Do you get nervous racing LFS? [Archive]

Ball Bearing Turbo

15th January 2007, 20:44

Right..
Ok, so I don't know what the underlying root is...
Most of the time I am asking myself: "why I am so nervous when racing LFS?". The LXCC has brought a new dimension of nerves, which I fondly credit to Axus's crazy "flying lap" qualification system. My lap - ok: pounding heart, sweaty palms aside, here we go. It's invariably difficult to actually drive a decent (read: remotely competitive) time whilst battling 45 thoughts per second syndrome... Then a small mistake happens and even MORE adrenaline / cortizol and other focus obliterating agents are at once injected into my already saturated bloodstream.
So my question is: does anyone else suffer in this regard? Any Aliens(tm) actually get nervous before/during racing? Perhaps more experience quenches the anxiety of racing, but more than that I suspect I just take it too seriously. But I WANT to take it seriously! That really enhances the suspension of disbeleif, and draws me into the sim. Ironically, I'm not even sure if being a nervous driver is "fun" or not :scratchch: It would be great to just be able to sit down, be totally relaxed, and run some laps. Doubtlessly, my times would even improve then!
Any thoughts?

Jakg

15th January 2007, 20:52

yup - i get this EVERY STCC race, once im in the race an dracing, its ok, but at the start (esp in the quali in the heats) my heart is like a drum

Bob Smith

15th January 2007, 20:55

I used to be a bit nervous, but only of hitting other people. Overtaking used to get me so excited too.

After 3 and a bit years I just drive, don't give a thought to all of that (I mean, I still try to not hit people, but emotionally it all leaves me quite devoid). It's just, there's a gap, I've taken it, I'm through, carry on. I think it was just the newness and not really being in control of the car (in part due to crap setups at the time... I was but a newbie ;)). Close racing, when it happens, is still great fun, I really miss it. Had a fair bit in S1 days, due to a relatively low number of combos and more time to drive.

ayrton senna 87

15th January 2007, 20:57

nah, i used to at the start of league races n stuff, but its gone away now.

at the start of kart races when i first started i used to be so nervous my legs wobbled and i couldnt walk or talk properly, i used to shake lol, so lfs isnt quite so nerve racking in comparison.

u can tell when people are nervous iN LFS races tho, because they drive slower lap times and make funny movements at the starts..

Becky Rose

15th January 2007, 21:01

League races do get me nervous - I think more so when i'm less competetive. When i'm in the midfield/back i'm a bag of jelly - in league races where I am nearer the front I get more tempermental than nervous though, if there's a championship at stake it can be hard to remember it's just a game. Whatever nerves I feel are usually over by the 2nd / 3rd lap - but sometimes when the battle is tight or if I need to pull more out of myself the adrenaline just keeps flowing and flowing.

Boris Lozac

15th January 2007, 21:01

I sometimes get nervous on those "official" races, like in some league or something..
For example in "Nations Cup" i did some mistakes which i wouldn't do if it was some public racing...
On January 21'st, it will be 4th race of our OPS-otvoreno prvenstvo srbije(Serbian Open championship) and as some of you know, it will be broadcasted on TV, on our local "Auto Plus" channel... so i imagine that that fact would make my nervous a bit.. :)
My friends will be watching it on TV probably.. there are photos of each driver displayed before the race, so it will probably be a bit palm sweating.. :schwitz:

Vain

15th January 2007, 21:01

Same here! In the STCC heats I'm always nervous in fear that Jakg will take me out! :tilt:

No serious, I like it when I'm getting nervous. Shows that I enjoy the game.
Look at it that way: Your body is trying to put you in a condition of best awareness. Alright, it might be a bad idea to put your arms into condition to beat someone down when you're trying to balance a FZ5 - but all in all it's an enjoyable ride.

