Message no. 1

From:	shadowrn@*********.com (Nephyte)
Subject:	Built for SPEED (NOS)
Date:	Fri Jul 13 00:05:00 2001

> "Nephyte" <Nephyte@****.com> wrote:
>
>
> > The only real problem I have with the whole vehicle is the NOS boost ...
> >
> > NOS does not provide that much boost when you use it. It entirely
depends
> on
> > the amount of NOS you are using, engine, etc etc ..
> >
> > I would suggest reading up a lot more on NOS, and other speed boosters
to
> > see what they can do for a car.
> >
> >
>
> Actually, I don't know all that much about NOS, but I didn't think that
the
> rules were right for it. That's another reason I put this together.
>
> So then...we have a car that most sane people wouldn't allow in their game
> (I wouldn't allow a player of mine to drive this...much). We have a
glaring
> reason to take a peek at the rules for NOS, Engine Customization (although
I
> think this is more of an extreme...but I just watched a friend roll a 21
on
> 6d6 for his customization roll....UGH), and the fact that unless it was
> purpose built to do so, this car shouldn't be able to break the speed of
> sound.
>
> I think, out of all of this, the NOS is the worst...the gain is too much,
> especially on a "tweaked" car.
>
> Zebulin
>

In all honesty, even on a tweaked out car, you are looking at BEST a maximum
of a three second gain on the quarter mile...
and perhaps a 250 HP boost. This of course might be greater, my numbers are
roughly general.

But seeing as this car is already quite tweaked out ... going what, 403m/sec
I believe, even a 400 HP boost would not be enough to triple your speed. At
that, you only gain the HP boost for as long as you are injecting NOS into
your car. At most I've seen it recommended is 25 seconds, before your engine
seriously begins to disenegrate due to the extreme temperature casued by the
NOS combustion.

Nephyte