Why do you race?

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To do my best and have fun.
If i'm for example 7th but i'm battling with someone, it's like i'm battling for the first place, i don't care where i am.
When, another example, i made a stupid mistake and i fall in last position losing any possibility of winning or having a decent position, i just think about a goal and i try to reach it... Or i just try to go fast and see what can i do, it's the same. A challange with the clock to see how much you can reduce the gap, why not.

...I also like to win, of course. :sly:
 
Well lets be honest, everyone tries to win. You don't go into a race and say "oh I'm just going to come in 5th today". That being said, obviously you have to have fun with it and enjoy it (just like anything else) no matter if you're battling for first or fifth. I race to win, but I'll have fun along the way, and as much as I hate losing(at anything :p) if I had fun along the way, then thats all I can ask for.
 
Mac K
Well lets be honest, everyone tries to win. You don't go into a race and say "oh I'm just going to come in 5th today". That being said, obviously you have to have fun with it and enjoy it (just like anything else) no matter if you're battling for first or fifth. I race to win, but I'll have fun along the way, and as much as I hate losing(at anything :p) if I had fun along the way, then thats all I can ask for.
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Great answer my friend, I couldn't have put it better.
 
Well when you can't race your real car everyday, it's a good filler, and easier on the wallet.
 
WrxScooby
Well when you can't race your real car everyday, it's a good filler, and easier on the wallet.
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I totally agree. GT5 helps me take out some aggression that some may consider road rage. Lol
 
Most of the time I drive in private lobbies with friends. The banter, showing off our custom cars, and sharing of setup info is at least as important to us as the actual race. When the flag drops we charge and try to win...with respect for the other drivers. The way we race is not something you find in open lobbies.
 
To get to that trancendence feeling when you know you reached your car to the very limits. Driving within the perfect driving line, braking the last possible moment, accelerating the earliest possible moment, driving the curbs, passing other cars cleanly, slipstreaming, having a flow, fighting with the tires for grip, fighting understeer and correcting oversteer, minimizing suspension movement, downshifting to the best gear for the turn, upshifting at the optimal rpm level... to have the drive of my life, that is Gran Turismo.
 
AlexGTV
To get to that trancendence feeling when you know you reached your car to the very limits. Driving within the perfect driving line, braking the last possible moment, accelerating the earliest possible moment, driving the curbs, passing other cars cleanly, slipstreaming, having a flow, fighting with the tires for grip, fighting understeer and correcting oversteer, minimizing suspension movement, downshifting to the best gear for the turn, upshifting at the optimal rpm level... to have the drive of my life, that is Gran Turismo.
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^^^ This sums it up for me. :)
 
I race to hone my skill, win, and have fun.

Sometimes a heated battle can have door-to-door collisions as long as it isn't intentional.


To me, as long as there are plenty of laps and not many passing opportunities, the race becomes more fun. Because, I gain the chance to look for a weakness in the opponent's driving at each corner, and capitalise at the greatest flaw. And it's more rewarding if their skill of drive is higher than mine.

Any time you defeat someone whose car outperforms yours, and you do it on strategy and skill, that in itself is the greatest motivation to push yourself even further.
 

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