Robot racing and related issues

[reece146]

I was thinking of a classing system even a little more obtuse (of course).

Anyone remember reading Road and Track back in the 1980s?

The Engineering Editor at that type was a gent by the name of Dennis Simmantis[sic]. He came up with a funky formula called the "fun factor". It basically was a multi-variable formula that balanced price, weight, 0-60, hp, skidpad and a bunch of other stuff I am forgetting. Surprisingly, the cars that were equally "fun" tended to be in the same performance envelope (give or take). Or at least, I remember that the affordable "real" sports cars of the time (X1/9, Fiero, Miata, MR2, CRX) seemed to get lumped together.

I'll try to scare the formula up... It may be more interesting than a pure lb/hp type of thing.