A few questions . . .

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Well first off I'd like to start off by giving a big shout out to TankSpanker and Swift. They seem to go the extra mile to make this forum work. So thanks guys.

My first question is : What is Initial D? I tried searching for it in here and I think every post on the forum came up and after looking through the first 100 posts without finding an answer I got frustrated and decided to search the web. When I did that I got porn so I gave up.

Secondly : I just purchased a wheel and I'm having a little trouble adjusting to it, does anyone have any tips on how to get used to driving with the wheel?

Thirdly : Does anyone know that the "t" stands for in "kgt/mm(can't make the squared symbol)" (apparently neither can PD, lol)? I know its a measure of pressure equal to like 9.8 Mpa or something like that I think. I work in a steel fabricating shop and see it all the time. It's how they rate the steel. This is just more out of curiousity but it could be helpful in trying to figure out weight distribution. (In case ur wondering how this pertains to drifting its the unit used to measure the spring rate)

Lastly : Does anyone know which tires have more grip, N3's or S1's.

Thanx in advance.
 
1st) A japanime (is there any other type though?) about a kid that works at his fathers Tofu shop and races down the tougue in Japan in his panda Trueno (thats what the one in the GT series in modeled after!) and attemps to beat the others down it (duh)

2nd) I just bought my wheel once I got GT4, and all i know what to say is just what everyone else says about it, practice, i know it doesn't sound like much, but after playing 2 or 3 sessions with it it felt fine

3rd) No, but I know what the kg stands for! :lol:

4th) No clue sorry. But to test it buy both then take your car to the 0-400m Machine Test!
 
1)Initial D is a japanese cartoon (anime) which is fairly old now, Its about a guy in a AE86 drifting the mountain passes. He races aganst oponents and grows to be a better racer etc.

There are about 24 1st stage eps, 14 i think 2nd stage, a 3rd stage movie and so far there is 12 4th stage eps.

2) no idea

3) no idea

4) N3's have less grip.
 
dsvw56
Well first off I'd like to start off by giving a big shout out to TankSpanker and Swift. They seem to go the extra mile to make this forum work. So thanks guys.

My first question is : What is Initial D? I tried searching for it in here and I think every post on the forum came up and after looking through the first 100 posts without finding an answer I got frustrated and decided to search the web. When I did that I got porn so I gave up.

Secondly : I just purchased a wheel and I'm having a little trouble adjusting to it, does anyone have any tips on how to get used to driving with the wheel?

Thirdly : Does anyone know that the "t" stands for in "kgt/mm(can't make the squared symbol)" (apparently neither can PD, lol)? I know its a measure of pressure equal to like 9.8 Mpa or something like that I think. I work in a steel fabricating shop and see it all the time. It's how they rate the steel. This is just more out of curiousity but it could be helpful in trying to figure out weight distribution. (In case ur wondering how this pertains to drifting its the unit used to measure the spring rate)

Lastly : Does anyone know which tires have more grip, N3's or S1's.

Thanx in advance.
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thanks for that bit of recognition. Glad to hear my efforts aren't lost on everyone ;)

Some Initial D stuff:
AnimeNFO Descriptions

can't help with the wheel question, next....

unit conversions:
kgf/mm = kilograms force/millimetre, basically its a measure of the amount of force that can be stored within the spring
1kgf/mm = 9.81N/mm = 9.81kN/m where 1N = 1kg*m/(s^2) - from Second Law of Motion, F=ma, 'a' being the downwared accelerative force of gravity here

not sure about this tire question either, but I have a slight hunch its the S1's. Take a car to gymkhana and watch the max cornering g's you can attain with each. I'll try it out and edit this if i find anything.

hope that helped.
 
Small_Fryz
There are about 24 1st stage eps, 14 i think 2nd stage, a 3rd stage movie and so far there is 12 4th stage eps.
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26 First Stage
13 Second Stage
3rd Stage Movie
Special Stage Movie
Battle Stage
And there WILL be 26 4th stage by the end of this year.

:sly:

I'm a HUGE Initial D nerd.
 
fwdtamiya
1st) A japanime (is there any other type though?) about a kid that works at his fathers Tofu shop and races down the tougue in Japan in his panda Trueno (thats what the one in the GT series in modeled after!) and attemps to beat the others down it (duh)
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Well that would be why I had no clue what you guys were talking about, I'm not a very big anime fan.

As for the the 0-400 test, I ran 5 tests with N3's and 5 with S1's and averaged them out and came up with the S1's holding a .031s margin over the N3's. This data could be slightly skewed though as I was using a fairly overpowered car and a manual transmission for this test. (too lazy to change cars and buy both N3's and S1's, the car I was using had both of them already)

I didn't do the skidpad test yet but I might still do that tonight if I have time, I gotta get SOME sleep before its time to go back to work. I might have to file a lawsuit against PD after I lose my job because of this game. (Just one more I race I tell myself . . .)

And Tankspanker, the scary thing is I understand exactly what you said in referance to the 2nd law of motion which surprised the hell out of me because I havnt had physics in about 5 years now. But as soon as I read your explanation it all came back to me. You must be going to college to be an engineer I'm guessing? BTW I love your vids. I can't wait to get one of mine up on here, I'm pretty decent with the DS/2 just not very consistent. I just can't get one entire clean lap down, I always mess up at least once. Sometimes more than once, like every corner. But I'd like to get one of mine on here to see what everyone else thinks of it. All my friends think its amazing, but thats just because they didnt know it was possible until I showed them, lol.

anyways I'll report back after my skidpad test. It sure would be nice to have a digital G read out for more accurate results cause they seem to be fairly close in grip.
 
burnout060
And there WILL be 26 4th stage by the end of this year.

:sly:

I'm a HUGE Initial D nerd.
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Actually, I heard its supposed to wrap up at ep #14

dsvw56
And Tankspanker, the scary thing is I understand exactly what you said in referance to the 2nd law of motion which surprised the hell out of me because I havnt had physics in about 5 years now. But as soon as I read your explanation it all came back to me. You must be going to college to be an engineer I'm guessing?
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good guess, maybe my sig helped a bit :sly:
yes, third year mechanical engineering student
 

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