Yes, Mario Kart is funny. Ferrari Challenge is so so. And there´s Excite Trucks and World Championship Offroad Racing.
These are all Arcade Racers in my eyes (Ferrari Challenge tries to be a sim, but it doesn´t work for me on the Wii).

I play Racing Games (Sim and Arcade) on the PC and play on the Wii what it´s good and unique for.
They plan to release Trackmania for the Wii, which could fit quite well if they do it right. Let´s see

I used mIRC too back in the days when we had to connect with 14400 Baud to the Internet. Today I don´t chat that much and the Opera built in Client is enough for me. I think I´m getting old

Quote from DevilDare :

[...]I fear it so much, I am asking to get cremated.

Which will lead you to your 1st fear you mentioned: Burning alive

Quote from 5haz :

Sort of related I suppose...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouok2DV0fjc

I'd love to see these cars in GPL.

Thanks for posting the link. I love that footage. It´s unbelievable not that they drive that track with this fast cars, but that you can see the whole family watching the race. From the children barely 1 year old in Grandmas arms, the 2 boys looking curiously under the masked car and "Grandpa" playing a game of cards while sitting at the "Track".

I´m sure if this took part in Germany or in another "more northern" Country the race could never be started because of some retards sueing the organizer of the race because of the noise

If you mean that you can play online with S1 even if all the others have S2 then AFAIK yes if the Server is open for S1 (since you can only use S1 content). But you get the same (physics) patches like everyone else. Just not the content. This way S1 and S2 players can play together online. But I´m sure somebody will be either faster than me posting that or posting mor detailed info after I press the Submit button

Quote from 5haz :

T'is true, although Monaco is never my favourite because of that damn chicane.

Never EVER speak again about that chicane... dammit... I hate that !@%*§ Chicane! :chairs:

LOL, and I thought it´s only me... that chicane is insane. Either I go much too slow or I go "yes, smoooth... comeon... yess... i make it! I MAKE IT! I MAKE.... BOOOM... WTF!". I always lose my wheels there when I want to go fast. Luckily you can´t fall into the harbour like in Real life

Quote from 5haz :

[...]ts probrably the first GPL track that is actually beautiful.

Don´t forget "Monaco Rocks"

Quote from TypeRacing :

Crazy finns

1:25: This is Mr. Oioioioioi... I know him from another Crash Video. Maybe this is a snippet from the one I mean

Quote from Foilpact :

Guess where...

http://videos.streetfire.net/v ... Veyron-Goes-in_719002.htm

I fact, he didn´t see a low flying pelican...
http://videos.streetfire.net/v ... gatti-Crashing_719255.htm

Quote from IDUI :

Just found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKARl8HJjY
Walter Röhrl in a 911 at Nordschleife.. reverse?

Yes, it´s the Rallye Köln Ahrweiler. I can´t remember the year but I was there. The reverse Nordschleife is a part of a special stage. The rest of the rallye is around the streets of Nürburg. It´s a great Rallye with a lot of very cool old cars. I must have some Clips on my HD somewhere when I visited the Rallye.

Nice find, thank you very much


Edit: The part before they entered the Nordschleife is a road up from Adenau. When I went watching the Stage I somehow managed to get on that road and wondered why there´s no traffic. I gave my V8 the spurs and when reaching the part where they enter the Nordschleife I was shocked why there´s Audience standing on the hills. And then I realized that I entered the Stage just 30 minutes or so before they started :-/

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Quote from deggis :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iD4gkelfg

Part of some old reportage, Rauno Aaltonen explains how to drive a rallly car, includes onboard, some intense pedal action in the beginning and awesome super slow-mo shots going totally sideways.

I will NEVER EVER let him drive with my G25! I am sure when entering T1 at Blackwood RallyX my G25 Pedals will fall apart
That Footwork looks like fast forward... I´d do that in a real car, but never with the Toys I plug into my PC via USB

Finally... some 69 GP footage from the Nordschleife with nothing else than Enginesounds...
1969 German Grand Prix

Quote from lukelfs :

Lol why?
I hope they release a patch that fixes the bugs lol, then the game should be more fun lol, I guess its playable as it is for most people, but if ur FPS goes less that 30/60fps then the game feels like crap lol, and the handling of the faster cars is uncontrolable lol

Sorry mate, but I had a laugh reading this.
You can use "." if you want to end a sentence instead of lol.... lol

Looks like one of those polls where you can vote 1.000 times without the need of creating 1.000 accounts. It´s useless then, isn´t it? It just proves which "community" has the ability for the most Mousclicks/s

Hmm... a snake eating a bird? I can understand that you find that sad if you have a bird. Feelings are different then.
I once saw a Video (on youtube?) where a Pelican ate a pigeon. And that job wasn´t done in seconds. That looked very cruel.

Quote from Dajmin :

That's even worse. Reminds me of:

To stay on topic a bit... (330 LMB)

Quote from george_tsiros :

~1000hp out of a 12.9L, N.A., carburated engine.

Weineck?

Edit: Didn´t see the last post... at least I knew where it´s from :->

Switched from Vista do W7 2 days ago when it was released on MSDN. Yesterday I installed all the Software I needed on my Company Laptop again and it feels definately faster. But I wouldn´t pay 1xx€ for it. If you get a new PC, then maybe with W7 if that´s possible (think you have to wait a few weeks / months). But it´s not worth paying that much money to upgrade IMHO.

Yes, that´s it. Simply burn the ISO. If you don´t have bought Nero you can also Use ImgBurn. It´s free and does a great job.

Old, but still funny as hell: Mesh plays Doom 3 (in the Dark)

Quote from Luke.S :

Airwolf mod here
you have to register and get privillages for it though.

Thanks for the Link. I have visited the site and decided to wait until the Final version is released.

@Dawes: Visit avsim.net. Their library is online again and there´s plenty to download (much crap as always on big sites, but always some really fine machinery).

Quote from JackDaMaster :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgSiK_VarK8

I think this is Weekend of a Champion by Roland Polanski (he´s the other guy in that Video). Should be there on a VHS tape somewhere in the house. The complete film is much much longer and shows very nice details and cars from that race. And yes, you see all the other drivers too, but the film is focused on Jackie Stewart.

Quote from STF :

Not really hilarious but, this is the definition of AWESOME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ut5ND3agI
2,862 parts if someone is interested.

Looks like it´s driven with a E-Motor (if I understand the description correctly).
This one is real running (with air). I also found a Video some time ago where somebody built a small Lego V8 into a Lego car which drove for a few minutes until it broke down

Ah... you can get the engines here: http://www.lpepower.com/

Edit: That V8 powered Lego car can be found on the site above :-)

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Quote from Luke.S :

Some images of the lady.

And now you have to tell me: Where do I have to look for that Airwulf for FSX?

Quote from deggis :

nope... Mercedes 450SEL

LOL, yes. You are right. I forgot about that