Downpour Touge Battle! (Ejen Ali Street Racer AU)

Downpour Touge Battle!

The night breeze is calming, especially on top of a mountain, high in the clouds. However tonight's atmosphere is the opposite of calm. A new group of outsiders are challenging the local Cyberaya gangs to races and winning left and right, one of them managed to challenge the head of Top Speed Freaks; Alicia but loss. Despite this the enemy hasn't given up and continued their assault on the locals. They made their way to the East and confronted the Indigo Buffs, high acceleration specialist. The calm and collected Iman; leader of the crew is on edge as her crew member's car got wrecked in the race. The opponent is a girl just like her but her skills aren't to be looked down upon. To make matters worst she drives an AWD muscle car, the model is the a heavily modefied 2012 Dodge Challenger and boasted insane traction for a muscle car. Chris lost to her due to her ability to attack corners aggressively at higher speeds than him.

"Your little crew is pathetic, only two high ranking members? hah!" Rizka, the name of her opponent taunted. This striked a nerve but not Iman's. "You better watch your mouth!" Mika lashed out as Chris held her back on her wheelchair. This only earned a scoff from the Indonesian girl. Her friends watching from the sidelines merely smirked. One of them named Sam got flashbacks of his battle against Alicia and shivered, Hoping Rizka can pull of it off. Both factions gathered up in their respective groups to discuss plans for the race. "You'll need to take the lead, it'll be your advantage." Mika spoke to Iman. "Wouldnt that be a bad idea? Getting pressured from behind is not a good thing especially for cornering." Chris interjected, feeling unsure with Mika's advice. " It's fine, I can take the pressure, if I have to.... I'll do "that"." the shawl wearing girl said, her eyes clearly show determination but wavered in slight doubt.

"Welp, good luck."

"I'll win this for the crew and Cyberaya."

Iman's Plymouth Barracuda growled into the road as she positioned it next to her opponent's Dodge Challenger. It's V8 loud and rattling. Chris stands in the middle, ready to start the countdown. Before that he explains the basics of tonight's race. "This is going to be single hillclimb race, the winner is the car that reaches the finish line first." Then he initiates the countdown.

"3!"

Both drivers shifted into first gear while revving their engines, the crowd cheers but stopped as rain started to fall. Chris ceased the countdown as the rain turned into a downpour, some spectators seeking shelter under trees and some fortunate enough to bring umbrellas. Iman got out of the car and approached Rizka who remained in her sky blue Challenger. "We came all the way here for a battle, if it rains we ain't backing down!" she said as her eyes show a burning desire for a race, Iman nodded and returned to her vehicle. Seeing that the race is on Chris once starts the countdown.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"GO!"

Engines roaring and tires screeching, the two muscle cars set off with frightening speeds, climbing the mountain pass road. Mika smirked as the two cars vanish behind the first corner. Chris saw this and is curious. "Why are you upbeat so suddenly?" he asked, puzzled as ever. To him, rain is bad for traction which muscle cars already lacked. "You don't know much yet, my guy. Iman's a rain specialist, it's her specialty offering more slidy maneuvers  to be done using her Barracuda's oversteery characteristic which she has control of, unlike understeer, oversteer is easier to manage since it only happens when you slow down. You should know that as someone who's proud driving a muscle car."

Iman takes the lead as she goes in full throttle in the straightway but her opponent, Rizka is right on her bumper it's own modern V8 screaming with a loud but subtle whine of a supercharger. The rain plummeting onto their windshields as their wipers are set at max speed to remove the water droplets, for better vision in the dark downpouring road. They approach the first corner, Rizka braked hard early on, clutching and downshifting to reduce speed upon entering the corner. However Iman delayed her braking to the absolute final section and hard-brakes while downshifting and turning the wheel all the way to initiate a drift as she floors the pedal to force the car into oversteer. The moment it did, she counter-steers immediately, sliding through the corner with success. While Rizka grip runs the corner, fearing understeer especially in the rain. Her teeth gritted, flooring the pedal upon exiting as her car jolts forward, both engine and supercharger screaming. Iman just recovered from the drift also puts more pressure on the accelerator, both cars stormed the slope with engines screaming, using second gear for maximum power. Rizka creeps up behind Iman rather quickly since all wheels are powered meaning better grip and acceleration on an uphill compared to RWD cars where only two are powered.