Should we have a drag car? [Archive]

BAMBO

16th June 2008, 18:05

I'm not actually a dragster fan, for Pete's sake I'm east european but we allready have a drag track, why not finish it with it's own funny car? I bet there still are some drag fans in the LFS community...........I think.

Stefani24

16th June 2008, 18:06

LFS is a serious sim, so we dont need funny cars. :p
nah, just kidding. i think thats not really a good idea, wich other car only fits on one track?

BAMBO

16th June 2008, 18:09

LFS is a serious sim, so we dont need funny cars. :p
nah, just kidding. i think thats not really a good idea, wich other car only fits on one track?

Don't tell me the MRT is good at anything else except Autocross. :)

Stefani24

16th June 2008, 18:10

do i need to say more then FE1,AS1?

Gabkicks

16th June 2008, 18:12

why would anyone vote no? if you dont like the car, just dont drive it.:shrug: its always funny when people will say no to new content.

BAMBO

16th June 2008, 18:14

What I meant was that an MRT can only beat other cars on Autocross tracks. Put it on any other track with another car and it would loose badly.......excepting the UF1, that thing is slow.

Inouva

16th June 2008, 18:16

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zeugnimod

16th June 2008, 18:17

Don't tell me the MRT is good at anything else except Autocross. :)

The MRT is good at something else than Autocross.

Why would you want to race MRT together with other car classes anyway?

BAMBO

16th June 2008, 18:21

The MRT is good at something else than Autocross.

Why would you want to race MRT together with other car classes anyway?

Well in that case a funny car is also good at something else then drag racing.......................burnouts! Now they're even:D

AndroidXP

16th June 2008, 18:29

why would anyone vote no? if you dont like the car, just dont drive it.:shrug: its always funny when people will say no to new content.
Because if the devs implemented a drag car it would mean time was spent that could've been spent on a much more interesting car. Now if the question was "if you could have a drag car now without any time investment or other drawbacks regarding LFS development, would you want it?" then the answer would of course be yes - even though drag racing is pretty much non-existent in LFS, partly because the tyre modelling is not up to scratch for it. :shrug:

Stefani24

16th June 2008, 18:36

Oh yeah, and drag racers cant (or can only barely) turn, so you cant use them on rcs. mrt turns fine.

BAMBO

16th June 2008, 18:39

Oh yeah, and drag racers cant (or can only barely) turn, so you cant use them on rcs. mrt turns fine.

Sure it turns but you will be 60 years old by the time the race is finished.Don't get me wrong, it's a good little car, I like it but I just can't live with it because of it's top speed.

PS: From what I know MRT racing is dead at the moment.

Gimpster

21st June 2008, 01:56

It is only logical that we have a drag car of some sort. We do have a drag strip after all. It also then seems logical that we have an oval car as we also have an oval track. None of the cars we have now is any real challenge to drive on the oval as it is much too large for the cars we have and only the FB1 or FO8 is squirly enough to be a challenge on the drag strip.

Hence why adding in these tracks was a an ill concieved idea. The drag strip is in as far as I know because there was a large number of young drivers that would corupt racing on blackwood trying to drag down the back straight during races that adding in a dragstrip was an attempt to get that activity to move to a place where is was not interfearing with racing. I may be wrong though.

scoobyrbac

21st June 2008, 02:08

We have a Drag Strip, why not have a Drag Car to go along with the strip? It would make it more useful and more fun. It would bring more racer's to LFS because Drag Racing is one of the top sports in the world.

Edit: Can anyone find what rank Drag Racing is in the world? I'v tryed finding it but I can't.

Bob Smith

21st June 2008, 12:08

NitroNitrous

21st June 2008, 13:03

Drag has no sense IMO, like ovals :shrug:

But as Gabkicks said, no problem adding new content related to racing.

LiveForBoobs

21st June 2008, 13:16

Of course we should. The only thing is that there are more important things first.

DeadWolfBones

21st June 2008, 13:35

Of course we need one, eventually.

Shouldn't be a high priority at the moment, though, IMO.

edit: I should really read threads before replying. ^^

marzman

21st June 2008, 13:40

What I meant was that an MRT can only beat other cars on Autocross tracks. Put it on any other track with another car and it would loose badly.......excepting the UF1, that thing is slow.
Eh, check FE1. It's faster then: XFG, XRG, XRT, RB4, FXO, LX4 and LX6, UF1, RAC and FZ5. But why would you want to race it against an other car? It's a class of its own.

scania

21st June 2008, 15:27

impossibl is nothing in LFS

Nathan_French_14

21st June 2008, 15:30

I voted yes. More important things need to be sorted now, but it would be brilliant to have one in the end.

spanks

21st June 2008, 18:00

It would be nice, although more work would be needed on the drag racing side of things (not just the car). If we could find a way to modify the tyre grip, everything else is possible already (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU19M9kxLa4).

