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harperdc posted:The Lexus is up there with the Merc AMG and Bentley in the “best sounding GT3 cars” stakes. Best sounding GT(D, 3, E, etc) car is the latest Porsche RSR (the GTE) and it's not close. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Oct 17, 2018 |
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Schlesische posted:Best sounding GT(D, 3, E, etc) car is the latest Porsche RSR (the GTE) and it's not close. ...but that’s why I specified for GT3 cars only, they’re as much a product and can’t compare to a factory project in a higher class with even less based on a street car. For GTE the Corvettes get close, because the deep thunder of a V8 is always appreciated. And also hoping the RSRs don’t go to a turbo engine too.
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harperdc posted:The Lexus is up there with the Merc AMG and Bentley in the “best sounding GT3 cars” stakes. Lexus, Merc, Bentley and Aston if I can count that one. The old PWC Caddy was tits, too. GTLM is Corvette, RSR, GT, and the BMW would be next but it's too ugly and huge to coubt.
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iwentdoodie posted:Lexus, Merc, Bentley and Aston if I can count that one. The old PWC Caddy was tits, too. The BMW was barely audible going through turn 12 at Road Atlanta this weekend. Meanwhile I could hear the RSR all the way through turn 1 from the same spot.
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The Bentley sounds like a loud wet shart and I don't understand how anybody finds it aurally pleasant. 
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drgitlin posted:The BMW was barely audible going through turn 12 at Road Atlanta this weekend. Meanwhile I could hear the RSR all the way through turn 1 from the same spot. It's not super loud, it just sounds cool as gently caress. jammyozzy posted:The Bentley sounds like a loud wet shart and I don't understand how anybody finds it aurally pleasant. You shut your goddamn mouth mister.
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The BMW also only has a right side exhaust, do it's entirely inaudible from the left, and only barely audible from the right. Does sound good when you can hear it though.
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The GT sounds loving abysmal. It's not "Audi Diesel Schoolbus" levels of awful, but it sounds poo poo. I'm just happy they let the RSR howl again.
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The GT sounds better in person. Not much better, but better.
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:The GT sounds better in person. Not much better, but better. It also depends entirely on track and location. It sounds amazing at WOT up in the rev range, not so great on a street circuit or the tight bends. The RSR howls, but gently caress Porsche(tm)
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iwentdoodie posted:The RSR howls, but gently caress Porsche(tm)  but listening to the midnight portions of Le Mans (I'm Australian, I was awake through the LM24 night and asleep during the day) was just low rumbly V8s, wooshy 6s and then a loud howly screamy thing that was the Porsche. Like you know exactly what it is every time it's caught by the mics.
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I only saw the Audi diesels in person once (ALMS in Portland) but it was awe-inducing how fast they could go by being so quiet. Almost unnerving. An older favorite was the BMW M3 GTRs partially because I caught them in Portland before (as the story goes) they figured out their fuel mixtures, because the first half of that season they were essentially Bavarian flamethrowers. The current Super GT races are cool because the GT500s are decent sounding for turbos, and once they’ve all blown by a Mercedes AMG GT rumbles it’s way past.
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The 1999-2003 era Panoz LMP-1 that was in ALMS was the loudest thing I've ever heard at several Sonoma races. It was brutal, even with earplugs. The Porsches were second loudest, surprisingly even over Corvettes/Vipers etc. The Audi diesels of that era you just heard some rumbing and transmission whining and then tires as they flew past and were pulling out to a huge lead. 
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That pic is of the gasoline R8s, not the diesel models though. And yeah the Panoz roadsters were glorious.
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Think the loudest I heard was the RX8. That thing loving howled at Daytona. It also feels like the Corvettes were a poo poo ton louder when they were the C5.R, but that may also be due to my rapidly increasing deafness in the....oh God it's been almost 20 years gently caress me
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Keyser_Soze posted:The 1999-2003 era Panoz LMP-1 that was in ALMS was the loudest thing I've ever heard at several Sonoma races. It was brutal, even with earplugs. The Porsches were second loudest, surprisingly even over Corvettes/Vipers etc. e,f,b.
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Yeah, my bad. I'm old and confused - sorry. That is my pic from the July 2000 race at Sonoma.
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Rally Spain is ongoing. It is the only mixed surface dirt/asphalt rally of the year and is the penultimate round of the championship. There is a pretty close three way fight between Ogier, Neuville and Tanak for the championship. There are also a lot of old familiar faces this rally such as Sebastian Loeb, Petter Solberg, Ken Block and Henning Solberg, https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/livetiming/page/4175----.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamuNN2I7lE [Edit] I can add some silly season stuff since I guess a lot of folks doesn't follow rally Ogier and Lappi will be driving for Citroen next year. Citroen not expected to keep any of its drivers except the odd appearance of the sheikh sponsoring the team. Kris Meeke will be back driving for Toyota M-Sport expected to sign Craig Breen Humbug fucked around with this message at 09:32 on Oct 26, 2018 |
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From Reddit. Its Group B all over again.
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GET OFF THE ROAD YOU FUCKS Something this beautiful shouldn't die because spectators are loving morons.
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Organizers seem to favor removing offending rallies rather than axing categories these days. Poland lost its WRC round due to poor spectator control. not hard to see why when you have videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxEtmmte33M Rally Japan will return next year and I believe the organizers want a round in the US as well. Rally Sardinia looks like it will be axed, and I expect they will look at Spain as well to make space in the calendar. I think Spain is one of the better rallies otherwise though. The championship will be super spicy going into the last round if the standings stay like this. Three drivers for three teams on pretty much equal points.
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I hope there is enough money in the country again for a Rally Ireland 
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Iberian Rally Fans Ruin Everything
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harperdc posted:Iberians Ruin Everything
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Peanut President posted:god a rally in the us would be so bad Why? There’s an entire series already running in the US and Canada.
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gently caress. Tanak had a puncture. He's having the worst luck this season.
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harperdc posted:Why? There’s an entire series already running in the US and Canada. because gently caress the fia
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im requesting a rally stage in america where its just on city streets that havent been paved in years with large haystack chicanes every 500 feet
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OhsH posted:im requesting a rally stage in america where its just on city streets that havent been paved in years with large haystack chicanes every 500 feet gently caress yeah Anderson Indiana Rally
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OhsH posted:im requesting a rally stage in america where its just on city streets that havent been paved in years with large haystack chicanes every 500 feet Honestly that could just be a cannonball style run across this place
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e:  , not the iRacing thread
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California 8 hours: Bentley gonna Mazda
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https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100 I'm not sure if you were all aware, but Netflix has a documentary series called Dirty Money, wherein episode 2 we learn about the payday loan racket setup by Scott Tucker. Very interesting to see things from his side of the story (spoiler alert: he's a rich rear end in a top hat playing the victim) and to get the details that led to his fall. Plus it was satisfying to see the Level 5 GTD and P2 cars getting towed out of his home, both in the sense that those cars looked very good and that that loving bastard was getting his comeuppance. Y'all should watch it.
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WindyMan posted:https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100 I know it was brought up here earlier this year, I think just after Tucker was officially sentenced in January.
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https://twitter.com/VincentJBruins/status/1056584660296318976
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They are certainly not, she was ejected from the meeting and permanently banned from SRO events.
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