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GTP_WRS Pit Box : Want to chat? - Need help? Post here.
- Thread starter Sjaak
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- GTP_Eternal
August? What version is that, 1.02? Did they still have leaded gas back then?I sat looking at all the new features and attempted to join that club, too. I had two invites, but neither invite allowed me to join, so I found it manually.
I suppose I should find out what features changed between August and now at some point
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- thematic604
@WRSFetchBot offline or stuck?
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- GTP_Roamer2629
Hey Ned, How are you feeling? Hope you are doing better...
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- GTP_CarlosF
Happy Christmas Matt! My kids got a PS3 (no need for a PS4) so I've been "helping" them with the Lego super hero games which are lots of fun. I'm currently trying to work out the ridiculousness that is Disney Infinity 2.0 - they couldn't make that any more complicated if they tried!
I was very pleased to receive "The Unfair Advantage" by Mark Donohue which I'm really looking forward to reading.
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Mark drove almost exclusively for Roger Penske, who like Mark, was a very analytical driver. I grew up in the 60s when two Racing Series were born. The Trans Am and the Can Am. Roger and Mark, who was an engineer, always had something more advanced that the press coined as the Unfair Advantage....and later after Mark's death (while driving the Penske F1 car) it was used both in Racing and advertising as The Penske Advantage...which was, of course nothing more than thinking through a problem and finding the fix BEFORE the other teams or drivers even knew there was a problem, much less how they were going to fix it. Mark was my hero. He was a college kid who was sorta rolly poly faced looking....the All American Boy.
His death during practice for the Austrian GP in 1975 staggered the US racing and fan community much like Jim Clarks had staggered the European World and racing fans everywhere.
Here is my favorite picture of Mark taken at Donneybrooke in Brainerd Minesota. He is sitting in the car that killed the Can Am....even the all conquering Can Am McLarens could not keep up with the "Penske Panzer Porsche 917 Twin Turbo". The pundits captioned the picture...."What is he thinking up now".
PS: it is a GREAT book....enjoy it and Mark.
His death during practice for the Austrian GP in 1975 staggered the US racing and fan community much like Jim Clarks had staggered the European World and racing fans everywhere.
Here is my favorite picture of Mark taken at Donneybrooke in Brainerd Minesota. He is sitting in the car that killed the Can Am....even the all conquering Can Am McLarens could not keep up with the "Penske Panzer Porsche 917 Twin Turbo". The pundits captioned the picture...."What is he thinking up now".
PS: it is a GREAT book....enjoy it and Mark.
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I know Christmas is over and we are on to new years but Andy Blackmore who does all the spotters guides which alot of us use while watching races has done a GREAT holiday piece and I thought you guys might enjoy it. He is now into doing car liveries also.Just happens he does desktops too.http://andyblackmoredesign.us7.list...b68736ba555b22f505&id=f4d10332b2&e=e1a84ca8a2
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- GTP_Dutchy
A very happy and very fast new year to all!
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The pedals are a huge upgrade.I took advantage of the sales going on and ordered myself a G27 yesterday. Nothing wrong with my DFGT but I felt like an upgrade. Should arrive as a timely birthday present
@Gravitron has my old G25 pedals and uses them with his DFGT wheel, so that's also an option, if you decide you still like the steering wheel part of your DFGT better.
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- thematic604
Remember the London 22B event? I thought I'd put one of those saved replays to use and try to beat my own lap with a Toronado, or more precisely to see what sort of specs I need to pull it off. Had the car otherwise stock and then oil change - that was already there - and min. weight (still almost 1500 kg). Tried with mostly SH for a while but I can't drive like that. Needs serious rotational aptitude for the last sector. Sports medium (like on the time trial) was after all that not so difficult, so stopped after barely beating the ghost.
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- RacingOtaku86
I'm curious, why don't we ever do rally races?
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We did do this on a dirt layout a while ago. Last week's race was pretty close to a rally on tarmac with the Audi.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/gtp_wrs-week-12-500w.306493/
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- RacingOtaku86
I recall hating that combo with passion. So then all that is left is snow then, right?
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As you guys know I am constantly surfing for racing pix from races I have attended.....or wanted to 
. Well during the 60s there was a grassroots movement amoung us race fans...DAN GURNEY FOR PRESIDENT. He also had a supporters club for 25 bucks and you got a print, decals, and an AAR Eagle Jacket.....still have 'em. So it was like I had died and went to heaven when I found allamericanracers.com, Dan's Company web page. Here is a print I have never seen.....makes a great desktop.
. Well during the 60s there was a grassroots movement amoung us race fans...DAN GURNEY FOR PRESIDENT. He also had a supporters club for 25 bucks and you got a print, decals, and an AAR Eagle Jacket.....still have 'em. So it was like I had died and went to heaven when I found allamericanracers.com, Dan's Company web page. Here is a print I have never seen.....makes a great desktop.
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- numbnuts70
Gurney definitely deserved his status as one of, if not, the best American driver of his era.
He had an amazing Win/Podium record and went onto design and build his own racing cars and a version of the ultimate low-rider
He had an amazing Win/Podium record and went onto design and build his own racing cars and a version of the ultimate low-rider
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I have no idea why it took me so long to register premium account. I guess it's not being advertised much and I had to dig the info up in the FAQ section. I mainly did it to support this awesome site but getting rid off the ads is great bonus.
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So good deed
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