What Can Happen in One Hour of Racing

Well, this week I set a record for picture-taking in Shift. I took 6, count 'em 6, photos! Guess I was trying to make up for last week....

To begin with, I took two more "official" photos.

The Porsche Carrera GT

And the Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Now, on to the action photos.  I spent my racing time on the Dakota tracks and the Ambush Canyon track, with 2 other races on the Hazyview figure-eight track. 

The Dakota tracks, particularly the Dakota National track, is notorious for being, well, a good place to crash. It combines a high speed half-oval with a sudden drop into the twisty infield track. Brake too late and you could end up in the wall, the grass, or the gravel trap. 

On the first race the the Carrera GT, I gained a good momentum as I dropped into the infield, but braked barely in time.

As you can see at the left, another car wasn't so lucky and ended up in the gravel pit. I went on to place 2nd in that race.

After racing for a while on the Dakota tracks, I decided to try my luck on the figure-eight track called Hazyview. As you can imagine, it's a small track. So, I set the number of opponents to the maximum - 15! I figured that it would make for some interesting fun. 

I first went with my Mercedes-Benz.

As you can see, I barely missed being rammed. For such a small track, the speed was pretty good. I wasn't hit in this race, though I came close, but others were, causing a sort of a traffic jam. After winning, I wondered what it'd be like to take my Pagani Zonda R for a spin. THAT was an interesting race. I was broad-sided into a wall, bouncing of it and a couple of other cars. Unfortuantly, I had my hands full, so I was unable to get a picture.

After that excitement, I wanted to relax. So off to Ambush Canyon I went! Turned out not to be as relaxing as I anticipated....

Having upgraded my Porsche GT2, I wanted to test it. I'd forgotten that Ambush Canyon starts can get pretty wild. Cars jostling for position get pushed into the dirt, raising clouds of dust and causing general chaos. Accidents are frequent at the start. I got into one. Everyone was accelerating when someone raised a cloud of dust, causing cars to brake suddenly. I braked, but too late.

I'm the car, front and center, with a wrinkled nose. I was able to solider on, but lost the race.

After racing Porsche for a while, I decided to unleash my three Bulls on the track. With the Gallardo, I won. With the Murcielago, I won but not without a fight. Largely thanks to this.

I'm the blue Murcielago, which has the works package. At the start, I accelerated very quickly, so quickly that I had to slam on the brakes to keep from hitting another car. The Lambo with the wrinkled nose didn't hit the brakes - he slammed into me and sent me spinning in front of the other car. Luckily, I spun clear of him before he hit me and, with my upgraded brakes and throttle response, was able to stop quickly and then accelerate fast, losing only one position.

Well, that's all for this week.

TTYL

P.S. I took the Reventon out on Ambush Canyon and succeeded in losing.