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hackbunny
Jul 22, 2007

I haven't been on SA for years but the person who gave me my previous av as a joke felt guilty for doing so and decided to get me a non-shitty av

Dayum :eyepop: I won't miss the Verzegnis-Sella Chianzutan next year! A 155 GTA driver usually participates as well

Someone has spotted a wild Clio V6 parked near the event, too

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bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

Mooseykins posted:


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/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSAWrswE3Yo

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Hey guys. Look what I found.























WAIT WHAT THE gently caress





PhoenixWing
Feb 13, 2012

Saw this on a 65 Corvette yesterday. Really wanted to hear it running

Mcqueen
Feb 26, 2007

'HEY MOM, I'M DONE WITH MY SEGMENT!'


Soiled Meat

DICKPOCALYPSE NOW posted:

Hey guys. Look what I found.

:holymoley:

That poo poo is the hotness.

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

DICKPOCALYPSE NOW posted:

Hey guys. Look what I found.

Nice. I do love me some 1970 fastback. What motor is that? Looks kind of like a 302 :(

angryhampster
Oct 21, 2005


Welp this is loving incredible.

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless

Raluek posted:

Nice. I do love me some 1970 fastback. What motor is that? Looks kind of like a 302 :(

The exhaust note chugged way more than a small block, from in the car it idled a lot like my dad's Eliminator with a 351C, but I know nothing about Fords. These are the only other 2 pics I had of the engine I took just to show my dad the dust on the block.





Dunno if that helps anyone ID it.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


looks like a 351 based on the width of the manifold.

jhcain
Nov 8, 2005

EXCEEDING THE LIMIT? I'LL RUN YOUR ASS OFF THE ROAD 'CUZ I'M A PASSIVE-AGRESSIVE SPHINCTER-SUCKER. I FEEL INADEQUATE AS A MAN.
351 Cleveland - the timing chain is inset into the block - Windsors have a timing cover. Awesome car.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

I find the water pump to be the easiest identifier - that's a Cleveland :)

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.
Nice. Cleveland is 100% acceptable. I always forget about them, too. I was looking for the Windsor rounded edge valve cover or the FE knicked corner valve cover. Dumb ole me.

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
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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)

A friend of a friend works at Turn 10 Studios and took us on a tour of the office one time. They have a whole wall of custom made straight pipes that they built specifically for bolting to the cars before they recorded any engine noise. He told us that Ferrari wouldn't let them take the stock exhaust off, and when VAG found out about that, they stopped it from happening on the Lambo's and Audi's as well.

They also have a pass/fail light for the builds that come out of their compile farm. The pass light is the headlight from an Audi R8, and the fail is the taillight. He told us that Audi sent them a set as modelling examples but never asked for them back. Nobody in the studio wanted to take it home because at the time they were a couple thousand each.

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


angryhampster posted:

Welp this is loving incredible.

Someone should totally buy that smiley, but I just spent $100 on second hand LPs yesterday :homebrew:

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


I love tiny cars like the above. Love them. If I had the coin and the space (which wouldn't be much really, would it?) I'd have a collection of tiny toy cars.

Mazda Carol








Also that XJ220 transit is amazing.

Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 08:54 on May 21, 2015

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
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That's the cutest thing :3:

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

MustardFacial posted:

That's the cutest thing :3:

It's the car form of Peewee's bike.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Wasabi the J posted:

It's the car form of Peewee's bike.

Peewee's bike would be a Nash Metropolitan.

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

T1g4h posted:

I still say DiRT 3 with the enhanced car audio mod has some of the best engine and exhaust notes as far as racing games are concerned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNsVWHaN2fo

Needs more waste gate flutter and over spool chirp. :allears:

Dr.Caligari
May 5, 2005

"Here's a big, beautiful avatar for someone"
3000HP Mustang recovers from bad start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=18&v=oebpmYmN004

:catstare:

Root Bear
Nov 15, 2004

DARKEST SKETCH
Haven't seen one of these in a while... Freshly restored 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner:





Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist


NEVER

LIFT


That was awesome.

Wistful of Dollars
Aug 25, 2009

Enourmo posted:

NEVER

LIFT


That was awesome.

The companion piece. :stare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK3jWvNIqK4

A3th3r
Jul 27, 2013

success is a dream & achievements are the cream

COOL!

SuperDucky
May 13, 2007

by exmarx

Oh...oh my gently caress.

Chillbro Baggins
Oct 8, 2004
Bad Angus! Bad!

I love the one tire just cartoonishly flying straight up out of the cloud of dust.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

That wreckage at the end... :stonk:

Cage looks intact though, hopefully the driver was alright.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
Walked away shaken but uninjured according to the description.

Bet he was sore the next day, but yeah, a good cage is quite literally a lifesaver.

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

kastein posted:

a good cage is quite literally a lifesaver.
Is it time to post Jeremy Foley's crash at Pikes Peak again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdC1Yi3OG8&t=70s

Terrible Robot
Jul 2, 2010

FRIED CHICKEN
Slippery Tilde

Collateral Damage posted:

Is it time to post Jeremy Foley's crash at Pikes Peak again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdC1Yi3OG8&t=70s

Wasn't it more pure luck than anything that the co-driver wasn't killed? I seem to remember their cage design was compromised in some way and the seat the co-driver had wasn't the greatest.

I mean, surviving that kind of an off in anything is going to require a hefty dose of luck, but from what I remember it played an even bigger role in that crash.

A3th3r
Jul 27, 2013

success is a dream & achievements are the cream

Collateral Damage posted:

Is it time to post Jeremy Foley's crash at Pikes Peak again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdC1Yi3OG8&t=70s

More videos like this please.. is it time to rename the thread "gory crash videos"???

drgitlin
Jul 25, 2003
luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

xzzy posted:

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.

There's a discussion with Forza's sound guys here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/10/a-trip-to-turn-10-the-forza-studio-merging-car-culture-with-games/

Preoptopus
Aug 25, 2008

Три полоски,
три по три полоски

jamal
Apr 15, 2003

I'll set the building on fire

Terrible Robot posted:

Wasn't it more pure luck than anything that the co-driver wasn't killed? I seem to remember their cage design was compromised in some way and the seat the co-driver had wasn't the greatest.

I mean, surviving that kind of an off in anything is going to require a hefty dose of luck, but from what I remember it played an even bigger role in that crash.
Absolutely pure luck. Passenger seat was broken and off the rails and the cage caved in on that side because there was only one diagonal in the main hoop. And then everyone was like "great cage, did it's job," which I guess is technically true, but still, more luck than build quality.

T1g4h
Aug 6, 2008

I AM THE SCALES OF JUSTICE, CONDUCTOR OF THE CHOIR OF DEATH!


I love everything about this. This is 100% my poo poo :flashfap:

Night Danger Moose
Jan 5, 2004

YO SOY FIESTA

Root Bear posted:

Haven't seen one of these in a while... Freshly restored 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner:







:neckbeard: I adore old Chryslers like nothing else. Beautiful.

DoLittle
Jul 26, 2006
A home made Lotus Elise V10 conversion.
Bluid thread: http://rejsa.se/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74693&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=a9e20a83e8ec3f79f4cdcfe6c84e7559







DoLittle fucked around with this message at 08:21 on May 23, 2015

DEAR RICHARD
Feb 5, 2009

IT'S TIME FOR MY TOOLS


Page 454?

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
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Yes YES! It's Glorious!

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MrYenko
Jun 18, 2012

#2 isn't ALWAYS bad...


Yesssssssss

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