Ay race where you need another guy in the vehicle to tell you where to go is OK in my book
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> wrote: > > Ari on Pikes Peak, my favourite course to run in RallySport Challenge 2 for > the xbox. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue < > robert.rawl...@thinkbluemedia.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Walter Rohl in an S1 spec Quattro is just about as good as Rally gets... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts29KKhKXds > > > > :-D > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] > > Sent: 27 April 2009 18:11 > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: THIS is why I watch NASCAR... > > > > > > Rally is the stuff that gets my blood pumping. > > Old logging roads, mountains, city streets, deserts... > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Grant wrote: > > > > > > > > Nascar in a nutshell: > > > > > > > > GO GO GO! Turn left! GO GO GO! Turn left! GO GO GO! Turn Left! > > > > > > > > > > Exactly. And the turns are super banked so there's no skill needed > > > there either. > > > > > > Seriously - a 14 year old who's never driven before could drive at > > > 200mph on a NASCAR track within an hour. > > > > > > This what this really is, is a sport of logistics: when to take pit > > > stops, how to manage your fuel, etc. > > > > > > And, yes, there is some strategy involved of when to pass, etc but > > > that's really also tied to fuel management. > > > > > > In other words, this is like calling daily FedEx operations a sport. > > > > > > If you take a look at european tracks like in Monaco, Nurburing, etc > > > there are hills, hairpin turns, switchbacks and with very little bank. > > > > > > As a driver you need to be an expert at actually driving to be good. > > > Not so in NASCAR. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296188 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
