2012 NASCAR (and other roundy roundy racing)

This may be from a game (and a fine game at that), but it is a fantastic insight into how unique Darlington is, and helps you really appreciate that stock car racing isn't just turning left.

[Censored] right it's not.

neither is pocono.

darlington is basically choose which side to set up your car for.

terrifying.

4:30 onwards is hilarious. It's an online voice chat during the race at the Glen last year. This Youtube user records these chats and posts reactions to parts of the race online. This has it all. Ambrose gets the lead, the big crash at the end and Boris Said's interview.

Nationwide Series racing at half 11 tonight.

It's either that or the Graham Norton Show. It's up to you!

Righto, the ESPN crew are being quite rightly harsh on Danica's actions at Dega.

Race soon!

Sounds all wonky on Motors.

Could do with good picture quality too.. But then again, that's Motors for you.

...and to top it all off Carl Edwards shows up as an "expert"

Ach, he has provided a few wee anecdotes.

Just wait till the cup race, we'll have Darrell AND Michael Waltrip!

Well, I've been trying to do a lap of Darlington on NR2002. It's almost impossible.

Darlington is a very tricky one indeed. that wall exiting turn2 jumps out at you when you least expect it. it used to be turn 4 though, before they swapped which side of the track the start/finish line was on.

i think the Motegi SuperSpeedway has a very similar shape to Darlington. banking is a little different, but one corner of the track is tighter than the other

Darlington is all about hitting one apex, banging the throttle back on, drifting it out to the wall then working the thing back down to the apex on the exit. I just have no idea how these guys do it all night long without hitting the walls! And with one corner having more banking than the other, and one corner being tighter, you need a different technique for each end of the track!

In a way Sedonas turns 1&2 drive very much like Darlington. It's a single groove, and you are best to pass on the straights. Darlington is a completely different beast to Motegi. Motegi drives more like Chicagoland or Kansas, fast, wide, grippy corners with multiple grooves.

Denny Hamlin really has that thing hooked up. He's in another league.

i know racing games and the real thing dont match upall that much, but the older nascar titles i played, the last being NASCAR 09(im not going to count NASCAR The Game 2011, it sucked arse), i am able to keep my car clean and off the walls. just like that Darrel Waltrip guide to the track, ease off into 1, get the lefts over the dotted line, and basically do the same exiting 2. turn 3 is really the only time you're on the brakes, unless your catching slower traffic

when this chat turns to Sprint cars, someone contact me

meaning these!

is that your next step from karting Louis??

I missed today's TORA Clio Cup race lettering an enclosed trailer for a sprint car team... does that count, Louis?

Doing some graphics on a pavement sprint on Monday too. Bad fast car, Phoenix mile track record holder.

i wish mark, need lots of money to run one of those, i think with my budget i could only afford 1 set of tires.... maybe 2

AudiSport Louis wrote:when this chat turns to Sprint cars, someone contact me

meaning these!

Sprint Cars are just madness. Especially when you put them on the concrete at Bristol!

I used to have this game.


Used to have to fight the damn thing to keep the nose on the ground!

nickyf1 wrote:I used to have this game.


Used to have to fight the damn thing to keep the nose on the ground!

That's just a poor setup. Shift the wing forwards and you'd be fine.

If you're picking up the front wheels, you are way too tight (they'd never say "understeer" in sprint cars) Do the usual stuff to loosen it up a bit: stiffen the rear springs, smaller rear tires, more rear tire air pressure... and move the wing forward.

I recall a NASCAR commentator explaining "tight is when you can see the crash coming, and loose is when you can't"

lmao. never heard it explained that way nicky. and I find it weird to listen to nascar commentary now after watching other racing series, and racing with you guys here who actually use the terms understeer & oversteer

makes them sound uncivilized doesn't it, the way DW has to always put his 2 cents in

At one point in the nineties, NASCAR had it's own Australian series, and they even raced at Bathurst. Imagine a Cup race on the Bathurst 1000 weekend...