Any Teams Out There?

[kman10587]

The GC8V is actually really good. It's rated 3rd overall in the game, not because of a couple king courses, but because it is a very solid car all-around. Yeah, the RX-8 is better, but not so much better that a good GC8V driver won't stand a chance. And besides, the GC8V can always take the RX-8 to Akina or Akina Snow for a good old-fashioned ass-whooping.

[duluth2006]

no doubt in that, my point was its not really the best battle car... but i still say that an decent rx-8 driver could beat a very skilled gc8v plus all you need to win in battle is basically a good start-up plus a inner line for all the corners. although if i was battling, i'd get a 6-gear car regardless hence being on someone's rear end sucks so much.

[kman10587]

No, it's not the best battle car, but it's still pretty high up. I have an RX-8 and a GDB, but I never use them because I don't like the way they drive. The GC8V is very responsive, very accurate, and decently fast just about anywhere, making it my favorite car for battle. I agree that a good RX-8 driver can beat me on most courses, but there aren't many RX-8 drivers around here as good as me, and I can always beat them on Akina (and usually Akagi Uphill too).

[tEaM_oMeGa]

I thought u said that if u take a car to ur home course no matter what the home course car will win....that's what u said on ur previously post...

[duluth2006]

yeah that's true kman, but i mean say there were more skilled players around you... you'd probably use the rx-8 or gdb? but i think that 6-gear cars are harder to get used to than 5-gear cars. about the handling of the gc8v, it does kick ass. but i hate being behind during the start..

and omega i said that a home course car player who is decent could run times that a skilled player using an underpowered could never reach just 'cause its underpowered.

[kman10587]

I honestly wouldn't use the RX-8 or GDB. For one, I like to be different, and both of those cars are overused. And both of the cars have a bad habit of understeering, which just bothers me. I'd much rather go with a GC8V or CN9A, because I love the way they drive, look, and feel.

[duluth2006]

are you talking about the lock-up? if that happen then you aren't taking the turn properly. i had the same problem on tsuchizaka but i figured out what i was doing wrong in the turn and fixed it and now there is minor understeer, nothing that a little turn of the wheel wouldn't solve. not to mention gc8v has understeer too, at least when i played it on akina.

[kman10587]

I'm not talking about lock-up, I'm saying the thing just understeers. The GC8V understeers a little, but not as much IMO.

[duluth2006]

yeah and with the evo's the 4 is obviously the most stable. evo 5 goes loses control at high speeds..

[kman10587]

Yeah, I just made a 5 today and I had a hard time controlling it on Tsuchi. I'll stick with the GC8V and Evo 4 as my main cars.

[tEaM_oMeGa]

Originally Posted by duluth2006

a.) no its fucking not the skill of the driver, of course that is a factor, levin versus skyline on myogi, who wins? SKYLINE levin can't do SHIT about it. if it was the skill of the driver that mattered why can't underpowered cars own the time attacks and own in battles? they can't if the two same people have the same amount of skill and one is driving a home course car and one is driving an underpowered car, underpowered car would obviously lose.
b. all the cars are NOT near the top. goto initiald.org, they have rankings for each car dry, wet, and snow. so obviously all cars are not NEAR the top. the wrx is good for rain and the trueno is basically only good for akina. the fc only has one advantage over the silvia on akagi, ITS MORE STABLE.
c. i do not talk down on others, i simply inform them. and i'm not gonna say i'm GOOD at the game 'cause good is being able to get a 2'39 on tsuchi a 3'20 in the snow, etc.. etc.. i'm not godly but i am decent.

read your third line....

[kman10587]

tEaM oMeGa we're having a civilized discussion here, don't start flaming please.

[Rinoa_Knight]

IF they have to same amount of skill and one is driveing a home course car and the other has the underpowered car. that doesn't mean automatic lose for the underpowered car. 1 its a battle anyone of a number of this could go wrong. 2 if they have the same amount of skill they should run the same time or really close. I raced an Evo V on Tsuchi with my Evo lll and its ranked 18th on that course and I won we both run a 2:43.

[duluth2006]

he didn't read all my posts. he just read the first one. later on i CHANGED my example since many mistook it for something else. omega what i mean is that a levin driver could be very skilled but it could never amount to the times of a skyline on myogi. that goes for ALL the stages, you can't make any car run as fast as the trueno on akina, now can you? it wasn't directly meant for battle, it was JUST THE EXAMPLE. i mean a beginner (understands line + braking) evo5 driver could run way faster times on tsuchizaka than an EXPERT 85. if skill was a factor and all the cars were the same it wouldn't be as fun, i know that nor am i bitching about that. i'm just saying, you obviously cannot say skill is the only factor... so ??

rinoa, i didn't mean it that way. but still certain cars for time attack and certain cars for battle... not every car is good for battle. start-up is very important in version 3 since battle has changed a lot since 2. also, yes so you race the same times so you are equal but if he gets better he has a possibility of running times that the evo 3 could only dream about. most of these things were already talked about with me and kman in the past posts, its like a broken record. everyone should read the past page before posting...

[kman10587]

Well, I never said that skill is the only factor in determining the outcome of a battle, I said it's the most important factor. A car is only as fast as you can drive it.