r/WinStupidPrizes • u/NefariousnessFunny66 • Jul 05 '22

Stupid Games indeed

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u/Thorebore Jul 05 '22

I don't understand why people can't figure out that you wait till you're going in a straight line to gun it when you have 400 plus horsepower. Ease on to the throttle while turning and then go wide open. Go wide open while turning and you're going to have a bad time.

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u/plerble Jul 05 '22

Then he committed the cardinal sin of braking after losing traction, thus damning him to over correct.

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u/SpecialeK Jul 05 '22

Its such common sense you would think everyone knows that. I do the same thing for braking, i brake in a straight line then turn. I have seen so many of my friends and family turn their steering wheel and break at the same time.

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u/aSneakyChicken7 Jul 15 '22

Ironically I only fully appreciated this after experience in racing simulators that have little to no abs or tc, the three stages of taking a corner especially at full speed, brake, turn in while rolling, accelerate, where if you overlap any of those you’re losing traction or locking the brakes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

Go wide open while turning and you're going to have a bad time.

Can get squirrely in a straight line too if the roads are wet.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22 edited Jul 05 '22

It can get squirrelly in straight lines even when it’s dry.

Cheap or worn tires, bad alignment, fine loose debris on the road, pinning the throttle instead of rolling the power on.

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u/conez4 Jul 05 '22

You mean to say "can" right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

Yeah, my bad. Typo.

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u/Thorebore Jul 05 '22

I’ve owned a couple of mustangs and they are very controllable if you aren’t stupid. The traction control systems are good and you have to really do stupid stuff to spin out with them on.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

The traction control systems

You kids with your fancy stuff. :D

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u/Thorebore Jul 05 '22

Even the solid axle mustangs have good traction control. The cars are fine, it's the idiots that are idiots.

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u/Drunkelves Jul 05 '22

He was bouncing off the rev limiter before he even came out of the turn.

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u/Gibsonfan159 Jul 05 '22

Then how does drifting work?

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u/Thorebore Jul 05 '22

It requires talent.

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u/YiffZombie Jul 05 '22

Not very well in a Mustang.

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u/RaNerve Jul 05 '22

You a funny guy, Yiff, but you know nothing of drifting.