News:

Herr Otto Partz says you're all nothing but pipsqueaks!

Main Menu

Post reply

The message has the following error or errors that must be corrected before continuing:
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Other options
Verification:
Please leave this box empty:
Type the letters shown in the picture
Listen to the letters / Request another image

Type the letters shown in the picture:
Who won the 2023 season of ZakStunts?:
Shortcuts: ALT+S post or ALT+P preview

Topic summary

Posted by boussini
 - April 28, 2007, 06:35:43 PM
Quote from: Paleke on April 27, 2007, 11:08:35 PM
A little too late but... Welcome both!!!

thx ;D ;)
Posted by Paleke
 - April 27, 2007, 11:08:35 PM
A little too late but... Welcome both!!!
Posted by Krys TOFF
 - April 27, 2007, 09:30:29 AM
For non-powergear cars, good results can be achieved with auto gears. Victory is impossible, but a top 5 may be (it depends of the track). For powergear cars (Indy, NSX, Corvette, ...), manual gears is the only way to be competitive, except if the track is without powergear possibilities (which is quite rare).

Advantage of manual gears is to be able to change gear just before a jump even if you're not in the gear change "standard" limit. This often makes you earn speed at the landing of the jump. Also, it's also an advantage somtimes to gear down your car manually and keep accelerator on to decrease speed a little before a corner. With auto gears, you're forced to use break to make the car gear down (or to race on grass).
Posted by JTK
 - April 27, 2007, 09:13:16 AM
Manual transmission is far better: You can shift earlier, you can use downshifting as brakes, you can far, far earlier get into power gear with the Indy. No automatic driver ever got the fast times the manually racing ones had achieved. So if you want to race seriously you should switch to manual transmission. (For example I am not so eager and still love the automatic transmission but see my times at Zakstunts - uaaah, terrible :-X)
Posted by Duplode
 - April 27, 2007, 02:50:27 AM
but we'll see i'm currently practising the whole manual shifting phase etc.

Yay, adapting to manuals will take a while for me as well. BTW, do you guys think manual transmission advatanges are largely track-dependent (e.g. easier power gearing, etc.) or the whole automatic system sucks in general (and so one can cut off quite a number of seconds on every track)?
Posted by boussini
 - April 26, 2007, 06:42:10 PM
thanx guy's

on the wife thing , didn't notice that,
on the team thing, I'd rather try a bit on my one and be a little better before entering a team so i can't disgrace the "team"

but we'll see i'm currently practising the whole manual shifting phase etc.
Posted by Krys TOFF
 - April 26, 2007, 03:49:48 PM
Quote from: boussinidamn the kalpen current track is luring some competitors
is there a replay by someone so i can practice some "trics"?
Usually, replay exchanges are made only between teammates. Or you'll be able to download the winning replay once the competition on the track is finished.
Maybe you should ask if a team would like to let you join the "teams" section ?
Posted by Krys TOFF
 - April 25, 2007, 08:47:13 PM
Welcome Boussini too. I like Belgium. Did you saw the funny rent-a-wife Belgium ad and the website before it was closed ?
Posted by boussini
 - April 25, 2007, 05:12:44 PM
damn the kalpen current track is luring some competitors
is there a replay by someone so i can practice some "trics"?

grtz

D,
Posted by CTG
 - April 25, 2007, 04:26:00 PM
Or USC... ;)
Posted by JTK
 - April 25, 2007, 10:41:02 AM
Quote from: DieselJoe on April 25, 2007, 10:28:54 AM
:) May you be more active than me! ;)

May you be active, again! What about a little race at Kalpen's...? ;)
Posted by DieselJoe
 - April 25, 2007, 10:28:54 AM
Yay, welcome you two!  :) May you be more active than me! ;)
Posted by Chulk
 - April 25, 2007, 01:01:48 AM
2 new pipsqueaks! Stunts community is re-borning? Welcome!!!
Posted by boussini
 - April 24, 2007, 08:11:04 PM
Hi
welcome , I'm also new here and I entered a submission also to the kalpen competition series

cheers and enjoy

grtz from Belgium
Posted by JTK
 - April 24, 2007, 08:34:37 AM
Quote from: Duplode on April 23, 2007, 06:09:26 AM
...and indeed I intend, for now, to race Kalpen keeping a relaxed semi-amateur profile...
Hi Duplode, welcome to the Stunts community and of course - welcome to my contest! ;D ::) 8)