Weird people online
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- Lupo_Drifter
I had a guy one time TELL ME MY OWN gear ratios and the type of tires I had on my STI '10 WITHOUT even giving him a hint of what was on it. And then proceed to tell me that my 318 1/2 horse powered CRX could make it around the NUR in 6 minutes.....
http://gearmagazine.weebly.com/assumptions.html (full story with full details here.)
http://gearmagazine.weebly.com/assumptions.html (full story with full details here.)
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- United States
- DGXR
- DGXR1
If you move the cursor over other player's names (upper right of the screen) it will give you some details as to the equipment and setup of their vehicles.
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- Lupo_Drifter
- 2,166
- Indiana
- JGancherJr & Stupid-Fast_Jay
- King0fKongs
DGXR
No.... It tells you the details of their "driving options"... Absolutely no details as to your tuning setting of your car..
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- Lupo_Drifter
Ha! Weird Story Saved! Thanks!👍
, I never thought you can smell trough the internet 
- 6,392
- Pennsylvania
- wat3rm370n
It sometimes occurs to me that the people I'm racing with, very well could be smelly or criminal or have a third eye in the middle of their forehead, or who knows.
But really when it comes down to it... they can be sitting there in their custom racing cockpit with a big mustard stain on their shirt, or a smelly spitoon next to them, or wearing ladies' lingerie... on their head...
And it doesn't really matter as long as they race by the stated room rules and don't get nutballish or hysterical in the txt chat.
Of course that's why I generally make mics disabled in pub lobbies I host... With mics on it's a bit harder to pretend all the other participants are respectable & refined if you hear grunting, pooting, and belching over the mics during the race.
As for other things that are odd...
The people who join clean rooms with clearly incendiary PSN names.
I told one guy who wasn't dirty that I could see, just not that great a driver... but kept getting accused of doing things on purpose... His name was something along the lines of "trouble-maker" or something to that effect. I said IT'S YOUR NAME!
Having a name like that, definitely increases the chances that the racer is dirty... OR at the very least, will increase the chances that people will assume any sloppy driving might be deliberate.
Having the word "dirty" in your PSN name is kind of a red flag.
Also having an incendiary auto-greeting message like, "here comes trouble" or "I'm here to tear it up", etc.
Or having an over the top arrogant win message as well tends to get people's dander up.
I used to wonder why otherwise normal people would make these mistakes. But then also, there's cultural issues involved. A phrase that might be considered lightly funny and good fun in Tennessee or California USA, might very well be taken the wrong way by someone in Scotland or Brazil.
I found this out when I said, "I want a grudge match" to someone who's in Europe, speaks English well but as a 2nd language, and well, if you don't know that's a joke among friends, it comes off sounding a bit hostile even though I didn't mean it that way!
But really when it comes down to it... they can be sitting there in their custom racing cockpit with a big mustard stain on their shirt, or a smelly spitoon next to them, or wearing ladies' lingerie... on their head...
And it doesn't really matter as long as they race by the stated room rules and don't get nutballish or hysterical in the txt chat.
Of course that's why I generally make mics disabled in pub lobbies I host... With mics on it's a bit harder to pretend all the other participants are respectable & refined if you hear grunting, pooting, and belching over the mics during the race.
As for other things that are odd...
The people who join clean rooms with clearly incendiary PSN names.
I told one guy who wasn't dirty that I could see, just not that great a driver... but kept getting accused of doing things on purpose... His name was something along the lines of "trouble-maker" or something to that effect. I said IT'S YOUR NAME!
Having a name like that, definitely increases the chances that the racer is dirty... OR at the very least, will increase the chances that people will assume any sloppy driving might be deliberate.
Having the word "dirty" in your PSN name is kind of a red flag.
Also having an incendiary auto-greeting message like, "here comes trouble" or "I'm here to tear it up", etc.
Or having an over the top arrogant win message as well tends to get people's dander up.
I used to wonder why otherwise normal people would make these mistakes. But then also, there's cultural issues involved. A phrase that might be considered lightly funny and good fun in Tennessee or California USA, might very well be taken the wrong way by someone in Scotland or Brazil.
I found this out when I said, "I want a grudge match" to someone who's in Europe, speaks English well but as a 2nd language, and well, if you don't know that's a joke among friends, it comes off sounding a bit hostile even though I didn't mean it that way!
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- Midwest
- slow
Hackers or some other conspiracy theory.
Aliens or maybe it's Obama's fault?
Lots of weird people on the internet. Imagine that.
Aliens or maybe it's Obama's fault?
Lots of weird people on the internet. Imagine that.
