Sam Michaels's blog
Simdy 500 is here
04:26 AM on May 20, 2007

After over 70 people taking a shot at the RACER Simdianapolis time trails last weekend for one of the 33 grid spots for the first Simdianapolis 500. I was one of the lucky ones to get in and made it all the way up to 18th on the grid. I'm a lot more confident on my race setup and in pre race testing i have been in the mix every time i got on track. At 2pm EST the race will start and 33 cars will pile into the first turn at the Indianapolis speedway and for 500 miles it will be a mad dash to the finish.
The offical program is here http://rapidshare.com/files/32319920/Simdy500Program.doc.html . It incudes the history of the race, interviews, a run down of the order and more.
You will be able to watch the race at mms://75.126.143.82/LiveRacing




Posted by Scott Michaels at 07:52 AM on May 20, 2007
Comment #1

Snore

:P

Posted by Joe DiPino at 09:52 AM on May 20, 2007
Comment #3

Good luck Sam. Have a great race.

Posted by John Dixon at 12:38 PM on May 20, 2007
Comment #4

Hmm, everytime I tried to look at that link I got the intro and then my router reset. Anyone had that before?

Posted by Grecian Worship at 01:43 PM on May 20, 2007
Comment #5

lol Scott!

Good luck Sam! ..and remember the Radius way: If you "accidently" hit them into retirment just blame lag :))

Posted by Grecian Worship at 01:46 PM on May 20, 2007
Comment #6

Oh...and watch out for the phantom debri :)) It should normally appear towards the end of the race

lol

Posted by Sam Michaels at 01:39 AM on May 21, 2007
Comment #7

id like to tell you that i didnt finish because of my own fault... i cant do that.
at one point i was 3 laps down and after 150laps of racing my heart out (and no lucky dog) i got back on the lead lap. just to have BT take my internet down just as i was getting to the leader :(

*slams his head on his desk*

Posted by Nick Phillips at 03:14 AM on May 21, 2007
Comment #8

Unlucky Scott, fortunately my ISP has not let me down in such a way.

Which mod was this with?

Cheers
Nick

Posted by Sam Michaels at 10:21 AM on May 21, 2007
Comment #9

it was the xrace mod, but RACER improved it with different engines, chassis and much better physics. Its indycar 0.92, but its not out to the public yet
RACER is doing an indycar champoinship if anyone is interested.

Posted by Grecian Worship at 04:00 PM on May 21, 2007
Comment #10

Was there no phantom debri??? Thats so un-American like :PP

Good job on your race thou!

Posted by Scott Michaels at 04:20 PM on May 21, 2007
Comment #11

Nick, its my brother SAM, not me, SCOTT :P


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