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And if you'd like to buy the poster: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sirdunny/works/11766571-race-tracks-to-scale-v2-listed-and-labelled?p=poster I got one for my birthday, I just have to find a frame to put it up in the garage.
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Someone is making a Group B movie. At least we know where Rob Stark ends up. https://vimeo.com/121269783
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Hopefully it's actually about racing. Trailer seems promising. But again, so did the trailer for Rush. Showed a bunch of fancy driving, then you sit down to watch the movie and it turns into a couple drivers spending two hours bitching and moaning about each other.
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Mooseykins posted:More heavy truck porn: This is absolutely awesome, but...what am I looking at? Why is there seemingly no physical support beneath that large cylinder?
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I'm assuming because it's a cylinder, they're strong as poo poo so you can just use the thing itself as a support for the back wheels basically just clamping them on. Perhaps. I dunno.
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xzzy posted:Hopefully it's actually about racing. On the other hand, Steve McQueen's Le Mans
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The Midniter posted:This is absolutely awesome, but...what am I looking at? Why is there seemingly no physical support beneath that large cylinder? Correct, the load becomes a stressed member and becomes part of the trailer. I believe that's a section of a wind turbine support tower. Those trailers are built specifically for those parts, it also means that the load can have a lower overall height (as it's not sat above a trailer deck) and a larger amount of ground clearance. It's not uncommon to transport long loads in that way, girders and large structure components are also carried on split trailers, or even just axle bogies where the load becomes the "back bone".   Some logging trailers are similar, although many have a drawbar as well, and the load pivots on the rear bogie as well.
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It does cause some fun once and awhile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQYbCaxZPA
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MrEnigma posted:It does cause some fun once and awhile: Oh he done hosed up.. More awesome huge trucks:  Hayes logging trucks are the shizz. They're so huge that some have offset cabs for driver visibility.
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hackbunny posted:On the other hand, Steve McQueen's Le Mans You say this like Le Mans isn't a totally boss movie.
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Thelonious posted:You say this like Le Mans isn't a totally boss movie. Definitely gets the cinematography to dialogue ratio about right.
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The thing that stands out the most about Le Mans to me is the sound editing. They went to great lengths to capture the sound of the cars as best as possible, and it shows. Like that scene on the first lap when the 917 goes through the Ford chicanes...gives me goosebumps every time.
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Aargh posted:Definitely gets the cinematography to dialogue ratio about right. Plenty of dialogue if you look at the script. *screaming Ferrari* *roaring Porsche* Yep good dialogue to me. e: MrChips posted:The thing that stands out the most about Le Mans to me is the sound editing. They went to great lengths to capture the sound of the cars as best as possible, and it shows. Like that scene on the first lap when the 917 goes through the Ford chicanes...gives me goosebumps every time. And in the year 2013, Gran Turismo can't distinguish car engine noises and vacuum cleaners. Speaking of Le Mans and good sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oupeu8ouWtQ BMB5150 fucked around with this message at 01:06 on May 20, 2015 |
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GramCracker posted:Someone is making a Group B movie. At least we know where Rob Stark ends up. The transition to engine noise was really disappointing, but I'm hopeful.
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BMB5150 posted:And in the year 2013, Gran Turismo can't distinguish car engine noises and vacuum cleaners. It's weird actually and I can't understand what the hell the problem is with sounds in that game. A lot of cars have the same stupid synthesized engine sound, but some sound unique and there is no rhyme nor reason as to which. Exhaust sounds are the worst, but again, some car+exhaust combinations sound unique. Even the unique sounds are nothing like the real sounds, though, they're muted and distant. And I could swear some cars sounded better in loving Gran Turismo 2 So, they went to great pains to give unique sounds to a lot of cars and a lot of custom parts, but they're terrible sounds. What gives?
