Talking to yourself during races

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How many of you talk to yourself during races, and what do you say?

I have a couple of mantras I repeat to myself:

1) Some variation on "slow is fast", "keep it on the track" or "slow in fast out" to keep myself calm and counter my natural tendency to brake ever later and compromise my corner entry or go flying off the track.

2) "Fangio hands." The great Juan Manuel Fangio was known for his delicate touch on the wheel. Having the lightest possible grip makes is much easier to feel what the car is doing. It's easy to get excited and grip the wheel too tight, which compromises feel and makes it harder to maintain control at the limit of grip. Reminding myself of this aspect of the great man's talent helps me maintain a light touch.

Then of course there is the occasional outburst of expletives when I make an mistake or get punted off, but I'll leave the details to your imagination :)
 
BobElHat
Then of course there is the occasional outburst of expletives when I make an mistake or get punted off, but I'll leave the details to your imagination :)
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Haha, I talk to myself a lot. I do more cussing than anything (LOL).....followed by #1.

Not only expletives, talking also includes:
TURN!
easy...easy...easy
lock it up!
c'mon!
Brake damnit!
you suck! (to myself)
Yes, do that, do exactly that! (sarcasm)
 
ya "you suck" comes pretty often mostly after getin hit by someone ;)
and the sometimes maybe " stay on target " for myself
 
"haha"
"I just drift pass a gripper"
Swearing continues lol
"take it easy"
"this game cheats" :lol:
"why is he so fast in the straights?"
"bye bye"
"you liked it"


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Fujiwara-kun
"this game cheats" :lol:
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He he, I rant at the game too. "What?! A real car would never do that! Expletives removed by moderator game!" Usually that's just after spinning out when I got a wheel on the grass under braking or took a bit more curb than usual and the car did exactly what a real car would have done.
 
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Brake! Brake! Brake!
Wide!
Nice!
Can't this thing go any faster?
Easy on the throttle.
I hope that buffs out.
Two wheels still on track! It's still good. :D
Assisted drift!
Oh ho! Four wheel drift! (usually ends in a mess)
 
BobElHat
He he, I rant at the game too. "What?! A real car would never do that! Expletives removed by moderator game!" Usually that's just after spinning out when I got a wheel on the grass under braking or took a bit more curb than usual and the car did exactly what a real car would have done.
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I think that phrase is used by everyone lol

Im probably yelling at...

the other drivers in my way...

another few phrases for me

"revenge"
"why are you so slow"

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Depends who's in the race, normally I'm silent but say in the garage showdowns here on GTP and other more serious races with lots of people i respect, i often find myself telling myself to be patient, or to keep my cool.

There are instances of e-road rage though to, not as badly as i swear at shooters though, i'm much more vocal on COD4.
 
Hit the bl***y apex for god sake
Why the hell is he breaking so early
Either go quicker or move out the way
Dam he's getting closer (usually followed by a crash and the need for a bucket and spade)
 
Yep I also curse when playing GT5P and COD4 ... simply if it doesn't go my way then I start cursing like there's no tomorrow :sly: At my age I should try to be more relaxed but alas it's a lost cause and they just roll off the tongue :guilty:

Seems a common practice anyway so I feel slightly better that I'm not an exception :lol:
 
I swear I have some sort of Tourette's syndrome that only comes out when I'm playing video games. Normally I swear a lot but I consider that punctuation. When I'm playing video games, however, I just get overcome with the need to spew a constant stream of expletives when things aren't going my way.
 
You wanna me?
Take it easy
Son of......
Cmon cmoonn
ah no noooo *spinning)
Drive like a man b.....
 
Im usually concentrating so hard, that all I manage to say when things go wrong is, "What happend?" Then I usually mess up every corner after that lol
 
being not much of a talker.
all is in my head..."move over a**" or when someone just punt me off the track i'll say something.. but mostly i'm just playing in silence with the volume high for the sounds.
 
i just get pissed and punch myself in the leg

if i do say something its like, "the ai is cheating" or "the ai cant be moved" and "oh my god"
 
i only talk to myself when it's going bad, otherwise i'm pretty silence.

bad in two different ways:

1. if i get punted.
i'm swearing to the guy who punted me. i'm calling them all sorts of things in English or Dutch. And when i'm swearing in Dutch it are real bad things. The Dutch guys here know what i mean. and swearing in Dutch can be much more brutal then in English :trouble:. But if it's a Gtp-er, I only say something like ****, cos i know he really didn't do it in purpose.

2. If i'm doin not so good:
i correct myself by saying to myself what i'm doin wrong. most of the time it helps. but i have to keep repeating it to myself. if it don't helps or when i'm doin something stupid. like going off or hit somebody, i'm saying sarcasm things to myself. if i reach the point of swearing to myself, i quite playing:lol: (doesn't happen that often)
 
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am a nice guy I just swear far too much thats all
 
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Pretty much for me its

Yes, Yes, Yes on a reasonable lap
No, No, No on a lousy lap

And silent on a good lap due to the fact I tend to literally hold my breath on a good lap (dreading the addition of Nurburgring - I may need to learn to breath through my ears)
 
skyway666
Pretty much for me its

Yes, Yes, Yes on a reasonable lap
No, No, No on a lousy lap

And silent on a good lap due to the fact I tend to literally hold my breath on a good lap (dreading the addition of Nurburgring - I may need to learn to breath through my ears)
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I usually don't talk to myself, but I do hold my breath and forget to blink. On GT4 it was really painful to not blink for 4-5 minutes whilst lapping the Nordschliefe, so i'm dreading doing the same in GT5! :nervous:
 
Other than the stream of expletives....... with the FBomb being the main protagonist....

These are the common ones:

Turn in, turn in dammit!!!
Apex Apex!!!
Arrrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Sloppy Sloppy!!

and the obilgatory.... YES YES YES!! and C'MON!! which are usually accompanied by the Fernando Alonso bunny ears wave....
 
Daniel_Elessar
being not much of a talker.
all is in my head..."move over a**" or when someone just punt me off the track i'll say something.. but mostly i'm just playing in silence with the volume high for the sounds.
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+1.

Don't talk much when I'm racing, usually just thinking about god knows what.
I only talk when i just had a very good race of a nice battle or something like that.
But when I get punted real badly or several times by the same guy, everyone who is at home knows about it :D
 
Interesting topic :)

Usually I do not talk rather think:
I mostly do TimeTrials so I think: ok this is the last lap; ok if I start wrong I quite game; ok this really is a last one; OK 15 more minutse till half past1AM
 
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