http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=ESAq7dmmyE0&NR=1
Remember when f1 cars used to be fast? Good times.
Remember when f1 cars used to be fast? Good times.
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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT2| WHY AREN'T YOU WATCHING THIS SEASON?!
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In the long wait for the Spa round I'm watching stuff like this to help pass the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYHMl8YZcTs&feature=plcp
Listen to that
So beastly.
pants
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Dave_6
Member
Awesome. The '04 cars were insane!
Just out of curiosities sake, Kimi ran a 1:18:233 in that video. Anyone know what the fastest lap was there this year? I know it rained in qualifying so it had to have been turned towards the end of the race.
fu3lfr3nzy
Member
Kimi had the fastest lap of the race at 1:34.661
Then again, the track had some changes, but nonetheless, the modern cars are definitely slower :/
fu3lfr3nzy
Member
Refueling banned from 10' to present, making cars heavier as well.
ClassyPenguin
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This is getting worse than the race to see who Romney pics for VP>
Yes! Go Heikki, he really deserves it after pushing Caterham so far.
Also some of you may have seen my post in the off-topic section but here is what I do on a weekly basis so that I can hopefully start driving again one day! Just to add some context here is what I wrote on my Facebook page:
Since we are a tight knit group in this F1 thread I thought I would share a little bit about me with you guys as I have briefly mentioned that I have spinal cord injury from an automotive accident. Hopefully you guys can enjoy it!
http://youtu.be/L8CnMjujJCY
Yeah, but I like seeing him in the Caterham! I hope whoever Petrov's new buddy is will be as well suited for the team as Heikki was.
Will definitely check that out tonight (when I have access to YT)
brotkasten
Member
And what do you hope he'd achieve there?
"[Caterham] is the most disappointing team this season" - Eddie Jordan
Don't care. I just want Petrov to have a friend
But personally, I think he kind of likes being in a team that can only move upward in multiple facets of it's existence. Ferrari can really only go on to a WDC or WCC, but he has an opportunity at Caterham to actively contribute to it moving forward, regardless of chances for points.Man, after seeing what you've managed to contribute in this thread, greaseandgears.com and now knowing a little more about your situation, I'm even happier about Red Bull's Wings for Life partnership and the publicity leading up to Silverstone.
Keep plugging away at it, man... the world's your oyster. Best of luck
Truly inspiring world view.
Can I ask what kind of automotive accident? Offcourse, you don't have to answer this.
brotkasten
Member
Don't care. I just want Petrov to have a friend
Lets be honest, no driver is in a team like that, because they want to, but because they can't find anything better. Narain Karthikeyan started his F1 career at Jordan in 2005. Do you think he's driving for HRT now, because he wants to push and help the team? Heikki knows how it's like to drive for a top team and he wants to go back at that level.
Oh, of course... but there's a world of difference between driving in a team that has potential and one that doesn't. I'm not discussing what I think Heikki thinks would be a good move, I'm just explaining why I think Heikki wouldn't mind staying where he is.
brotkasten
Member
But he does mind staying there and he wants to get out of there. They promised him a car that could compete and they couldn't deliver, so he wants to bail out ASAP.
Holy shit, no need to get argumentative dude.
Thanks for sharing.
Very inspiring. Best of luck to you and thank you for sharing. Your contributions to this thread don't go unnoticed and are always welcome.
Psychotext
Member
Cool, you look very happy at points in there.
Also, lets face it, that's a fucking top notch F1 space age awesome bit of tech (Lokomat). Nice!
moojito
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Is there a single twitter... person/channel/whatever you can follow to get all of the relevant stuff from drivers and teams, or do you have to add them all individually?
I've been fiddling about with the twitter part of flipboard on my phone, never really bothered with twitter before!
I've been fiddling about with the twitter part of flipboard on my phone, never really bothered with twitter before!
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
You're an inspiring fellow my friend, I hope the very best for you in your future endeavors.
Dave_6
Member
Onboard with Montoya, last race with V10's and no TC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK-Jnot2C0Y&feature=g-u-u
brotkasten
Member
He's got a friend,
Kamui is probably dying in that picture.
Because Petrov smells bad
Thread got ousted. How sad
Hey guys,
my sincere condolences for what happened to our threads.
EB: "Now kiss"
More like, "Eww, French people."
It actually happened, you two just got so drunk neither of you remember it.
fu3lfr3nzy
Member
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
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Man, after seeing what you've managed to contribute in this thread, greaseandgears.com and now knowing a little more about your situation, I'm even happier about Red Bull's Wings for Life partnership and the publicity leading up to Silverstone.
Keep plugging away at it, man... the world's your oyster. Best of luck
Thanks man, I really appreciate it! As for wings for life, I really think it's a great initiative considering how few charities there are for spinal cord research and rehabilitation.
