DSP Wednesday Night Racing: ToCA (7/12)

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:10 am

Folks:

Who's up for some ToCA racing tonight?

10:30p EDT is the time at which I'll set up a room. We can start with the karts as usual, and then who knows? A parade of favorites, to be sure.

I keep wanting to run those 80s F1 cars, but it seems like there are only a few of us who actually like them. I had thought they were general favorites; oh well. Otherwise I am partial to the non F1 open-wheeled cars in the game, the Palmers, and maybe a few others. Other ideas? OK, OK, we can do the Ariel Atoms, but don't blame me when you don't see another car after the first lap!

Also, some one has to remind me not to give in to the temptation to run a longer race. Nothing but Indy Cars at Indy seems to clear a room faster than a 10-lapper these days!

Who's in?

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:59 am

In.

I'm game for any car, including the 80s F1 cars, but I wouldn't mind a bit of touring car action mixed in. Sometimes the off-roaders can be fun, too.

But if it has four wheels and an engine, I'll be happy to race it!

See you cats tonight.

Take care,
PK

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:01 am

I'll give it a shot, even though I was worse than a 15 year old in his 1st day of driver's-ed class last time.

I would appreciate some of the easier handling classes Zep

Especially to begin with.

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:21 am

i am a maybe... if i do show it will be later than 10:30 (gotta take the wallet sucker... er, my girlfriend

to go see Superman tonight)

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:25 am

JackB1 wrote: I would appreciate some of the easier handling classes Zep
Especially to begin with.

I'm not sure exactly what that means. I mean, I know you don't want the Lotus 49s or the 70s GT cars which can be hard to deal with, but what classes qualify as 'easier handling' classes? Or do you mean the lower-powered classes, like the Formula Fords and the Palmers?

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:34 am

In my opinion, there is no easier open-wheel car in the game to drive than the Formula 3's. They are VERY underpowered for their downforce, so it's damn tough to spin in them.

Racing the F3's is a matter of who has better lines and more balls under braking. Very forgiving, yet still quite fun.

Take care,
PK

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:39 am

JackB1 wrote:I'll give it a shot, even though I was worse than a 15 year old in his 1st day of driver's-ed class last time.

I would appreciate some of the easier handling classes Zep
Especially to begin with.

you can race the lawnmowers....

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:50 am

I'll be there...but late. My wife and I play Speedminton at the park from 10:00 EST to 11:00 EST.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:51 am

I may be able to hop on, shoot me an invite just in case I can make it.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:30 pm

Bump. Come one, come all!

Take care,
PK

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:33 pm

I shall be there.

Neckthai · Post by **Neckthai** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:10 pm

Uh I'll play, until Spa in 1980's f1 cars gets picked

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:28 am

Wife had the TV last night, so no Xbox for me!

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:47 am

Good racing last night, boys. It was nice to see some new faces up front, as it seemed everyone took turns leading at some point.

Neck, fine job winning a series last night. Can't remember the class -- F3? Either way, very nice job winning two of the three races in the series.

Zep, you were a paragon of consistency. Well done. I wish I could have given you more of a fight in some of the races, but I couldn't keep my head, wits or car together.

Fun, as always. Let's run again next Wednesday night!

Take care,
PK

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:28 am

I love Spa

Its the only course I seem to remember the layout perfectly for. I also like the F3's a lot. Those last boxy cars we did (Renaults?) were fun also.......especially in the rain. Even though I suck, I still enjoy racing online with you guys. Although I did manage to pull out a 3rd place in one of the F3 races and I was leading for a while, but hit the wall and took too much damage ("we can fix that".....just come into the pits").

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:43 am

yup- fun last night as always.. Zepp & I had a pretty good run at Spa (actually finished with my best finish there)... due to the loss of my front wing, i couldnt keep my car "steady" & Zepp passed me by a little ways from the finish...

Clios were just too fun to run

Neckthai · Post by **Neckthai** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:57 pm

Good fun last night gang. I love running F3s (they suit my style) and I guess as many laps as I've done in V8 Supercars at Adelaide and Silverstone in Forza finally paid off.

Then again, I've probably run 1,000 laps of testing at Indy and still can't run flat out and stay clean around that joint