E5 - Teamwork

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[00:08] Ogata
    Ogata here! What was that slide just now?!
    Is something wrong, Kanata?!
[00:12] Ogata
    Are you having issues
     with the car's balance?!
[00:15] Kanata
    No problems. Just a minor adjustment.
[00:18] Kanata
    The Honda and Alfa in front
    of me are battling hard.
[00:22] Kanata
    But with no one around me,
    I can take my ideal lines.
[00:26] Kanata
    And the moment where
    I join their battle...
[00:29] Kanata
    may come sooner than I expected.
[00:32] Ogata
    Join that dogfight?
    I wonder how serious he is about that...
[00:38] Ogata
    when there's such a huge gulf between
    his car's power and everyone else's.
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[02:16] Commentator
    Now the chaos of the start has settled down,
    the order has taken shape.
[02:31] Commentator
    These 15 fighting machines scale the
    steep slopes of Sector 1 at full throttle!
[02:59] Otani
    Going on the attack already, Aiba?
[03:03] Otani
    But if you get too keyed up,
    one bad call can sink your whole race.
[03:09] Otani
    That's how it is in MFG.
[03:12] Otani
    And after three years of doing this,
    I finally feel like I can be competitive.
[03:17] Otani
    Experience is everything in MFG.
[03:33] Second
    What's wrong, Daigo?
    You're getting left behind.
[03:36] Oishi
    What the hell do you think is wrong?
    I can't stamp on the gas like this!
[03:41] Oishi
    If only I had slightly bigger tires...
[03:44] Oishi
    Damned grip-to-weight ratio rule!
[03:54] Oishi
    I spent a lot of money
    to bring a fast car here...
[03:58] Oishi
    So just let me floor it, damn it!
[04:14] Kogashiwa
    In simplistic terms, you can interpret
    the standardized grip-to-weight ratio rule
[04:19] Kogashiwa
    as a way of standardizing cornering speeds.
[04:23] Commentator
    Regulating only the grip-to-weight ratio of the
    cars and not the body or engine displacement...
[04:28] Commentator
    I still remember the shock
    I felt when I heard that.
[04:32] Kogashiwa
    Right. It's such a simple touch, but one that's
     hard to pin down the reasoning behind it.
[04:38] Kogashiwa
    But since there's little
    to be gained in the corners,
[04:41] Kogashiwa
    the more powerful cars
    seemingly have the advantage,
[04:44] Signs
    Maezono Kazuhiro
[04:44] Signs
    Kitahara Nozomi
[04:44] Signs
    Katagiri Kanata
[04:45] Kogashiwa
    because they can accelerate
    better on the straights.
[04:47] Commentator
    And that's why we've seen an arms
    race on the power front, correct?
[04:51] Kogashiwa
    Exactly. Premium high-end European
    models have dominated the top spots,
[04:56] Kogashiwa
    giving the rule its nickname:
    the rich man's regulation.
[04:59] Kogashiwa
    But I think we may be approaching
    a turning point in that way of thinking.
[05:04] Commentator
    How do you mean?
[05:06] Kogashiwa
    After Michael Beckenbauer
    joined the competition last year,
[05:10] Kogashiwa
    we've seen a shift from
    pure power to a balanced setup.
[05:14] Kogashiwa
    The rookie, Katagiri Kanata, is the
    perfect example of this school of thought.
[05:20] Kogashiwa
    Granted, his car is so down on power,
    it can hardly be called well-balanced.
[05:28] Ogata
    Well, excuse me.
    As if I don't already know that.
[05:31] Kogashiwa
    This regulation Ryo Takahashi put in has
    such exact specifications on tire durability,
[05:37] Kogashiwa
    it makes me think the possibility of upsets
    was intentional and always part of the plan.
[05:46] Kogashiwa
    I'm honestly kind of speechless
    at how brilliantly set up it is.
[05:54] Joyu
    Looks like Kogashiwa learned
    something in all those years of racing.
[05:59] Joyu
    He's on the right track.
[06:01] Joyu
    MFG is the next phase in
    the evolution of Project D.
