Can someone please explain the appeal of 'drag racing' online?
I really enjoy drifting online and one of the courses I REALLY enjoy is the Top Gear track.
But whenever I find a drift session running on the TG track, I come in only to find about 10 + people just screaming down the long straight.
Then
I end up getting kicked because I was drifting in front of their stupid Red Bull car.
Anyone care to explain the excitement here? Are there any rules in place for this type of drag racing or is it just people kinda guessing when they should both let the clutch out?
Cheers
Ohhhh ok I see. Thanks!
Still seems pretty lame to me personally.
Surely you'd want to have the exact same car, yeah?
The excitement is proving that you have the quickest/fastest car in a straight line. With more and more people getting into the drag world, it's becoming a harder and harder challenge for an everyday racer to be in the top 5% of drag racers, let alone the best.
Numbers Numbers.... Numbers are not the same as the lights people, If you want to drag race online would you think its better to get a drag racing game? It's just a though but you do what you may. I just don't see any point in it unless you have a red forehead.
Like DaLightningRacer said, you find a drag game with 1000+ cars with the ability to tune them all AND a working christmas tree and I'll be ponying up cash in no time. Until then, GT5 will suffice.
Well theres 2 ways, some do a time and others do a "tree". One person lines up in front of you and when his car goes invisible you launch.
There's actually three ways. Method #3 is a combination of the first two. Get a car to sit infront to tree and the tree announces when they are going to ghost (for example, :40) and go at that time.
This one guy traded his ZZII for my Ram setup
EPIC FACEPALM for that guy!!
Nice score for you though. 👍
I hate the timer because people always jump. And when you race at Indy, the launch is mostly the deciding factor on whether you win or lose.
Which is why method #3 is such a good method....it eliminates jumpers and eliminates the slow reactions from the randomness of the ghost.
Using a ghost car as a tree, how lame can some people be.
So, you're calling me lame are you?? Go read the AUP next time as it says you will not attack other groups and considering I'm part of the drag racing group, I find that a personal attack.
You'll never find that and the physics in GT5 aren't accurate as we all know due to all the glitching people have done.
Glitches have nothing to do with the car physics, but entirely on the environments.
Drag Racing is another way to have fun online (90% of my friends drag). The excitement? hmmm, we do pinkslip races, win the race win the opponents car and "last man standing" which is a round robin tournament style where we all run the same car, a prize car given to the Fastest/Winner, some drama hey?? Funny how most people on this site knock Drag but Drift gets the full pass (I drift too). Also, I have seen 'cops and robbers' 'dirty Nascar' lobbies, does that sound pointless? People will have fun online by any means, there is no correct nor wrong way to play online. Just understand the lobby you are in and ask questions if you have no idea whats going on.
Cheers,
*TeAm_SoLo* member - Race, Drag, Drift
Fully agree. The whole point of GT5 and the PS3 is a form of entertainment and it should be used for whatever purpose the user decides whether it be dragging, racing, cruising, cat and mouse the list goes on...
Both of you need to join us when we play games like this. We had an awesome game of British Bulldogs with heaps of GTP members a couple of months back......we might need to organise another one soon.
To be honest, and I mean no offense, I think drag in GT5 is pointless. The physics don't capture it. Tire grip off the line isn't right, wheel spin isn't right, and shifting isn't right unless you have a very expensive wheel (and some do).
Though it doesn't really matter what I think of it since I'm not the one doing it. I'm just saying that I don't get why a drag racer would pick GT5. I think I've had better drag racing in NFS games. Even Forza 3's scripted launch slide would add a lot to GT's drag racing.
Just ANY DRAG STRIP (or bringing back Test Course) would make things SOOOO MUCH EASIER!!
PD needs to bring back Vegas Drag Way. It's the only way... Until then I guess you have to stick with the ghost for a light and still be unable to check reaction time and so on.
LOL....
You weren't able to check reaction time with Las Vegas anyway, and this is coming from the person who runs the GT4 1/4 mile thread. Your argument is now invalid and we'll be happy with our ghosts and timers thankyou.
) hp Cobra...
