Mission Accomplished the New Version Passes the Toughest Test
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April 2008 First Official MiniRacingOnline Magazine Mission Accomplished The new version passes the toughest test. The Marca Championship is a success. Yamik steps out Lepanol shows uso the of the limits way We publish his Some tips for not to make a possibly final piece fool of yourself MM won’t be responsible for Yamik’s statements this month, in any way www.miniracingonline.com APRIL 2008 I NDEX Index and staff ............................................. 2 Editorial ........................................................ 3 MRO Chassis ............................................... 4 Communities ............................................... 11 Championships ........................................... 16 Interviews ..................................................... 19 Editor in chief: Miscellany .................................................... 24 Sakic Tips ............................................................... 26 Design and layout: News in brief ................................................ 32 Pocotico Last Page ....................................................... 36 Editors: Ivan89 Turriton Yamik Speedcj Des06 Kakito Bigpow Thatnos Jairotis Yone Daxni Anxogma Graphic editors: Pocotico Alvaro_sl Neeno www.miniracingonline.com 2 EDITORIAL I NDEX A NEW AGE HAS COME And a better one by the way. March has passed recommending El Navarón for holidays, I will Index and staff ............................................. 2 and MRO is living a new era, it has been the make another dedication / recommendation, as Editorial ........................................................ 3 month with possibly the biggest breakthrough its being the usual every month. This time it is for at least the past two years, if not in the entire for Graham Ghapman, better known throughout MRO Chassis ............................................... 4 history of MRO, but really we should not count the world for his role in Brian, in the well only the changes in the new version or the huge known film by Monty Python. Unfortunately, Communities ............................................... 11 impact of the agreement with Marca, there has this curious character, was as good comedian been made the first step for the renewal of all as drinker. You can see him in one of his last Championships ........................................... 16 circuits, they have deleted all the records, all the appearances in the music video of “Can i play inactive users, they have devised new rankings with madness?” by Iron Maiden, but where Interviews ..................................................... 19 and have upgraded to a more convenient format you can enjoy the more his sketches was at the the enormous amount of car designs. A big time of the Monty Python Flying Circus, it is Miscellany .................................................... 24 celebration of the fourth MRO anniversary. also hilarious the speech John Cleese dedicate to Tips ............................................................... 26 Now in April, we have a month with two F1 GPs, him at his funeral. If you have a while to waste, which means two more rounds of the Marca youtube is always there for this kind of things. News in brief ................................................ 32 tournament as the one we already enjoyed. The Well, nothing else by now, I leave you with the second of them in Montmelo, for the lucky ones magazine, hoping that you enjoy it, because that’s Last Page ....................................................... 36 in Spain who have their tickets, also starts the GP2 for what it has been done. I remind you all that if series, after the experiment of the GP2 Asia. In somebody want to donate his time to this cause, MRO the major championships are taking their will be more than welcome, the only requirement first steps into this month, which is also when is you have to have eyes and hands, a pair of each more assistance and entertainment they provide. if it is possible, in order to go finishing things We at the magazine have prepared for the occasion, faster. One more thing before you pass this page, a bunch of nonsense things as always, especially I always like to leave you with some curiosity, for reflecting on how this chaotic month has been, the next month MM is preparing a funny novelty, for everyone to know how everything were done. see last page for more info. The designing section is on a break to come back with more force, because this month almost every Regards. designer has been busy upgrading circuits and cars. We have some tips from Lepanol, very funny Sakic ones by the way, maybe one of the best things that we ever published, but that’s not a big deal. In addition to other regular sections you will be able to read the noncensored article which will cause surely the ban out from the game to Yamik. In my private corner of the magazine, apart from 2 3 MRO CHASSIS STATEMENTS AFTER THE REVOLUTION After a weird month, in which both Kotai and the MRO staff have worked probably more than ever, it is time to look for opinions, results and consequences. Hoping that this decision won’t set a precedent, we think is better to let the chief rest for a while, this time we wanted to talk to some of the personalities who have been involved at this turning point for MRO, the Marca championship and the long overdue new version. There is no better place to start than talking to work done, many people don’t imagine the the ubiquitous Vany, he surely has had to dip into amount of effort behind it, and just for fun, the emergency excuses to explain the long hours of only reward is making the game better and more work he made last month, but he still call what he popular, and this requires a really hard work. do a “hobby”. Anyway, the finalresultofeverything Besides destiny has set those two big events for seems to live up to expectations. “For me the new the same time and with its deadlines, in other version has been very good, there are big new words, that means the stress of having everything things in it. It has been a great effort but it’s worth prepared with no errors and in schedule, and that it. The physics has been very good and fairly will inevitably have consequences. “Well, I have a compensated either at T0 and T100. The ABS is couple of new strands of gray hair, and Kotai is very interesting, much more complicated to drive now called copito de nieve (TN: Refered to a if you set it at 0%, the car slides and may spin with famous albino monkey who was born in a Spanish the minimum mistakes, but you can delay more zoo). They have been critical days, there have the brake points. Moreover, the tires wear out been some nights we have spent awake to make very fast, which if you choose to use it in a race everything ready to deliver to Marca. I remember (ABS 0), and strategy changes radically, forcing the Melbourne F1 race which was early in the you to do short stints. Now cars exit curves more morning here and we were all awake working, we unstable and you must be careful not to lose much watched the race and when it finished we at this point. The inclusion of the bots also has continued working (except from Claudio, what a been well received by all, be able to play with a full poof, he fell asleep watching it). We had a first F1 starting grid is a new experience. About the peak in Melbourne, we had no confirmation of Marca cup, everything I say would be short, it is a Marca that we were going to be out at that time, project that took Kotai years, chasing it and always but we had to have it all ready just in case, we for one reason or another are always left apart, could not let them tell us ‘Go! ‘and not have it but this time was able to reach till the end of the finished. So we were trying to have a new line. Only in advertising and new players, the Melbourne (which is still half way finished but impact is brutal.” However, to achieve all of this eventually will be released), all cars were converted 4 MiniRacinOnline MRO Chassis to the new format of 4 fields in order to be better it, because it was difficult for people new to come organized, we introduced f1’08 cars, new there and we didn’t mean to discourage them, mechanics, the Marca skin, modifications and competitive times better not to be uploaded the adjustments to the web, the MRO version were first few days, so I made a slow one and I left it off turned upside down several times, a flood of last- a few days to see how it evolved. At first Claudio minute changes. But then it turns out that and I were discussing where do the times will Melbourne wasn’t going to be the first round of reach, I thought that in the end things would Marca championship, the people of Marca were remain by 54.5 or 54.4, he ensured that an Xbox is still developing its website to host the tournament, a ‘push it, push it’ very strong in the ear of everyone they were the ones who didn’t finish on time. and we would reach to 54.0. On Saturday i spent Then came Sepang and this time they assured us a while at the circuit and got down to 54.6 without that it will be published for that date. In the too many problems with the setup that already meanwhile those days there were some changes had from previous versions. On Monday, I began in the version (ABS and some bugs fixed) and seriously in the afternoon to work on it, I looked again we worked hard for a few days to have it all for the racetrack limits and setups, I tried several ready for Sepang. Finishing physics details and abs settings, wings, gears... At the end of the day I the rest of the new version, finished with 6 or 7 ghostlaps preparing the circuit with with differentsetupsbetween the Marca ads, the MRO 54.5 and 53.9.