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Originally Posted by elhelmete
Yeah this has taken on Cratos-like silliness.
And what is being mis-used here is the oversimplification of "it's physics, it's always right." While that is true, what is so, so wrong about just saying it and walking away is very simple: no horse ever gets a perfectly efficient (from a physics perspective) trip in a race.
I took a race driving class (cars) and the instructors made this point over and over again. You know the geometrically perfect "line" around the track, you know your tire and suspension settings intimately, you know your gearing and engine output, etc., but one other driver makes one odd move on you and you cannot use all that physics knowledge in a 100% efficient way. He said forget about the "racing line," the line you need to know is the line to win the race.
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Please go back and read my posts where I have repeatedly stated that while even distribution of energy is an advantage, there are other factors, such as gaining position to avoid getting caught wide on turns, avoiding trouble, etc, involved which sometimes makes it wise to run a race inefficiently.
