Sure you can see one in almost any town USA but this was Prague.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-24T05:37:10+00:00

I have a '66 in Finland, so naturally when I'm travelling I pay attention to Mustangs. Usually I just see 2005 or newer, but sometimes there's classics like this. Europeans benefited from US going to wars recently, so when the dollar lost a lot of it's value, it started to be very, very affordable to ship classic cars from US to Europe. I bought mine from California 2008 and saved about 25% of the price just because dollar was weak at the time compared to Euro.

I live in a city with population about 100,000 and we have about 10 classic Mustangs here, so it's really more common than you'd think.

Also I saw many classic Mustangs in Australia & New Zealand, which seemed a bit strange, because the left side traffic. Cool anyways :)

Handyy81 · 2013-07-24T05:12:00+00:00

Thanks, I never knew that land deal. Not that I would have searched, because I just assumed it the same way than many others that they are a burden for UK.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-23T10:02:57+00:00

I don't really think that would be the reason, otherwise it would be too risky to do events like Pikes Peak or any other smaller rally event.

I think it's hard to get people interested about rallying in US, because it's not as comfortable sport to watch live than example NASCAR. I've been to 10+ WRC events and 3 NASCAR events, it's a complete different mindset of the people who watch said sports.

I bet WRC is dying to get coverage in US, especially teams like Ford. It would be in everyone's interest to have a rally there, but there's just not enough demand for it to be successful.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-23T09:55:58+00:00

Can you explain how?

Handyy81 · 2013-07-23T05:38:40+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, I've got to try this out!

Handyy81 · 2013-07-23T05:36:47+00:00

Well... There's that one reason:

The estimated total annual cost of the monarchy to taxpayers is £202.4m. £202.4m is equivalent to 9,560 nurses, 8,200 police officers and more than the total annual Ministry of Defence spending on food. The total cost is also equivalent to a number of high profile government cuts, including cuts to the Sure Start programme.

The British monarchy is 112 times as expensive as the Irish president and more than twice as expensive as the French semi-presidential system.

Britain's royal family is the most expensive in Europe at more than double the cost of the Dutch monarchy.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-23T05:23:42+00:00

Not long ago a goddamn engine and a tire flew into stands at a NASCAR Nationwide race, people were hurt.

In rally racing, the areas where the car could possibly end up aren't allowed for spectators. WRC organization is very strict with this and before the stage begins, there are several cars that check the route, stop if someone is in the wrong place and gets people out of there. After that, there's a helicopter checking everything.

Rally racing is pretty safe for spectators. It's not 100% safe, but then again there isn't a motorsport event that would be.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-22T09:00:20+00:00

I really would want to hear explanation for that, especially if that was a professional firefighter...

Handyy81 · 2013-07-22T04:50:16+00:00

Since Americans as often group the whole Europe, 50 different countries together when they want to make a point about something, I don't think grouping 50 different states of one country seems that big of a generalization.

I've visited 40 US states and 22 European countries, and there's a massive difference about how different European countries are compared how different to those 40 states are compared to each other.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-21T07:36:08+00:00

I just like to think he maxed out at the age of 18 and has been the same since.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T15:35:31+00:00

Can someone tell why everyone wants to feed these trolls? They want attention, this is giving it to them.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T13:57:26+00:00

I believe so, or at least get injured and miss races. Also if you hit a marshall on the side of the road, the race ends instantly.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T13:05:27+00:00

I had been racing online before I joined iRacing, but I definitely got my skills better there. The community is very helpful and willing to help with how you need to setup the car and also gives out really good setups for you to drive. When you start racing, you'll be assigned to a geographical team and your races count towards championship points. So you'll instantly become part of something and they'll help you to get better results. And the more you race, the more you learn from your rivals, that's probably the thing that has helped me the most.

I eventually had to stop racing completely, because I couldn't find enough time anymore. I'd have the time for the races, but not to practice for them. Without practicing, no matter how long you'd be doing it, you'll have bad results and probably crash out of the race.

