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by **Stephen Ferguso** » Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:43:53

Is it just me, or does the recent preview movie for Digital Illusions' XBOX
Rally Championship borrow heavily from this movie? Just the whole style of
the peaceful, atmospheric intro, then finally an angry rally car blasting on
the scene...

Stephen

> >Hi Andre!

> >>PS The best racing action ever put on film is a short movie from
> >>Peugeot, where you see Vitanen climbing Pikes Peak (spelling?)
> >>I watched it again yesterday for the zillionth time, it's absolutely
> >>amazing what he is doing.. and totally crazy too :)
> >>It's on the net somewhere..

> >Thank's for the tip Andre! I found it at:

> >http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> Wow, thank YOU for that site! Lots of great racingvideos there!

> >6min, 67Mb

> >The***minute is shit, but then.......whoahhhhhh

> Great eh :) And I swear you, next time you're driving your car in real
> life, you'll subconsiously start humming that piano tune :)

> >My trousers are still wet! ;-))))

> Too much info there :)

> Andre

> >Greetings
> > Klaus

by **imaswinge** » Thu, 08 Nov 2001 02:13:04

anyone know of working link? or willing to icq to 5241578 (fast connect)?

thanx,
Curtis

> Hi Andre!

> >PS The best racing action ever put on film is a short movie from
> >Peugeot, where you see Vitanen climbing Pikes Peak (spelling?)
> >I watched it again yesterday for the zillionth time, it's absolutely
> >amazing what he is doing.. and totally crazy too :)
> >It's on the net somewhere..

> Thank's for the tip Andre! I found it at:

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> 6min, 67Mb

> The***minute is shit, but then.......whoahhhhhh

> My trousers are still wet! ;-))))

> Greetings
> Klaus

by **Andre Warrin** » Thu, 08 Nov 2001 17:51:50

On Tue, 06 Nov 2001 17:13:04 GMT, "ima***"

>anyone know of working link? or willing to icq to 5241578 (fast connect)?

Apparently the link works, since Klaus downloaded it from there..
Maybe the server was busy? Retry a couple of times..

Andre

by **imaswinge** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 09:46:53

hotdog! Correct you are.
thanx,
Curtis

> On Tue, 06 Nov 2001 17:13:04 GMT, "ima***"

> >anyone know of working link? or willing to icq to 5241578 (fast connect)?

> Apparently the link works, since Klaus downloaded it from there..
> Maybe the server was busy? Retry a couple of times..

> Andre

by **Larr** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 13:01:28

There's a bulb under the pedal with two hoses. One is connected to the
intake, and the other is connected to a tank of Nitrous Oxide. When the
pump the bulb, it shoves Nitrous into the engine.

Hey, my answer is no more ridiculous than that movie was :)

-Larry

by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 13:54:30

Getting back to your first point. I haven't seen the movie...but CHamp
cars in the CART series have an "overtake" button. I didn't know it was or
could be foot activated...I always assumed it was on the steering wheel.
But it basically overides the preset limits in the engine management system.
Allowing an extra short burst of acceleration. I believe it is active until
the brake pedal is pushed....
Usually the system is programed to allow it's use only 2 or 3 times per
race. Since using the button exceeds recomended engine parameters, it can
shorten the life of the motor.
A classic example of using the 'button' would be the latest CART race at
Houston. Gil DeFerran was leading and Roberto Moreno was catching up.
Once he closed on DeFerran, he shot by on a short straight, a place normally
not long enough to gain the extra speed needed to pass...he was on the
'button' and he rocketed by the Cart Champ.
dave henrie

by **Klaus Kelbe** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 14:39:18

Hi Andre!

No problem! :-)

Btw.... do you know one of my all time favorite videos?
A Ruf-Porsche smoking tyres on the ol' Ring?

It's on: http://www.sjrixon.clara.co.uk/

On this page is also a small amount of footage
of the Lotus 49 first win at Zandvoort in 1967!

Greetings
Klaus

by **istof** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 16:22:04

hi dave,

the last thing i was expecting was a rational answer to my post. i
thought that there was *no* good answer to that.

cheers
Regards all,
istoff

by **Andre Warrin** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 17:47:12

>Hi Andre!

>>Wow, thank YOU for that site!

>No problem! :-)

>Btw.... do you know one of my all time favorite videos?
>A Ruf-Porsche smoking tyres on the ol' Ring?

Yep that one is pretty cool, allthough my favorite Ring movie is the
one I taped myself during my first lap on the Ring :)

Check out that excellent battle at Dijon too, classic!

Cheers,
Andre

by **Klaus Kelbe** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 18:03:03

Hi Andre!

Where's the Link? ;-)

Greetings
Klaus

by **Andre Warrin** » Fri, 09 Nov 2001 19:39:03

>Hi Andre!

>>Yep that one is pretty cool, allthough my favorite Ring movie is the
>>one I taped myself during my first lap on the Ring :)

>Where's the Link? ;-)

Coming soon - a friend of mine converted the movie to RM format, now I
have to find some upload space somewhere..

Andre

by **REDLINE42** » Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:14:30

More Ring Videos can be found here:

http://www.motorcycle-dk.com/en/multimedia/index.php?viewCat=1

Of course I'm kinda partial to the motorcycle laps, and have seen more car
videos added since I last visited this page.

I highly recommend the HiRes MPEG versions, look mighty fine.

he he Cable/DSL types good way to test yer connection.

--
R.I.P. - William Joseph Dunlop OBE MBE 2/25/52 - 7/2/2000

http://www.roadracers.uk.com/legend.htm

by J » Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:59:29

From Frankfurt to Malaysia with Malaysia Airlines here.
Anybody has ever seen the banking at Hockenheim in real? I didn't.
Also very nice the final race finish. Left and right car on full throttle, car
in the middle with broken suspension and spinning for the last <how many?>
seconds. Nevertheless the threesome passes the finish-line almost together.
And so on...

Cya
JensSchumi

On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 10:11:12 +1100, "G M Fude"

>I thought Driven was in that category of movies that are so bad they are
>actually fun to watch. It is indeed a terrible, terrible film, and no-one
>should pay to see it (I saw it on a Qantas flight from Hong Kong to
>Melbourne last month). The street race in the cars, for example, is
>ludicrous on so many levels. It's in the vein of Days of Thunder: trite
>dialogue, absurd plot, action that does not reflect reality in any way shape
>or form. Estella Warren looks pretty good. Stallone looks about 20 years
>too old to be driving an open-wheeler. It's crap, but to the extent of
>self-parody.

>GMF

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by J » Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:59:31

How long is the mpeg, Andre?
More than 15 minutes? <hehe>

JensSchumi

>Yep that one is pretty cool, allthough my favorite Ring movie is the
>one I taped myself during my first lap on the Ring :)

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