I'm glad the video had that impact on you. As for what kind of automotive accident, it was a total freak of nature accident. I suppose in part two of the video when we try to raise funds to purchase a children's/pediatric Lokomat I will briefly talk about it. But to answer your question, I was driving down the road one night and it was fairly windy but nothing serious and as I was rounding a bend a dead tree broke off and fell on top of the car crushing a few vertebrae and leaving me with a spinal cord injury. It was the night before I was supposed to move in to University.
I was hoping I would get a good response rather than people flaming me for going off-topic!
Once again all the thanks mean a lot to me so thank you for the kind words.
Cool, you look very happy at points in there.
Also, lets face it, that's a fucking top notch F1 space age awesome bit of tech (Lokomat). Nice!
Yes, you're definitely right I am always happy and motivated whenever I am at physiotherapy! It's just such a great feeling to be able to work out.
Since we had to cut a lot of footage you never got to see some of the other high-tech space-age equipment. In part two you will see some of the other stuff that I get to use! Unfortunately, this type of equipment is rarely accessible anywhere in North America. Hence my interest in raising money to buy a pediatric Lokomat.
Edmond Dantès;40832627 said:
All these words keep on inspiring me to keep pushing so I always appreciate it.
MJ's alt account?
I too was trying to think of something creative but it's great to have MJ back!
Holy shit, mblitek... truly the worst of luck there, but probably for the best in that there's no-one directly to blame for you to harbour any animosity/blame towards. I'd imagine it'd make focusing on improvement that much easier, too
Edit: Nevermind, GP2. Had no idea they were teammates. If Perez moves on, I'd have no problem seeing Petrov in the Sauber. Providing there's not too much problem with Russian Helicopter and Caterham (sponsorship etc.).
What/when the heck is *that* from?He's got a friend,
Edit: Nevermind, GP2. Had no idea they were teammates. If Perez moves on, I'd have no problem seeing Petrov in the Sauber. Providing there's not too much problem with Russian Helicopter and Caterham (sponsorship etc.).
For those interested, there's a new dev diary out for F1 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0SK89iPG40&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0SK89iPG40&feature=plcp
Cool, the F1 team doesn't need to remove the cockpit for more IMMERSIVE RACING.
Inspiring.
Hope all goes well man!
Thanks man, I hope all goes well too
Holy shit, mblitek... truly the worst of luck there, but probably for the best in that there's no-one directly to blame for you to harbour any animosity/blame towards. I'd imagine it'd make focusing on improvement that much easier, too
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Since my name is on the video feel free just to call me Brad! mblitek actually stems from my medical consultant "company" Mobilitech. I try to help people with neurological injuries, disorders, etc. reintegrate into the community by means of technology.
As for harboring any animosity or blame towards a person or subject? You are definitely right about that, I guess some people might be a lot angrier if it was from a drunk driver which is absolutely disgraceful in my opinion. That said, the way the accident happened it was actually the townships and car manufacturers fault as that dead tree should never been so close to the road and the airbags in the car never went off either… You cannot fight the city or the car manufacturer without going bankrupt unfortunately.
At the end of the day it's not going to change anything and what's done is done and luckily I was wearing my seatbelt so the car insurance company eventually settled with me after 4 or 5 years and them wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars that should have gone towards my rehab.
So like many people my only gripe is the greedy insurance companies!
Anyways, it looks like $40 million also gets you a visit from Frank Williams himself who is certainly been an inspiring character to myself!
Why is the piss filter back? Holy shit they never learn. Advertising the rewind feature that's been in every game, fuel mixes that was in the last game? They haven't done anything besides hire Anthony Davidson according to that video.
brotkasten
Member
They hired Davidson in 2009 or 2010 for the first game.
But now he's giving pointers on the lap when you're testing! New!
I offered my opinion on it on Fastest Sector... I just can't believe that after so obviously pissing so many people off with 2011 (just look at Codies' forums) they're being so comparatively complacent this year with the release. The fact that we'd seen more of F1 Online and F1 Superstars two months out from release than we have of F1 2012 says a LOT.
Anyway, rant over.
Anyway, rant over.
They have the license. What reward do they get for making the game better? It's the same thing with EA and Madden. revenue - expenses = profit. If they think they can keep revenue about the same but significantly reduce expenses they increase profit. Simple math (to someone who is not the end user).
Return customers?
Lets give the game a chance - it could actually not be broken on release day, the subtle changes they make could make the game even more entertaining.... but yeah, it is quite worrying there is very little 'new' in the game this season.
I was hoping for a much better damage model - being able to give each other punctures, less bouncing off walls etc..
brotkasten
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Maybe when we're two years into the next generation of consoles.
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