Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 FIRST GEAR and slowly ease off the clutch. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 11, 2007 Author Posted January 11, 2007 Definately gives you a better view of the edge of that envelope from the inside lol Whew,...that's some talent right there. Quote
flippin4it. Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 I'll stick with my small block Nova. In a straight line that is........... Quote
Panamoka_Bassin Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 That was pretty neat! Anyone else catch themselves "leaning" into the turns? Quote
Guest the_muddy_man Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 Oh Oh I heard that was Alpster driving that car I HAVE A FEELING WE WILL GET THE BASSBUS TO THE FORK IN RECORD TIME Quote
Super User Alpster Posted January 11, 2007 Super User Posted January 11, 2007 Oh Oh I heard that was Alpster driving that car I HAVE A FEELING WE WILL GET THE BASSBUS TO THE FORK IN RECORD TIME No, that's not me, but he stays in his own lane about like I do. I must say, everyone seems to get off the road when I come through also. I guess there are more similarities than I thought. ;D Ronnie Quote
Guest the_muddy_man Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 SORRY RONNIE I GOT MY STORY WRONG THAT IS ACTUALLY REDLINERROBERT AS A TEENAGER Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 that race track is on Grand tourismo. With a steering wheel and a race car like that you get the same rush as watching that video. Just awsome. Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 11, 2007 Super User Posted January 11, 2007 My wife gave me a Richard Petty Racing School Ride-Along for Christmas last year so I did it this summer. The driver and I hit 135 MPH on the track. All I could do was hold on for dear life. I had a headache all day long after the ride. Would I do it again? No, I don't like being locked in so tight. But I have a lot of respect for the NASCAR drivers and the physical endurance and stamina they must have to race week after week. Quote
justfishin Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 I was leaning and bent the arm on my office chair,LOL. That is way cool. Quote
Cigarlover 1 Posted January 12, 2007 Posted January 12, 2007 That is awesome. My head was kinda spinning by the time it was over. I don't care to watch NASCAR but like Sam said I have a lot of respect for what those guys do. Any high speed racing really. Those guys are in those cars for hours on end and their bodies have to take a serious beating. I do good enough to control my road rage on the highway much less a race track doing 150+. Quote
NATHAN_JAMES Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 Now just imagine pakages flying out of the side of the car and thats how Russ delivers ;D Quote
fishingrulz Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Cool. Talk about skill. Driving stick is hard enough. Add in those high speed corners and speed at which that thing accelerates forget it. That is just coordination at its finest. Add that on to the amount of time they have to be jammed tight into that car and some of the conditions they do it under. Pouring rain? forget it. Race car drivers are a special breed. Some call it crazy others call it easy. Crazy? to a certain extent...yes. But its so much more. The amount of skill and coordination involved is just so great. Its more than anything in any other sport anywhere. The difficulty is often overlooked which is sad. Those that know how to or drive a stick shift now know what I mean. If your daily driver is stick you may say it really isn't that hard but his 1st gear last what? a second? lol Just crazy. Quote
Triton21 Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Reminds me of a 'Sunday Drive' in Eastern Kentucky where I grew-up. Kelley Quote
JT Bagwell Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 that race track is on Grand tourismo. With a steering wheel and a race car like that you get the same rush as watching that video. Just awsome. LOL I thought I recognized that track from Gran Turismo too. JT Bagwell Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 16, 2007 Author Posted January 16, 2007 Cool. Talk about skill. Driving stick is hard enough. Add in those high speed corners and speed at which that thing accelerates forget it. That is just coordination at its finest. Add that on to the amount of time they have to be jammed tight into that car and some of the conditions they do it under. Pouring rain? forget it. Race car drivers are a special breed. Some call it crazy others call it easy. Crazy? to a certain extent...yes. But its so much more. The amount of skill and coordination involved is just so great. Its more than anything in any other sport anywhere. The difficulty is often overlooked which is sad. Those that know how to or drive a stick shift now know what I mean. If your daily driver is stick you may say it really isn't that hard but his 1st gear last what? a second? lol Just crazy. Well, I agree with the talent and physical beating they take but driving a stick is actually pretty easy. Those cars are not stick shift cars though, they have an electronic gear box, shifting is done with buttons on the wheel. Quote
Super User cart7t Posted January 16, 2007 Super User Posted January 16, 2007 World Rally Drivers are argueably the best drivers in the world. As you saw from the video, it takes cat like reflexes and you've got to be thinking several hundred yards down the road to go that fast. Miss a turn and you go off a cliff. Makes oval racing downright boring. Quote
Super User cart7t Posted January 16, 2007 Super User Posted January 16, 2007 Cool. Talk about skill. Driving stick is hard enough. Add in those high speed corners and speed at which that thing accelerates forget it. That is just coordination at its finest. Add that on to the amount of time they have to be jammed tight into that car and some of the conditions they do it under. Pouring rain? forget it. Race car drivers are a special breed. Some call it crazy others call it easy. Crazy? to a certain extent...yes. But its so much more. The amount of skill and coordination involved is just so great. Its more than anything in any other sport anywhere. The difficulty is often overlooked which is sad. Those that know how to or drive a stick shift now know what I mean. If your daily driver is stick you may say it really isn't that hard but his 1st gear last what? a second? lol Just crazy. Well, I agree with the talent and physical beating they take but driving a stick is actually pretty easy. Those cars are not stick shift cars though, they have an electronic gear box, shifting is done with buttons on the wheel. Most of those cars have paddle shifters mounted on the steering shafts so the driver need only flick it with his fingers so he doesn't have to take his hand off the wheel. He still has to clutch the thing though. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 16, 2007 Author Posted January 16, 2007 Cool. Talk about skill. Driving stick is hard enough. Add in those high speed corners and speed at which that thing accelerates forget it. That is just coordination at its finest. Add that on to the amount of time they have to be jammed tight into that car and some of the conditions they do it under. Pouring rain? forget it. Race car drivers are a special breed. Some call it crazy others call it easy. Crazy? to a certain extent...yes. But its so much more. The amount of skill and coordination involved is just so great. Its more than anything in any other sport anywhere. The difficulty is often overlooked which is sad. Those that know how to or drive a stick shift now know what I mean. If your daily driver is stick you may say it really isn't that hard but his 1st gear last what? a second? lol Just crazy. Well, I agree with the talent and physical beating they take but driving a stick is actually pretty easy. Those cars are not stick shift cars though, they have an electronic gear box, shifting is done with buttons on the wheel. Most of those cars have paddle shifters mounted on the steering shafts so the driver need only flick it with his fingers so he doesn't have to take his hand off the wheel. He still has to clutch the thing though. See that? I learn somthing every day! So how does the paddle work? It isn't a "mechanical" connection to like, the linkage is it? I always assumed it was all electronic, up shifting on one side, down on the other. The paddle makes alot of sense. Are F1 cars the same? This is originally the car I had in mind. * I know Cart7 would chirp in to correct any misconceptions and sure enough,....right on cue... Quote
Guest the_muddy_man Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Hey Russ don't you have one of those on your Big Brown Truck : Quote
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