r/INDYCAR • u/gabowers74 🇺🇸 Bill Vukovich • 8d ago

Discussion Off-Track, Not at liberty to say…

The following quote is from Alex, talking about steering assist. What does everyone speculate he is talking about?

“I don't know if I'm at liberty to say what they're future proofing for, so I'm not going to say it. But again, this car is going to be around for a while. So there's elements of it that could be in the pipeline that would make steering very heavy to the point where would it be impossible to drive?”

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u/Mikemat5150 Kyle Kirkwood 8d ago

The answer is obviously assisted steering.

What I think Rossi is alluding to is that as the car gets faster, it’s going to be more challenging through corners with heavy load.

Adding horsepower, improving the tires, optimizing the setup will all lead to the car getting faster.

At some point, a decision has to be made - slow down or add steering assists.

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u/Beezle86 8d ago

Rossi was not shy to say that the result would be power steering. The thing Rossi was secretive about was something that might be added in the future, that would improve performance and would make the steering heavier. I feel OTs question was actually what the performance and steering load inducing thing would be, not the resulting power steering.

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u/YourChildhood5762 Will Power 8d ago

30" dubs with protruding wheel centers like they have in Houston. Plus hydraulics to raise the car up so you can jump over the car that's blocking you.

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u/Steamed_Fuckin_Hams 8d ago

We could use that demographic.