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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Which is 8pm tonight!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Hey...just got home with my new playseat evolution...much more comfy then my Gameracer seat...fit my fat arse much better!

I'm getting a mug holder for this seat...gotta stay hydrated you know.

Looks like I also have another wheel and pedal set for sale...

I will be a little late due to picking up the GF at 8pm but I will be set up and ready to go as soon as I step thru the door...maybe 8:20 pm.

..."wait for me Matilda"...

It's gonna be a fun time for me tonight as well, the wife is going out and I'll have the 2 girls home by myself, so I may have to duck out to help them a few times...they are 4 and 20 months, can't really tell them to help themselves, lol. I'm not counting on to many points tonight!!

That was a good bunch of racing, guys. Jason B thanks for showing up and beating me.

The last race I watched on replay and except for those spins in the last corner before the straight we would have been a close group for 3rd place.

Starting to get the feel for the cars...still can't read the tracks that good but I'll work on that.

Sunday should be a hoot!

PS...I'm changing the color of my car...need something "stylin" !!

Results from Race 1
Smith
Varga
McIntyre*
Kevin
Steve
Harrod*
*=Cars 17 & 36 under investigation for contact on Lap 5

Results from Race 2
McIntyre
Varga
Smith
Harrod
Jason B

Results from Race 3
Smith
Varga
McIntyre
Kevin
Harrod
Jason B

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I don't think I numbered my car correctly...it should be 9

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

Starting grid at Mt.Shima

(Too many blue Miata's)

Some examples of CLEAN racing:




McIntyre cutting across the grass to try to overtake Harrod, loosing it, and then punting Harrod into next Tuesday.


A great overtake by Kevin on Harrod on the last turn of the last lap of Mt.Shima



A few photos of my car:

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Cool stuff Jason...

Decided on a color change for the Miata TC...


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Now I have to work on the car set up...

I went into the grass on the last turn, which is when Kevin caught up to me, and then passed me. Fun racing.

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

That is correct Mr Harrod...almost every other lap you went thru that corner better than the last lap...but...to bad for you!


Found this picture of my car online...someone put new stickers on the car!!


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HAHAHA I just painted my car yellow because there were to many blue ones...gotta pick a new color now!! I've had a bit more time to work on the car, and figured a few things that went wrong. Hopefully Sunday I'll not be a tail gunner, lol!!

Jason...at this point, a red one would stand out in the crowd.

Metallic green would be nice...or maybe bright orange!

It's already painted red, lol! With white wheels, and #13

Decided to get some help with the car set up...looked online and found an article called the "one minute Miata" for the Tsukuba circuit.
I threw these setting on the TC and went for a few laps and was 1/2 second quicker and after a few more laps was a full second quicker...hmmm...maybe getting somewhere.

I will probably use this as the baseline settings and work from there for each track...using small adjustments as needed.

Would anyone know if they list an "average" time for each track for each vehicle..." I know its a long shot but... " ?

Green with Yellow wheels

#46

will be on tonite testing this thing out. havent been on in a while. will be on tomorrow night for sure

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2001 Bullitt......Not Mine, I Just drive it
2012 ARMS Regional Autoslalom 1st Place Overall
2012 1st SM ARMS
2012 ASCC Autoslalom 1st Place Overall
2012 1st SM ASCC
2009 ARMS AutoSlalom Top Novice
2009 1st ESP

Trevor...where will you be testing at...your lounge or Jason's ??

Jason S...how do we get access to the "custom" track for set up purpose's ?

I have it shared out.
You should be able to download it, make it one of your favorites and then race on it online.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Once I'm happy with a setup, I usually never change anything from track-to-track except transmission top speed. I always set that to 20 kph above my max speed on the longest straight.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

x2

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

First off, some great racing last night!
Second, Kevin where were ya? We missed our Murray Walker. Steve was especially disappointed.

Results Mt.Shima
Varga
Smith
Trevor
McIntyre
Harrod
Jason B

Results Cape Ring
Varga
Paul
McIntyre
Jason B
Smith
Trevor
Steve
Harrod

Results GP/D
Paul
Varga
Smith
McIntyre
Steve
Harrod
Jason B
Trevor

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Standings after 2nd Night

1 vincentq4 130
2 MerlinRPM 113
3 Mr_4G63T 99
4 S_AND_S 63
5 Rascusfinkus 53 (aka Rasfhqwhgads)
6 turbined 45
7 nd4speed1 34
8 stevedp 31
9 SVTUnderPressure 26

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Trevor & I going into Turn 1 of Mt.Shima (how many times did we do this dance Trevor?)


Going into Turn 1 of Cape Ring


Start of the Nürburgring GP/D



Going into Turn 1


Coming out of Turn 1


McIntyre & I had a very clean race, never quiet able to shake each other.



A big "Ooppss" moment for myself when I tried to outbrake McIntyre and slammed into the wall.



This is going to hurt...


But I managed to catch up & pass him.



After the Nürburgring mishap, I decided my car needed fresh paint.


Still not 100% happy with the color... but I'll see how it looks in the replays after Thursday night.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Sorry guys...laid down for a moment, not feeling well, and I woke up too late to join the circus.

Damn it all...after all that practise and set up time...I was hoping to make it past turn one before I crashed.

Jason..."tires on pavement equals friction...tires in the air equals distance"

I believe I'm 5th in points with 53....

Yes you are right, there was an error in my spreadsheet. It didn't add the newest driver (ran out of formulas).
Corrected.

PS - What's your PSN ID? I know what I typed above is not "exactly" it. hehe

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Just palying around with the decals...

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Not even close! Rascusfinkus. There is a long story behind that one.....

Close enough.... fhqwhgads

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Playing around tonight the best I managed on Trial Mountain Circuit / Reverse is a 1:35.7.

On the Indy Road Course I got a 1:44.1.

Jason, could you share your Hatzenbach custom track?

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR