I'm not a big drift fan, but the whole drifting thing is about having your car just a little bit under control.
What I see in your vid is just getting the car in a slide and not caring where the car ends up. If you think that's drifting then I guess I'm a perfect drifter in the UFR. Maybe I can even beat tsuchiya's ass

I guess drifting is an art, but staying between the white lines too

Quote from 11SuLLy11 :

is Jeff Gordon still in nascar ?

He's even 1st in the nascar nextel standings

Quote from TiJay :

- How far through the season is it?
- Who are the drivers to watch?
- What have the 'big events' been this season?
- Anything else I need to understand to watch NASCAR

- Round 5 was last week in Bristol iirc.
- I keep on watching Montoya, Jeff Gordon, Earnhardt Jr. and some others.
- I guess Daytona was big. I liked Mexico city too, Montoya owning the whole field (shame about his crappy overtaking maneuvers).
- Try to read somethings about car techniques. Like loose, tight, slip stream/tow, aero loose, that kind of stuff.

Most important thing is doing some other stuff wile watching the races, because watching 3 hours of tv is kinda boring. I usually do some chores and put the tv on high volume

Teams will find a new way to implement traction control, I'm sure of that

Right now with the UFR @ KY2R i'm able to drive quicker then the WR. I'm quite happy about that but seriously, what is the point.
A WR is only valid as long as there are no incompatible patches and the only thing is says that you're only good in 1 lap.
I have more respect for the people who I drive on the track, and surprise me with good moves.

Quote from Drift_junki3 :

Hope you know, those barriers are supposed to be the plastic kind you fill with water.

Hope you know, those barriers feel like concrete

Good job with using the search

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=21535

Here some fantastic footage of yesterdays v8 supercar race. It shows a good fight between Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nn_UrgSJsc

I also didn't have a drop in fps. But I do kinda notice that the FPS is more stable. The huge peaks and drops are gone now.

Quote from TypeRCivic :

WTF are you talking about.......Take your DUMB shit else where! Dont reply reply with some gay shit like that, dont say anything, just move on with your shit.......... ****ing Gay People.......:mad:

You sir are a twat :monkey:

The only "injuries" I ever had was my right foot because of a n00bish style of heel and toe + 4 hours of doing that.
Couldn't really walk after that

But fortunately it made my style better now

Quote from Zachary Zoomy :

great another patch! I bet V6 will be out tomorrow

Nobody forces you to download it...

Oh , like that. Sorry wasn't reading good enough
But I don't know really. I read something about that the side loads are different, but I didn't really get that explanation. I'll try to find a better answer but I hope someone on the forum will come up with one.

edit:
Closer gear ratios help clutchless shifting too


offtopic:
yay, finally summertime

Last edited by mikey_G, Sun 25 Mar 2007, 01:07.

Quote from AndroidXP :

And the reason for that is...? Does the collar need to be designed sturdier that makes it harder somehow? The reason helical versus straight isn't enough for me, because that alone is no reason at all

Straight cut gears can handle higher loads which means more reliability and more power.

Quote from AndroidXP :

That video has me a bit baffled too, do these cars have something additional installed to make the clutchless shifts easier? I mean, aren't you normally supposed to lift of the throttle a little to remove pressure from the transmission? That guy in there stays fully on the loud pedal and just shifts up without moving his feet one bit.

They use really durable transmissions in v8 supercars which allows them to do this. Some people like Greg Murphy even up and downshift w/o clutch, but it seriously wears down the gears quickly. In the enduro races they always use the clutch.
They also don't have synchronizers in the transmissions which makes clutchless shifting "easier".

LFS certainly made me faster on the track and I think everybody can get faster with it, but only if you have a good and clean driving style. If you just jerk the car around the track and you're more then 4 seconds slower then the wr I wouldn't recommend you to go on the track.

Best thing I can recommend you is buying a good racing technique book and practice in LFS. After that watch a lot of onboard racing videos, read the book again, and then go on the track. You should just really "get it" why a racing car does this or that, and after that I'm sure you'll be a lot better irl.

I kinda feel like Fox Mulder showing people that it exists , but here is proof for the unbelievers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4xyTHsPFfk

If you click the username, you can view more videos where they do clutchless shifting.

Quote from CSU1 :

Hes here is'nt he

Sharp observation

huh?

I'm also getting some shift problems, especially with the sequential mode and upshifting (pulling the stick towards you). Sometimes it upshifts twice.
I'm trying to use the stick more carefully but I was wondering if someone knew a better remedy to this.

Quote from Hyperactive :

CSU? Is that you?

The Alf t-shirt, priceless

Quote from dadge :

What has two thumbs and doesn't give a crap? ATC Dadge

I thought Bob Kelso

Anyways, bontemps, I think a small portion of people might have already thought you were pathetic, but now you've won over the majority.

Good job

Quote from keiran :

I personally have no sympathy for Preston, to me it's more a "I'm sorry I was caught... now can you wipe the record clean and let me back in as I didn't realise how effective the banning system is."

Well said

Quote from garph :

Ah man, I missed that! You obviously haven't had much experience with wreckers or bad drivers in general.

He's one himself garph