Lord Mar
Prince Verrick Rosturch
Chryssta
Lord Mar
Chryssta
Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn...
True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car.
Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions.
And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully.
True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car.
Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions.
And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully.
When you get to a point where the people you know start getting killed, or God forbid, YOU kill someone, I would hope that your views on skills being made on the streets would change. Put yourself in the position of a professional driver, and tell me that isn't skill.
It just seems to me that a professional closed course racer can't drift turns on a back road.
I don't mean any disrespect to pros, they make others dream bigger than backyard racing. Personally, I'd love to go to the drift competitions out in California.
If you mean the standard NASCAR racers than you may be right but as for the rest of the world of GT and Grand Prix racing, the powerslide (or drift) is a basic maneuver, especially when you're trying to set a hot lap smile The fact is, well practiced racers will do well in many settings, it's just a result of their experience.
Well, said. If I came off a bit crazy about the street racing thing, perhaps you could accept it. Thats one thing I don't like and will let everyone know. The only reason there is a thread for it is because, lets face it, people do. I had a friend and witnessed the slow depression coworker whose son was killed due to street racing and inexperienced drivers. I would rather take it to a track were there are people who can help in the event of a crash.
I was raised and taught on tarmac so I guess for me it's just ingrained but I'm aware that many don't have a proper track to go all out on and that eager little throttle doesn't help either, I know for me, it's tempting to put my foot down on a public road. In the near future I want to attain the proper licenses to enter in an entry level race in the FIA and begin to climb the ladder for myself and I'm sure a record of traffic collisions would go bad with officials :0 the fee alone is staggering.
