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September 14th, 2005, 03:43 AM
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Rep Power: 0  |  Top Gear @ Laguna Seca? (future episode talk) From BMW forums: Top Gear at Laguna Seca last week -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While I was at Laguna Seca this weekend I heard that the Top Gear boys were at Laguna running an NSX and trying to beat the times they recorded while playing one of the X-Box or Nintendo race games. Didn't hear if they were successful. |
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September 14th, 2005, 03:50 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude  Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237    | If it's true, then !!!! 
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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September 14th, 2005, 03:58 AM
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Rep Power: 0  | Nice idea.. They always find way to shock us (positive ofcourse).. 
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September 14th, 2005, 04:44 AM
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| Mantastic!  Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 06:49 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,641
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82 | The question is is this for UK Top Gear, or a special segment for the American Top Gear?
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September 14th, 2005, 04:46 AM
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 Joined: Jul 1st, 2005 Last Online: 08:26 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 2,338
Car: R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec, Falcon XR6 Ute Rep Power: 20 | Well their races always have to get bigger, maybe they're racing to Laguna Seca?  
__________________  1/4 Mile: 12.426 (Calder Park) Winton: 1'42.340 Sandown: 1'27.179 "The old Skyline GT-R felt exciting even when it was in a carwash." - Jeremy Clarkson "Those who know GT-Rs can't explain. Those who don't cannot understand." - frankiess AustralianGamer.com |
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September 14th, 2005, 09:27 AM
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Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 43 | Everybody seems to know what Laguna Seca is...I don't. Is it a dry lake somewhere in the states?
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September 14th, 2005, 09:45 AM
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| "bangle for president"  Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: belgium!! Age: 24 Posts: 6,086
Car: yamaha banshee (and an opel astra from work) Rep Power: 29 | it's a track in japan, the one where mazda test it's cars it's featured in most racing games
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September 14th, 2005, 09:46 AM
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| Unloved and lacking a title  Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: January 7th, 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,412
Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58 | Quote:
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September 14th, 2005, 09:50 AM
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| I Bought This Title :o  Joined: May 17th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: The Netherlands Age: 23 Posts: 2,967
Car: Saab 93 2.0t @ stage 3 now Rep Power: 31 | The really interesting bit about the track is this corkscrew corner. I could never take it properly in gt2 :/ You can't see how the corner goes untill its too late.  And its history. |
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September 14th, 2005, 10:13 AM
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Rep Power: 0  | The Laguna Seca corkscrew is like a mirror image of Eau Rouge. If they were there, I wouldn't have minded driving up there to check out their filming. I'm more interested in what cars they were testing . . . perhaps the new Z06 Corvette?
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September 14th, 2005, 11:38 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237 | They musta been doing it in October as I don't see it listed in September: http://www.laguna-seca.com/TrackRental/ And here's the track: http://www.laguna-seca.com/GeneralIn...n/TrackMap.htm I know it like the back of my hand thanks to GT4. 
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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September 14th, 2005, 12:52 PM
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 Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 1,898
Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status:  Rep Power: 22 | When they say 'some xbox or nintendo game' im sure they mean GT4 for ps2, since clarkson just wrote an article about how realistic and awesome it is, with specific mention of the NSX. Sounds like a cool challenge.
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September 14th, 2005, 01:04 PM
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| Wants Rick Astley's Babies  Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:42 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 6,030
Car: Golf LFS Status:  Rep Power: 40  | Quote:
Maybe they test some new car built in America... And BMW forum... Z4M?? Hamster has another duell against some Testdriver... who knows, will be fun  Buba
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September 14th, 2005, 01:58 PM
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Rep Power: 0  | where did you get Z4M from? |
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September 14th, 2005, 02:02 PM
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| Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 07:42 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 6,030
Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 40 | Well, its built in America, dunno about the M, but the Z4 is... Its just guessing...
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September 14th, 2005, 03:32 PM
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Car: R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec, Falcon XR6 Ute Rep Power: 20 | Quote:
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September 14th, 2005, 03:57 PM
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Car: 1997 Yamaha Seca II, 1976 Honda CB550F Rep Power: 132 | Such a pain in the ass in GT4. I just speed through it and go flying into a barrier. Hey, it actually works! And Laguna Seca's in California, by the way.
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September 14th, 2005, 09:31 PM
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| Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 1,898
Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 22 | It's not a hard corner once you learn to stop looking for the apex on the right, as you do naturally. |
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September 14th, 2005, 10:50 PM
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| aka Aston Martin Lagonda  Joined: May 9th, 2005 Last Online: December 25th, 2008 Location: Southern Poland Posts: 507
Car: Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5 Rep Power: 17 | Laguna Seca is in the ToCA RD2, i've played a lot in that game and have to say that it is very tricky, you have to brake far early than you think its time for it, and if you don't you end up on the wall. In total the track is preety good and quite famous, not my favourite but i like it. 8) |
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September 15th, 2005, 03:09 AM
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Rep Power: 0 | It's in the Forza game as well. Popular Science did a comparison test between real life and Forza, it was a pretty interesting read. I seem to recall in Pimp My Ride UK that they were installing Xbox's in the cars rather than PS2's which seemed to be the norm in the US version. So maybe it was an Xbox game they were comparing.
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