HEY YOU!!! New to the WRS? Introduce yourself!

[eggmann]

PS: is there anyway to change my custom user text under my name?

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16781

 

[TimBrad]

Ahhha! thanks!

 

[kragbees]

Hey, it's huge now !

 

[Tedehur]

Hi mates, I just realized that I had introduced myself in the first tentative thread (by Chris, a.k.a. Mojo Rising) but not in this official thread posted by CFM.

My name is Cyril, I'm 33, married to Anne (we've been together for the past 15 years), we have 3 kids (Antoine 6, Perrine 3 and Martin 1.5) and we live in the south of France. I'm one of the (too) few frenchmen racing in the WRS.
I graduated in chemistry (and more specifically polymers) but I work for the french branch of a belgian software company, and my job is to translate the software from dutch (flemish) to french and to train the trainers.

I've been playing video games since 1985 on Amstrad CPC 464, Amstrad CPC 6128, Appel II c, Atari 520 STF, Amiga CD-TV, Super Nintendo, PC, Gameboy, Playstation, Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advance, Playstation II.
I discovered the GT series in 2000 (GT1) but really got hooked on GT3 in 2002.
I joined GTP in Feb. 2004 and the WRS in April (week 65, that was a S2000 at Deep Forest reverse). Since that time I'm still racing in div 2 mainly because I'm not practising much and therefore have no chance to be promoted up to div 1.

In real life, I'm driving a Renault Kangoo 1.5 dCi, which is about as far as you can imagine from a sport car but in which can easily fit the whole family, 3 seats for the kids and enough luggage for a fortnight
If I were single I would be driving a Mazdaspeed Miata. Probably a red one.

My wife plays mainly RPGs and she understands my addiction to gaming. As I was writing the previous paragraph she just kissed me on the forehead and said 'good night flat-out' (in english and using my GTP nickname instead of my real name).
My first son (6 years old) is a big fan of GT3, GT4 and GTA San Andreas. He started to play video games two weeks before his second birthday ("Driver" on Playstation). He's no threat to any of us so far, but we might see him around at GTP in a few years, when he can write english.

That's it, I think I've been pretty much exhaustive, and if I write more I'd rather lay down on the sofa and have a shrink. See you soon at the track.

 

[Soyfu]

Six year old playing GTA. O_o

 

[Tyre King]

Ok seeing as everyone's re-introducing themselves!

Hi Guys and Gals, I'm Neil

I am 37 years old physically ( my Army knackered knees keep reminding me of that little fact)
and about 25 mentally.

No kids, divorced but now VERY happily engaged and co-habitting.....AAhhhhhh!

I live in Carlisle, Cumbria, sandwiched between the lake district and Scotland. It's quite a laid-back kind of city with one of the premiere art colleges in the country and an up and coming uni too!

I work as a specialist remand foster-carer who specialises in providing a 'one-last-chance' place for teenager's who are one step from the 'Nick' What can i say? It keeps me young (most teenage lad's like pool,video games and a DVD collection of over 200 titles)
Makes my job easier!

I am a biker of old, started with classics(resorations), then Choppers/custom bikes, then got my first 150mph+ sport's bike and fell uncontollably,deeply,right to the bone in love with speed,cornering on the edge of reason, pushing the bike and myself to the limits(and occasionally just that little bit past it, without incident by the way) and so 'Ballstothewall' was born and nurtured!

I have been racing the only way i can afford, for as long as PC's have had decent graphics and the playstation came out! Any racing game worth it's salt is in my collection (only sims mind you, Mario cart or V-rally etc don't count, sorry!)

Love being a part of this community, dare i say it 'family'! As usual in any family there will be arguements, but they usually get sorted out!
Usually I have a VERY DRY,VERY (SCOUSE) BRITISH sense of humour (love Monty Python/Red Dwarf/Two Pints....) so take most of my posts bearing that in mind, and i won't have to give ya a 'Kirkby Kiss!'

Peace

Neil

 

[Tedehur]

Six year old playing GTA. O_o

Yeah, we discussed it thoroughly with my wife and came to a conclusion that there was no reason to forbid him to play this game.
1) all explicit terms are in english and he doesn't understand english enough to spot these 'words' within a spoken sentence. And anyway he learns most of the french equivalents at school and there's nothing we can do about it.
2) there's not more violence in the game than on TV when the news show what happens in Iraq.
He likes the game because he can do lots of forbidden things (mainly careless driving, more scarcely shooting people), but kids understand the difference between games and reality more than we can think. He kept drawing burning buildings months after the planes crashed into the Twin Towers, but he never mentions the car accidents he causes in the game for more than 5 minutes.

