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Mustafur
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Quote from Bmxtwins :Superior equipment my ass. He won a race with Torro Rosso. I don't see any of their current drivers doing that.

Everytime someone brings this up I facepalm.
Mustafur
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Uncapped political donations means status quo remains.
Mustafur
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It tends to be when they hire the best possible crew for onw driver and cheapen out on the other.

But at the same time webbers crew do hold the pit stop record so who knows.
Mustafur
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Niki I think you have lost your mind, there is no way Redbull would of sabotaged Webber atleast on purpose.
Mustafur
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Quote from e2mustang :lol i just called elephant for a quote on a 96 318 i. now im 28 ,had the license over 10 years and i got a price of 6500 pounds annual. what the actual ****?!

Why would you even consider a BMW that slow, atleast a 28i or something.
Mustafur
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I would say Kimi will get the drive if Redbull are not satisfied with the STR drivers to replace Webber, at the end of the day they do have a team just for this process, and with only 1 driver so far being successful I think I would bank on Ricciardo to get it if he keeps performing like this.
Mustafur
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Quote from Gougoodthing :Ricciardo pretty much solidified his 2014 seat with Red Bull after qualifying 6th for the second week in a row.

I would say its very close, Awesome job by Hamilton hopefully he can finally get a win down this time without an outside force stopping him.
Mustafur
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Quote from tristancliffe :Teams have been swapping tyres for 60 years. Sometimes front to back, and sometimes side to side. Pirelli should have made tyres that can cope with what is pretty normal use. If the tyres can't cope at the optimum camber angles then maybe they should improve the tyres. If the give more grip and lower than recommended pressures perhaps they should modify the tyres so they're safer at these optimum pressures.

The teams have pushed the limits - nothing wrong with that. This is F1, not a public airline. The drivers need to man up and accept hat they are doing something dangerous. Wimps.

You seem to have no idea about the reason they find this dangerous, its because the compounds had a steel belt and when it exploded the steel parts would fly all over the joint which at the speed they were at could very easily pierce the helmets.

Now that it's Kevlar there isn't really an issue anymore.
Mustafur
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Quote from Mattesa :I haven't noticed it in the 370z...(yet?) but what I'm talking about on GT5 feels like full on snap oversteer upon release of the brake (in setups that do it). Noticeable on medium speed corners... say entering the last corner on Tsukuba.

My stance on this is that it never ever happens IRL.

Maybe we're still not talking about the same thing.

Yeah i thought you were talking about GT6.

On GT5 the snap oversteer is ridiculious when you are trying to drift, but racing wise after a bit of experience its quite easy to avoid, GT6 the cars are already noticably easier to drift and the snap overateer is much less profound.

The setting up of snap oversteer is usually the result of a diff setting but we will see how GT6 is once we can play with the set ups.
Mustafur
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I got a 2011 Audi A4 1.8T, im in the process of getting a new car soon though so this will change.
Mustafur
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Quote from Mattesa :I don't think the handbrake has anything to do with it. My deduction on this is based on trying the setups posted on GTP by people with decent lap times and looking at the telemetry on replays. I don't it's that way intentionally but it's there. A well timed brake release gets the the car rotated enough to not push wide, yet not get sideways, and lets you get on the gas sooner.

I myself am not fast and can't do it with with any consistency but when it does happen it's awesome.

It depends on the corner though, i myself know how to do it as you mentioned but there is even more gains to be made with the handbrake.

The slidy effect is exaggereted with users that use controller though, because they have much more sensitive steering most of the cornering is a complete drift.

The key to the lap times has less to do with the way the corner is.manged and more to.do with how early you can get grip off the throttle.

The Braking technique you mention is required in becketts and Maggots for a good time though.
Mustafur
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The funny thing is someone on my street just got a Smart forfour yesterday and got the Brabus version, i have new found respect for that car lol.
Mustafur
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Quote from CoolColJ :Physics testing with the GT-R this time.
It doesn't roll as much as the Leaf and 370z

Surprisingly neutral and agile, grippy, yet easy to drift thanks to the tricky 4WD system. It does donuts as easy as a RWD. All a first for a GT-R in a GT game, unlike the understeer heavy days of yore

Sunny day at Silverstone looks great. Suprised how long the tyre marks stay!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH010vLrkDQ

Also when the tyres heat up, they stay heated for far longer

GT-R is the one car i feel like hasn't changed tbh.

With body roll less profound in it, it basically handles eaxctly like GT5, probably a bit more rearward then standard but i usually set my GT-Rs to handle like that anyway
Mustafur
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Quote from Mattesa :Once the folks have a chance to create setups, I want to know whether brake release oversteer has been done away with. Have always thought it to be super unrealistic but the time trialers all seem to rely on it to nail slow tight apexes.

Not exactly, its a combination of braking and jabbing the handbrake at the same time.
Mustafur
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Quote from Zipppy :TBH, I've only seen one.. and it was white.

Surely that will be a future collectable.
Mustafur
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What about a Lancer Evolution 1.

I have yet to see one to date in person.
Mustafur
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PT cruiser and the Crossfire are pretty common for me.

Smart Roadster like someone mentioned would definetetly fit and the Smart ForFour didn't sell well here either and is also very rare.
Mustafur
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E39 M5 Wagon, in Australia I would say old ford and Holden Panel Vans would fit this perfectly.
Mustafur
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Make a hard durable bridgestone esque tyre that can last the entire race distance but is over a second a lap slower and make a fast cheese tyre that lasts 1/4th of the race distance and then remove the two compounds rule, and have a tyre thats qualifying only so the grid is mixed up with strategies.

Pretty much identical to what they had in the 80s but it worked

The qualifying system how it is now is a repeat of the same thing, all the top guys go for the softest compounds.
Mustafur
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Pirelli blames the high kerbs yet we have never seen tyre blow outs at silverstone like this in any series who would use the kerbs similar.


I can't see pirelli taking this beating to its reputation much longer, cheese tyres are counter productive to any supplier who chooses to make them.

Its a shame because anyone who knows half there shit know pirelli make the best road tyres out there, and it hurts my brain seeing all the clueless sheep thinking its how pirelli make there road tyres and they must be crap.
Mustafur
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I found it quite a decent improvement, cars get unsettled much easier then before if you hit a kerb.

The Tuned 370z feels like it has cmfort tyres on though where as the normal 370z feels really grippy.
Mustafur
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The compounds in GP2 are different because FIa allows teams to test with GP2 spec tyres.

Even if they are different size, if the contruction is the same then it would be very benificial to test with them regardless.
Mustafur
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Quote from CSF :Why should a driver be punished for using the kerbs in a way that cuts their tyre? Is that really an argument against Pirelli? Seriously?

Never seen a race at Silverstone with the current layout where this has been a problem.

Its 100% a Pirelli problem.

For the record Pirelli did want to make a more durable construction for Silverstone but certain teams complained, so this is what we got.
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Mustafur
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F3.5 looking at a Celebrity race where F1, Indycar and Sportscar drivers can race in one of the Teams cars for a race.


I think this would be awesome and would be interesting to see how the other drivers go against a Current F1 Driver.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108311
Mustafur
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I think what happens next is solely what the Torro Rosso drivers do, if someone doesn't step up then Kimi would take it instead.

Kimi coming to Redbull will be good for Vettel, whether he ends up dominating or being dominated it will let him know where he stands, Vettel knows some of the grid don't take him seriously because they think he has the best car by miles and its eating him inside.

Personally I think what will happen is Vettel will destroy Kimi qualifying wise which in turn will hamper kimis ability to stay with Vettel in the races, which I think they will be quite close race pace wise.
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