Uh oh…
Omaewa mo shindeiru.
Nani?!
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"German Girl in an American Scene"
(I liked how Helda turned out, the car not so. But still, I had fun doing the sketch for this.)
P R E - R A C E
As the cars have left for race starting, Helda fired up the engine swapped Urform Turbo, revving up to the 3.5L V6’s 9.3k RPM redline. As the revs bounced and back to idle, she disengaged the clutch and dropped the tranny into 1st gear. Inching out of the parking space slowly, Helda thought of the incoming race ahead, as she lined up behind the pack of highly-tuned cars. Helda was still unfamiliar with the other cars, only recognizing Claire’s red LCM79/80 at the front from a while back.
Helda: “the LCM79/80 looks menacing, all these other cars are too! Will I be able to keep up?”
Helda got her earphone in one ear, and plugged it in her cellphone. She searched through her playlist on a good song to play while driving.
Helda: Even though I don’t like modern mainstream music, I guess there are some hidden gems in this modern time and age.
As the race is warming up their engines for the race start, two girls walked up to the front, signifying the beginning of the sprint race.
Helda: “I guess this is it, I will have to give it my all!”
As she said those words, something resonated in her. Something that was put out all those years came back, her passion and love for all things mechanical, as she remembered her dad’s 1979 Bradford Urform Turbo, her mouth formed a grin, then a smile
Helda: "For father’s sake.
Ready,
Set,
G O ! !
R A C E S T A R T
Helda let go of the clutch pedal as soon as “GO!” was heard,
the acceleration was pulling Helda to her seat, she quickly changed into 2nd gear
“5000, 6000, 7000 RPMs”, Helda thought.
As the car approached the first corner, she braked hard to slow the swift car down. She didn’t need to change the gear as the ratio was just enough as it was entering a quickly approaching 90-degree corner.
“Power steering is up to speed” “ABS is also go”, Helda murmored as the car was gripping well.
As Helda approached the first long straight, she upshifted to 3rd and fully depressed the gas pedal
“Shit, traffic incoming” as Helda quickly steered around the slow moving traffic.
As she approached the entry for the first and only esses in the track, she downshifted to 2nd and was able to get through that section briefly into the another straight, whilist getting pass traffic, she managed to see that red LCM79/80 that was getting away really quickly.
“Fast, really fast”, as Helda said in shock.
The red LCM79/80 motivated her to give chase. after a couple of corners, they were in front of the pack along with what Helda described as a “Hillclimb-spec Porsche” (EFI Komi S). With the three cars battling for 1st place, Helda slipped just a bit at the last corner, giving 2nd place to the EFI Komi S with just .2 of a second gap.
“Whewww, that was a blast. This was fun, all the fun I ever wanted” As Helda slowed the car down to a legal speed limit.
Helda caught a glimpse of what street racing is, and what is to come. She did not regret joining this competition, and she is fascinated on what is next to come.
-To be continued with -
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Sorry for the lack of information to you all after my last announcement. So, in order to improve the event itself (and prevent any situations like this happening), I need some suggestions to make the event more balanced. If you have any, feel free to send it to me.
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There are still 8 more races left and we know you’re doing what you can to give us a great experience. Still a lot of kinks to work out. The ones in the lower half that run sub 2.10s do feel we can’t compete with the super 8. That is on us ourselves also.
But we’re having fun with the RPs.
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I have a suggestion:
Total dodging traffic time: 1-10 seconds depending in the traffic level (picking a random number from the minimum number until the maximum number, then add the number of seconds you get to the total time).
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suggestion: reliability
basically the lower your car reliability is, the higher the chance your engine will blow up during a race
you can repair your engine however, or swap it, but you will have to skip the next 2 races
how this will be pulled off, i don’t know but it’d be pretty cool
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CHAPTER 3
If you haven’t read my previous chapters here is the link here. But, those chapters were done with a smaller canvas! I also updated and drew 2 more characters, sorry if it looks rushed! xd. Also i have been busy with some assignments so my output may be slower then usual!
The Two new characters!
Left: Dark cloud @SpeedLife1 Right: Louis Burgess “Motor” @GassTiresandOil
Chapter 3
Minato city early in the morning as his bed hair is shown. He is still tired as usual but this time he knows that the time has come. He quickly eats his pre-made convenience store food as he needs to walk to Haneda aiport, south of Minato city. Brushing his teeth and washing his face. He grabs his pre-packed suitcase as he prepares to walk outside.
He arrives in Haneda airport as he walked all the way covering his daily exercise for his long flight to San Diego. He gets his ticket and signs in his luggage and proceeds through the check into the hub. He suddenly receives a phone call. It is Kairi one of his old friends. He answers the call,
All in Japanese
Kairi: “Hi there, Izawa-san!”
Izawa: “Hey Kairi, why did you call me?”
Kairi: “I miss you, just wanted to know how everything is going?”
She sounded curious, Izawa was rather reluctant to tell but since she was an old friend he decided to tell her about his trip,
Izawa: "Oh I see (So kadesu ne). I’m heading to the US right now. I’m at the airport,
Kairi: “Really? I want to see!”
Izawa: Oh, meet me at the airport if you can, but I’m already at the terminal. Unless you can buy a ticket or something, ahahhahaha."
Kairi: “I’ll take the train.”
Izawa: “How can you get there in a train?!?”
Kairi: “I’ll go through some kind of gap, and arrive at the old unused tram lines, which happen to be able to fit this train.”
Izawa: “You are joking right?”
Kairi: “Nuh-uh, I;m being serious.”
Izawa: “Are you out of your mind!?”
Kairi: “I am actually speaking true.”
Izawa was rather amused and thought how stupid the stuff she was saying. Was she delusional?
Izawa: “OH REALLY? PROVE IT, BAKA!”
Kairi: “OH, SO I’M A BAKA HUH? I’LL DO IT NOW THEN!”
Izawa: “SEE YOU AT THE DERAILMENT! AHAHHA!”
Kairi: “We’ll see! See you!
”
Izawa was shocked by her audacity and her commitment to this joke, was she really serious?
Izawa: “Kairi? What are you doing? Are you drunk!?”
A turbine engine could be heard as the rattling could be heard by the insane acceleration. She confidently responds back loudly in the midst of the turbine whining.
Kairi: “I’ll prove you wrong! You’ll see!”
A loud screech was heard on the phone, suddenly the call was cut off… before she last words…
Izawa “Kairi? KAIR-Gah!”
He was slapped by someone, was it her did she do something and was it a prank?
Izawa was sure it was a joke he yells at his phone…
Izawa: “SO WAS IT A JOKE?! KAIRI???”