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- England
- porthillking
Whilst I was in a cops lobby yesterday, I had a run in with someone who started spouting racist comments for no reason. 
Needless to say he got kicked.
Needless to say he got kicked.
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- Pennsylvania
- wat3rm370n
Whilst I was in a cops lobby yesterday, I had a run in with someone who started spouting racist comments for no reason.
This is part of the reason I disable mics when I host pub lobbies. People say lots of meaningless & rude things for no apparent reason at all.
Or perhaps sometimes the reasons are intriguing, if still offensive.
One night my husband was in a shuffle lobby, and the host and one of the other people both had UK flags... but the one guy kept typing in the text chat nasty ethnic insults at the host, in a way that made it clear they were not of the same nation... It took me a minute or so to even figure out what the problem was, but apparently the one guy was from Wales and the host a Britain. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the guy from Wales was viciously blaming the host for a war that happened in the 1400s.
What was interesting is that the host just argued back a bit, but never kicked the guy, even though he was being rather outrageously rude.
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- Westchester,il
- ishawi
i joined in one of my psn friends rooms and the title saids "initial d" when someone else and my friend were racing.i was drifting with one of my drift cars and then my friend said "i have to take out thetoyota sprinter trueno gt apex(ae86 shigeno version).so i took that car out and my friends ae86 was tuned with engine and chassis tuning and all of the upgrades.i just had tuning ecu,intake upgrades, exhaust,and other upgrades.so i left and put the other upgrades in and when i joined the room,my friend left.so i left and turned off my ps3
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- Gent , Belgium
- Terror_Dog
so many familiar looking posts ...
just a few from my own experience :
I enter a streetcar only lobby hosted by an Aussi ...
I just finnishd chosing my car all of a sudden I hear on voicechat : " kick the German kick him "
I am Dutch but I race under a Belgian flag so i ain't worrying to much ...
10seconds later I am kicked .
Or people ( again Aussies ) complaining I am lagging even before I am on the track .
And again an Aussie who kicked me within 30 seconds of joining the room , only to see " Only English speaking people allowd in here "
It might not be my native language and I might make a lot of grammer mistakes but in the end my English ain't that bad I think .
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1 Japanese lobby ....
Guy asking me where I live so i say about 35miles / 55 km from Bruxelles , the guy starts going mental telling me about how he visited there last year and how it was so beuatifull and how he wants to go back etc...
Don't get me wrong it was fun the first 15 min but after that he just kepth going on and on and on
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then offcourse people who upon entering the lobby
demand different tires
demand different PP
demand driving aids on
basicly demand there own lobby
or claim to only have on car ( a GT500 ) and thus think it is fair to use this one in a 450 PP SH lobby ....
and there are so many more
just a few from my own experience :
I enter a streetcar only lobby hosted by an Aussi ...
I just finnishd chosing my car all of a sudden I hear on voicechat : " kick the German kick him "
I am Dutch but I race under a Belgian flag so i ain't worrying to much ...
10seconds later I am kicked .
Or people ( again Aussies ) complaining I am lagging even before I am on the track .
And again an Aussie who kicked me within 30 seconds of joining the room , only to see " Only English speaking people allowd in here "
It might not be my native language and I might make a lot of grammer mistakes but in the end my English ain't that bad I think .
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1 Japanese lobby ....
Guy asking me where I live so i say about 35miles / 55 km from Bruxelles , the guy starts going mental telling me about how he visited there last year and how it was so beuatifull and how he wants to go back etc...
Don't get me wrong it was fun the first 15 min but after that he just kepth going on and on and on
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then offcourse people who upon entering the lobby
demand different tires
demand different PP
demand driving aids on
basicly demand there own lobby
or claim to only have on car ( a GT500 ) and thus think it is fair to use this one in a 450 PP SH lobby ....
and there are so many more
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- Pennsylvania
- wat3rm370n
@ DaDog : I hear ya! I'm often BOGGLED by people who assume this country or that... I'll admit, I don't know all the flags! But I don't pretend to either! If I don't know, and I'm curious, I'll just ask. I won't make assumptions.
2nd, Sure it's hard to race with someone explaining the rules if they don't know your language. BUT, it seems pretty rare that someone from a non-English-speaking country does not know English. They often know a little at least. (Or like in your case, quite obviously a lot & well!)
I've long raced with lots of people from various countries, and most know English... while me, I only know the tiniest bit of French... just enough to get by a little. So I don't assume anything!