Vain

marsaz

15th January 2007, 21:03

I get this when i'm doing it IRL. Approaching any corner on the flying lap is just so intense and exciting. The heart is beating so fast and strong as you are considering where to brake and turn-in. You can feel the speed constantly building up and the shaking (in a kart) makes it feel like you are going at least twice faster than you really are and when you finally make it throught the corner another one is coming up... :thumb::nod:
Doing all that in LFS takes some time to get involved and if you DO get involved into this evil ( :D ) simulator you get some adrenaline and other stuff too. The effect is a lot lesser than IRL tho, but still fun. That's how i feel about it:shy:

NONo443

15th January 2007, 21:04

I usually get nervous when people are close to me (as in a pack), because I usually get bad lag, and I don't want to hit anyone (which usually leads me to trying to stay in the back of the pack, or even farther).

KMSpeed

15th January 2007, 21:05

Well there's nothing wrong with you that's for sure :nod:

It's totally normal to have these symptomps. The degree of them of course may vary from people to people but as a general idea simply it is impossible to do anything that jepertizes your health (as in real life) or proving your skills (like in LFS) and don't get anxious about it.

LFS is a tough task especially when you have tough opponents or even better if you and your opponents are almost equal on track.

This rises the stress cause you know that the winner will be judged by the details. And the more you are thinking about it the more it gets you :D :schwitz:

So if you cant't control these emotions to a degree probably your performance will suffer.

Damn LFS!!! It really puts your life in a different prespective :tilt:

Viper93

15th January 2007, 21:09

I definatly get this. It's really bad at a start of a league season when you don't know the drivers very well and don't know what they will do. I still get sweaty palms a bit at the start of the STCC races. I was so bad last race I forgot to put a setup on teh car and I had to qualify with the default setup! =)

hrtburnout

15th January 2007, 21:11

I get really nervous when facing the Aliens ®, or when I know that I'm not very good at that certain combo. I keep on thinking that I'm a disappointment to my teammates, especially the Alien-teammates ®.

Paranoid Android

15th January 2007, 21:33

I get quite nervous on the beginning of serious races, but strangely it affects me quite well, there are some races where I don't screw up even once...
Helps me concentrate I guess...

Ball Bearing Turbo

15th January 2007, 21:39

Heh, nice to see I am not alone in this regard :)

It seems I even get nervous about being nervous! 3/4 of the way through the last race, I was running decent times and the nerves had settled down. Then I noticed that I wasn't that nervous and started to get nervous again :doh: LOL. I always manage to set a PB during "serious" races though, so it must have SOME positive effect, even if it feels awkward.

cmckowen

15th January 2007, 21:58

When i joined T7R i had never done single lap quallies in my life. As i was still a little new and there were all these fast drivers my heart was double bouncing my lungs it was beating so hard at the first league event i took part in when they all watched me do my lap.

Now im alright in leagues in single laps, not so when driving for another team and the qually is tight because you dont want to stuff up as its not your race really. Then my heart gets it's skipping rope out and starts doing its thing.

In racing, hell yeah! Makes the racing more fun. When you feel like that, winning or loosing doesnt matter anymore. You have just driven your damnest to finish where you are and couldn't of tried harder! Those are the races where you cross the finish line, sit back and are like WOW...save replay :D

MyBoss

15th January 2007, 22:00

I get nervous and dosen't drive well when I have kamikaze drivers behind me.

Of the type that dives into a corner trying to overtake even though they dosen't have the proper overlap.
The kind that does this every god damn turn.

Jakg

15th January 2007, 22:01

Same here! In the STCC heats I'm always nervous in fear that Jakg will take me out! :tilt:"hehehe"

When did i ever take you out? :D

Tweaker

15th January 2007, 22:08

I just picture everyone naked on the grid and have at it (the racing) :D I am quite focused on the start though, and my look left/right buttons are being molested like ants.

The only time I get nervous is actually when the race is about to finish. Heart rate is usually a bit higher if I am trying to hold off the lead, but typically if I have a good lead, I get in the zone and typically put in some of my best laps at the end of the race. That kind of determination at the end overcomes the thumping heart of mine, and I completely forget about it :)

MyBoss

15th January 2007, 22:10

Trying to take it easy the last few laps with a big lead usually ends in disaster. lol

Hurts2bStock

15th January 2007, 22:12

JohnPenn

15th January 2007, 22:15

Yes I get it, got it in GPL as well, 90% of this feeling came from not wanting to make ass of myself by ramming the driver in front of me.