 

[EXelero]

geeeeeessss..... i never saw this thread before. must have been wearing the wrong specs. been racing for 4 weeks now, but guess its time i said a few words......

my name is Carys. i live in a sleepy town on the outskirts of Nottinghamshire.
i've just turned 30 *coughs loudly* and work as an advertiser for a chiropractic clinic. i have two darling children who are free to a good home (will pay you if its not a good home!), and take up alot of my time cos i have to get them off the ps2 to race!

i live alone with the kids, two dogs, a cat and a few fish and i occassionally let Vexd (David) come and join us too. without his help i would be more than laughable at gt racing. thats not really alone then is it.....??? hhmmmmmmmmmmmm

i do also have to take some credit for Vexd's signiture. i think my placing my car under a hgv last year just may have something to do with his beliefs that women shouldnt be driving.....?!

i love chatting about gtp and always need extra help, so please feel free to message me at any time.
i never intentionally want to offend people, so if you dont like something i've written, please check my meaning before hitting the wall. this site covers a huge area of the world, and we dont all speak in the same 'tongue.' i think that should be remembered.

hope to smell your burning rubber soon.

carys or cass!

 

[TeamLosiRacer]

Decided I should post some pics of myself and a few of my car:

my weekend car and me.


ho-hu my daily driver

 

[kennythebomb]

Decided I should post some pics of myself and a few of my car:

my weekend car and me.


ho-hu my daily driver

Ha! Your weekened car is no match for my dad's '90 Olds Cutlass.

i think my placing my car under a hgv last year just may have something to do with his beliefs that women shouldnt be driving.....?!

I always interpreted it as young leadfoot men like me shouldn't be driving....

 

[bleurabbit7]

Decided I should post some pics of myself and a few of my car:

ho-hu my daily driver

Ah, a fellow autocrosser. I'm jealous right now because we don't have a site to run on. Here's a couple of my pics.

 

[mccfowler]

Hey everyone I'm Mike. I fell in love with Gt1 back when it came out. The things that got me absolutely hooked on it was the two player battles and the realistic replays( for the time). The thrill of the chase rocks and making that perfect pass. Having a tight race was awesome. I didn't play the other parts of the game because I didn't own a PS. My two favorite cars were the Subaru WRX race car and the Castrol Supra. The love affair continued through GT2. I finally bought the PS2/ GT3 combo pack. I got 100% and all Gold. I finished the game with the DS2 then I bought the DF and fell in love with the game all over again. I originally started playing with the digital controller. I now have GT4 and am in DIV 2. Just started drivin MANual. 👍
I'm an avionics engineer living in the Caribbean and I'm from Newfoundland Canada. I'm 28.
Nice to see others who share the obsession.

 

[VEXD]

Decided I should post some pics of myself and a few of my car:

my weekend car and me.

Oh please... your weekend car??

Look at your shoes!

How can you AFFORD to get into a car like that with those sneax on?

hehehehehe

Nice pix man, i bet you had fun in Italy.
👍

I still dont like the look of those Enzo's though...... something wrong with the nozE's.....

(anagram)

 

[Infest]

Hello folks, I'm Ray from Houston,Texas. I've been playing GT since PSone with gt2. I bought GT4 about five months ago and just tuned up cars as i went along my progress. Thats when i found out about these forums here. Then that got me wanting to race against other ppl. Now im here waiting for which divison i will be placed in, so i can start joining the weekly races.

 

[Bul]

Hey Guys, I'm Jimmy (aka Bul), I'm 29 and I joined the weekly races last week. I only got Gt4 two months ago but I love it. I have been a huge fan since GT1 on PS1. I am currently in D2 for the races, but I hope to improve my times as soon as I get a steering wheel! I hope to have some fun with you guys at the races!

 

[ppucci]

Hi everyone! My name is Persio, I am 27 and I live in Brazil. I am engaged for my second marriage, no kids, and living with my fiancee. I've been playing GT since GT1, but I never was such a great driver... until I got myself a DFP to play GT4. I think I am okay now. Always loved the franchise and even though I was not a great driver I waas always close to GT. I am kind of new to the forum, really feels like home! Anyway, I am not yet qualified for WRS (gonna do that tonight, though) and I really pretend to join you guys on this OLR WRS. This seem to be a lot of healty fun!

This is me racing GT4


That's my ride in front!!!


Heheh just kidding, this is my ride, a Peugeot 206 8v 1.0... not much of a car, really, but it can do the job!


Hope to meet and make good friends on the list!!!

 

[CFM]

Looking forward to having you here, ppucci. Have fun.

 

[VEXD]

In the spirit of Team Losi Racer...

Here's my daily driver, and my weekend car, in no particular order:





👍

 

[Frogger1971]

Ok here goes. Hi, I'm Bill. aka Frogger, aka, Wolfheron. I have been racing GT since GT3, It has taken me a long time to get ?good?, I am a much better rally driver than a street driver but my times and lines are improving, mostly because I am trying to beat my brother. (who hasn't posted here yet) He has posted in other forums as UrsaMajorPrime.

