Tourist Trophy Photo Thread

[makenzie71]

My brakes and engine control in the game are far superior to what I have in real life, so playing GT and TT on auto doesn't bother me.

[My Name Is Dave]

God damn man, I hate games like this. You know, the ones that you can't wait to play and think about while you're trapped at work? Those ones.

They have some cool race series' too. The ones for 2-strokes and vintage racers look cool. Even the T-Max one could be fun. Nothing like a bunch of idiots on race-modified scooters battling it out on the track!

[makenzie71]

I think the funnest race I've done so far was on some 250cc 2-stroke in motardland...that was awesome...

[My Name Is Dave]

I think the funnest race I've done so far was on some 250cc 2-stroke in motardland...that was awesome...

Please, do go on. I'm very interested. Was it on the circuit, or a challenge?

[makenzie71]

It was on arcade...I ran it with both the CB400 and I think it was a TZR250...both made for a badass race.  Lots of turns...never really place for the little bikes' poor top ends to show.

[aaronstj]

Nothing like a bunch of idiots on race-modified scooters battling it out on the track!

Is that a Honda Passport in your sig?

[My Name Is Dave]

Nothing like a bunch of idiots on race-modified scooters battling it out on the track!

Is that a Honda Passport in your sig?

Ummmmm, I don't know. Maybe. Why?

[aaronstj]

Oh, no reason.

[My Name Is Dave]

Oh, no reason.

I wasn't excluding myself when I made the comment about idiots on scooters...

[makenzie71]

You should send that scooter to me...and I'll put a little turbo on it...I've been hankering to put a turbo on something...

[aaronstj]

I wasn't excluding myself when I made the comment about idiots on scooters...

I didn't say you were.  I just thought it was funny, is all.

[My Name Is Dave]

Yeah, putting it on auto trans and choosing the cockpit view (where you can't see the bars and windshield) makes a HUGE difference. It's easier to focus on braking correctly and picking your line through the turn now. Thanks dudes.

Dave 

[roguegeek]

I think there should be more photos in the PHOTO THREAD.

Here's mine of the K1200R. Click for larger images.

[Church6360]

need to get a few pics up here sometime soon, got the game a few days ago, i don't have alot of time to play it, just won the gsxr600 last night right before work, i had just enough time to flog it around the nurumburg ring, fantastic.

[My Name Is Dave]

So I finally started getting the hang of it last night and kept coming within 2 seconds of having the Gixxer6, which was making me happy. Jo came over and she wanted to play, so I decided we should race the T-Max's, because she doesn't really play video games and anything bigger would be impossible for her. So that was fun.

Then Sean comes over, and after I bust my ass to finally get the Gixxer6, he gives it a whirl and in no time has the 750, the CBR6, and the R6. Whaaaaa? So I race him a few times, and he just beats the shaZam! out of me. So Jo asks to play, and I figure I'll let her and Sean go at it. She goes all the way to the right and asks if this is a fast bike. Yeah, it's a ZX10R, it's fast as shaZam!. So she picks it. And Sean picks the Gixxer1, and they're racing the Seattle course, which is tough. So I'm expecting a total crashfest, with Sean limping to a victory. Nope, each of them crashes maybe once and Jo beats him. What the hell?

Yes, the same Jo who hopped on my scooter and within 5 seconds was careening straight towards my cars and ended up crashing that 70cc powerhouse into the neighbor's bushes.

I know, it's a video game and has nothing to do with our actual lives, but it's funny that those 2 are just beating the hell out of me, and I'm the only one who rides. I was getting a kick out of it last night (or cursing at them and telling them to get out of my house, whatever).

Dave

[Jake D]

The '05 Gixxer 1000, which I won yesterday, is a hoot.  That bike is fast.  And it is pretty easy to crash.  I raced that 1200 Bimmer and fell three times and still won. 

Also last night, I got home from the bar, bombed out of my mind and decided to try to do the Professional License test, or which ever one is just one step past "Junior".  Anyway, I was finally able to complete all the test while drunk. 

Once your not afraid to crash, the learning curve goes up pretty fast. 

[My Name Is Dave]

Totally true, once you get past the fear of wrecking, you can fly through it. Funny though how sometimes hitting the brakes in a corner makes you lowside, whereas sometimes doing the same thing in the same turn makes you set your line perfectly and fly through the corner. All part of learning the game.

I haven't played it bombed yet. I'd imagine you'd get better though because you'd stop riding like it was a real bike and start riding like it's a video game.

Another thing: has anyone set their rider style to Motard? Where would this be helpful? There are no true dirt courses or bikes, so I don't know why you'd use this style.

[makenzie71]

All the licenses suck...acquiring new bikes is lame...it's WAY too easy.  Less than 2 hours total game time and I have a 999R...

http://www.photoartclub.net/touristtrophy/nurb.mpg

8:11.593...first joyride on it.  Bike sucks stock...got to tinker with the boingers.  She gets all crazy at high speed...

Anyway, I don't guess I can REALLY look at the simplicity and easy too lowly...in the real world you can walk out of a dlr with a new K5 1000 for $10k. It's a little more difficult in the car world...

[My Name Is Dave]

You should send that scooter to me...and I'll put a little turbo on it...I've been hankering to put a turbo on something...

Excuse me? Please, do go on...

[makenzie71]

The R1 is THE best bike on the game I've experienced so far. It's the only liter bike I've had let me ride fast at all times. My first jaunt out on it around nurburgring turned 7:59.111 and I wrecked like 11 times...