[TS] Formula One Streamer - Chapter 82

It’s not that Harry is dumb, but his driving really sucks.

I’ve been watching since the early days of the broadcast, and he only made it to F5 because he has a lot of matches under his belt, not because of his skills.

Other F5 streamers are not exactly great either, but Haerari really struggles to keep up, so I doubt he’ll ever change.

Only KING, who chose the wrong partner, will be stressed out.

Puririn: I did speak a bit harshly, but Haerari’s body really doesn’t cooperate. The fact that he’s still F5 after a year of ranked play shows there’s no hope.

ㄴㅇㅇ(213.288): Why are you attacking someone who’s working hard like this?;;

ㄴㅇㅇ(14.4): Looking at that writing, it seems like she can’t even make it to F5, and she’s probably envious because Haerari gets to train with KINGㅋㅋ

ㄴ레몬: Exactly.

Pochang Life: Isn’t it actually fortunate if someone is really bad? Sensei will explain everything from the basics. That would be good for us too.

ㄴ포린이: Porin-chan is really great!

<Today, Professor KING is leading the clueless For One users>

Wow… Just look at the level of starting from circuit theory and designing escape routes for each corner.

That’s genuine foundational education.

Whenever I see those idiots who act like they’re lecturing, talking about trail braking and threshold braking as if they’re so knowledgeable…

Come on you 10-rank idiots, if you knew how to do that, you wouldn’t be in this rank, would you?ㅋㅋ

Those delusional El-Tubers and streamers who boasted about their pathetic physical skills during educational broadcasts should be learning from him.

Jeoktomatan: It really seems like KING is teaching well… He expresses things in a way that’s easy to understand.

ㄴㅇㅇ(115.21): Even the national team acknowledges the unmatched rank. KING is definitely tier 1.

ㄴㅇㅇ(39.124): ㅋ What national team, they can’t even participate in F1 and formed a similar league for self-gratification;;

ㄴ비보호좌회전: The national team is made up entirely of those with two-digit overall rankings, and you ignore that, you idiotㅋ

Mr. Science No.5: I was the one who won the education broadcast last Saturday, and I really absorbed the lecture. After that, my ranking went up a lot, and today’s lecture is also great.

ㄴㅇㅇ(61.255): Somehow… I can’t believe she’s a high school girl. The examples she gives make it seem like she really was an F1 driver.

<Finally, the race mission starts>

Finally, the ranking chaos begins.

Personally, I think the 5th thread — Rallyking team will come in first.

Although Sre was an F3 user, he’s close to the celestial realm and Rallyking is F5 at best, but among the student streamers, he’s ranked number one.

The one coming in last will probably be Haerari, who is at the very bottom of F5.

Despite being F5, there are so many users that the rank variations within that tier are huge.

Still, since the teacher is KING, there might be a chance…?

Detective Raikoran: It’s the first day, so is the rank really that important? It’ll be about whether they learn well during these two weeks.

ㄴ풀DRS: That may be true, but watching them fight for pride among themselves is really entertainingㅎㅎ

ㄴ쿠로미: Plus, it’s a nighttime Bahrain circuit with many overtakes, making it even more fun!

ㅇㅇ(213.877): Rallyking was demoted from F4, but has good physical skills. It’s just that his mentality is a bit garbage.

ㄴ포랑해: Wow! You know Rallyking!

ㄴㅇㅇ(213.877): The mentally garbage streaming rallyking… seems to fit perfectly with the stray thread.

Ferrari-chan: Is physical skill important? Even if the F5s have good physical skills, what’s the big deal? No matter how poor their technique is, with Lee Hyun’s great teaching today, Harry’s understanding as a Seongwon graduate can handle it.

ㄴ포창인생: This guy must have really listened to the lecture carefully.

ㄴㅇㅇ(14.78): Ah,ㅋㅋ just because you understood it in your head doesn’t mean you have the ability to execute it.

ㅇㅇ(211.78): It’ll be fun to see what happens if Rallyking can’t come in first because of the weakest Haerari, thoughㅋㅋ

He was confident he could win them all.

Even without the teacher, he was confident he wouldn’t lose to anyone in this event filled with just F5s.

Though it wasn’t an overwhelming gap, he planned to shine in the spotlight with a meaningful lead that made the classification questionable.

While the other F5s might say it didn’t make sense, not all F5s belong to the same rank.

For One is a game with user numbers in the hundreds of millions.

In such a worldwide game, F5 was the tier with the most users.

There are distinctions even among F5s.

It could be likened to the difference between a 73-point third-grade and an 82-point third-grade on a college entrance exam.

They may be in the same grade, but the score difference is like night and day, in that context.

In any case, the number of users was several multiples of the number of people taking the entrance exam, so the gap would probably be even wider.

Thus, even though he was always around F4, Rallyking was at the top of the F5 rankings in this event.

“I’m going to wipe the floor with everyone in this race.”

He confidently boasted in front of the viewers, convinced he would certainly take first place.

Since streamers suffer great criticism when they fail at opening their mouths, it was among the actions to be avoided the most, but Rallyking didn’t think of the aftermath.

If you win, that’s what matters, right? Why think about what will happen later?

Worrying about things that hadn’t even occurred yet wasn’t his style.

True to his preference for racing without any backtracking, Rallyking was just going to go for it.

