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- FreedomWeasel
So clueless
How is that clueless?
So clueless
How is that clueless?
because professional drivers ain't hold back by fear. at least not in a healthy car and reasonable conditions.
Official lineup revealed! No single LFA.
Juichi Wakisaka has gone to KRAFT, leaving the #1 driver of Petronas Tom's to Andre Lotterer. Prepare to see even more rocket starts! Also, Bjorn Wirdheim is no more with Toyota camp --- now gone to Kondo--- I'm so happy to see that, really isn't the most capable guy out in the track.
WedsSport now competing in GT500! Looking forward to their livery on SC430. Seiji Ara & Tatsuya Kataoka...not a strong pair. Veteran Seiji Ara left Super GT and went to FIA GT1 last year, result was rather bad. And Kataoka, don't know much about him.
Hope Toyota/Lexus can give us a close battle this season!
So who's in TOM'S Lexus? I might look it up actually... shame they don't show the races in UK...
Wouldn't the LFA competing be slightly unfair?
Andre Lotterer, as usual, and Kazuki Nakajima, yes, you are not short-sightted, it is the ex-Williams F1 driver. That doesn't mean he would necessarily do well in Super GT though, but hopefully he could defend the pride of an F1 driver.
Why would it? They all have to fit the same rules.
It's a purpose built super/hyper car (whichever you class it as) whereas for example, the SC430 is a roadster imo.
Also, once the season starts we can compare our 458 times with the real one![]()
...But this is a game with so called "arcade" physics...so it should be possible to match their time taking advantage of the unreal bit.
freedomweaselYes, but the question was "how can a random dude sitting on a couch get similar times" and my answer was "because they aren't scared".
If the random dude on the couch was tossed into a SuperGT car I doubt they'd be remotely near the time. But they aren't, they're sitting on a couch, in air conditioning, without an uncomfortable nomex suit and heavy helmet with the g-forces tossing them about. This makes faster lap times much easier.
Far from clueless.
I'm sorry I just thought the comment was funny about being slower in real life b/c of being scared.
We are playing a video game. The developers try their best to make the game as close to reality as possible, but a game will never be anywhere close to real life. It's simply impossible.
Also, a racing driver does not slow down because he is "scared". If that was the case he wouldn't be a racer, he's someone that takes his car the track days. SKILL of braking, throttle control, and cornering lines and what makes a fast lap. Simple as that.
I'm sorry I just thought the comment was funny about being slower in real life b/c of being scared.
We are playing a video game. The developers try their best to make the game as close to reality as possible, but a game will never be anywhere close to real life. It's simply impossible.
Also, a racing driver does not slow down because he is "scared". If that was the case he wouldn't be a racer, he's someone that takes his car the track days. SKILL of braking, throttle control, and cornering lines and what makes a fast lap. Simple as that.
charliecI don't really agree with either of these statements. Especially with games like iRacing, they're realistic enough that racecar drivers actually use them to practice on. The guy that won Daytona this year was an iRacing player. Here's an interesting link about a guy that went from iRacing to racing in real life, and he actually did exceptionally well (in some ways) due entirely to his experience with the video game.
Secondly, you don't think that the risk of death, pain, wrecking expensive equipment that may make you ineligible to finish a race or a season, etc doesn't come in play when people are driving? You can be fast and consistent on a race track and faster yet in a simulation because you're more willing to drive on the car's limit, because there's no penality in a game for exceeding that limit.
I can tell you for a fact that if a real racer drives with fear of crashing, he is not a racer. Maybe an SCCA club racer, but not a pro.
Secondly, you don't think that the risk of death, pain, wrecking expensive equipment that may make you ineligible to finish a race or a season, etc doesn't come in play when people are driving?