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Asmodai_00: Nov 26, 2007

FreelanceSocialist posted:

At least you got in to the race

I dunno, getting excited about the race, building up to the green flag, then loving it up on the first turn is a hell of a lot more disappointing than just missing the race entirely.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 05:03

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# ? May 29, 2024 00:56

TannhauserGate: Nov 25, 2007; by garbage day

TannhauserGate | Chevrolet Corvette C1 | Red/White | 13
gt calderracrusade

Feel free to put me last on the list, I'm just going for distance.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 05:04

Logue: Nov 16, 2005

Asmodai_00 posted:

God drat it, I suck so bad at this game. First turn of Jab's endurance race and I go flying off turn 1 and never even see the car in front of me again.

Yeah, I was surprised when you did that. A 1 hour race and you made a risky overtake move on the first corner.....

# ? Nov 11, 2011 05:38

Asmodai_00: Nov 26, 2007

Logue posted:

Yeah, I was surprised when you did that. A 1 hour race and you made a risky overtake move on the first corner.....

No, I was so panicked about sideswiping someone I was looking more to my right than I was ahead, and oh hey a turn.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 05:40

T-Square: May 14, 2009

Logue posted:

Yeah, I was surprised when you did that. A 1 hour race and you made a risky overtake move on the first corner.....

Like I said just before green, everyone knows races are always won on the first corner :v:

...actually I take back my sarcasm on that one. Because you did win from the first corner

# ? Nov 11, 2011 05:42

Doctor Butts: May 21, 2002

So I suck at making pretty vinyls and poo poo so I stuck to simple bullshit, and a theme:
Old companies that no longer exist!

Working on another two logos not shown

# ? Nov 11, 2011 06:13

ANAmal.net: Mar 2, 2002; 100% digital native web developer

I'm in for this, since apparently my wife is at work Saturday afternoon. I'll build a car and then come in dead last.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 06:58

Kenny Rogers: Sep 7, 2007; Chapter One:
When I first saw Sparky, he reminded me of my favorite comb. He was missing a lot of teeth.

It was a decent turnout for a first event, and I think everyone had a good time, aside from some grumbling about the Cockpit View.
Asmodai slipped from 2nd to 8th in the first turn on the first lap, running wide into the dirt. Wups. (Dude - if you'd have held on, Crow overdrove a couple laps and trashed his car. I think everyone lapped him eventually! *grins*)

There was a good fight for 2nd and 3rd going on during the final 2-3 laps, but like hell if I'm going to fast forward 90 times in the replay editor to get to it.

Consistency was really the key, along with being able to get through the Corkscrew consistently without hitting the sand. Logue and I were using the exact same setup, and had VASTLY different results.

It went well enough that N>1 for this series. I've co-opted the BMW CCA's Spec E36 Points Structure for this series.
* 5 points for taking the green flag at any event.
* 10/7/5/4/3/2/1 points for finishing in 1st-7th place.
* 1 bonus point for each car behind you that does not DNF.

After week 1, the standings look like this (I think - I relied on the replay to tell me who took what position, and gently caress fast-forwarding 90 times. If I got it wrong, let me know, and I'll fix it):

code:

Entry List     Points
1. Logue 1	 21
2. Turb0Snail	 17
3. Krautastic	 14
4. Matybara	 12
5. Fryskate	 10
6. JabsTheGoon	  8
7. Crow T Macbot  6
8. Asmodai 0	  5

I think we're going to move the event to Wednesday Night in the future, and we're going to have a rotating Spec series. During practice, lots of ideas came up.
BMWCCA Spec E36, Spec Miata (which is different than Showroom Stock SpecMiata), NASA Spec E30, Spec RX-7, etc.

Thanks to all who showed up! I thought everyone did a pretty awesome job painting the cars using 'to spec', too.
I thought Asmodai's car was hilarious.

I'll post up some Spec E36 Rules by Sunday!

Kenny Rogers fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Nov 11, 2011

# ? Nov 11, 2011 07:24

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Thrilled you're thinking about a Wednesday move. I wanted to participate but Thursdays are GTCC:CCC nights. So barring the missus and I doing something, I should be able to race with you fine folk.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 07:26

Kenny Rogers: Sep 7, 2007; Chapter One:
When I first saw Sparky, he reminded me of my favorite comb. He was missing a lot of teeth.

Bentai posted:

Thrilled you're thinking about a Wednesday move. I wanted to participate but Thursdays are GTCC:CCC nights. So barring the missus and I doing something, I should be able to race with you fine folk.

