Would you pay for a drag track?

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Would you pay for a drag track?

  • I would pay under £10/$15 for a drag strip add-on

    Votes: 48 42.1%
  • I would pay over £10/$15 for a drag strip add-on

    Votes: 12 10.5%
  • I would not pay for a drag strip add-on

    Votes: 54 47.4%

  • Total voters
    114
Posi rears SUCK

:rolleyes:

To the OP .... yes, only if it has a functional christmas tree (reaction time purpose) and accurate 0-60 times, real 1/4 mi. elapsed times. Then and only then will this be considered "true" drag racing, not guesstamation drag racing.
 
Slashfan
Posi rears SUCK

Posi rears suck. Haha. Ok. I guess its just personal preference. For driving around its not the most desirable, but its better than a locked up spool in that sense. I suppose that when you 60/60/60 the LSD, you essentially have posi, but that's beside the point. Let me change my request... I want slicks, different rear end choices, and realistic rear end gear ratios.
 
I would pay if it was a full feature 2 lane strip with leaderboards per car and online head to head, possibly a tournament for A spec too. Also throw in some premium famous drag cars from around the world.

now your talking that sounds good right there 👍
 
Slashfan
Have you even driven a car IRL that has it?

It has its advantages but generally negatives outway positives.

Driving a car and dragging are two different scenarios. Like I said, posi for daily driving may not be the best choice. I would certainly opt for right rear wheel drive for strictly road use. But straight line performance benefits from posi, spool, etc.
 
I would pay if it was a full feature 2 lane strip with leaderboards per car and online head to head, possibly a tournament for A spec too. Also throw in some premium famous drag cars from around the world.

if drag strip dlc have many features,

e.g.
Time recorded for online views for 400meters or 1000meters, but recorded in each of its "class" of cars (FF, RWD or AWD) or many more "class" (hp, weight, like normal online racing)

have a bit of tire warm up stage, before the drag race...

Maybe... just maybe... some players will buy it, but for me i still preferred it to be free dlc.....
i agree i would only buy if it was like a free world track with motion censers and being able to drive around the parking lot. alot to ask for but i want it as real as the real life experience.....
 
It would split the community, people who buy it, and people who dont

effectively, there would be half as many Indy servers around. because PD obviously would make it so non-owners couldn't race there.

its a terrible idea is what i'm saying
 
There is no reason to pay more than what the test track cost. If (a very big if) we do get a proper strip then I'm sure anyone who is half way serious about drags will come up with the 4 dollars to buy it. It would hopefully result in cleaner drag rooms...most idiot rammers wouldn't bother buying it I don't think.
 
Driving a car and dragging are two different scenarios. Like I said, posi for daily driving may not be the best choice. I would certainly opt for right rear wheel drive for strictly road use. But straight line performance benefits from posi, spool, etc.

Dragging with a posi rear is the definitely last thing you want to do. Taking off the line, it spins on one side, the other kicks in and the side that's spinning still takes the brunt of the power....Say you have a split of 30/70, 30% of that power is going to the second wheel that kicked in while the 70% percent goes to the wheel that was spinning in the first place. Not good for getting off the line. You want power distributed equally to the wheels. Posi/Lockers/Trak-Lok etc are great for offroad however. My truck has a Trak-Lok Limited Slip in the rear (Dana 60) and Dana/Spicer 44 up front with manual locking hubs. Never gets stuck on 33's.

Then again there are different types of each for different applications.
 
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Slashfan
Dragging with a posi rear is the definitely last thing you want to do. Taking off the line, it spins on one side, the other kicks in and the side that's spinning still takes the brunt of the power....Say you have a split of 30/70, 30% of that power is going to the second wheel that kicked in while the 70% percent goes to the wheel that was spinning in the first place. Not good for getting off the line. You want power distributed equally to the wheels. Posi/Lockers/Trak-Lok etc are great for offroad however. My truck has a Trak-Lok Limited Slip in the rear (Dana 60) and Dana/Spicer 44 up front with manual locking hubs. Never gets stuck on 33's.

Then again there are different types of each for different applications.

Again, posi isn't the best for dragging because it is limited slip, I was just making a statement about how I would like more rear end choices. I personally do not have anything against posi for drag racing, but I prefer to use a mini-spool, but tmit's terrible for driving (the rear inside tire chirps when turning). For street/strip application, I would recommend a posi, which is limited slip, because it offers hookup ability, and driving ability. Either way, all this theory means nothing if it cannot be proven on the track. See you at the strip brother.
 
Y'all are dreaming none of this will ever come gt5 .Would be nice but won't happen

Quite the pessimist aren't we? :lol:

I agree though, however this thread is over 1 year old. I simply dug it up to comment on a prediction someone had made. 👍
 
Keep in mind I made this post over a year ago and it (in part) has happened ;) It also only had 25% support before it was resurrected :)

Right now I would settle for some sort of tree that eliminated ping variance, but introduced genuine reaction time 👍 A free online version and a paid offline one with more options so it didn't split the community 👍

EDIT: Just got treed again :lol:
 
Again, posi isn't the best for dragging because it is limited slip, I was just making a statement about how I would like more rear end choices. I personally do not have anything against posi for drag racing, but I prefer to use a mini-spool, but tmit's terrible for driving (the rear inside tire chirps when turning). For street/strip application, I would recommend a posi, which is limited slip, because it offers hookup ability, and driving ability. Either way, all this theory means nothing if it cannot be proven on the track. See you at the strip brother.

It's a type of limited slip, there are variances. I'd still take lockers though.
 
I don't know if this has been covered or not, but the idea of a Drag track. With all the people who Drag race you would hope the idea of making a drag track had come up before. I don't know if it has, but if so I'm going to say it again. I don't think it needs much at least 1/4 track would work. Two lanes and it wraps back around so you can line back up. Just something better set up than what we do now. I would pay to get the track just as i have for other DLCs. If it does good it could be made even better. pull in new people to run with us, maybe open Gran Turismo to more types of racing. They really need to step-up with game mode/race types to keep people interested in the game as we wait for Gran Turismo 6. I love to drag with friends and just people I run into. I would just like it to be more set up. So I would like to know what you think of this idea. Is it good? Is it bad? Is there more you would like to add?
 
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I'd love for them to have designated drag strips like Santa Pod etc... It would be an awesome DLC.
 
This thread is like déjà vu all over again.... at least twice.

If polyphony digital was a North American based company like the develpers of Forza we'd probably have had drag strips from the get go.
 
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