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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
It was authentic only if you didn't know what a car was. The technical inaccuracies were mind boggling, and it wasn't tiny nit-picky things either. Linking this movie with any notions of authenticity is like putting "Starship Troopers" up there with "Saving Private Ryan." This movie was simply horrid on so many levels. I shudder to think of the street-racing poseur scum it spwaned (although it did do wonders to the resale value of the Toyota Supra) when it came out.
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I don't disagree with anything here. The atmosphere of the film was gritty, though, and it did honestly feel like Los Angeles. I had to shower after leaving the theater. It's fun when a movie can actually capture a city correctly. That was what impressed me.
As a real street racer myself, it was a funny movie. The 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse in the beginning of the film was naturally aspirated, but somehow it has a blow-off valve and reaches 140 before the 1/4 mile? Absurd. And he insists that more nitrous will increase his top speed! My favorite, though, is when the main character is read the riot act by Vin Diesel, and he claims that not double clutching was somehow a serious error. This is of course insane; straight shifting is how you race in a car. Double shifting is how you drive a big rig. Maybe they pulled the synchros out of the Eclipse to save weight?
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