Different Speedometers for each car?

[Eagle]

Depends on the context a lot. What you do Majin doesn't sound all that bad. I race people off lights but once I hit the speed limit or just over it, that's it, back to normal driving. Whoever reaches it first should win anyway.

The speedo in GT3 was 320km/h only, regardless of what car you drove.

I like the electronic one like the S2000 has, it was an NFS2 thing as well if memory serves.

 

[YZF]

Originally posted by Eagle
Depends on the context a lot. What you do Majin doesn't sound all that bad. I race people off lights but once I hit the speed limit or just over it, that's it, back to normal driving. Whoever reaches it first should win anyway.

The speedo in GT3 was 320km/h only, regardless of what car you drove.

I like the electronic one like the S2000 has, it was an NFS2 thing as well if memory serves.

If i said that GT3 had different speedos (not only 320) that means it DID! Don't argue with me

Quality isn't good but u can count scale.

 

[daan]

Originally posted by kekke2000
at least here in "my" town, they keep the crowd of the roads and it is a very long straight

And if one of the cars has a mechanical failure/puncture and veers off the straight?

Originally posted by kekke2000
(on a public road so the chance of a frontal crash is not big)

Not a big chance of a frontal crash, but there is always that chance.

Originally posted by Majin SSJ Eric
I have driven for ten years and have had no wrecks or speeding tickets.

Just never been caught then?

Originally posted by Majin SSJ Eric
Sure I'll occasionally race somebody from a redlight but I know which situations are safe and which aren't.

How do you know that? Do you have a sixth sense? Has you car got a built in radar?

Originally posted by Majin SSJ Eric
I don't race through school zones or residential areas.

That sentence should read, "I don't race"

Originally posted by Majin SSJ Eric
Often times I'm not breaking the speed limit when the race is finished.

It's still illegal to have a race on the public streets irrespective of the speed.

Originally posted by Majin SSJ Eric
If that is what you consider to be dangerous and stupid then maybe you should just avoid the "treacherous" public roads altogether.

Racing on the public streets is dangerous and stupid.

Also, why is treacherous in quotes? You make it sound like I said that, when I didn't.


And anyway....

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
As you've probably noticed, Street Racing is not terribly well-received here at GTPlanet. It's also against the law, which means that under the terms of the Acceptable Use Policy, talking about street racing is not permitted here.

 

[kekke2000]

Originally posted by daan
And if one of the cars has a mechanical failure/puncture and veers off the straight?

then it's no problem at all, the straight has a ditch on each side of the road... only the cars and drivers that would get hurt...

 

[kekke2000]

Originally posted by YZF
If i said that GT3 had different speedos (not only 320) that means it DID! Don't argue with me

Quality isn't good but u can count scale.

impressive... do you know what car/cars it is?

 

[T5-R]

Originally posted by kekke2000
i can't believe the reaction of my driving... as i said i drive responsibly very often... wreckless just sometimes... i was on a street race today, as crowd... i think that is way better than my last hell-ride... it's quiet safe, at least here in "my" town, they keep the crowd of the roads and it is a very long straight (on a public road so the chance of a frontal crash is not big)and great cars racing at great speed, it's pure fun and i will probably drive in the future...

Hey guys calm down he only drives wrecklessly sometimes. Which of course means hes really a safe driver most of the time. *


So that means hes only putting people at risk with his stupidity some of the time, which of course is fine*. If he was in an accident and he killed someone in the process I'm sure the family would be very understanding that he only drives wrecklessly sometimes*.



/I've used *s & italics in this post to help highlight the obvious sarcasm that seems to elude some members of this forum.

 

[code_kev]

keep racing on a track

 

[heero 12]

So now we compare Street racers to Rapists! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! If both drivers know what they are doing when they are doing it, there will be no risk to anyone but themselves, and if they are aware of that fact then there is nothing wrong with that. And how is two cars accelerating fast street racing? Were they speeding? Were they running a red?

 

[Dave A]

Originally posted by heero 12
If both drivers know what they are doing when they are doing it, there will be no risk to anyone but themselves, and if they are aware of that fact then there is nothing wrong with that.

