~ Ready, Steady, Go! - Chapter 55 ~ (02/03/12)(56k/MobileApp Warning!)

[Tamtalizied]

”What do you mean experienced it first hand? That close?”

Ahahah.. Love it

 

[Crumpet]

Very good chapter 3! 👍

 

[Machate-man]

Chapter 3 - Yuka’s Loss

Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 ’97, blue, 570 BHP. Previously seized from a street racer. Escaped 56 chases, caught only at home. Is assumed to be highly tuned. Caution: Police are still interested in this car, use off-road only.

I would Love the details on this car, as this seems like the only interesting GT-R on these forums. If possible, PM the details.
BTW, Good job on the story:tup:

 

[VTiRoj]

I would Love the details on this car, as this seems like the only interesting GT-R on these forums. If possible, PM the details.
BTW, Good job on the story:tup:

The details on how to build your own RSG R33 or do you mean something else?

Thank you. 👍

 

[Machate-man]

The details on how to build your own RSG R33 or do you mean something else?

Thank you. 👍

The RSG R33.
I bought the car, with the but dont have the time to tune at the moment.
Anyway, send the details:tup:

 

[VTiRoj]

The RSG R33.
I bought the car, with the but dont have the time to tune at the moment.
Anyway, send the details:tup:

Sorry to disappoint you, but although this R33 does really make 570bhp, there's no adjustables on it. It's actually very awful to drive because it's still on sports hard tyres. It's just a movie prop really. It's not much of a race car... yet.

 

[Zhu8]

Are you lying or is there really no connection to RTN?

 

[VTiRoj]

Are you lying or is there really no connection to RTN?

How dare you even go as far as to accuse me of lying to you all. You have upset me now.

Seriously though, I'm paying small homages to RTN but they're really not connections. Yuka's name and personality, yes that's recycled from RTN. Why? Because I like Yuka. By re-using Yuka, she's already got an established backstory, so it makes writing easier. The next thing I want to say is a spoiler so highlight it if you want to.

Spoiler

Yuka's R33-driving crush is also an RTN recycle. Despite the fact RTN didn't get that far, that's what that mini-storyline was going to end up like. Yuka would've eventually confessed to Roy and he would've basically told her he didnt like her in that way and then he would've vanished somewhere. Whether he will appear in RSG is to be decided, although I'm thinking no.

I don't consider it as an RTN connection because the RTN universe doesn't co-exist with the RSG universe, they're seperate universes.

 

[Zhu8]

How dare you even go as far as to accuse me of lying to you all. You have upset me now.

Sorry, Will you feel better if I give you a cookie? It was just with the Red Civic and all.

I don't consider it as an RTN connection because the RTN universe doesn't co-exist with the RSG universe, they're seperate universes.

I see.

 

[Machate-man]

Spoiler

Yuka's R33-driving crush is also an RTN recycle. Despite the fact RTN didn't get that far, that's what that mini-storyline was going to end up like. Yuka would've eventually confessed to Roy and he would've basically told her he didnt like her in that way and then he would've vanished somewhere. Whether he will appear in RSG is to be decided, although I'm thinking no.

Have I, in some way, influenced your next move in the story?

 

[VTiRoj]

Have I, in some way, influenced your next move in the story?

Nope. When I released chapter 3, I was already mid-way through 4. You're just good at guessing.

 

[Sephy]

Yuka and Kei = Mmmhmmmmm.


Also I hope she picks the FD but I know she won't

 

[VTiRoj]

Chapter 4 - Yuka’s Gain

Yuka was lying in bed, holding the list above her head.

“I still can’t decide! So many choices!”

Kei walked in with the laundry.