[06:04] Joyu
    What Ryosuke called his "study of
    high-speed racing on public roads."
[06:09] Joyu
    But I have doubts that anyone can solve this
    complex formula Ryosuke has come up with.
[06:18] Commentator
    The leaders are coming up
    to the rest house.
[06:24] Commentator
    Aiba in the 9 is gunning
    for Sakamoto in the 5!
[06:28] Commentator
    You can't take your eyes off this tussle!
[06:31] Aiba
    Damn it. I'm not letting
    some European car beat me.
[06:35] Aiba
    Let's show 'em the old Yamato spirit, GTR.
[06:39] Sakamoto
    Aiba, if you're too aggressive
    on a freaky course like this,
[06:42] Sakamoto
    you'll be dead a couple of times over.
[06:45] Sakamoto
    With my huge engine displacement, 4WD,
    and electronic control, I'm decked out for war!
[06:50] Sakamoto
    I let the car take me around
    the corners, then I blast away.
[06:54] Sakamoto
    Because in MFG, your car is everything.
[07:02] Commentator
    The racers make their way
    out of Sector 1 and into Sector 2!
[07:06] Commentator
    And after that steep climb
    comes the downhill descent!
[07:11] Commentator
    What changes will we see to the order
    as the cars exit the power section?
[07:21] Commentator
    So far, 14 cars have passed the rest house.
[07:26] Commentator
    The 86 is a bit further back,
    but catching fast.
[07:30] Commentator
    And now, all the cars have entered Sector 2!
[07:34] Ogata
    Ogata here.
[07:35] Ogata
    Oil temperature and pressure look good.
[07:37] Ogata
    And your fuel's where it should be.
[07:40] Ogata
    Anything you need?
[07:41] Kanata
    Ogata-san, could you tell me
    how far it is to the car in front?
[07:45] Kanata
    I don't see it anywhere.
[07:47] Ogata
    The car in front? Let's see...
[07:49] Ogata
    That's the 18, the Alfa Romeo.
[07:51] Ogata
    It's 6.8 seconds up the road.
[07:53] Kanata
    Roger. I'm going after them.
[07:56] Ogata
    That's easy to say, man. 6.8 seconds
    is a decent chunk of time to make up.
[08:08] Kakeru
    Kakeru here. What are you doing, Nozomi?
    Get past that Honda and catch up already.
[08:14] Nozomi
    He's tougher than you'd think. Despite being
     an FF, he's really fast out of the corners.
[08:18] Nozomi
    I could use a hand, bro.
[08:20] Kakeru
    Guess I'll have to.
[08:22] Kakeru
    Keep an eye out for a chance to do
    the thing. We'll go with Formation #3.
[08:26] Nozomi
    Copy that. I'm counting on you, big bro.
[08:35] Maezono
    I've caught up. The FK8 has better
    stability when going downhill.
[08:40] Maezono
    That Lotus Exige ain't so hot after all.
[08:43] Maezono
    I'll leave you in the dust.
[08:45] Maezono
    Your outside's wide open!
[08:48] Maezono
    Let's do this!
[08:56] Kakeru
    Now! Get in there, Nozomi!
[08:58] Nozomi
    See ya later!
[09:01] Maezono
    What is this crap? He left the door open
    just to bait me into making a move?
[09:07] Second
    Watch out, Maezono. There's one on your tail.
[09:10] Maezono
    You're too late! The Alfa already got past me.
[09:13] Second
    Not her!
[09:17] Maezono
    Do your job, booth! If the 86 had caught up,
     you should've said something!
[09:22] Second
    I just did!
[09:23] Maezono
    If he's already here, you took too long!
[09:25] Maezono
    My eyes are on what's in front, damn it!
[09:29] Maezono
    But I thought the 86 was way back.
[09:33] Maezono
    The second we hit the downhill, he ate up
    the gap. What kind of trick did he use?
[09:40] Nozomi
    The 86 is behind us, bro. Kanata's here!
[09:44] Kakeru
    Damn it. We don't stand a chance
    in a fair fight in the technical section.
[09:49] Kakeru
    Let's gap him as much as we can.