There was a tap on his shoulder, he turned and looked…
Akiro: Are you okay??? Everyone is looking at you…"
Izawa was dumb founded by his stupidity as he looks around and sees people looking at him. He was too immersed in his conversation. He sat there frozen by the shock and embarrassment…
They both walk towards the entrance into the Boeing 787. Izawa is still bitter and still embarrassment. Akiro places his hand on his shoulder…
Akiro: “Don’t worry about it, this is the sign of what is to come. Maybe you will meet cool unique characters during the showdown!”
Izawa: “Yeah you are right…”
They walk down the alley and place their on carry luggage into the storage compartment. He looks through one of the windows and sees the bright summer sky. It calmed him down. They did a brofist and sat down onto the designated seats.
Still tired, he sits down in the comfortable seats, he places in some earphones, plugged in his phone, looking out of the windows. The Boeing takes off as the G-force pushes him back by a little. It soars into the sky off the runway into the blue clear sky of Tokyo, Japan over into the Pacific ocean.
It has been more then 9 hours the jet lag is immense as the jet touches down onto the runway. The jolt is felt through his every so tired jet lagged body… The Boeing is towed towards the main terminal hub. He gets off the plane after the all clear. Grabbing Akiro’s luggage they exit the plane. Akiro had to do some quick stuff and left earlier before Izawa.
The main terminal of the San Diego International Airport, It was his first here in the US. He has learnt a bit of English and did well so. But he still struggles under pressure to speak English words. Navigating through the check and the luggage area was relatively easy, just took some tries with the staff.
There she was… she was here before him… was it a joke after all? Apparently not…
Izawa: “How in the holy hell did you get there before me?”
Kairi: “I don’t know… the train?”
Izawa: “I cannot believe you. You got here… on a train. You can fly a train. I must be dreaming.”
Izawa: “No— How does this even possibly happen— You are telling me you went through a kind of portal???”
kairi: “I guess.”
Izawa: “Whatever it is, I have no idea how you did it!”
Kairi: giggles “Neither do I! I think I just can make it happen…?”
What an odd girl…
Izawa was still perplexed at the situation but decided to give in and accept it.
Izawa: “So, where did you leave your train? Why would you bring a train in the first place???”
Kairi: “I could use it as a hotel.”
Izawa: “Oh, but I already booked a place anyway.”
Kairi: “I left it near a disused tram station. Is it ok if you can get me there? The taxis here aren’t great…”
Izawa: “Sure, I’ll just have to go pick up my car. See you!”
Kairi: “Bye!”
Izawa heads out of the building and sees a incredibly tall messy black hair character of a person… Aaron standing next to a Tanaka Hito minivan???
He proceeded to meet up with him after contacting with his friends prior to the challenge after Akiro did some research about the participants. Aaron was the one Akiro recommended.
In English ( try and think of a person from Hongkong who speaks English sort of with an accent but can be understood easily and with a Japanese accent)
Aaron: So, you are Izawa Akagi, am I right? Are you here for the Street Showdown Challenge?
Izawa: Yes, indeed I am.
Aaron: Then come and follow me.
Izawa: Haha. I wasn’t expecting you to show up in that Tanaka Hito.
Aaron: This will do the job.
Izawa: I thought the BlackBird was supposed to show up in some modified Tanaka 300X, not this. I might be expecting you to show up in that red Ursula R1 over there.
Aaron: Haha. You know, cops got stricter here. Me being a 6 foot 5 man, is instantly recognizable to the police. So you know, keep it low-key.
Izawa: Ryōkai!
Aaron: Here, let me help you with the luggage.
Aaron opens the back door as the tall American easily puts in the suitcase into the back of the Tanaka. He opens the door and Izawa follows suits.
Then, the Hito traveled to the main highway leading to the city. After 30 minutes of traffic, it finally got off the highway and goes inside Horizon Bay city. Izawa was still tired but is restless of the conditions on his car…
Sam: Damn, some police activity over here.
Izawa: Yep, I noticed.
Aaron: Maybe they searched the wrong car.
Sam: Just this left and we’re on our way to our garage…
Izawa: Aren’t we supposed to go to the docks first?
Sam: Your car is delivered here last night already.
Aaron: Yep, I can confirm it.
Izawa: Yokkata! (Thank goodness)
Sam parked the rented Hito outside the garage. All of them got out of the car and went inside the garage, which was locked with a password. Then, they went inside. There it is!
Izawa: "That’s my car!Aaron: “Yep, you Susei AMCC Tengai Railgun S.”
Izawa: "Sorry I gotta do something quick so I’ll be taking the car, thanks Sam and Aaron!
Sam and Aaron: “All good see ya!”
5 minutes later…
A loud noise of car exhaust is heard, as a race car, presumably a Suisei stops at the “Arrivals” area. The Suisei is driven by Izawa.
Izawa: “Kairi, come in.”
Kairi: “Wait… you have a racing car?”
Izawa: “I might be racing here. Did you want to go back to the train?”
Kairi: “Yeah, if it is possible.”
Izawa: “K, I’ll take you there.”
The Suisei darts off at incredible speed, taking corners at levels Kairi hasn’t experienced much. She screams a bit, he is still jet lagged and tired so more noises already could break his concentration. But he knew she wasn’t use to this.
Kairi: “waAaaaAAAH! This is scary!”
Izawa: “Would appreciate if you could be a bit quieter, I’m concentrating on driving.”
The Suisei stops near a JR E231-1000 series, which weirdly has made it to Horizon Bay.
Izawa: “Is this your train?”
Kairi: “Yes! Do you like?”
Izawa: “I don’t know, I haven’t worked on trains. Usually I take the Keihinkyūkō…”
Kairi: “The singing train…”
Izawa: “Since when could trains sing…”
Kairi: “I might as well not bother, it might just bore you.”
Izawa: “I have some business I need to attend. I’ll see you later!”
Kairi: “Bye! I’ll see you later!”
She gets out of the car and walks towards the E231 - 1000 series train, still confused he just accepted it now, He looks back and drives off. Kairi enters the train, as the Suisei launches away into the city…
To be continued
Thank you so much for rp with me @Keikyun and @Aaron.W. Im starting on the really cool police chapter soon! But ill be doing t he pre-race rp before! So anyone who wants to do any pre-race rp please message me!
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mmm, doing a cringey rp is kinda fun
but also cringey
and has densha de d, touhou
The Entrance of Kairi: Happiness Depends on You!
Kairi’s part of Chapter 3
By @Falling_Comet and @Keikyun
(DISCLAIMER: All manga images are used on permission of the original author, @Falling_Comet.)
Somewhere near Oyama, Tochigi, Japan...