“Yuka?”
“You want some help with that, Kei?”
”No thanks. I’m worried about you, Yuka. You’ve been so frustrated with that list ever since last night.”
”I know, it’s just I need to pick carefully.”
”Well what’s the best car on the list?”
“I guess it’s a toss up between the 300ZX and the R33. They’re as good as each other, but I can’t just pick because they’re the best! The 300ZX sounds like a handful on the road and the R33 has police history.”
“You’ve always told me you wanted an R33, Yuka.”
”Yeah but…”
”But nothing, you should go for it whilst you have an opportunity to!”
”I don’t want to be pulled over every time I drive it.”
”Then change its appearance.”
“What?”
”The car is free anyway and you’ve got a lot of money saved up, why not take the chance to customise the car? The police wont recognise it after, right?”
”Kei…”
”Did I say something wrong? I don’t even have a license, what am I doing talking about cars.”
”You’re a genius Kei!”
”What…?”

Yuka leaped out of bed and ran to Kei, giving her a joyful hug as she knocked the laundry out of Kei’s arms.

”Yuka!”
”You’re a genius!”
”Oh Yuka, you…”
”I’ve been so stressed lately, I couldn’t even think of something like that!”
”Well I’m glad you’re happy Yuka.”
”Thank you Kei!”
“You’re welcome Yuka! Now can I go finish the laundry?”

Yuka let Kei go and blushed.

“Sorry Kei, I just got all excited…”

Kei started giggling.

“Oh Yuka, you’re just too cute sometimes!”

Yuka blushed some more.

“Awwww look at you going bright red!”
“Kei! Go do the laundry!”

Kei continued giggling as she picked up the laundry off the floor and took it to the other room.

Later on…

“Hello, Tokyo Used Cars here, Cooper speaking. Oh, Yuka? Have you decided on the car yet? The R33, huh? You sure? Well then if that’s what you want, just come pick it up. I’ll leave the keys on your desk. Alright, bye.”

Later on…

Yuka walked into the office, everyone looked up, happy to see Yuka back to her old self. She ran straight to her office and grabbed the keys to the R33. She walked out of her office and looked around for Cooper. She saw no sign of him. She turned to one of her co-workers.

”Hey, do you know where Cooper is?”
“He’s right outside, on the main road.”

Yuka ran outside to find Cooper admiring the R33.

“Cooper!”
”Yuka, hey!”
”Is this…?”
”Yep. Doesn’t look like a car that’s been in 56 chases, does it?”

Yuka walked around the R33, examining it up close.

“The tyres look a bit worn, so it at least looks like a car that’s been driven hard.”
“Nothing gets by you, does it Yuka?”

”Have you driven it?”
”I only moved it out here, I haven’t driven it yet.”

Yuka shook the keys at Cooper.

”Dare to come for the test drive?”
“Of course! I’m not scared!”

Yuka hopped into the driver seat and started the Skyline up. She gave the throttle a couple of prods. The Skyline responded with a deep roar from the exhaust and a loud hiss from the turbo. She could hardly contain her excitement. Cooper got into the passenger seat.

“Take it easy okay Yuka? The tyres wont last long if you push it.”
“I know the dangers of driving with worn tyres.”
“Oh good.”
”But to answer your question, no!”

Yuka launched the R33, the G-forces pushing Cooper right against his seat.

“Yuka!”

Yuka threw the R33 through the next set of corners, holding great powerslides throughout the entire section..

“It’s so powerful! Yet so easy to control!”
”Yuka the tyres!”

Yuka stayed hard on the throttle, sliding around the high speed curves of Tokyo.

“Yuka I don’t want to die today!”

Yuka wouldn’t let off the throttle. She had gone completely silent, she was in full attack mode.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Yuka! Stop!”

“I can’t believe I actually agreed to ride shotgun with you!”

“Yuka you’ve broken the speedometer already! How fast are we even going?! Slow down!”

“Brake Yuka! Brake! Brake for the love of… Ahhhhhhhhh!”

“Please don’t crash!”

Yuka had already familiarised herself with the R33, she had complete control over the car now. She began slowing down to stop back at the used lot. She couldn’t stop smiling at the R33’s performance.

