Cheers Niall, Yeah Niall and I did pretty well alright. The only race one of us didn't win we were both leading, he was hit off and my throttle cable snapped with 2 corners to go while leading!!
Name: Andy O'Brien (aobrien)
Past events: Not sure
Past events: Not sure
Help with a skin
Hi guys, I was looking for some help with a skin for a competition coming up because I dont have photoshop. To start with, it doesnt have to be highly detailed, basically it needs to be orange mainly, with parts of green/white maybe with this logo
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hp ... 746_4842745_4995971_n.jpg. And to change the window text from Boardman or whatever it is to "Ginetta Ireland"
It is in a .zip file and basically I have changed the .dds files into .jpg for you to edit and i will convert back to dds when they are finished.
The competition is this http://www.facebook.com/pages/ ... ce-Challenge/182038765702 basically I am competing with ginetta on a rFactor competition with all the racing drivers in ireland. Its for the Seat Leon TDI car.
Big big please and thanks and the link to the .zip is here. http://www.mediafire.com/?dsodo5hayjtz6dd
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hp ... 746_4842745_4995971_n.jpg. And to change the window text from Boardman or whatever it is to "Ginetta Ireland"
It is in a .zip file and basically I have changed the .dds files into .jpg for you to edit and i will convert back to dds when they are finished.
The competition is this http://www.facebook.com/pages/ ... ce-Challenge/182038765702 basically I am competing with ginetta on a rFactor competition with all the racing drivers in ireland. Its for the Seat Leon TDI car.
Big big please and thanks and the link to the .zip is here. http://www.mediafire.com/?dsodo5hayjtz6dd
Yep as you can see in one of the pics up there Niall is the baby blue coloured car with orange wheels. Absolute nightmare for the brakedust!!
That was a lazy option!! Brake dust is a pain in the u know what! An it doesn't show up as much!! And thanks guys
Another sim racer, to real life racer!
Hi,
over the last year, I had an amazing experience in real life racing, which I would like to share with you. Many people on LFS may have experienced similar, though alot of you wouldn't have enough backing to make the step from a sim-racer to a real life racer for one reason or another.
It started off as Ginetta UK decided to back the idea of establishing a Ginetta Junior Ireland Championship for 14-17 year olds and to run the Ginetta G20 race cars from the previous years UK Championship as they had moved on to G40's.
I was never lucky enough to race karts or anything like that from a young age because it was to expensive. So when I turned 15, I decided I would never make it into motorsport unless I foot enough of the bill, so I began saving.
The Ginetta season would have cost alot more than I could afford, so I went hunting for sponsorship which I did received plenty of to allow me to compete the season, along with my money and my Dad.
I only had 1 test day in the car before my first ever race weekend, and I was behind everybody substantially in the mileage though I knew I had plenty of experience through simulators to put to my benefit.
Round 1 of the series was wet, which should really been a Baptism of Fire for me in the rear wheel drive G20 weighing less than 700kg's, though I defended a steady race to take 3rd place. Race two I also finished 3rd, pushing right up to 2nd place bumper throughout the race.
I then switched car as both my dad and I felt it wasn't 100% on the pace as it had cracks in the chassis. This proved a great move as in Round 3 I took victory with Niall Murray taking 2nd behind me after winning round 1&2. I was leading round 4 until I was a victim of some argy bargy but recovered to 3rd.
With Niall Murray having a epic start to the year it was going to be a long shot for anybody to overcome his speed and experience through karting and rallycross, and with Joel Richardson second in the championship had a wealth of experience through karting and testing his Ginetta. It was going be be tough to beat these guys on track but I wasnt one to give up.
Round 5&6 I had another solid weekend in the car and gaining experience in the car finishing 3rd in round 5 and 2nd in round 6.
Each of the rounds up until round 7 were held at Mondello National and International Circuits, though for round 7 it was held in Kirkistown, in Co.Down Northern Ireland. It was Joel Richardsons home track and Niall Murray and I both admitted he would be hard to beat up there, however I took pole position, race win, fastest lap and set a new lap record at the track, which was absolutely incredible. For the first time, I had moved from third position in the championship upto second leap frogging Joel Richardson in the points as he only finished in 5th position.
With two races remaining, rounds 8&9 to be held back at Mondello National I had never been in a championship battling situation where it was down to the wire for second place. Niall Murray wrapped up the championship, though I was still hungry to retain second place in the standings. Race one, I had a long battle throughout with Richardson which I got the better of in the end taking 2nd place above him as Niall got away to win as we battled.
The final round, race 9 of the series got underway and I was starting from third, Niall, Joel and I were all within passing distance of each other and Joel Richardson collided with Richardson which let me down the inside of the two and build a gap. I was leading the race by over two seconds, with the fastest lap under my belt and with two corners remaining until I took the chequered flag my throttle cable snapped. There was one mechanical failure in the season all year and it was the damn throttle cable with two corners to go preventing me taking another win!
