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I have to admit though, I have learnt a lot about setting up a car with iRacing and this sort of stuff makes it easier, and more interesting.

How to;

While in iRacing you turn on telemetry (Alt-L),  the exporter gets the data out of iRacing (download here) and converts it into MoTec format. Download the MoTec i2 Pro and create a new project, open the log files and away you go.

A project already setup by Remy Lozza is available here and read more on the iRacing forum thread.

I had been getting a couple of shots on the grid and once the cars started their warm up lap I quickly ran around the back of the pits and jumped up in the grandstand to get some shots of the start. Still had it in manual mode from the grid and just had a second to set my levels and the race started, initially shooting the leaders as they launched and then seconds later felt this huge hit of heat on the side of my face, looked to my right and this was the first shot I got off;

Just kept smashing the shutter button without even checking levels, they were slightly under exposed but I think that actually worked out better for most of them considering the light coming from the fire ball. You can see the twirl of air as the heat of the explosion headed upwards.

I didn’t see Steve get out of his car, but he got out first. Karl took some time getting out which left everyone holding their breath.

Crews from all over the place jumped the pit wall and started attacking the fire with any extinguishes they could get their hands on.

The fire itself was out pretty quick, first shot 10:39:24, last shot was 10:39:58.

Video here and the in-car shot;

Simply shot and nicely edited. Looks great!

V8 Fujitsu Development Series

V8 Utes

Full Set

V8 Supercars: http://randompics.com.au/nmd/portfolio/types/V8SC_2010_Townsville_Sat
V8 Fujitsu Series: http://randompics.com.au/nmd/portfolio/types/V8FS_2010_Townsville_Sat
V8 Utes: http://randompics.com.au/nmd/portfolio/types/V8utes_2010_Townsville_Sun

I love shooting this car!

The orange is so heavy on any contrasting colours and you can really push orange.

Of course the lower light meant running the ISO a little high and dropping to a fairly low shutter speed, really need a bigger lens!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/norrgard/sets/72157623300000583/

When I first heard about this car it sounded like a great concept,  but then the more information I read about it, more boring it sounded. You buy a HSV because you either you want something unique or you want real race inspired performance. All this car seems to be is a unique car, built for the masses.

If you are going to take stuff out of a car, then at least strip some weight out! My impression of a true club level racer is something that has all the non essentials taken out, chuck in a roll cage, some harnesses, bonnet pins and tighten it up some more.

Perfect examples; 911 GT3 RS, Renault Megane R26R, Aston Martin

Come on HSV, bring out a real Club-Sport!

http://www.hsv.com.au/hsv/press/default.aspx?ID=1153

You think about what it was like 20, maybe 30 years ago and the cars were harder to drive, you didn’t have all these helping hands that took the responsibility away from the driver.

Take traction control for example, in a car without traction control you quickly realise if you push your throttle to the floor, you loose traction. So how do you react? You use less throttle and you learnt a little physics along the way, too much power means less control. Take a car from today, it has twice the power but a little button that controls the throttle for you. So how do you react instead, full throttle and the computer will handle the rest. We’ve learnt nothing

about how a car really reacts and nothing about the physics involved in making a tonne and half of metal move.

So all those 18 year old, mummy and daddy bought me a new car types couldn’t give a stuff of course, but these are the ones that I’m scared of! You apply the same lesson of physics to braking and handle, hence ABS and ESC and what do you have? People who have never driven a car without these helping hands, pretend driving technical advancements and they then have no understanding in what it really takes to handle a car correctly.

And what’s the result of that? Tailgating, wreak less driving and not learning the lesson until they really get into trouble when they realise just how hard it is to stop over a tonne of metal.

How do you fix it? Every new licence holder must pass a advanced driving course, teach actual driver control before they are allowed on the roads. And no, tax payers shouldn’t have to pay for it. You don’t want to invest a couple of hundred bucks into learning to drive properly, then get off the road. Catch a bus.