450pp Street Car Tuners Club -- Nightly 9:45-12:00 EDT

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Bones Brigade
I think I know what I'm going to choose. Deciding between two cars, one of which is an FF so I'm wavering a bit on that since we just did the C30.

Chuyler; your pass on lap 2 was clean. I was honestly pissed when it happened because it felt like you were kinda pushing your way into the line of cars. After I watched the replay it was pretty clear that you had a run on the outside and I didn't notice and continued to follow nik which resulted in our racing lines meeting. As I am a timid driver I usually don't try any passes in pack racing unless there is an opening or the gained position is important. My only complaint would be that there wasn't a reason to get in front if me when I was just following nik and esh. But again, that's just my style and not at all how it should be done by everyone. Like I said, clean pass.
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That's a fair assessment. I tried to leave you room on the inside but after watching the replay I think the dirty part was squeezing you out of the next turn. I didn't pull in to the rumble strips, but I didn't exactly leave very much room for you to continue your line.

I think Nic was trying to make a pass on Esh but failed and all 3 of you were running slow. I was far enough back to run the turn at full speed which gave me a huge jump on both of you. It's not a place I would typically attempt a pass...in fact it was never my intention to...but when I was up half a car length I figured I would just go with it and see if I could make it stick through the next turn. Once I've established overlap I can be very possessive of track and I usually expect my opponent to do the same (reference Nic and I later in the race). You could have easily pushed me out on the next turn and it would have been fair for you to do so as long as you left a sliver of track on the exit of the turn.

Multi-car battles are tough because drivers in the middle have to balance making pass attempts and protecting their current position. Drivers at the rear have fewer opportunities to pass because the cars in front of them are drafting as well. Sometimes when a lead car makes a mistake, its the car a few places back that is in the best position to capitalize on it while the cars in the middle can't react quick enough.



Grenade; the only thing that bothered me about your drunkeness was the fact that I went to my fridge to find one beer. And the only liquor I had was my girlfriends chocolate vodka. It was pretty inconsiderate of you to be so drunk when I was left in agonizing sobriety.
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LOL!
 
chuyler1
Multi-car battles are tough because drivers in the middle have to balance making pass attempts and protecting their current position. Drivers at the rear have fewer opportunities to pass because the cars in front of them are drafting as well. Sometimes when a lead car makes a mistake, its the car a few places back that is in the best position to capitalize on it while the cars in the middle can't react quick enough.

LOL!
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Yeah, same thing happened at GVER in the S13. There was an incident ahead and I was in the middle of the track where my only move was to slow down. I lost 3 positions because there was an opening to my left. But that's racing and that's why you try to qualify first.
 
Bones Brigade
Yeah, same thing happened at GVER in the S13. There was an incident ahead and I was in the middle of the track where my only move was to slow down. I lost 3 positions because there was an opening to my left. But that's racing and that's why you try to qualify first.
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Yep...got that one on my channel too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lV0Uax5-8w
 
I had a ton of fun when we did the full damage / high boost race at Fuji!

Final lap, Grenade gets ahead on the first corner!
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Then he touches the grass coming into a sharp corner, hits the wall, hits a few other drivers, and spins. hehehe
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The race came down to a 3-way drag race between Nic, Dabneyd and myself on the final straight. I (light blue car) started behind them after a bad line through the final corner.
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Nic moved far right as i peeked up the middle, not sure if Dab would try to block.
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Dab is going straight so i moved to the middle.
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and across the line!
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Nice Recap Booch.

chuyler1
Sometimes when a lead car makes a mistake, its the car a few places back that is in the best position to capitalize on it while the cars in the middle can't react quick enough.
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That summarizes Nascar.
 
LOL I like the edit (last pic)

Trial mountain:My tires died at the begining of lap 8...I don't think I could have kept my 2nd place with 1 more lap....Esh was very fast but his tires died so quickly.... It's always a trade cornering power/longevity
 
Wow, I was having no trouble hitting my lines at the end of Trial Mountain. I was running very low camber, like 0.3 front and rear. I was low on tire, but not enough to prevent me from running a quick line on the uphill section. I had low LSD settings too, like 8/15/5...just enough to prevent throttle wheelspin. The last 2 turns I wasn't very fast though...and I would mildly understeer entering the first tunnel if I didn't lift off a little.
 
Bones Brigade
Grenade; the only thing that bothered me about your drunkeness was the fact that I went to my fridge to find one beer. And the only liquor I had was my girlfriends chocolate vodka. It was pretty inconsiderate of you to be so drunk when I was left in agonizing sobriety.
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No worries, I drank enough for the both of us!
 
