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[Scuba-Roo]

Sweet runs Joel. I look at that and it seems like there's no way in hell I'd remember where to go lol

Haha yeah same!!

Was this with the nsw impreza club joel? Pretty keen to join up soonish when i get my lib into a stage where im happy to track it

[aekOne]

its a JSCC (Japanese Sports Car Club) event

[Scuba-Roo]

Oh well i'll have to look into it more then

[JDWhiteWRX]

Thanks guys, this video was at JSCC which has split somewhat since that event with the other half now being called RTDC. I am in NSW wrx club but we invite other clubs to come to our skidpan days and in turn they invite us to theirs.

 

The NSW wrx club is the best to join as there are 8 rounds per year in the motorkhana series, 5 on the skidpan and 3 on dirt. Its awesome fun! and once you have done a few the navigation is pretty easy as the same tests get re-used. The club is open to all subarus now too including non-turbo.

 

Joel.

[Scuba-Roo]

Oh right yeah, a few years ago it was turbo subaru only wasnt it? Unless they made an exemption?

Thanks for the info joel

[JDWhiteWRX]

Yeah we changed the rules 2 years ago now, we initially wanted to encourage more P platers to join but now with the BRZ it makes even more sense.

[aekOne]

Honda has created this incredible a video tribute to Ayrton Senna. They took the actual data from Senna’s 1989 McLaren-Honda to create an audio/visual lap of Suzuka. Wow.

[Liberty]

That was a mad video! Imagine all the preparation and work that went into that...

[CodeBurn3r]

That is amazing!

[aekOne]

And the real lap here

[Adam]

What is the significance of the lap??

[aekOne]

"Ayrton Senna's record-breaking F1 lap of the Suzuka Circuit in 1989 has been re-created in light and sound, thanks to telemetry data recorded by Honda.

During the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix F1 qualifying lap, championship driver Ayrton Senna, who is widely regarded as one of the finest drivers to ever take to F1, set a record lap: 5.8 kilometres in 1:38.041 in a Honda-powered McLaren (since beaten by Schumacher, with 1:28.954 in 2006). Although this was officially annulled after Senna was disqualified from the race due to a collision, the lap itself cannot be expunged from history.

This is partly due to Honda's telemetry system, introduced in 1981 to record driving data. Installed in the car, it wirelessly transmits information to a computer, recording the accelerator, gear, engine rotation, vehicle speed and distance travelled, allowing drivers to analyse their performance to make tweaks for future drives.

Taking Senna's data from that 1989 lap, Honda, advertising company Dentsu and production company Rhizomatiks have re-created the drive right on the Suzuka Circuit with a system of loudspeakers and LEDs along the track. Using a simulator, they calculated the number of LEDs required and entered in the speed data to determine the sequence of the LEDs lighting up.

In addition, the team recorded the sound of the McLaren Honda MP4/5. They placed a recording device on the car's engine and raced it around the circuit, uploading the recorded sounds into a library. These were compared to Senna's telemetry data, and synthesised to sync up, with an audio recording of the actual race providing a reference point for accuracy."

[Adam]

Awesome! Thanks

[aekOne]

Tiltons 1:24.8550 from WTAC 2013
 

[Scuba-Roo]

dat overtake!

[aekOne]

yeah pretty crazy move out wide there!!

[JDWhiteWRX]

Here is a quick video of my car at the Bathurst dirt weekend. I'm working on a highlight reel for the whole year at the moment, should be finished by the end of the month.

 

[Liberty]

Not bad at all mate. You did that with ease!

[JDWhiteWRX]

Last weekend's racing, first car out on track after overnight rain, lost vision whilst sideways on the first corner not my best driving on that lap but pretty funny, also one of the bungs in my floor blew out as I crossed the line.

[Morgan]

Cool!