[09:51] Nozomi
    Gotcha. Things are getting
    pretty fun now, huh, bro?
[09:54] Kakeru
    Not even a little!
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[10:01] Kanata
    MF Ghost.
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[10:08] Ren
    MF Ghost.
[10:12] MFG Staff
    There's been a change of positions,
     so whenever you're ready.
[10:15] Moe
    'Kay!
[10:22] Seven
    Can I ask you something, Kyoko-senpai?
[10:25] Kyoko
    Sure, ask me anything.
    After all, it is your first race, Ren-chan.
[10:30] Seven
    It's about that.
SIGN    Yashio Kakeru
[10:33] Seven
    Why are they using an analog leaderboard?
SIGN    Kitahara Nozomi
[10:37] Seven
    Everything else in MFG is so high tech.
[10:40] Kyoko
    You've got a sharp eye.
    Well, just watch and it'll all become clear.
[10:47] Moe
    Oh, gosh.
[10:49] Moe
    Don't zoom in on my butt, Uehara-san.
     I'm super self-conscious about it.
[10:55] Seven
    Don't tell me...
[10:56] Kyoko
    Fanservice is an important part of this gig.
[10:59] Kyoko
    The Angel Cam is popular
    and gets a ton of views.
[11:03] Kyoko
    Better brace yourself for it, Ren-chan.
[11:06] Seven
    I had no idea.
[11:08] Staff
    And now, it's Question Time.
[11:10] Staff
    Moe-chan, who's your favorite driver?
[11:13] Moe
    Wow, that's such a hard question.
[11:17] Moe
    All the drivers are wonderful,
    but kind of hard to approach.
[11:23] Moe
    They're a little too intimidating for me.
[11:28] Moe
    So my favorite is all 15 of them!
[11:31] Moe
    And as long as everyone makes it across
    the line safely, I'll be super happy.
[11:35] Staff
    What a perfect answer.
[11:37] Man B
    You're so cute, Moe-chan!
[11:39] Staff
    That was the fans' number one, Moe-chan!
[11:42] Kyoko
    Talk about a corny act.
[11:44] Kyoko
    If there were a vote on who has the worst
    personality, you'd be number one with a bullet.
[11:49] Seven
    I thought this job was
    mostly singing and dancing.
[11:52] Seven
    Being an Angel is tougher than I figured.
[12:02] Kakeru
    We're in the second half now. Just a little
    bit further and the course goes uphill again.
[12:07] Kakeru
    Gonna need to put some distance between us
    and the 86 to give us a decent margin.
[12:11] Kakeru
    Because when we get to Sector 3,
    he'll gain a lot of speed.
[12:17] Commentator
    And the two leaders are through the
    Torii gate, with Beckenbauer on the attack!
[12:21] Commentator
    He's got Ishigami by the tail
    and isn't letting go!
[12:25] Kogashiwa
    This must be hard for Ishigami-kun.
    I don't think he's got much breathing room.
[12:30] Kogashiwa
    As reigning champ two years running, I'd like
    to see him stand up to this rising star, but...
[12:36] Ishigami
    How damn embarrassing.
[12:38] Ishigami
    A standard Cayman managing
    to chase down the famous GT3...
[12:44] Ishigami
    I can't help it getting under my skin.
[12:46] Ishigami
    Is the fact that he graduated from the
    Porsche Academy making me self-conscious?
[12:55] Ishigami
    Why can't I shake the feeling that
    I'm being looked down upon from up high?
[13:03] Michael
    Do you deserve to be
    driving that car, Ishigami?
[13:09] Michael
    The 991 GT3 is the ultimate
    in Porsche rear-engine models.
[13:14] Michael
    Do you even know how to drive it properly?
[13:19] Michael
    Does a street monkey
    from the far reaches of Asia
[13:22] Michael
    even have the right to sit in
    the seat of a German masterpiece?
[13:27] Michael
    Prove it to me.
[13:30] Commentator
    And here's the battle for third,
[13:33] Commentator
    arguably the most hotly
    contested position in the race!
