oh no. a lever attached to some linkage which travels away from the cockpit and towards the engine/tranny area could NEVER be a shifter.
of course it's a shifter.
as has been mentioned a million times already, it has a sequential gearbox, meaning the shifter only has to go forward and back.
holy cow!
i can't believe he did not get a lifetime ban for that. he could have killed the other driver!
Q: what's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine?
A: a porcupine has the pricks on the outside.
( i can say that because i drive one myself. :haha: )
actually i think you are correct, it's a 320. the Z4 Coupe is listed as a "customer" race car.
if there were to be another bmw in the game, i'd rather see the WTCC car (Z4 M Coupe).
you must be really hard on tires.
for most people, the softest tires will last 30 minutes or more, and mediums will last for a long long time. there is no use at all for the hard tires.
keep in mind that any tire will go through a heat cycle, getting warm quickly, then cooling off slowly. if you notice that after 5 laps your tires are hot, and think that maybe you should try a harder compound, that might not be the best choice. if you are careful for a lap or two, the temps should start to come down again and you will have good grip for the remainder of the race.
and now for the least technical answer:
a car with too stiff springs and too soft dampers will bounce around like a coked out whore, but a car with too soft springs and too stiff dampers will feel about as lively as a college girl passed out from beer and ruffies.
a car with too stiff springs and too soft dampers will bounce around like a coked out whore, but a car with too soft springs and too stiff dampers will feel about as lively as a college girl passed out from beer and ruffies.
i would assume that closed testing is in it's final stages now.
so here i am, trying to read up on all the latest F1/FIA gossip, and once again i end up reading a bunch of crap about the unrealistic hopes and dreams of some kid who doesn't know how to take advice.
why don't you shut up and prove yourself instead of sitting on your arse? everyone is tired of hearing about how you are going to be the greatest racing driver who never sat in a race car. why don't you put your money where your mouth is?
oh ya, you don't have any money.
i bet you'd get more programmers interested if you turned it the other way around.. ie, create a game engine with a common API for driver input, use a "spec" car, and let the programmers try to develop an AI that can drive it the fastest.
i thought it was the ocean stopping me from doing that, not how i've adjusted my mirrors?
perhaps this is a dumb question, but couldn't you just run higher tire pressure with the radials, and leave the springs alone?
i completely agree with mrogers on mirror adjustment. you should not be able to see any of the car in your side mirrors. if you can, you will have overlap between what is visible in the center rear view and what is visible in the side mirrors, which is a waste, and necisarily means that you have sacrificed visibility elsewhere.
proper mirror adjustment is easy. with the car stationary, sitting in a comfortable position, look for objects that appear at the outside edges of your central rear view mirror (a parked car, tree, sign post etc), and then adjust your side view mirrors so that the object is just barely visible on the inside edge. this will give you the widest field of view, with the smallest blind spots.
proper mirror adjustment is easy. with the car stationary, sitting in a comfortable position, look for objects that appear at the outside edges of your central rear view mirror (a parked car, tree, sign post etc), and then adjust your side view mirrors so that the object is just barely visible on the inside edge. this will give you the widest field of view, with the smallest blind spots.
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yes. we need all these things, plus these:
1) vanity mirror that takes a web-cam feed, so that we can shave and/or do our make up while we drive
2) heater controls that cause the fans on our pc's to run in reverse, so we can blow hot air on ourselves on cold days
3) sunroofs that open so we can use rocket powered ejector seats to exit the vehicle during a crash
1) vanity mirror that takes a web-cam feed, so that we can shave and/or do our make up while we drive
2) heater controls that cause the fans on our pc's to run in reverse, so we can blow hot air on ourselves on cold days
3) sunroofs that open so we can use rocket powered ejector seats to exit the vehicle during a crash
i thought it was forbidden for the pit crew to send any data to the car? afaik, they are allowed to receive all the data they want, but any changes to the car must be made from the cockpit (after receiving instructions via radio).
maybe not "proper" series with championships at stake, but around here i've seen club racing leagues that allow it. they specify that you can't run slicks unless you also have a rollcage and fuel cell, but if you are running street tires the only special equipment required (other than passing a general safety inspection) is an FIA approved harness.
it's madness, and i wouldn't do it, but people can, and do. i think that with cars like the XRG it would be silly to have a cage. if you were going to put a rollcage in a car like that, you would do a bunch of performance mods while you were at it, and it wouldn't be an XRG anymore...
well i'm a bit late joining the party, but that was TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!! it couldn't have gone better if i'd scripted it myself. the ferrari's completely destroy the field, and hamilton chokes. if he'd been taken out by someone else we never would have heard the end of it, but he choked, choked, choked, two races in a row, and he can't blame anyone but himself for losing the championship.
