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 Edmunds bought a '66 Corvette for a long-term test. I really like these as you get a lot of details about the daily life with a car like that you won't get anywhere else short of milking an owner for info. http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/1966-chevrolet-corvette-handle-with-care.html
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A3th3r posted:I know I am supposed to be positive & uplifiting but that doesn't really work all that well so I'll just say that this is a pretty retro look going on there. The setup is super vague in terms of accuracy... "Greg you've got 2 blocks of petrol left, how much is that?" Yeah it's utterly TERRIBLE but it looks fantastic and in a big luxobarge like the F31 Leopard which has 3 gloveboxes, a 6 tape changer in the arm rest and other assorted crap that's all that matters. Big, slow, dumb, awesome.
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mobby_6kl posted:Edmunds bought a '66 Corvette for a long-term test. I really like these as you get a lot of details about the daily life with a car like that you won't get anywhere else short of milking an owner for info. It's also why I despise JD Power's stuff. Someone buys a new car and may be randomly selected to be sent a questionnaire.. one month after they take delivery of the car. All those reliability and satisfaction awards manufacturers love to brag about in commercials? Based off polling about cars that still read three digits on the odometer. I would loving love to answer questions about my two year old car. I'd talk their ear off.
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88h88 posted:WHAT THE gently caress IS AN AEROCA..........OH FUCKIN' SWEET! Totally wish that configuration made it into the 30 series Soarer. Though even if it did my SC400 still wouldn't have it because Toyota never sells the cool poo poo here.
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Holy hell, Dodge just revealed their Vision Gran Turismo concept car, the Tomahawk.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5ULeIEy6w       In V's holy name, they must build it.
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xzzy posted:It's also why I despise JD Power's stuff. Someone buys a new car and may be randomly selected to be sent a questionnaire.. one month after they take delivery of the car. All those reliability and satisfaction awards manufacturers love to brag about in commercials? Based off polling about cars that still read three digits on the odometer. They do send out surveys at later points. what do you think 'initial quality' means? It's worth it for the manufacturers to ensure their products are high quality at a few different points in it's lifespan.
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That's a lot of effort to put a car in a game where you habitually win races by rebounding off armco. 
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xzzy posted:It's also why I despise JD Power's stuff. Someone buys a new car and may be randomly selected to be sent a questionnaire.. one month after they take delivery of the car. All those reliability and satisfaction awards manufacturers love to brag about in commercials? Based off polling about cars that still read three digits on the odometer. I think you're missing that those surveys are part of the data they use for the INITIAL QUALITY reports. It's not the only data they have for all of their recommendations/reports/ratings.
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xzzy posted:That's a lot of effort to put a car in a game where you habitually win races by rebounding off armco. quote:There's something new for the SRT garage in Gran Turismo. The SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo will challenge and delight players. The hybrid powertrain with wide-angle V-10 engine delivers up to 2,590 hp with a top speed of 371 mph. Active aero panels aid in braking and traction. Are you ready for the ride of your life?  Threat display: 
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Makes me want to go play Ridge Racer and you know that car would be farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr cooler to play as in that game series. (Unbounded doesn't count as an official part of the series IMO)
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I don't know, that gif kind of makes me feel like someone has been watching too many late season episodes of Knight Rider.
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Is there anyone out there actually experimenting with active body panels that can be used to help steer a vehicle? It seems like a pretty obvious idea but I can imagine actually doing it would be hilariously expensive.
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How exactly do they design these cars for GT? I can't imagine any manufacturer spending many resources on designing a car for the sole purpose of having it be in a video game so is it just a matter of drawing out a crazy looking body and then going "ok now this car has MILLION hp and can go a BAZILLION mph!!!!!!!!" ?
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It's the natural evolution of exotics' active aero as they reach for even greater extremes. Ralph "driving" the thing: https://instagram.com/p/3bx6bFRCwG/   They could probably build the less crazy versions. Turbo Vipers making that much power exist, the hybrid and KERS tech could be taken from Ferrari, and the panels are a trick planes have had for decades. It would be ungodly expensive to develop and more expensive to buy. Don't think there's much of a market for a single seat homicidal hypercar. Hikaki posted:How exactly do they design these cars for GT? I can't imagine any manufacturer spending many resources on designing a car for the sole purpose of having it be in a video game so is it just a matter of drawing out a crazy looking body and then going "ok now this car has MILLION hp and can go a BAZILLION mph!!!!!!!!" ? Tekne fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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xzzy posted:Is there anyone out there actually experimenting with active body panels that can be used to help steer a vehicle? It seems like a pretty obvious idea but I can imagine actually doing it would be hilariously expensive. Don't the Huayra aero panels do this?
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FCA's press release: http://media.chrysler.com/newsrelease.do?id=16592quote:A Virtual Car Engineered for the Real World They also produced a ton of art for it. http://www.gran-turismo.com/us/news/00_4849755.html Tekne fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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Jun 2, 2015 20:45
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They've had prototypical active body panels for steering since the late 80s (and even earlier on some random prototype race cars) with the old Mitsubishi HSR-II, which was also in Gran Turismo.
