@VD15

I never thought I will live to see it in real life

But I'm afraid, we just broke the meta, and next year will be the most deadly one.

@LukeAlmighty @VD15
I used to play Nascar Racing 3, waaayyy back, and I'd sometimes do things like that. But even in the game it was risky as hell. Sometimes the car would just decide to snag on the wall, and fuck your day.

But that was with very simple physics, completely solid walls and a virtually invulnerable car. I imagine things could be more unpredictable IRL. Even if whoever regulates Nascar doesn't put a ban on this, I don't think that many would be willing to risk it, and you're not gonna see much of it outside of final laps, because of damage to the car.
If you get the approach angle just a tiny bit wrong, or the friction in a spot is too much for some reason, your wall ride turns into a 200mph crash.

I honestly view this more as a racing miracle than anything else.

@alyx @LukeAlmighty @VD15 that kinda shit works better in nfs underground 2, the later URL races in the airport are lousy with sharp corners that also have rounded walls that you can just grind against and lose less speed than if you took it properly, helps a lot if you're masochistic and decided to play on hard difficulty

@lina @LukeAlmighty @VD15
True, but you know... they're full on arcade. You really shouldn't think anything from those games is a legitimate tactic to use IRL.

@alyx @LukeAlmighty @VD15 there are a few things i'd try if i had the chance, but they don't involve colliding with other objects, would be fun to flip someone else's car over because your car was too wedgy in shape though

@lina @LukeAlmighty @VD15
>would be fun to flip someone else's car over because your car was too wedgy in shape though
Oh yeah. Crazy stuff can happen if your car is pointed enough. Search for "F1 Japan 2014 Jules Bianchi" to see. Content warning: the guy ends up in a coma and then dies because of the crash. Biggest tragedy in F1 since Senna.