Talking about the true great drivers of LFS( aliens) you have nothing to worry about they will give you room in a race then pass you without you knowing:)

tristancliffe

15th January 2007, 22:24

I used to get very nervous in league races when I first started, and the one lap qually of the Vixen Challenge season 1 was REALLY nerve racking... Sweaty palms, silly mistakes etc. And that just put MORE pressure on for the following race, which led to more silly mistakes... and so on.

Now I'm much calmer. I do sometimes get a little nervous if someone is catching me towards the end of a race and I know it'll be tight as to whether I can keep ahead, but most of the time I just drive now. I'm confident in my ability to race well and keep a position, so it's relatively easy. I don't claim however to be ice cool yet.

Pick and Play races are fine. I just go out there without a single worry and drive. League races add the extra dimension of actually mattering, which is what makes them so much fun!

Leifde

15th January 2007, 22:27

League races - nervous before it starts but when the lights go green it all goes away (until I'm on my own). The same happens IRL, apart from the nerves stay away all race, even if I'm lapping on my own.

Public races - a bit nervous once it gets to the second to last lap and I'm first, or if I'm a couple of rows back on the inside, I really dont want to take people out at T1

fragile_dog

15th January 2007, 22:31

I think my heart rate is close to full blast if I'm inside and like one row back. I think my fear comes from not wanting to be "that guy" who takes out the whole field in turn one.....so I tend to loose a fair bit of ground in the first two turns until things spread out a bit.

The stock voice in pitspotter is not very soothing, this may help get the heart rate up......I need the voice of Cate Blanchett wispering "on your left" that would calm me down...lol

Thats my problem as well.... When ever anyone comes near me to overtake (quite often since im terribly slow) I start having an attack of nerves/panicing, "oh crap oh crap, need to be good and not cause a crash" basicly.
Some of the posts here don't really sound like nerves to me more adrenaline then anything.... When that gets flowing I get pretty shaky as well. Theres a game called hardwar, pretty cool trading fighting elite type game. In multiplayer fights between human opponents lasts seconds, and you can lose alot (well it takes some time to get back into a position to fight again) That really gets my adrenaline levels up, almost painful. and when you win its almost as good as sex :/. Kinda like a rollercoaster :P.

But yea, for me in LFS its when ever I get close to someone else, cause I just keep thinking I'm going to ruin it for them :/.

Blas89

15th January 2007, 22:32

I do when im ahead of a fast driver (im not that fast hehe:(), my hands start to shake but thats cool:).

MAGGOT

15th January 2007, 23:01

Yep. I get nervous while racing online; and I get butterflies when I'm in the lead near the end of the race. I love it.

Davo

15th January 2007, 23:08

Nervous wreck here. League races bring out the worst in me and I'm nervous not to take anyone out or be taken out in turn 1. If I make a mistake the next few laps will all have mistakes in them by the time I calm back down.

Pick up races not so much unless I'm struggling to keep a position or I'm in the lead which rarely happens lol

The only time I'm not nervous is when I'm comfortable with my speed on a certain combo and I'm chasing someone down. Once the chase is over and I'm being chased the nerves kick in again.

Woz

15th January 2007, 23:10

I tend to try and drive like a robot and push all emotions to the back of my mind, too much to focus on.

That said, when you are pushing something like the LX6 and the back steps at speed it can get the heart pounding :)

XCNuse

15th January 2007, 23:10

i used to when i started playing LFS, but since then not so much

i do however get extremely nervous driving when its cold outside or.. even when its not that cold, but just temper to where you have to have a jacket on, i dont get it, even when its hot outside sometimes i shake and tense up to the point where it hurts.. its bad.. i need gum, all i have now is mints which help, but the gum helped the most

RevengeR

16th January 2007, 01:11

when it comes to serious league races, im nervous like hell. i always mess my qualifications, cant decide wheter to shift down or up, cant make any differences between brake, throttle and stuff :D but when the lights go green, it becomes the easiest thing in the world. weird heh, but thats it:tilt:

SamH

16th January 2007, 01:20

It actually depends what I'm doing before a league race. If I'm sitting around, waiting for the thing to get started, I get really worked up. If I've other things to do, leading right up to the start, or near the start, then I'm much better. I'm much more relaxed than I used to be, definitely.. and it probably shows in my driving too.

