Would this be considered bad driving

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1. This thread is funny as heck due to the one-up-manship. (I know that's not a real word, but I'm going to create it)

2. OP: Not bad driving, just unnecessary. Maybe poor taste if it was controlled. If you were saving the car, it's be awesome. At least pretend it was a save and really feel big about it! :sly:
 
Duck
No way that move can't be considered bad driving, just because you think to do it for the only purpouse of blinding opponents and stay ahead of them.
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The purpouse is not just to blind my opponents, it is also to make myself look totaly and completley badass. As for getting slammed in the rear, I have never had anyone jam into me from behind in this game or otherwise.
 
If anything you may be slower than the cars behind you, and if they are close enough there may be contact if they try to stay close or they'll panic and hit the brakes, likely getting pissed off if they wrecked or lost positions because of it. I don't intentionally drift in races, but there are times when the car wants to get sideways and its faster to let it do that than make a recovery and lose pace.

Torzilla
I have never had anyone jam into me from behind in this game or otherwise.
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You sure you're racing with other people? :lol:
 
DoomtrainUK
in a casual racing enviroment, no, in a competitive racing enviroment, yes, unless it's a drifting competition, in a real world competitive series if you drifted around like so you would be penalised
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In real life, drifting around the track would be the penalty, because it'd slow you down and ruin your tires.
 
peter_vod69
Look at the context - "WRECKED" not "WRECK".
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I'm sorry that you're unaware of the fact that verbs have tenses. This still does not change the fact that "wreck" does indeed function as both a noun and a verb. The fact that the examples only showed the past tense of the verb form of "wreck" does not mean that a present tense form is nonexistent. It is perfectly acceptable to use "wreck" as a present-tense transitive verb and has been since at least 1968 (the oldest dictionary I have presently at hand).

Examples from other dictionaries:

"verb (used with object)
7. to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.
8. to involve in a wreck.
9. to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car. "

How to conjugate the verb "wreck."

Now, are we quite through?
 
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In real racing contiuously doing that may get you the black flag for wreckless endangerment, but otherwise, it's fair tactics, but not commonly used, brcause if someone hit you, you would go around and it's slow
 
Zenmervolt
I'm sorry that you're unaware of the fact that verbs have tenses. This still does not change the fact that "wreck" does indeed function as both a noun and a verb. The fact that the examples only showed the past tense of the verb form of "wreck" does not mean that a present tense form is nonexistent. It is perfectly acceptable to use "wreck" as a present-tense transitive verb and has been since at least 1968 (the oldest dictionary I have presently at hand).

Examples from other dictionaries:

"verb (used with object)
7. to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.
8. to involve in a wreck.
9. to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car. "

How to conjugate the verb "wreck."

Now, are we quite through?
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I'm going to go quite far out on a limb here, and surmise that you are American. Therefore you are unaware of the word "crash" and its usage, which, in the case previously noted, would be more correct than "wreck".
 
Torzilla
say Im driving in a race online with other drivers behind and I pull a controled slide in a corner, creating a sweet trail of smoke covering the track and obscuring the trailing drivers vision. Would this be considers bad driving? I dont know if there is a rule about this but it was always legal in spy huner, now if I can just fiigure out how to lay down an oil slick.
Carry on
Tor
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I think it depends on the intent. If you go into the slide knowing you're going to cloud the track then yes it's bad. Unless it's a drift contest of course.
 
Not really, but if you intentionally slipped the car sideways in order to hide the views of your adversaries then it would be a bad thing.
 
It's totally legit.

 
I don't see a problem with it. Sometimes (oh god the trolls are gonna jump me for this) drifting through certain corners can be the fastest way to get through. Not full on power slide smokescreen drifts necessarily, but driving just beyond the limits of your tires. If you were just trying to blind the other guy that would be bad form, but if you can look like a badass and maybe pull away in the same turn, go for it.
 
IRL, you'd more than likely get a black flag. IRL, there wouldn't be that much smoke. And, IRL, it will slow you down.
 
Stop being so spiteful like little kids please.Bad reputation for the forum.
On the related note,no it's not "bad" driving if done unintentionally,sometimes you may lock the rears going in,etc.
 
Personally, if I see someone doing this on purpose and trying to blind us after a few laps I just get up under his inside bumper in the next corner and tell him this isn't a drifting room and help him slide a little faster. I for one hate people who do that.
 
