Real Life Car Wars

hari · 06-24-2011, 06:18 PM

I ran across an article in the NYTimes about huge trucks being made into virtual tanks. It made me think immediately of Car Wars. I'm putting the link here, but please, don't mistake this as simple spamming. It's on topic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/wo...l?ref=americas

tikiphantom · 06-25-2011, 04:05 PM

My thought exactly, in ADQ Volume 1 isssue 3 discuss this same topic. Mexican warlords welding armor plates to cars for protections from other gangs.

LokRobster · 06-27-2011, 06:48 PM

I like:

the trucks will quite likely mutate to include “shielding for tires, their Achilles’ heel, blast pads in the flooring, up-armoring, et cetera.”

[imagines self-mutating Cthulhu-Trucks, but I digress]

In discussing these "1st gen" CarWars attempts, it was noted they forgot to armor the tire hubs or graft on wheelguards. The one they captured 2 or 3 months ago was mobility-killed by shooting out the tires!

Any novice CW fan could have given them pointers on vehicle design. Luckily they didn't bother asking us.

06-24-2011, 06:18 PM	#1
hari Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Daegu, South Korea	Real Life Car Wars I ran across an article in the NYTimes about huge trucks being made into virtual tanks. It made me think immediately of Car Wars. I'm putting the link here, but please, don't mistake this as simple spamming. It's on topic. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/wo...l?ref=americas __________________ “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world”

06-25-2011, 04:05 PM	#2
tikiphantom Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Brea, California, USA	Re: Real Life Car Wars My thought exactly, in ADQ Volume 1 isssue 3 discuss this same topic. Mexican warlords welding armor plates to cars for protections from other gangs.

06-27-2011, 06:48 PM	#3
LokRobster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Republic of Texas; FOS	Re: Real Life Car Wars I like: the trucks will quite likely mutate to include “shielding for tires, their Achilles’ heel, blast pads in the flooring, up-armoring, et cetera.” [imagines self-mutating Cthulhu-Trucks, but I digress] In discussing these "1st gen" CarWars attempts, it was noted they forgot to armor the tire hubs or graft on wheelguards. The one they captured 2 or 3 months ago was mobility-killed by shooting out the tires! Any novice CW fan could have given them pointers on vehicle design. Luckily they didn't bother asking us. __________________ Our decades-old & rarely updated CarWars blog & Hotwheel conversion tutorial: North Texas Autoduel Association