Lifespam

My Mazda RX-7 in NFS World, where I have a record of 74 wins versus 100 losses and an average finishing position of 2.10. Most of those wins came in this car, but I started out with a Mazda 3. It has been awhile since I did any arcade racing.


[TT] Liga F1 2013 - Race Reports

Round 1 : Melbourne
Round 2: Sepang

Two races, two tenth places, good enough for ninth in the points standings. There has been talk of switching mods as a lot of drivers experienced game crash when there were more than a dozen cars on track. In the poll, I voted for the old but stable 2010 mod (because I might close the gap to the leaders with the removal of DRS / KERS).

51st Rolex 24 @ Daytona hosted by SimRaceAlliance

Pre- Race : 8:30pm Eastern

Race : 9:30pm Eastern (100 Minutes)

For This Event Qualifying Will be The Entire weekend before the event (Jan25-27) . An Announcement will be made as to when Qualifying Will be Open. Hotlaps Link will be posted as well, so that you will be able to follow progress. Until Qualifying Begins, the server will be unlocked. The Race will be 100 min long, with Day Night Day conditions. Drivers will be open to use whatever view they like to race from. Traction Control will also be available.

Other Race Info

Fuel burn: 2x

Tires: 1x

Damage: 60%

Mech Failures: TBA

About the track, The Daytona Road Course is a pretty easy layout to remember, and we believe with a big grid, the drivers in each class shouldn't be separated by no more than 2seconds at most. The mod contains both the NAGT GT cars, and the Grand Slam Daytona prototypes. Drive whichever car you like. We will ask people to commit to a car for the race so we can make sure we have some racers in both classes. The NAGT cars are very powerful, but heavy. They run a street tire that is very easy to burn-off. There are many cars to choose from, and they all drive VERY differently. They are GT Spec though. Drive what you will feel comfortable doing so for upwards of 2 hours. During car selection, you will find both NAGT and SWC-GT. The cars are the same, but they are just different paint schemes.

The Daytona Prototypes are a much closer controlled spec. There are several different chassis and engine types, and where there is some difference between them its much less that between the NAGT cars. I find the DPs easy to drive up to 8/10s, and pretty easy to catch in a spin, but getting a top time in one is very challenging. If you run a DP, be aware that there is a sprint package brake option under upgrades that you may want to run.

STARTING PROCEDURES

We Will use a standing Start for the event.

This Race OFFICIALLY Kicks off 2013 Racing! : ) 

(text and image from USF1 Racing)

Gonna run this Skyline GT-R against them Daytona Protoypes. Plenty of different cars available  in the mod with drivers from at least four different leagues are signing up to join means it will be quite a mixed grid. The track itself can be a bit boring, but at least the event will be on time slip so there will be day to night to day conditions. I have good memories of this place from a Redline GTP Endurance race with Historic Simracing Organisation.

Now everything's ruined

[TT] Servers F1 Liga 2013 GP of Australia - Post Race 

Punted off twice in a 20 lap sprint? Seems like these hotlappers aren't used to running with other people on the track. The result; only 10th out of 14 and a lap down. Ran as high as 8th but my lap times were just too slow. Maybe I should try to make that KERS / DRS plugin work. Otherwise it's gonna be another season at the back of the grid.

[TT] Servers - F1 Liga 2013

I know, I know, I said no more racing...

I found this interesting league while checking out the public servers running RFT2012 mod. I think Tripp the admin is from Sweden and the grid is composed of European drivers. The series features 20 lap sprints that start on 2am on Sunday here (if my time conversion is right), and the 20 race season will be over by June. The website carries several motorsport tv feeds, but it was the 80's music broadcast hiding in the corner that convinced me to sign-up and run the HRT.

Anyway, if I do find a regular job it shouldn't interfere with the Saturday night / Sunday morning schedule. It reminds me of those HSO endurance races I contested some years ago that also started past midnight. I dunno yet how fast the grid is, and I'm sure my lap times will be slower as I don't run the KERS/DRS plug-in, but I think I will do well in this series. Maybe even win some races. Wow, a bit of confidence? Really? It's a good feeling and I will savor it until it goes away. 

Meanwhile, it seems there is no activity at Hammerdown Racing League. The Thursday night series over there had died and it seems everyone has taken an extended holiday break. At FiHS, there is plenty of talk about switching to rFactor 2, the new engine that I haven't tried. I'm not sure my vintage car can even run it properly. So it looks like Tripp Team is the trick for 2013. 

Kysse Love

You know how they sent dogs up into space before humans? Well here I am, the consummate canine cosmonaut. I mean, let's face it, the first manned missions to Mars are probably gonna fail. And even if somebody does make it to the Red Planet, it'll be a one-way trip because it would just cost too much to even try and bring him back to Earth. It would be much better to send out a worthless person like me to test and iron out the vehicle and the systems, before letting the really important people fly.

Consider how I got no job, no wife or kids, no community, no scene; nobody will miss me when I'm gone. I spend all my time cooped up in my room playing video games, making me a veteran of cabin fever and man-machine relations. I'm still young and strong enough to survive the rigors of space travel, but old and dumb enough to not have wasted my time. I already know the most important thing to bring on this trip will be my coffin.

So, let me be the one to carry all those corporate logos and national flags into another world. You cannot deny that I am noticeably competent for the mission to succeed and perfectly inconsequential should the mission fail.

Outer space is where we get together, in this place we are meant to be. Stars are dancing and the time is fading. Dead forever, you and me...