Of course I think that could easily be the subtitle to this thread, "Weird people online, those who assume too much".
by people who assume this country or that... I'll admit, I don't know all the flags! But I don't pretend to either! If I don't know, and I'm curious, I'll just ask. I won't make assumptions.2nd, Sure it's hard to race with someone explaining the rules if they don't know your language. BUT, it seems pretty rare that someone from a non-English-speaking country does not know English. They often know a little at least. (Or like in your case, quite obviously a lot & well!)
I've long raced with lots of people from various countries, and most know English... while me, I only know the tiniest bit of French... just enough to get by a little. So I don't assume anything!
Of course I think that could easily be the subtitle to this thread, "Weird people online, those who assume too much".
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- ThickPants3
My 'weird people' encounter didn't involve any rude or vile racers, just some guy who had The Simpson's playing quite clearly through a 10 lap race on Spa. It was a quality room and I like the Simpson's, particularly the episode that the weird person had chosen, "The Trouble With Trillions."
Homer - Does this make me look fat?
Lisa - No, it makes you look like a tool of government oppression.
Homer - But not fat...
Homer - Does this make me look fat?
Lisa - No, it makes you look like a tool of government oppression.
Homer - But not fat...
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- United States
- carracerptp
@ DaDog : I hear ya! I'm often BOGGLED
I have tired asking (it was a new flag to me), the guy ignored me. Then he crashed me in the race...
The weirdest I have come across was two guys fighting, really screaming their heads off over the mic. Both trying to sound "gangsta" (about 18 and 30 years of age).
Then another guy jumps in and tells them to stop, say's something like "just quit talking about it, change the subject" So the oldest guy sounding sarcastically ask the other yeller how was the weather?
Next think I know, they are in a calm dissuasion about local weather patterns
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- Hong Kong
- JONNYHAHA88
People cruising at speeds of 200+km/h
Like its a cruise lobby Gd it
Like its a cruise lobby Gd it
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- Nottingham
- grubymike
- What's an Xbox?
well 3 day ago a was hosting free run room, at Top Gear Test Track named " tuning, testing".
After about 25 minutes, there was about 11 players. Suddenly a guy join my room left the msg "F..K Poland" and left.:/
a bit disturbing dont you think?
After about 25 minutes, there was about 11 players. Suddenly a guy join my room left the msg "F..K Poland" and left.:/
a bit disturbing dont you think?
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- 6,255
- Jutland
- GTP_DeanJ
well 3 day ago a was hosting free run room, at Top Gear Test Track named " tuning, testing".
After about 25 minutes, there was about 11 players. Suddenly a guy join my room left the msg "F..K Poland" and left.:/
a bit disturbing dont you think?
All he/she wanted was attention, I guess.
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- Antwerp
- GTP_Frank
So you figured me out then....
I only run my online races in private lounge from friends or in our clubrooms....so never had that problem, we only race with people who actually want to race like I do ; CLEAN & FAIR
ITCC_Andrew
(Banned)
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- Kitchener
Joined open rally room...
Had a race against a 350+ hp Subaru Impreza RM. Lost.
Immediately asked "Do you need 350+ hp?"
Then, the other driver switched to my specs (299 @ 1230 kg) & lost... Badly...
He stayed for another race. I won again.
In the third race, though, he had had enough, and bumped me off a few times. I still won.
He later quit, without a word.
Seriously, how often do people rage quit? Is it as common as it seems? It happens to me SO often... It's hard to find rooms, in which people will actually race against me... And don't even mention CoD games. 
Had a race against a 350+ hp Subaru Impreza RM. Lost.
Immediately asked "Do you need 350+ hp?"
Then, the other driver switched to my specs (299 @ 1230 kg) & lost... Badly...
He stayed for another race. I won again.
In the third race, though, he had had enough, and bumped me off a few times. I still won.
He later quit, without a word.
Seriously, how often do people rage quit? Is it as common as it seems? It happens to me SO often... It's hard to find rooms, in which people will actually race against me... And don't even mention CoD games.
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- wat3rm370n
What will they be like when they grow up? 
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- sccadriver
I was hosting a room, 450pp evrywhere clean. I had the tire's set to sports soft. The track vote landed on a track with time change and weather change. I make a few comments on how I was going to wreck....making everyone in the room laugh. Except for
one guy who starts wailing on me in the text box about rain tires. I explain to him that
sports tires have tread. He said I should change the tires. I told him no....It is my room, my rules. He turns no his mic, curses me out, calles me stupid redneck and leaves the room.
one guy who starts wailing on me in the text box about rain tires. I explain to him that
sports tires have tread. He said I should change the tires. I told him no....It is my room, my rules. He turns no his mic, curses me out, calles me stupid redneck and leaves the room.
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