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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 181 |
posted 09-02-2004 07:48 PM
   
Well, it looks like the missus is working on Sunday, so that means I can host an instant race. New Time! 3pm EST Yep, this Sunday, at 3pm EST (AKA New York City Time), we'll have another one. Unfortunately with GTP being out of commission, I'm looking for a new home. I know GTBN has a chat room, but it requires registration, so ... I'll post one up on deralta.net at www.deralta.net/instant I'll have the car and track picked for the first one, and the car picked for the second one. The 3rd place finisher picks the track for the second race. Hope to see a few of you there. Race #1 "Arcade: Freerun: Rome Circuit (forward): S-class: Spoon s2000 Race Car: Fast lap" Congrats Ron! Race #2 Arcade: Free Run: SSR11 (forward) S-Class: Astra Touring Car: Fast lap Results #2: Congrats Max! Holy crap... He didn't even make the top three. :O Race #3: Bought Castrol Mugen NSX (as is, no oil change) Fast lap at Grand Valley Reverse
[This message has been edited by Der Alta (edited 09-06-2004).] IP: Logged |
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NielsG Crew Member Posts: 17 |
posted 09-03-2004 02:04 AM
If it's the usual 2 races event, I'll be in the last one.  IP: Logged |
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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 181 |
posted 09-03-2004 07:13 AM
I've got the free time, so it's quite easily planned to be 2 races. See you there AO IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1789 |
posted 09-03-2004 12:55 PM
quote: Ever since you've started doing the Instant Races, I've wanted to join in, but I haven't been able to, because you always have them when I'm supposed to be at church (10am Pacific Time). Have fun and good luck to all the racers, anyway. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 181 |
posted 09-03-2004 07:14 PM
Santiago, I've always wanted to run one a bit later in the day, as I'm usually hard pressed to make here just in time. The problem being, most of Europe is 6+ hours after I am. Meaning they usually start the races at 7pm and end somewhere around 9:30pm. Add two hours to that and it's pretty late. I have begun to debate the idea of running 4 races in one day, basically starting at 1pm and running straight through until 6pm. The hindrance being getting a full account of racers. 5 hours of intense racing (You'd be suprised how short 1 hour is) can be a bit much. Think "spot race intensity" for the entire Tokyo R246 enduro. It does leave a bit to consider though. Thanks for the input. AO IP: Logged |
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eggmann 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1328 |
posted 09-03-2004 11:13 PM
quote: Thre have been many days where I spent 5 hours straight working on a single race. 5 different races would be much easier, and probably more fun. IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1789 |
posted 09-03-2004 11:47 PM
quote: Hey, British guys! (hehe) How late you guys stay up most nights? (I know WasteGate stays up pretty late most of the time... I'm guessing till about 1am offhand, but I'm not 100% sure of that.) ------------------ IP: Logged |
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NielsG Crew Member Posts: 17 |
posted 09-04-2004 03:34 AM
I'm on Central European Time. 1 hour ahead of the GMT and the British Racers. I've missed a lot of AO's instant races, because I'm busy tucking up the kids. When there's two races I can barely be ready to the second one, usually starting at 8 PM local time. Starting 2 hours later would be great for me. Racing two races from 9-11 PM (again local time) would suit me perfect. Results would be up at 11.30 PM latest, and that would give me half an hour to get control of my excitement, nerves, pounding heart and general shakiness before bedtime. IP: Logged |
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TUSCAN S 1st Lieutenant Posts: 170 |
posted 09-04-2004 10:48 AM
Yeah-I`m with Santi and fellow Dane Niels ( Davs du!) on starting a couple of hours later. Then I would only have to fight the wife (pleading,and begging would be more accurate  ) instead of having to fight the kids as well. No matter what I`ll try to be there if I don`t end up scewing the time-difference-thing up ------------------ IP: Logged |
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WasteGate 1st Lieutenant Posts: 718 |
posted 09-04-2004 03:32 PM
I'm going to be out for most of tomorrow, but I'll see if I can swing it to be back in time for the second race. IP: Logged |
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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 181 |
posted 09-04-2004 08:01 PM
After a long discussion with many of the Europeans and West Coast USA people, I've changed the start time. 3PM tomorrow. See you there AO IP: Logged |
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eggmann 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1328 |
posted 09-04-2004 08:45 PM
quote: NYC time is the same as GTBN Board Time, so hopefully that'll help. IP: Logged |
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NielsG Crew Member Posts: 17 |
posted 09-05-2004 04:43 AM
Great AO. I'll be there from the start then.
quote: Hallψj, Sonny. It's 9 PM East Coast Jutland Time. See you tonight. IP: Logged |
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TUSCAN S 1st Lieutenant Posts: 170 |
posted 09-05-2004 08:07 AM
Dammit! I won`t be able to make it afterall, one of my colleagues called-in sick, so I`m going to be working tonight  Jesus! I even joined the choir to get the time changed, and now I΄m a no-show  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1789 |
posted 09-05-2004 01:00 PM
This link goes to a World Clock that I set up with 5 time zones for the GTBN OLR drivers, so they could figure out exactly what local time they needed to join the chat for instant race/send a race time/etc. It lists: I picked those cities because based on where everyone lives (those that I know anyway), I figured everyone would know the difference between their time and the time in one of those cities, and then could compare it with the time in Orlando (which is Board Time). Bookmark as desired. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1789 |
posted 09-05-2004 01:03 PM
quote: I know you usually host these at GTP, and since it's back up, are you going to move back there after this week, keep the instant race series here, or run them on both sites? IP: Logged |
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eggmann 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1328 |
posted 09-05-2004 04:12 PM
Results of Race 1 are up!  IP: Logged |
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eggmann 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1328 |
posted 09-05-2004 05:31 PM
Race 2 up, Race 3 starting shortly. IP: Logged |
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eggmann 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1328 |
posted 09-05-2004 06:48 PM
Race 3 results are up. Thanks for the fun afternoon of beer-drinking, er, racing AO! IP: Logged |
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Der Alta 1st Lieutenant Posts: 181 |
posted 09-05-2004 09:50 PM
quote:If GTBN would have me, I'll continue to host them here. This is the first one I've run from here, and there were 17 racers. I don't think we had more than 13 when running it off GTP. So Next Sunday's race will be hosted here. Thanks guys, AO IP: Logged |
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Santiago22 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1789 |
posted 09-05-2004 10:29 PM
quote: Well, you haven't been banned yet, so I imagine you're still welcome here. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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GT3mich Officer of the Bridge Posts: 4760 |
posted 09-06-2004 10:12 AM
DA, go right ahead. This week was a family birthday so I couldn't race short of getting in major trouble. If next week is at 3:00pm I may be able to do the 1st race. Glad to see the great turn out for such an old game! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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WasteGate 1st Lieutenant Posts: 718 |
posted 09-06-2004 10:35 AM
I've posted my replay of the run with the Astra at my site - in case Ron want's any tips hereIP: Logged |
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