Wish I could drive like this

there's no real fancy footwork there that you couldn't do yourself with a bit of practice Tim.

Car is superb, I love the LSD effect, check out how it pulls through the corner exit at 0.33, I want that!!!
 
It's only a bit of heel and toe, not hard to do at all with a little practise. just do it all the time when driving and you get to a point where you don't even realise you are doing it, plus it sounds cool.
 
saitrix said:
It's only a bit of heel and toe, not hard to do at all with a little practise. just do it all the time when driving and you get to a point where you don't even realise you are doing it, plus it sounds cool.
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That does depend on the weight of the brake pedal. I have driven cars where the throttle is heavier than the brake and trying to blip the throttle results in blipping the brakes instead which isn't quite the intented result. Diesels don't normally respond quick enough to the throttle either.
 
heh I must be easilly impressed then. Maybe it's the 260PS engine in a 900kg car that impressed me more:D Forget V8's, turbos, superchargers, this is the engine note I love.

I've tried H+T before, results were.. interesting.
 
Current WRC cars are faster over stages i belive. But then the drivers of the group B cars didnt have that long to get used to them and take 100% out of them id imagine. Like wise for the development of the actual cars.
 
ZG002 said:
Current WRC cars are faster over stages i belive. But then the drivers of the group B cars didnt have that long to get used to them and take 100% out of them id imagine. Like wise for the development of the actual cars.
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I'm certainly not 100% on this, but i think you are correct with regards to the stage times, this is due to the fancy suspension, brakes, diffs, et cetera. The difference is the straight line speed, were the Group B cars not pushing around 800 bhp in some instances?
 
chipperhead said:
Surely they should have just cordoned the spectators off rather than just ban it.
Was Group B the Metro 6R4 and all that lot?
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It was a combination of many factors. The Group B cars (Audi Quattro, 6R4, RS200, Lancia Delta, etc) were so fast in a straight line that when they crashed they crashed big. They were not a safe place for the drivers. The spectators were badly controlled, and were drawn to the sport by the cars. You cant be expected to monitor hundreds of miles of rally stage. A string of spectator deaths linked to excessive uncontrollable speed and the death of a driver (I cant remember who, someone will) lead the FIA to ban the Group B status. The pace of development mean cars were insanely quick and unsafe, and banning the cars banned the atmosphere that went with, which included the standing on stages.

Current cars are just as fast, but they are infintaely safer, and spectators are now managed much better. More pre-runs through stages and cancellations due to overcrowding.

Wang said:
I'm certainly not 100% on this, but i think you are correct with regards to the stage times, this is due to the fancy suspension, brakes, diffs, et cetera. The difference is the straight line speed, were the Group B cars not pushing around 800 bhp in some instances?
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I know the Audi S1 pushed well above 600 (officially).
 
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