Aside from putting the engine in the rear bumper it looks like (only way to get enough traction I know :P)

That wasn't too far from real life.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XttOe4rerLo

Anything without an automatic transmission pretty much needs a certain amount of wheel spin to get off the line without bogging. I don't think it helps that lfs lays down tire marks as soon as the tire looses any grip at all...it always looks a bit exagerated when you're leaving tire marks behind.

The tires do need more grip though :)

(I'm sure you know all this, just saying it was pretty close :P)

scoobyrbac

22nd June 2008, 16:37

Maby we need to get Scawen set up to get behind the wheel of a REAL drag car like he did the FBM???? :scratchch

Napalm Candy

27th June 2008, 21:23

It would bring more racer's to LFS because Drag Racing is one of the top sports in the world.

In USA :)

flymike91

28th June 2008, 12:31

Do the tires in LFS bunch up during launches like in that drag video ^?

Jakg

28th June 2008, 12:57

No, I don't think they tyres actually move around the rim at all.

kirmy

30th June 2008, 16:39

Why would you only have a car for one track, would be a waste of time and effort, it would be much better spent on a useful circuit racing car/road car that could be used anywhere

rusty8

30th June 2008, 16:46

-1

tiagolapa

30th June 2008, 17:05

Why would you only have a car for one track, would be a waste of time and effort, it would be much better spent on a useful circuit racing car/road car that could be used anywhere

Spot on!

I think we need more circuit racing stuff. Then eventually in the future drag car would be cool.

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30th June 2008, 17:13

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+1 i like the idea, although there are other stuff id like to see first :)

S.Siim

30th June 2008, 17:19

Yes , we should have drag car . More cars = more fun :)

Kstorm43

30th June 2008, 20:40

Yes, yes, and yes! If a drag car and an oval stock car of some sort was added I think this would be the perfect racing game (for me, at least).

I would even settle for a old muscle car, that would fit right in at a drag strip.

Cue-Ball

3rd July 2008, 22:54

While a drag car would be nice to have, it would still be virtually worthless until LFS's drag strip works correctly. Frankly, the only way that the drag strip is the least bit of fun is if you run the ISRM mod (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=28815). Otherwise, drag racing in LFS is completely unrealistic and not fun at all.

We need 60' times, reaction times, staging, redlighting, etc. implemented in the game. But most importantly we need the tire physics bugs fixed and the car setups made more realistic.

Until these things are done, having a drag car would be completely worthless. If these things do eventually get done, having a drag car would be mostly unnecessary anyway.

Nathan_French_14

3rd July 2008, 23:00

Along with what cue-ball suggested, i think the drag strip could also do with some kind of sand trap at the end, and maybe even lengthening? Imo, i dont think the drag strip is currently long enough to safely stop a funny car going 300mph+.

zachs fast

24th July 2008, 13:13

Spot on!

I think we need more circuit racing stuff. Then eventually in the future drag car would be cool.

again Im sure most of us would like it but more circuit tracks first

Not Sure

24th July 2008, 14:59

Why not, after tyre physics are perfected and a real automatic transmission added.

marzman

25th July 2008, 17:53

Nobody drives the dragstrip so why do we need a special car? If you like a drag car try something with LFS Tweak (you can change tires and engine, i tried it and it is fun for only 5 minutes).

scoobyrbac

25th July 2008, 17:57

Nobody drives the dragstrip so why do we need a special car? If you like a drag car try something with LFS Tweak (you can change tires and engine, i tried it and it is fun for only 5 minutes).

Nobody drives the dragstrip? I guess you've never seen a server up with the dragstrip?

Start a server and see how long it takes for people to get into it.

Fabmil

28th July 2008, 03:39

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Deejayyaj

28th July 2008, 04:48

Nobody drives the dragstrip? I guess you've never seen a server up with the dragstrip?

Start a server and see how long it takes for people to get into it.

I agree with this...

maybe the reason why anyone dont see Drag Strip servers up, is because race drivers or Drag Strip Admins are busy racing in GT, GP, Circuits and Endurance...

Just a thought :D

Deejayyaj

28th July 2008, 04:51

Simply YES!:thumb: we should have this kind of race. Because DRAG RACING is part of a Racing Sports.

Richie Cahill

31st July 2008, 12:47

I'm pretty good at moving up gears! count me in!!

one of those ridiculous stupid looking american things only!

big engine on a fishing rod kinda deal!

sweet

Richie Cahill

31st July 2008, 12:48

Simply YES!:thumb: we should have this kind of race. Because DRAG RACING is part of a Racing Sports.

yes, like the mad uncle.. it is part of the family.

BAMBO

31st July 2008, 19:29

yes, like the mad uncle.. it is part of the family.

I would compare it to the mad dog you had since childhood, he still is a part of the family :D

Richie Cahill

31st July 2008, 19:58

I would compare it to the mad dog you had since childhood, he still is a part of the family :D

:thumb: that works!

Drifting can be the mad uncle and NASCAR can be the red headed stepchild..