It is a quiet night, the leaves rustling. A few kei cars drive past, breaking the silence momentarily. An empty JR Higashinihon E231-1000 whooshes past, devoid of occupants except for the driver, with a bizarre 13-car configuration, 3 cars being blanked out with venting in-place of the 6 doors of these additional cars.
Kairi, quite tired by now is heading back, driving that bizarre E231. It’s been very long since she last did something active… all she has been doing is lazing back in her apartment and driving her train. Sometimes she calls a friend, but usually he isn’t available…
She feels hopeless. She opens her phone in an irresponsible act, and decided to call her friend… and soon realises her mistake and switches to hands-free.
This friend was Akagi Izawa, someone she knew from high school. While they do talk, and sometimes meet up, they really don’t do it very often.
Conversation between IZAWA and KAIRI
Kairi: “Hi there, Izawa-san!Izawa: “Hey Kairi, why did you call me?”
Kairi: “I miss you, just wanted to know how everything is going?”
Izawa: Oh, I see (So kadesu ne). I’m heading to the US right now. I’m at the airport.
Kairi: “Really? I want to see!”
Izawa: “Oh, meet me at the airport if you can, but I’m already at the terminal. Unless you can buy a ticket or something, ahahhahaha.”
Kairi: “I’ll take the train.”
Izawa: “How can you get there in a train?”Kairi: “I’ll go through some kind of gap, and arrive at the old unused tram lines, which happen to be able to fit this train.”
Izawa: “You are joking, right?”
Kairi: “Nuh-uh, I’m being serious.”
Izawa: “Are you out of your mind!?”
Kairi: “I am actually speaking true.”
Izawa: “OH REALLY? PROVE IT, BAKA!”
Kairi: “OH, SO I’M A BAKA HUH!? I’LL DO IT NOW THEN!”
Izawa: “SEE YOU AT THE DERAILMENT!”
Kairi: “We’ll see! See you!
Izawa: “Kairi? What are you doing!? Are you drunk!?”
Kairi presses a large red button marked “GAS TURBINE START”. A deep howl fills the area, being then drowned by the mechanical whine of a spooling turbine engine, followed by the ignition. Flames shot out the turbine exhausts of the turbine cars, as Kairi was thrusted back into the seat on ignition, the speed climbing past the limits.
Kairi: “I’ll prove you wrong! You’ll see!”
A loud screech was heard on the phone, suddenly the call was cut off before she could say her last words.
Izawa: “Kairi? KAIR-Gah!”
Izawa is slapped.
Kairi: “I’ll see him…” as the view got much brighter, the train travelling much faster than 160km/h. From inside, the world began fading to a white, train on only half the wheels around a bend. Kairi held on very tight, as they began to disappear from the rails of Japan, and Japan altogether.
.
…
…
A thunderous noise was heard in Horizon Bay, as the train suddenly emerged from thin air, crashing down on the rails, sparks flying across the area.
Kairi: “Huh, aah…” rather exhaustedly as she pulled the lever to max braking…
SCREEECH! The train slowed to a rough stop, at a disused tram station near the old shed.
Kairi: “I should really sleep…”
Kairi set herself up a bed in her train’s seating, and fell asleep.
A dream began, noted until she awakens in the morning.
Suddenly she is back in the driving cab of her own train, the turbine-diesel-electric 3-way hybrid at full power, the installed digital speedometer reading over 200km/h, flying past a few densha otaku whose hats were launched airborne by the force of the passing trains. She was in a race, with a Kintetsu 50000 series “Island Wind”, the two tied. It was the last few corners until terminus. Her hands were covered in sweat as she held on tight to the power/brake lever, trembling under the pressure of the Kintetsu, as was the train under loads it never was designed to handle.
For a moment, she had a flashback.
Her best friend and train racer who used to drive a JR Nishinihon 207… was under a similar situation, under huge pressure while racing against a Nishitetsu 7000… he derailed and almost died. Kairi still remembers what happened then…
But Kairi did not stop. By now, the second to last bend was approaching. Would she handle it, or derail?
She continued, at the already far too high velocity. The wheels on the inside of the bend lifted away from the rails, as she began to reduce speed.
“I am at my limit… this Kintetsu is quick. Full notch!” she thought, as she went for the highest notch on the power/braking lever, approaching the final bend.
“If it is possible… I will try to use the single track drift technique.”
Before she knew it, she was about to reach the finish, the train still on only half the wheels.
As soon as the train entered the station, she pulled the lever to the highest braking, reaching a halt at the platform.
Kairi emerged victorious.
By now it is the next morning…
Kairi wakes up.
Kairi: “I don’t have any idea where the airport is… guess I’ll take a taxi.”
Kairi waits outside her train, then flags a taxi, a rather dilapidated Chrysler Sebring.
Kairi: “Hi. I will need to visit the airport.”
Taxi driver: racial and body related profanity and rubbish
Kairi: “Oh god… a racist and disgusting taxi driver…”
The taxi driver tries to grope Kairi, but Kairi slaps him immediately then throws a fist to his head, while tugging the handbrake to stop the car.
Kairi: “くそくらえ! (EAT SHIT!)”
Kairi opens the door and evicts the nasty taxi driver, then steals the car.
Kairi: “GAH! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PLACE!”
Kairi drives off to the airport in the stolen taxi,
Kairi: “This car is so bad… it has worse seats than the worst trains in Japan, the engine has no response, and half the inside has fallen off. It also smells like a hikikomori’s bedroom. I miss my train and Lexus!”
Kairi arrives at the airport then walks in, and waits idly. She checks her phone to call Izawa, but he is not available.
Kairi: “He’s not here… guess I’ll have a coffee.”
Kairi heads to the coffee shop in the airport, and takes a seat. She continues to look at her phone to see if Izawa’s flight has landed.
Eventually, the flight arrived. Kairi got up and walked back to the Arrivals area, waiting for Izawa. Soon enough, he arrived.
Scene between Kairi and Izawa
Izawa: “How in the holy hell did you get there before me?”Kairi: “I don’t know… the train?”
Izawa: “I cannot believe you. You got here… on a train. You can fly a train. I must be dreaming.”
Izawa mysteriously punches himself in the head as a “reality check”.
Izawa: “No… How does this even possibly happen… You are telling me you went through a kind of portal!?”
Kairi: “I guess.”
Izawa: “Whatever it is, I have no idea how you did it!”
Kairi: giggles “Neither do I! I think I just can make it happen…?”
Izawa: “So, where did you leave your train? Why would you bring a train in the first place???”
Kairi: “I could use it as a hotel.”
Izawa: “Oh, but I already booked a place anyway.”
Kairi: “I left it near a disused tram station. Is it ok if you can get me there? The taxis here aren’t great…”
Izawa: “Sure, I’ll just have to go pick up my car. See you!”