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hackbunny posted:It's weird actually and I can't understand what the hell the problem is with sounds in that game. A lot of cars have the same stupid synthesized engine sound, but some sound unique and there is no rhyme nor reason as to which. Exhaust sounds are the worst, but again, some car+exhaust combinations sound unique. Even the unique sounds are nothing like the real sounds, though, they're muted and distant. And I could swear some cars sounded better in loving Gran Turismo 2 It's a combination of the normal technique for doing video game engine noises where they just record the engine at 1000 rpm, 2000, 3000, etc and then just play that back, and the other issue if I remember Kaz's blog right, is that due to resources and scheduling they never had the chance to record with the engines under an actual load on a dyno, just in neutral in a parking lot. Might change in 7, supposedly they worked out some deal with Amuse to use their dyno but who knows. 
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hackbunny posted:On the other hand, Steve McQueen's Le Mans Speaking of, a local theater is playing this movie next Thursday. I've never seen it, only heard amazing things, so I'm extremely stoked for it.
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GramCracker posted:Speaking of, a local theater is playing this movie next Thursday. I've never seen it, only heard amazing things, so I'm extremely stoked for it. Le Mans is on Netflix. It is good. xzzy posted:Hopefully it's actually about racing. It's kind of amazing how little racing there is in the movie. To be fair, half the season one driver or the other failed to finish the race. A lot of the drama did actually happen off-track or abstractly in the points.
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hackbunny posted:It's weird actually and I can't understand what the hell the problem is with sounds in that game. A lot of cars have the same stupid synthesized engine sound, but some sound unique and there is no rhyme nor reason as to which. Exhaust sounds are the worst, but again, some car+exhaust combinations sound unique. Even the unique sounds are nothing like the real sounds, though, they're muted and distant. And I could swear some cars sounded better in loving Gran Turismo 2 And every turbo car's "oosh" BOV noise. Urrrrrrghhhh... Content:  Scania's new 9-litre 5-cylinder 400hp marine engine.
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GramCracker posted:Speaking of, a local theater is playing this movie next Thursday. I've never seen it, only heard amazing things, so I'm extremely stoked for it. Even with the accidents, mechanical failure and weather changes, there are only so many turns in the Le Mans circuit. The introduction got me pumped, I loved the driving, the cars were amazing... but in the end I just found it long and boring (and now go ahead, crucify me) razorscooter posted:It's a combination of the normal technique for doing video game engine noises where they just record the engine at 1000 rpm, 2000, 3000, etc and then just play that back, and the other issue if I remember Kaz's blog right, is that due to resources and scheduling they never had the chance to record with the engines under an actual load on a dyno, just in neutral in a parking lot. I read that for Forza they used 8 microphones to record each engine, and they definitely used dynos. And that they recorded tire sounds separately on a Tesla Roadster (due to nearly no engine noise). I don't think they put anywhere near this amount of effort in Gran Turismo (I still get the impression GT is the better game) razorscooter posted:Might change in 7, supposedly they worked out some deal with Amuse to use their dyno but who knows. I'm terribly afraid that 7 will be like 3: a huge jump in technology and production values, but a much smaller game that barely feels like GT. Most of my favorite cars in GT 6 are low def and they probably won't be ported to 7 at all I also dread the day Polyphony will discover DLC Mooseykins posted:And every turbo car's "oosh" BOV noise. Urrrrrrghhhh... How realistic is that? I always wondered (I have heard cars that sound exactly like that) So as not to make this entirely about bideo james, some Safari Rally and Rallye Côte d'Ivoire:              
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hackbunny posted:I read that for Forza they used 8 microphones to record each engine, and they definitely used dynos. And that they recorded tire sounds separately on a Tesla Roadster (due to nearly no engine noise). I don't think they put anywhere near this amount of effort in Gran Turismo (I still get the impression GT is the better game) There's videos floating around about the process, they did a lot of promo stuff when hyping up the games. They use a comical number of mics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXNtTvM-_lE&t=111s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_SQsom_nw I think the issue Forza has is that they may get the sound spot on for certain cars, but if they couldn't find a car sample to record they kind of fudged it. They also use generic sound effects to reflect tone changes when upgrading the engine.. which generally worked okay, the game still sounds good, but it's not quite perfect.
