- George
> > I was racing the ai at dega, setting up to go into 3 I turn
> > down on somebody on my inside. The car spins quickly sliding
> > backwards, gets onto the flat, and the rear end lifts up to at least
> > 45degrees and then lands nose first and settles back on all 4.
> > just wondering if anybody flipped yet just from catching air.
It's cool to play with, but I wouldn't want to race that way...
Mike
> > Have you watched the replay from chase view? Sounds like the roof flaps
> kept
> > you from flipping - I'm wondering if they are visible in the replay.
That
> > would be pretty cool!
> > > I was racing the ai at dega, setting up to go into 3 I turn
> > > down on somebody on my inside. The car spins quickly sliding
> > > backwards, gets onto the flat, and the rear end lifts up to at least
> > > 45degrees and then lands nose first and settles back on all 4.
> > > just wondering if anybody flipped yet just from catching air.
Definitely sounds like the physics of a car catching air are way
better than the demo. Even when your roof flaps deploy, it isn't
always going to save you if you're skating across the grass at 180mph
and hit one of the access roads... and definitely not going to help
you much if you're doing that same thing sideways... But at least
sliding in the grass is easier on the tires... ;-)
-John
Not yet...
I believe that's a Nascar Heat Exclusive:)
-Larry (ducking)
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I remember one VERY bizarre race with the demo, via IRF, where the host had
jacked up the track adhesion at Michigan to the point where you never
touched the brakes at all. The Lap times were, well, amusing :)
The cars stuck so hard, and went so fast, that several times when in a
corner I would wiggle the wheel to the left a little to hard to avoid
something and the right side would glue down, and the left side would lift
in the air and I'd go tumbling down the race car, flipping door to door
several times.
It was a wild race :)
-Larry
> > Just wondering if anybody flipped yet just from catching
> > air.
> No, but I flipped from running up on a kerb at Watkins
> Glen at a speed slightly faster than I usually take the
> corner in question at. Very, very strange.
> - George
