The Dakar rally is so cool.
>>28802433its the only rally thats still cool besides amature stuff and grassrootsrest of motorsport sucks
>>28802453MotoGP, GT Racing, and Isle of Mann is still cool.
>one of the technicians waves me over the look at something on his laptop>the vehicles are limited to 170km/h. That's what wide open throttle gets you>at the longest stretch, he'd been wide open for 14 and a half minutes without lifting at all.
>>28802467lol i went faster longer up the beachestotally blew my motor by the end of it lol>>28802458true seems like only normies watch FIA/WRC/F1 crap now anyway
>>28802433Wtf kind of AI trash is this?
Scooter cannonball>Hobbyduro *POWER GAP* >Dakar rally>motogp>everything else
>>28802433And always remember mitsubishi is the king of it
>>28802467>at the longest stretch, he'd been wide open for 14 and a half minutes without lifting at allsupremely based>the vehicles are limited to 170km/hgay as hellevery motorsport should have a true unlimited class, I don't care if the spectators need to be 5 miles away in bunkers, I want to see the absolute pinnacle of modern engineering
>>28802573You say that but even heavy box on wheel nascar's take wing if they aren't knee capped. You want to see the pinnacle of modern engineering? Look into planes.
>>28802573>gay as hellsadly all motorsports has gay limits nowhttps://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/38523/the-dakar-rallys-fastest-cars-now-have-speed-limits-to-curb-minis-unfair-advantagetoyota Blame Mini/bmw for itfaggots
Already one spinal injuryMultiple broken limbs but who cares as that's obligatoryBut no deaths so this is a new record
>>28802467I know a 2007-2008 ZX6R when I see one
>>28802433It's really not. It's the special olympics version of the Baja 1000. The fact that you can do it in a car shows how much of a joke it is. Cats shit in sandboxes.
>>28802700Look man, I love Johnny Cambell and the big red pig as much as the next guy, but really? Outlawing prerunning and 2 weeks straight of racing is special olypmics now? I guess you can call whatever those guys have as the retard strength equivalent of land nav.
>>28802573What if we bring the spectators closer?>>28802573I stopped watching last year because someone got penalized for having too high of an average speed. It's a fucking race.
>>28802467>the vehicles are limited to 170km/hwhere did it all go so wrong
>>288027252 weeks of driving over some flat sand vs 1000 miles of whoops and terrain that can easily disable your vehicle.
>>28802741I mean, it does take place on public land and public roads. Definitely gay and homosex tho.
>>28802433its worth getting into baja/west coast desert racing. races almost every single month and lots of grassroots spectating standing 15' away from the track at some SNORE/SCORE races. almost every spec vehicle has live streaming now too
>>28802748>some flat sandWell, your route is as flat as you choose it to be. Just try and keep your mean speed over 100kph to stay competitive. Hell, Meoni used to keep it over 120kph, but I don't think we'll see probably ever see those days again.
>>28802573>every motorsport should have a true unlimited class, I don't care if the spectators need to be 5 miles away in bunkers, I want to see the absolute pinnacle of modern engineeringyou could sell this idea to rich arabs and have a rally from dubai to kuwait or something
>>28802849Someone call MBS and get him to organize races along T H E L I N E
>>28802842Trophy trucks average 60mph over the 1000 miles and the terrain is 1000x worse. You have actual trails to follow instead of an open sand box.
>>28802852Uncle Rico posting truly is an art form.
>>28802433It's not, got too "professional" and lost appeal, just like F1.I would ban those bog money custom made cars and only allowed modified stock.
>>28802453TCR is fun. cars are fairly cheap so the race drivers aren’t too concerned about damage which in turn means aggressive racing
I don't understand the appeal of modern Dakar. The original Paris-Dakar was cool-- normal people driving all kinds of cars through exotic locales. The modern Dakar is rich people driving tightly restricted race cars in a circle in Saudi Arabia. The 20k euro entrance fee and asinine application process (picrel from https://storage-aso.lequipe.fr/ASO/motorSports_ccr/dakar-2026-example-of-an-application-file-en.pdf) might be justified if they were consistently selling out all the available slots, but they don't. It's sad how they went from the original Paris-Dakar to this.
>>28802573>should have a true unlimited classMultiple racing series have an unlimited class in the U.S.
>>288025735 miles away in bunkers?