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My friends got to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD-SiSStgcw I'm a little disappointed they didn't tell us because I worked a few miles away.
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Accurate engine sounds in racing games is nice, but I don't know about you guys, but personally I buy Gran Turismo for the smooth jazz and bossa nova. E- Wasn't sure what thread to post this in, but the body kit matches the paint, it looks well kept and tidy, and what's the point of a supra anyway if it can't have an outrageous veilside body kit?  (the seats had veilside embroidered on them so I assume that's what the kit is) Finger Prince fucked around with this message at 20:40 on May 20, 2015 |
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Looks like a Veilside or at least a replica since genuine kits are not cheap. The 90's were great for stylings, look at this beauty.   A Rover 25 with a Mynheer kit in resale silver. 
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BigPaddy posted:Looks like a Veilside or at least a replica since genuine kits are not cheap. That spoiler is all kinds of amazing 
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Project CARS and Raceroom Experience have loving phenomenal sounds. Seriously.
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Linedance posted:Accurate engine sounds in racing games is nice, but I don't know about you guys, but personally I buy Gran Turismo for the smooth jazz and bossa nova. Don't get me wrong, I love Gran Turismo, I have played the gently caress out of it since the first one, it was what got me interested in cars and motorsports beyond my vague childhood interest in F1 and ferraris, it introduced me to insane concepts like the Espace F1:     ... but you have to admit its sound sucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNxXymU0FM8 The engine sound is OK, if hollow and muted (it sounds marginally better in bumper and roof view), but that exhaust... blows :iamafag:
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BigPaddy posted:Looks like a Veilside or at least a replica since genuine kits are not cheap.
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Need help identifying a car. He's pretty sure it was early 60's but other than that not much info.  I'm thinking Autobianchi Bianchina
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hackbunny posted:How realistic is that? I always wondered (I have heard cars that sound exactly like that) Some cars sound like that, but in GT5 every turbo car makes the same noise and it's reaaaaaally annoying. Even factory turbo cars with recirculating diverter valves (BOVs that vent into the intake pre-turbo.) make that noise in the game, when the road car makes no noise like that. Bape Culture posted:Hahaha I bloody loved that when I was 14! Brings back fond memories of the poo poo in Max Power that was cool at the time. Now we look back an facepalm over it. hackbunny posted:Don't get me wrong, I love Gran Turismo, I have played the gently caress out of it since the first one, it was what got me interested in cars and motorsports beyond my vague childhood interest in F1 and ferraris, it introduced me to insane concepts like the Espace F1: The F1 was supposed to be built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Espace and Renault in Formula 1. The story i always heard was that the director of Renault's F1 program wanted to know what it was like to go in an F1 car, and so the car was built with an F1 car's running gear and a carbon fibre body. Somehow all justified with the anniversary thing. I don't know how true that is, but i'd like to believe it is. BMW also like to build silly cars along similar lines, behold the X5 LM:  It has a BMW V12, similar to that found in a McLaren F1 and some 570bhp i think:  More cool pics from BMW's M Division garage: http://bmwblog-rus.com/wp-content/gallery/garag-bmw-m/ And some really AI awesome poo poo:  Looks like a crappy old Transit van? Well, yes, kinda..  It's actually a test mule for the Jaguar XJ220. When they were being built Jaguar/TWR had no issues with high speed and handling tests, but needed to be able to test the engine in start-stop traffic and daily driving. So a Transit was bought and the 220 running gear and engine was put in it. This meant that everything could be tested discreetly. (It didn't have the XJ220 wheels when it was a test mule.) Nice article about it, with pics: http://www.crankandpiston.com/on-the-track/ford-transit-meets-jaguar-xj220-hilarious-results/
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NitroSpazzz posted:Need help identifying a car. He's pretty sure it was early 60's but other than that not much info. I don't care what it is, it's goddamned adorable 
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