I have to dissagree, I know a guy thats killed an unborn baby and put the mother in a coma racing on these so called safe roads, I have to say, that guy could drive too. He had turned into a complete wanker by the time the accident hapned but he could run rings round most people, he did rally racing, go-karts and some track racing in Fiesta's and Sierra's and then he did some Caterham racing. He like most people thought he would never lose control of the car but he did, and when he did he happened to slam into that woman. If you lose control and theres someone walking nearby how's there no risk? What is there to say theres no chance that someone won't walk or run into the road as you coming? Don't try to justify it by saying it's okay if you know what your doing. If you wan't to race, go to a circuit, or have a day out go-karting but don't use the pubic roads.

 

[heero 12]

Originally posted by heero 12
If both drivers know what they are doing when they are doing it, there will be no risk to anyone but themselves, and if they are aware of that fact then there is nothing wrong with that.

I never have quoted myself before, but the point is clear, racing on city streets is indeed dumb, but out on a forest road with no one around for several miles is an entirely different story. And another thing, if people can't hear those damn ricers mufflers from a mile off they deserve to die.

 

[Dave A]

So if someone is walking down a road in the countrside and gets run over by racers, it's their fault for walking down the country road. Like I said, don't try to justify it, it's wrong, people have and do get hurt and it's not always the people in the cars. Where do you think the pregnant woman got ran over? I don't expect you to have nkown, but it wasn't exactley outside of Tesco's. She lived in a place called Chatsworth which is out in the country, near some forests as well wouild you believe it. But she was just walking from one place to another and then ******** in his red Fiest that he though was a ferrari slammed into her. There is no way you can justify that, no matter where you are driving, there is no way you can gaurentee there won't be anyone else around, there could be hikers, campers, cyclists. There is no way you can know all you can do is reduce the risk which is still not acceptable.

 

[Speed Drifter]

You're not supposed to goof around if there is other traffic or pedestrians at all. If you really have to drive fast on public roads you need to know the road you're driving, have the experience of a professional driver or even racer including the sense that tells you when you're taking even the slightest risk and brain to not take it. If you're unsure at all about the road or traffic before you or can't see far enough, just slow down enough and don't take that risk, period.

Speed limits for public roads are just recommendations and set - by people, not any god - so that every driver including old people should be able to drive safely at those speeds. There are times when those limits are too high for current circumstances and times when driving a bit faster wouldn't risk anything.

Racing against someone or just yourself on city streets is the most idiotic thing to do no matter what and for god's sake let's stop this arguing already. (and all you nitpickers out there, sorry about posting my thoughts here and feel free to start flaming me if it helps you)

 

[kekke2000]

ok let's put it all together... to drive fast on a public road it has to be long way from houses, no pedestriant close, and you have to know the road and have a clear view arround each corner so nothing surprising can happen that hurts any other one than you...

if you don't stick to these rules you are a sick maniac... like me

 

[zoxxy]

Where do you live in Sweden? There is a Blackrace
almost everywhere were you can get you're desired adrenaline kick.

Blackrace = Legal streetrace, including cops and everything.

 

[kekke2000]

Originally posted by zoxxy
Where do you live in Sweden? There is a Blackrace
almost everywhere were you can get you're desired adrenaline kick.

Blackrace = Legal streetrace, including cops and everything.

Sv: jepp, jag vet... bor i JKPG... jag var nere på Emmaboda den 15:e... men åkte med en annan så körde inte...

En: yupp, i know... i live in JKPG... i went to Emmaboda (a drag strip for street cars) the 15th... but i didn't drive myself because we went in another car...

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by Speed Drifter
You're not supposed to goof around if there is other traffic or pedestrians at all.

And where IS that, precisely?

You can go to places where there is "less likelihood" of people being around, but the fact remains that people are stupid (stupid enough to street race, being a case in point) and can turn up anywhere. You cannot say "oh well, they shouldn't have been there", because you (meaning the person racing, not necessarily YOU) shouldn't have been racing there. They are behaving lawfully, the racers are not.


Comparing street-racers with rapists? Not a point I'd have made, due to it's emotive connotations. However it is still a valid point. Street-racers are making a conscious decision specifically to commit a crime. People can get over being raped (there's on 12 year old girl I know who seems to be getting on well with her life, despite being raped aged 10), but they cannot get over being mashed into oblivion by some wanker with a desperate obsession to prove that his penis is larger than someone else's.

