I just watched Smokey and the Bandit for about the 10th time. We need a Firebird race.
I can't even type "hello" in the given time.Oh, the #1 guy. I'd like to race against the #1 guy. You should've threatened to eat his family in the pre-race chat, then put the pressure on and wait for him to mess up.
Just kidding. I know you're too nice for that.
Thanks for that info. He wished me luck in a race a couple of weeks ago, after i had not raced for almost two months (I got annoyed at the lag for Australians/New Zealanders). But my hand controller wasn't on (for texting efficiently) so by the time I could reply, it was too late ... I felt bad indeed. I need to get a keyboard attached somehow ...Sunfungus is a good bloke and racer just takes some time to get on his good side. He’s the eye for an eye type.
A "Your's" button would be great eh ...This is the only penalty I've had so far. P1 gets on the curb and loses traction, which makes him swerve over into me. No big deal. Then, approaching the next turn, we're both in a bad situation. I brake to give him room. He goes wide to make room for me. We both end up screwing ourselves, by trying to be nice. Next guy gets on my outside, where you should never be outside. I got a 2 second penalty and end up 5th. The original P1 quit the race.
Not sure what the lesson is, here. It's either keep being nice, and good things will happen, or be aggressive, and make the other guy back down.
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Luck didn't work last night.
Neither did praying. Although, I may have chosen the wrong deity. I'll try more later . . If all else fails, I'll try sacrifice.
Certainly Jedi's are returning because, I saw so many using the "Force Push".In my experience, there's no such thing as luck...... Try using the Force.
... In lap 4 the Brazilian was coming up from behind, yet still 0.7 sec behind at the 150 marker. I brake thinking that's way too far to hit me. Wrong! I can't steer back left in time, he clips me and slides over the far kerb. I get SR Down.
I switched from no stop to seek and destroy mode. I had 33% fuel left in the pit so had to take on a bit extra not to get too far ahead of him. Then blocked him on the way to the second chicane. He messed up and got stuck in the blocks. No penalty for me, he finished last with red A. I got a best lap of 1:49.4 during that race., but finished with still 14% fuel left. Dive bombs, sigh.
Attempt 4 in the AMG. It's starting to feel pointless to race between 6pm and 11pm.
Tyrell Meadow is a Motorsport coach . At Motorsportcoach .com a awesome guy to race withOh, the #1 guy. I'd like to race against the #1 guy. You should've threatened to eat his family in the pre-race chat, then put the pressure on and wait for him to mess up.
Just kidding. I know you're too nice for that.
3rd race didn't go so well. Started 4th, was good for more than half, good racing. Then someone tried to pass me into the 4 apex turns on the outside (why?) and when I slowed to give him room I hit a kerb on the inside which threw me into him. Of course I got a 2 second penalty for it and he isn't happy. Think that's enough for me tonight.Decided to give the WRX a shot.
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Edit: 2nd race not so lucky. Started 6th, got punted around a couple times, other people's penalties vaulted me to 4th and was able to get on the podium on the 4th lap. Not terrible.
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Doing DTG in the RC F. Starting 2nd behind Huracan.Today's update: Monza time down to 1:46.853 in the GT-R.
Hoping that yuyuko-san still races in the early mornings alongside @05XR8...
Jumped in the GT-baRge this morning to see what all the fuss is about.
It is quicker in a straight line than my beloved Vantage. but it feels so uuuirrggghhh through the chicanes. Even with rear brake balance it just feels cumbersome whereas the Aston will just slide and happily point where I want it to.
But speed = times. I dropped my time by 4 tenths straight away. If only I could get round the 2nd chicane quickly. Had to go to work. Said this is last lap.
Dropped a whole second. Now have a 1.49.4xx
Feels good. Still hate that car though. Won't be racing in it.
Got into a race with all S safety rating and was surprised that it was the dirtiest race I'd had all evening, after being barged off track a couple of times I finished the session with a C A rating, bit of a pity as I was quite proud that I'd quickly jumped to a S safety . Hopefully I can find some clean racers when I go back on to get my rating back up.
Yeah, I kind of figured that out last night, I normally spend my seat time doing longish custom races against the AI in PC2 with damage on full so have learned to try to avoid contact at all costs, I quite surprised to find damage was set to off for the dailies. I did have fun though, I just don't want to get lured into the habit of barging or nudging opponents just for the sake of a position or two.Don't get your hopes too high. SRs are by no means a representative of who you are racing against. It a lot of cases Race C (this week at Monza excluded!) is an SR mine. It's relatively easy to look like a good racer on paper. I wouldn't set your stock in it.
I learnt the hard way. Take pride in your own race craft, but don't expect a reward from the game for it. That's what community is for.
The problem in the daily races is in a tightly packed field it's not a position or two, the entire field will gladly take advantage and pass you if you're trying to avoid contact at all costs. Got a car 0.3 in front and another 0.3 behind when you start braking for a chicane? The only way to guarantee to avoid contact is to basically pull over and let the car behind pass before it gets to that stage, but there's another car not far behind them who you'll have to pull over and let past at the next chicane and so on.Yeah, I kind of figured that out last night, I normally spend my seat time doing longish custom races against the AI in PC2 with damage on full so have learned to try to avoid contact at all costs, I quite surprised to find damage was set to off for the dailies. I did have fun though, I just don't want to get lured into the habit of barging or nudging opponents just for the sake of a position or two.
I bet he logged out immediately ... shame he should have been notified by PD that the guy he smashed up was the fastest guy in the race.
Then again, he would probably then think, that what he did was cool ...