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[Stewyripper]

Geezers here are the rally results so far with one more stage to go tomorrow.

1 oldboy1943 27.48.394

2 stewyripper 27.58.809

3 matilda1234 28.11.079

4peppermallard 28.23.087

5 papagnr 28.26.842

6 geezer1791 29.11.992

Room open tomorrow at 13.30 UK time 08.30EST , racing starts 30 minutes later.
It will be the MINI COOPER 1.3 98 fully tuned, i have a tune i will give on the day for anyone who needs it.
Don't forget to put nos on.
See you all tomorrow

 

[EmaNymton]

It's N2O (not nos)!

 

[pmallard]

It's N2O (not nos)!

NOS = Nitrous Oxide System - The system used to introduce N2O into the engine.

PM

 

[Stewyripper]

Good day again geezers but next week i will host a room and let's see where we go.

 

[GTFireball]

Good day again geezers but next week i will host a room and let's see where we go.

Thanks for the hard work Stewy (and Papa), a challenging series and I enjoyed it mucho.👍

 

[SW__10]

Hi Geezers!

Just thought I'd stop by and say hi, and apologise for my disappearance.
I'm completely hooked on Project Cars now. GT6 just doesn't do it for me anymore.

I hope you are all well and fighting fit?!

All the best Geezers! Keep up the good work!
See you all soon racing on PS4 maybe .


Once a Geezer! Always a Geezer! 👍

SW__10

 

[GTFireball]

Hi Geezers!

Just thought I'd stop by and say hi, and apologise for my disappearance.
I'm completely hooked on Project Cars now. GT6 just doesn't do it for me anymore.

I hope you are all well and fighting fit?!

All the best Geezers! Keep up the good work!
See you all soon racing on PS4 maybe .


Once a Geezer! Always a Geezer! 👍

SW__10

Sorry we lost you to another game - you could come slumming every now and then. All the best on PC 👍

 

[PapaGnr]

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[GTsail]

In the current Seasonal at Suzuka, @nordschleife51 has run a blazing fast 2:07.194 lap:tup:

In an effort to catch him, I've just run a 2:07.479 which put me 68th on the current Leaderboard

I don't know if I can find any more time, but I'm going to try!

See you on the tracks!
GTsail

 

[EmaNymton]

So it is for sure now that you are an alien!

 

[GTsail]

Yeah!

Not to shabby for two Geezers who drive with their blinkers on!


Now, if only I could remember where I left the car keys, I would drive to the local grocery store for some alien liquid refreshments!

See you on the tracks!
GTsail

 

[geezer1791]

GEEZER TT RESULTS 7/8

Non Race Car @ Special Stage Rt 5 - Geezer Podium: nordschleife1951 1.18.092, #65 ITW, Top 0.07%
GTsail2 1.18.859, #154 ITW, Top 0.16%
JotaFDuarte 1.19.199, #229 ITW, Top 0.24%
Geezer Top Ten- dlone47, mots63, bobby2227, zona99, matilda1234, stewyripper, pepper_mallard
7 Geezers in Top 500 - Top 0.54%
10 Geezers in Top 1000 - Top 1.08%
33 of 34 Geezers got GOLD

Formula Gran Turismo @ Silverstone - Geezer Podium: nordschleife1951 1.32.354, #251 ITW, Top 0.56%
JotaFDuarte 1.32.452, #280 ITW, Top 0.63%
GTsail2 1.32.529, #289 ITW, Top 0.65%
Geezer Top Ten - mots63, bobby2227, zona99, stewyripper, daduce1947, matilda1234, Ema-Nymton
7 Geezers in Top 500 - Top 1.12%
8 Geezers in Top 1000 - Top 2.24%
22 of 25 Geezers got GOLD

GEEZERS ROCK 👍 👍

 

[geezer1791]

GEEZER DT RESULTS 7/8

FR Drive Non Race Car @ Tsukuba - Geezer Podium: nordschleife1951, PapaGnr, macdog54
5 of 7 Geezers got GOLD

Race Car @ Silverstone - Geezer Podium: nordschleife1951, PapaGnr, bobby2227
4 of 6 Geezers got GOLD

GEEZERS ROCK GOING SIDEWAYS 👍 👍

 

[GTsail]

GEEZER TT RESULTS 7/8
Non Race Car @ Special Stage Rt 5 - Geezer Podium:
nordschleife1951 1.18.092, #65 ITW, Top 0.07%
GTsail2 1.18.859, #154 ITW, Top 0.16%

Last Thursday night, I saw that I was in 2nd place behind @nordschleife51 by nearly a second (he's on my friend list), so I was running some laps at the Special Stage Rt5 track to close down the gap, and I was on a very hot lap with an expected time of about 1:18.4xx when the clock struck "midnight" and the game said that my lap was invalid (the Seasonal TT's time had expired) so I lost my lap!

After I got over my disappointment, I waited a minute or two to let the game reset and then saw that the new Seasonal was at Suzuka and that I could run my Honda NSX-R Prototype Road Car there (the car that I was already driving).

I quickly changed the PP value on my NSX to 530 and ran two laps at Suzuka and after my second lap, I got ranked in First place on the worldwide Leaderboard!

For two or three minutes I was ranked number one!

Early bird catches the worm!

See you on the tracks!
GTsail

 

[nordschleife51]

Here's more Jeff Zwart video from this year's Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Turn up the volume and enjoy!

 

[EmaNymton]

THIS is the stuff I like!
Even though... that 9:46,243 was not an exceptionally fast drive!
The record for the full track is from
2013 France Sébastien Loeb in a Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak with a record breaking 8:13.878.