Yeah... I saw in the OP that GTCC has a standing Wednesday Night thing, which is why I moved it in the first place. :suicide:

Wednesday it is!

Kenny Rogers fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Nov 11, 2011

# ? Nov 11, 2011 07:29

Hello Spaceman: Jan 18, 2005; hop, skip, and jumpgate

01h00 my time :negative:

Maybe the you-rope-aeons want to have a separate 2.5h Le Mans. Anyone? Anyone..? Bueller?!

# ? Nov 11, 2011 08:04

Logue: Nov 16, 2005

Jabs, can you put the miata replay on your storefront?

# ? Nov 11, 2011 08:40

Kenny Rogers: Sep 7, 2007; Chapter One:
When I first saw Sparky, he reminded me of my favorite comb. He was missing a lot of teeth.

Logue posted:

Jabs, can you put the miata replay on your storefront?

It already is. That was the first thing I did after the race. =)

# ? Nov 11, 2011 08:51

CovfefeCatCafe: Apr 11, 2006; A fresh attitude
brewed daily!

Doctor Butts posted:

So I suck at making pretty vinyls and poo poo so I stuck to simple bullshit, and a theme:
Old companies that no longer exist!

Working on another two logos not shown

I went fictional:

Though older logos of current products are also easier to do. The Budweiser logo, for example, is fairly simple up untill the 90s or so when they changed from a type font to their current cursive branding.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 13:01

dreesemonkey: May 14, 2008; Pillbug

Man I love rivals mode. I'm in a small car club with just a few of my friends and I started up the game to find a bunch of my rival mode times beaten. Unless it was a challenge I really liked I was going through various stages of sandbagging anyway. So I beat all my friends challenges easily and had this conversation

Me: Rival's mode: CHECK AND MATE
Friend: Which one?
Me: ALL OF THEM

The one with the Chevy R1 race car on road atlanta I beat his flying lap with my standing start lap, but I went slightly too far on the curb heading into the last turn and got a dirty lap. They're not very good :-/

# ? Nov 11, 2011 14:45

Lightglobe: Oct 15, 2005

Jabs posted:

Yeah... I saw in the OP that GTCC has a standing Wednesday Night thing, which is why I moved it in the first place.

Wednesday it is!

GTCC does have a standing Wednesday Night thing. But with the amount of goons still playing this game I wouldn't worry to much about it.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 14:47

T-Square: May 14, 2009

Jabs posted:

Yeah... I saw in the OP that GTCC has a standing Wednesday Night thing, which is why I moved it in the first place.

Wednesday it is!

Awesome, I didn't think this would turn out to be a weekly thing, let alone having a points total. Really happy you moved it to Wednesdays as well, now I don't have to skip wings and beer night to play video games with internet people!

# ? Nov 11, 2011 15:16

Dudley: Feb 24, 2003; Tasty

YF19pilot posted:

I believe the newest Mitsu Lancer has a CVT as well. And from what I know, "infinate ratio transmissions" have been around in construction equipment (like CAT crawlers) for quite a while.

My housemate had a 1985 Ford Escort with a CVT.

Back then they were not good, the right pedal was strictly a volume control.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 15:31

Torn Quad Jones: Nov 2, 2011

Count me in for the 2.5 hour le mans |GT zombi3lick3r | corvette c2 | pink/white | 56

# ? Nov 11, 2011 16:18

Ak Gara: Jul 29, 2005; That's just the way he rolls.

I just love painting cars!

(not happy with this photo)

# ? Nov 11, 2011 16:47

PyxlWyz: Jan 9, 2007

Me too! My MotoGP Safety Car.

This was a close one! I call it "Out Paced" heh heh heh

# ? Nov 11, 2011 17:43

track day bro!: Feb 17, 2005; #essereFerrari; Grimey Drawer

PyxlWyz posted:

Me too! My MotoGP Safety Car.

This was a close one! I call it "Out Paced" heh heh heh

I just hate you because I wanted the 1M damnit.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 17:53

JingleBells: Jan 7, 2007; Oh what fun it is to see the Harriers win away!

I hate the kerbs at Maple Valley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9yDGfsFUw

# ? Nov 11, 2011 18:04

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Softening up your springs will help with that. I recommend doing a maple valley specific tune because it's really the only track where you would want to run a soft setup.

