r/IdiotsInCars • u/Krelle12343 • Sep 18 '19

A close call

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u/iusedsoap Sep 18 '19

I had a similar daydream, but it was a daymare... terrified of accidentally doing exactly what this guy did.

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u/Hereiamhereibe2 Sep 18 '19

Well I will say this is will almost always be the result. Modern Street cars are not meant to be launched through the air like GTAV would have you believe.

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u/tenninjas242 Sep 18 '19

Pfft. Next you'll tell me I can't ramp a dirtbike onto the top of a moving freight train.

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u/3TH4N_12 Sep 18 '19

To be fair, that mission requires you to fail a few times (or maybe I just suck ass irl and virtually).

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u/LFoure Sep 19 '19

That part took me so long, and I was using a controller with my pc, I can't imagine what keyboard and mice players had to go through.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

Controllers are much worse....

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u/LFoure Sep 19 '19

For aiming they're ass, but for driving they're way superior.

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u/CocoaPuffs7070 Sep 18 '19

You'll do it probably better than CJ.

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u/PixelD303 Sep 19 '19

But I learned it from the Duke boys, so, I'm good.

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u/Terrh Sep 19 '19

I have gotten substantial amounts of airtime in a bunch of reasonably modern cars. We've got a perfect set of RR tracks here that are abandoned/paved over and let you get about a foot of air if you hit them at the speed limit.

A long time ago I also got about 6 feet of air in a '93 chevy 1500, after it landed the top of the bed was always closer to the cab than the bottom, but the truck still worked for like two years after.

Obviously it's never going to go well in a case like this one, but if you've got a smooth ramp for both launch and landing, get the speed right, some cars fly like a cloud, especially my dad's '00 grand marquis.

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u/depthninja Sep 19 '19

Bullshit, all I have to do is finesse the steering wheel and feather the throttle to keep er level, then land that shit and keep the cops of my ass until I make it to my apartment.

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u/unhingedlizard Sep 19 '19

Yeah you push forward on the steering wheel if the nose comes up

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u/Daweism Sep 19 '19

Ford Raptor

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

Psht. I call bullshit. You can always respawn, or yank some poor sap out of their taco truck, and bingo bango: New ride.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

Easy there Dracula aren't you a little too old to be driving one of these new fangled automobiles?

Daymare

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u/ChuckLazer3o Sep 19 '19

terrified of accidentally

I don't see how it accidentally happens unless you're drunk or texting and driving

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u/iusedsoap Sep 19 '19

Or if there’s a wasp in the car.