Kairi: “Bye!”
Izawa loads his luggage in a Tanaka minivan with a few others, and they drive away.
Kairi: “Guess I’ll just be alone, like always…”
15 minutes later…
A loud noise of car exhaust is heard, as a race car, presumably a Suisei stops at the “Arrivals” area. The Suisei is driven by Izawa.
Izawa: “Kairi, come in.”
Kairi: “Wait… you have a racing car?”
Izawa: “I might be racing here. Did you want to go back to the train?”
Kairi: “Yeah, if it is possible.”
Izawa: “K, I’ll take you there.”
The Suisei darts off at incredible speed, taking corners at levels Kairi hasn’t experienced much.
Kairi: “waAaaaAAAH! This is scary!”
Izawa: “Would appreciate if you could be a bit quieter, I’m concentrating on driving.”
The Suisei stops near a JR E231-1000 series, which weirdly has made it to Horizon Bay.
Izawa: “Is this your train?”
Kairi: “Yes! Do you like?”
Izawa: “I don’t know, I haven’t worked on trains. Usually I take the Keihinkyūkō…”
Kairi: “The singing train…”
Izawa: “Since when could trains sing…”
Kairi: “I might as well not bother, it might just bore you.”
Izawa: “I have some business I need to attend. I’ll see you later!”
Kairi: “Bye! I’ll see you later!”
She gets out of the car and walks towards the E231 - 1000 series train, still confused he just accepted it now, He looks back and drives off. Kairi enters the train, as the Suisei launches away into the city…
Kairi takes a seat and has a rest, when suddenly there is a knocking. She looks outside, and spots the same taxi driver from before.
Kairi: “くそ！” (Shit!)
Nasty taxi guy: “Come out!”
Kairi: “No!”
Kairi enters the cab of the train and starts up the diesel engines. The old tram line is no longer electrified, so the engine was required.
The engine startups shook the ground, the SA6D125H inline6 engines releasing noticeable soot into the atmosphere. The enraged taxi driver continued to knock on the window aggressively.
Kairi is scared, but she does have control of many, many tons of Japanese stainless steel…
What would Kairi do about the taxi driver?
To be continued…
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In addition to the rules you already set, I think you can balance a wide variety of cars if you scale maximum tire width with vehicle weight. Lighter cars would be forced to run narrower tires than heavier cars. Also, front-engine cars could be allowed a bonus to tire width as well.
Then of course allow us to adjust our cars to the new rules before we continue. Even with additional balancing rules, some aspect of random chance will need to be introduced to prevent the same cars from winning regardless.
EDIT: based on some testing by Xepy as mentioned on discord, tire width rules may not be enough, less grippy compounds may need to be utilized as well for the light cars
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The usage of MS Gothic seems pretty interesting…
A degree of RNG to based off the average % laptime per track would be good. The mid pack were about 5% slower than the top pack so maybe a max rng factor of ±5% of the average lap time would be good. That of course won’t actually close the gap between slowest cars and the fastest cars, but it will give a degree of variation in the results.
Ways to go about the actual balance IMO is to either nerf the lighweights with either tire sizes as Donut suggested, weight ballast (as Cent suggested on Discord) or increase the power to weight limit for heavier AWD cars. I’m fairly certain the top bunch are all RWD thanks to the power to weight limit. Either way it will need some testing, I’m sure a bunch of us can build you a few test cases for how each approach will work if you need help with it.
As long as its tested and everyone gets to do a retune if a balance of performance hits I’m good whatever approach you like to take.
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I can’t really think of much that could help those that are in the back. Is it power to weight or the different configurations of engine and drivetrain. Each car handles differently. My new tune for the Vinette just cuts about a second down compared to original tune but its still off the pace from the leaders. (Still being an FR configuration)
I would like to download tracks to test in automation to see how each configuration will work.
What if we get each other’s P/ W within 5% - 10% of each other and have it come to handling.
Once again I’m not entirely sure. You can correct me on some ideas
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That’s a good idea. We could also maybe introduce some variation in the surfaces of the track. I know my suspension is probably softer than most (I was anticipating a race or two in the West Coast Map where I might need to hop a curb). I think Italy has a course with cobblestone. Again, not sure if it would do anything to bring the slowest cars up to the front, but it could be another variable in the equation. Even simply doing an uphill race could show different skill sets for cars.
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I done some more tuning and testing using the automation track. I did change to AWD along with Carbon Fiber panels and that puts me close to the higher contenders.
Besides carbon fiber being the rule breaker. The car meets the standards
the bloody EFI Komi is still ridiculously fast…
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Prerace
I looked around. mainly to look for a place to set up the Trailer, but I was also squaring up my competition.
There was still time before the race, so I set up the Weber Barbeque on the tailgate and started cooking up some snags, still scanning entries coming in.
One fella in a EFI Komi took my attention, Didn’t look like he was planning on getting a space to set up his car. He was looking for a target, much like dad at Marie Snow’s Funeral in 2008, though he was looking for Richard Snow not someone actually dangerous.
At a vantage point, check, Muttering… From what saw, I would say so, though it looked like a conversation with someone. He was about to look in my direction, oh shit… Raised the Tonueu a little higher and put on my Aviators. Not worth bring out the Bowie knife now, for all I could know, He has a gun “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight”
He glanced, but seemed to take little notice, good I suppose… but who was he looking for, and why with such a vengeance.
He left shorty after, though I did see his hands were on 9 and 3, and shuffling around the wheel, instead of many drivers that release and replace. Police 101, always have both hands on the wheel in-case you need to do an evasive manoeuvre
In-race
Gee, I hear some drivers blasting music… May as well put the Acadaca CD in.
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Go!!
Rear wheels spinning up, Blimey I shouldn’t trust this rubber. Let’s not get mauled by the fellas that can oust themselves into the Rear bumper of the Ute, Don’t want frontal damage to the fellas that can actually race.
First corner… Glad I have Tyre width up front. Though I would take more bite… And I think that’s the Barbecue ratting around in the back.
Gee that fella in Ghost has some guts… They don’t have the speed, but they can punch quickly out of a corner
Finish line after this corner, I’m reeling that Sedan in… and blighter… Just a few ticks behind.
I must Meet that driver.
After-race I thank @ST1Letho
After a short period of re-hitching the Ute to the Trailer. I went of to find the driver of the Sedan that I came close to. Ah there they are.
“Hey!!!, That was a close race mate!!” Stepping out of my Ute.
The driver leaves the car, Stunned by the fact they were a girl, though I know a few quite good Shelias that can race. I exclaim, “A Shelia”
“Australian with a Ute… why am i not surprised-” Had that look of distain… but also innocence.
