Pro's and cons. I saw earlier in a locked thread that someone doesnt understand where roll racing is from and slammed it as not a real form of racing. Thats fine everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I want to put mine down for the record and see what everyone else thinks.


I think roll racing goes hand in hand with street racing. If there was no such thing as street racing I dont think you would have even heard of a roll race. The reason roll racing has become so popular is because of how easy it is to compete. Your driving down the road you pull up next to a car you want to run you get their attention beep 3 times and go. Doest get much easier then that.

Its always fun to pull up next to a guy at a light and to just take off when it turns green, but with todays highways and traffic, and lack of 1/4 mile tracks within reasonable distances, this isnt always an option, which again leads to roll races.

I also think this was and is a beneficial form of race for FWD cars. We all know RWD and AWD cars have an advantage from a dig. We all know a cobalt SS wont touch an STI, EVO, or most RWD cars from a dig. FWD cars just usually need alot of work to compete in the launch department, and even then its almost not worth it when going against an AWD monster.

AWD is great, I wish the cobalt SS had it, but it doesnt. Niether does a celica, civic si, many VW, etc. Its great to know an AWD car is great from a launch and we all know thats where they are going to dominate at... Lets get them out of their natural habitat and try a roll race. IF NOTHING ELSE its interesting to see a monster AWD car get beat or atleast get hanged with from a roll. It just goes and shows that the only advantage the said car has is its AWD. Is the AWD car faster in the 1/4 YES, 0-60 YES. But its still gives you a happy feeling to pull one from a roll.

True racing is from a dig, fun spur of the moment races on the street seem to be from a roll. A roll race atleast shows which car has more pulling power from the said speed. It elminates the launch all together which often times can be error by one driver and not the other.
anyway those are my 25 cents.

 

my $.02 = street racing is a crime in the U.S. and is ghey. whether you street race from a dig or a roll you are teh ghey.

 

I think roll racing is stupid, because you can never take off at the same time. Most of the time the person that does the beeping doesnt do it timed right.

Everyone Ive met with a SS/SC or Ion Redline wont run from a stop. Was trying to get a Ion Redline to run my friends RSX-S but wouldnt UNLESS from a roll.

 

this has been talked about before. this thread = lock down.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ht=roll+racing