Lotus Exige Cruzes (PC)

[calster17]

Hello, Beeing a Fan of Small, but fast British Cars....i'm doing a Cruze for Lotus Exige & Caterham 7!

So the detales? here they are:

Where & When: Japanese buildings at 7PM on Friday(going by UK times!)

What car: a Lotus Exige, Caterham 7 Duh!

Where Cruzing to?: good point?...just cruze randomly relly!

So...anyone want to join in?

P.S. For anyone who doesnot know where the Japanese Buildings are, heres a bookmork for it -
"Japanese buildings." 35 44802.07 88.87 32675.04 0.035 0.000 -0.999 434920527

[Devilbound]

Sounds fun, I'll try to come :). It's a great great car, I really like it too.

[Blazingfirespeed151]

I fancy Joining :)

[randomus_r]

I'll try to come, might be a bit late though......

[calster17]

well we can wait for 5-10 min's for people to come! i like to do that as i'm not someone to do things bang-on-time!

My Exige is a Nice Blue!

well time for playing TDU(i got it working!....better sell some cars!)

[Audi90Quattro]

Ill turn up if someone tells me where the Jap's Buildings are? I'm not too good at the bookmarks thingys(in other words i can't be bothered to find out how to work them :rolleyes: )

[Devilbound]

They are near the Zonda dealer. I'll post a map showing the location later if needed! :) :salut2:

[F_Slim]

I might be in, if I have time and don't forget about it :laugh:

[r33bZ]

I'll come if I have time, I think I will.

[ozzmcom]

i'll get there wait for me tonguegre

[calster17]

er...bad news...i started a new game, useing ym profile....and now i got a old profile thats not as good?(an old backup!)

if the backkup don't work....i'll have a new username!:(

[Blazingfirespeed151]

So that profile i saw something happened?

[Audi90Quattro]

Quick question, tuned or not tuned? Bit of a silly question but you know, better to be save than sorry :wink2:

[F_Slim]

Does it really matter? I'm more a friend of "slow" cruises, don't like to drive on the edge all the time ...

[calster17]

!It's back on!

my back up profile is better then i thought(i had 3.5 Million and many cars!)

and it can be untuned!

if this goes well....i may make it for caterhams too!:nuts:

[F_Slim]

It's tomorrow, right? Damn, can't join in then :noooo:

[Devilbound]

Does it really matter? I'm more a friend of "slow" cruises, don't like to drive on the edge all the time ...
Aye. It's hardly a "cruise", if going at full throttle all the time... :wink2:

[calster17]

yeh!...but we may /will have time to act like 7 year olds*!(ah......that was 7 years ago!)

*kinda like TG......."may's pillow for his car is nice...but would it slow him down if me and hammond acted like 7 year olds!"

[randomus_r]

I can't make it, I'd forgotten I was going on holiday on Saturday :aie: :aie: :p

[calster17]

hope you enjoy your holiday!:)

[randomus_r]

Thanks, it'll be good to sit around and do nowt all week :laugh:
If only I could take TDU... :cry2:

[calster17]

i have TDU for on the go....but it's not the PC!...but the PSP is good!

[randomus_r]

I don't have a PSP though :p

Taking my Wii, so I won't be bored to death :D

[calster17]

Wii's are portabul?...never know that?

i use my PSP as a I-pod like thing that also has the internet and Proper Games(demos) on the Momory card!..and can play REAL games too(like TDU, GTA and D76!)

[Destroyer-GT]

no wii's aren't portable, but compact, and therefor u can take it with u easily

[calster17]

ah........like the PS1 MK2!(the PSP size PS1...or the later one!!)

But back on topic please(yeh...i'm saying that....that makes a change!)

[Igla63]

I'll come tonight. I hope that it will be a good cruise. ( I just hope that it on't be very fast :nuts: )

[Jonne90]

I will maybe be there :) Sounds fun with a cruise but not so sure if I will find the Japanese buildings.

Also I love the car, it's so nice to drive. :wink2:

[ozzmcom]

where the hell are theese japanese buildings?

[calster17]

nere the Zonda Garage.......but to be honest, i used a bookmark to find it(the very bookmark i have above!)

[ozzmcom]

i don't know how does that thing works

[calster17]

go to.....
the folder with your TDU stuff in it(the one where you add your own music)/ click 'Bookmarks'.......
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/calster-17/untitled-13.jpg
open the TXT Document, then copy and paist ALL OF THIS next part:

"Japanese buildings." 35 44802.07 88.87 32675.04 0.035 0.000 -0.999 434920527

[r33bZ]

You may also need to create the 'bookmark' folder if you don't already have it.

