GTP_WRS Week 111 : Smokey and the Bandit

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Does this affect the car how the car handles etc ?

Gravitron
Aero Parts: Optional (Aero Kits, Rear Wing, Custom Rear Wing, Other all Allowed)
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monkeywall
Does this affect the car how the car handles etc ?
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Not sure about the body kits etc to be honest but the rear wing setting has a pronounced effect. I am running the car totally stock, complete with Bandit special edition paint job. :)
 
I really want to add the rear wing for that tiny bit extra but that means ruining the Bandit's legacy!
 
Sorry for double post, but I have some new splits from a run this morning. :)

35.232
1'22.765
 
36.492
1'25.409

all I'm trying to do is find the racing line and stay to it. I'll leave going fast to the experts :) thats me, hopefully only for a few days
 
late to the party ,but yes yes yes , great job guys !! I Just gotta have a go !

splits tba.
 
Vagabond
Standard issue 1st sector video might help:

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That's just too :lol: and I thought that hunting for dark dirt would help me track out and get goin quicker. So I guess there isn't any traction disadvantage in blowin through the weeds.... wow (great line control by the way "V")
 
ten laps for now...

39.631
1:32.714
 
Learned to love the grass, even if it's pretty parched. ;) BB 5/5, no aero parts.

36.389
1:25.039
 
Just a few more minutes gave me 7 tenths, but that's because I drove about 200 km in a car too new for those films.

Brakes 4/1

36.743
87.260
 
37.341
1:26.974

Having a lot of fun with this one. So much that I even watched the original movie last night ;)
 
mr_lab_rat
Young non-Americans will be confused :D

Edit: This includes me but I just saw a Gas Monkey Garage episode that mentioned the movie so I looked it up.
Trivia: What was the graphic on the hood called?
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If nobody guessed yet, I think "Phoenix" is what the hood graphic would be called, maybe..
Sorry if this was already posted..

I'd do this if a handbrake was allowed..
 
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35.333
1'23.050

Sure I'd be way faster if I switch ABS on, but that steals all the fun I have smashing that dirty old bastard through the dust... No, it's not the smooth way I try. It's the "Walter Röhrl Style".:cheers:
 
Vagabond
Using the handbrake would gain you nothing anyway, so may as well just give it a go :)
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You got me.. Brake bias is the way anyway.. I drove this car on this track a long time ago, and if I remember correctly it tends to rotate fairly well.. I'll give it a try today.. Thanks..👍
 
Vagabond
Using the handbrake would gain you nothing anyway, so may as well just give it a go :)
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Nice to see you running Chris! 👍 :cheers:
 
Alright.. I have a hard time forcing myself to spend long chunks of time trying to shave 10ths..
Like Patrick once told me.. that's what it requires, and I know that..

I worked on it for about 30 min so far, but really a fun combo..
Don't know if I could improve much from here..

37.733
1:27.667
Very happy with that one.
 
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@euclid58 Fetchy saw your void splits before your edit, and he doesn't come back to look at edits, so please post the correct ones again. :)
 
Gravitron
@euclid58 Fetchy saw your void splits before your edit, and he doesn't come back to look at edits, so please post the correct ones again. :)
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I didn't submit any times yet, but was planning to submit the 2nd one..
 
36.451
1'24.601

That very well may be it for me this week unless i get home early on monday. All I can say is watch @Vagabond 's video, try to find and stay to a line and don't go full throttle all the time. Just take it easy :lol: Best of luck guys 👍
 
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