I live in Los Angeles, and every time I go out to drive I always end up showing off on how great a driver I am. It's the same thing I find driving in real life then it is here. Does anyone else find that they race allot of other people when they drive, or can they keep that on the track? I can't stop racing in real life, or yeah I'm hooked on and off the track.....I drive a 97 altima stick, and a toyota matrix, so the stuff kicks ass like the xrg. I have also been doing allot of testing around where I live, and I can say this game is the closest to the real thing as they come. Side note: I find racing r1-r3 on the xrg to be more like driving real life, but that's the me.
Anyone drive like they do here on the street?
Are you being serious?
Rofl!!!! you have to be kidding right? llololol
Actually yeah I am, is something wrong with wanting to know how other people drive in real life. I just wanna know if anyone drives as well as they do here, as they do on the road....And if they though if the game improved their real driving abilities..
sry, but I was laughing at this... "and every time I go out to drive I always end up showing off on how great a driver I am."
yeah i always show the a*&%*holes that cut me off or try and race, I never let them win. I was just going 70+mph in a 40 zone cause the guy wanted to race. How about this....How many tickets have you gotten? I have about 7
lol. and that makes you a good driver?
I have 0 demerit points and can't remember the last time I was pulled over 
Your goals on a public road should be rather different to those on a track
I.e. on public roads it should be to stay as far within the limits of the car as resonably possible to allow for emergency or unexpected cercumstances, in racing it is to be as close as you can to the limit at all times while still remaining in control of the car and allowing for safty of your fellow racers (which still doesn't indicate reckless abandon)
illepall
But having said that many of the skills you learn in racing aid in driving safely
i.e. thresshold breaking, self control, reflexes, car control in emergency situations, etc...
But hey I'm 39 and I'm over my hoon phase in life
had you asked me the same question when I was 20 the answer would be a little different 
Also note that road cars have rather inferiour safty features compared to a race car, not to mention public roads aren't known for there gravel traps and safty barriers
Your goals on a public road should be rather different to those on a track
I.e. on public roads it should be to stay as far within the limits of the car as resonably possible to allow for emergency or unexpected cercumstances, in racing it is to be as close as you can to the limit at all times while still remaining in control of the car and allowing for safty of your fellow racers (which still doesn't indicate reckless abandon)
illepall But having said that many of the skills you learn in racing aid in driving safely
i.e. thresshold breaking, self control, reflexes, car control in emergency situations, etc...But hey I'm 39 and I'm over my hoon phase in life
had you asked me the same question when I was 20 the answer would be a little different Also note that road cars have rather inferiour safty features compared to a race car, not to mention public roads aren't known for there gravel traps and safty barriers
I only drive as good in real life as I do in LFS after I've had a few drinks.....
Please..... If LFS WAS real, I'd a been dead about 30 wrecks ago. Maybe
300 wrecks ago.
Uh you live in L.A. Rabbi? was that you that put a drive thru entrance in that clinic?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/3635958.html
Please..... If LFS WAS real, I'd a been dead about 30 wrecks ago. Maybe
300 wrecks ago.
Uh you live in L.A. Rabbi? was that you that put a drive thru entrance in that clinic?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/3635958.html
The closest I've got to driving in the same way on LFS as in real life is flashing oncoming traffic when trying to change down and washing my windscreen when I've tried to change up.
I have applied some elements of what I've learned in LFS to my RL driving, but if anything it's slowed me down rather than speeded me up. Most of the knowledge exchange seems to be in applying the caution I drive with in RL to races, invariably resulting in me getting ahead while the other guy's chewing virtual canvas in the tyre wall.
I don't really think that there is much overlap in real life driving and LFS. The two scenarios (apart from the obvious reality matter) are fundamentally separated. In LFS the spectators are well separated from the action, but in real life they're on the "track" and very much potential victims of any stupidity I might involve myself in.
I've been driving 20 years now, and never had a ticket either, and the cops where I live aren't blind. I just have never given them reason to believe that they were looking at a dangerous idiot, who thought the road was a race track, when I drive by.
I have applied some elements of what I've learned in LFS to my RL driving, but if anything it's slowed me down rather than speeded me up. Most of the knowledge exchange seems to be in applying the caution I drive with in RL to races, invariably resulting in me getting ahead while the other guy's chewing virtual canvas in the tyre wall.
I don't really think that there is much overlap in real life driving and LFS. The two scenarios (apart from the obvious reality matter) are fundamentally separated. In LFS the spectators are well separated from the action, but in real life they're on the "track" and very much potential victims of any stupidity I might involve myself in.
I've been driving 20 years now, and never had a ticket either, and the cops where I live aren't blind. I just have never given them reason to believe that they were looking at a dangerous idiot, who thought the road was a race track, when I drive by.
I have a serious road rage problem on the motorbike. And I feel the need to race every P plater I see. If the road ahead is blocked I'll just ride up onto the footpath and over some ones front lawn to get around. Or if I'm trail riding beside a road and I see a car I'll sit there and play with it try get it to race me.
Do you know why the devs make LFS?
Because you cant race on open roads or even in the city, and most ppl in here dont have the money to race in real life on a race track.
