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Awesome comments, however, the problem is that I might think I am just racing very aggressively, but my opponent I just put into a wall will always see it as me totally cornholing them. I could only imagine me going toe to toe with someone as experienced as Terry, only to have me make a move that I think will get me ahead but totally pooches them. I highly doubt it would be considered a nice move. That's where the line is too blurred to be totally comfortable.pk500 wrote:You guys all are identifying why top racers are among the most selfish, self-centered athletes in existence when they're in their element. It's all about them, how they can climb through the field, f*ck the opponent unless it's a teammate, etc.
The best drivers in the world -- Schumacher, Raikkonen, Loeb, Solberg, Gordon, Kristensen, Stewart, Alonso, Kanaan, Wheldon, Bourdais, Kinser -- might be decent-to-great guys out of the car, but they're ruthless c*cksuckers in the car. They'd run over their grandmother if it meant the checkered flag.
That's the way you have to look at it when you're racing someone. You don't want to take the guy out or do something stupid, but you sure as hell don't want to back off unless the move is totally impossible.
Take Terry, for example. He and I have had some epic wheel-to-wheel, fender-to-fender battles in TOCA 2. He races hard as a diamond, but he also knows when to back off and when to charge. Same with Zeppo. Both of those cats -- and others I haven't mentioned -- prove that you can be ruthless, aggressive yet still race clean.
Bottom line: Worry more about getting to the front than about the other guy. Nearly all of you are honorable racers and wouldn't take someone out or use bumper cars to pass someone, so your ethical instincts will prevent you from driving like an idiot while being aggressive.
Racing is one videogame genre I don't play to relax. I get amped up, even when f*cked up, and am way more focused than in any other genre of game I play.
When racing online, I'm on kill as much as I can be in a video game while still keeping friends on XBL.
Take care,
PK
That sums me up 100%.Spooky wrote:
That is one thing I do struggle with and someone even mentioned my same issue last night while racing. I become much more worried about accidentally f*cking other people up than I do about running good lines. Generally, if I am either way out in front (yeah right!) or way in back, I run a much better race. If I am surrounded by other drivers I get so worried about pooching someone else that I start to make mistakes. That is something I desperately need to overcome and it will just take practice. I don’t have a whole lot of good passing practice. But, my biggest issue right now is with getting rear ended, and I think that it is mostly my fault because I think I tend to slow down either a bit too early or just too much for certain turns and other guys come FLYING into them and smash into me. I cannot tell if these drivers were going too fast for the turn or I was going too slow, but I think it is me more or less. Even with the racing line on, I tend to be conservative with my approach to corners and speed. I’d much rather have slowed down a bit too much, but still stay on the track than go flying off into the grass/dirt.
Excellent post and great advice. -Alpk500 wrote:..... Bottom line: Worry more about getting to the front than about the other guy. Nearly all of you are honorable racers and wouldn't take someone out or use bumper cars to pass someone, so your ethical instincts will prevent you from driving like an idiot while being aggressive.
Would hate to see the mighty braves lose to the lowly rockies.... again.dbdynsty25 wrote:So who's playin' tonight? My Suns commitment has an off night tonight so I'll be on after the Braves game at around 10:30 or 11 EST.
Personally, I'm still having mucho fun with the Class D cars.Do you guys want to move up to class C or stick with D?