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xzzy posted:That's a lot of effort to put a car in a game where you habitually win races by rebounding off armco. Haha, amateur. You just ram your competitors off the track and get back on before they can. Brake at the end of the straight? gently caress no, full throttle, rear end them, get back on the tarmac before they do!
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Tekne posted:FCA's press release: http://media.chrysler.com/newsrelease.do?id=16592 Half bus, half dilophosaurus
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88h88 posted:Makes me want to go play Ridge Racer and you know that car would be farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr cooler to play as in that game series. (Unbounded doesn't count as an official part of the series IMO) Unbounded, that was the one where you had quicktime events loosely strung together by driving, right?
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Mooseykins posted:Haha, amateur. You just ram your competitors off the track and get back on before they can. Brake at the end of the straight? gently caress no, full throttle, rear end them, get back on the tarmac before they do! Nah, man, the real way to do it is to go full speed into someone already committed to the turn. T-boning them dumps all your forward momentum into them, sending them off the track, and, as long as you hit them at less than a 90 degree angle, the physics engine will happily angle your car into the direction of the turn, so you're set. 
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bennyfactor posted:Nah, man, the real way to do it is to go full speed into someone already committed to the turn. T-boning them dumps all your forward momentum into them, sending them off the track, and, as long as you hit them at less than a 90 degree angle, the physics engine will happily angle your car into the direction of the turn, so you're set. If i ever replace my dead PS3 i'll have to try this. Many thanks, kind sir! 
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Panty Saluter posted:Unbounded, that was the one where you had quicktime events loosely strung together by driving, right? Nah, it was basically Burnout but with smashable buildings. It's actually really fun, but definitely not a proper Ridge Racer game. That being said, boosting through a parking garage and busting through the concrete wall to fly out the other side loving owns.
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Mooseykins posted:(Cummins Charger)
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bennyfactor posted:Nah, man, the real way to do it is to go full speed into someone already committed to the turn. T-boning them dumps all your forward momentum into them, sending them off the track, and, as long as you hit them at less than a 90 degree angle, the physics engine will happily angle your car into the direction of the turn, so you're set. Heh, I know you're joking but this happened to a Goon at Thunder Hill yesterday while two up on a Duke 690 R by some girl on an R1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fmpQd2cUc http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3210670&pagenumber=46&perpage=40
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BlackMK4 posted:Heh, I know you're joking but this happened to a Goon at Thunder Hill yesterday while two up on a Duke 690 R by some girl on an R1. GRAN TURISMO: THE REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR™ Okay, for posting some AI car poo poo we all can WITNESS!, someone on flickr made a lego doof wagon and it is just as  as the real deal:
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I don't like how Gran Turismo shifted from a playable museum of race cars (also about a thousand Mazdas) to a showcase of impossible concepts. I'm not a fan of the Vision GT thing, they're toy cars to me That said, 2590 HP?  I have to try it
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hackbunny posted:I don't like how Gran Turismo shifted from a playable museum of race cars (also about a thousand Mazdas) to a showcase of impossible concepts. I'm not a fan of the Vision GT thing, they're toy cars to me GT3 was the last good GT game. I would say "Just move over to Forza", but all they're doing now is making Need For Speed ripoff arcade games now, so...
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Sigma X posted:GT3 was the last good GT game. I would say "Just move over to Forza", but all they're doing now is making Need For Speed ripoff arcade games now, so... Branding an arcade game with the forza name doesn't make the core forza games worse. It's charging $60 for a game built around free to play mechanics that makes the core forza games worse.
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Powershift posted:Branding an arcade game with the forza name doesn't make the core forza games worse. You forgot to mention the part where they leave out 75% of the content and then micro charge you for all of it.
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I still think Forza 4 was the best in the series. From what i've seen, Horizon 2 and Forza 5 both recycle old cars that were already in 4 as paid DLC which is super hosed.
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Powershift posted:Branding an arcade game with the forza name doesn't make the core forza games worse. Sorry, I mean arcade-racer games, rather than sims. The Horizon series, in other words. I actually liked F2 the best, but that's likely because I'm crotchety beyond my years. F4 was technically superior and didn't feature game-wrecking "glitches." The Prong Song fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Project CARS is the new forza 4
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MustardFacial posted:Project CARS is the new forza 4 Well it was horrifyingly broken at launch, and it's tied to a morally objectionable way of generating profits. (I don't mind the Kickstarter-esque model, but a lot of those people went on to fund glowing reviews trying to up their profits, that's not cool.)
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Tekne posted:It's the natural evolution of exotics' active aero as they reach for even greater extremes. Ralph "driving" the thing: https://instagram.com/p/3bx6bFRCwG/ This is the product of an office with soooo much money it's silly. Not that there's anything WRONG with that! 
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