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It may seem perverse but it could actually be a big step to cost reduction.The car would only need one set of suspension components and the adjustment would come from the tweaks to the parameters within the operating system.It makes much better use of track time since the driver might easily have another set of menus on the steering wheel to adjust things.Job done in seconds rather than the half hour or so taken to bolt on a different set of dampers.No need for several bays in the transporter to contain a range of springs,dampers or anti roll bars and no need for seven post rigs if the software has the ability to learn which settings get the car from point A to point B faster.The army of engineers back at base wouldn't need to spend all weekend building the car to a different spec for rig testing.No need for the designers to package inerters or FRIC plumbing-although there would have to be active hydraulic lines.Computing power has got much cheaper since 1993 and all in all a reversion to active seems like an entirely reasonable idea.The MES type of standard control box ought to ensure that no functions beyond those allowed could be incorporated and would contain costs.
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