“I like your style, using that AWD system to your bidding.”
“Thanks, sister’s boyfriend got it from discontinued racecar at his academy” She chuckled a bit “It is best i can fit there”
“Want a tinny?” I go the rear and open the rear tonneu and Esky.
“A what?” She looked confused, Ah right, she ain’t from my neck of the woods.
“A drink, Think I have a coke in 'ere”
“Oh, why not” She nodded gleefully, “I should not drink that, but i am tired… still, all that and just middle of the pack… Mare is outdated, seems like”
“I mean I also have Water in here if you are tried, Besides, I need to figure out where to park the Camper for the night”
“No, i will take the coke” She shook her head “Need a solid kick”
I chuck the Can over, Decent form, she caught it without hitch. She opens it and start taking sips.
“I already have a new car ordered though, been saving for it really long. Brand new, and can kick ass to most car here in stock”
“Sounds like a good Investment”
“Around fifty kay” She shrugs “Will probably live on ramen and cookies for a while” she joked, with a endearing giggle.
“US bucks right?” I ask, gee Money is a small issue here as well with people from all over the place.
“Yea… in higher trim it could be even more expensive” She takes out a paper out of her pocket “My good luck charm, ad for the car”
“You have a luck charm.” Taking out a pic of Justin Senior’s Picture of his 1972 Police Interceptor that was recently restored and Modified. “Suppose I keep one myself. Dad’s car when he was in the force, we got it back some time ago. I learnt to drive in it”
“Your dad is a cop? And you race on the streets?” She looked on me with a mix of confusion and interest, “Pretty brave if you ask me”
“He’s retired and a late boomer, I took after a friend he met when he was dealing in the underworld. He used to do street racing in the 70’s over here actually. It’s weird how they became friends”
“Wow… the darkest place is really right under the lamp” she exclaimed.
“Never heard that saying, must be something you yanks say”
“Yeah… and a i am not a yankee” She laughed “Silly… i am here just to race, with Octavias chasing me back home, it was no fun”
“Huh… You deal with those small things.” Pulling out a IPhone 4, scrolling in photos to a image of Dad in a new Squad car before retirement “We deal with V8s, Much scarier I’l say”
“Yeah, here it has some thrill” She noted “Back home you pressed the gas and lost them”
“Would have thought the American Cruisers were as fast as the Aussie units. Apparently they are only 200 horse, unlike the 400 or so Horse they are down under, They do have the numbers though”
“Hmm, then that is not that much faster than i expected” she nodded “but i gotta take trip to Australia someday”
“I think Derek can help you out with that at some point. If you do come, do come to my neck of the barren woods, Deniliquin, home of the largest Ute Muster”
Eh?" She noised, in confused. Might have to clarify things again
“Fella that gave me the Trailer,Here’s his number” Passing over a slip of paper with the fella’s name hastily written, being careful I don’t budge my Bowie knife I’ve stowed in my jacket.
“Oh… i see” She nodded, and tucked the Paper into her upper pocket.
“I’m off to find somewhere to park this Trailer so I can get used to the Jet-lag”, I stow my phone back into my Jacket.
“Okay, i will be around the scene if you want to see me later” She smiled and waved with an innocence , sitting back down into her car.
“Farewell!” I holler, Shutting the Toneu cover, and I enter my Ute, I starts the V8, that Rumble won’t be getting old soon. I decide to pop a Barnsey CD in.
First gear, and I rip more tread off the tyre, I do a standing Burnout for a few seconds and I set off with the trailer, wheels still spinning. I’m off to find some rest.
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Pre-race
Mr. Singh checked his car’s tire temperatures, and doing an overall final checkup before the race. He’s calm and collected, but still quite nervous seeing all the new toys the kids are bringing. He can hear a lot of V8s roaring and turbos being spooled. He look at his car again and smiles.
“You may be old mate, but you’re quite dependable.” he said whilst tapping his car’s fender. He knew how to drive the car well, and had done some trackdays beforehand. Despite the lack of aero kits, he knew that he can handle the car well enough.
“Attention all drivers. The race will start in 10 minutes.” Singh heard from the loud speakers. He put all his tool back to its boxes, and picked up his white helmet and white racing gloves and went inside the car before putting all of those. He turned the ignition key and the might inline-6 purred alive. “You sure sound quieter than the other, don’t you?” he said to himself.
“Good luck Singh. I’ll be watching from the sidelines.” Danny said to Singh, which he gave a thumbs up in return. Singh closed the door, and rolled the windows up. Without turning the radio on, he made his way to the starting line.
Post-race
Singh was taking deep breaths. He wasn’t expecting it to be that exhilarating, but he was also surprised by the end result. “Top 10! Not bad at all.” he said to himself. He wasn’t sure that he could even be in the points, since he have little knowledge of the area and also he haven’t been racing in the streets properly for years. “Granted it was 2 seconds off from the 9th position, but best of the rest I guess.”
He paused for a bit at the end of the race so that he can calm his breathing. He pulled off his helmet and look at the car’s mirror. “Calm… Calm…” Singh said slowly to himself. “That was a great race overall.” He took some extra deep breaths, before starting to make his way back to the parking spot.
He slowly drove his car back to the designated parking spot, and was greeted by Danny. “Congrats mate! That was one hell of a race.” He said. Singh parked the car and turned off the engine so that it can rest. “Cheers man. Not the quickest though.” Singh replied. Danny patted his back and shoved a cold beer to him. “No worries man, you did great nonetheless. Especially with the car you’re using.” Singh smiled, and chugged the beer to relief his tension.
“That red Group 4 car was one hell of a car.” Danny said and Singh agreed. He saw the race car zipped to the front in the early race, and blitzed it’s way through the course and traffic. “The aero matters a lot in those kind of race.” Singh said. “I was having some problems in the corners, trying to deal with the wheelspins.”
Both of them chatted for a while, whilst letting the Barra cooled down. After an hour of talking and looking around, they made their way back to Alex’s shop. Singh wanted to do some extra tunes for the Karmann, since he believed that he can tick of a few seconds with better tuning.
PS: I didn’t think that my car would’ve been that great in the event, since this is my first time joining this sort of thing. but hey! Top 10!
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Day of Race 1: Post-Race
Part 1: Claire meets Johnson at the finish line.
Keyed up on adrenaline and shock, Claire stops the car quickly shortly after the finish line. Engine still running, she excitedly lifts herself up out of the LCm79/80 and looks back at the Komi, pulling up to a stop close by. She turns back forward, looks at the spectators, and whoops in excitement. She claps her hands once and shoots a fist up in the air. She sees the driver of the Komi has now exited the car, and she pivots towards him. Mouth agape and with eyes wide with elated bewilderment, she yells over to the driver with genuine excitement. “Hell of a fucking race huh!??” Before he actually has a chance to make any kind of response, Claire turns away from him, back towards the spectators. “Oh my god…” she says to audibly says to herself, putting both hands on her face, then running them back through her hair, then exhaustedly dropping them to her hips, before finally turning back towards the Komi pilot again.
