The best race of all LFS Time

Sambo · Post by **Sambo** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:15 pm

I have had a few people express interest in seeing this replay.
So I have fraps'ed it so that it may be viewed by all who now race in the AAL and play LFS.

Without further delay, I give you the best race ever:

Download ~50mb

Fern Bay Black played host to the S1 Finale with a massive 50 laps to be completed. Racers were encouraged to choose any car of their choice as each car had been allocated a place in one of three divisions. The winner of each division would enter a final showdown.

Again it was an SCR whitewash with Rots taking out the GTi/GT division, Chaz the fastest of the TBOâ€™s and Scottie took out the MRT5/LX6 group. The handicap final showdown race at Fern Bay Black between the three great drivers was one of the most exciting spectacles ever seen in Live For Speed. Rots led the way and was through the chicane before Chaz was released. Scottie followed and they all drove on the limit around the 6.6 km Fern Bay Black circuit.

Post by **J_luo88** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:25 pm

Yep, that was bloody awesome. Nice job frapsings it =]

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:35 pm

wicked finish

Takumi · Post by **Takumi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:39 pm

some other blokes and myself came up with this idea after playing around with it online once.
i still remember having to convince you guys that this idea was gonna work!

but it was just so amazing that it turned out THAT good on the first try

good times and memories

Rots · Post by **Rots** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:51 pm

Awesome, thanks Sambo.. I'll be showing this to the grand kids

GT VIRUS · Post by **GT VIRUS** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:16 pm

How good did the FXO look back then

Great race though, i feel sorry for ya rots.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:46 pm

Wicked, thanks Sambo.

I can't believe how close that finish was, the pressure must have been intense for Rots, Chaz & Scottie and none of them seemed to make any mistakes

So was this race done on the same night as the 50 lap open race??
How was the release time calculated for each driver, cause it was spot on.

Must of been awesome seeing that live

Takumi · Post by **Takumi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:55 pm

pretty sure it was a couple of days after the 50 lap races were run, as a finale of sorts. can't recall who did the timing (pixel maybe?) but yes, extremely spot on! I recall Rots or Chaz kept repeating afterwards "I cant stop shaking, I cant stop shaking"

Sambo · Post by **Sambo** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:00 pm

hahah yeah, they do talk about that later. However in the interest of rots jnr and rots jnr jnr i didnt fraps that because it had some...'descriptive' language :P

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:01 am

haha
brilliant!
I bet the pulses were racing on the last few corners.......

YnoT · Post by **YnoT** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:38 am

nice finish there, they should do another one

Rots · Post by **Rots** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:27 am

I bet it was colourful language

I was shaking afterward, before, during... I've never felt so much pressure in an online race before.

If only the XRGT had a little more grunt for the last stretch!!

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:01 am

LOL, yeah that race was just so intense... we were all shaking!

Congrats on finding an S1 version to get it done Sam! top stuff!

(love the OMFG!@!@@ at the end :P )

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:46 pm

Flinty72 wrote: How was the release time calculated for each driver, cause it was spot on.

i believe our fearless leader Pixelboy worked out the handicaps.. and i agree, absolutely spot on...

Flinty72 wrote:Must of been awesome seeing that live

certainly was!

Gusto · Post by **Gusto** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:56 pm

I remember that one!
I completely forget where I came in the 50 lapper

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:05 pm

What was the date of that race?
Can check LFSW to see the other place getters in the 50 lapper....

Post by **J_luo88** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:19 pm

Looks like the S1 Finale was held on the 29th November 2004. With the actual race held on the 23rd November 2004...

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:47 pm

J_luo88 wrote:Looks like the S1 Finale was held on the 29th November 2004. With the actual race held on the 23rd November 2004...

Good one J-luo, been checking out LFSW to see the results.
OMG 50 laps of Fern Bay Black in those cars

Am I reading these right.
Scottie (MRT) won by 4:21min only 6 finishers
Chaz (FXO) won by 3:50min only 5 finishers & Rots being the only non-turbo driver?

Post by **J_luo88** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:23 pm

I'm not exactly sure who raced, but as you would have guessed, there were a lot of DNF's during that race. iirc, we had two servers, one running the TBO's and FR cars, and another running the MRT, and the two LX's. Basically covering all the S1 cars.

So to answer you question, Rots wouldn't have been the only non-turbo driver, there were others. As for all the information in regards to it, i think it's all been lost as it (the event) was run off the LFS Endu website, which now has ceased to exist.

Sambo · Post by **Sambo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:01 pm

Actually the S1 finale was run in two heats. Chaz ran in the later one and his time was then compared to the winner of the turbo class from the previous heat, which he still won by just under a min. so the finale was all the aggregate winners battling for a 1 lap show down.

oh by the way, i stole that little text description from the AAL website :P sorry pix hope you dont mind

Post by **J_luo88** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:22 pm

Right you are Sam.

Digging up some old threads, i've come up with these for you guys to have a read of if you're interested.

General Information about S1 Showdown
Signup, the old fashion way
Discussion 1
Discussion 2
Official Classification of Class Drivers
Official Winner of S1 Showdown Announced

Takumi · Post by **Takumi** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:05 pm

i think there were 2 different race nights, i had an awesome race with Sars in the non turbo devision, swapping positions and racing neck and neck for all 50 laps.
i eventually won, however rots raced on another night (on his own i think?) and completed the race one second faster than i did :P

i have a stack of screenshots from the race, i'll post them up soon

Takumi · Post by **Takumi** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:24 pm

http://www.fujiwaratofu.co.nr/aal/s1finalesummary.html
here's some shots of the 50lapper Div C race.

Post by **J_luo88** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:32 pm

Takumi wrote:i think there were 2 different race nights, i had an awesome race with Sars in the non turbo devision, swapping positions and racing neck and neck for all 50 laps.
i eventually won, however rots raced on another night (on his own i think?) and completed the race one second faster than i did :P

i have a stack of screenshots from the race, i'll post them up soon

Was it? I can't even remember now. May have been. Almost 3 years ago now :S

And thanks for the pics =]

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:07 pm

Awesome stuff.. was an amzing finish.. i still cant believe we got those handicaps that close...

thanks sambo