Talk:Carbon Copy/@comment-26388545-20180723025603/@comment-26388545-20180723165637

Hey there Highmiles, damage actually effects every performance category. So less top speed, slower acceleration, longer braking distance and lower grip. A cracked windshield is a guarantee that your performance just took a hit. In some of my videos you'll see me switch form my usual chase view to cockpit for just a bit, that's so I can check for cracks. In hard stages, that's an instant quit and try again!

There are also several levels of loss. One small windshield crack and you have a minor performance loss. But completely smash your windshield and your performance takes a bigger hit.

It also depends WHERE the damage is. You can take a fair amount of side and rear hits before it actually hurts you. That's why when I am taking an aggressive cut on turn 1 of a big cup race INTO traffic, I turn sideways to save my front end.

At some point in my Perpetual Endurance videos, I COMPLETELY trash my car just to see if it is still possible to keep going. It's information people need to know, before they upgrade to try it. Take a look at this video (cued to 1:59 minute mark) to see how trashed a car can get and still keep going.

I've never done a real clinical test on this, just noticed it from racing thousands of laps around Le Mans. I'd see my top end speed drop on the straights. I also found myself running out of track when braking, or flying into a wall from loss of grip. Sometimes I smack 'em hard though, when it for sure doesn't hurt my stage.