“Good run!” he says. “You really out performed me in those last two corners.” He looked back at the Komi and all the other cars started to park in one after the other. The crowd was roaring from the good show that they made.
He walks up to the woman and her car to congratulate and meet her. But is more interested on who she is and what kind of things she had done to the car itself.
“I am Johnson by the way!” as he reached out his hand for a handshake. “You did really well! I’m wondering what your car is? I had never seen it before.”
“Claire!” she yells at Johnson, taking his hand and shaking it up and down far too quickly. “Or Gray!” she blurts out quickly, “some local racers called me Gray from the hair but I don’t know if the name is sticking or whatever…” She trails off at the end, running out of breath and releasing Johnson’s hand. The excitement has really gotten the better of her. She’s damn near panting she’s so short of breath. Hands on her hips again, she leans around Johnson and looks at the other two cars that completed the close top four. “What was that last thing you said??” She asks genuinely, still yelling and still catching her breath.
Johnson asks her about the car again. She responds with a beaming smile, and as cutely and as high ptiched as she can, yells out “Oh, It’s a kit car!” As she sees more of the other drivers emerging from their cars, she says quickly, “It’s loud here; come by in the paddock later and you can check it out!” She begins to walk past Johnson and towards some of the other drivers, but stops and takes a couple of backward steps before passing the Komi. “Look at this fucking thing though. Ooof! You better let me check this out later too!” She turns, again too quickly for Johnson to provide a real response, and takes off in a light jog, hoping to share her elation and excitement with some of the other drivers before the moment passes.
“Maybe putting the undercover package in was a bad idea.” Johnson thought to himself. He looked at the red car more closely. “A Kit Car? This is a kit car?!” He looked inside the cabin and then around the front to check out the badges and plates. “LCm79/80.”
Part 2: Amaya and Walker meet an ecstatic Claire.
The Vinette pulled up and parked with the following vehicles after the race. She opened the door and climbed out of the black Vinette, stretched her body and relaxed. “I finished 16th!” she sighed and shrugged with a smile. “These people from around the world are the real deal. This will be fun!” as she looked around. She looked at the Yuro Glaze and smiled. “Ara ara… You’re really good Pepe!” she said to herself. “I will have a lot of fun with you.” Amaya turned to her Vinette. “Well hopefully that will come soon for you my Darling.”
Walker walked up to Amaya. “You good?” he asked her.
“Could be better, could be worse.” she said with a smile. “But I had fun, these people are the real deal.” as she walked and slid her finger across the Vinette.
“Ah look here is the race 1 winner.” as Walker pointed at Gray. Amaya looked up and smiled.
“Yeah she did good with her old LCm79/80. I wonder what engine package she put in when she assembled it!”
Gray who was still emotional from her win arrived where Amaya and Walker stood.
“Congratulations on your victory!” as Amaya smiled and went to hug the woman.
Claire responds with an indecipherable excited sound, and goes in for the hug and squeezes tightly. She’s still short of breath, and is noticeably sweaty. She seems to be radiating endorphins. Still in the hug, she starts, “Thank you thank you thank you. OH! I can NOT believe that just happened!” Hopped up and over-excited, Claire’s mannerisms seem more appropriate for an excited child than a woman of her age. She steps back from the hug and faces Walker. “Hey. WOO! Right!??” She can tell from his expression that she’s not formed a real sentence. She breaths in deeply, and, more calmly, addresses them both. “I’m Claire,” then waving her head and whipping her ponytail with sass, “Or Grey. Ha. Get it?” She continues, quickly, trying to make sure that neither of them can actually answer that question. “And you two are?”
“I am Night Rain!” as Amaya smiled at her, understanding her excitement. “But otherwise I am Amaya. This is here is my lackie, Walker!” as she pointed to the man.
“I am not your lackie woman.” Walker said to Amaya.
“I’m impressed with your 79/80!” Amaya told Gray. "Did you build it yourself?
With the roar of the spectators beginning to calm down, Claire is more talkative with Amaya and Walker than she was with Johnson earlier.
“Sort of!” she explains, “I bought it decades ago, the body and chassis already assembled, but in need of a new motor. So you could say I bought it already built. But once I got the engine, I started thinking about everything that might have gone wrong with the car in the 20 or so years of sitting. Boring stuff like bushings, bearings, and lines, but it all adds up to a ton of work! Then once I got it running, more tweaks… better brakes, racing seats, the list goes on!”
She smiles, pushes her loose bangs back and looks up and away from Amaya and Johnson, She cheekily jokes, “It’s not built or bought; more like, bought alread built, then built more… with things I bought!”
Amaya smiles at Gray and congratulates her again.
“Well your building got you the first race.”
Amaya looked at her Vinette.
“Maybe a little more tinkering with mine will give me a better chance to compete with the lot of you.”
“Congratulations again.” As Walker extends his hand for a handshake. “You’re one hell of a driver.”
She thanked them graciously, then noticed that a few of the cars are leaving the finish line to head back to paddock. She curiously eyed the flashy Kuma, then looked back at her own car, just sitting, idling in the middle of the road, door wide open. She hurriedly invited both Amaya and Walker to come by her section of the paddock some time to check out the car and hang out, before jogging away to move her car out of the way.
As Claire moved on, Amaya and Walker were looking over the Vinette.
“I don’t think my darling has enough to compete with this crowd.”
“Well you may have been in the last half of the race, you did drove your heart out to get a decent time.” As Walker scratched the back of his head. “This is still the first event so you still may have a chance to go against him.”
“Ara ara… you’re right.” she said as she slid her fingers on the Vinette.
“But my inner self wants me to win them all.”
“What driver doesn’t?” Walker exalted with a smile. Just then Amaya’s phone rang with a text message.
“Your crate package has arrived at the specific address.” Amaya then smiled a large grin.
“Ara ara… ara ara ara…”
“What is it this time?” Walker said with concern. “When you ara ara like that, then that means something is up.”
“Things may just heat up sooner than we thought.” Amaya smiled with a posed look.
“What is it?” Walker asked.
“My Victoria came in!” She teased. “Want to see?” she smugged. Walker thought for a moment and then turned bright red.
“I’ll be going to the restroom.” as he rushed off.
“Ara ara… I’m only kidding.” As she looked at her phone again. “Now to pick that up…” she looked up to see one of the contenders driving a Marksman JSB Sabre Ute. “Hmm… I wonder…”
Part 3: Johnson and Claire meet again.
