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27th May 2012, 09:21 #11
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Originally Posted by pkeegs
Personally, I can drive faster than most people on the road are going if I feel like it. Does that make me a good racing driver? No, I'd suck!
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27th May 2012, 10:55 #12
Hi and welcome to the forum, as Mark says above.. the public roads/non competition drivers are not really worthy of comparing yourself against.. not only that you could end up killing innocent people in the process so please only compete in a safe environment.
You dont really have an idea how quick you are or could be until you start racing at club level among similar minded people. I used to often win any indoor karting events I attended and a good few years ago was also was one of the top 3 Toca 3 DTM Sim mode racers online.. and had some fantastic battles.. does that make me an exceptional driver? No, far from it.. I'm just among the quickest from a relatively small slice of the population. A few years ago I tried my hand at a club level karting race with a kart I borrowed but I started getting lapped half way through the race and actually felt that finishing third from last was a great effort.. lol so if you do try karting dont be downhearted when you get blown into the weeds.. these guys are usually looking for tenths even hundredths at corners while you are often left simply learning the lines and trying to piece them all together before even beginning to think about tinkering with the set-up.
If like me you dont have much of a disposable budget why not get/build yourself a decent PC with a triple monitor set-up, a sim wheel with force feedback such as a Fanatec CSR with some V1 Clubsport pedals which actually feature a loadcell for measuring brake pressure unlike other pedal sets which usually only have a potentiometer for measuring pedal distance travelled. Then try your hand at RSRBR12 (A Richard Burns Rally mod) or one of the various PC racing sims on the market ie, RFactor iracing etc. In the long run It will cost you a fraction of the cost of karting, it will be a lot of fun and very rewarding as you continue to improve with experience.. and if you are as good as you think you are you will soon start winning races.
Here is a vid of rFactor2 beta '68 F1 Monaco sim.. no aero.. and my idea of proper fun! race sim cockpit 20120126 rFactor2 beta '68 F1 Monaco - YouTube
Should give you an idea of the possibilities..
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27th May 2012, 12:33 #13
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Originally Posted by pkeegsUseful F1 Twitter thingy: http://goo.gl/6PO1u
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27th May 2012, 12:39 #14
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Originally Posted by Mark
m trying to figure out how to spend the smallest amount possible.
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27th May 2012, 12:52 #15
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Originally Posted by Dave B
I've already said that I know driving like that has its risks, and I will say that if I had gotten into an accident, I would have deserved it. But it's not your place to tell me that. Especially not in the way you phrased it. You have no idea what I'm like. If you met me, you wouldn't believe I was pkeegs. You know what else I do in my free time? I play Scottish fiddle music and classical music on my violin; I sing; I read; I play with my dog; I try to get over my ex who dumped me out of nowhere after two years of dating, and who was the most important person in my life; I work in musical theatre, and definitely not for the money. You don't know me, don't go thinking you know what I'm like.
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27th May 2012, 12:57 #16
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Your cheapest option will be to try some karting. Most places allow you to pay per lap.
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27th May 2012, 13:24 #17Originally Posted by pkeegs
With regards to your previous post that sims can not possibly come close to the real thing.. that is absolutely true but unless you do have a reasonable dissposable income its a pipe dream for a lot of us... and the next best thing is Sim racing.The emergence of the new 'Rainmaster' - Mad Max at Interlagos 2016!
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27th May 2012, 13:25 #18
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Originally Posted by Mark
That goes for everyone else who contributed to this thread in a positive manner.
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27th May 2012, 15:03 #19
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Originally Posted by pkeegs
You have no idea what I'm like.Useful F1 Twitter thingy: http://goo.gl/6PO1u
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27th May 2012, 18:28 #20
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Originally Posted by Dave B
Well we are all special and unique, and the boy is special. He said so.
I agree he sounds similar, no, he sounds IDENTICAL, same phrases, same justifications , same assurances same whining as hundreds of other whiney boys to the point I wonder if he is real or a computer program written to wind up motorsport fans by dropping the known key words "I race my buddies on the back roads, I know I am exceptionally fast cause i beat my friend in a Wrecks" ---(of course the mere fact that your friend is stupid, and young and has been driving maybe 2 years and thus massively inexperienced escaped your notice because you are young and stupid and inexperienced).
In fact I think the only thing worth any discussion is the eerie exact phrasing of the delusions...
Because he---and all those other boys saying they're unique---are delusional.
This kid at 18 1/2 max never having raced anything, how do they all come up with the mistaken impression that they "exceptional"?
I wonder if Emmerson Manfalplaldi knows that far and away the No1 cause of death for boys 14-26 years old by a long shot is motor vehicle accidents.....a huge portion of which are single car---and that every one of those geniuses thought they were exceptionally good. including every one of those geniuses who killed 1-3 of their stupid friends who foolishly got in a car with them.
So the only interesting thing is :How do so many young guys become so convinced--with a total lack of any awareness or experience---that they have exception talents?John Vanlandingham
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