I am in Div3 (and rightfully so) once CFM sent me the qual times, I about Freaked. It will be a long time - if ever, before i even get to Div 2.

I drive a '68 Ford Mustang Coupe. Straignt 6 200cc. All original except for the front seats which are now '69 highbacks. (rasafrasa, the hinge pin broke on the drivers seat. no-one was willing to even try to fix it, and all the 68 seats I could find, were rotted out pieces of @#$#@. so I bought a refurbed pair of 69's.)

Anyway... I am not the worlds best driver, hence the Div3, but i have a lot of fun, and push to make my self better.

Live in Parker Colorado USA.

Not much else to say, except the above mentioned Mustang is for sale.

If you want pics, come take them. (I have a digital camera, but my wife never lets me use it.)

 

[Small_Fryz]

Hey Bill 👍, welcome to WRS you will have a lot of fun!, If you put a bit of effort in, you will be able to be D2. So many people to learn from, you will be able to improve greatly.

 

[VEXD]

Hello, im David, and im in BC5.

If you suffer the same illness....

Go post a proposal.

Thankyou.

 

[UrsaMajorPrime]

Bear here, 36 years old, Parker Colorado, never married, no kids - plenty of free time on my hands but I'm a serious gamer so I get distracted between racing, RPG's, golf, snowboarding, splinter cell, etc...

I just bought a Driving Force and am still getting used to it, but my lap times and control have already improved significantly. Just started WRS in week 16 and managed to finish 9th in Div 3 so I'm not complaining.

My brother is Frogger1971 and he's right about being a better rally racer than street race, kicks my butt in the dirt all the time, but I'm getting there...

Thanks to ya'll for giving me someone to truly race against instead of that blasted cheating AI!

UMP

 

[Dave_George]

Hello to all just wanted to introduce myself, im David 27 from England UK, engaged no kids, been into the GT series from the moment i clapped eyes on Gran Turismo on my mates PS1...remember the days!! Amazes me with each generation what is possible to achieve from a racing sim and a games console.

Joined this series as looks like lot of fun, just posted my first weeks time and look forward to the next challenge.

cheers

David

 

[G.T]

Seeming that everyone is introducing themselves, I might as well too.

My Name is James, I'm 14 and from the UK. I'm home educated () and have been for over a year now because of bullying as school. Because of this I have a little too much spare time (points to my title ).

I've been playing Gran Turismo from when GT3 was released becuase someone recommended it to me, and I've loved it ever since. Plus, I think I was one of the first people in the UK to get GT4 5 days early becuase a Supermarket called Tesco released it early by mistake. I'm a proud DS2 user too. I have tried out a steering wheel before but I never found that it was worth paying all that money for one. But that might be beacuse I was useless at using it, but practise makes perfect.

I'm am so much into cars too. I am so interested that I have been to a few track days (no driving ) and the the Goodwood Festival Of Speed which I've really enjoyed.

The pics are here:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showt...hlight=goodwood

More:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showt...hlight=goodwood

And yes, more :
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showt...225#post1792225


I even hold the "Guess That Car" competition here on GTP:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1715715#post1715715

And also made PAL GT4 Prize Car List:
http://gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1504966#post1504966

Hopefully, I should be entering the WRS competitions more often, I've only done 1 so far.

I hope this gives enough background on what I'm like. I'll leave you with this picture of me in an Aston Martin Vanquish S that I was in the other day.

 

[VEXD]

yo james, dont want to burst your bubble, but i get all the games i want early, cos i know the local store's owner, and as soon as they are shipped, theyre in my ps2.

nice pic of the aston though.

i cant compete with you there.

cept to say, ive driven a noble m12

 

[G.T]

yo james, dont want to burst your bubble, but i get all the games i want early, cos i know the local store's owner, and as soon as they are shipped, theyre in my ps2.

Bah, lets say people that don't know store owners then.

Driven a Noble M12? Great! That car is supposed to have one of the best car chassis ever made.

 

[VEXD]

It certainly scares the stuff out of you when you floor it.

It was autumn you see, and it was slippery.

but it was also a very brief drive i had, and i didnt get to test its handling so much.

still.... i enjoyed the car, and was sad to hear we blew its turbo in about 45 mins of toying with it.

It was the press car, and it ended up crashed and for sale in the back of top marques a few weex later.

 

[G.T]

If you found that scary, the M400 is even faster...

It's just a Ford Duratec engine, how can it take 400bhp?

 

[Small_Fryz]

you pommy's should get this

http://www.ultimacars.com/

it would own any nobile, ferrair or any supercar for that matter, and its only 16000 quid or so.

 

[VEXD]

That's basically a noble u muppet.

And still uses the parts from a ford mondeo to see in the dark.

Tsk tsk...... ozzies......