Why race if you don’t have money?

Chapter 25: Hobbies challenge careers!

Qin Lianjie's starting operation was not slow. After all, he had the strength of a professional goalkeeper, and he was very familiar with the clutch engagement point and throttle linear force of his Civic Type-R.

But his reaction was slow!
A slight distraction during the countdown caused Qin Lianjie to start about 0.2 seconds slower.

If it were a normal street race, this reaction delay might not matter.

But Qin Lianjie's opponent is Chen Xiangbei, who is at the F1 driver level!

As a high school student, Chen Xiangbei's physical fitness is far behind that of his previous life without any professional training.

But this body's racing talent is not inferior to that of his previous life, including reaction speed.

Under normal circumstances, an F1 driver's reaction time at the start is around 0.25 seconds. Qin Lianjie is 0.2 seconds slower than this, which would leave him more than one parking space behind in F1.

Although the acceleration of the performance car is not as exaggerated as the formula car, it is still enough to allow Chen Xiangbei to take the lead.

In addition, small-displacement naturally aspirated engines have a defect that cannot be overcome even with drastic modifications.

That is, horsepower can be increased by transplanting the engine top cover, but it is difficult for torque to increase dramatically, especially at low speeds.

Adding the two together, Chen Xiangbei was not just ahead by the front of the car, he was ahead by the entire body of the car just from the start.

At this time, Chen Xiangbei also made a habitual lane change, pressing in front of Qin Lianjie's car to grab the best curve line!

The appearance of this scene stunned the drivers of the Light Spot Team. Almost everyone looked at the taillights of the Subaru Impreza in the distance with disbelief.

They don't know Chen Xiangbei's specific strength, but they know Qin Lianjie's strength very well!
As the leader of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen team, and with his specially tuned Civic Type-R, Qin Lianjie has always been able to outperform professional drivers who came to race in the mountains because of his familiarity.

In addition, starting is Qin Lianjie's strong point. It is rare to see him fall behind, but today he was overtaken by a high school student!
"Damn! Am I seeing things? Brother Jie got beaten at the start?"

"Fuck, are all high school students this cool now?"

"Did Brother Jie let it go? It doesn't seem very scientific."

The drivers at the scene were talking about it. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe that the team's leader could be overtaken by a high school student at the start.

"Che Laoquan, is Qin Lianjie a noob, or does that idiot Chen Xiangbei have some real talent?"

Ma Minghan asked Liu Shaoquan beside him. He vaguely felt that something was wrong from the starting performance and the conversation with the driver.

If someone shows off his wealth and buys a Mercedes-Benz AMG, besides showing off and picking up girls, he also wants to become the "God of Cars in Akina Mountain".

So Ma Minghan bought a sports car purely to show off.

After all, as the saying goes, the poor play with cars, the rich play with watches, and the poor play with computers.

You already have everything you want, why do you still want to risk your life racing?

“You’ll know once you turn the corner.”

Che Laoquan did not give a clear answer. In fact, he was a little shocked at the moment.

There is actually a chain of contempt in the racing world, that is, racing enthusiasts look down on those who try to show off and think that their mentality in playing cars is not pure enough.

The professional circle looks down on people on the street. After all, why do you use your hobby to challenge my profession?
There is also a chain of contempt among professional competitions, but only F1 Formula One sits at the top of the pyramid.

In Che Laoquan's eyes, Chen Xiangbei was a fringe talent who was not even qualified to be a racing enthusiast. But now he was able to make a perfect start and surpass Qin Lianjie, which was really beyond his expectation.

However, just starting alone cannot judge anything. Everyone can step on the accelerator on a straight road, but only when you are fast in a curve can you be really fast.

Just witnessing the line through the first corner gives you a rough idea of ​​your driving skills! Sitting in the Civic Type-R, Qin Lianjie looked at the Subaru Impreza blocking his way, a look of surprise crossing his face.

