rec.autos.simulators

by **Peter Nilsso** » Thu, 07 Feb 2002 06:11:12

>Did Rally racing always had a co-pilot? What about in the old days
>when men were men. You'd think most of the co-pilots would be women
>since they're good with directions.

Excuse me? They are good drivers, generally, but damned if they can
find their way around without guidance.
I've had the pleasure of being a passenger when my ex-wife drove us
home one evening and I had to tell her to stop because -'Darling, you
just drove past our house!" -"Oh, I did? I thought I recognized this
street!"
Oh my...

/petern

by **Peter Nilsso** » Thu, 07 Feb 2002 06:12:31

>On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 08:53:56 GMT, "Kasey Chang \(remove EATSPAM to

>>> I was watching WRC on Speedvision. This is the first time I
>>> actually sat down to watch the whole thing. Most of the time I don't
>>> pay attention to what the co-driver is saying. What does "3-left,
>>> 2-flat, 5-straight" etc. mean. What is he trying to say to the
>>> driver.

>>1-5 is the degree of the bend in the road. 1 is a slight turn,
>>5 is almost a right-angle turn (like 60 degrees). There's also
>>the square turn (square left) and the hairpin turn.

>It varies, there are several pace-note systems as well as some drivers
>have their home-brewed ones.

>For instance, in the system Nicky Grist and Colin McRae use, the
>corner number stands for which gear should be used. There's a whole
>lot of other information in the pace notes on top of just corner
>speed, like distance to next turn/mark, tightening/opening corner,
>cautions(rocks, logs, ice-patches, et.c.), crests...

Mishearing "tight left" as "slight left" is always a showstopper.

/petern

by **Alex Kihuran** » Sat, 09 Feb 2002 05:55:23

You know it's Tina Thorner right? Not the rockstar. Don't give me a
heartattack :)

Thanks,
Alex

> Nah, that's a famous rockstar :-)

> /petern

> P.S. According to legend, Tina Turner was on tour in Germany once and
> some joker printed t-shirts for the crew that read "Tiny Turner and
> His Band".

> >Tina Th?rner!

> >> > Anyway, there are some female co-drivers, especially in the US.

> >> there's even one in WRC. guess which pop-star for ten bonus points.

> >> --
> >> Gunnar
> >> #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8
Kibo: 2
> >> silence is FOO!

by **Peter Nilsso** » Sat, 09 Feb 2002 21:18:05

Note the smiley :-)

/petern

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 20:55:23 GMT, "Alex Kihurani"

>You know it's Tina Thorner right? Not the rockstar. Don't give me a
>heartattack :)

>Thanks,
>Alex

>> Nah, that's a famous rockstar :-)

>> /petern

>> P.S. According to legend, Tina Turner was on tour in Germany once and
>> some joker printed t-shirts for the crew that read "Tiny Turner and
>> His Band".

>> >Tina Th?rner!

>> >> > Anyway, there are some female co-drivers, especially in the US.

>> >> there's even one in WRC. guess which pop-star for ten bonus points.

>> >> --
>> >> Gunnar
>> >> #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8
>Kibo: 2
>> >> silence is FOO!