Bawbag

16th January 2007, 01:40

I still get it a bit but not much, but I honestly forget most things i'm thinking as my adrenaline is going but i'm not actually "nervous". Watching a replay of a league race I done, it's although I wasn't in it sometimes.

Nerves have got alot better the last few months though and I guess if you do some big races like MoE, the smaller races don't really compare. :thumb:

Makes me think of my 1st race though.....I got S2 and was generally driving with the 400 guys and a couple of Mercury members, South city town in the FXO for the OLFS race. That race was a week after I got S2 so I practiced my but off and managed to scrape a low pool 1 qualifying (Should have been better but when I quit LFS after doing a much better lap minuits before the deadline, the pc crashed :P) So really my 1st league experience and I was nervous as hell, shaking and hands sweating!

There was a crash in t1 (I didn't cause this one :razz: ) So I was put back a bit after that but luckally I was such a noob that I didn't realise the guy I was holding off for about 5 laps was Sracer, had I known how good he was I would have got even more nervous and probarly choke, luckally I managed to put a car between us before he had to pit for some reason. :tilt:

I don't think the nerves actually leave anyone, as seeing another car catch you is allways gunna be nerveracking, but how it affects you is totally differnt. :)

mrodgers

16th January 2007, 03:28

JTbo

16th January 2007, 07:54

Staying calm and focused is one of important things to win races, I might not be too fast, but I have learnt how to keep my head cool no matter what and quite often I climb many places just because I don't make big mistakes.

Problems come just when other driver is as stable and almost as fast, took 30 laps from me to overtake one car at Blackwood, we raced with XR GTs and same setups, but sure was fun.

Also as manager of small racer group (~30 members) I need to keep cool even there are situations which might get to nerves, it just would not be fair to others if I would go by feeling, take some power and get responsibility, that is how it goes :shrug:

aoun

16th January 2007, 09:10

Hehe, under pressure, i used to crack easier then an egg (talking about big racing, not few drivers). But the sayin practice makes perfect is true i guess.. im not perfect no way!!! but i rarely crack under pressure or am ever nervous when im up the front leading or bumper to bumper in closing stages with others around you..

At the start im fine, i know the breaking points and i know to back off a bit earlier just incase someone slows down extra hard, ill be able to avoid hitting it.. i just dont like it when people ram me when i take the time to learn to not hit others!!!

Then again, its just a game..!!

nikimere

16th January 2007, 09:23

i dont get nervous, but, i do sweat when i concentrate a lot!
i remember my 1st league a few years ago... i think it was OLFSL and i was a bit nervous then, but once i was racing i'm fine. i dont think i take it seriously enough to get nervous... it's just a bit of fun :)

frokki

16th January 2007, 09:36

Back in demo days and early weeks in S2 I used to get a bit nervous, but my first organized race, a test race for CRC Challenge Cup was really a turning point (can't find the right word, but you'll get it?). I was really, really tense when standing on the grid and waiting for the lights, but after we launched off and I noticed; "heck, I can really drive this thing", almost every second with LFS has been really fun and relaxing stuff.

(Ok, I got pissed off once, driving LX Eurocup @ AS North rev, I bet some of you remember it :p )

Of course there's moments when someone behaves badly and I feel abused, but the possible "revenge" in the next bend always takes place with a nice smile on my face.

