Honda RA300
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Characteristics:

Fairly long and narrow. Heavy with extreme rearward weight bias, but long wheelbase makes it stable as long as yaw rate does not get too high. Rearward weight bias gives good traction, braking. Natural ride height is lower than the other cars, and its stability makes it more tolerant of bottoming the rear suspension, so it can run a little lower ride height than the other cars.

GP engine is the most powerful of all but is soft on the bottom end, making it easy to drive but hurting acceleration. Moderately draggy.

EASY RIDE setup hints: What does it mean?

Tires 20 psi all around

0.5 bump rubbers

Toe-in +0.025 front, +0.075 rear

Camber -0.5 front, -0.5 rear

Diff.: 85/30 ramp angles, 4 clutches

Steering 15:1

Wheel rate 75 front, 135 rear

Ride height 3.25

Dampers, front 2 bump, 3 rebound, rear 2 bump, 3 rebound

Anti-roll bars 210 front, 190 rear

Front brake balance 54%

Space gears nearly in a straight line to keep the engine in its power band

Measurements:

Weight: 596 kg

On Rear: 64%

Wheel-base: 2438 mm

Front Track: 1511 mm

Rear Track: 1511 mm

Track/Wheelbase Ratio: 1.61:1

Chassis Ride Height: 8 cm

Engine power: 430 bhp @ 10900 rpm

Engine torque: 279 Nm @ 10400 rpm

Honda drivers in GPL:

Honda was clearly a one car/one driver team. This is accurately reflected in the original GPL.

Honda cars in GPL:

The Honda RA273 first appeared at Monza in 1966. In the 1967 season, it was fitted with an improved engine for Silverstone.

It was replaced by a new model, the RA300, introduced at Monza. The RA300 had a new much lighter chassis using the improved V12 engine first seen at Silverstone.

Both cars can be downloaded from GPLEA.

The Honda modelled in GPL is the RA300.