Pay Driving: Sometimes You Have To Pay
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Jack Baruth
Published: November 20th, 2011
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A while ago, a wise fellow told me, “Just because you can afford to drive a certain car on the street, it doesn’t mean you can afford to race that same kind of car. And just because you can afford to race a certain car, it doesn’t mean you can afford to crash it.” It’s also true that the problem with racing against wealthy men is simple: they can afford to wreck the car and you can’t.
The Lamborghinis you’re seeing bounce around cost $385K plus prep and spares. The Porsches are a little cheaper, but not that much. No driver was injured in this GT3 Series race, which is typically populated by “gentleman drivers”, but a few of them are going to be liquidating some investments come Monday morning.
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This looks like every session of Forza I've ever played.
These are exactly the kinds of cars that rich ex-pat kids drive around in Vancouver. Makes me shudder at the carnage that they can/have caused.
http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/news-focus-8831.html "The whole crash had been set off by Akihiro Tsuzuki's Audi [R8], which had dumped oil on the track ..."
Found a video showing the initial crash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=clFaa0WLIEs Braked too much?