Soulidarity's The Nurburgring Diary Zone Budget Rider

The Nurburgring Diary Zone

You wake up to find that you've survived a plane crash unscathed, but the crew and the rest of the passengers are nowhere to be found. In your lap is a stack of 40,000 dollars/euros/credits. You exit the plane and look around, discovering that you are in a small German town outside of the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife. But something is seriously wrong. There are no people. You enter a cafe to look around, only finding more of the same, when you hear a car pull up out front. Rushing outside you find a mysterious man getting out of his Toyota Altezza Touring Car. He explains to you that you've slipped into a dead space in time during the crash, and offers you a one shot deal to get back to your own time. He will drive his touring car for one lap around the ring, then you will drive the production car of your choice with all the modifications you can afford. If you beat him, he'll allow your return home. He then hands you a non-descript key, and tells you to decide what car you wish to drive and take a look around the corner, where you'll find said car in new condition.

So here's the challenge:

Run a lap with the Altezza Touring car. You can do it in B spec if you wish, but I strongly encourage you take the role of the mystery man and drive it A spec to challenge yourself. Then take your own production vehicle, use 40,000 to modify it, and attempt to beat the Altezza's time.

The conditions:

The car you choose is free.

There is a limit on horsepower in this dead space in time, and no car can exist over 360 HP. This means that you can not use a car that starts with more than 360 HP, nor can you modify a car beyond that point.

Driving aids also do not exist here. I know that most, if not all of us, regularly turn aids off, but for anyone who does not necessarily do this, you must do it for this challenge.

Since your car of choice comes in new condition, oil change, car wash, and rigidity refresher are free. You can also put wheels on your car for free if you wish.

You weigh something, so you must add driver ballast to your vehicle. If you don't currently do this, and you're not sure how much you weigh in kg, you can use the following website for a quick conversion:

http://www.manuelsweb.com/kg_lbs.htm

If you crash into the armco, you must use your better judgement as to whether or not it has ended your run. Obviously if you run headfirst into the armco at 130, you die, and never make it home. If you lightly brush the armco, you can decide for yourself whether or not the damage is extensive enough to keep you from continuing. Driving off into the grass is ok, but grass cuts are not. If you cut across grass with the intention of gaining time, the mystery man will know, and he'll be long gone when you pull across the finish line, leaving you stranded here forever.

Have fun!