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03-31-2009, 11:13 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA
Posts: 160
|  Backing up or reversing to cheat the course Been seeing more and more people purposely driving backwards long distances as an advantage. For example, reversing down long, steep, stepped terrain or angle backing down part of a slope then going angle forward up effectively turning a straight sidehill section into a descend/climb V turn. I kind of consider this cheating or coping out. I guess the course makers need to tighten up the boundaries to reduce these tactics. |
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03-31-2009, 11:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: AZ - In The 928
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| Sounds like smart drivers. |
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04-01-2009, 12:08 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sierra Vista
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Alot of drivers see a course and figure that they have to run it the way it's layed out, all in foward motion. If you've got to use a reverse might as well USE A REVERSE. I'm not a cheater or copping out, I'm thinking. Everyone should be. And I welcome our course designer to try to stop my backwards thinking(pun intended)  ... | |
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04-01-2009, 12:13 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sebastopol CA
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Tighter course boundaries should help slow it down if you like.... | |
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04-01-2009, 01:43 AM
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| Sucking Hind Teet.   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Mexico
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| Some people don't have digs, like me, so you got to make due with what you got baby.  |
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04-01-2009, 01:48 AM
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| RECON MEMBER   Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: In the shop making sh;T
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| WOW, I HAVE SEEN THIS DONE AT 1.1 COMP'S WITH OUT FOUL BEING CALLED  |
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04-01-2009, 01:56 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sin City
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04-01-2009, 02:24 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: AZ - In The 928
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| So we are in an agreement? Quit complaining and learn to drive!  |
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04-01-2009, 02:51 AM
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| Sucking Hind Teet. Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Mexico
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04-01-2009, 09:23 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA
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| Not really complaining. I guess it just seems to remove some of the cool scale realism to me driving around backwards through the course. |
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04-01-2009, 09:57 AM
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| TCS Team Manager   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: on a Big Rock
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| Usally it takes more than 9 post to get someone to make such an about face  cool scale realism  cheating or coping out Last edited by Fishmaxx; 04-01-2009 at 10:06 AM. |
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04-01-2009, 09:58 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA
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04-01-2009, 10:45 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Esco.
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| Like driving backward instead of forward thru an obstacle is easier. If you have good course designers they can combat it. I purposely give people subtle options like that on my courses, doesn't mean they will think of them.  |
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04-02-2009, 11:32 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Apple Valley, CA
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04-02-2009, 04:48 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SUPERMOTO heaven
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| I also design in long reverses or features that are easier in reverse - it makes it that much harder to do it all forward this is especially relevant in 1.9 courses since they don't have dig |
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04-02-2009, 09:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: God's country "Alabama"
Posts: 913
| hmmm so if i back down a hill and my tires are going in a forward motion while the truck is sliding its still a reverse? with 1 rev penalty? |
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04-02-2009, 09:27 PM
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| Back in the WATER!  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Ocean
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7.1.3 - If a vehicle is climbing an obstacle and is bounced backward by the terrain but the tires are still moving forward, no reverse penalty will occur. Last edited by dpdsurf; 04-02-2009 at 09:30 PM. | |
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04-02-2009, 09:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR
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04-11-2009, 02:39 PM
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| Keep it real   Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Yakima,WA
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| Yep, simply smart driving. I specifically mention it when going through the rules at every drivers meeting, that you should make the most of every reverse, don't take 2 or 3 short ones if 1 long one will achieve the same goal . |
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04-20-2009, 12:31 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: paradise
Posts: 89
| i dont have a dig yet so iuse rev to MY advantage yes i take the point to get a good line. i think it makes a better drive to think the course. i will get a dig in the future and hopefuly not have to rev so much . ive run a course that was desinged for a dig so yes ill take 1 long rev instead of 5 small ones and all the points that go with it |
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