SimTV's coverage of CTS Race 3 . . .

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:45 pm

. . . is now uploaded and will be released to you rabble very soon at simracerhq.

The Texas Nascar Massacre runs for 6'10", and is done in a slightly different style this time. It's 68mb in size, 640x480 at 25 frames per second.

The video is encoded at the lower res of 1.5mbps this time in an effort to keep file size down. A 3mbps version came out at 145mb, which is still smaller the the original uncompressed version of 8.3gb.

Chocolate fish will be emailed to the 1st correct posting naming the artist, album and year it was released of the voice over.

Hopefully the Aussies won't view this video - it's not exactly a glowing representation of quality driving

Liquid · Post by **Liquid** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:45 am

Jeff waynes War of the worlds .
Recorded , May 1976 - July 1977
released 1978

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:54 am

It's just a great voice to use

I remember wearing out the record playing it over and over again.

1978... ahh.. 3rd form Palm Nth Boys High.

Liquid · Post by **Liquid** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:57 am

Yes i have the cd and record, its awesome
Another great Vid Prom.

BAZZIL · Post by **BAZZIL** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:59 am

LOL ! very funny vid that I knew the dings would make it well worth watching.

One thing I notice, is noone slows down for the dings

and alot of people drive straight up the back of another driver because they can't break in time instead of changing their line to go around the other driver.

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:08 pm

BAZZIL wrote:LOL ! very funny vid that I knew the dings would make it well worth watching.

One thing I notice, is noone slows down for the dings
and alot of people drive straight up the back of another driver because they can't break in time instead of changing their line to go around the other driver.

It almost became tedious recording the crashes ! There were so many. I still left out a few of them, esp single spins, etc. Otherwise the video would run to hours, not minutes.

Wood · Post by **Wood** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:09 pm

That'll send the aussies running for cover.

Remeber, your foot hinges at the ankle.

One more thing, where's the rusty chainsaw prom? How can you have the 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' without a rusty chainsaw??

Liquid · Post by **Liquid** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:17 pm

BAZZIL wrote:LOL ! very funny vid that I knew the dings would make it well worth watching.

One thing I notice, is noone slows down for the dings
and alot of people drive straight up the back of another driver because they can't break in time instead of changing their line to go around the other driver.

Its not always that easy Bazz, when you are going flat out and see a crash some times you dont have enough time to do much, and it not like you can just slam the brakes on and stop on a dim.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:17 pm

BAZZIL wrote: One thing I notice, is noone slows down for the dings

whats the point you slow for a ding and some ass puts his head up yours

clutch close boot pray seems to work well

Wood · Post by **Wood** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:27 pm

ronwest wrote:
BAZZIL wrote: One thing I notice, is noone slows down for the dings
whats the point you slow for a ding and some ass puts his head up yours

clutch close boot pray seems to work well

There is a fine line, you have to balance slowing enough to pick your way through the carnage, but no too much giving people behind you enough time to react to your car slowing down if for what ever reason they haven't seen the ding ahead.

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:19 pm

Wood wrote: One more thing, where's the rusty chainsaw prom? How can you have the 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' without a rusty chainsaw??

Bah ! I knew I forgot something

Needed some chainsaw fx or something . . . screams / yells / tears

There did seem to be a lot of Liberace's happening though.

UnbounD · Post by **UnbounD** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:10 pm

Awsome Prom!!!

Some very poor driving in there I must say!!!!!!

A couple of cars feature often.

A couple of other feature just as often, but that is more due to bad luck.

Onwards and upwards (if your in team scrumpy its definatly up.... talk about big air

)

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:14 pm

UnbounD wrote:Awsome Prom!!!

Some very poor driving in there I must say!!!!!!
A couple of cars feature often.
A couple of other feature just as often, but that is more due to bad luck.

Onwards and upwards (if your in team scrumpy its definatly up.... talk about big air )

Hopefully not too much higher !

Interestingly, the physics of the game stopped the 666 Scrumpy car going any higher - it's almost as if there's a height cone over the track.

Anyway, TV3 at 8.30pm - Battlestar Gallactica the mini series

It ain't got Lorne Green.

Liquid · Post by **Liquid** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:56 pm

Do i get extra points for that, i remember thinking "hmm this seems high"

Eagle32 · Post by **Eagle32** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:32 pm

Love the start with the voice over Prom. Great stuff.

Skuzzlebutt · Post by **Skuzzlebutt** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:57 pm

Prometheus wrote:It's just a great voice to use I remember wearing out the record playing it over and over again.

1978... ahh.. 3rd form Palm Nth Boys High.

1978...ahh...kindy

Nice work buddy. Other than the first lap I don't think I featured in this one. Which is good.

Skuzzlebutt · Post by **Skuzzlebutt** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:09 pm

Grrrrrrrr!

Prom, whoever at TV3 pulled the plug on the golf during the play off hole needs a damn good kicking.

That's TVNZ behaviour and it's not on. Especially not for a weekend news show.

Unhappy of Manukau.

Sorry to go OT

UnbounD · Post by **UnbounD** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:21 pm

I didnt know there was VW racing on TV3?

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:27 pm

Skuzzlebutt wrote:Grrrrrrrr!

Prom, whoever at TV3 pulled the plug on the golf during the play off hole needs a damn good kicking. That's TVNZ behaviour and it's not on. Especially not for a weekend news show.

Unhappy of Manukau.

Sorry to go OT

No prob, I was sitting in the control room, sweating profusely, with 3 phones ringing all the time and lots of tantrums (one of the rare weekends I've worked in a while).

IT WAS NOT ME ! I was only following orders ! Yeah, I know that defence didn't work for the Germans too.

Riven · Post by **Riven** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:48 pm

UnbounD wrote:I didnt know there was VW racing on TV3?

Hahaha funny man

BAZZIL · Post by **BAZZIL** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:55 pm

lol so what went wrong at TV3

spill the beans then

I had a look at the golf for a few mins, then went to tv1 to watch the NZ V8's, then went to play TPTCC

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:29 am

BAZZIL wrote:lol so what went wrong at TV3 spill the beans then

I had a look at the golf for a few mins, then went to tv1 to watch the NZ V8's, then went to play TPTCC

My lips are sealed (due to the cough usual contract clauses). But someone whose job it is to make decisions, made the decision. I'm the (un)lucky guy who gets to implement them.

We then had a bit of a juggle timing the news to be able to cross back to the final moments of the shootout, but got there in the end.

But thanks to that, when I came home last night, I had to visit a bottle of wine rather than race in the Sports Car League

Otherwise the racing would've looked a lot like the Texas Nascar Massacre -

get out of my way !!!! - which wouldn't have been very nice.

Eagle32 · Post by **Eagle32** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:44 pm

Prometheus wrote:Otherwise the racing would've looked a lot like the Texas Nascar Massacre - get out of my way !!!! - which wouldn't have been very nice.

Lol. It pretty much seemed to end that way anyway with a 1/3rd of the field DNF'ing

Skuzzlebutt · Post by **Skuzzlebutt** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:28 pm

Prometheus wrote:
No prob, I was sitting in the control room, sweating profusely, with 3 phones ringing all the time and lots of tantrums (one of the rare weekends I've worked in a while).

IT WAS NOT ME ! I was only following orders ! Yeah, I know that defence didn't work for the Germans too.

Lol!

The tantrums weren't yours I hope

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:01 pm

Ahem !

I don't throw tantrums, I just forcefully suggest to people where they have gone wrong in the decision making process, and the direction they need to take, with great haste.