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Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by eckesicle »

baby wrote: post #215
jefftk wrote: post #56

Reminds me of another example of video-game inspired tactics: Just before he reached the end zone, with 17 seconds remaining, Stokley cut right at 90 degrees and ran across the field. Six seconds drained off the clock before, at last, he meandered across the goal line to score the winning touchdown. For certain football fans, the excitement of a last-minute comeback now commingled with the shock of the familiar: It's…

People have been doing that in football in Europe forever. I remember a number of old world cup games completely ruined by people running the clock.

In the Euro 2004, Denmark and Sweden would both go on to qualify at Italy's expense if the result of the game was 2-2.

Of course, the score ended up being just that towards the end of the game, and then the players on both teams just stood still and passed the ball between themselves running down the last 8 minutes or so of the clock.

https://youtu.be/9kgJNL_uuHI

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Post by andrewflnr »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #195
andrewflnr wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"works at most once per car" is a caveat that should give you pause before concluding "it's not stupid." :)

"Works at most once per car" still isn't necessarily stupid if it's the last lap.

Not necessarily, but very likely. I used "give pause" very carefully.

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Post by Nition »

wodenokoto wrote: post #216

How does that move even work? He takes the longest path around the turn, while dragging along the side of the wall.

The other guys aren't limited by power, they're limited by grip. The wall adds lots of friction, sure, but he also now has unlimited grip and therefore full power.

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Post by c7b »

jefftk wrote: post #56

Reminds me of another example of video-game inspired tactics: Just before he reached the end zone, with 17 seconds remaining, Stokley cut right at 90 degrees and ran across the field. Six seconds drained off the clock before, at last, he meandered across the goal line to score the winning touchdown. For certain football fans, the excitement of a last-minute comeback now commingled with the shock of the familiar: It's…

Interesting, why is it that it's "so obviously inspired by the tactics of videogame football"? It sounds like a pretty good (albeit annoying) tactic for a real game. In European football it's actually very common for players to use stall tactics, and they don't even gain as much because there's no hard limit on how long the game lasts.

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Post by darkcha0s »

Moto7451 wrote: post #189
carabiner wrote: post #65

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> went full send with the wall How did the term "full send" come about? Why is everyone saying it these days?

I think I heard it from the Sky F1 commentators first. It’s making its way through the rest of Motorsport from there I’d guess. Netflix’s Drive to Survive series has had a really profound effect on Formula 1 in the US.

Was going to say...didn't Dany Ric say "sometimes you just gotta lick the stamp and send it" ?

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Post by Etheryte »

arreyder wrote: post #175
carabiner wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> went full send with the wall How did the term "full send" come about? Why is everyone saying it these days?

"[I'm still going to|You know I'm just gonna] Send it" originated with Larry (the) Enticer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzOUgwsQ_hM I'm pretty sure "full send" evolved out of this. He's a brilliant nut job. :)

The phrase is way way older than that.

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Post by mcv »

chihuahua wrote: post #44
stubish wrote: post #22

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Do you see how fast he is going compared to the other cars? They are going as fast as they can without losing grip and spinning out as they go round the corner. He has the wall supporting him around the corner and could floor the accelerator in top gear.

Thanks for explaining that - I saw the video and was wondering "why are the other cars going so slow, is there a traffic jam?"

These cars don't seem to stick to the ground like they do in F1, so I guess they need to slow down a lot for the corner just like regular cars. Except for the guy who uses the wall to push him through the corner.

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Post by mcv »

shultays wrote: post #241
stubish wrote: post #204

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He is slowed down by the friction of the side of his car against the wall. And probably by bits of his car being torn away as it slowly disintegrates. But the engines on these cars are powerful and can easily overcome those effects.

They should add wheels on sides as well to reduce lateral wall frictions!

I'm not sure small wheels would really be an improvement, and large wheels would weigh a lot. So it's entirely possible that a smooth surface is actually the best approach here.
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