Late afternoon, day of the first race. An excited Claire has been easily convinced by some VIP spectators to share some drinks with her as she shows off the car. A younger Claire would have kept her cards close to her chest, but Claire now is too caught up in the attention she is receiving to hold back. She’s showing off the car and telling a story or two of her street racing past, when she spots Johnson nearby, also eyeing the car. “I thought you might show up!” she says loudly towards Johnson, and stares at him with a smile until he looks away from the car and makes eye contact with her. She points to the wheelie cooler one of the spectators has rolled up to the spot. Still staring at him, she asks, simply, “Beer?”
Johnson smiled and waved his hand no thanks. “Appreciated but no thanks! I don’t drink.” Johnson said. “Just really interested in your story and what your car is.” As he looked back at the LCm79-80.
“You said it is a kit car, can you tell me what that means?”
"Of course! So back when these first came out, there were factory-produced models sold as Turbóls or Lucara-Ciambellas, but they decided they would make just enough of them for FIA homologation, then sold the rights to a number of kit car companies. The kits work like the Shelby Cobra or Lotus 7 replicas you see around; the company sold you the chassis, the body panels, interior, some of the running gear, nearly all of what you want or need to put it together, then it’s your job to do the assembly and get it titled. I bought this one cheap in the early 90s from someone who had already finished it, but decided not to repair it after blowing the engine. Then my dumb ass let it sit for damn near 20 years before I finally did something with it, so by then I ended up having to rebuild a lot of it anyways!”
She leans over and gives the car a fake hug around the side glass and the windshield, and says cutely “But here it is now, a spectacular, charming wedge of home-built speed.” She steps away from the car and swigs from her beer as she turns to face Johnson,“And me? I…” a small burp interrupts her. “ha, sorry! I’m a life-long car nut. I was big into the street racing scene in the early 80s! It was almost all drag racing back then, used muscle cars were the word of the day. I was real fast. Fell out of the scene as I got more involved in my career and lost the desire to risk getting arrested or hurt. Now I’m retired, I got no kids, I got no husband anymore. What I do got, is a shit load of spare time, a really fast car, and plenty of talent behind the wheel.” She strikes a small pose, as if she’s the subject of a Cosmopolitan interview and her last quote was the photo caption.
“I see!” He said while getting a look over the car. “Well whatever you did to it gave me a run for my money!” as he tried to laugh. “Quite interesting how people will take their time to push these machines to the limit.”
He then looked back at the EFI Komi, still feeling the rush it gave him during the race.
Claire stood beside him, also looking at the Komi. “It’s a beautiful car you’ve got. Scary fast too. I know they’re fast cars as-is, but surely you’ve had some work done to it?”
Johnson looks over the Komi. “It is definitely nice.” He said. “Its fast and capable and what surprises me is that when I push it, it somehow makes me feel more confident.” He scratches his head. “Sometimes it surprises me. A really good setup and it can go.”
Johnson however was starting to feel conflicted over the Komi. Knowing that it wasn’t his to begin with. It was his first time in a high performance vehicle compared to his assigned Susei AMC cruiser. Just then his phone began to ring from a text message. He briefly looks over the ID to see it was Brenda.
“Can you excuse me for one moment.”
He steps toward the Komi and reads the message.
We need you at HQ ASAP!"
“Damn!” he said to himself. He turns back to Claire. “My girl is requesting for me, she don’t sound too happy.” As he trked to laugh out with frustration. “But its good to meet you and congratulations on your win.” He reaches out to shake Claire’s hand. “I am Johnson by the way.”
Claire shakes his hand; unlike the first time, its calm and collected. She suspects nothing unusual of Johnson, and associates his serious nature with competitive spirit rather than ulterior motives. “Pleasure meeting you. See you around.”
He then hops in the Komi and leaves the area. He took a longer route so hopefully noone will notice him going to police headquarters.
Part 4: Claire meets the Hornet
Just before dusk. Claire is still in her paddock area, still partying and showing off. She seems unabashedly smug, and it seems as though she’s maybe had a few too many. Micha indirectly approaches for a look at the car, but Claire calls out to her before she gets very close.
“You’re Hornet!” She says loudly, slightly slurred and with a sassy head shake. She continues, naively, “With the Kuma! Some people told me you’re the Hornet. You’re very fast you know. Come over here!” She points to a wheelie cooler that one of the spectators had brought, and offers her a beer. “We’ve been doing a little celebrating!” She then quietly asks one of the spectators, “the night events are optional right? If so pass me another”
Micha took a bottle of beer and walks over to Claire. She laughed, enjoying the atmosphere. “Looks are definitely deceptive here, I did not expect a woman of your age to the one to look out for.” Micha takes a swig of the bottle, then looks at the bottle with a puzzled look on her face. “If this is what is available we can go till tomorrow!”
“Sooo,” Claire starts playfully, then pauses, then, in only a slightly more serious tone, “if you’re the Hornet, then your car is quite on theme!” Turning to make eye contact, she continues; “and together, you two are so, so fast.” She holds out her bottle towards Micha, gesturing to clink the bottles together in a cheers. “I’m Claire. Some people call me Gray. You’re fast enough to call me whatever the hell you want. And you are?”
Micha giggled to the compliment to herself and her car. “I’m Micha!” She answered. “And as fast as I am now, I still got work to do. Catching up to both you and your car, Claire” She looked over to the LCm79/80, still amazed at its performance and the driver in control of it.
“Oh, this old thing?” Claire smirks to herself, then says, “And the car’s old too!” She takes a moment to laugh her own joke.
The dad jokes are strong with this one. I guess they come with age.
Claire moves towards the car, then paces in slow laps around the LCm79/80 while she talks about it.
“So this is an LCm79/80. A kit car replica of a lightweight, tube-frame group 4 racecar. They came in a bunch of variants since they were pretty much made to order and shipped unassembled; this one is a steel body with the ultra-wide fenders. I bought this one already completed but with a blown engine in the early 90s. It sat for probably 20 years not moving further than driveway to garage, before I finally gave it a serious overhaul when i decided to get back into street racing. Replaced all the stuff that wears out with age; bushings, lines, etc. Got a stonking motor for it, a Turból 05fm5d, and pushed it to 596hp with just a few tweaks. Kept the ECU too, so I could keep the ABS and the electronic LSD from the donor car. Hence the silly gauge pod!”
She points through the open window at the gauges. The entire cluster is out of a modern Turból, and it juts up out of the dash with many of its plastic fasteners and wiring exposed. “Look at that! Hilarious right?” She grabs another beer and takes a swig before the pacing resumes. “It’s capabilities are no joke though. It’s the fastest thing i’ve ever driven. With the longer final drive it has now, it’s theoretically capable of more than 195 mph, but I haven’t come close to that yet!”
