(race of 7/21/12)
I got back home just in time to fix the fan once and for all and go to the Track 2, where practice was already on the go.
Yesterday night, Tudy Araw, the builder of the track, found out with a hepl of one of racers there was a bug at the track and she literally patched it, what added some difficulcy to the course. Surprises were expected, and not for nothing.
Before the race, there were rumors several other great racers are going to join us - the scoreboard was displaying some really amazing results set by racers we've never seen before at 2RAW (including Miku Hatsune from Racers Island).
They did not show up though, and the other names were unfamiliar for others, too. So it's still a mystery who are those drivers... There were only all kinds of assumptions, from logical to crazy ones. Everyone was suspected to be Annie, the mysterious racer I never happened to meet in person in Second Life, though racers claim she was nearly the best racer in Second Life before she left.
Well, the ones who competed yesterday were not worse at all!
Grosmanteau DeCuir
set the practice time record - 30.372. Sharon Densmith, who fully dedicates herself to racing, was second with 30.492, also Brave Ashbourne set a close to hers result - 30.526.
Pomponia decided to test her other sences and drive with a blindfold, what didn't help her a lot - she finished 5th, like a week ago. Actually all the racers have finished at the same order they did a week ago, at the other track.
As always, intensive battle took place at the start and there were even victims - well, one victim, Millennium Sands. I've missed the moment (was camming at other racers), but, according to what Ashbourne said after the race, she even has passed him, but - tough luck! - she flew off the track. Only at 2RAW... She recovered pretty quickly, got a new car and joined others 3 laps down (others' dream about Grosmanteau DeCuir, by the way).
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| DeCuir photobombs |
What was happening in front of her? At the very first laps, DeCuir pulled ahead, and Ashbourne, Densmith and
Eagle Clawtooth started the battle for the 2nd place.
Densmith
even was ahead at the first, then they were going side by side during few laps - but the turns have no mercy, one bump, and you're left behind. That's what happened to Densmith. Well, to other too, but that wasn't so fatal.
Basically, racers have established themselves closer to the middle of the race, though Clawtooth kept on making efforts to catch up with
Densmith. But one bump rule worked for him either.
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Ichtyo is that mesh huge something
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After the race was the usual ceremony, but there was a little surprise to all of us - we've got a special guest. Ichtyo Broome is a vehicle scripter, and his scripts are unique. I mean what I say - it's not a simple copy-paste with a few changes, he wrote the script by himself. Cars bodies are not his though - he collaborates with other creators for them. But all the scripting is his merit. Also, he's a very pleasant person!
His cars are not cheap, but they're worth every linden - just like Haru Motors. Feel free to give it a try in the mall at 2RAW and see for yourself! And thanks for coming, mr. Broome... and everyone! See you next week at the race, and come practice anytime!
Next race - at the 6th track.
The grid:
Pole Position. Grosmanteau DeCuir 30.377
P 2. Brave Ashbourne, 30.905, -0.528
P 3. Sharon Densmith, 31.305, -0.928
P 4. Eagle Clawtooth, 31.983, -1.605
P 5. Millennium Sands, 33.162, -2.784
P 6. Excess Lemmon, 35.113, -4.735
Final Results:
1st. Grosmanteau DeCuir, 25 laps. Total Time : 778.179
2nd. Brave Ashbourne, -12.761 seconds.
3rd. Sharon Densmith, -27.394 seconds.
4th. Eagle Clawtooth, -1 laps.
5th. Excess Lemmon, -3 laps.
6th. Millennium Sands, -5 laps.
Fastest race lap: Grosmanteau DeCuir, 30.375
