Mods please sticky for all new drag racers to see.
This is the drag racers dictionary VER. 3. It will contain the most used terms in GT5 drag racing. I have started with a few terms but I know that I am missing some terms, but this will only be beneficial if you suggest terms to be added to the dictionary. Thank-you.
VER. 1 - Beginning terms added
VER. 2 - new terms added, thank-you to eightlives, and tazarii
VER. 3 - new terms added, thanks to DLR and Mikeybc
VER. 4 - new terms added, thanks to slashfan
Auto Tune: A tune that uses automatic transmission.
E.G. My Enzo has an auto tune.
Bog: Car attempted to launch but immediately lost power
E.G. Restart the race, my car just bogged.
Emergency Lane - The shoulder lane of the tunnel in SSR7
E.G. The returning racers use the breakdown lane, so as not to interfere with another race.
Ghost: The car which signals the start of the race. Usually positioned in front of the two racers. Also known as tree, signal, Casper
E.G. Can you please ghost us?
Ghost Lag: A delay in the communication between your connection and the connection of the ghost or other racer.
E.G. I had some ghost lag on that last race.
GR: Usually refers to "good" or "great" race or run.
E.G. That was a gr.
Idiot: the guy driving around in X1 (or any car) hitting everything in sight! Usually kicked from a room immediately
E.G. Hey you idiot, get a life [kicked].
Indy Road Course: A track on GT5 which contains a 1/4 drag strip. Also known as the quarter, quarter mile, 1/4, Indy
E.G. This tune is for the quarter mile.
Insta-kick: The act of being kicked when you 🤬 the host of the room
E.G. SCCREEEEM gets insta-kicked a lot.
Jump: Racer leaves the starting point before the ghost.
E.G. Hey eightlives, you nervous bro? Stop jumping!
Kick: The act of the host of the room disconnecting a person from the room permanently. Also known as boot, one way ticket to the moon
E.G. I'm going to kick you if you don't put that GT-R away A.S.A.P!
Lag Bump: A loss of connection between your or the other racers car to cause a noticeable leap forward or back during the race.
E.G. I just got I lag bump there lol!
Pinks: A high stakes race in which two racers agree to a verbal contract to send ones own car if they lose the race, usually pinks races are heald in the best of three. (See Scammer)
E.G. Do you want to race for pinks with ACR's?
Power band: A graph that shows what power an engine produces at various RPMs.
E.G. All of my cars shift in the power band.
Sandbag: The act of deliberately racing slower to make the person you are racing think that they are faster.
E.G. Are you sandbagging me or is that really how slow you are?
Scammer: A person who, after loosing a pinks race does not send their car to the winner of the race. Also known as a 🤬
E.G. That person is a scammer, kick him.
Short Shift: The act of launching in a short gear and almost immediately shifting into the next gear to avoid bog.
E.G. I short shift my supra from first to second.
Sleeping: The act of not paying attention while one ghosts, causing you to get a bad start.
E.G. I caught you sleeping.
Spectator: A person who clicks "watch race" in a drag racing lobby. This can be used to "view" a persons hard work in a tune. Usually made fun of then kicked within 30 seconds of spectating.
E.G. Host, kick that spectating n00b.
Trap Speed: The speed a racer hits at a the end marker of the race.
E.G. What's the trap speed on an Enzo?
Tree'd: one racer views the ghost car later than the other racer due to ghost lag.
E.G. "I just tree'd you so hard"
Time: A way of initiating a race by using the second counter at the top right side of the HUD. Common practice to go at .7 before the time which is called. Much easier to do if both racers have mics.
E.G. Lets go at 30.
The Tunnel: A track on GT5 which contains a very long straight, in a tunnel. Also known as SSR7
E.G. I have a very fast FGT for tunnel.
Vote: when players go into the player list and choose to vote them out of the room, you must vote while in the pits though.
E.G. Im going to vote you out of the room.