinion of them would likely be much different.

http://yeinjee.com/wp-content/upload...per-gt-083.jpg

Yeah,that really is a cool looking machine. From some angles it sort of looks like a baby GT-One. I have it in my sim too(GTR2) were it drives really well.

Still DP's don't do it for me. Something to do with combined dimensions and ofcourse this silly windshield and roof.

The one in the pic from this thread looks fine though...when one thinks this huge dome away...

[Breitling24]

I think they both look better than the current formula.