Because you cant race on open roads or even in the city, and most ppl in here dont have the money to race in real life on a race track.
tbh I can't understand the people who 'race' on public roads. All of the ones speeding and crashing between the ages of 17-25 are the reason for my insurance knocking on a £1000 for a 1.2 97 Clio. I also have to pay an excess of £750. The car didn't cost much more
Keiran
Keiran
There's only one problem. Your 2 cars should be about as slow as the xrg.
Racing on public streets? That doesn't make you a good driver or very smart. Also, having 7 tickets certainly doesn't show how you could possibly be a good driver....
I'm perfectly fine with driving quick on public roads, but "fast" driving and racing is for racecars and racetracks.
Did anyone just say Nordschleife?
Vain
Did anyone just say Nordschleife?
Vain
shit thread
A marvelous comment! Perfect in sense and argumentation. Well backed up with sources and expressed with an exclusive selection of clear and understandable sentences!
Do I smell a Pulitzer-price?
Vain
Do I smell a Pulitzer-price?
Vain
Off Topic: Did you checkout Admiral? I'm just a tad over £1000 for my 1.4 97 clio, but with a much much lower excess.
On topic: I think I have to agree with most people here, racing in real life, as you would in LFS is unacceptable.
Mate, i could open a whole tin off beans on this thread and make you feel about as big as my dogs left testicle, but its not worth my time and effort, so ... shit thread..
Idiot
illepallAgreed
..dude.. that just makes you a serious retard and an extremely dangerous person to be around on the road... you scare me
i suggest you stop before you kill someone or even your own self, and loose all your friends and family
idiots these days.. have no idea what they're up against
illepall (if you dont know where im going with, i mean mother nature... "the unpredictable" in other words)
I always find it somwhat comical (and scary) when people talk about "racing on the street". If you want to race, take it to the track.
Have you tried autocrossing? Thats a good test of how good a driver you are (that and seeing how well you can assemble a sea of orange cones into a racing circuit).
Or: I'm not sure what track is close to LA but I'm sure there has to be plenty. I've seen tracks with open track days where street cars (no roll cage) can do trial trials.
Or: Give karting a shot. THe initial investment can be as little as $2000 for a used setup (not little if you are broke but compared with other forms of "real" racing thats dirt cheap)
In any case, don't race on the street. You could very well wind up killing somone.
Have you tried autocrossing? Thats a good test of how good a driver you are (that and seeing how well you can assemble a sea of orange cones into a racing circuit).
Or: I'm not sure what track is close to LA but I'm sure there has to be plenty. I've seen tracks with open track days where street cars (no roll cage) can do trial trials.
Or: Give karting a shot. THe initial investment can be as little as $2000 for a used setup (not little if you are broke but compared with other forms of "real" racing thats dirt cheap)
In any case, don't race on the street. You could very well wind up killing somone.
Thanks for the information I'll have to check them out
Keiran
How old are you? You will eventually grow up and understand. But you said you are in LA!!!!! Now, when I was 20, sure I did my fair share of driving fast, racing my buddies, etc. Back then I didn't have racing sims to take it to. BUT, I also live way out in the middle of nowhere. In fact, even at a high rate of speed, it still would take us almost an hour just to reach the middle of nowhere. We are lucky to see a handful of cars in a 40 mile stretch. Of course, I am now 33 with a wife and 2 lovely daughters, a house payment, car payment, no longer have a car capable of high speed, and responsiblilities. If you make it through to an older age driving like that in LA with all the traffic, then you will realize how stupid you were. I still drive "fast", but "fast" is now considerably slower than what "fast" was in the younger days.
Sure my buds and I would race out on the road, out in the middle of nowhere where there wasn't any traffic. But we drove fast together and didn't, as you say, "every time I go out to drive I always end up showing off on how great a driver I am." or "race allot of other people when they drive". When my buddies and I got together, it wasn't "racing" as in door to door, setting up a pass coming off the exit, etc. It was more just following each other as we drove fast. Again, this was out in the boonies where there isn't any traffic. There is a big difference in "racing" and driving "fast" out in public. I have no problem with people driving fast out on the roads, driving fast isn't what causes accidents, at least out where I live where there's no traffic. It's the idiots that drive like this guy says, enticing other's to truely race and "showing off" how good of a driver they are when a few miles down the road they show off actually how unskilled of a driver they are when their car is wrapped around a tree or something.
Like I said, back then we didn't have PC racing sims to take it out on. Unfortunately, now we do and some people think, "I can do it on the PC, I can do it on the road", which isn't the case.
Sure my buds and I would race out on the road, out in the middle of nowhere where there wasn't any traffic. But we drove fast together and didn't, as you say, "every time I go out to drive I always end up showing off on how great a driver I am." or "race allot of other people when they drive". When my buddies and I got together, it wasn't "racing" as in door to door, setting up a pass coming off the exit, etc. It was more just following each other as we drove fast. Again, this was out in the boonies where there isn't any traffic. There is a big difference in "racing" and driving "fast" out in public. I have no problem with people driving fast out on the roads, driving fast isn't what causes accidents, at least out where I live where there's no traffic. It's the idiots that drive like this guy says, enticing other's to truely race and "showing off" how good of a driver they are when a few miles down the road they show off actually how unskilled of a driver they are when their car is wrapped around a tree or something.
Like I said, back then we didn't have PC racing sims to take it out on. Unfortunately, now we do and some people think, "I can do it on the PC, I can do it on the road", which isn't the case.
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