Does GT rouse people's interest in going fast? Sure. Need an outlet? The answer is not driving wrecklessly on the street, but going to real sanctioned events like autocrosses and drag races where you can cut loose.
They want to get it off the street and onto the track where it belongs. You can take your car to the races for as little as $10-20. Most people never go because they have no idea how cheap it is. They watch racing on TV and assume that since they don't have a multimillion dollar budget, they can only race on the street.
Driving fast on the street really loses its luster after you've been diving into hairpins from 130mph on a real track. Real events are a much better outlet for the urge, both in terms of safety and in truly satisfying that urge.
As for the question of drivers who think they are race drivers on the street... the way I see it, the main problem there is that they haven't crashed yet (or haven't learned from crashing). They think they know where the line is. They think they know how far they can push it without losing it. But the reality is, you don't know where the line is until you've crossed it several times.
The best way to fix this is to do some autocrossing... where you can totally lose it and spin out in total safety. In this form of racing, you are expected to push it hard. In fact, it is said that if you aren't spinning out every so often, you aren't pushing as hard as you should be.
As a result of RL racing, I don't usually drive all that fast on the street. I do drive in a spirited fashion sometimes when the conditions allow. I am much better able to judge what those conditions are than someone who's never been to a track. In fact, that's the real issue. It's not speed that's dangerous, but inappropriate speed.
I find that when I'm a passenger with some of my friends, I tend to cringe a lot. Because they're not really speeding or anything... but... they're in danger, and they don't know it. The traffic laws are written to protect people from their own inability to judge what speed is appropriate for the situation (due to lack of training and experience). They have to write it to the lowest common denominator. But sometimes even that isn't low enough. And, of course, a lot of times you could go much faster and still be totally safe. So that just encourages people to go faster all the time, blissfully unaware of the times when they need to slow down.
All of my friends who drive minivans are the worst about this. _I_ can feel how close the vehicle is to its edge even when driving at the speed limit around a turn. They can not. Feels fine and normal to them. I cringe all the time, and they think I'm silly. "What's wrong with you? I thought you liked going fast?" How can I explain to them that they're close enough to the edge that an irregularity in the road could throw them into a spin and a crash into the trees? And then at other times, they may go through some turn much faster, and I'm totally fine with it. I think they can go faster still without any danger. They just don't have the ability to hear what the vehicle is saying to them. And whenever they go over the edge and lose it, they're shocked and didn't see it coming at all. As far as they're concerned, the car just lost it without any cause when they weren't even speeding.
What gets me the most is how fast people drive in parking lots. I get people getting all irritated at me for 'driving too slow' in a parking lot. They expect the sports car to drive wrecklessly, I guess. Of all the places where you could cut loose and go fast, the crowded parking lot is by far the stupidest. Ever notice how many accidents there are in parking lots? There's just no excuse for that. It's just retarded and senseless. I mean... geezus people! It's a freaking parking lot. You must really have no outlet for your speed demon _at all_ if you can't slow down for even a few seconds there.
I also get run over by mother's in their minivans when I actually do slow to 25mph when children are present. I savor that irony. I think it's hillarious when I've got a mother honking at me trying to encourage me to ignore the 25mph speed limit and run over their kid they're coming to pick up.
And then these same people think I'm being crazy when I cut loose a little on an empty express way in the middle of the night.
Sheesh.
Also, on a real race track, you don't have to concentrate on what the guy in front is going to do, because he's got to watch his mirrors. Even if he tries to cut you to avoid you passing him, it can't be as dangerous as someones who does not see you and gets in your way (correct me if I'm wrong : I've never driven on a race track but I watch a lot of race on TV ). Even then, race drivers often get penalties for this type of thing because it's a delicate maneuver (sorry for typo).
Ha ha ha!!! That's rich! You'd like to think that, wouldn't you.
In reality, you have to watch out _even more_. The drivers on the track are generally better than drivers on the street, but not always. There are retards out there, too. Plus, the concentration of the car ahead of you is probably on the hairpin they're approaching at over 100mph... not the guy behind them. And if it's not, it should be.
And then there's the 'red haze' that comes down over their vision and causes them to do horribly aggressive and overly dangerous things when they think they're going to be passed.
In reality, it takes considerable skill and discipline to pass and be passed safely. Much more so than driving on a freeway.
Well, at times I find myself following close enough on highways thinking 'I can draft off the guy in front me'. What makes it worse though is I don't think it would make a whole lot of difference with my stock Civic LX...but I catch myself doing it all the time on the highway!
Oie! Don't do that!!! That's amazingly wreckless! And pointless at the same time. There is no draft at those speeds. You're just putting yourself and the cars around you in danger.
And besides... if you ever ended up behind me... I brake check tailgaters HARD. I consider it one of my missions to show people that what they're doing is, in fact, very dangerous and stupid. I like making them spill their hot coffee all over themselves in a panic when they realize suddenly that they can't stop nearly fast enough with only 2 meters of following distance.
In my corvette, I can slam the brake hard, make them panic, and then get on the gas again to get right back to speed without even coming close to actual contact. But for a moment, the car behind me is sure they're about to have a collision. I really aught to get a rear mounted camera... the flailing arms are just priceless.
I mean... I can't see the logic of tailgating in the first place. And tailgating a freakin sports car that has big @ss brakes and wide sticky tires is just retarded.
- Skant
and scraped my left frong wing.
But when i start in a few months im sure it will affect me then
Plus its really strict around here if your driving fast or like a jerk. 
