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Went to the Autosport International Car show in Birmingham on Saturday - and damn there were some really nice cars there...
Hopefully this is shared ok for those interested in some car porn:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=bnNkdDBFRmlRY2NzMS1iMWttZjZQZzVOX0pEU3R3
What surprised me the most is that the cars that really took my breath away the most were the McLaren 650s GT3 and the Bentley GT3. They were real lookers in the flesh and had a massive presence.
The Racing Porsches were also lovely. (GT4, GT3, Cup) and were so very closly aligned to the ones in Assetto Corsa. They got the paint job in game perfect...
Road car wise...
The 2017 Ford GT also just had a real feel to it - not typically beautiful - the lines are suspect - but DAMN man... they went all out with that one !
Oakley design Bugatti Veyron was soooo sweet - that speckled yellow paint job is beautiful..
Plenty of modern F1 cars but in all honesty as you might suspect from TV they really are not that attractive to look at.
Tiff's old Cosworth was there - looking damn sexy too !
There were a few sim setups - I was hoping to try the Project Cars with rift, motion setup and direct drive wheel but alas my specs would not fit.
I did try Asseto Corsa at the vbox stand and have to admit - I wasnt overly impressed with the Direct Drive wheel feel (they had very high end 4-5k wheel) - yes it was MUCH more powerful but turning in really felt a slog with the resistance but importantly it just felt a motor fighting me... it did not feel like it came from the road. I actually prefer my T300 over what I felt there.... was not expecting that.
Both Mr JWW and Shmee were friendly and were happy to pose for photos - Shmee was bloody busy from all the live shows back to his new Aston GT8 but still managed a smile and a few words for all those there.
The live show was fun but the cars in the main rooms were the starts for me
All in all I thoroughly recommend it if your ever in the area next January!
Hopefully this is shared ok for those interested in some car porn:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=bnNkdDBFRmlRY2NzMS1iMWttZjZQZzVOX0pEU3R3
What surprised me the most is that the cars that really took my breath away the most were the McLaren 650s GT3 and the Bentley GT3. They were real lookers in the flesh and had a massive presence.
The Racing Porsches were also lovely. (GT4, GT3, Cup) and were so very closly aligned to the ones in Assetto Corsa. They got the paint job in game perfect...
Road car wise...
The 2017 Ford GT also just had a real feel to it - not typically beautiful - the lines are suspect - but DAMN man... they went all out with that one !
Oakley design Bugatti Veyron was soooo sweet - that speckled yellow paint job is beautiful..
Plenty of modern F1 cars but in all honesty as you might suspect from TV they really are not that attractive to look at.
Tiff's old Cosworth was there - looking damn sexy too !
There were a few sim setups - I was hoping to try the Project Cars with rift, motion setup and direct drive wheel but alas my specs would not fit.
I did try Asseto Corsa at the vbox stand and have to admit - I wasnt overly impressed with the Direct Drive wheel feel (they had very high end 4-5k wheel) - yes it was MUCH more powerful but turning in really felt a slog with the resistance but importantly it just felt a motor fighting me... it did not feel like it came from the road. I actually prefer my T300 over what I felt there.... was not expecting that.
Both Mr JWW and Shmee were friendly and were happy to pose for photos - Shmee was bloody busy from all the live shows back to his new Aston GT8 but still managed a smile and a few words for all those there.
The live show was fun but the cars in the main rooms were the starts for me
All in all I thoroughly recommend it if your ever in the area next January!
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