Palanga

[Krys TOFF]

It's on !
The 3rd IMSA Cup is on the way.
Qualifications will last 2 weeks, don't forget to send replays before deadline that is 29th of May, 20H00 GMT+1.

[alanrotoi]

Allright! Stunts Oracle knows how to persuade people

[Mingva]

Krys, try to update every day  :wink:

[Krys TOFF]

I know I should do daily updates, but yesterday was a day off in France and weather was soooooooooo good I didn't turn the computer on.
I probably won't update this evening also, I have family business, sorry.

But I can say that Mingva improved his time to reach 2nd place (so far) of qualifications.
I must confirm that result by watching replay on top view to see if rules are respected, I just downloaded replay this morning from my job and used RPLINFO.

I hope more pipsqueaks will join, after Z38's end this week-end. :roll:

Any comment about the track ? Mingva, this is a track close to your home, did I make it good according to the real one ?

[CTG]

Sorry Krys, I can't join this time. I said several times I'm tired in Stunts - now I want to a heave a rest. Perhaps I'll start in IMSA Cup #4, I still don't know.

[Krys TOFF]

Sorry Krys, I can't join this time. I said several times I'm tired in Stunts - now I want to a heave a rest. Perhaps I'll start in IMSA Cup #4, I still don't know.

:cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

For now, we are only 4 pipsqueaks... How can I make a Cup with only 4 pipsqueaks...?
We need to be at least more than 8...

[Mingva]

Krys: I think, after quals do quarter-finals. In Palanga is organised a race of 1000 km. It is held on roads Klaipeda-Palanga-Kretinga (you can see it in track scheme). The track would be ok for cars like Lancia, Audi, Carrera and not IMSA

Pics from Horn Grand Prix 1000 km race near Palanga:
year 2002, year 2003

Off-topic pics:
Drag race: pic.1, pic.2. My house is second from left (9 floor, I live in ground floor). View from the 5 floor house, connected with my house. As you can see, behind are oil reservoirs  :?

[Krys TOFF]

Krys: I think, after quals do quarter-finals.

I'll decide at the end of next week, when I'll know the real number of pipsqueaks. This may be a possibility. :?

In Palanga is organised a race of 1000 km. It is held on roads Klaipeda-Palanga-Kretinga (you can see it in track scheme). The track would be ok for cars like Lancia, Audi, Carrera and not IMSA

Okay, I keep that in mind for a potential GT Cup. :wink:

As you can see, behind are oil reservoirs  :?

Not the best possible view, indeed...

[alanrotoi]

May I smoke in the other side of the road?

[Mingva]

:lol: Yes, you can, but only not in fuel station Neste  :wink: Anyway, why IMSA Cup is so unpopular? It's the only one competition with former ISA/IRC rules  :!: I hoped to see 10 pipsqueaks in two-three days, but...  :cry:

As you can see, IRC won't reborn. It's a miracle to me nowadays, how it could attract constatnt 10 pipsqueaks per month.

[Krys TOFF]

why IMSA Cup is so unpopular? It's the only one competition with former ISA/IRC rules  :!:  It's a miracle to me nowadays, how ISA/IRC could attract constatnt 10 pipsqueaks per month.

There's an easy explanation : IMSA Cup don't use Indy car. :wink:

[alanrotoi]

Yes, the indy is a key to have pipsqueaks and it is a fault from the designers. INDY has a good speed and handle (in speed) compared with the other cars, it creates the feeling of a better car.

Think about our beginning, all the time out of the road. I think a fast car like indy is easier to handle and maintain/go back to the road. In my case when I tested the cars I saw all the cars slow, boring, hard to drive and impossible to do great stunts. Now I think the same only you can have fun if you are racing in competitions or using RH. I'll never choose a slow car (slow car = non IMSA non INDY) to try a track.

So indy is the amateur most used car. Of course there are exeptions.

[Mingva]

Tomorrow is the last day for quals, but the number of drivers is only 7  :cry: For now I see two possibilities:
1) extend quals one more week;
2) change format of Cup.

The new format could be: quals, two groups, semi-finals, final. There could be quarter-finals, but only with 9 or 10 qualified drivers.

[alanrotoi]

As far as I know the only advertising of this competition is this forum and maybe HOTU's where only 0.0000001% of people likes stunts :S

Krys why don't you send emails to all the pipsqueaks who raced in imsa cup before with the track attached? Maybe somebody will join...

[Krys TOFF]

I made posts/ads in many forums : abandonware forums of course, but also on TrackMania and CrashDay forums (as they are considered stunts "sequels").
But with no real results...