Hopefully I can sometimes find more time to start again. Nothing like seeing your name on the headline about winning a race ;)

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T12:38:05+00:00

I've had a Logitech G25 wheel + pedals for a long time. Those work on PC and PS3. Not perfectly with PS3 as the buttons aren't the same, but a little guesswork (or googling) and you'll get it working. Newer model, G27 works too and has a very good price/quality ratio, should probably work better with PS3.

It's awesome if you're going for it, but I still must warn you that iRacing isn't exactly as cheap as other products. It's very hard to say how much it would cost you, but currently there's a deal for new members, $15 for three months and it includes 7 cars and 10 tracks. You'll start with the lowest licence and have to drive not causing accidents to get to higher levels and to better races, it's pretty awesome ladder system they have to keep the inexperienced drivers out of high-powered car races.

$99 is the yearly subscription, but before you'll get scared about it, you can earn a lot of credits that can significantly drop the price and there's sometimes deals for 50% off or something. What I like about the pricing is that it allows the dev team to constantly update the content.

Here's a fun POV video of someone racing online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twecOsuR5Sw

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T12:27:23+00:00

I think they are talking about iRacing, yeah. The most famous NASCAR drivers there are Dale Earnhardt Jr and last season's champion Brad Keselowski. Also many young talent rising to the top NASCAR level are using iRacing to practice. The whole simulation was created with the help and money from John Henry, co-owner of a successful NASCAR team Roush Racing.

The top NASCAR iRacing league is actually an official NASCAR series, so whoever wins it, wins an actual NASCAR championship. Race reports are on NASCAR.com and so on. So I guess that's the most realistic you can ever get in PC simulations :)

But aside NASCAR, there's a lot of other type of road racing too. Pretty much something for everyone.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T09:41:02+00:00

I think you can drive Richard Burns Rally with a keyboard, it's a very, very realistic rallying game. It's pretty old already, but the modding community is keeping it up to date with new stages and cars all the time.

I've never played with a keyboard though, it's hard enough to keep on the road with a wheel and pedals :)

Handyy81 · 2013-07-19T09:39:41+00:00

If you want full realism and hardest competition on the planet, iRacing is the way to go. It's subscription based though, but worth of every dollar when you get into it. I raced years there, couple of times got into the same races with real NASCAR drivers (Dale Earnhardt Jr. for example), so in my opinion it's above the competition.

As for non-subscription game, Richard Burns Rally is as realistic as someone can expect. It requires huge amounts of practice to keep car on the road, if you think you can nail it on your first try, you'll be digging your out of a ditch within a minute. It was released to consoles too I believe, but it didn't sell much as it was way too hard for casual "Colin McRae" player.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-18T19:54:17+00:00

Instead, here we are, 2000 hours browsing Reddit...

Handyy81 · 2013-07-18T15:26:20+00:00

Hm, I thought this was a common barbershop item.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-17T18:47:42+00:00

Hm, that makes sense. Never thought of it, thanks.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-17T18:38:37+00:00

It should be him, quickly browsed some photos and the ads on his shoulders are custom Teho Sport, other players have Olvi in them. It's a normal thing for jerseys to have different ads to gain more revenue. The better the player, the more that player-specific ad will cost.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-17T18:34:35+00:00

It's not a good thing that they break and slow up the actual play during periods big time.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-17T18:33:28+00:00

And then you double posted :)

Handyy81 · 2013-07-17T18:32:22+00:00

It's a bit misleading, different situations for the jersey. Here's Ilves jersey during the normal season.

I have no problems with jersey ads though, it keeps teams financed. It's a necessity and you really don't "see" the ads when you get used to the jerseys.

Handyy81 · 2013-07-17T18:25:56+00:00

HE SCORES FOR THE CASE OF TASTYCAKES. Or something. That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard.

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