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Vader Trophy Season 10
23/02/10
Vader Trophy started back in 2003, and if you said back then in seven years time we would be getting ready to start the tenth season I'm sure nobody would have believed you. For the tenths season the format has been freshened up a bit and we've moved technically forwards too. To freshen things up we've given the keys out to some of the faster machinery that was available in 1967, so we'll be seeing Lotus' on track for the first time in a very long time. Also some of the quicker drivers will be behind the wheel of Eagles, Ferraris and Brabhams which should lead the way for some very quick lap times, and probably new lap records.

On the technical side we're also moving away from 36fps jerk-o-vision into the gloriously smooth 60fps world of the 60fps patch. It will also be time to wave goodbye to an old favourite - VROC, now being replaced with the technically superior iGOR.

Moving onto the season itself we have three new tracks on the calendar: Interlagos 1973, Blue Mountain Circuit and Zeltweg 1967. Joining them are some favourites like Watkins Glen 1948 which is over an hour of chaotic racing, crashing, and completely ridiculous jumps. Marvelous!

Everything is set for a cracking season which should hopefully be hard to predict. Come the 25th August we'll know for sure, but until then enjoy the racing!
Posted by: Glyn

Website Updates
17/02/10

Some seasons we have website updates, others we don't. Season 8 saw a number of improvements and for this season things have been tweaked too. It's nothing major so don't get too excited, but for the record the changes are:

Calendar:

  • Removed the gallery column to free up some screen space. If Rich or anyone else writes some galleries I'll put it back.

Track detail:

  • Again removed the gallery link as it isn't needed at the moment.
  • Fixed a bug Nick mentioned a while ago which causes strange things to be displayed on the previous winner statistics when the event this year is a sprint event, but in previous seasons it wasn't.

Standings:

  • Added a drivers chassis column.

Driver detail:

  • Added a row that displays the drivers team if they are racing for a team.
  • Added a row that displays the drivers allocated chassis for this season.

Awards:

  • Always displays the driver of the day for each event.

As always if you find any bugs please let me know!
Posted by: Glyn

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