EDIT: Sometimes i DO sweat a LOT, but that has very little to do with being nervous.

aoun

16th January 2007, 09:40

Lol i think my main turning point was when i was the only mouse/keyboard user in MNR championship in the LX6.. pretty crazy won in the city.. really painful (pressing fingers on keyboard really really really hard), but all laps were highly consistant, and at the top of the sheets.. after that really i could manange alot! =)

S14 DRIFT

16th January 2007, 09:44

I find myself being nervous on the STCC Server at the 1st corner because im like allways scared of either hitting people off or being hit off and also when im tired i get all nervous of making stupid mistakes

~ S14

RicardoAmg

16th January 2007, 11:07

Im not a nervous type at the races, but at the STCC server when i got highranking im afraid of my internet that decides to drop down:pillepall or my mom with a vacuum cleaner:tilt:

BlakjeKaas

16th January 2007, 13:10

I'm getting nervous when a car is near...(very near)
So, no I'm not nervous when racing...
So when I'm really close to an other racer, I always take extra caution, because if I spin someone out, I get really really nervous.

Smurfen

16th January 2007, 13:26

my heart is waaaay out of the mouth when the green light goes, rofl.:thumb:

LFSn00b

16th January 2007, 14:26

I also get nervous if there's a reversed finish order in start. Most of the faster drivers just push me off the road, and i would get my revenge anytime, but i'm not a wrecker.

jtr99

16th January 2007, 14:26

Same as you, BBT. I get nervous and sweat like a pig. My T-shirt after races is a thing of horror. God knows how bad I would get if I was in a league.

sgt.flippy

16th January 2007, 14:53

I always get sweaty hands, and when the race is near the end and I'm behind someone I really get pumped. Like yesterday, drove behind someone about 4-5 laps before I could pass, and after I passed him I was so relieved, that I started messing up because I lost my focus.

niffer022

16th January 2007, 15:10

i panic like mad, spec when someone up my ass, i usualy end up off track, as i spend too much time looking in rear view mirror than on track LOL

jamesrowe

16th January 2007, 15:10

I use to! Sweety hands etc ;) Dont seem to anymore though, maybe my heart beats faster when im on quali or start of race!
I hate it when i am quali for a league and on a great lap, then i try to make it smooth and everything else and muck up :shrug:

banshee56

16th January 2007, 15:13

I usually get very nervous during the minutes leading up to the start of a big race. It was the same when I was racing karts, but once I actually got moving, everything was cool, as I was focused on the task at hand. That hasn't translated into LFS, unfortunately. Only until I get a few laps into the race and I settle into my immediate surroundings (cars ahead and behind) do I feel more comfortable.

I once had a LOTA Formula V8 Challenge race where before things started, I had turned on a portable heater next to me (my desk is in a cold place in my house). I forgot to turn the heater off (which was located about 2 meters from me) before the race started. About 1/3 through, I got into a heated battle and that made me sweat profusely, so much so that it was interfering with my vision. I made the decision to pit early so I could rectify the situation. Unfortunately, my pit strategy and no damage meant that I would only take on about 2-3 seconds of fuel. In one fluid motion (or it seemed so at the time), I got stopped for my pit, threw the headset off to the side, sprung up out of my chair, pulled the ceiling fan chain twice (for medium speed), and sat back down, all in the time it took to make my pitstop. I got my headset back on as I drove down pit lane. What a waste of electricity, because I had the fan running, and the heater was still on!

Captain Slow

16th January 2007, 15:18

i get nervous only when i find my self in a big race with a never before driven combo. but i dont do leagues so nerves arent that big of a problem.

DodgeRacer

16th January 2007, 15:26

I used to be the whole time, now just starts and close racing...mostly due to my dial up, hate to lag into anyone

Kaizaka

16th January 2007, 15:27

When i first got S2 and join the Road Summer Sport Cup During the FE gold race I was literally bricking it. Mainly because I had only just bought the game and didnt want my name spread around as a crasher and stuff and be banned from servers. I'm still not a fantastic driver but my confidence of knowing I'm not likely to hit someone has decreased.

In fact I think the only time i regot the feeling of nervousness lately was in the STCC new and Bronze server when I lost the back end of my XFG on WE1 and amp came into the back of me when i hit the tires and snapped back. From then on in that race I was sitting there just trying to focus on not losing it on that corner that i was over braking every corner and the times I can get of 1:14 went right down to 1:18s.

That carried on into the last race before I left too but I got it back to 1:16s on my last lap so I think i was getting over it.