The risks of failure were high, but so were the sweet rewards of success.

Moreover, this mission was a major event taking place at the platform level.

Renowned streamers were gathering in droves.

KING, One Man Show, Speed Racer, Halo, 7-stage booster…

With a total of 40 streamers’ fixed viewers and the crowd gathered to watch the event, nearly 500,000 viewers were observing.

The more spectators there are, the brighter the position of being number one naturally shines.

If he takes first place in the mission, which would be conducted on the first day of the event, massive traffic would flow into Rallyking’s broadcast.

So, his primary thought was to increase viewership rather than improving his skills during this event, making today’s race mission very appealing to him.

Getting on the podium, increasing viewers, being showered with donations, and sitting on a pile of money…

Rallyking was caught up in a grand dream since the first day.

“Hehehe…”

Sre glanced at Rallyking, who was lost in such delusions, with a worried expression.

While putting on a persona might draw attention, it could also be a dangerous weapon if used carelessly.

It would be better to regulate the level moderately for potential failures or add flamboyance to create a playful atmosphere.

Does the frog that can jump the highest know that this is a well?

It seemed Rallyking didn’t even realize he was a frog.

“Don’t forget what I said, just manage your mental state well. You already have the best skills, so let’s just maintain your pace.”

“Don’t worry, Sre. I’m the king in F5. I’ll start from pole position after qualifying in lap one and maintain first place all the way to the checker flag.”

[ㅋㅋㅋ Even if he dropped to F5, he was originally ranked in F4… Let’s go for first place~]

[Isn’t this confidence bordering on arrogance? If he flops, it’ll be super embarrassing]

[This 10-rank expression is really annoying, but he’s the fastest among the student streamers]

[They’re just garbage F5s; he’ll probably come in first]

[Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down]

[Shut up, it’s annoying;; even if you sing the down song like that, it’s not going to happen, so just go away]

[How can you fall down? It’s a battle between the top and mid-low F5s]

[He’ll at least make it to the podium]

[F5ㅋㅋ Top and middle-lowㅋㅋ Acorn measurementㅋㅋ]

[Let’s shake off the stray streamers including Rallyking!]

[Yeah, it’s boring, so even if he gets first, he’ll still end up as a stray]

The chaotic chat room was predicting an overwhelming victory for Rallyking.

Vroooom-!!!

“Why the hell is that guy keeping up so well? Is he on drugs?”

Rallyking muttered inside the cockpit with the mic turned off.

Name / Time / Laps

① Rallyking 1:54:205 42/51

② Haerari 1:54:333 +0.128 42/51

③ Enginegasm 1:56:889 +2.684 42/51

What the hell is going on?

Rallyking couldn’t understand the situation at all.

The supposedly weakest Haerari was constantly threatening his position as he led the race.

Of course, it was just a threat and didn’t turn into an overtake, but the pressure was significant.

If he hesitated even slightly on the throttle or braked too timidly, the gap would shrink to decimal points.

But leading in first place must be due to Haerari’s calm race management, which didn’t push too hard.

Clearly, he was someone with a gambler’s instinct, or just a reckless driver.

He’d earlier assumed he was leading as a mindless driver, but something had changed in just two hours.

Speed Racer: Don’t rush it, just keep going. Use the backmarker after the corners for slipstreaming.

In his impatience, he couldn’t hear Sre’s coaching.

He could only think about shaking off Haerari who was following him closely.

Corners 14 and 15.

After a right-angled corner, there’s a shallow corner leading into a series of corners.

With clean air ahead, he quickly exited using maximum acceleration and minimal deceleration in an out-in-out fashion.

As soon as he finished thinking, it was time to execute.

Vroooom-!!!

He held the brakes, leaving just enough grip for the exit.

As the gears shifted, he could hear the engine revving vividly.

Upon reaching the corner, he found he had more space than expected.

He could’ve exited without any issue if he braked a little more leisurely.

Speed Racer: Good, nice cornering. You’ve got your line right, so let’s keep pushing.

If his braking calculations had been even more precise, he could have widened the gap with Haerari, but achieving this much was already a success in Rallyking’s situation.

Then he had to make up for any lost time.

Rallyking slowly pressed down on the throttle during cornering to increase his speed.

While he risked slipping out, the stable line offered little chance of that happening.

Swoosh!!!

Having picked up speed while passing the apex, Rallyking compensated for his earlier mistake upon entering the corner and maintained a sleek line all the way through corner 15.

He kept to a clean racing line.

The straight stretch back to corner one was long.

He used the backmarker ahead to get a slipstream and sped forward.

At this point, he should have increased the gap with Haerari.

When he checked behind, though, he couldn’t see Haerari’s pink race car…

Vroooom!!!

From the rear of the race car he had used as a backmarker, Haerari’s race car shot out using the same method.

As they passed the start line, a new message appeared.

New! – [Fastest Lap ‘Haerari’ 1:53:999]

① Rallyking 1:54:183 43/51

② Haerari 1:53:999 -0.184 43/51

He held the lead, but he lost the fastest lap he had maintained until lap 42 to Haerari.

“sh*t, what the hell…”

Despite being virtual reality, Rallyking felt his palms sweating.

Only then did he realize an unease he hadn’t felt before in this previously dismissed event.