Zero Cup

[tarnheld]

Next year starts off with the legendary and infamous Stratos, tamed a bit by the right tire compound mix:

4 January 20:00 UTC - Lancia Stratos '73
Front: Comfort Medium, Rear: Comfort Soft

1. Rome
2. Côte d'Azur
3. Chamonix East

See you there! And a Happy New Year to you all!

BTW, here are some pics from the coffee table book i just couldn't walk by, front page is the Lamborghini Bravo '74:

Autobianchi Roundabout '69 by Gandini, inspired the X1/9:

Lancia Stratos Zero '70 by Gandini, inspired the Stratos:

 

[tarnheld]

Happy New Year everybody!

For everyone looking for more fun on Tuesday i can recommend @Zolon32's Trinity Coupe Championship, starting January 5th. Three untuned cars, assigned so that faster racers get the slower cars to even out the playing field, paired with some fun tracks to race on, i'm sure many of you will like it! 👍

 

[tarnheld]

A quick reminder of the awesomeness that lies ahead:

4 January 20:00 UTC - Lancia Stratos '73
Front: Comfort Medium, Rear: Comfort Soft

1. Rome
2. Côte d'Azur
3. Chamonix East

Hey, even a snow race included, how awesome is that? BTW: first snow of the year here today -- love it!
See you at the races today!

 

[tarnheld]

Room is up in club lobby! 👍

 

[IfAndOr]

Sorry I missed this one @tarnheld - I like the Stratos too.

Hopefully be there for the next one.


Nice book by the way.

 

[tarnheld]

Results

Race 1 at Rome was an epic battle between yours truly and @Sparkz_360, exchanging positions for the whole 20min! I was amazed that i could keep the Stratos on track and at pace, the tire combo seemed to help, but in the end i gave away the lead in the last lap -- a classic move by me. Race 2 i had more slip-ups, really hard to avoid the walls, managed to hit the wall after the chicane and pileup ensued, sorry for that. But it was thrilling and exciting circling through Monaco. :tup: Loved the last race as i love snow rallying -- especially in the Stratos -- and as we did a a similar race in the Makeshift Shuffle club a month ago i was well prepared, but overtaking or even just following the racer ahead of you with the massive spray is really hard. Hope i can get around posting some pics of the fun. 👍

 

[Sutsagrd]

Sorry I missed the races yesterday. 1st day back at work meant wasn't home until 9pm and then realised you guys were racing!

Definitely up for Stratos another time.

 

[Cu3e]

Stratos with CS

Damn, I missed it...

 

[CTR Driver]

Stratos with CS

Damn, I missed it...

I'm sure it might be something that will run again. It was a fun combination.

 

[tarnheld]

Tuners and Big Engine lovers delight next week at Zero Cup:

18 January 20:00 UTC - Art Morrison Corvette '60
Sports Hard

1. Big Willow
2. Apricot Hill
3. Nürburgring GP/F

Here is a little intro to the car, i hate this guy...



See you there!

And i noted the interest in the Stratos, might reschedule it again... 👍

 

[Cu3e]

Smoking Tires

Bet I can get better donuts in game than he did there, though

 

[watermelon punch]

I'm going to try and make this. 👍

 

[IfAndOr]

I've got my Corvette all nicely painted and polished, but after the connection problems I've had this weekend I just hope I get the chance to show it off.

Hopefully I'll catch you all later.

 

[IfAndOr]

I polished and painted but I forgot to drive it. My it's lively on SH's! It should make for a fun event.

 

[tarnheld]

Room is up in the club lobby! 👍

 

[tarnheld]

Network problems, trying new room again...

 

[IfAndOr]

It should make for a fun event.

The car did but the network didn't.

Good to see you all, hopefully for a bit longer next time. 👍

 

[amarynceos]

When the rooms weren't exploding, the racing was great. Especially the first race, battling for the lead for a while... and then the room exploded. :C

So great to be back on track again after what feels like ages. Still got a bit of rust to shake off though!

 

[tarnheld]

Sorry to @Sparkz_360, @Cu3e, @Baron Blitz Red, @John Wells and @IfAndOr for the flaky network, could have been Tarn's Eleven today without all the DCs... First time for me to get the PSN logged off DC, but there has been a flood of that recently... Thanks @JockeP22 for co-hosting a relatively stable (still DCs) room.

I will definitely reschedule the event when the net problems are gone, hope to see you all again, the car is great!

 

[Sutsagrd]

Thanks for picking an awesome car. Shame about the network issues.

Thanks all for great racing. Couldn't catch taco and fully expected to be caught and passed by everyone else! But obviously the Art Morrison Corvette was a challenge for everyone.

Tarn's Eleven

Hopefully the sequel will be Tarn's Twelve next time!

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Today was the worst for server issues by far... sadly this has been going on for awhile, but not like today.

Fun car even with the lesser tires compromising its performance badly. The stock SS tires show off the car's potential, not the potential for going off track like the SH tires do. Still interesting, but a shame as the racing could be so much closer with pitched battles as I've seen with this crowd before. Fun as always though, thanks people! Sad we were interrupted so many times...

Cheers

 

[tarnheld]

Oops, wanted to post this a week earlier, where did all the time go?
As exploding rooms prevented an epic event last time, we do the Art Morrison Corvette again next Monday. Here are the results of last time, just for reference and in no way official, the first race ranking is reconstructed from just before the big room crash:

Hope to see you all again next Week!

 

[WarriusZero]

Hope to see you all again next Week!

What's the program for next week?

 

[tarnheld]

Oops, i forgot the official event post: 👍

1 February 20:00 UTC - Art Morrison Corvette '60
Sports Hard

1. Big Willow
2. Apricot Hill
3. Nürburgring GP/F

And after that it's open top racing again! 👍

15 February 20:00 UTC - Mazda Roadster Touring Car '00
Comfort Soft

1. Eigernordwand Short
2. Matterhorn Riffelsee
3. Autumn Ring Reverse

 

[JockeP22]

Tuners and Big Engine lovers delight next week at Zero Cup:

18 January 20:00 UTC - Art Morrison Corvette '60
Sports Hard

1. Big Willow
2. Apricot Hill
3. Nürburgring GP/F

Here is a little intro to the car, i hate this guy...



See you there!

And i noted the interest in the Stratos, might reschedule it again... 👍

watermelon, amarynceus & sutsagrd

 

[IfAndOr]

I'm glad you posted those (very good) pictures Jocke, it's reminded me it's Zero day tomorrow. I must take the covers off the corvette and check the tyre pressures.

 

[tarnheld]

Room is up in the club lobby! 👍

 

[IfAndOr]

Well I moved the tiller and threw the anchor out at what I thought were appropriate times and I still couldn't keep the vessle in the channels. Kudos to those who could - especially @Sparkz_360


Good fun again (sort off).

Looking forward to a bit more grip in the MX5TC.

 

[IfAndOr]

Sorry double post, but to attract his attention...

@amarynceos - It was GT Polarised 001-P. A red to silver colour shifter.

My plan to dazzle everyone into crashing with my shifting colours failed miserably while I was mostly at the back.

 

[tarnheld]

Oops, thought i did post already:
Results

Awesome car, had rock solid network this time! Our local alien @Sparkz_360 skyrocketed with a triple win, well done! 👍 A belated welcome back @amarynceos, seems you network isn't so bad after all! A Big Thank You to all fellow racers putting all that fun into our little endeavour called Zero Cup, hope you liked the american beast.