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Im a n00b when it comes to cars. Please answer these ?'s.

Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 22:46
by Jetta
Ok so in real life and in NFSU do body kits,roof scoops, and carbon fiber parts make your car go faster? I would think body kits and roof scoops would just add more weight to your car, or do they make a car more aerodynamic? Thanks for answering my n00bish questions.

Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 23:23
by NismoSKYLIN3R34
In NFSU......no, its all looks in the game
In real life, body kits make your car more arodynamic. not sure on scoops on like the roof, but the engine scoops usually cool the engine. but carbon fiber peices make your car lighter.

Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 23:50
by Jetta
ok thx, I have a couple more questions:

1. When do I get the Corsa? I have 100% so im confused.
2. How many cars does it allow you to customize?
3. Are there any rims that can be spraypainted white? ive tried some but they just turn gray.

thanks in advance.

Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 23:51
by PSZeTa
Corsa only appears in the European version.
You can customize 15 cars
I can't answer your question about the rims.. :)

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 00:08
by Crazy nfsu2 kid
you can paint them white I beleive but i am not sure

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 00:24
by wowirace
there is no white in nfsu2...the only thing remotely similar is like a light grey.......i wanted to have white on sum rims too, but nfsu2 didnt have it so i jus painted it chrome. :D

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 00:57
by ^Sparco^
The more similar to white is the stock paint :D

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 02:49
by Drewb99
The roof scoops aren't used in street cars and are only really used in MR cars and rally cars. On an MR car the scoop can be used as an intake for the engine when it's hooked up to a long duct, on a rally car it's just a scoop that leads into the cockpit because they removed the air conditioning to save weight. Some bodykits are designed to allow more air into the engine and some provide a wee bit of downforce, but that's it.

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 03:10
by NFSBLUECIVIC
noobish, man what a word, noobish, what a noob. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 03:39
by M_S
ok if it a scoop facing the cockpit of the car, it means that its letting engine heat out, and if its facing forward its letting the air in, (this is used mainly for tmic *top mount intercoolers* ) the scoops on top of your roof are used mainly for rally car drivers beucase tis soo hot in there you need fresh air and the scoops let air into the cockpit.... body kits mainly add earodynamics to your car, but some kits dont do anything, like the cheapo ones that just look funky/ rice :lol: well i hope this helped.....

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 04:43
by Jetta
Thanx I get it now. :)

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 05:37
by boganbusman
M_S wrote:ok if it a scoop facing the cockpit of the car, it means that its letting engine heat out
Not neccessarily. A backwards scoop can also act as a cold-air intake.
A good example of this is the old Holden Torana XU-1.
I explained how it works in another thread somewhere . . .

And carbon fibre is not only lighter, but it's also stronger and safer. To explain:

When metal chassis/frame crumples in a crash, most of the energy is not dissipated and the person in the cockpit of the car will still feel most of the force of the impact.

But carbon fibre does not crumple. Instead, it shatters. when it shatters, a lot of the energy is dissipated through each little piece of shattered carbon fibre, thus reducing the amount of energy that actually reaches the cockpit.

It's sort of hard to explain, so I hope you get it. :wink:

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 06:07
by Sir Ibi
That's some pretty useful info there boganbusman, i'm sure it'll come in handy one day. BTW can Carbon Fibre be painted in different colour in real life (not NFSU2).

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 06:10
by boganbusman
I'm not sure if you can change the colour, but you can definately paint on it.

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 08:11
by M_S
yea u can paint over it

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 08:44
by boganbusman
If anyone has anymore n00b questions, just ask. I'm sure that everyone here is glad to help.

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 08:53
by Sir Ibi
Can someone please tell me how to breath. Honestly, I have been trying so hard to breath but never can get the hang of it, i always seem to los...... *cough*. My. Face. Is. Turning. Blue/Purple. Kind of Indigo. *Gasps for air*. Need. Help. Must. Phone. Emergency. Serives. Can't. Reach. The. Pho..... *falls to the floor*...............

R.I.P Sir Ibi

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 08:58
by M_S
k too far, *kikes in head*

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 09:12
by Sir Ibi
Hello, i'm still alive you know, i wasn't really dead.

Sorry guys........ I'm just a little tired at the mo, didn't get much sleep, feel a bit giddy. :lol:

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 09:38
by boganbusman
This isn't a chat room Sir Ibi.

Try to stay on topic . . . and try to stay alive. :wink:

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 13:15
by Grez~Supra_RZ-S
Carbon fibre isnt necessarily safer unless youre running bonnet pins to hold it down. I knew a guy from the US Supra club who fitted a CF hood to his car. During a decently fast sprint, the hood flew up and he crashed the car. Luckily he survived and the car wasn badly damaged enough to be declared a write off.

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 14:35
by boganbusman
Well IMO if you race your car without all of the proper safety stuff (ie. roll cage, helmet, bonnet pins, etc.) then you're an idiot.

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 17:54
by ^Sparco^
Yeah....

About CF parts painting... you can do it in real life (but not in nfs:underground games)
Anyway paint a CF part is utterly useless.

Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 22:24
by M_S
actually for the serious racer most people paint there cf ;)

Posted: 13 Jan 2005, 02:39
by TheStig
ever noticed that alot of Exotic racecars are have bodyparts that are build out of Carbon Fibre... and they are all painted...

say I would add CF parts to my car... I would definetly paint them...
the new generation of ricers have heard of CF and use vinyls and stuff to make things look like CF... if it wasn't for the fact that I am not a fan of the black CF look the fact that RICERS and NOOBS replicate it would be enough reason!