Airport style drag racing?

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What do you guys think about the idea of you taking your car to the airport and doing full top speed race against someone else, like in online,I mean I think it'd be pretty awsome to race my 700 hp corvette against something like a konisegg ccx or something.
 
Absolutely useless and pointless. Give us a 1/4 mile and we will be happy, and we've already got the Test Course for high speed/top speed racing.

Also, there's a whole thread already talking about drag racing mode, and you didn't look hard enough because it is on the first page.

Drag Racing Mode Thread.
 
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But the Test Track is useless for top speed because of the turns, and I'd like to do 20/40/60/100mph drag racing (start from those speeds)
 
Drag racing from a quarter mile is completely different from drag racing in regular high powered cars from a roll. And the test course isn't really enough.
 
Taking your car to the airport ?
Don't we already have the top gear test track assuming we get the whole airfield, not just the part they use for power laps ?
 
LIL_KACHING
Taking your car to the airport ?
Don't we already have the top gear test track assuming we get the whole airfield, not just the part they use for power laps ?
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So many assumptions and so many disappointments... Stop dreaming people, you are only making things worse for yourselves, and flooding these forums with pointless, duplicate threads.
 
Look, there are only two kinds of drag racing. Either 1/4 mile (402.336 meters) or 1/8 mile (201.168 meters). The 1/8 mile strips are used for smaller events, while all national events in NHRA are 1/4 mile (except for the fuel cars, but that's another story).

I don't know about you, but if PD finally realize they should give drag racing a shot, I think they should make it as realistic as possible, but that's me.

Since Infineon Raceway will most likely be included, I see no reason why they should let the drag strip out, but they did in GT4 so you never know. However, the level of detail will be much higher now, and since the drag strip is surrounded by the road course, it will probably be almost as detailed as the rest of the track, and why not let us drag race on it then? That would be pure stupidity IMO.

A few rules that would make it THE greatest virtual drag racing experience ever!
  • Disqualified if you red light (false start)
  • Disqualified if you cross the center line or hit the wall
  • First across the finish line takes the win, not the quickest ET (elapsed time)

I posted this clip before in the 'Drag Racing Mode' thread, but I think it's worth a repost. It shows pretty much what drag racing is all about. Reaction time that is. Yates has a slower ET than Darrel but won on a holeshot (quicker reaction time).



*Fixed*
 
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suvalle55
Drag racing from a quarter mile is completely different from drag racing in regular high powered cars from a roll.
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So you want to race like what you see on YouTube....please, that's nothing but street racing and is irrelevant to what drag racing is!! Drag racing has reaction times, launches from a standing start and of course the ability to get yourself in a road car (this is from GT4) to 7.3's @ a smidge under 190mph, where nearly 100% of it's redline is used in 7th gear, not a pair of muppets tooting horns at eachother to indicate when to take off.

And the test course isn't really enough.
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Yeah, okay, the test course isn't enough.....why don't we get PD to install some salt flats so you can race as far as you want. :rolleyes:
 
mafia_boy
Yeah, okay, the test course isn't enough.....why don't we get PD to install some salt flats so you can race as far as you want. :rolleyes:
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Technically, that would be the easiest track for them to do :p
Though it would be hard to get some really high speeds on there cuz of the lack of traction.
 
Why is everyone so keen on straight line shoot outs?
I'm not so keen on drag racing myself either although there seem to be enough here who are and to be fair to them, a proper drag race with proper top fuel/ funny cars and whatnot could be interesting as it's an entirely different discipline which if recreated properly requires other skills, etc. than "normal" races.
But a shoot out, even online, doesn't get me very excited as it is basically just pedal to the floor and shifting up in a timely fashion and hoping for the best, hope i'm not the only one who finds this a somewhat pointless and brainless exercise.
But if a lot of you insist on it being included i hope for you it will, wouldn't be hard to implement i guess, but frankly i couldn't care less.
 
mafia_boy
Yeah, okay, the test course isn't enough.....why don't we get PD to install some salt flats so you can race as far as you want. :rolleyes:
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That would be great too. It's an iconic place for motorsports and speed records.

analog
Why is everyone so keen on straight line shoot outs?
I'm not so keen on drag racing myself either although there seem to be enough here who are and to be fair to them, a proper drag race with proper top fuel/ funny cars and whatnot could be interesting as it's an entirely different discipline which if recreated properly requires other skills, etc. than "normal" races.
But a shoot out, even online, doesn't get me very excited as it is basically just pedal to the floor and shifting up in a timely fashion and hoping for the best, hope i'm not the only one who finds this a somewhat pointless and brainless exercise.
But if a lot of you insist on it being included i hope for you it will, wouldn't be hard to implement i guess, but frankly i couldn't care less.
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It's like an episode of Top Gear. Yeah, we care about how well and how fast a car can go round a corner, but we just want a simple drag race sometimes. It doesn't prove a whole lot but it's fun, and you can tune your car to a fixed distance while proving acceleration
 
I wouldn't mind the Bonneville Salt Lake being included, setting new online land speed records according to class of car, might actually be fun getting the most outright top speed by tuning some average cars into Veyron beaters or at least close to that, or even the ability to buy afterburners in the tuning shop. :lol:

mafia_boy
Yeah, okay, the test course isn't enough.....why don't we get PD to install some salt flats so you can race as far as you want. :rolleyes:
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happycorey
That would be great too. It's an iconic place for motorsports and speed records.