 

[Majin SSJ Eric]

I freely admit that street racing is irresponsible and stupid. But for all of you holier than thou types getting your panties in a twist over it, lighten up. If you are trying to tell me that you have never stomped the gas off a red light in your life then you are either a liar or you don't have a car. Plain and simple. Real racing should be left to the track but redlining first and second gear from a redlight is hardly dangerous. Hell people do that all the time even when not racing!

 

[l33tc4k30fd00m]

Originally posted by Famine
Comparing street-racers with rapists? Not a point I'd have made, due to it's emotive connotations. However it is still a valid point. Street-racers are making a conscious decision specifically to commit a crime. People can get over being raped (there's on 12 year old girl I know who seems to be getting on well with her life, despite being raped aged 10), but they cannot get over being mashed into oblivion by some wanker with a desperate obsession to prove that his penis is larger than someone else's.

Perhaps it wasn't such a great comp, but it was the first thing that came to mind.

My point was more that rapists, like streetracers will get their own way no matter who it hurts. The difference is that rapists are actully aware that they will hurt someone deeply. Streetracers know there is a chance they might and although they may not want to... They do it anyway. Not as bad but pretty damn stupid.

It's reckless ignorance. Like drunk driving or having a loaded gun around children who don't know better.

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by Majin SSJ Eric
I freely admit that street racing is irresponsible and stupid. But for all of you holier than thou types getting your panties in a twist over it, lighten up. If you are trying to tell me that you have never stomped the gas off a red light in your life then you are either a liar or you don't have a car. Plain and simple. Real racing should be left to the track but redlining first and second gear from a redlight is hardly dangerous. Hell people do that all the time even when not racing!

Red means "stop". It's green that means "go".

Originally posted by heero 12
And another thing, if people can't hear those damn ricers mufflers from a mile off they deserve to die.

New sig anyone? "heero 12 says: If you're deaf, you deserve death!"

 

[Dave A]

Lol, I see what Majin is saying, theres not much wrong with accelerating hard to 30Mph or 40Mph ect depending on what limit the road is, as for the comment about speeding only where there are no pedestrians, as I said and Famine just said, you can never gaurentee there will be no one around. I would not stand here and say I've never driven over the limit, but when you see someone you know who was a fantastic driver despite being a tosser, you think twice about these things. I only go over the limit now on motorways, and even then it's just to overtake.

 

[Uncle Harry]

To all the guys that think speeding, racing and dragging of other cars at trafic lights is allright, just think of this.
Can you afford the legal representation to defend your actions after you have an accident or been caught? Even if you are only speeding by a small amount and something goes wrong the Police can charge you with any number of driving offences. If somebody is killed by your actions you can be charged with Manslaughter.
Also the Police can still charge drivers for dangerous driving even if you are below the posted speed limit.
Please think carefully, I would hate to think that 2 minutes of fun will ruin the rest of your life.

 

[yeti]

Will a moderator please lock this topic!!

It was a harmless poll and now it's gone bad with multiple flame and a hell of a lot of spam and bollocks.

C.

 

[911_gt3_rs]

Back on topic here, I think that individual speedo's, tach's would be cool but as many have said theres no way it will happen. As fo the speedo i wish they would atleast scale it for individual cars, why have 320 Km/h on the clock of a Nissan Micra/March whatever ur country calls 'em. I can't wait to use GT4's new HUD with G meter and new posioned brake/accelerate meters.

 

[kekke2000]

Originally posted by yeti
Will a moderator please lock this topic!!

It was a harmless poll and now it's gone bad with multiple flame and a hell of a lot of spam and bollocks.

C.

i agree, i've got the info i wanted...it's just dejavu posts now

 

[Eagle]

Everything is turning into a brawl lately.

 

[phantasm]

on topic... i would love to see different gauges modelled after the real gauges in each car. Seeing as i use the in car view, would be nice to get some sense that i'm in different cars from the view (besides the different handling and performance). At the least the speedo should adjust... they were able to do it with the tach, so why not the speedometer?