Countdown to GT5

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And now its Reed..er, Jacque's turn:

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I don't know why, but damn I love the look of that number.
 
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32 days to GT5, Ricky Craven's #32 Tide Pontiac Grand Prix car, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series-2003 at Daytona,
 
Is this still 32 yet? :indiff:

How about this:

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System32 folder (on Windows XP ;))

And one again:

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Skyline R32 drifting at Suzuka (taken this on GT4 :))

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That is what I hate about Ferrari, top performance and most fragile car. I would rather buy cars such as the SLS Mercedes, maybe slower then Ferrari, but heck, a lot of safer car!

If you drive any car over a certain speed, it doesn't matter how safe you think it is, it will look like that.
 
Well, supercars are made mostly out of carbon fiber. Not the safesty material on the planet. It's strong, but you get in a crash and it simply shatters like glass, without absorbing much of the impact. This is why normal passanger cars are made out of aluminium and steal. metal absorbs energy quite well. But this thread isn't about vehicle safety, it's about the number of days until GT5 is in our hands.
 
Well, supercars are made mostly out of carbon fiber. Not the safesty material on the planet. It's strong, but you get in a crash and it simply shatters like glass, without absorbing much of the impact. This is why normal passanger cars are made out of aluminium and steal. metal absorbs energy quite well. But this thread isn't about vehicle safety, it's about the number of days until GT5 is in our hands.


Nothing wrong with the strength of Carbon fiber. In case you don't know he survived and was completely unharmed. He raced at the next event.
 
Well, supercars are made mostly out of carbon fiber. Not the safesty material on the planet. It's strong, but you get in a crash and it simply shatters like glass, without absorbing much of the impact. This is why normal passanger cars are made out of aluminium and steal. metal absorbs energy quite well. But this thread isn't about vehicle safety, it's about the number of days until GT5 is in our hands.

Carbon/kevlar tubs of formula 1/Indy Cars are actually quite strong...stronger than steel. Passenger cars aren't made out of carbon because I don't think people would want to buy a 250,000 dollar Honda Civic :D
 
RACECAR, I'm looking at post 488 from yesterday on my PC and there is no image.
 
Nothing wrong with the strength of Carbon fiber. In case you don't know he survived and was completely unharmed. He raced at the next event.

Race car carbon fiber and the carbon fiber used on supercars is usually very different. And race cars have ROLL CAGES. But really, what the race car is made of depends on the series. Most closed cockpit race cars are made out of fiber glass or plastic or very thin aluminium, 'cause it absorbs energy better and it literally shatters upon contact with anything, same thing with plastic and I've already mentioned the benefits of aluminium.

Carbon/kevlar tubs of formula 1/Indy Cars are actually quite strong...stronger than steel. Passenger cars aren't made out of carbon because I don't think people would want to buy a 250,000 dollar Honda Civic :D

Carbon fiber is strong than steal, but those tubs are made of very thick carbon fiber and kevlar and I even think they're sprayed with polyurathane truck bed liner. Those things are DESIGNED not to break and to keep the driver safe. A supercar's carbon fiber body is a heck of a lot thinner than that. And the bodies are designed to be a little bit more rigid. As a result, the body's tend to crack and shatter in even low speed accidents. Basically, a supercar isn't really designed to be driven recklessly. And, yeah, if you crash at 200mph, you're probably going to die regardless of what the car is made out of.

But the strength of the carbon fiber depends on how it's applied how many layers are used.
 
Carbon/kevlar tubs of formula 1/Indy Cars are actually quite strong...stronger than steel. Passenger cars aren't made out of carbon because I don't think people would want to buy a 250,000 dollar Honda Civic :D

If it cost that much for a Civic, I better atleast get a V12, RWD, and a umbrella holder:)
 
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