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How Racing Works :-)

06/21/2012 9:57 AM

Just had to share this!

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06/21/2012 10:34 AM

Excellent!

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06/21/2012 11:32 AM

Rev 2.0 (2 added constants)

5. DYNAMICS- is how high the debris fly.

6. AERODYNAMICS- is how far the debris fly.

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06/21/2012 12:50 PM

I would have guessed that Torque is how many times your car rolls after you hit the wall -- but no matter. Those were great.

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06/21/2012 11:39 PM

Honestly, I would have thought that Aerodynamics dictated how far the race car flies into the grandstands?

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06/22/2012 8:14 AM

How true.

In a related topic, my boss and our fellow CR4er standarded reminds me of the old saying, "Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go?"
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