But it helps a ton. You can take that section a whole lot faster when you don't have to live in fear of the curbs.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 18:44

Ak Gara: Jul 29, 2005; That's just the way he rolls.

xzzy posted:

Softening up your springs will help with that. I recommend doing a maple valley specific tune because it's really the only track where you would want to run a soft setup.

But it helps a ton. You can take that section a whole lot faster when you don't have to live in fear of the curbs.

Nurburgring, and di positano also need rally setups. Heightend height, softer springs, etc.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 19:14

Kenny Rogers: Sep 7, 2007; Chapter One:
When I first saw Sparky, he reminded me of my favorite comb. He was missing a lot of teeth.

Dudley posted:

My housemate had a 1985 Ford Escort with a CVT.

The '89-'94 Subaru Justy has the (somewhat dubious) distinction of being both the first car with a CVT and the last car with a carburetor sold in the US.

I'm sad that I didn't have to look that up.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 19:34

Cute as heck: Nov 6, 2011; Cutie Pie Swag~

Coming soon...

# ? Nov 11, 2011 19:55

Jarf: Jun 25, 2006; PLATINUM

xzzy posted:

You can take that section a whole lot faster when you don't have to live in fear of the curbs.

Maple Valley without killer curbs just wouldn't be the same.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 20:20

robotsinmyhead: Nov 29, 2005; Dude, they oughta call you Piledriver!; Clever Betty

Let go of your feelings Luke! Instead of bein all PRO RACER and poo poo with the kerbs on Maple and running a wheel on them, straddle them completely instead. Works like a charm.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 21:35

TannhauserGate: Nov 25, 2007; by garbage day

robotsinmyhead posted:

Let go of your feelings Luke! Instead of bein all PRO RACER and poo poo with the kerbs on Maple and running a wheel on them, straddle them completely instead. Works like a charm.

It's like watching a rivals time you actually have a shot at beating, and you start to notice that all the top players have found a spot where you can get a wheel over the line without punishment.

:stare:

...whores.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 21:39

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

I do that in my Jaguar D-Type and end up in the bleachers.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 22:43

Day Man: Jul 30, 2007; Champion of the Sun!

Master of karate and friendship...
for everyone!

Pro racers do that, too, though. The F1 guys were all cutting the same spot in India going through the dirt after one of the curbs. I imagine they'll change the curb for next year to prevent that somehow.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 22:53

IR0NH34D: Nov 11, 2011

Just wanted to check in! I just got a new SA account last night. I picked up Forza 4 last week. I just applied to LLJK. I'm pretty excited to be in a legit car club!

# ? Nov 11, 2011 22:53

FreelanceSocialist: Nov 19, 2002

Day Man posted:

Pro racers do that, too, though. The F1 guys were all cutting the same spot in India going through the dirt after one of the curbs. I imagine they'll change the curb for next year to prevent that somehow.

I vote we add steel spike strips and concrete posts as needed :colbert:

# ? Nov 11, 2011 23:03

Logue: Nov 16, 2005

IR0NH34D posted:

Just wanted to check in! I just got a new SA account last night. I picked up Forza 4 last week. I just applied to LLJK. I'm pretty excited to be in a legit car club!

aww, he thinks we're legit.

# ? Nov 11, 2011 23:35

Asmodai_00: Nov 26, 2007

Logue posted:

aww, he thinks we're legit.

Hey jerkface, congrats on winning the race last night. Did you even see 2nd place?

# ? Nov 11, 2011 23:44

IR0NH34D: Nov 11, 2011

Lol... legit in the fact that, wait nvm. Lol let me in?

# ? Nov 11, 2011 23:44

Asmodai_00: Nov 26, 2007

Jabs posted:

It was a decent turnout for a first event, and I think everyone had a good time, aside from some grumbling about the Cockpit View.
Asmodai slipped from 2nd to 8th in the first turn on the first lap, running wide into the dirt. Wups. (Dude - if you'd have held on, Crow overdrove a couple laps and trashed his car. I think everyone lapped him eventually! *grins*)
....

Thanks to all who showed up! I thought everyone did a pretty awesome job painting the cars using 'to spec', too.
I thought Asmodai's car was hilarious.

Aw, thanks Jabs. Just wish I could keep it on the loving track! :argh:

I just can't stay consistent. I take turns perfectly one lap, then gently caress them up badly the next lap. When I hosed the corkscrew (as painful as it sounds) for the 6th time, I just didn't have the heart to continue.

Little too :qq: