What's the best F1 car to use for the formula Gran Turismo event? Are they all essentially equal or is one the better choice?

Looks great, mate!

New events just upped last night. Must say, DTM cars are boring.

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Well at least the P4 doesn't have (afaik) shoddy handling like my RM Camaro (and all best parts installed)
Maybe I should have used a RM Challenger but I already won the event and that stratos is great!

I haven't upgraded my 68 Camaro since the RM, yet, but I remembered it having handling far greater than I would have expected from such an old boat. That being said, the P4 is a bonified racing machine.

The Creepshow - Dusk 'Til Dawn
The Creepshow - Hellbound

Best from the newest album, methinks.

Anyone still watching the series? They're beginning to bond a little more, production quality has gone up a little... it has gotten better. And the music is much better, they had some Dropkick Murphys at the end of the 9th episode.

Still a little stale, especially compared to the UK show, but it's improving, at least. The biggest problem right now is the humour. It's so... American.

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A Race Modified Challenger ('70) or Camaro ('69) will do but watch out for the washing machine cars (chaparral 2j) on monaco

Damn! Why didn't I think of that? I have no issues modding my Camaro (already RMed) to be competitive... I instead opted to drive the P4 which was not really fast enough... tough victories.

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What might be obvious to you might not be obvious for everyone

Yea, I AM pretty brilliant.

I loved the movie, and didn't find it confusing at all. I find the concept quite intriguing, too.

Don't know how I missed this back in august, but this is awesome! Gives me the drive to make a new helmet... finally...

Thanks all!

Nice work mate

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Well your probably right. Tho I didn't say it would be awesome, only that it could.
But the image in my head of it was awesome.

Oh yea, for sure. 30s GP racing would make for an excellent film if done right. Problem is just that it wouldn't be done right.

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Racing movies in general are quite rubbish but I bet someone could make a hell of movie from racing in 30's or so.

Doubt it. Were one made today it would be all hollywood-ized. See Michel Vaillant and Driven for evidence. Rubbish, complete and utter rubbish.

Grand Prix, and LeMans, on the other hand... gold.

Totally agree with the gravel physics. Only experience with them so far is that license test (A-level?). They're appauling in the truest sense of the word. Tarmac physics are decent. Realistic enough to convey the point, enjoyable even. The RX-7 I found a blast to drive, even in stock form. Same for the Miatas.

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Yes, work in progress

Great Lookin forward to seeing the progress

That is quite tasty. Are you going to do the doors to match, too?

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Is this only in the UK, or in the USA as well?

Good news for Americans if it's both, since we get f**k all for coverage now.

Wasn't Discovery HD supposed to broadcast the 2010 season?

This is going to suck.


Hard.

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ESPN's Jeroen Oerlemans added: "[The] WRC is a superb, dynamic product with a fervent following among a growing legion of enthusiasts, and the return of MINI to [the] WRC further enhances the local relevance in the UK as we grow ESPN's portfolio of motorsports."

Really? You just told the world that one of the favorite racing series is a commodity. Jackass.

The Town Pants - Rasputin

Nothin like a celtic folk song about a Russian...

Why are people surprised about the Hybrid? The 918 concept was from the very beginning. And what's this passenger talk? This is a race car concept, there is no passenger...

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That 7 was a b*tch to stay in front of; however the fully modified 512BB has an acceleration advantage, but it gets all squirly on the gas, on the brakes, and everywhere else, even with Racing soft tires. Taming that beast to get good exits for the straights was the problem.

On that way to first I drove it true GT spirit, crash into ever car while diving in on the brakes from a mile away.

hahaha nice. I drove it in a bone-stock totally unmodified 1967 Ferrari 330 P4. Even left the Racing Hards on it. The saving grace was the poor performance every AI car has in the final corner at Deep Forest, whereas I flew through there quickly. That enabled me to keep ahead down the front straight; the 7 could only manage to get beside me into the braking zone, never past me... and I made sure that he was always on the outside into the corner, too.

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True enough. But it seems they are still a little short sighted...

Think of the marketing campaigns, though! I have visions of the shelter from 'The Island' in my head. Everything all white, and clean...

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...or just don't want to go public about investing in what is seen as their competition. Mostly because I bet a few of the giants (BP to name one) would lose access to wells in the middle east if they went public about investing in a power supply that would mean the oil nations out there would have nothing to export.

Hmm... that's a very good point. Politics ruin everything. All the time. Always.

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That was that historic event right? I know the intensity. Beating the AI with the Ferrari 512BB was ridiculous, those races were definitely challenging. There is no way I was going to save up 20 mil to get one of those historic race cars.

That's the one. The first time I tried the 7 started first so I wound up a good 8 and something seconds back at the finish. I gave up and moved on to the second race (Monaco) hoping that the 7 wouldn't be there. Fortunately it started behind me so it wasn't an issue, but the problem I had was catching up to the other 330 P4 that was 5 seconds out in first after the first lap. Made it in the chicane out of the tunnel on the last lap.

After that intensely fought battle resulting in a victory, I gave Deep Forest another go and after a couple tries I got it. The 7 started third, so I figured that if I could get past it before it got to the front I was in the clear and I just had to keep him behind me. That proved a difficult thing to achieve, but I managed.

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We either need a bunch of very brave billionaires to get the ball rolling or for the oil companies to get involved and cut their losses with oil.

[edit: Or would they have to cut their losses? When you consider dino powered cars won't die over night and there are a lot of classics which will need dino power to run.]

Oil companies would be wise to invest so that when dino power runs out they still have a viable business...

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Hydrogen fuel cells are a replacement.

Agreed; however, the technology still has some way to advance. It's viable, technically, but not economically. Yet. Definitely the best solution for mobile applications, though.

As for non-mobile/building applications, there are a vast variety of fantastic options. Again, not all of them are cost-effective yet, but many are in the long term.

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God forbid an emerging economy trying to bring itself out of poverty.

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I am all for a country pulling itself out of poverty, but we could setup a handful of Nuclear power plants in a country to run it. Also creating many jobs. It is one of the cleanest forms of power around that actually generates power, unlike wind power and the like, which is shit. So they could set up factories and everything else they need, make money, get filthy rich and not fill the atmo with coal soot, like China is doing.

Hell, a new efficent coal power plant would make a huge difference if we actually sold the tech to China, but instead they have to make do with old inefficient ones. I will not go as far as to say green coal power plants like the industry call them, sure they put out less pollution, but I wouldn't consider that to be green.

Jordan brings up a point I've been banging on in my Environmental classes: The industrialization of a country has a huge impact on the environment, yes, but this can be minimalized. Some people are trying to get developed countries to give money to developing ones for greener development, others saying that developing countries should be mandated to do it themselves, blah blah blah. What needs to happen is for developed countries (or anyone with the resources) to further advance technologies to get them to a point that is not only economically viable for us, but for developing countries as well. Throwing money at developing countries won't solve the problem. What's that old saying, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime" or some such?

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I want to painfully murder my granny driving brake obsessed b-spec Bob. He's so utterly useless at ovals even if I give him a way better car than the opposition has, he's still braking in every "corner" at level 23.

My driver can't negotiate a corner. In any car. Ever.