Regardless, I held that fastest lap which duly awarded me second place in the championship, just 2 points clear of Joel Richardson which really was an achievement to remember in my first years racing.
Motorsport Ireland, Dunlop and The Irish Sports Council collaborate every year to award the "Young Racing Driver of the Year" €50,000 to put towards racing in the upcoming year. Both Niall Murray and I were 2 of the 6 contenders for the award. It went to Patrick McKenna who is part of the "Road to Indy" competing in the USF2000 last year and racing Star Mazda this upcoming year.
Speaking to one of the judges on the interview panel recently he congratulated Niall and I saying we were definitely in the hunt for the prize, just our age played against us and told us in the next couple of years we will most definitely be strong contenders for the prize.
I aim to return to Ginetta Junior Ireland Next year and go on better, by winning the championship with Niall Murray going to race in the Ginetta Juniors in the UK supporting the BTCC next year means I will have one less title challenger!!
I am grateful to all my sponsors from this year and hope to progress further in the upcoming years!
Thank you for reading
Andy O'Brien
over the last year, I had an amazing experience in real life racing, which I would like to share with you. Many people on LFS may have experienced similar, though alot of you wouldn't have enough backing to make the step from a sim-racer to a real life racer for one reason or another.
It started off as Ginetta UK decided to back the idea of establishing a Ginetta Junior Ireland Championship for 14-17 year olds and to run the Ginetta G20 race cars from the previous years UK Championship as they had moved on to G40's.
I was never lucky enough to race karts or anything like that from a young age because it was to expensive. So when I turned 15, I decided I would never make it into motorsport unless I foot enough of the bill, so I began saving.
The Ginetta season would have cost alot more than I could afford, so I went hunting for sponsorship which I did received plenty of to allow me to compete the season, along with my money and my Dad.
I only had 1 test day in the car before my first ever race weekend, and I was behind everybody substantially in the mileage though I knew I had plenty of experience through simulators to put to my benefit.
Round 1 of the series was wet, which should really been a Baptism of Fire for me in the rear wheel drive G20 weighing less than 700kg's, though I defended a steady race to take 3rd place. Race two I also finished 3rd, pushing right up to 2nd place bumper throughout the race.
I then switched car as both my dad and I felt it wasn't 100% on the pace as it had cracks in the chassis. This proved a great move as in Round 3 I took victory with Niall Murray taking 2nd behind me after winning round 1&2. I was leading round 4 until I was a victim of some argy bargy but recovered to 3rd.
With Niall Murray having a epic start to the year it was going to be a long shot for anybody to overcome his speed and experience through karting and rallycross, and with Joel Richardson second in the championship had a wealth of experience through karting and testing his Ginetta. It was going be be tough to beat these guys on track but I wasnt one to give up.
Round 5&6 I had another solid weekend in the car and gaining experience in the car finishing 3rd in round 5 and 2nd in round 6.
Each of the rounds up until round 7 were held at Mondello National and International Circuits, though for round 7 it was held in Kirkistown, in Co.Down Northern Ireland. It was Joel Richardsons home track and Niall Murray and I both admitted he would be hard to beat up there, however I took pole position, race win, fastest lap and set a new lap record at the track, which was absolutely incredible. For the first time, I had moved from third position in the championship upto second leap frogging Joel Richardson in the points as he only finished in 5th position.
With two races remaining, rounds 8&9 to be held back at Mondello National I had never been in a championship battling situation where it was down to the wire for second place. Niall Murray wrapped up the championship, though I was still hungry to retain second place in the standings. Race one, I had a long battle throughout with Richardson which I got the better of in the end taking 2nd place above him as Niall got away to win as we battled.
The final round, race 9 of the series got underway and I was starting from third, Niall, Joel and I were all within passing distance of each other and Joel Richardson collided with Richardson which let me down the inside of the two and build a gap. I was leading the race by over two seconds, with the fastest lap under my belt and with two corners remaining until I took the chequered flag my throttle cable snapped. There was one mechanical failure in the season all year and it was the damn throttle cable with two corners to go preventing me taking another win!
Regardless, I held that fastest lap which duly awarded me second place in the championship, just 2 points clear of Joel Richardson which really was an achievement to remember in my first years racing.
Motorsport Ireland, Dunlop and The Irish Sports Council collaborate every year to award the "Young Racing Driver of the Year" €50,000 to put towards racing in the upcoming year. Both Niall Murray and I were 2 of the 6 contenders for the award. It went to Patrick McKenna who is part of the "Road to Indy" competing in the USF2000 last year and racing Star Mazda this upcoming year.
