The Buckyball Racing Club Presents: Total Recall 2 (27.08.3302 - 04.09.3302)
It's back!
Following the success of the last Total Recall event we've been contacted once again by the manufacturers of TrakMark tyres. Firstly they wanted to express their gratitude for our previous data gathering exercise which helped them resolve the issues with their old SRV tyres (which weren't leaving any tracks) and release a new range of tyres which are now in use throughout the galaxy. Not only have these allowed commanders to draw genitalia on planets in every system from Kunti to Acokwang (yeah yeah OK, I know you can't land there but work with me here) but they also helped save commander Bomba Luigi from certain death, when he got stranded on the surface of planet Wilson and was able to mark out an SOS that was visible from space.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/268862-Help-I-need-Ship-Rats%21
Alas not everyone has been quite so pleased with their new tyres. TrakMark (who have stated that the tyres are good for at least 10,000km) are currently fighting a number of law suits from commanders claiming the new tyres led to the destruction of SRV's after driving just a few kilometres away from their home. Normally this would be easy to disprove but unfortunately it turns out that all of these claims come from settlements who's placement is somewhat, ahem, challenging to say the least.
That's where you guys come in. TrakMark have sponsored a new race to prove that not only is it possible to easily drive at least 5km away from each of these settlements but that it's possible to do so under racing conditions.
If you're interested in taking part in this event then sign-up by registering your intent to race in the thread below stating which class(es) you're planning to race in and the type of ship you'll be using. The TrakMark tyre company have also requested that you sign a written statement declaring that you will make no legal claims against their company in the event of any loss of SRV.
[image courtesy of Cmdr disorganise]
The Rules
- Start at Kirkwood Vision in Cernobog.
- Open the right-hand Status/Statistics panel and take a screenshot that shows your current SRV distance travelled (you'll need to scroll to the bottom of the Statistics section to find this).
- Take a screenshot showing the time on the station clock, launch and GO!
- Fly to each of the four settlements listed for the race class you're entering.
- On landing at each one take another screenshot showing the station clock and then deploy your SRV.
- Drive away from the settlement, in whatever direction seems best to you. Target the settlement so that its distance is visible. When the distance shown is at least 5km, take another screenshot that shows both the distance and the time and then recall your ship and fly to the next destination.
Note for pilots who took part in Total Recall 1: The rules have changed slightly here since most settlements have now reduced their minimum ship recall restriction zones to just 4km which TrakMark tyres considers to be an insufficient drive distance to adequately prove their point.
- Once you've repeated this process for all four settlements fly to the designated finish line for your race class (note: they're different), land and take a final screenshot showing the time on the station clock.
- Lastly, take another screenshot showing your SRV distance travelled which should now be around 20Km (0.02Mm) more than the original distance (don't worry if it's not exact).
Email your set of screenshots (there should be 12 in total) to alec.turner@buckyballracing.org.uk (I'd prefer it if you could upload these to somewhere like imgur.com and then just send me a link to the album) along with the following information:
Race classes
There are two clases for this race.
Unlimited
Fly any type of ship you like with any modifications you like (in a way I'd rather rule out Engineer mod's but until we get 2.2 and module storage I realise that this is a bit of a pain for those of you that already have them fitted so what the hell).
Use of Jumponium is prohibited.
Start: Kirkwood Vision / Cernobog
Fly to the following settlements in the order given:
Regulation Hauler
Fly a Hauler, outfitted as follows:
https://coriolis.io/outfit/hauler/0...w19A===?bn=Total Recall 2 - Regulation Hauler
If you're feeling bold, you are permitted to replace the 2C fuel tank with a 1C fuel tank which will increase the jump range slightly but ..
Start: Kirkwood Vision / Cernobog
Fly to the following settlements in the order given:
*NEW* Although I basically trust you guys I guess TrakMark would appreciate it if you could include a screenshot of the right-hand Modules panel to prove that you've stuck to the regulation Hauler build ..
*NEW* Big Air Challenge
As a bonus challenge, there will be a separate award for the commander who manages to attain the greatest altitude in their buggy during a run. To enter this challenge simply state the altitude reached in your submission email and include an additional screenshot showing both the altitude and the time (the latter to verify that the Big Air occured during the course of the run).
Still confused? Here's a video from Total Recall 1 to give you a better sense of what the race is all about.
That's it. Good luck commanders! (you're going to need it)
Oh, and if people fancy posting some photos showing their buggy parked next to their ship, perhaps with something artistic drawn out using tyre tracks, then the TrakMark tyre company have promised to include the best ones in their September newsletter.
Lastly, for those of you hoping for another, vaguely tenuous link to Total Recall, I'll leave you with a song ...
Latest Results
It's back!
