Ricer ships/People buying big ships without thinking for a moment

TC assumes I didn't think about it before buying my D-rated Corvette.

I actually LIKE it D-rated. Keeps it a little more mobile while keeping the insurance down :p
 
Actually a ricer style modding system in ED would be pretty damn cool.

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Frontier let me stick stuff to my ship to make it as unique and/or as silly as I want!

You can even use the Planet Coaster building tech to do it!!
 
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Isn't the origin of "ricer" from "rice rocket"? A pejorative used to describe Japanese import cars which would race against good old 'Murcan muscle? The oh so funny idea being that fast cars from Japan must be powered by rice...

My understanding is that ricer refers to cars (or the driver) while rice rocket referred to sportbikes. (Though Google Search suggests that people do use rice rocket for cars as well)
 
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As a trader primarily, the faster I can get more cargo space the better. The Trading fitted python I am upgrading to next is going to cost about 65 million with a 3 million in insurance cost. Eventually, I will buy a spare and fit it for combat.

For combat primary ships, your analysis is spot on.
 
Everyone around the age of 18 knows that ground effects, big spoilers, rims, tinted windows, stickers not only make go faster, but allow you to look the coolest. [big grin]

lightweight rims will actually improve the performance of your car.

Tinted windows are for comfort if you live in the south
 
(Ricer: from the latin word Ricarius meaning to suck at everything you attempt)

A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster.
 
On topic, I only get a ship if I can afford AT LEAST a decent outfit and rebuy. The big ships will perform well enough without A Spec everything. :)
 
I disagree - it's much better to buy the ship bare-bones, slap on a few things, then you get to enjoy the process over the following weeks of gradually upgrading it into your kickass dream-ship.

This is exactly how I have played ED. I buy a new ship, without selling my old ship, with enough money to cover insurance and then earn more money and upgrade modules bit-by-bit. It's a heap of fun doing this. I've been playing since the original beta and I'm only just about to step into a FAS (as the most expensive ship I've owned). I have more than enough money tied up in assets to afford the best ship, however I like to spend time with each ship. As such I have had a great time with all the smaller ships.
 
My Clipper is a total Ricer at the moment:
Custom paint job, but I had to strip everything to afford all the fast-track fortification against the Feds last week.
The essentials are A rated again for getting around: FSD, thrusters, distro; but I can't afford shields or weapons, and MAN I could use a Mil Spec hull.

I love the under powered / under gunned thing.
Mondays are my Fly Below Rebuy Day, so I totally get the joy of reaching for a new hull and not having cash for proper kit.
The last couple of weeks have shown that I REALLY need a FAS/FDL for what I need to do.

Hate grinding but.
Need a windfall.
 
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Couldn't disagree more with the OP, over half the enjoyment is the slow progression of upgrading your ship. Always have insurance and a few necessary upgrades (depends on person, C rate PP and A rate FSD for me) but that's it really. Buying a fully upgraded ship all at once robs you of most of the fun.
 
Let's think of it as someone that buys a brand new muscle car, but instead they buy it with a cheap little inline-4 engine instead of the powerful V8 engine that the car was meant to have. Iv'e seen a rather higher-than-expected amount of players buying ships in a similar way; buying a brand new large-sized ship that takes up your entire balance, then adding a few useless upgrades to use up the remaining dollars in your pocket from the old ship you sold and not affording to install the slightest-bigger power plant.

I mean, come on already! If you're going to buy a ricer ship and use up all your money, you probably should think twice because you won't be able to afford insurance claims and there's so much to install on a brand new ship before exiting the station, you have to keep a good eye on the mass and all that. So please, make sure you will still have a good amount of something-million credits in your balance after purchasing your new ship.

Sometimes, such a fit out is on purpose...

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If you drive by a high school, you should see some ricers parked around. You can identify them as 1990's imports/hatchbacks with big exhausts and sporty wheels. And they sound like chainsaws.

I gently left the lights in my clapped out old Toyota once and was distracted by this humongous noise on my left. Some other guy in a clapped out car with a modified exhaust and spoiler was trying to beat my car off the lights and failing. And I wasn't even trying. It was most pathetic, I let him pull ahead.

That's a ricer car.

My understanding was that it referred to a Japanese sports car.
 
Isn't the origin of "ricer" from "rice rocket"? A pejorative used to describe Japanese import cars which would race against good old 'Murcan muscle? The oh so funny idea being that fast cars from Japan must be powered by rice...

That's what I love about ED forums, you learn something every day. LOL.
 
I don't think a lot of people in this thread truly understand the point of rice rockets.

The point is not to go fast, but to turn really well and corner fast.

American Muscle are good and all until you try to make a turn with them. There is a reason why Nascar only turns 1 direction while F1 drives on Suzuka and Monte Carlo :p
 

I was thinking of southern U.S. when i wrote that. Tinted windows can have a big affect on how hot it is in your car. One of the architects at work recently did an entire presentation on tinted windows in buildings, energy conservation, and hvac.

Not familiar with UK geography... Only reason I even know of Cardiff is because its where the show Torchwood takes place.

Big spoilers can be functional if they are implemented properly. Take a look at some high end sports cars.

Stickers are great if someone is actually sponsoring your car. Also great for giving the police a reason to pull you over for speeding 1 mph over the limit - whatever your bumper sticker says i can almost guarantee that you will run into the one police officer that absolutely hates it and he will find a reason to stop you.

Not defending people making their cars look stupid. I simply spent the last 5 years or so being involved in various levels of racing so all those things have some purpose at some point. People just misuse them.
 
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