[13:45] Commentator
    You can see Aiba Shun ducking left and right,
    trying to chase down Sakamoto in the 5 car!
[13:50] Aiba
    Outta my way, you dark side shadow lord!
[13:54] Sakamoto
    How dumb can you get?
    Are you even thinking about your tires?
[13:58] Sakamoto
    And having to put up
    with it is stressing me out.
[14:02] Aiba
    Number Seven's kiss belongs to me!
[14:07] Kyoko
    Something wrong?
[14:08] Seven
    I just got these weird chills.
[14:10] Commentator
    Whoa! Akaba in the 2 car has taken off!
[14:13] Commentator
    He glides past Natsume's
    BMW and takes ninth place!
[14:19] Kogashiwa
    In qualifying, a turbo issue
    cost him a few places,
[14:22] Kogashiwa
    but Akaba-kun isn't the kind of driver
    who's satisfied with that position.
[14:25] Kogashiwa
    He was second last year, and as a
    racing driver, he's a first-class talent.
[14:34] Commentator
    And now, Akaba has the Lamborghini
    in front in his crosshairs!
[14:44] Oishi
    There you are, Akaba Kaito.
[14:46] Oishi
    I've been expecting you.
[14:49] Oishi
    Swelled up on all that turbo...
[14:52] Oishi
    That prancing horse badge
    doesn't mean what it used to.
[14:55] Oishi
    I can hear my naturally aspirated
    5.2 liter engine chuckling behind me.
[15:01] Akaba
    I don't feel particularly
    attached to the Ferrari brand.
[15:06] Akaba
    But it's a superior weapon in fights
    like these, so I make use of it.
[15:11] Akaba
    So why is it I find that bull
    emblem so damn annoying?
[15:18] Oishi
    Lambos are the real kings
    of the supercar these days.
[15:23] Oishi
    And your grand prix
    lineage can kiss my ass!
[15:29] Akaba
    I can hear a whispering in my ear:
[15:31] Akaba
    "Let him have it. Onwards."
[15:34] Akaba
    "This is one car's dust
    you mustn't get left in!"
[15:40] Commentator
    And the leaders pass by
    the highest point on Route 1.
[15:43] Commentator
    The two Porsches blaze into Sector 3.
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    After them, it's the 5 car
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    the 8 car in seventh, the 3 car
    in eighth, the 2 car in ninth...
[15:58] Commentator
    The 11 car in 10th, the 10 car in 11th.
[16:01] Commentator
    Then comes the Yashi-Kita Gang,
    with the 16 in 12th and the 18 in 13th.
[16:07] Commentator
    And then, a bit farther back...
[16:10] Commentator
    Well, here's a surprise.
    The 86 has made it up into 14th place!
[16:17] Commentator
    The Civic is right behind him in 15th.
[16:21] Commentator
    And now, all 15 racers
    have entered Sector 3.
[16:25] Kogashiwa
    I legitimately didn't expect
    to see the 86 advancing like this.
[16:31] Ogata
    Fighting against a field like this
    in an 86 is totally reckless.
[16:36] Ogata
    Isn't it already a miracle
    that Kanata's not last?
[16:48] Maezono
    I've caught up and I'm in an ideal
    position. Best seat in the house.
[16:53] Maezono
    It's a sick joke that he was faster than
    Beckenbauer before the Kamaboko Straight.
[16:58] Maezono
    How did an off-the-shelf 86 pull that off?
[17:02] Maezono
    If he's got some special trick,
    I'm gonna find out what it is and steal it.
[17:08] Maezono
    Once I know how to do it,
    that's my chance to turn it around, too!
[17:24] Maezono
    He's cornering so fast.
[17:26] Maezono
    But that can't be right. Our cars
    should be in the same category group.
[17:35] Maezono
    When I've got the pedal down,
    I'm clearly faster.
[17:38] Maezono
    We might both have 2-liter engines,
    but there's a huge gulf between NA and turbo.
[17:45] Maezono
    He leaves me for dust under braking.
[17:48] Maezono
    His cornering's so fast!
[17:54] Maezono
    I can't let him get away. I need to hang on.