“We’re back in one piece, thank god. Yuka you’re nuts you know that?”

Yuka turned to Cooper and winked.

” Yuka…? No… Don’t you dare!”

Yuka turned the wheel all the way to the right and floored the throttle in first gear.

“Yuka! Not again!”

“Please Yuka I beg you! Stop!”

“There’s so much smoke! I can’t see a thing!”

Cooper fainted just as Yuka stopped. She looked over to Cooper and saw him leaning against the door after fainting. She started to laugh herself to tears. Everyone rushed over, staring at Cooper.

Tech Specs
Car: Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R33) ‘97
Owner: Yuka
Drivetrain: 4WD
Power: 572 BHP
Weight: 1376 KG

“What happened to him?”
”He… I… Hehehehe!”

Yuka couldn’t hold a straight face, tears of joy were streaming down her cheeks.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

 

[Crumpet]

Very nice!

 

[Zhu8]

Does this mean that you got a tune for Yuka's R33 Roj?

 

[competizione]

very good chapter looking much forward to next chapter

 

[DK]

Nice choice of car.

 

[VTiRoj]

Does this mean that you got a tune for Yuka's R33 Roj?

The only adjustable part on this R33 is the height-adjustable suspension, excluding the brake balance controller because that comes standard in every car. I've built this R33 on a budget to cut production costs.

Ride height: -5/-5
Spring rate: 7.0/6.3
Dampers: 3/1
Camber: 1.9/1.7

Brake balance: 5/6

 

[Zhu8]

And how dies Cooper know what a car that's been in 56 chases look like? And what's the color for the r33?

 

[Apok]

Probably because he works at the used car lot? 💡
And because one would assume a car that's been in chases would be at least a bit battered up and beaten.

 

[VTiRoj]

And how dies Cooper know what a car that's been in 56 chases look like? And what's the color for the r33?

On TV, YouTube, etc. Deep Marine Blue I think? It's the stock colour.

Probably because he works at the used car lot? 💡
And because one would assume a car that's been in chases would be at least a bit battered up and beaten.

Maybe a little bit, but you wouldn't sell a damaged car right? At least visibally damaged.

 

[Machate-man]

Sorry to disappoint you, but although this R33 does really make 570bhp, there's no adjustables on it. It's actually very awful to drive because it's still on sports hard tyres. It's just a movie prop really. It's not much of a race car... yet.

Have I, in some way, influenced your next move in the story?

Nope. When I released chapter 3, I was already mid-way through 4. You're just good at guessing.

Wow, I sure Nailed it when it comes to guessing:tup:

 

[VTiRoj]

Wow, I sure Nailed it when it comes to guessing:tup:

Yeah. 👍

I actually had to go back and buy some little mods to help the R33 drive better during chapter 4's driving scenes (I upload the pictures quite late compared to writing the actual chapter). It wasn't supposed to be the one Yuka chose, hence why all it had were power adders during chapter 3. Originally I was going to use the R32 but I realised the R33 would make for a better story car. I had a last minute change of mind and the R32 later became an RKM tune.

 

[eNigma17]

This is awesome! Ftw!!!

 

[Zhu8]

I'm gonna make a reference to some comments from RTN:

Moar. Nao. Must have.

And is Kyle's Eye still not in it's socket, or did he pop it back in when you released RSG?

 

[VTiRoj]

Chapter 5 - R33 Reborn

Yuka and Kei were gazing out of the apartment window, admiring Yuka’s new R33.

“It looks so nice Yuka!”
”Thanks Kei. I like it too.”
”I like the blue. It looks so deep. It’s such a shame you have to repaint it just so the police wont pull you over every time they see it.”
“Yeah. Although I am excited to be modifying this one by myself!”
”Hey Yuka, didn’t that friend of yours who helped you with the Civic also drive an R33?”
”Friend? Oh! Yeah, he did… A silver R33…”
“Why don’t you ask if he has any spare parts? I’m sure he’d be happy to help.”
”Yeah I’ll ask…”

Yuka sighed.