my only regret is that massa had to give up the win at his home race. he didn't look terribly pleased about it, but on the other hand, he's not whining like a baby about it either. can't wait for next year!
my only regret is that massa had to give up the win at his home race. he didn't look terribly pleased about it, but on the other hand, he's not whining like a baby about it either. can't wait for next year!
in real life there are plenty of "sports car" race classes that do not require a roll cage.
i expect that even though he doesn't need to win, hamilton will qualify on a light fuel load in an attempt to get away from traffic early, and minimize his chances of being taken out in a crash. this will also leave alonso and raikkonen to fight with each other, taking on all the risks.
but all 3 leading drivers are pretty much at the mercy of what the other teams manage to do. if the bmw's or renaults (or even the williams) get anywhere near the front of the grid it could really make things complicated.
but all 3 leading drivers are pretty much at the mercy of what the other teams manage to do. if the bmw's or renaults (or even the williams) get anywhere near the front of the grid it could really make things complicated.
something else to consider would be volunteering at your local track or sports car club. they always need marshals etc, and it would be a great way to get to know some of the influential people in your area, and if you are lucky then they might introduce you to people who can help you out.
although the formula bmw series uses more "grown up" cars, i think your best chance of getting exposure would be in rotax. if you are fast, i'd imagine you would really only need to race karts for a year or two before opportunities start to present themselves.
I have 3 small points to add.
First, responding to the original question about visors.... chose a colour (or colours) that actually do something for your visibility, and worry about fashion later. grey is best for bright sunny days, yellow is best for dim, cloudy days, and blue or green are a good comprimise for mixed light conditions.
As for sponsorship, first of all, if you don't have a log book, any effort you put into cover letters is a waste of time. Sponsors need to know what specific events you have participated in, and how you placed. They will consider sponsoring you as an advertising expense, so just like any other ad expense (radio or TV, magazines, internet, etc), they need to know that there will actually be an audience to see their logo, and that said audience is within their target demographic. Your log book will be the proof that you are worth spending money on, and without one they wont even give you a second thought.
Second, be prepared for disappointment even when you do start to make progress in getting sponsored. The first sponsorship deals you are likely to get will be nothing more than a discount on the products that the sponsor sells. For example, you might get 10-50% off on tires if you agree to put the tire manufacturor's sticker on your car (and prove that you did by sending in photos of yourself racing). If you are looking for a fully funded race seat and a take home salary on top, you need to be winning championships, not just races.
First, responding to the original question about visors.... chose a colour (or colours) that actually do something for your visibility, and worry about fashion later. grey is best for bright sunny days, yellow is best for dim, cloudy days, and blue or green are a good comprimise for mixed light conditions.
As for sponsorship, first of all, if you don't have a log book, any effort you put into cover letters is a waste of time. Sponsors need to know what specific events you have participated in, and how you placed. They will consider sponsoring you as an advertising expense, so just like any other ad expense (radio or TV, magazines, internet, etc), they need to know that there will actually be an audience to see their logo, and that said audience is within their target demographic. Your log book will be the proof that you are worth spending money on, and without one they wont even give you a second thought.
Second, be prepared for disappointment even when you do start to make progress in getting sponsored. The first sponsorship deals you are likely to get will be nothing more than a discount on the products that the sponsor sells. For example, you might get 10-50% off on tires if you agree to put the tire manufacturor's sticker on your car (and prove that you did by sending in photos of yourself racing). If you are looking for a fully funded race seat and a take home salary on top, you need to be winning championships, not just races.
I hadn't thought of it that way, but now that you mention it, I tend to agree. :drink:
are you freaking joking? when he was under investigation over the safety car incident in japan he threatened to quit F1 altogether if he was penalized. i'd say that's about as bothered as a person could be by an investigation, and threatening to quit is not something that someone who is getting on with their job does.
giving him respect for what he's accomplished on track in his first year is one thing, but it completely escapes me why his fans are so eager to portray him as a prince when he continually shows his immaturity.
but whatever; i'm tired of bashing on hamilton because it's just too easy. this time i'm actually more interested in bashing the FIA. if they had a real rulebook, it would have specific penalties defined for every type of incident, and when there was a breach of a rule, there would be a penalty, and that would be that. as it stands it's just too easy for politics and media whoring to get in the way of fair play, and i'm 99% certain that this investigation was publicized in order to attract attention to the race, but that nothing will come of it. it's just a media stunt, and there should be no room for that in a competitive sport.
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