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by **Thom j** » Thu, 20 Sep 2001 06:21:54

"O" Otay :) I thought my stuff was goin' on dah' blink.. hahaha

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| >Why is the movie so muttled and un-discernable? Is it the .asx file?
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| It's not because of the asx format, it's just a bad copy :)
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| Andre

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by **Matthias Flat** » Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:30:49

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:27:12 GMT, "ima***"

>I don't know, the video left me thinking I could do a much better job with
>my lowered Honda Civic in a parking lot.

You could.

From the video, I've taken the time from AFAIR Arc de Triomphe to
Place de la Concorde (or similar landmarks), and got the distance from
a map of Paris.
Resulting speed was around 100km/h. Wow!
The legend had it that it was a Ferrari V12 flat out in 5th.

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by **imaswinge** » Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:53:36

Although I'd find it quite thrilling to view 199mph in traffic (despite the
sheer stupidity of doing that.. that's something I would have considered at
16-18, not at a ferrari-affording age), that isn't really what I need to be
satisfied. My beef with Rendezvous wasn't so much the lack of balls-out
speed, or even balls-out ballsiness, it was just that is was, well how do I
put it, boring. Maybe he was, as an other poster said, doing a good 60 mph
average (although with all the slow sections and near stops, I find that a
little hard to believe), or maybe he really was cookin' it all the way, it
just really doesn't seem like it. And another semi-beef is the sound, it
didn't _really_ seem to match up with the car that well... either he had a
somewhat wierd way of shifting/getting on the gas, or it's dubbed in later,
and not that great, I don't know. (And the sound would seem to report 5th
gear flat-out for much of the 8 minutes, but you'll notice as he climbs
through the gears, the scenery doesn't seem to go by any quicker)
Basically, it just doesn't live up to all the 'hype' and my post was part
rant, part venting, part warning.
I just don't want to be seen as someone who needs to see carnage or
near-carnage to get his rocks off. Show me some good oversteers at any
speed, and I'll be quite pleased.

However, any thread that gets people posting links to car videos is always
good in my books!

Curtis

> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:27:12 GMT, "ima***"

> <snip>
> >I think all the hoopla is created by the few that have seen it and they
know
> >you're never gonna get to see it, so they go on and on about how great it
is
> >just to rub it in. Well, guess what, I saw it, and the jig is up! It
sucks!

> Well it's not that difficult to see it, since it's online here :)
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/~3000gt/vid.html

> Ok, to get you back in the mood, download the TopGear movies from this
> site (especially the TopGear McLaren F1 movie) and the movie of the
> Ferrari F40 doing 199mph in traffic - that movie is what Rendezvous
> was supposed to be :)

> Andre

by **Sebastien Tixie** » Thu, 20 Sep 2001 14:43:55

well, so he was REALLY driving at 100kph in Paris ... please , reasure me, the
people we see were extra actors ? ... and there people to admire that ...

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by **Andre Warring** » Fri, 21 Sep 2001 02:59:22

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 01:53:36 GMT, "ima***"

<snip>

What I said, go watch those TopGear movies on the site I gave you :)

Andre

by **Matthias Flat** » Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:23:41

If you are refering to my post of 100km/h or 60mph: that was
calculated while driving in a straight line, on the Champs d'Elysees,
AFAIR without turns, stops or other slowdowns. Time taken from the
video, distance from a map.

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by **Asbj?rn Bj?rnst** » Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:17:01

> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 01:53:36 GMT, "ima***"

> <snip>
> >I just don't want to be seen as someone who needs to see carnage or
> >near-carnage to get his rocks off. Show me some good oversteers at any
> >speed, and I'll be quite pleased.

> What I said, go watch those TopGear movies on the site I gave you :)

Tiff rules. (I assume, I haven't actually seen the movies on the site.)
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by **Ben Colema** » Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:12:14

When I first saw it (must have been 15 years ago or close!) I was very
impressed, as were my brother and father - that's two different people,
smartasses! - but onboard footage has improved so much since then that it no
longer cuts it.

Ben

>On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 01:53:36 GMT, "ima***"

><snip>
>>I just don't want to be seen as someone who needs to see carnage or
>>near-carnage to get his rocks off. Show me some good oversteers at any
>>speed, and I'll be quite pleased.

>What I said, go watch those TopGear movies on the site I gave you :)

>Andre

>>However, any thread that gets people posting links to car videos is always
>>good in my books!

>>Curtis

by **Stephen Ferguso** » Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:35:46

Perhaps it's not impressive because it's smooth driving, and the speed is
deceptive. Drive through a town at the legal 50kph and note how slowly the
scenery goes by, then go back to the film and watch it again. He is moving
at quite a clip, and when you think of what could happen at any of the red
lights, offside passes of buses etc., you realise that (a) it was quite a
bit of driving (b) he had a guardian angle and (c) it was an idiotic stunt.

Stephen

by **Asbj?rn Bj?rnst** » Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:34:12

> > When I first saw it (must have been 15 years ago or close!) I was very
> > impressed, as were my brother and father - that's two different people,
> > smartasses! - but onboard footage has improved so much since then that it
> no
> > longer cuts it.

> > Ben

> Perhaps it's not impressive because it's smooth driving, and the speed is
> deceptive. Drive through a town at the legal 50kph and note how slowly the
> scenery goes by, then go back to the film and watch it again. He is moving
> at quite a clip, and when you think of what could happen at any of the red
> lights, offside passes of buses etc., you realise that (a) it was quite a
> bit of driving (b) he had a guardian angle and (c) it was an idiotic stunt.

Still, as somebody else said, for bigger doses of (a), (b) and a giant
shot of (c):
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~asbjxrn/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique-HQ.mpeg

Don't even think about trying this at home, kids. If you got the urge,
visit your local track or sell your bike.
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by **Steve Garrot** » Sat, 22 Sep 2001 00:16:08

Cool, two videos for the RS4. I really want one of those, but alas I
live in the land of now fun cars.

SLG

>On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:27:12 GMT, "ima***"

><snip>
>>I think all the hoopla is created by the few that have seen it and they know
>>you're never gonna get to see it, so they go on and on about how great it is
>>just to rub it in. Well, guess what, I saw it, and the jig is up! It sucks!

>Well it's not that difficult to see it, since it's online here :)
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/~3000gt/vid.html

>Ok, to get you back in the mood, download the TopGear movies from this
>site (especially the TopGear McLaren F1 movie) and the movie of the
>Ferrari F40 doing 199mph in traffic - that movie is what Rendezvous
>was supposed to be :)

>Andre

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by **Phi** » Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:19:50

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by **Eldre** » Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:33:07

Link no workie... :)

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by **Jan Verschuere** » Thu, 27 Sep 2001 06:33:39

Does here...

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by **R.D.** » Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:35:03

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