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Offline Seanl

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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #10 on: 26 November 2011, 13:37 »
WTF is wrong with these people! I never realised just how bad these handle mind!  :shocked: :sick:
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Offline R32UK

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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #11 on: 26 November 2011, 13:45 »
Quote from: Seanl on 26 November 2011, 13:37
WTF is wrong with these people! I never realised just how bad these handle mind!  :shocked: :sick:

They seem to like going backwards more than forwards! Crappy light weight body with no weight distribution in mind
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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #12 on: 26 November 2011, 14:46 »
Epic fail on both vids

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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #13 on: 27 November 2011, 01:09 »
Americans.
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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #14 on: 27 November 2011, 09:33 »
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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #15 on: 28 November 2011, 10:46 »
Quote from: R32UK on 26 November 2011, 13:45
Quote from: Seanl on 26 November 2011, 13:37
WTF is wrong with these people! I never realised just how bad these handle mind!  :shocked: :sick:

They seem to like going backwards more than forwards! Crappy light weight body with no weight distribution in mind

Yet they lap the nurburgring quicker than a nissan GTR  :undecided:
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Offline R32UK

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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #16 on: 28 November 2011, 11:02 »
Quote from: JulesS3 on 28 November 2011, 10:46
Quote from: R32UK on 26 November 2011, 13:45
Quote from: Seanl on 26 November 2011, 13:37
WTF is wrong with these people! I never realised just how bad these handle mind!  :shocked: :sick:

They seem to like going backwards more than forwards! Crappy light weight body with no weight distribution in mind

Yet they lap the nurburgring quicker than a nissan GTR  :undecided:
Which you have to be a very very skilled driver to do. 9/10 people could get the GTR round quicker
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Offline JulesS3

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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #17 on: 28 November 2011, 11:18 »
I agree, but it cant be that badly set up if thats fast?
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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #18 on: 28 November 2011, 11:28 »
Excellent fail.  :laugh:
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Re: FAILing at drag racing
« Reply #19 on: 28 November 2011, 13:16 »
Most of the time its the power/torque that actually twists the chassis.
That causes the cars to pull to one side and steering is not always able to counteract that!
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