IMSA DPi Discussion

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I was just about to ask this to move to LMP Evo Rules. Thanks for doing my task for me.

[hondafan37]

It is interesting to note that in the presentation of the Acura the number had a silver background.
Does this have to do with the decorative marketing of the presentation or is it the new style 2018 of P class in IMSA?
I like silver for DPI/LMP2, Red in GTLM and Green in GTD.

[chernaudi]

Probably for presentation only. Personally, I found the number hard to read depending on how light hit the panel.

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

Probably for presentation only. Personally, I found the number hard to read depending on how light hit the panel.

Yes, it may be, perhaps a darker tone would be fine.

[TF110]

They could make it that Acura orange and it'd be a great contrast to the white number. Butttt they'll probably turn it red.

[joeb]

Maybe the mandatory red will be gone for next year since there will be no other P classes to be confused by.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by joeb

Maybe the mandatory red will be gone for next year since there will be no other P classes to be confused by.

I like the class colour plates. Gives it a sense of order. I don't think the windscreen banners and rear wing endplates are needed on the GT cars though. Number plate and colours only!

[carbsmith]

It's clearly monotoned for the show car, they wouldn' allow monochromatic series logos.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by joeb

Maybe the mandatory red will be gone for next year since there will be no other P classes to be confused by.

It's been gone all this year.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Matt

It's been gone all this year.

Then why is it every dpi running a red number plate?

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by carbsmith

It's clearly monotoned for the show car, they wouldn' allow monochromatic series logos.

Exactly my thought and when you 'de-monotone' the livery it turns out white and blue - much like the TLX cars they ran in PWC:



Not the greatest livery imo but I like the blue and the orange/red accents.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by TF110

Then why is it every dpi running a red number plate?

I do believe it is the wing end plates and mirrors being red, that is being referred to, the colors in the 'number plates' or position lights will not be going away.







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[TF110]

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

I do believe it is the wing end plates and mirrors being red, that is being referred to, the colors in the 'number plates' or position lights will not be going away.







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I think if you look up to the top of the page, the conversation was about the number plate not being red. Nothing about wings or mirrors was mentioned.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by TF110

I think if you look up to the top of the page, the conversation was about the number plate not being red. Nothing about wings or mirrors was mentioned.

Do you really think that Matt would state that 'It's been gone all this year' when referring to the red of the P class number plates? Pretty sure he has observed that the number plates have indeed been red all year. While the other mandatory red, wing end plates and mirrors, has been gone all year. Extrapolation of facts in hand...





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[TF110]

Originally Posted by hondafan37

It is interesting to note that in the presentation of the Acura the number had a silver background.
Does this have to do with the decorative marketing of the presentation or is it the new style 2018 of P class in IMSA?
I like silver for DPI/LMP2, Red in GTLM and Green in GTD.

Originally Posted by chernaudi

Probably for presentation only. Personally, I found the number hard to read depending on how light hit the panel.

Originally Posted by hondafan37

Yes, it may be, perhaps a darker tone would be fine.

Originally Posted by TF110

They could make it that Acura orange and it'd be a great contrast to the white number. Butttt they'll probably turn it red.

Originally Posted by joeb

Maybe the mandatory red will be gone for next year since there will be no other P classes to be confused by.

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I like the class colour plates. Gives it a sense of order. I don't think the windscreen banners and rear wing endplates are needed on the GT cars though. Number plate and colours only!

Originally Posted by carbsmith

It's clearly monotoned for the show car, they wouldn' allow monochromatic series logos.

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Do you really think that Matt would state that 'It's been gone all this year' when referring to the red of the P class number plates? Pretty sure he has observed that the number plates have indeed been red all year. While the other mandatory red, wing end plates and mirrors, has been gone all year. Extrapolation of facts in hand...





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Your posts are funny because you come off like you're so serious about something this trivial. I guess those quotes above weren't clue enough to think the conversation was about the red number plates to Matt.

[Matt]

Yeah, I totally thought y'all were talking about the mirrors/endplates.

Considering there hasn't been a totally free number plate color in any class in US sportscar racing since I can remember.

If you're gonna allow any color to be used for the number plate, then just go back to stylized numbers like Grand-Am had and IMSA used to have until the ALMS days.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by TF110

Your posts are funny because you come off like you're so serious about something this trivial. I guess those quotes above weren't clue enough to think the conversation was about the red number plates to Matt.

And how often does a conversation change, drastically, if not totally, in the middle of a thread/page/conversation?





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[chernaudi]

Well, I've been watching old ALMS races before the color coded numbers/number plates/leader lights system. Most of the numbers on most of the cars weren't really stylized (seemed to be more of a team thing than a class thing). They were usually simple fonts and were usually black or very dark blue.

Trivia time: And it should be noted that the original IMSA color codes for numbers/leader lights was backgrounds of white (LMP900), orange (LMP675), yellow (GTS/GT1) and green (GT/GT2). Of course, that changed to numbers instead of backgrounds, with colors of red (LMP900/LMP1), blue (LMP675/LMP2), green (GTS/GT1) and orange (GT/GT2).

This of course corresponds to LMP1, LMP2, GTE-Pro and GTE-Am under current ACO regs, and DPI/LMP2, LMPC, GTLM and GTD under current IMSA rules.

And as LMP1 won't likely feature in IMSA's plans (not unless they want to speed DPIs up to LMP1 privateer levels), I don't see the problem. LMPC won't be a class next year, so that's less confusion (and let's face it, LMPC was a dying class anyways in IMSA for the Weathertech races).

The only issue I have with the current IMSA leader lights system is that it more often than not shows overall position. Unless a class other than DPI/LMP2 is racing for the overall podium or lead, I'd rather see the class position.

[Matt]

IMSA leader lights show class position, not overall.

Every race I've been to since the merger has showed that as well, the entire time during Q and race.

[hondafan37]

The Acura ARX-05 DPi has completed two days of successful testing this week at Road Atlanta, Juan Pablo Montoya was at the wheel of the ARX-05 throughout the two-day test.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/0...d-atlanta.html

[joeb]

Originally Posted by hondafan37

The Acura ARX-05 DPi has completed two days of successful testing this week at Road Atlanta, Juan Pablo Montoya was at the wheel of the ARX-05 throughout the two-day test.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/0...d-atlanta.html

Interesting iteration of the car there. Was that car missing headlights?

[TF110]

Originally Posted by joeb

Interesting iteration of the car there. Was that car missing headlights?

Looks like it. And in the write up they say that they had to stop during the eclipse because it got a little dark.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by joeb

Interesting iteration of the car there. Was that car missing headlights?

Looks like the same car from the Paul Ricard video a couple of weeks ago, minus the camo ...








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[AoB Special Stage]

Bare carbon does not look good with that front end.

[HORNDAWG]

New turbo cooling duct on the Mazda it wold seem.










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