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Tim N (Timn88)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 7:51 pm: | |
John romero made a classic back in like 89, its called dangerous dave. It is great. |
Hubert Leung (Morbid)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 10:49 pm: | |
John Carmack, is the father of First Person Shooters with the release of Wolfenstein, and a genius in programming game engines (all my programming friends respect his work, and see's him as a "god" hehe).
In case you're interested here's a exert of a interview with John Carmack from Slashdot.org (rest can be found here: http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/10/15/1012230.shtml):
9. mpav asks:
This is a break from the usual questions from this group, but I thought it would be interesting to know.. You have a couple of exotic sports cars, one being a 1000 horsepower/750 ft-lbs of torque (insane!) ferrari, and I was wondering which one you generally drive to work?
John Carmack Answers:
I drive my twin-turbo F50 almost all of the time. It took a while to get all the bugs sorted out, but it is almost a perfect combination right now. It is light, nimble, and responsive, and 600 hp at the rear wheels is just about perfect for a street car of that configuration.
I only drive my testarossa now when I am low on gas in the F50 or if I need to drive someplace where I think the extra inch or two of ground clearance is important. It is heavy and ponderous, but every time I do drive it, I am impressed again with the power. 1000 hp at the rear wheels is excessive. It takes a while to spin the turbos up to the full 24 psi of boost, but when it has a full head of steam going, it moves like nothing else on the road. It runs away from superbikes on the highway. However, when exercising it, you have a very clear sense that you are taking your life into your hands.
I will probably be getting rid of my TR when my next project car is completed. It is a custom carbon fiber bodied ferrari GTO with a one-of-a-kind billet aluminum twin turbo V12. It is going to make a bit more power than the TR, but only weigh about 2400 lbs. I have a suspicion that we will wind up detuning the engine, because 1 hp / 2 lbs is probably quite a bit past excessive and into the just-plain-stupid realm.
It was supposed to be done two years ago -- mechanics are worse than programmers.
I also have a little MGB that I am theoretically working on myself, but I haven't had time to touch it in six months? |
James Dixon (Omnadren250)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 10:31 pm: | |
Hubert,
Ok, now it all makes sense to me.
I remember playing a video game back in the early 90's called "Castle Wolfenstein" and it was made by id software. The names Carmack and Romero ring a bell, I believe they were both involved in that company.
I do know that Carmack, who know runs the company that made Doom and Quake has a twin turbo F50, a modified F40 and a mega horsepower Testarossa all done by Norwood.
I have a friend in the computer business who sent me a few emails from Carmack telling of his cars and his plans for the future.
James |
Ken Thomas (Future328driver)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 9:51 pm: | |
The engine mod looks like the work of Bob Norwood, which makes since as this car is located in Dallas. |
Hubert Leung (Morbid)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 9:17 pm: | |
James, John Romero was one of the co-founders of id software, and I think he left after Quake was done to form Ion Storm. Ion Storm, went belly-up and now he has founded a new company called Monkystone which makes games for Pocket PC. |
James Dixon (Omnadren250)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 9:02 pm: | |
Who is this guy???
Is he involved with John Carmack (twinner F50, 1000hp TR) who made the Doom video games???
James |
Randy (Schatten)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 7:13 pm: | |
750HP TR on ebay for sale
This is John Romero's car. Guess he needs the money after making the disappointing video game, Daikatana. Should have saved up a bit more after his earlier successes. |
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