Slurpee
Personally, if I see someone doing this on purpose and trying to blind us after a few laps I just get up under his inside bumper in the next corner and tell him this isn't a drifting room and help him slide a little faster. I for one hate people who do that.
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Drifting lots can be as annoying as those who complain to others for some people when we play under the condition where drifting is unwelcomed. :drool:
 
If you crash or hit someone, then i'd day yes. Otherwise no :p tis good fun. But us noobs that use driving line laugh at you :p
 
mark2002
When you joined this forum YOU agreed to the AUP and incLuded in there is spelling and grammAr. So dont be so arrOgant.

https://www.gtplanet.net/aup/
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When I'm following someone and see a big cloud of smoke or grass/dirt, I find it highly annoying, so yeah it's a good strategy. I confess I sometimes will get a wheel off the track, accidently/on purpose to confuse and frustrate anyone driving behind me...lol.
 
peter_vod69
I'm going to go quite far out on a limb here, and surmise that you are American. Therefore you are unaware of the word "crash" and its usage, which, in the case previously noted, would be more correct than "wreck".
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ar·ro·gant
[ar-uh-guhnt]
- adjective 1. insolently proud
- Related Forms un·ar·ro·gant- adjective un·ar·ro·gant·ly- adverb ar·ro·gance- noun

stub·born
[stuhb-ern]
- adjective 1. unreasonably obstinate 2. persistent
- Related Forms un·stub·born- adjective un·stub·born·ly- adverb un·stub·born·ness- noun

Just one more for you:

syn·o·nym
[-uh-nim]
- noun 1. word meaning the same as another
- Related Forms syn·o·nym·i·cal- adjective syn·o·nym·i·ty- noun
 
Bones Brigade
ar·ro·gant
[ar-uh-guhnt]
- adjective 1. insolently proud
- Related Forms un·ar·ro·gant- adjective un·ar·ro·gant·ly- adverb ar·ro·gance- noun

stub·born
[stuhb-ern]
- adjective 1. unreasonably obstinate 2. persistent
- Related Forms un·stub·born- adjective un·stub·born·ly- adverb un·stub·born·ness- noun

Just one more for you:

syn·o·nym
[-uh-nim]
- noun 1. word meaning the same as another
- Related Forms syn·o·nym·i·cal- adjective syn·o·nym·i·ty- noun
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So which one are you? Merriam or Webster? I still maintain that, in his usage, "CRASH" is more correct than "WRECK".
 
If you intentionally obstruct the visibility, geting bumped because of it would be a racing incident and not dirty driving so be carefull. :p

Intentionally endangering other drivers would be a reason for black flag in real life so i wouldn't do that intentionally. Experienced driver who knows the track could still drive at normal speeds anyway so only thing the smoke screener is doing is slowing himself for the corner exit and would be getting passed on the next straight.
 
Three points.....

1. I wouldn't have a problem with anyone lighting up the rears and drifting through a corner as if I was directly behind them , my exit speed from the corner would be higher than theirs , giving me an opportunity to overtake for position.

2. I have seen online tyre smoke from drifting / getting sideways.

3. Peter_vod69 ........:rolleyes:
 
mark2002
When you joined this forum YOU agreed to the AUP and incuded in there is spelling and grammer. So dont be so arragant.

https://www.gtplanet.net/aup/
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Sigg'd for the sheer irony of this post.

EDIT: Okay, I guess it wont let me quote anything in my sig. But still, that post was bad and you should feel bad. :lol:
 
peter_vod69
So which one are you? Merriam or Webster? I still maintain that, in his usage, "CRASH" is more correct than "WRECK".
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Are you serious with this BS? This isn't a case of "you used the wrong word and now I'm confused about what you are trying to say." This isn't even a case of "you used that word incorrectly." You seriously started a multipage argument because you were "more correct" with your word use?


That's... damn, really?

mark2002
When you joined this forum YOU agreed to the AUP and incuded in there is spelling and grammer. So dont be so arragant.

https://www.gtplanet.net/aup/
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There's a bit (okay, no, a lot) of irony in grilling a member about spelling and grammar problems with a post loaded with both, but he wasn't even wrong for crying out loud.
 
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So……was it right that I accidentally clicked on that yellow triangle by his post and typed into the box that he was trying to troll?
 
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