A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
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A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
In 1973, Jackie Ickx did a 3:12.7 in qualifying for the Spa 1000 km race in a Ferrari 312PB. During the race, Henri Pescarolo did a 3:13.4 in a Matra-Simca MS670B, which stands as the current record for the circuit at an average speed of 163.086 mph.
One of the cars that Box so kindly has set up on his server, the Porsche 917K, in the hands of Pedro Rodríguez, did a 3:13.600 in 1971.
Your New Year's challenge for 2017, some 46 years later is this, get the track http://www.mediafire.com/file/6b3d6uhs5 ... pa1966.rar, get on the server and go beat it.
Box's server stat's are here http://54.206.7.120:50041/lapstat
There are other cars loaded you can also have fun in. Also, have fun working out which track side objects are solid or not . Hint, the one Jackie Stewart ended upside down in the basement of, with fuel leaking onto him, is!
See if you can beat this record though, on Friday night my first lap of the race took me 15 mins and I died 8 times, now beat that ya bastards
edit: Box, your times were set in 2016, they don't count lol
One of the cars that Box so kindly has set up on his server, the Porsche 917K, in the hands of Pedro Rodríguez, did a 3:13.600 in 1971.
Your New Year's challenge for 2017, some 46 years later is this, get the track http://www.mediafire.com/file/6b3d6uhs5 ... pa1966.rar, get on the server and go beat it.
Box's server stat's are here http://54.206.7.120:50041/lapstat
There are other cars loaded you can also have fun in. Also, have fun working out which track side objects are solid or not . Hint, the one Jackie Stewart ended upside down in the basement of, with fuel leaking onto him, is!
See if you can beat this record though, on Friday night my first lap of the race took me 15 mins and I died 8 times, now beat that ya bastards
edit: Box, your times were set in 2016, they don't count lol
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
That fucking house at Stavelot!!!
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
To add some more times as we have these cars...
1968:
Ford GT-40 Mk1 quali time 3:40.3
Porsche 908LH quali time 3:45.7
1962:
Lotus 25 Race time 3:55.6 (Jim Clark was faster in the race than quali)
and if you're feeling like dying a proper manly race drivers death...
1956:
Maserati 250F 6 cyl 4:14.7
1968:
Ford GT-40 Mk1 quali time 3:40.3
Porsche 908LH quali time 3:45.7
1962:
Lotus 25 Race time 3:55.6 (Jim Clark was faster in the race than quali)
and if you're feeling like dying a proper manly race drivers death...
1956:
Maserati 250F 6 cyl 4:14.7
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
Muppet wrote:Your New Year's challenge for 2017, some 46 years later is this, get the track http://www.mediafire.com/file/6b3d6uhs5 ... pa1966.rar, get on the server and go beat it.
Only just seen this...
Annnnnnnd the track file is pulled.
Can one of you kind ARSEs upload it to a Google Drive or know of another download host?
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
I think it's just a bad linkKNAPPO wrote:Only just seen this...
Annnnnnnd the track file is pulled.
Can one of you kind ARSEs upload it to a Google Drive or know of another download host?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6b3d6uhs5 ... pa1966.rar
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
And it just became a CYBD thread. 5 laps and he's done a 3:25.6 in the 917K and I bet he didn't even die once
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
Lets just hope Kunos give us a proper version this year
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
L49 FTW
Maseratti and L25 could be fun as well
Maseratti and L25 could be fun as well
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
r8response wrote:I think it's just a bad linkKNAPPO wrote:Only just seen this...
Annnnnnnd the track file is pulled.
Can one of you kind ARSEs upload it to a Google Drive or know of another download host?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6b3d6uhs5 ... pa1966.rar
LEGEND, thanks r8.
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
Slowly slowly slowly starting to get the hang of the circuit again. At least making cleanish laps now I smile the whole time though. KS really need to release this track for real, this is a poor imitation.
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
It's not a poor imitation it's a rip from rfactor2. It's got all the normal issues for an illegal track at will never be fixed.
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
Have to agree with Darren, the Lotus 49 is fun to drive around here, really feels good. I finally was able to make some clean laps in the 917K as well. I drove the 962c too and damn it is rock solid and fast, but for some reason it didn't record my time.
In practice mode I did take the 2015 Ferrari, it's almost flat to the floor the whole time, but with no breaking points, I was running mostly without electricity and was still able to go under 3 minutes.
Really really want a proper Kunos version of this track now. Once I got the rhythm of the place again it's a cracker.
In practice mode I did take the 2015 Ferrari, it's almost flat to the floor the whole time, but with no breaking points, I was running mostly without electricity and was still able to go under 3 minutes.
Really really want a proper Kunos version of this track now. Once I got the rhythm of the place again it's a cracker.
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It can eat a dick!!!Dr. Pain wrote:That fucking house at Stavelot!!!
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Oh I've been having a bit of a shit day, and this post gave me the giggle I neededKNAPPO wrote:It can eat a dick!!!Dr. Pain wrote:That fucking house at Stavelot!!!
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That house at Stavelot is now called The House of the Rising Dick, why? Cause if you go in, you are well fucked!
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Dr. Pain wrote:That house at Stavelot is now called The House of the Rising Dick, why? Cause if you go in, you are well fucked!
Just dont go in backwards!
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Question for you history anoraks.
I have a question about the kink in the rFactor conversion for AC between Eau Rouge and Les Combes.
The GPL version didnt have the right left kink in the Kemmel Straight
AC rFactor conversion has this right left kink at 0:27
I have not been able to find any footage of Spa in the 60's to know if this set of corners existed. Most track maps are pretty loose illustrations so its hard to know. All I have for reference is the GPL version of Spa that I drove a lot.
I have a question about the kink in the rFactor conversion for AC between Eau Rouge and Les Combes.
The GPL version didnt have the right left kink in the Kemmel Straight
AC rFactor conversion has this right left kink at 0:27
I have not been able to find any footage of Spa in the 60's to know if this set of corners existed. Most track maps are pretty loose illustrations so its hard to know. All I have for reference is the GPL version of Spa that I drove a lot.
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
It was there. The GPL tracks were made from track maps and photos in books, so they were not accurate. The GPL guys couldn't get out to the tracks or get better data so it was stitched together as best they could.
This clip shows it
The place was fucking mad to run races at!
This clip shows it
The place was fucking mad to run races at!
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Dr. Pain wrote:It was there.
This clip shows it
The place was fucking mad to run races at!
You bloody legend, thanks mate.
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
Also the chicane after Les Combes and before Brunenville was used in the early 70's for Formula 1 because they were concerned with safety. To me, a chicane where you line up a light post as your entry point didn't do alot for safety though. Sportscars didn't use that chicane until 1974, which is why the 1973 times were never beaten and won't be as the kink added a few seconds to the lap times.
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Re: A New Year - A Blast from the Past Challenge
My favourite "Spa is bullshit" story is one from the 1972 Spa 24hrs, Hans-Joachim Stuck was co-driving with Jochen Mass in a Capri when Stuck pitted and handed over to Mass whilst warning Mass to look out for body parts in the Masta Kink, Mass approached the kink expecting to see a car strewn across the road and was instead confronted with the remains of an official. They went on to finish second in the race.
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Imagine it today, pulling into the pits and the crew removing a track marshals forearm from a radiator duct.
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