”What’s wrong Yuka? Is it something I said?”
”No, no, no. Erm, it’s just… I… I can’t pick a colour for the car!”
“Oh! Well I’ve always liked those cars that are white with coloured wheels. Remember that Honda NSX we saw with the green wheels? Like that.”
”Yeah I like those, maybe I can paint the wheels pink!”
”Yuka! That’s a bit girly isn’t it?”
”Says you! Everything you own is pink!”
“Yes but I’m a girly girl! You hardly act your gender when it comes to clothes and cars.”
”Well I want to embrace my inner girl for once!”
“Let me know when you’ve embraced your inner girl fully, I want to actually take you for a manicure!”
“In your dreams!”

Yuka and Kei burst out laughing, falling back onto the floor with joy.

The next day…

Yuka brought the R33 to the local garage, the same one she took the Civic to after damaging the rear bumper.

“Hey, TJ? You in here?”
“Yeah, one sec!”

TJ emerged from under a badly damaged Nissan GT-R.

“Hey Yuka. What’s up?”
“What happened to that GT-R?”
”The same thing that happens to every GT-R. It got wrecked because the driver believed into the hype too much. Apparently he thought he could beat a Lamborghini Gallardo around Suzuka. Seems he took a corner too fast and went straight into a wall.”
“Ouch. That’s what you get for being cocky.”
”Indeed. So what you here for?”
”I need to borrow a bay, just for the afternoon.”
”What? If you need help fixing a car I can help you know.”
”I know, but I want to fix this one up myself.”
”Well alright then. You can grab the bay beside the paint booth.”
“Thanks TJ.”

Yuka parked the R33 in the empty bay and raised it up on the ramp. TJ approached Yuka.

“Yuka, I’ve been hearing some things from my customers.”
”Oh? About what?”
”Your Civic.”
”What about my Civic?”
”That it had been stolen.”
”Yeah… It’s true. What else did you hear about my Civic?”
”That it’s never been seen on the road since it was stolen. Which leads me to two conclusions.”
“What’s the first one?”
”The car was taken to a warehouse, stripped for parts and sold in bits across Japan.”
”And what’s the second conclusion?”
”The thief didn’t care about the car, they just wanted to cause trouble for you.”
”So what would that mean for my car?”
”It’s either wrecked, abandoned or both.”

Yuka turned away, trying not to imagine the condition her Civic could be in.

“I’m sorry Yuka.”
”No, it’s not your fault, don’t apologise.”
“I’ll leave you to your Skyline.”
”Thanks.”
”Oh and by the way…”
”Yeah, TJ?”
”If you do find your Civic, what will you do with the Skyline? I’m assuming the Civic is more important to you than the Skyline.”
“TJ, can I make a confession?”
”Sure.”
”I don’t expect this R33 to survive long enough for me to make that choice. I’m going to find out where my Civic is and get it back, at any cost.”
”I don’t want to see a fine car like this become a piece of a scrap metal, but I do understand your pain. I’ve had a car stolen from me before.”
”Did you find it after?”
”Yeah. The car and the guy who stole it.”
”What did you do?”
”Nothing was left of the car. It probably got sold for parts. All that was left was the identification numbers and the number plates. I still have them hung up in my room.”
“So what about the thief?”
”Six feet under.”
”You killed him?”
”No, of course not. I found out that he was in debt to some gangsters. So I told them where he was hiding. They buried him alive, filmed it and sent me a copy.”
“Wow. What would you have done if the gangsters weren’t after him?”
”Beat him up at the most. There’s no point murdering him, I’d just get into more trouble than he would’ve.”
“True…”
”Yuka, think carefully before carrying out your revenge on this thief. Maybe the best thing to do is let the police deal with it.”
”I’ll keep it in mind.”
“Okay. I’ll leave you to it.”