Speaking to one of the judges on the interview panel recently he congratulated Niall and I saying we were definitely in the hunt for the prize, just our age played against us and told us in the next couple of years we will most definitely be strong contenders for the prize.
I aim to return to Ginetta Junior Ireland Next year and go on better, by winning the championship with Niall Murray going to race in the Ginetta Juniors in the UK supporting the BTCC next year means I will have one less title challenger!!
I am grateful to all my sponsors from this year and hope to progress further in the upcoming years!
Thank you for reading
Andy O'Brien
Rounds 3&4 of Ginetta Junior Ireland. About 45% of the grid play LFS!!
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15060135
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15060135
wanna get it but the site is down for me? anybody else have this prob?
This looks unbelievable! Any idea when it will be made public?
So my point of view after being DQ'd.
Coming out of sector one into sector two, I am through a right hander into a hugely slow left hander where Starlite quite stupidly tries a move up my inside sending me into a half spin then turning me around fully. Him and another guy go through and both run wide next corner, I have damage worse than I think and stick it up the inside and if there was no lag, it would have been not as bad as it looks. I went for a gap which was there, maybe too quickly, if so I hold my hand up but seriously look at the amount of lag involved.
Hmm doesnt matter now, it was my last IGTC race anyways ..
Coming out of sector one into sector two, I am through a right hander into a hugely slow left hander where Starlite quite stupidly tries a move up my inside sending me into a half spin then turning me around fully. Him and another guy go through and both run wide next corner, I have damage worse than I think and stick it up the inside and if there was no lag, it would have been not as bad as it looks. I went for a gap which was there, maybe too quickly, if so I hold my hand up but seriously look at the amount of lag involved.
Hmm doesnt matter now, it was my last IGTC race anyways ..
Good luck finding a new team Tommi
Yeah u can rev up tp 7000 RPM easy :P .. Good fun but nightmare in the wet
Niall is n-murray, GOT DENNINGED is Eoin Murray and James is our friend that races irl and he is saving for a S2 licence.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13471479
My first ever race, second ever time driving the car :P .. Started P4, finished P3..
Here is my car too http://www.aobrienweb.com/Ginetta/D4D_9798.JPG
My first ever race, second ever time driving the car :P .. Started P4, finished P3
..Here is my car too http://www.aobrienweb.com/Ginetta/D4D_9798.JPG
Latest News - Ministry of Speed
The Mystery Man has today joined Ministry of Speed. This particular man has been around in Live for Speed for awhile now and to date he has made quite a name for himself in the racing scene. He is a tender age of 17 and from Western Europe.
Some say he has a thing for Filipino women, others say he used to be on E....
...All we know is, he is Sean Lyddon!
In other news:
There was an eventful weekend all round for three of our members in real life racing last weekend with James Peace in the Super 1 Series Karting and Andy O'Brien and Niall Murray racing in the Ginetta Junior Ireland Series.
James who was quickest throughout the weekend had a hugely unfortunate early finish to his weekend as James' team mate attempted an over heated attempt to pass which resulted in him going over the top of James ultimately putting an end to James' race.
Niall and Andy were taking part in round one of the Ginetta Junior Ireland series. Niall entered the event as the overall favourite and didn't disappoint grabbing pole position by .3 of a second. Andy entered the event with the least amount of mileage in the car and shocked many people in setting fourth fastest time in qualifying. Race started and Niall struggled with wheel spin in the rear wheel drive machine from pole position though Andy had a lightning get away and jumped into second into turn one. By the end of lap one Niall was back up into second as Andy taught it was better to let him through and work with Niall away from the pack which paid off later in the race as Murray took a convincing victory along with fastest lap and Andy taking a podium finish in his first ever outing.
Race two got underway from the same grid and with changeable weather many drivers took varying strategies. Andy was on a wet setup while Niall was on dry. Rain didn't appear and Niall made good his get away and took a lights to flag victory with Andy taking another podium in as many races and unfortunate not to take a step higher after a great battle with the ex-karter Joel Richardson.
Overall it was a great event for the Ministry of Speed lads as both head into the next event in the top three championship standing's, with Niall leading the way. We will have video footage from incar camera's soon and we will upload the TV coverage for all you guys to watch. Stay tuned for more.
This thread has got very busy over the last couple of days! If anyone is interested, Ministry of Speed is recruiting. 
PM me if you like.
PM me if you like.Install the mod I know my team mte, Kristi might be able to host a server. I will ask
I know my team mte, Kristi might be able to host a server. I will ask Yeah I have that which is good
I can send the mod to a few people and maybe we have a race some night. I know two others will join, Kristi and n-murray as the three of us play Oschersleben in WTCC alot on the mod!FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG