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So the problem was with the domain... that reminded me of another strange bug - back when the news were posted on the main page, sometimes it happened that updates took longer to appear at wsc.ar.nu than at wstuntsc.iespana.es . And reagrdless of anyhing, my DNS still blocks WSC addresses and thus I still have to use the cgi-proxies - BTW, my "old" proxy links (based on wsc.ar.nu/foro) to the forum are currently functional (from about three days ago on, that is). Anyway, the important thing is the forum is workig again - although it might be useful to keep this topic ative as well...

(And about the Kanjis Krys has metioned: I see them too (or at least <?> marks due to wrong encoding settings), but with those proxies there are so many imperfections on browsing that I betetr ignore that as well... )

I dont' know whether anyone was already working on something similar, but over the last weeks I have been completing and organizing the archive of tracks and winning replays on my Stunts folder with the races from Aug '05 on. Aside from a few significant omissions, which I'll confirm later on, I could find nearly everything on the net. Thus, if Zak or somebody else is interested - e.g. for the projects being discussing lately - just ask...

Edit - topic title modified in 2012/01/19; original was Competition Archive II: The Later Years
Edit 2 - topic title modified in 2021/02/19; original was Replay hunting & Competition Archive updates. Also merged the Competition Archive 2019 topic into this one.

It depends on conception: I rather think that it wanted to be a 6 speed gearbox car, and it was the easiest solution to perform it in a very old program. So I think it's more correct to say: you don't have to change gear between 1st and 2nd gear (the little figure of the gear lever also shows that there are 6 gears, unlike in the other cars).

Well, the true 288 GTO had a 5-speed transmission. If you look at the Ferrari shifting knob on the dashboard, you'll see one of the positions stands for reverse. Moreover, it is possible to have a 6-speed car in Stunts - in fact, I even did one...

Exactly...

I actually managed to keep PG there... The problem was that my way was slower than losing PG and got me 18 seconds penalty time

Let's say it is "almost" possible...

Final lap done...

Well, with Firefox I can use the "Quote" button directly from the posts, but not the "Insert Quote" links available while I'm editing the messages. It started a couple days ago too as it seems...

Sorry Mark, but this one looks horrible...

But works fine in-track anyway, at least for Indy 

Don't worry...

I can see the fairness of your idea, but I think the leading time bonus is already so big (of course depending a lot on the track) that it wouldn't be good to have one pipsqueak with a 1 second advantage over all the rest.

Oh yes, you're correct. I hadn't seen the issue from that perspective...

Hi Argammon, welcome back! Do stay calm and laugh benignly CTG is not behaving very badly compared to what we know he is capable of. If he says you are Mark or Ayrton, he does not mean it! He is making an absurd insult which he knows is absurd, and there by becomes a sort of joke. That is one of his ways to try and be friendly, and I have definitely seen worse ways.

Definitely... Sometimes I even consider start taking as praise when peple call me Alain! 

It's just that PG still looks like a problem. So this month, the indy is superior to all the other cars as it is the only car to reach PG. And it can do so in 99% of all tracks...

I agree to that. Unlike the other PG cars, with Indy it's possible to find a PG way in almost every track (just think of Kalpen's CTRACK-B...). Unfortunately I can't see for now a viable solution that does not involve banning Indy use someway at certain races...

I have another question... maybe it's too late to ask, but anyway suppose I download the track as soon as it's released and send a very early time. Six hours later, BJ replies with a killer lap and keeps the lead to the end. I will get the full half-second bonus then? Or maybe we could have a thresold for bonus time - say, 18 or 24 hours?

Mail received! Btw, 40 hours to the end of the Eliminatory Round... 

We'll know it next Monday, about 24 hours after the deadline confirmed for the 7th January 2008 at 23:59:59! Stay with us! 

Uh, Mark, I think there was a bit of confusion here - Sunday is 6th January, noth 7th...

Thanks for the input Mark!

1. and 3.: Done...

2.: Pretty nice! One funny thing to be noticed is that, at very high speeds (above ~210mph), Speedgate sometimes loses a bit of speed when landing from a bump, in a Countach-ish way (obviously and thankfully, the effect is much milder, though...). That caused me trouble during the speed runs.

Three questions to Mark about his creation and its Wiki article:

1. It is a fact that the official data about Speedgate understimates its acceleration (0-60) by a factor of about 50%.. I've added the acceleration I measured to the infobox, but haven't overwritten your text yet - is it fine to do it, or you intend to surprise people when they get to test the car?

2. What kind of stunt is needed to get Speedgate to 245mph? I've raced a pretty fast track with lots of jumps and only reached, with quite a bit of effort, 227mph...

3. If you could choose a default colour for Speedgate other than P962's blue from the available ones, which would you pick?

Welcome finally in the forum Ayrton. And nice avatar face.

*Before it goes unnoticed...*



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