[17:56] Maezono
    Just long enough for me to
    floor it! Until I hit a straight!
[18:01] Maezono
    It's no good. He's leaving me behind.
[18:05] Maezono
    He's getting away. What just happened?
[18:09] Maezono
    I can't get my head around it.
[18:11] Maezono
    It's like we're not subject
    to the same laws of physics.
[18:28] Commentator
    It looks like there's an incident!
[18:30] Commentator
    The BMW driven by Natsume
    in 10th has slowed right down.
[18:35] Kakeru
    Lucky us. Our prize money just
    got bumped up for no extra work.
[18:42] Nozomi
    Bro! I just saw a red car
     in my rearview mirror!
[18:45] Kakeru
    Damn. He's here already?
[18:48] Kakeru
    The gap we fought hard to
    build up got eaten up in no time.
[18:51] Nozomi
    What do we do? Try a block formation?
[18:54] Kakeru
    No, forget that.
    Blocking him would kill our pace.
[18:57] Kakeru
    We don't wanna lose
    more time to the leaders.
[19:00] Kakeru
    If we don't give him an opportunity, he has
    no chance of passing us on a road this narrow.
[19:06] Kakeru
    Just stick to your ideal line.
[19:08] Nozomi
    Works for me. I'm ready
     to take Kanata on head-on!
[19:12] Kakeru
    If you do that, you won't stand a chance.
[19:18] Commentator
    The 3 and the 2 seem to blend
    together as they enter the fog.
[19:23] Commentator
    The cloud of death around the ghost town
    draws car after car into its embrace.
[19:29] Commentator
    Here in the commentary booth,
    this area always makes my heart sink.
[19:33] Kogashiwa
    Right. The lack of visibility from the drone
    footage makes it hard to tell what's going on.
[19:41] Commentator
    It looks like the Yashi-Kita Gang have
    the 86 pinned in as all three charge onwards.
[19:49] Commentator
    So this might be...
    Well, a "good chance" isn't the right phrase,
[19:52] Commentator
    but an opportunity to share with you
    the information I found on Katagiri.
[19:57] Commentator
    He normally goes by Kanata Rivington.
[19:59] Commentator
    We can assume the "Katagiri"
    comes from his Japanese father.
[20:04] Commentator
    He's from Cambridge in England,
[20:06] Commentator
    and went to the Royal Donington Park
    Racing School, or RDRS for short.
[20:12] Commentator
    He first sat in a kart aged four, and by
    seven, he was racing them competitively.
[20:17] Commentator
    Over the next two years,
    he racked up six notable British titles.
[20:22] Commentator
    Aged 10, he entered Formula 4. Two years
    later, he had more titles to his name.
[20:26] Kogashiwa
    Whoa, hold on a second.
    That's an incredible career.
[20:30] Ogata
    Are you for real?
[20:32] (Flashback) Aiba
    There's something fundamentally
    different about where he's at.
[20:37] Ogata
    I thought Shun was just full of crap.
[20:42] Commentator
    It seems there's a mandatory graduation
    exam for students at this racing school,
[20:48] Commentator
    and Katagiri achieved top marks
    in every "mission" on the curriculum.
[20:55] Commentator
    His cumulative score
    apparently set a new school record,
[21:01] Commentator
    and RDRS staff excitedly told me how he had
    an otherworldly knack for shrinking lap times
[21:07] Commentator
    on both the track and in the simulator.
[21:11] Commentator
    Now, with that kind of talent, he had
    his pick of opportunities after graduating.
[21:17] Commentator
    But shockingly, he turned them all down,
    and returned to his family home for a while.
[21:24] Ren Dad
    That would've been around the time
    Katherine took a turn for the worse.
[21:30] Mayuko
    I think so. He's such a kind boy.
[21:34] Commentator
    But here comes the real surprise
    I uncovered while doing this research.
[21:39] Commentator
    There happens to be a Japanese instructor
    on the staff at this academy in Donington.
[21:46] Commentator
    And his name is...
[21:48] Commentator
    Takumi Fujiwara.
[23:31] Narration
    Next time, Turn 06: The Tragic Rallyist.