Two more excellent reasons to hate Treynor

[carrrnuttt]

Did anyone else watch the latest Top Gear with Chris Harris reviewing the FXXK?

There's no video I can find online yet, but here's an article about it: http://www.topgear.com/car-news/chr...is-daytona-speedway-and-mad-laferrari-fxx-k#1

Ben, did you meet Chris at Daytona?

 

[Deric]

Speaking of cars which dominate their segment...

This is awesome! A buddy of mine from S.F. just picked up two of those (one for the street and one for the track) to replace his 2009 ACR. I was able to fly out and do a track day at Laguna Seca with him in a couple months ago.
He got the same purple as you but with a lime yellow stripe. I never thought purple could look so badass. Was Dito taking pictures while you were there?

 

[treynor]

And another segment in this story, and my own personal best at Laguna Seca by 4 seconds (!):

 

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You beat your personal best, in the same car, by 4 seconds???? Incredible stuff there......I think. The only true racing I know is from Forza and Grand Turismo though, ha.

Did you dial the car in more or something?

 

[treynor]

You beat your personal best, in the same car, by 4 seconds???? Incredible stuff there......I think. The only true racing I know is from Forza and Grand Turismo though, ha.

Did you dial the car in more or something?

Oh. Heh. No, it's my personal best at that track. I'm consistently 1-2 secs off of a pro driver's time at the track now (e.g. Jeff Segal was my coach that day, he's a multiple world champion in this class of car, and I was 1.9 secs off his best time after 2 driving sessions) so I'm picking up tenths, not seconds, at this point.

My previous best at Laguna was 1:30, set in a 458 Challenge.

 

[Kiohtee]

Hey Ben, have you ever tried your hand at iRacing? I'm mainly wanting to know from someone with experience how directly it correlates. I know what the NASCAR drivers say, but I'm more curious about the road course aspect personally.

 

[AustinSN]

You drive really well.

 

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Oh. Heh. No, it's my personal best at that track. I'm consistently 1-2 secs off of a pro driver's time at the track now (e.g. Jeff Segal was my coach that day, he's a multiple world champion in this class of car, and I was 1.9 secs off his best time after 2 driving sessions) so I'm picking up tenths, not seconds, at this point.

My previous best at Laguna was 1:30, set in a 458 Challenge.

Oh, lol, I thought that would be pretty amazing if so. I come from the world of Forza. So doing a quick 20,000 grand upgrade to a car can get you that, ha. I was thinking you modded the engine or something.

I don't follow track times too closely.

 

[blk02edge]

Hey Ben, have you ever tried your hand at iRacing? I'm mainly wanting to know from someone with experience how directly it correlates. I know what the NASCAR drivers say, but I'm more curious about the road course aspect personally.

Good friend of mine has completed road to indy, and currently races GT3Cup usa/canada and he practices on iracing, his sim setup is awesome. Especially with VR it feels real

 

[CO Mack]

And another segment in this story, and my own personal best at Laguna Seca by 4 seconds (!):

Wow, 20's around Laguna is fast. Nice driving, nice car!

 

[paulyboy928]

Awesome!

 

[treynor]

I'll just leave this here...

 

[silver03svt]

Absolutely stunning, Ben!

 

[RDJ]

as will I, since looking at the pic is all I can afford LOL

 

[Dusten]

I'll just leave this here...

Wife showed me that off your ig. Very nice

 

[MarcSpaz]

That's a great pic! Did you have a pro help with the lighting or do you guys do it yourself?

 

[gimmie11s]

I'll just leave this here...

The only thing I see here is brakes.

Gaw damn those brakes!!!

Awesome

 

[treynor]

That's a great pic! Did you have a pro help with the lighting or do you guys do it yourself?

My wife and I are both amateur photographers; we did it ourselves. That said, the lighting was straightforward: expose on the car, camera in aperture mode to balance foreground and background, flash on TTL, snap away.

 

[MarcSpaz]

Great job... You have a good eye!

I used to do video production as a hobby. I put together some training videos, covered Bug Out for a local media company, a few projects like that. Understanding lighting and background positioning is something not everyone has an eye for.

You can have a lot of fun with it, but don't let people talk you into doing it for them. Rolling into the commercial aspect of videography ruined the hobby for me.

 

[DAVESVT2000]

Ah the aperta finally came in, very nice.

Any blue on it like your other cars?