Hi readers!

It's such a real long time from my last activity here. Like on the previous post, I mainly write (or just repost some motorsport contents) in Racevoltius Facebook Fanpage. Since now I got more free time, I plan to write more about my thoughts on motorsport world, both in Indonesia or overseas.

And also, recently I am quite active in GT Sport's Sport Mode. It's quite fun, due to the fact that you will be matched with opponents that have same driving level with you. Should you be interested to driving simulator that's not "really Real", Gran Turismo Sport worths to try!

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Hi readers. It's been a real long time since my last update.

Due to my activity in Racevoltius, I abandoned my own website for around 3 months. You can read some of my post there if you speak BAHASA.

Yet, for you who do not speak BAHASA, I try to translate some of the engaging posts to be translated into English here. Maybe not all of my post but, I will try my best!

For you who speak BAHASA, you should do like Racevoltius fanpage on Facebook.

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Just finished watching 2016 Spanish F1 Grandprix

To be honest, I made this racing blog to discuss many kinds of on road racing championship, but F1. Beside there are already so many F1 blogs out there, I already quite miss it a bit since 3 years ago. But, this year, Bernie Ecclestone's main business field seems to be more promising. Beside the success of Indonesian driver entering F1, there are countless drama on this season, included what happened this very day. 

Starting with duo Mercs getting out of the race, I do feel that this series, F1 will show another great show to us, audience. My prejudice got stronger after knowing the fact that 4 drivers were still fighting for 1st position, until the last stint of the race. To be honest, it's a rare race, especially for nowadays F1.

Daniel Riccardo did had chance to get the 3rd podium, if only Vettel did not block his way. The Spaniard got a little bad luck with left rear tyre puncture, forcing him to do another stop. Fortunately, he defended his position until checkered flag was waved.

Superb race was shown by Jos Verstappen's son, Max Verstappen. The dutchman took the advantage of Mercs early withdrawal. Kimi Raikkonen couldn't even get close than 0.3 seconds to him. The junior's spirit did want to say that he must continue the racing spirit from his father.

I think, no other words should be spoken beside "BIG CONGRATULATION, MAX VERSTAPPEN". He made many great records today, not only winning since the first time he changed his uniform, but also for the youngest series winners record. I also hope that this year's F1 can get more and more interesting. 

ps: This meme, I believe, will spread out like virus :p (credit to Racevoltius)

(translated: 18 years old, I won F1 race. What did you do during your 18 years old?)

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Pardon for my randomness. Maybe some of you thinks the same way haha!

Anyway, I'd like to add one more tab called "Racing Glossary". I want to spread more info about basic rules of racing like flag rules, refueling, etc.

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Hello petrolhead all over the world!

People say, if you can't make it into racing, just try racing sim. It doesn't need to be Nissan Academy level, though. As long as you have decent racing wheel and supportive system and game, you can feel what is it like to be a racer. That's at least what I felt some days ago, together with my friends.

Saturday night April 23rd 2016, around 9pm. I visited my friend, Cep Goldia who shares the same interest about motorsport. Together with some other friends, we did many things, mainly related to motorsport things. I was so excited because for the first time I got opportunity to talk about sport that I favored since almost 13 years ago. It was quite far from my current living area, around 1 hour trip by bike. For that reason I decided to camped at his house ^_^.

My main reason camped at Cep's house was to try Logitech DFGT, a perfect steering wheel for you to feel the sensation of racing/ driving. Before starting the game (I played rfactor on that picture), it is needed to configure the wheel, using Logitech's controller driver. By not doing so, rfactor couldn't recognize that wheel. There was no preset also in the setting, so that you need to install the driver first.

I tried some racing mods such as Formula E, FIA GT3 2010, and also F1 2016. For a newbie in racing sim like me, it was quite exhausting to master the control. It was also added the fact that I can't drive real car. Nevertheless, I kept trying and finally I could do it better even though there were still some spins, understeers, and oversteers. Shifting stick felt too small for me, so I used two small buttons behind the wheel to emulate paddle shifts. Not as comfy as Logitech G29 though, but I felt it quite enjoyable.

I also tried this wheel on Gran Turismo 6 on Cep's PS3 system. It took me only 2 laps to master it. After that I realized that different sims come with different treatment. There was almost no spin or oversteer when I played the latest installment of Polyphony Digital. I think I might save myself some money to purchase this racing wheel in the near future :p

That's it my little experience with Logitech DFGT Steering Wheel. Once again guys, if you do want to feel the sensation of racing, yet no time to concentrate yourself into professional racing, you should just buy this wheel. Last time I checked it was under IDR 2 million (USD 200) for the secondhand condition. Rather than risking yourself by doing illegal racing as well, go grab this wheel! 

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During late 70's, there was a racing class division that might be remembered because of its unique body kit. The class was Group 5. If you haven't felt familiar with this class, just google Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) championship which applied Group 5 specification cars. There were some generations of Group 5 classification. In this article, I will just focus on the latest generation, the special production class. 

This generation first introduced in 1976, allowing some mass production cars to be modified following FIA regulations. Some parts like bonnet, roof, and doors however, were banned from being modified. Some cars used aero kits shaped like a box, even though some cars stayed on being curvy. Some machines raced in DRM championship were like Ford Capri Turbo, BMW M1, Lancia Beta, and Toyota Celica. Beside DRM, Group 5 class was also run in some other championships, mainly based in US and Japan. 

US Based Group 5: GTX

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In United States, Group 5 racing championship was run under International Motor Sports Association, an organization sanctioning many kinds of State's motorsport series. One of the sanctioned series was IMSA GT Championship. This championship ran two different type of cars in each series, including mass production cars which in 1977 used Group 5 look like rules. This similar category was named GTX. Corvette Greenwood GTX, if I may say, could be categorized as the legendary car of this class. 

Japan Based Group 5: Silhouette

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Same things also occured in Japan. In the land of Sunrise, Group 5 racing was run under Japanese Automobile Federation. There were several races that applied this class, such as All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and Super Silhouette. Nissan became star of the class by running Nisssan Skyline and Bluebird Silhouette. The Silhouette term means more or less the same with US's GTX. It tried to standardized Group 5 Class sanctioned by FIA. Unlike modified cars from Europe or US's , Japanese Silhouette cars tends to shaped like box, with huge spoiler and front bumper. This kinds of style rose the bosozoku phenomena in Japan. 

So here it is a short article about Group 5 racing series. Its unique body kit might become your interest to watch. There are several videos on youtube which records about past races, if you get more interested. 

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