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Old 05-27-2019, 09:59 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChazInMT View Post
If you want to decrease drag, you need to change the basic shape of the thing being pushed through the air.
Yes--but, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater; there's a lot of room for improvement in detail optimization without changing the basic shape of the car (or even its look--Mercedes CLA, anyone?). That's 90% of what we do around here, after all.
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