Micha followed Claire around the LCm79/80, taking sips of (the rather unimpressive to her) beer as she followed. Looking at it and hearing Claire’s explanation on the build, there was a lot of differences on tuning philosophy between Micha’s own RCX and this. From how everything was done for the purpose of speed with an interior cobbled together, and a new engine. Her own car had seem to go the other way at times, with it having the stock interior intact and an older engine swapped in (with more tuning potential). Yet, they were fairly competitive in speed still.
“It may look a bit crude close up, but it certainly is quite the machine with quite the heart. Matches my RCX’s power and looks to be lighter even…” She noted. “And all wrapped in a body like this. As someone who loves having a car that shows what I’m all about this… this definitely shows what you’re about here.”
Micha took her focus from the car to Claire. “You said it was sitting around for 20 years and decided to get back to race… Are you from here?”
“Born and raised. Warm climate, beaches, a thriving downtown, with mountains and open road out west. Paradise as far as I’m concerned!” She turns to look at the city and makes a satisfied sigh, and continues. “I was big in the racing scene in the early 80s. Not of lot money getting thrown around back then. Nothing exotic like this car, we were just kids with the fastest things we could afford. Mostly just beat-up muscle cars, a few little imports here and there. I was one of the fastest drivers around back then. Totally different scene now so I’m frankly ecstatic to return with such a splash!” Claire turns back and takes a seat on the cooler. “So Micha, what’s your story? Have you been around here long?”
Micha nodded, then looked up at the sky. “I haven’t been here too long. Four months thereabouts, getting settled in still. Moved here from Germany for… reasons.” She laughed. “Let’s just say I got famous - maybe too infamous- there, so I left. For somewhere fresh, more open. More free. The weather is much nicer here too!”
Looking towards where her own car was parked, Micha continued. “I drove an older Kuma RC back over there. Built it from basically stock to nearly what I have now - the RCX is much less scary to be honest!” She pulled up a picture of it from her phone:
“It was fun… hope to have as much fun here too.” Micha smiled. Claire was tempted to inquire further about Micha’s history in Germany, but held back. She wasn’t sure what she meant exactly, but didn’t want to run the risk of poking her nose where it doesn’t belong. She stoked her curiosity about the RCX instead. “The RCX, did that come here with you? What have you done to it beyond the sweet hornet graphics?” Claire playfully flaps her hands, "bzz bzz bzz"ing her way towards it, not-so-subtley going for a closer look. Her bzzing becomes less enigmatic after she spills some of her beer in the process.
“This one, I bought it here actually. Apart from the visual, it has an older block from a previous generation, stroked up with a big turbo. With just a straight pipe from there. And an aero kit shipped over from Japan to fit the wide tires to handle the power - making about 600 horsepowers so it needs it” Micha started. “New, stiffer suspension… I left the interior mostly intact to be honest. A lot more convertible than my old car!” She giggled, opening the door to show the rather stock looking interior. Everything was cleaned up rather nicely, not quite a showcar but close, though the thin layer of dust and road grime from driving and racing definitely showed its use.
“Its real grippy, no clue how fast it can top out yet but should be able to do 300 kilometers… uhm, 180 miles per hour easily. More, if it didn’t have the wing, maybe 200?” Micha rested her arm on the large carbon rear wing.
Claire paused for a moment. “Of all of the other cars here, this might just be my favorite. What a weapon, and damn stylish one at that.”
She took a good look a Micha, lightly leaning against the Kuma, and backlit by the last bit of red-orange sunlight the day had to offer. “God, she is stylish,” Claire thought to herself. “Her car is brazen but functional fashion statement, and she fucking pulls it off.” Claire eases into a daydream, wondering if she ever looked that cool with her car when she was young. Claire found Micha a mysterious character, exuding an effortlessly confident cool that made her hard not to like. Claire felt endeared, maybe even a little jealous, but definitely hoping she’d made a new friend in the new scene.
“Thank you!” Micha smiled. “I had fully intended to make a statement, that plan is working out.” She laughed, then took another sip out of the bottle, before downing the rest of it. “I never expected to meet someone like yourself in a race, but America is showing its full of surprises.”
Micha honestly found herself respecting and admiring Claire a lot. Here was a woman well older than her, enjoying the lifestyle she thought she most likely have to give up eventually. And not to mention, as sharp as ever behind the wheel.
“Perhaps you could show me some good routes around here sometime? It would be nice to learn some things about this place from someone like yourself.”
“Definitely.” Claire agrees with a satisfied smirk, then throws her head back, polishing off the last of her now-lukewarm beer.
Thanks to @Vena.Sera423, @Lazar, and @Xepy for this massive RP.
Editor's Note
I was working on a pair of RPs at the same time, but ended up being the one to post them both, so they were combined into a massive single post. I apologize for the slightly repetitive nature of the descriptions of Claire’s car, as she describes in in varying detail to no less than 4 characters across the post.
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Justin goes out after some rest
“Huh… it’s only 9pm… I swear it was a decent rest, May as well go somewhere…”, Justin taking a look at his supplies then realises he could get some souvenirs, and some more equipment.
Driving out to look for things to purchase, he spots a few stores. “What do I want… Fire Extinguisher,
more snags, and maybe some beer.” he thought to himself as he located a parking spot.
some considerable amount of shopping later
Clerk: Is that all?
Justin: Yup!
Clerk: 624.50
Justin hands his card and makes the Purchase
Clerk: What are you doing?
Justin: Not much, just a Roadtrip…
Clerk: You from outta town?
Justin: Perhaps…
Clerk: Bid you well then.
Store closing in 10 minutes
Justin: Suppose I’m off, Thanks for your service!!!
As Justin loads the Ute with 2 9KG ABE Fire extinguishers, More BBQ Provisions and 2 slabs of Beer to add to the Esky, he notices a Bar. “Why not, I’m thirsty, just a small one” slams tonneu
As Justin walks into the bar he gets more than a few glances.
Justin: One from the tap, that will be it thanks.
Bartender: Ya sure you don’t want more?
Justin: I’m driving
Bartender: Understandable
Random fella: Hey!! Weren’t you one of the guys that raced earlier?
Justin: Perhaps.
Fella: I should probably see the next race, I didn’t see that race, only heard of it.
YT scene transition!!!
Justin: Dundee
Random Fella: Kid in Jacket
Why not attempt to revive SSC in a really crappy manner?
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I haven’t forgot about the event, just haven’t got the time and the courage to do so. The event is still going, no doubt, and races will continue as long as I’m possible.
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