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Offline 8thJinx

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Land Speed Record
« on: November 13, 2016, 08:36:50 PM »
There should be an achievement for this.  I clocked in at 196 mph in an M-18 going down a hill on the saw blade map.
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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2016, 09:15:38 AM »
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Offline EskimoJoe

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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2016, 03:49:53 PM »
Maybe at 88 miles an hour we can reference a certain movie and crazy time traveling scientist?
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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2016, 11:45:51 PM »
Maybe at 88 miles an hour we can reference a certain movie and crazy time traveling scientist?
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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2016, 03:33:33 PM »
There should be an achievement for this.  I clocked in at 196 mph in an M-18 going down a hill on the saw blade map.

Bring back manual transmission and the possibility to shift to neutral (or open the clutch)!

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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2016, 10:31:49 PM »
280mph in a M4 on Trinity Map back when transmissions were manual.

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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2017, 07:18:40 AM »
I exceeded light speed on Trinity map, tomorrow! :devil

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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2017, 12:30:25 PM »
had the same deal on buzzsaw yesterday bish were rolling m3s and my f4f had trouble staying with them. 

made firing on them much easier because of similar speeds.
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Re: Land Speed Record
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2017, 01:34:18 PM »
Bring back manual transmission and the possibility to shift to neutral (or open the clutch)!
THIS!

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