I would definitely like to see the Pikes Peak course in GT6 (and if not in GT6, then at least in GT7).
There could be a constant ongoing competiton throughout the year or something like that, would be fun anyway!

 

[pmallard]

Here's more Jeff Zwart video from this year's Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Turn up the volume and enjoy!

I seem to recall driving to the top of Pikes Peak in my 67 Camaro. Must have been around 1970. If I remember correctly, much of the road was gravel back then. Or am I wrong, that was a long time ago.

PS - I just looked it up - paved in 2011.

P Mallard

 

[Stewyripper]

Good morning geezers the room will be open today at the usual time 08.30 EST 13.30 BST for chill chat and race.
Run what you brung.

 

[GTFireball]

Just watched the Matterhorn replay, good close racing with Papa pulling away for the win! Fun stuff:tup:.

 

[PapaGnr]

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[lionelg]

Bad news for me this morning, turned on PS3 to be greeted with 3 beeps and a flashing red light . After research it would appear I have the 'Yellow Light of Death' otherwise known as a 🤬 motherboard.

Seems there are some possibilities for resurrection by using a heat gun to melt the solder, worth a try I suppose, but of a greater nuisance is the fact the GT6 disk is still in the Blue Ray player. Presumably, when I've stripped the PS3 down I should be able to eject it with a separate power supply.

I have ordered a 2nd hand PS3 500 GB Super Slim which should be here next week and have a fairly recent backup of data so should be up and running again soon. 👍

Meanwhile any suggestions on resurrection of old model would be appreciated.

 

[Stewyripper]

Bad news for me this morning, turned on PS3 to be greeted with 3 beeps and a flashing red light . After research it would appear I have the 'Yellow Light of Death' otherwise known as a 🤬 motherboard.

Seems there are some possibilities for resurrection by using a heat gun to melt the solder, worth a try I suppose, but of a greater nuisance is the fact the GT6 disk is still in the Blue Ray player. Presumably, when I've stripped the PS3 down I should be able to eject it with a separate power supply.

I have ordered a 2nd hand PS3 500 GB Super Slim which should be here next week and have a fairly recent backup of data so should be up and running again soon. 👍

Meanwhile any suggestions on resurrection of old model would be appreciated.

There are some decent tutorials on youtube that are supposed to work.
That would be my first place to look, good luck with it mate go easy with it i broke mine completely when i did it, being heavy handed did not help.
keep us posted as to how you get on.

 

[GTFireball]

@lionelg You've probably seen this already about the hair dryer technique.



I'll assume you have tried holding down the eject button then pressing power for the second or two it stays on.

Good luck!

 

[PapaGnr]

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[Stewyripper]

Planning a four race event next weekend. tracks will be picked by voting on the day.
The cars, i am going to do a random pick on the kudosprime.com website now and what comes up is what we will race.
All races will be stock, oil change and brake balance can be changed only.
Going to pick cars now.
Car 1 1989 Mazda mx5 miata na 89 comfort soft tyres.
Car 2 2008 Suzuki sx4 wrc 08 Race hard tyres.
Car 3 1970 Ford Mustang Trans Cammer {grand touring garage} sports soft tyres.
Car 4 2008 Fiat 500 1.2 8v lounge ss 08 comfort medium tyres.

gone for stock tyres as well this time, you will need to go to some different tracks to try these cars as they are vastly different in the way they drive.
Enjoy.

 

[lionelg]

Many thanks @Stewyripper , @PapaGnr and @GTFireball for your suggestions and will be stripping it down today.

Must say the video from @GTFireball is just a little scary in that the heat used actually softened the case and logically could cause even more damage inside.

 

[lionelg]

All ready to begin heat treatment having just found the heat gun, unseen for several years, but currently awaiting delivery of thermal paste and cleaner, due tomorrow, so as I'm out Tuesday will start and hopefully complete, the work Wednesday. Have to do it then or I'll have forgotten how it all goes back together , after all I'm a geezer.

 

[Daduce1947]

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All ready to begin heat treatment having just found the heat gun, unseen for several years, but currently awaiting delivery of thermal paste and cleaner, due tomorrow, so as I'm out Tuesday will start and hopefully complete, the work Wednesday. Have to do it then or I'll have forgotten how it all goes back together , after all I'm a geezer.

GL bud, as for forgetting HOW IT GOES BACK TOGETHER,, I think you're doing the same as I do,, take tons of photos during disassembly 💡,, then follow them in reverse - it's the ONLY WAY I can manage these type projects anymore, now that I'm a GEEZER

 

[pmallard]

Planning a four race event next weekend. tracks will be picked by voting on the day.
The cars, i am going to do a random pick on the kudosprime.com website now and what comes up is what we will race.
All races will be stock, oil change and brake balance can be changed only.
Going to pick cars now.
Car 1 1989 Mazda mx5 miata na 89 comfort soft tyres.
Car 2 2008 Suzuki sx4 wrc 08 Race hard tyres.
Car 3 1970 Ford Mustang Trans Cammer {grand touring garage} sports soft tyres.
Car 4 2008 Fiat 500 1.2 8v lounge ss 08 comfort medium tyres.

gone for stock tyres as well this time, you will need to go to some different tracks to try these cars as they are vastly different in the way they drive.
Enjoy.

Just to make sure I understand, we will run 1 race with each car (our choice of car?), once used it's done with. Not choose one car for all races.

P.M.

 

[GTFireball]

Just to make sure I understand, we will run 1 race with each car (our choice of car?), once used it's done with. Not choose one car for all races.

P.M.

Pepper, my understanding is four stock (and stock tyres) "one makes" at tracks TBD on the day - sounds fun, so I hope I got it right. A little Brit right there