[Blazingfirespeed151]

go to.....
the folder with your TDU stuff in it(the one where you add your own music)/ click 'Bookmarks'.......
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/calster-17/untitled-13.jpg
open the TXT Document, then copy and paist ALL OF THIS next part:

"Japanese buildings." 35 44802.07 88.87 32675.04 0.035 0.000 -0.999 434920527

You forgot to Blanck your bebo :p

[calster17]

edited the pic!

but you do that by making a bookmark IN GAME!!!!

[Devilbound]

we re commin

[calster17]

just a recap......

7PM on Friday(going by UK times!) at the Japanease Buildings!

[Blazingfirespeed151]

Im comming :)

[Igla63]

Ok where at the ???? were you? I couldn find you!

[r33bZ]

I'll be there. ;)

Igla63, it hasn't started yet. :P

[Igla63]

Omg, I'm so sorry, i'm rly confused with these time zones ( i'm from Slovenia btw) :hin:

[randomus_r]

It's in half an hour, btw :)

[Igla63]

Thanks Randy :bravo: , and congratulations for getting back to HC :chapeau: !

[randomus_r]

Sure thing! :) Thanks :chapeau:

[calster17]

The First Cruze when like a charm!

ended with Me(blue), 'Night_Fusion001'(yellow), 'r33bz'(red)

heres some of the pics of the end!
The sea-Side.....
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/calster-17/20071116205518.jpg

A 'Jet-Fighter' style pic.....
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/calster-17/20071116205214.jpg

And Bumper-to-bumper.....
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/calster-17/20071116204108.jpg

Nice to see so many people came(but left later on)....hope your able to do it next week:)

[Audi90Quattro]

Cheers guys was well worth it! mdr1 Shame i had t leave early though weirdblue :cry: should do it angaint sometime but maybe with the ferrari 228? :rolleyes: (it might be my favourite car :wink2: )

:salut2:

[calster17]

there will be the odd Theamed Event every so often!

[r33bZ]

The cruise was good indeed. :bravo:

Four people managed to make it to the final car park without dying. :p


http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9144/20071116203254rw9.jpg

[Night_Fusion17]

Twas a fun cruise, and we covered about 100 miles :chapeau: .

I only got the one pic, and that was the "tri-bumper" shot:
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/TDU-cruise-16nov2007-1.jpg


And, as requested during the cruise, shots of my clutch pedal and H-shifter. But coz the pics are relatively large, I'll just post links to them. I would post in the homemade H-Shifter topic (I've got it bookmarked), but as its been dead since about the end of August, the mods will probably shout at me.

Full Setup :
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=full.jpg

H Shifter:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=shifter.jpg

H Shifter switches and wiring:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=shifter2.jpg

Clamping mechanism: (Basically a nut hammered into the wood, then a bolt with 4 nuts on it, then a nylock nut underneath them to stop them moving)
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=clamp.jpg

Pedals:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=pedals.jpg

Back of Clutch Pedal:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=pedal2.jpg

Underneath Clutch Pedal: (Those yellow things are from an old return spring idea using elastic bands)
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/Night_Fusion17/H-Shifter/?action=view&current=pedal3.jpg

[Devilbound]

Was fun, thou I had to leave a bit early :(... Nice setup you got there btw, Night_Fusion17! :bravo:

[Night_Fusion17]

Thanks Devilbound. Considering the only thing I bought for the H-shifter and clutch was 10 microswitches off ebay for £3, and everything else is from what I had laying about in the shed, it come out quite well.

The controller board for the setup is from an old Logitech gamepad, which kept losing calibration on the right stick, and the pot for the clutch is from an old gameport joystick from the early 90's.

Its took me about 4 months to get it that far, as I only worked on it for about an hour every week or so. And I've still got to strengthen the shifter, as you can feel it twisting when you start ramming the stick into gear, and think of a centering system for the stick. Then I can think about making it look pretty (and possibly change the golf ball on a stick)

[calster17]

I'm thought of somthing....THIS IS NOW FOR EXIGES & CATERHAMS

hope you don't mind that!....coz there All Thrills hardcore cars with nothing you don't need(like a roof for the '7'!)!

so...gess what car i'll be in this friday!

[Blazingfirespeed151]

Next time im gonna be extra quick coz TDu crahsed then i tryed spawning on you guys but you were locked

[calster17]

there was 8 people befour 7PM...but if you want, we can have amini lotus cruze now!

[Audi90Quattro]

That's actully a really good idea. Same place every friday? I'd be a regular mdr1

See you all around :salut2:


EDIT: Nice set up Night_Fusion but being an owner of one it looks abit like a poor man's G25 :rolleyes: :laugh: Looks good though mate. Love the golf ball on the stick! mdr1 £3 is a bargin! I have no idea of how you could get it to centre. Keep it up. :respect:

[calster17]

Tonights Cruze is away to start...i'm there if anyones comming.....YOU CAN DRIVE CATERHAMS OR EXIGES!!!

see you there!