I lost a lot of time on the chicane. I would catch you guys coming up the hill and on to the back straight but I would lose half a second or more in the chicane. Not sure what I was doing differently.

My camber settings were pretty aggressive but I was able to conserve the most tire out of anyone. That's part of why I was able to catch up and also why I'm so ticked I couldn't get close enough consistently and when I had an opportunity I didn't take it.

grenadeshark
No worries, I drank enough for the both of us!
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I will make sure I am fully stocked from now on. Although, circumstances did lead me to discover a pretty good white Russian substitute.
 
@ Chuyler1 -- The room was open, but since I wasnt your friend (only agrenadesharkes) I couldnt get in. I sat just watching the community tab for grenade, but the little yellow marker didnt appear till you and I were friends. As to the 'battle' with Nic, it was more of a shadowing. I had not intention to make a passing effort before the last straight, but the opportunity presented itself. I've see the replay you put up..do you have the Indy replay? I saved it, but I dont know how to upload or send it to someone else to put up. We had a good go for 4 laps, but the touch putting me in the sand lost me 4-5 seconds in the end.

Hope for better result this weekend sometime when it looks like any 450pp cars are okay. Thanks for a great 'initiation' though. Good driving Nic-KL
 
I'll be hosting tonight for anyone who wants to show up :)
 
Nexcalibur
@ Chuyler1 -- The room was open, but since I wasnt your friend (only agrenadesharkes) I couldnt get in. I sat just watching the community tab for grenade, but the little yellow marker didnt appear till you and I were friends. As to the 'battle' with Nic, it was more of a shadowing. I had not intention to make a passing effort before the last straight, but the opportunity presented itself. I've see the replay you put up..do you have the Indy replay? I saved it, but I dont know how to upload or send it to someone else to put up. We had a good go for 4 laps, but the touch putting me in the sand lost me 4-5 seconds in the end.

Hope for better result this weekend sometime when it looks like any 450pp cars are okay. Thanks for a great 'initiation' though. Good driving Nic-KL
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Yeah, it was in my private lobby to keep pubbers out.
I didnt save the Indy replay but if someone emails it to me i can record it.
 
chuyler1
Yeah, it was in my private lobby to keep pubbers out.
I didnt save the Indy replay but if someone emails it to me i can record it.
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I'm opening the lobby 30 minutes early. Chuyler, you going to be on tonight possibly?
 
Yeah. Wife is out with friends...my real-life friend bailed on me so i always have you guys to keep me company.
 
chuyler1
Yeah. Wife is out with friends...my real-life friend bailed on me so i always have you guys to keep me company.
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I am going to open up in about 5-7 minutes. You can host if you want as well.
 
No thats fine...i'll be on in a little while.
 
Room open. 1472-6681-3716-3558-1208
 
Thought I was going to get booted for spinning out in front of the field... the first two raced I did with you guys. Thanks for cutting me a bit of a break. Fun group to race with.
 
Rotary... Accept my dang friend request already!

Motor city: Good seeing more "Detroit" folks.
 
Anyone racing tonight? I'll put up a room if anyone wants to. Let me know.

Room Open. 1472-6399-9009-5386-4935.

EDIT: No one came. Closing room.
 
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Sorry man. Had a rough day of racing in the afternoon and wanted to get outside.
 
polizei
Nic moved far right as i peeked up the middle, not sure if Dab would try to block.
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It's usually my policy to make one move and stick to that line. I'm sure that's lost me some races, like this one.
 
SWEEET!!! MY INTERNET IS FIXED! Disco night here I come!
 
BTK
SWEEET!!! MY INTERNET IS FIXED! Disco night here I come!
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Might I ask what constitutes a disco themed car? It it just 70s to early 80s cars or what?
 
Disco was dead by 1980...so 1970-1979 only.
 
Private lobby open 1970-1979, ss tires. No other restrictions.
 
my apologies to the civic driver on Nurb. I was waiting till no one was bebind me to exit and assumed I was far enough to the left of track for folks to get by.

Exciting racing though. I'll have to find one of the 2002s (I know I've got one) and play around with it for the next go round.
 
Grenade...about THAT corner...its just the line...you can do that with every car...👍
 
RockinVs
Rotary... Accept my dang friend request already!

Motor city: Good seeing more "Detroit" folks.
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Opps! i thought i already did? :confused:

Im checking it right now! :)

 
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