Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Do you think Marquez could be better?

 

Just got the fright of my life on GTA5. A shark came out of nowhere and attacked me! Didn't expect that at all! Saw a red dot on the map and couldn't figure out what it was.

 

Somehow I don't think Felix da Costa will be on Red Bull's books from now on...

 

I never came across a shark on GTA. Lucky me!

 

Don't see too many places he can go right now. Unless Di Resta goes.

 

I've seen a couple. They mostly seem to swim around and leave you alone.

 

Much like real sharks.

 

Exactly. It's a very realistic game in that sense.

 

I must have encountered a particularly aggressive shark. Either that, or I looked like a seal!

 

Yeeeeaah it's not looking too good for him now, is it? Doubt he'll find a seat for 2014 anyway.

Red Bull's junior driver programme is pretty weird, seems to be very hit and miss with its drivers. For every Seb Vettel or Daniel Ricciardo, there's a Mika Maki or a Pedro Bianchini who do **** all. Hell, two of the current drivers who are in the ADAC Formel Masters did crap this year. But then one of them is a woman, and they're all the rage these days in F1.

 

Thankfully I never came across a shark in GTA V. I have an irrational fear of water in video games so I spent as little time in the sea as possible - I blame Wind Waker for that.

 

What's that, Xtreme masturbation?

 

But Marko pushing for Kvyat makes a mockery if 3.5 being the feeder series for young talent. If doing well there gets overlooked....well what's the point of having a jnr team?

 

When he wins more than 9 world championships he'll be better.

Let me explain a little further. I'm a fan of Marquez. He is a superb talent. However, when he has not been riding the fastest bike, he performs less well.

In 2005, Rossi changed from the all-conquering Honda to the slow M1 Yamaha, after it was said by Honda that it was the bike that Rossi had won 4 WCs on. He promptly won the WC on the slow Yamaha. That's the kind of thing that helps make him the greatest.

 

Oh I agree entirely on that TSS. It just seems remarkable how we may be lucky enough to see the mantle being passed from one true great to another. I remember when Sampras retired there was the general feeling of "well we'll not see another like that for a while". Then we got Federer/Nadal/Djokovic all in one.

 

Tadanari scored twice for the U21s tonight btw.

 

GTA stuff. Will do NSFW just in case:

[NSFW]Has anyone else done the mission where you have to find all the submarine parts for this woman? She gives you $10 at the end! What an insult! So I shot her. $10 for a mission that lasted a good few hours! What a bitch![/NSFW]

 

Just got back from babyshambles gig in b"mouth. Amazing, Pete is the man- I don't care what the ppl say!

 

Oh, I see. Well, I don't know about better. Marquez is beating everyone, even Jorge. Since Stoner left he's the fastest rider on two wheels, but fastest rider and best rider can actually be two different things. Currently, the best rider, in my opinion, is Lorenzo. The Yamaha M1 is no match for the RCV Honda, at present. In terms of converting horsepower onto the track, the Honda has no peer. However, the Yamaha is still the sweetest handling bike since Rossi helped make it so, way back when. That means that it can compete on non-horsepower hungry tracks, like Phillip Island for example. And Lorenzo is just pulling everything out of it at present. He's making a slower motorcycle keep up with the fastest, and that is why I think he is currently the best rider. Another thing, when the chips are down now, he doesn't make mistakes. Mark of a champion.

 

And yet Ferrari, and McLaren if they get Magnussen and Vandoorne in for next year, have both brought drivers through the formula. Seems to be prefered to GP2 in some quarters.