It's like an episode of Top Gear. Yeah, we care about how well and how fast a car can go round a corner, but we just want a simple drag race sometimes. It doesn't prove a whole lot but it's fun, and you can tune your car to a fixed distance while proving acceleration
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Fair enough, didn't say you shouldn't be able to enjoy it or that the option should be excluded, just that i personally don't see the appeal a lot of you seem to do.;)
 
analog
Why is everyone so keen on straight line shoot outs?
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Because some of us LOOOOOOOVE drag racing, some even more than circuit racing.

I'm not so keen on drag racing myself either although there seem to be enough here who are and to be fair to them, a proper drag race with proper top fuel/ funny cars and whatnot could be interesting as it's an entirely different discipline which if recreated properly requires other skills, etc. than "normal" races.
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Even with normal road cars it's the same thing, your tuning expertise is what allows you to be better than the other person, same as circuit racers.

But a shoot out, even online, doesn't get me very excited as it is basically just pedal to the floor and shifting up in a timely fashion and hoping for the best, hope i'm not the only one who finds this a somewhat pointless and brainless exercise.
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If it's recreated properly you will see that a car will go more sideways than a drifter would at more than twice the speed. I've seen plenty of 7 and 8sec rotors and such that have their wheels turned to a degree to keep the car straight because the power from the car is making the car go sideways. If you can't correct that then you end up hitting the wall. Also, it's not just mashing the pedal to the floor, a lot of time is made up in the first 60ft. and it's not a case of keeping it at redline and then launching, oh no no no. To get the best times you will see us launch at different rpm's to get a better time. For example, my GT4 GT-R launches at less than 3500rpm, if I launched it at it's 8200rpm redline, you would see it wheelspin and lose time.

But if a lot of you insist on it being included i hope for you it will, wouldn't be hard to implement i guess, but frankly i couldn't care less.
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That's your opinion and you're entitled to it, doesn't mean it's a good opinion to us drag race lovers.
 
I did a bit of drag racing in GT4, good fun trying to get the perfect hook up on normal or sports tyres :)

Nothing wrong with basing it (or any fantasy track for that matter) at an airport, it would offer a nice alternative in scenery, especially if it were set at night or with planes taxiing around. The stage could even double as a photo travel location if such a photo mode is included.
 
mafia_boy
Absolutely useless and pointless. Give us a 1/4 mile and we will be happy, and we've already got the Test Course for high speed/top speed racing.

Also, there's a whole thread already talking about drag racing mode, and you didn't look hard enough because it is on the first page.

Drag Racing Mode Thread.
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I disaggre... all i have to say is m5board.com
 
I want to be able to stage my car and see fire,also I want to have a stage duel.
I wanna decide if I wanna race bracket or not,I think we should be able to drive our car's from pit to staging lane also it would be nice for a drag strips for two cars only and one like the zmax.I wanna be able to hold a event online and pull my parachute,I also
want to buy a 3/4 1/2 or even full tube chassis.
 
mazdaman
I want to be able to stage my car and see fire,also I want to have a stage duel.
I wanna decide if I wanna race bracket or not,I think we should be able to drive our car's from pit to staging lane also it would be nice for a drag strips for two cars only and one like the zmax.I wanna be able to hold a event online and pull my parachute,I also
want to buy a 3/4 1/2 or even full tube chassis.
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Wow. You're gonna be seriously disappointed.
 
suvalle55
What do you guys think about the idea of you taking your car to the airport and doing full top speed race against someone else, like in online,I mean I think it'd be pretty awsome to race my 700 hp corvette against something like a konisegg ccx or something.
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If there were planes on the runway to manage to avoid and some backage vehicles on the runway should do the trick for part of the increase-ments for making this straight forward racing on an international airport plane runway with dodgeable automotive transportations becoming in the path of you supercar racers who happen to like straight forward paved paths for dragster dragging racing racers like you appear to be. *takes a large breath after saying that long sentence in one breath* Also you seem to need a challenge added to this drag so called racing you race fans created now needing moving motive automotive transportations to be having a chance of trying to crash into to them or trying to avoid them possibly at all possible costs with costs. *large breath* I think I covered it all. ;)
 
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What pills are some of you on? Most of what's written in this thread has nothing, ZERO, to do with drag racing...
 
Strittan
What pills are some of you on? Most of what's written in this thread has nothing, ZERO, to do with drag racing...
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My statements make absolutely 111.111111111% Mr, Ms, Miss, or Mrs, I don't know that type of your gender that you express yourself by but you have an avatar with a girl (babe) and somewhat sometimes makes me think of the thoughts that I think that you may be a boy, girl, man, woman, but I don't have time to check your "about me" status at the time nor anytime for no absolute time what so ever to see what you are, who you are, where you're from, or what you're from, nor I do not need to question you by asking you questioning questionous questions with questions involved, and I have absolutely no time, what so FREAKIN' EVER! *llaaaaarrrrgggeee breathhh* Get my point?
 
Although I dislike this idea and prefer straight 1/4 mile, I recall seeing a video with 787B and some other cars on what appeared to be a runway...
 

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