Yuka immediately got to work. She took the R33 apart and rebuilt it from the ground up. She readjusted the aftermarket suspension to suit her driving, making sure that she wasn’t going to run into ground clearance problems on the road. She wrapped the wheels in a softer, more grippy compound of tyre, to replace the existing rubber, but not before repainting the gold TE37 wheels in a shade of deep pink. Yuka exchanged the small turbo for a larger one, increasing power output. She gave the engine a full service before switching her attention to the bodywork. The standard bonnet and spoiler were ditched in exchange for carbon fibre items. Anything on that car that was deemed useless was removed in an attempt to reduce weight. Yuka had completely transformed the R33 in a single afternoon. There was just one thing left until Yuka could call it done. She rolled the R33 into the paint booth and opened some tins of white paint.

Later on…

Kei was watching TV in the apartment, before she was suddenly interrupted by the sound of Yuka coming home. Kei looked out of the window to see a white R33 outside.

“Is that Yuka’s car? Wow it looks totally different now.”

Kei ran down to greet Yuka.

“Yuka!”
”Hey Kei.”
”It looks so different now!”

“Yeah it took all afternoon but I did it.”
”I really like the colour scheme!”

“Thanks Kei.”
“Is it faster than before?”
”A little bit faster. I just changed the turbo and reduced the weight a bit.”

Tech Specs
Car: Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R33) ‘97
Owner: Yuka
Drivetrain: 4WD
Power: 602 BHP
Weight: 1309 KG

“Oh I see. Yuka I was thinking...”
“Kei can it wait? I really need to shower. I’m covered in oil and I tore my shorts on the tool bench.”
“Yeah sure, go ahead.”
“Thanks Kei.”

Later on…

Yuka walked into the living room, wearing her dressing gown. She sat down beside Kei and started brushing her hair. Kei was holding Yuka’s shorts.

“Um, Kei? Shouldn’t those be in the bin?”
”Sorry Yuka, I was trying to see if I could mend them for you.”
”It’s okay Kei, they’re old, I have more.”
”But Yuka, the tear is so big, did you scratch your leg?”
”Yeah, I didn’t realise how deep the cut was until just now though.”
”How deep? Do you need a bandage?”
“I bandaged it up in the bathroom. It’s okay, just a bit sore when I touch it, that’s all.”
”Can I see?”
”Kei! It’s embarrassing!”
“Aren’t you wearing any…?”

Yuka blushed and turned away.

“Oh Yuka, you…”
”Can we change the subject?”
“Sure. Oh! I was going to ask you something before…”

Yuka turned back to Kei, making sure her gown didn’t reveal anything underneath.

”What was it, Kei?”
“Yuka, please don’t be mad, okay?”
”Mad about what?”
”About what I’m going to ask you.”
“Okay…”
”Yuka… I was thinking that… Maybe… We could… Go out for dinner tomorrow?”

Kei started to blush, realising Yuka could read her like a book.

“Kei, you know how I feel about this whole thing between us.”
”I know Yuka, but I just want to spend some time with you. You’ve been so busy lately with your car stuff. You need to relax.”

Yuka sighed and walked over to the window, gazing at her R33.

“Yuka?”
“Under one condition.”
”Anything, Yuka!”
“We go to a fast food place, nothing fancy.”
”But Yuka…”
”It’s my only condition.”
”Alright Yuka, but can we at least sit in at Pizza Hut?”
”Sure, why not.”
“Yay Yuka!”

 

[oopssorryy]

Bookmarked, it's a great read, I just stumbled upon this little story and I've read all the Caters in less that 20 min. You can tune and write? You sir are truly gifted.

 

[Zhu8]

Can I get the names of the colors and suspension settings Roj?

 

[DK]

The pink rims make it look like it's been tuned by Sumo Power. Not that that's a bad thing.