Following the success of the last Total Recall event we've been contacted once again by the manufacturers of TrakMark tyres. Firstly they wanted to express their gratitude for our previous data gathering exercise which helped them resolve the issues with their old SRV tyres (which weren't leaving any tracks) and release a new range of tyres which are now in use throughout the galaxy. Not only have these allowed commanders to draw genitalia on planets in every system from Kunti to Acokwang (yeah yeah OK, I know you can't land there but work with me here) but they also helped save commander Bomba Luigi from certain death, when he got stranded on the surface of planet Wilson and was able to mark out an SOS that was visible from space.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/268862-Help-I-need-Ship-Rats%21
Alas not everyone has been quite so pleased with their new tyres. TrakMark (who have stated that the tyres are good for at least 10,000km) are currently fighting a number of law suits from commanders claiming the new tyres led to the destruction of SRV's after driving just a few kilometres away from their home. Normally this would be easy to disprove but unfortunately it turns out that all of these claims come from settlements who's placement is somewhat, ahem, challenging to say the least.
That's where you guys come in. TrakMark have sponsored a new race to prove that not only is it possible to easily drive at least 5km away from each of these settlements but that it's possible to do so under racing conditions.
If you're interested in taking part in this event then sign-up by registering your intent to race in the thread below stating which class(es) you're planning to race in and the type of ship you'll be using. The TrakMark tyre company have also requested that you sign a written statement declaring that you will make no legal claims against their company in the event of any loss of SRV.
[image courtesy of Cmdr disorganise]
The Rules
- Start at Kirkwood Vision in Cernobog.
- Open the right-hand Status/Statistics panel and take a screenshot that shows your current SRV distance travelled (you'll need to scroll to the bottom of the Statistics section to find this).
- Fly to each of the four settlements listed for the race class you're entering.
- On landing at each one take another screenshot showing the station clock and then deploy your SRV.
- Drive away from the settlement, in whatever direction seems best to you. Target the settlement so that its distance is visible. When the distance shown is at least 5km, take another screenshot that shows both the distance and the time and then recall your ship and fly to the next destination.
Note for pilots who took part in Total Recall 1: The rules have changed slightly here since most settlements have now reduced their minimum ship recall restriction zones to just 4km which TrakMark tyres considers to be an insufficient drive distance to adequately prove their point.
- Once you've repeated this process for all four settlements fly to the designated finish line for your race class (note: they're different), land and take a final screenshot showing the time on the station clock.
- Lastly, take another screenshot showing your SRV distance travelled which should now be around 20Km (0.02Mm) more than the original distance (don't worry if it's not exact).
- your commander name
- your forum name (if different)
- the race class you're entering
- the type of your ship
- the name of your ship
- the total elapsed time from start-time to finish-time (this can be calculated by feeding the times shown on those two screenshots into the following website: http://www.timeanddate.com/date/timeduration.html#)
Race classes
There are two clases for this race.
Unlimited
Fly any type of ship you like with any modifications you like (in a way I'd rather rule out Engineer mod's but until we get 2.2 and module storage I realise that this is a bit of a pain for those of you that already have them fitted so what the hell).
Use of Jumponium is prohibited.
Start: Kirkwood Vision / Cernobog
Fly to the following settlements in the order given:
- Erikson Terminal . Xibalba
- Forward Horizons / Orrere
- Parker Beacon / BD-02 4304
- Cenker Exchange / Arietis Sector BQ-Y D114
Regulation Hauler
Fly a Hauler, outfitted as follows:
https://coriolis.io/outfit/hauler/0...w19A===?bn=Total Recall 2 - Regulation Hauler
If you're feeling bold, you are permitted to replace the 2C fuel tank with a 1C fuel tank which will increase the jump range slightly but ..
Fly to the following settlements in the order given:
- Erikson Terminal / Xibalba
- Gwynn Vision / Theta Indi
- Cardano Gateway / G 35-15
- Reinmuth Landing / Exioce
*NEW* Although I basically trust you guys I guess TrakMark would appreciate it if you could include a screenshot of the right-hand Modules panel to prove that you've stuck to the regulation Hauler build ..
.. which should look something like this.
*NEW* Big Air Challenge
As a bonus challenge, there will be a separate award for the commander who manages to attain the greatest altitude in their buggy during a run. To enter this challenge simply state the altitude reached in your submission email and include an additional screenshot showing both the altitude and the time (the latter to verify that the Big Air occured during the course of the run).
Still confused? Here's a video from Total Recall 1 to give you a better sense of what the race is all about.
[video=youtube;dvWl2bG5PI0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWl2bG5PI0[/video]
That's it. Good luck commanders! (you're going to need it)
Oh, and if people fancy posting some photos showing their buggy parked next to their ship, perhaps with something artistic drawn out using tyre tracks, then the TrakMark tyre company have promised to include the best ones in their September newsletter.
Lastly, for those of you hoping for another, vaguely tenuous link to Total Recall, I'll leave you with a song ...
[video=youtube;17WMR5yS90Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WMR5yS90Y[/video]
Latest Results
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