The adrenaline pumping feeling usually I get is unbelievable :D. As Becky says when you're in the race you really stop getting that and let the adrenaline carry you to push yourself to your limits and you start forgetting it's a game.

manintightpants

16th January 2007, 15:31

Yeah, I get nervous too, but the nerves turn into such a positive when I puill off a great overtaking move and end up on a huge buzz. Oddly, I get more nervous playing LFS online than playing in my band in front of a few hundred people!

Linsen

16th January 2007, 15:40

I was always a little nervous at the start of every OLFSL race I took part in (my only league experience). But it usually went away after the first few turns and only sometimes came back during very hairy moments. Or sometimes towards the end of a race, when I saw the racer behind me closing in lap by lap :schwitz:. Actually in those cases I even get nervous in public pickup races. And I even screwed up because of that a couple of times in the last turn of the last lap and lost a place or more. Probably the most annoying thing that can happen to you :D

mrodgers

16th January 2007, 15:46

I already said a bit earlier, but I'll comment again on something else. I've only done 2 leagues in LFS (in all my sim racing, actually). Yes, I was nervous at race starts, more so in the first league I had ever done. That league was comprised of several servers and each server ran equivilent times to their server competition. The second league was only a handful of people (15 or so) and I wasn't nearly as nervous. That was more because I had known that the majority were GTR (the sim) guys and was only using LFS briefly waiting for GTR2. There were a few LFS veterans, but they were minority.

Once in the swing of things with league racing, it was chill time. I would get in a rythm where it was just cruising along. Then as the laps wore down, and the folks ahead started to get closer, the heat came on again.

The big thing I had with league racing, is both leagues was late in the evening (finish around 11:00-11:15 pm). There was no way I was going to bed for quite a while after league racing. I had tried for the first few races, and just lay in bed, heart still racing, mind still going over the race lap by lap, what I did wrong, what others did wrong that I could have taken advantage, etc. That was the biggest thing for me, especially with the league divided up between a few servers. That one was Sunday night, and 5 am Monday morning is time to get up, so I wouldnt get much sleep.

Ball Bearing Turbo

16th January 2007, 15:53

About 1/3 through, I got into a heated battle and that made me sweat profusely, so much so that it was interfering with my vision.

I've had that happen once! In the Cadet Classic (XFG) I got into an almost race long back & forth battle with GianniC (60 laps, probably 50 of which were battling). I thought I was going to die that race, and sweat so much that I couldn't see properly sometimes and kept forgetting to breath in the corners - mostly because much of the time we were a couple of feet apart. Even when I pitted (8 laps after GianniC), as I came out of the pits, I was immediately back in battle again! Then on lap 58 we were battling for 2nd place. I made a move to the inside of the downhill chicane (there WAS room) and he clipped my rear quarter panel slightly when he came across. I went into the dirt, but wound up a few meters in front despite the "incident". Had I kept racing normally I would've likely kept my 2nd place (20 car server! woo!) but what happened was as I braked for the final bend, the "incident" had rattled me so bad that I forgot what I was doing. Somehow I missed the downshift from 4th to 2nd (ran full manual clutch / h shift that race; almost killed my left ankle) and wound up in neutral, than I hit the gas and was confused by the revving, then I hit second but DIDN'T clutch, and basically just messed myself up like an idiot because I got so flustered. Well, I ran wide on that last turn, and got passed by GianniC and the other fellow who was on our bumpers the whole time (... I forget who that was now...). So I took my 4th and was happy but dissappointed with such a thing to happen on lap 58/60. GianniC apologized about the tap, but if I could've collected myself after that the finish would've been spectacular.

Yeah, I get nervous too, but the nerves turn into such a positive when I puill off a great overtaking move and end up on a huge buzz. Oddly, I get more nervous playing LFS online than playing in my band in front of a few hundred people!

LOL, I know what you mean. The largest crowd I've played for was 1150 people, and I was not that nervous about that compared to some races.

shaGuar

16th January 2007, 16:40

Im not Nervous i would say. But i get a tingle every time i overtake. :) I love that feelin'

Go LFS, HUHUHUHUHHUHUHU:thumb:

GianniC

16th January 2007, 17:28

Nerves ?

