Super crappy picture I know (Iphone pic of a photo album), but I thought this was funny. We were digging through old photo albums last time I was in Japan when we found this pic of my wife's dad with his Celica LB back in the '70s-80s.
October 06, 2009
October 04, 2009
KING
A few quick scenes from a comic I picked up at the used bookstore the other day. It includes a Subaru-powered midship first generation CR-X among other things...
Rad.
September 20, 2009
NFS Shift Impressions
I got my copy of NFS Shift a few days ago, and have been playing around with it a bit in my spare time. As you've heard it's a lot different than NFS games of the past, and that's a good thing.
The physics take some getting used to (and possibly some fine-tuning in the settings menu), but once you've played a bit it's a lot of fun. The sounds in particular are some of the best I've heard in a racing game - ESPECIALLY in the S20 in the Hakosuka GT-R. Listening to the I6 scream at high RPM's while sliding through a corner is one of the game's best moments for me.
Here's my flared Hakosuka at Brands Hatch. Excuse the crappy screen grabs, I just hooked up my 360 and haven't even got it online yet...
Drift mode is also a lot of fun once you get used to it. There's my matte purple GT500 Mustang on Work VS-KF's. Hopefully we'll be able to do custom sizing offsets in the next game!
I particularly like the Autopolis drift course. It's the same as the layout D1GP course with its high speed entry.
Time attack Impreza at Horsethief Mile. I like how the high grip cars jump around in the corners just as they do in real life.
FD3S street car on the Ebisu touge course. Like the Hakosuka, the tuned rotary sounds awesome in the game.
All in all the game is a big step in the right to direction.
Hopefully we'll see a lot more of the "Speedhunters Influence" in the next game.
Anyone up for some online play?
July 20, 2009
Atenza Wagon
Sometimes I wish I would have gotten one of these...
July 19, 2009
Inspiration.
Gotta get with it.
July 06, 2009
New Year in July: JCCA Gallery
I finally had a bit of time over the holiday weekend to do some much-need photo sorting and backing up. While I was at it, I decided to upload the complete gallery from the '09 JCCA New Year Meeting held back in January in Tokyo.
It's a bit late, but we are talking about vintage cars here - does it even matter?
With harsh lighting and cars parked very close to each other, there aren't the best photos in the world but the quality and style of the cars is second to none.
Anyways, here a few preview shots-
Check out the full gallery of over 430 photos right here.
More galleries on the way as time allows...
July 05, 2009
That Gundam Thing...
I saw it.
There's pics Odaiba's life-size on Gundam all over the net already, but here's a few pics I snapped when I went to see it for myself a couple weeks ago.
I'm not even a Gundam fan really, but it was still pretty incredible to see.
Some of the other people who had come out to see it. This was on a Tuesday afternoon mind you...
A couple more photos can be hound here.
And just for kicks, here's a pic of an Accord Wagon I found on my hard drive.
More updates soon...
May 30, 2009
May 21, 2009
A Wash + Stickers
The other day we had a freak rain storm and the Roadster got covered in ugly brown water spots. This evening I pulled it out and gave it a much needed wash. Once it was clean, I decided to rice it out with a couple stickers I picked up at the JCCA New Year Meeting in Tokyo back in January.
Roadster guys and/or vintage JDM fans should know about this...
Another old Japanese throwback. The words say it all.
Sooo not slammed.
I thought this was kind of cool...
A couple more pics + higher res versions here .
May 04, 2009
I Want...
An RB-chassis Honda Odyssey.
I think I'm gonna turn this into a vanning blog now..
Cool?
