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So before I pop into a practice session, I'll often pull up the results of the last race from that series. I like to know what the fast cars are running, what the slow cars are running. Well my god son, never in my god drat life. Formula Renault at Bathurst's last race. I hope someone has film of that, jesus christ. What a first trip over the mountain THAT must have been. 21 cars take off, 8 finish the first lap. I mean my god. MC Fruit Stripe fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Sep 22, 2016 |
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That assumes they even made it to the mountain.
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Largepotato posted:That assumes they even made it to the mountain. I've seen enough Frenault turn 1's to know this is the more likely possibility.
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I made that post before I drove it, but I now salute the 8 people who managed to finish that first lap. It's not even Bathurst so much as the car itself - I've never experienced another car on the service with worse lap 1 behavior than the Frenault. It's like driving on ice if the ice was simultaneously driving on still more ice. That car and that track are the devil's own work.
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Sep 22, 2016 12:16
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Tell me it was at least with warm track temp, just because I would love to see an update of this post once you drive that thing with overcast skies.
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Sep 22, 2016 12:26
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One of my only road race wins ever was at Bathurst where people were dying left and right in the skippy. I just used my fast repair early and kept it on track after. 
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Sep 22, 2016 12:55
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Largepotato posted:That assumes they even made it to the mountain. This pretty much.
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Sep 22, 2016 16:02
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You know, if you do the Cadillac fixed race at the Nurburgring first, the Audi seems downright nimble by comparison  I'm having a shitload of fun in Kamel GT, though if you lose the draft you're screwed. It's ridiculously easy to lose the car going into 1, but by the same token it's also really easy to just mash the gas and at least avoid the offtrack 1X. It's stupid fun.
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Sep 22, 2016 17:19
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Im gonna wait for sebring before i jump into kamel gt.
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Sep 22, 2016 17:50
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So who all was gonna do Petit Lemans tomorrow? I only see 3 people on my spreadsheet unless I'm looking in the wrong place.
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Sep 23, 2016 22:00
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I would but I'm terrible so...
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honda whisperer posted:I would but I'm terrible so... so you're perfect for it.
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MisterZimbu posted:So who all was gonna do Petit Lemans tomorrow? I only see 3 people on my spreadsheet unless I'm looking in the wrong place. I might be around, I wouldn't want to commit to any time slots though
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If you want to drive just say something in Discord and we'll figure it out. I just dont want to end up not getting someone in because we ended up needing 2 teams.honda whisperer posted:I would but I'm terrible so... You're rapidly approaching a car in front of you. Do you: A) Go around B) Drive straight into them If you chose A, you are better than some people who drove last year. But really, so long as you're 1. not massively slower than the RUFs and 2. Can drive a stint without dying, you're probably fine. MisterZimbu fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Sep 23, 2016 |
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Sep 23, 2016 22:57
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Ok what are you driving, whens does it start/finish/need a driver and do you have a setup you'll be running? I'll go practice and see if ill be in the ballpark.
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MisterZimbu posted:You're rapidly approaching a car in front of you. Do you:
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I don't have much interest in playing this game but I've gotten some bizarre joy out of watching Twitch streamers who do play it. It's either a relaxing stroll through a course with occasional exciting battling, or complete clusterfucks.  There was one earlier today where, right at the start, someone two cars in front of the streamer proceeded to go... then suddenly stop dead, ten feet off the starting line, causing a big pileup. Literally not even 10 seconds in and everything went to hell.I'm glad I found this thread, it's great to find some new entertainment.
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Usually at least one or two of us stream gooncar, and I usually stream my bad attempts at oval raving during the werk, at night et.
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Streaming the Petit Le Mans right now
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Wrecked twice with required repairs each time. Car is visibly slower now. It's me. I'm the stereotypical GT3 driver. e: third wreck. I might be done. Full Collapse fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Sep 24, 2016 |
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That's why I'm nowhere to be seen. But I'm bitch rear end broke and all the oval series I wanna run are on tracks I don't own next week. Maybe I'll put a week into road racing. Probably not, but maybe .
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I'm thinking about trying iRacing because I want to drive nascars and paint nascars. God help me if I end up with a wheel.
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You must have a wheel for anything above rookies.
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Sep 25, 2016 00:47
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You can probably do oval racing with just a controller. You're going to want a wheel at some point though.
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I did about three oval races before I said "gently caress. I need a wheel."
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Yeah what I mean is if I end up with a wheel that means I'm committed enough to sink a shitload of time into this and rip me
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Cojawfee posted:You can probably do oval racing with just a controller. You're going to want a wheel at some point though. You could do like, bottom split or ironic carb cups, that's it.
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I am pretty sure you could race ovals with a NES controller.
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OhsH posted:I am pretty sure you could race ovals with a NES controller. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Thunder_(video_game)
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It would be easier with a NES controller than an Xbox one. The Xbox dpad sucks and the stick has a giant rear end dead zone.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Yeah what I mean is if I end up with a wheel that means I'm committed enough to sink a shitload of time into this and rip me  doooo iiiiiiit
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Helicon One posted:
A controller doesn't give you anywhere near the same experience. Jooooiiinnnn ussssssss.
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Or use a controller so I have someone to battle in Gooncar.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Yeah what I mean is if I end up with a wheel that means I'm committed enough to sink a shitload of time into this and rip me Team Fortress 2 is a FPS in name only; it's mainly a hat simulator. Similarly, iRacing is a $100/year paint scheme showroom. And it's worth it. 
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Is this on trading paints?
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tater_salad posted:Is this on trading paints? Somewhere. I'll get it out later.
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Ok so oval racing in a skip is not a part of my current skillset. Microphone wasnt working so couldn't complain about it either, when I steered into a wall fidgeting with my pit settings I realized it was time to call it a night. Hope to see you guys next week, maybe I'm a little more competitive if we turn right every once in a while. I do wonder though, hotlapping I turned laps of around 18 seconds flat around bristol on a decent lap in default weather. What in the name of christ can you do to knock .3 of a second off that?? I just keep it in 4th, lift a little for each corner and try to keep as much exit speed as possible. Is this not the trick to turning left?
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heres your future reminder to set the servers on not loving netherlands.
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It was definitely really fun trying pass people when the cars in front would randomly steer to the outside.
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Old Binsby posted:Ok so oval racing in a skip is not a part of my current skillset. Microphone wasnt working so couldn't complain about it either, when I steered into a wall fidgeting with my pit settings I realized it was time to call it a night. Hope to see you guys next week, maybe I'm a little more competitive if we turn right every once in a while. The draft gotta get in the draft. Then die because some fuckman wads it up in front of you.
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