Hell no, I'm always last so no need to be nervous at all !
However, sometimes I tend to be nervous when I think of not making it to the finish, or when someone laps me yet another time..

:D

Spangler_CZE

16th January 2007, 17:29

usually Im not nervous, but if I overtaking someone (in same hard situacion) or when Im near my opponent and "waiting for his breaks" im littlebit nervous... :nod:

Biohazard

16th January 2007, 17:34

it doesn´t happen happen too often that i get nervous nowadays...
i rather get angry. :/

jtr99

16th January 2007, 18:56

The big thing I had with league racing, is both leagues was late in the evening (finish around 11:00-11:15 pm). There was no way I was going to bed for quite a while after league racing. I had tried for the first few races, and just lay in bed, heart still racing, mind still going over the race lap by lap, what I did wrong, what others did wrong that I could have taken advantage, etc. That was the biggest thing for me, especially with the league divided up between a few servers. That one was Sunday night, and 5 am Monday morning is time to get up, so I wouldnt get much sleep.

Nice one, Mike. I know it was Sunday night, but still, helping to deal with this experience is pretty much what beer is designed for. :)

richy

16th January 2007, 20:00

i get nervious the rare opportunities that i ever get out in first place.

sometimes i swear lfs has a option somewhere to make first places car more sketchy. ketchup mode or something. :D

stuey

17th January 2007, 06:53

:schwitz: I get this feeling when i have a 1 on 1 battle with someone.

I think it happens because it is so exciting and tense when you are trying to pass the opponent while do a drift and also racing for the win.

Sometime I feel i'm about to have a heart attack because of the situation i'm in, just from racing a close, tight battle against another racer.:schwitz:

nihil

17th January 2007, 09:30

In Performance Bike magazine recently, they stuck a heart monitor on one of the Phase One (endurance team) riders - I don't think his heart rate went below 163bpm for the entirety of his stint on track. But maybe that's just indicative of the physical exertion and the state of awareness that's required for racing.

I'm kind of used to driving in the middle of the pack, so its only when I find myself upfront that I get nerves. Its counter-productive: you find yourself in a new situation; you say to yourself, "OK, now don't screw this up; so the first thing that happens is you screw it up :shrug: :)

Its a version of target fixation. Racing is all about peripheral vision - once you get get stuck on foveal vision, its not going to end well. Where you look is where you'll go, and if you're looking at someone's rear end as you chase them down - odds on you'll hit them in a slow corner. Same thing with new-situation-nerves: concentrate on not making a mistake, and the mistakes will come thick and fast.

The more often you experience the situation, the more time you will be able to give yourself to respond to problems.

Alkanphel

17th January 2007, 09:37

Yeah, me too. Im always nervous when someone wants to race it out with me 1 on 1, or when someone is watching me race. When im at the grids in the STCC server, waiting for the red lights to turn green, im always shaking from head to toe. My palms get sweaty as my hand clutches the mouse and presses hard on the accelerator button. Im always very worried during the start of the race (The 1st lap) Bcos im using a mouse and i cant brake lightly. This always makes me get out of the racing line for fear that my sudden braking might cause someone to get banged out of the race. As im nervous, i tend to miss braking spots and this usually results in eating wall or doing 360s on grass. :(

Speedier

17th January 2007, 13:56

Well I only have to say that my heart is in my throat even when I am doing Hot Laps or Singleplayer. :tilt:
I guess experience plays a big role in this.

bhs

18th January 2007, 00:45

I totally lose my shit everytime I load up a track. Yesterday I ended up hotlapping FOX on BL1 all day trying to get under 23:50 1st split. When I did it I jumped out of my chair and smashed into a wall. When I sat down feeling like an idiot I realized my legs, arms, eyes, hands and feet were sore as all get out and I had run t1 over 100 times. So what did I do? Go outside? Eat something? I logged on Redline Racing and watched diK pull 1:07's and started the cycle over again. I love this game.