thank you drafting.

risingson77 · Sep 22, 2003

Uh-huh..."in a movie".

69Dodge_Charger · Sep 22, 2003

A movie that he was in.

2005McLarenF1 · Sep 22, 2003

lol shutup man

risingson77 · Sep 22, 2003

Such hostility...it's OK, no need to be ashamed.

2005McLarenF1 · Sep 22, 2003

aight shutup man for real its not so much funny anymore. It wasnt that funny to begin with, but there are so many people on this forum who get all pissed off at the slightest thing and I try not to be one of those people, but ur starting to piss me off so.... shut the hell up.

miata13B · Sep 22, 2003

I second that Hostility remark

toyomatt84 · Sep 22, 2003

A Genuine Draft, teehee thats a good one, is when you take the used air wave from the driver ahead of you to your advantage. It is a lot harder to cut uncut air then cut air.

risingson77 · Sep 22, 2003

o nos!!! teh intarweb is mad at me!!11

Vasco · Sep 23, 2003

Originally posted by 2005McLarenF1
Actually I saw American History X, and it showed some and it was the most disgusting thing ive ever seen.

Just because you starred in it... :rolleyes:

[color=E3E0D6]Yes, I know who said it before...so for those of you who are stupid. Shut up. Now.[/color]

Venom_supra · Sep 23, 2003

isnt it just going in the slip-stream?

drifting S15 · Sep 23, 2003

ty loud music for explaining what it actually is and sorrry about the punctuation problem. I will try to prevent it from happening again. (clear?) :lol:

thanks for the information. I really appreciate it.

dingdongcat · Sep 24, 2003

so how far back to u have to be from the car... do u have to be like right behind the car or like 50 m back?

risingson77 · Sep 24, 2003

Generally, you have to be right on the leading car.

Dark Skyline · Sep 24, 2003

Originally posted by risingson77
Generally, you have to be right on the leading car.

It doesnt spacificly have to be the leading car.

risingson77 · Sep 24, 2003

The car leading yours, then.... :rolleyes:

rollazn · Sep 24, 2003

Yep Drafting ROCKS!!!! :trouble:

ROll

IceGT · Sep 24, 2003

Have you ever stood still, while a car passes by you, well you notice all of that wind that rushes by you, this is another reason why drafting works, its not just the fact that the car infront of you has reduces your resistance, it is also because of the draft wind behind the car infront of you. It basically pulls your car, so you don't have to use as much power to go as fast, and you are able to go a bit faster than you could without the wind, because like I just said it is pulling your car, Now once you pass the car in front of you if you are already exceeding your cars max speed without the draft, you will slow down considerably, until the car behind you passes you again.

bmwx · Sep 24, 2003

Originally posted by dingdongcat
so how far back to u have to be from the car... do u have to be like right behind the car or like 50 m back?

Think tailgating. You have to get close and then, at the opportune moment, swing around and pass him. It doesn't have much effect lower than 200 or so mph though. Wow... tailgating at 200 mph... I'll stick with the videogames...

dingdongcat · Sep 25, 2003

haha its like having wind pushing u forward... and pushing the air away from u...

wow tailgating at 200mph crazy!!!

Vasco · Sep 25, 2003

Originally posted by Dark Skyline
It doesnt spacificly have to be the leading car.

If you want to win usually you'll have to be on the first car...

Unless they're all in a pck (unlikely with the GT3 AI).

Crayola · Dec 10, 2003

Originally posted by 2005McLarenF1
Ive never drafted... I dont think its possible when everyone is behind you.

Thats why you lap them... Fastest Ive gone draffting in a ROAD car is the 450km/h in the RGT which is bout 280mph for you yanks and alike. If you dont understand the concept of drafting think about high diving, if the water is broken you go into the water much more smoothly and it doesnt hurt as much, well the same thing happens with air oh it also works when you sailing as long as ur not getting dirty wind from the boat infront of you.

Cap'n Jack · Dec 10, 2003

Originally posted by Sheron
Could someone explain me what the hell is drafting??

Thanks in advance.

It's where you go behind a car when your racing and all the air goes around the car infront so theres no air infront of you so there is no drag and drag slows you down so when theres no air theres no drag so you go faster.

codered_59 · Dec 10, 2003

don't u guys find the effects of drafting quite.....exaggerated?

Cap'n Jack · Dec 10, 2003

Yes, yes I do. That's all I have to say.

Glut · Dec 11, 2003

Originally posted by codered_59
don't u guys find the effects of drafting quite.....exaggerated?

I was watching a couple of races of aussie cars (basically gokarts with interesting shells):

They can manage around 250km/h at the end of the straight at eastern creek IIRC. halfway along, travelling less than 200km/h they got enough speed through drafting to overtake the car in front of them and gain a car length before the air resistance slowed them down to 'race pace'. These are parity cars, so there aren't any other factors to think about, the drafting effect was very, very obvious.

Seeing this happen time and time again, I think that the drafting effect isn't overdone and could be achieved at lower speeds than deplicted. Just guessing from the aero dynamics that the aussie cars lack in comparison to the LM type GT3 cars (such as GT1, etc.) I reckon that the drafting effect should be greater in GT3 than on the glorified gokarts.

Cap'n Jack · Dec 11, 2003

I was watching that that was so cool!

Crayola · Dec 12, 2003

Originally posted by Glut
I was watching a couple of races of aussie cars (basically gokarts with interesting shells):
They can manage around 250km/h at the end of the straight at eastern creek IIRC. halfway along, travelling less than 200km/h they got enough speed through drafting to overtake the car in front of them and gain a car length before the air resistance slowed them down to 'race pace'. These are parity cars, so there aren't any other factors to think about, the drafting effect was very, very obvious.

Seeing this happen time and time again, I think that the drafting effect isn't overdone and could be achieved at lower speeds than deplicted. Just guessing from the aero dynamics that the aussie cars lack in comparison to the LM type GT3 cars (such as GT1, etc.) I reckon that the drafting effect should be greater in GT3 than on the glorified gokarts.

Ive seen these things they're pretty cool but you got somethin a little bit wrong, drafting is much more effective with less aerodynamic cars because the car in front is breakin it for them where-as the GT1 class cars have hella-low wind resistance anyway meaning its less noticeable, basicall if the coefficienct WITH drafting is 1 for both and without its 2 for the GT1s and 3 for the glory-karts, basically 2 is closer to 1 than 3 is my point. (The numbers arent important and I coudlnt think of a better way of explaining.)

mindless_dude · Dec 13, 2003

i like those go carts with body shells,i thought the pic was taken from a *****D up camera :lol:

Impreza STi · Dec 14, 2003

For those that STILL don't get what drafting is...

loque84 · Dec 24, 2003

drafting make the car low air resistance,i use denso sard supra usually at 220 and raise up to 240++ when drafting

thank you drafting.

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