Occasional Tales

Treasure hunt. Spend CR30,000 on a Lancer Evo. Drive round the stadium maze to get your reward. I don’t know how many FPs I have this week. Last week it was 152,000 or so. The weekly. The Isetta. I had to do an engine swap for this, but left it RWD. It wasn’t as awful as I feared. I repainted it in two-tone red and satin bronze. Rather fetching. I have a note that I took a photo. Oh, that’s right. The detective statuette at the airfield, which is over the far side (south) on one of the half fuselages of the planes. I did the SZ in the Ford Ranger T6 with a decent run-up. It held its speed well for a one-third very good SWS. The DZ ended up being easy money in the Escort RS 1800. I pumped up the tyres and slid around like I knew what I was doing. One-third good SWS and the Valhalla Concept, which I gave away. Did the recipient thank me? No. Rude bastard. Drive round the stadium maze aimlessly. Crash into the tank detectives. Complete a task. What a satisfying life I lead. Eventlab. Mini...

Treasure hunt. Five jumps anywhere in the Datsun 510. Again, the treasure was in the stadium, but not too difficult to track down. The weekly. 1971 Plymouth Cuda. What, game, is a Hard Charger skill? I’ve had many down the years, but couldn’t define one even if I was the OED’s chief lexicographer. Had to six-star an ST or two. For the Street Scene race, I went to my usual go-to – Jungle Descent , but as this is the season of fog, I switched to Granjas de Tapalpa . Eventlab (1). Circuit des Reines . Good layout, cartoony props, terrible road surface. It’s easy to get beached on the kerbs, but it’d be nice if this could be done properly in the game as a proper motorsport track. Rubbish SWS. Eventlab (2). Close and Technical . Marks on for props. Marks off for night, rain, glare from the lights, and silly layout. One-third excellent SWS. I just managed to one-shot the DS for a one-third good SWS. The ST took several attempts, but required the right car (2015 Corvette Z06) and a bit longer...

Treasure hunt. Six stars in SZs in an EV. I went with one of Audis and had it done in two. The treasure was in the stadium maze, but not difficult to find. Ah, yes, that bloody stadium maze again. I now have over 150,000 FPs, but I spent some on a second 300 SL. The weekly. In the Peel Trident. Absolute clown car. “Upgrade the car to B class or higher,” it says when your only choice with the motorbike engine seems to be A class. I eventually managed to complete an SZ to the tune of three stars, but the car has bugger all handling. I preferred the drag race because at least that’s in a straight line. I suppose this will be another series in which we have to drive the Isetta, probably the Reliant Robin, and finally the Peel P50. What a ghastly menagerie. For the PR stunts I used the Mitsubishi Montero. I had to redo the DS because as usual, it was a case of the car going in the right direction by a few tenths of 1°. The SWS was rubbish apart from an Opel Manta, which I sold because I don...