I posted this in the iTCC bump drafting discussion argument thread to prove a point (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=58478 if you're interested in joining the debate). It was made in about 45 minutes. I'll just leave it here...
I love how you showed all that great bump drafting action that was nearly incident free. Then in the next clip people are ramming into each other at the corner.
I guess your right, bump drafting is the big issue with this series... /sarcasm
I was the 4th bumpdrafter *proud*. Thanks for making such a hilarious movie. I actually laughted Now, make a movie of showing how dangerous it is to pass someone without drafting/bumpdrafting. Oh wait, that will be hard, as there is so many crashes to choose from (dont flame me )
I started racing kart this year and theres quite a bit of bump drafting on the longer tracks... I don't see how bump drafting is moving away from realism since it happens in so many real life series. NASCAR does it, some touring cars I guess, karts, etc.
I don't have a video but I've seen it in karts about a month and half ago with my own two eyes. It was in a practice session, not in the middle of a race though. In race I saw 2 max heh.
That has nothing to do with the argument. The fact is that it's bump drafting... It doesn't matter if it's 2 or 20 cars. Safety isn't a factor in sim racing, so comparing a line of bump drafting cars in LFS to real life is pointless.
I have always liked to watch a few replays/videos of league racing as they feature a lot of great and exciting races. Introducing bump drafting made it look ridiculous and awful to watch. Also the realism part wasnt aimed at the physics, it was aimed at a realistic racing experience.
The rebuttal to this has been answered in several post... I'm starting to wonder if you actually have a point or not.
Lets just take your last statement and put it to good use. First of all the statement is wrong, but if it was true, you could go so far as to say that drafting in all of LFS should be banned... Because the aerodynamic package on this game does not react in a realistic manner, one you might experience in a realistic, real life race.
I hope you see how stupid it is to make this comparison...
Please, unless you have a useful point to add to this conversation, other than "Introducing bump drafting made it look ridiculous and awful to watch," then please stop wasting peoples time arguing over the same issue every time. It's simple, it's done in real life racing, so lets move on from that argument.
The bump drafting was about the only safe part about that race... You missed the craziest race I've even been in, or probably ever seen.
That 4-train lasted for around 2 seconds. I was just right behind him, and gave him one or two pushes, but he didnt push the guys in front of us more than once (if I remember right). We all four didnt push each others the exact same time, and didnt gain much more than usual drafting would.
anyway, please, just read this post, and dont flame me (As I dont remember 100% what happend xD)
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