My First Street Race

[Sever]

May i recommend Need For Speed: Underground, DA. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] I've been pleasantly surprised by how addictive this game is. Or if that's not enough adrenaline and you need the cops to chase you before you get a buzz, you could try NFS: Most Wanted.

[Kakero]

Addiction eh? This sound very familiar. Okay..

Once you are addicted you'll be wanting to have your own vehicle for racing. After a couple of races you'll be wanting to spend money to upgrade your vehicle so that it'll become even more faster. After a few more matches you'll be wanting to spend even more money for upgrades. As times goes by, the money that you have from savings goes smaller and smaller and to satisfy your appetite for more zooom! You'll start borrowing money from other people. Before you know it your debt have spiraled out of control and in the end you'll have to sell away your vehicle to hopefully cover the debt. When you think back about it you'll be saying, " All those money shot to hell for just a bloody addiction!"

Ahem! This may or may not happen to you. Just wanna share something to you that's all.

[Sever]

So true. So very true...

[Thoran]

Cars are an expensive hobby (96 Z28 bought new, $6k in engine work, $3.5k in suspension work, $2k in brakes and that's just to run low 12's and get the car to the point where it's road course ready, to be REALLY fast you spend multiples of what I have)... and in a lot of states if you get busted street racing your car goes bye-bye. For me, the rush of going head to head at the track is the same as on the street... without the fear of police or hurting someone else.

[Sever]

Originally posted by Thoran: and in a lot of states if you get busted street racing your car goes bye-bye. For me, the rush of going head to head at the track is the same as on the street... without the fear of police or hurting someone else.

Ouch! Certainly an incentive not to race. We have "anti-hoon" laws in WA which revolve around a three strike system. Any reckless charge (which doesn't have to be much, truth be told) and you lose your car for a day, another and it's something like two weeks. A third and your car gets put into the police dept coffers. Street racing is considered the ultimate reckless charge and that's understandable. Accidentally spinning your wheels on lose bitumen during take off in front of a police car is also considered reckless...

[Bahamut]

If I had the money, I'd be doing the same thing..? No, not really, but I would have a pretty fast car and go 100 mph and more. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I forgot... no speeding in this part of the region... but then with all the traffic, how can you be that fast? At night. There are drag races all around which are illegal, and it seems that the police nowadays are doing a good job on supressing the illegal races.

It's nice that you got the rush, but take good care of yourself. If it is illegal in a way, then you should simply be prepared for the consequences. But isn't that part of the rush?

[Sir Krustin]

Not to disagree with anything said here, but the approach used by north american enforcement to eliminate casualties is asinine. (and I'm not just talking about a careless charge for accidental wheelspin)

In Japan, where street racing is rampant they take a different approach. Street racers are allowed to use remote areas, usually mountain roads, for racing as long as they close off the road and use safety procedures. Police rarely get involved in street racing unless it is in a truly dangerous situation, such as zig-zagging through busy traffic.