He had seen Chen Xiangbei start the Corolla. At that time, he deliberately came to the middle of the road to verify the tire marks and knew that this guy had a very good coordination between the accelerator and the clutch.

But Qin Lianjie never expected that Chen Xiangbei would change to a high-horsepower Subaru Impreza and still achieve this kind of miraculous coordination between the gas and the clutch at the start.

How exaggerated is the adaptability required to be able to drive every car to its best effect?
But at this moment there was no time to marvel at Qin Lianjie. He accelerated at full throttle and tried to use the advantage of horsepower to shorten the distance between the two cars on this long straight road, and even directly overtake the car in front.

However, Chen Xiangbei showed very sophisticated driving skills. When he started to change lanes, he not only seized the best cornering route, but also blocked Qin Lianjie's overtaking route.

Because Chen Xiangbei knew very well that the Civic Type-R had 75 more horsepower than his own, and the linear acceleration in the latter part of the naturally aspirated engine was more powerful. In addition, the car was almost 100KG lighter, so it was easy to catch up or overtake on the long straights.

The two cars changed lanes back and forth on the long straight road. Qin Lianjie tried to overtake several times, but was blocked by Chen Xiangbei.

Soon they arrived at the No. 1 C-shaped turn of Nanyun Mountain. Before that, Chen Xiangbei was driving a Corolla and taking the turn at a very fast speed.

Today, Qin Lianjie wants to see if the high school student can be faster than him!
Not only Qin Lianjie wanted to see it, but everyone on the top of the mountain came to the viewing platform, their eyes fixed on the Subaru Impreza running in front.

Before entering the curve, Chen Xiangbei's Subaru Impreza changed lanes extremely close to the outer roadbed, and then the brake lights came on, but the speed did not drop significantly.

Then I saw the Subaru Impreza cut into the center of the corner from the outside to the inside without any drifting action. As soon as the front of the car passed the center of the corner, it started to add gas to accelerate the turbo, and then exited the corner from the inside to the outside, drawing an extremely beautiful arc!

"What kind of cornering speed is this? It's over 130km/h, right?"

"Definitely, maybe even more!"

"I remember Brother Jie's top cornering speed was just over 110km/h, and High School Kid was able to go straight up to 130km/h?"

"It's too fast, really too fast!"

Although the platform at the top of the mountain is full of underground racers and their racing professionalism may be a little lacking, Nanyun Mountain is the base of the Light Spot Racing Team, and they are very familiar with every bend.

This kind of cornering speed is completely out of control. Qin Lianjie, who is so familiar with the Nanyun Mountain Road, didn't dare to run, but Chen Xiangbei, a high school student, actually passed it!

"This...this line...professional racer?"

Che Laoquan looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes wide open and his face full of disbelief.

No one present was more familiar with the operation and line-tracking methods of professional racers than he was. Chen Xiangbei's line-tracking had no traces of those of street or mountain racers.

From changing lanes to blocking the car, to seizing the center of the corner, and finally accelerating out of the corner, every step of the operation is just right, even to the point of being simple and unpretentious!

Real racing is never about showing off, but about winning, and it is obvious that Chen Xiangbei has achieved this.

But the problem is that he is just a high school student. He usually comes into contact with a group of underground racers. Except for Nanyun Mountain, he may not even have driven on a real track. How could he possibly show signs of being a professional racer?

Che Laoquan couldn't understand this. Is there really a racing genius in the world who is self-taught?

The most shocked person was Qin Lianjie. The Civic Type-R is a front-engine, front-wheel drive car, which is not naturally suitable for drifting.

He usually drives on mountain roads. Unless there are very small bends, he will use the handbrake to drift through the bends. In most cases, he relies on the line to turn.

This is what makes Qin Lianjie different from ordinary underground drivers, and it is also why Liang Chi valued him.

As a fellow line driver, Qin Lianjie is very clear about the value of Chen Xiangbei's cornering skills. The high school student's driving skills and strength are really scary!

(End of this chapter)