WRC Tribute video
08 July 2006, 12:47 AM
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WRC Tribute video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLle...&search=subaru
Enjoy!
Edited to add this close race at the ring as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Dhl...&search=subaru
Enjoy!
Edited to add this close race at the ring as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Dhl...&search=subaru
Last edited by STI_V2; 08 July 2006 at 01:06 AM.
come on SWRT get back to your winning ways.
08 July 2006, 09:25 PM
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Good videos
Don't get me wrong - I think WRC is absolutely fantastic, I really do. I'd give my left ******** to be able to drive like they do. But in a way I wish they could get rid of all the fancy gizzmos they have and go back to the days of H gate gear boxes and heel/toe driving etc. How many times has Petter Solberg's paddle gear changer thingy snapped off in his hands throwing him down the leader board??
It was fascinating to watch the old school drivers in-car footage, especially when they ran an insert video of the driver's feet at the same time.
I think (sorry to swear) Formula 1 could benefit too. Try getting 800bhp off the line quickly without any electronics. Now that takes skill. There'd probably be more overtaking too, with the possibility of a driver missing his gear change etc.
I appreciate that F1 and WRC are the pinnacle of motorsport technology, but surely it should be more about the driver's skill and not the I.T bods back in the factory?
LEGAL NOTE: This is just my opinion, other opinions are available in all good bookshops.
Don't get me wrong - I think WRC is absolutely fantastic, I really do. I'd give my left ******** to be able to drive like they do. But in a way I wish they could get rid of all the fancy gizzmos they have and go back to the days of H gate gear boxes and heel/toe driving etc. How many times has Petter Solberg's paddle gear changer thingy snapped off in his hands throwing him down the leader board??
It was fascinating to watch the old school drivers in-car footage, especially when they ran an insert video of the driver's feet at the same time.
I think (sorry to swear) Formula 1 could benefit too. Try getting 800bhp off the line quickly without any electronics. Now that takes skill. There'd probably be more overtaking too, with the possibility of a driver missing his gear change etc.
I appreciate that F1 and WRC are the pinnacle of motorsport technology, but surely it should be more about the driver's skill and not the I.T bods back in the factory?
LEGAL NOTE: This is just my opinion, other opinions are available in all good bookshops.
09 July 2006, 03:43 AM
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this so funny i was saying the same thing to a friend of mine recently. i totally agree with the above. well spoken......... but respect is still due as these guys still display there skills. some of them today (rally drivers) i believe would be capable of handling the 600 bhp monsters of group b days.
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I totally agree and I do miss the old days where everything was pretty much down to the driver's skills but your statement below says it all really and I do not think motorsport will ever go back to the basics.
I have also read that Microsoft will be suppying the ECUs for the F1 from 2008 and they will supply them for free as well. I think it will be basic (whatever basic means for F1) so we might get a more exciting season.
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I appreciate that F1 and WRC are the pinnacle of motorsport technology, but surely it should be more about the driver's skill and not the I.T bods back in the factory?
Originally Posted by paulthejambo
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Microsoft supplying F1?
Cool...
Lots more crashes to look foward to
Can you imagine the post-race press conference...
"Vell, I vas in ze lead for ze first few leps, but zen I hed to download ze petch in order for ze latest ekvipment to verk correktly, vich slowed me down a little. However, I amused myself viz a game of ze solitare for sree minuten vilst ze petch installed, unt zen, just as I began to make my vey beck up sruu ze peck again, I hed a DSN lookup error....."
Cool...
Lots more crashes to look foward to
Can you imagine the post-race press conference...
"Vell, I vas in ze lead for ze first few leps, but zen I hed to download ze petch in order for ze latest ekvipment to verk correktly, vich slowed me down a little. However, I amused myself viz a game of ze solitare for sree minuten vilst ze petch installed, unt zen, just as I began to make my vey beck up sruu ze peck again, I hed a DSN lookup error....."
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