You Know What Else Is Missing From Driving Games?!

"Stef Schrader" (stefschrader)
09/30/2014 at 23:05 • Filed to: Lulzcer FTW, Mitsubishi Lancer, driving games, Lancer GTS, Porsche 944

MY CAR , dang it! Everyone has the Evo. No one ever has the base Lancer. Not even the 2.0L DE, ES or early GTS trims. Every time I want to run a sim to learn a track before I go drive it, zero, zilch, nada on the 2.4L '09+ Lancer GTS.

Naturally aspirated 944s are far too rare, too. I can usually find the Turbo. Not so with the base model. Mine doesn't behave in quite an OHMYGOSH NOW THERE IS BOOST manner, so it's not the best simulation of my putt-putt-puttery '84.

DISCUSSION (73)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:10

I can't find an E36 328i sedan, let alone a pinto wagon.

Kinja'd!!!

Dusty Ventures > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:10

That's because the base Lancer is laaaaaaaaame!

*runs away cackling*

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:12

I thought at first you were gonna say Puffalumps.

ly2v8-Brian > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
09/30/2014 at 23:12

Exactly. No one ever has a Silverado like mine.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
09/30/2014 at 23:13

I can't find any form of a motor assisted bicycle. :(

Your boy, BJR > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:14

As a Honda Pilot owner, I have no pity for you.

FromCanadaWithLove > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:14

I'm pretty sure there was a base Lancer in Need For Speed Underground on PS2 (albeit, a different generation).

EDIT:

Kinja'd!!!

Dusty Ventures > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
09/30/2014 at 23:20

Those are grossly under-represented as well

Dusty Ventures > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:21

Kinja'd!!!

Standing on curb.

Still approximately same height as car.

 V8 Rustler > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:21

Kinja'd!!!

That used to be my car, 2009 Lancer GTS. It was not bad by any means. Never had any issues with it. My brother now owns it, and it is still as new. Hand it to him with 30k miles like 4 months ago.

Photo of the first day I got it.

Kinja'd!!!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:23

We need our cars in Forza!!

CB > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:27

Still waiting on the 2003 Nissan Maxima GLE or a 2003 Town & Country (the two cars I learned to drive on). Maybe we can force game makers to create an Oppositelock car pack for their games.

NonDriftingS13 > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:28

I always felt that way about my Tercel but now the S13 is always there!

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Leadbull > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:29

Kinja'd!!!

That's a large tree. Not particularly massive, but the branch dispersal pattern is quite impressive.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
09/30/2014 at 23:33

The day I see a gen 1 SHO Taurus and a European Capri in Forza I may just loose my shit right there on the couch.

Kinja'd!!!

Kanaric > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:48

lol what? I see these cars daily.

EL_ULY > Stef Schrader
09/30/2014 at 23:54

C5 A6 Wagon..... ultra boring and not common :'(

At least the Lancer had a moment. I remember people saying "OMG, they sell Lancers in America! Yeah Lancers like in Grand Turismo... yeah Lancers!!!" Plus the aweaome that is the EVO. 1999 A6 wagon..... Que es un pinche A6 Wagon? *cricket sounds*

Stef Schrader > Leadbull
10/01/2014 at 00:31

Ha! It's my old house from a long time ago. When we were renting it, the owners cut it like a mushroom, and it still looks short and squatty like a grown-out topiary. Haha.

Stef Schrader > CB
10/01/2014 at 00:32

There desperately needs to be a Regular Car Hoon Pack. Enough Lambos—I wanna make a Minivan run Laguna Seca.

Stef Schrader > V8 Rustler
10/01/2014 at 00:34

SQUEE!

110K miles on a '10 here and still going strong.

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures
10/01/2014 at 00:34

Puffalump still approximately same height as wing.

Stef Schrader > FromCanadaWithLove
10/01/2014 at 00:34

WIN.

Stef Schrader > Your boy, BJR
10/01/2014 at 00:35

We need the Pilot, too. You know it. I know it.

Your boy, BJR > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 00:41

I may start autocrossing it. Still trying to decide if I can afford to roll my only car (how the fuck did i go from 3 to 1 in a month?!)

 V8 Rustler > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 00:50

Good to hear they last.

Stef Schrader > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/01/2014 at 00:53

THOSE, TOO!!!

Jedidiah > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 00:54

They need more Oldsmobiles. Pre-war cars too.

I want to go around Laguna Seca in a Hupmobile.

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures
10/01/2014 at 00:54

Nope.

{ takes Bacon }

Stef Schrader > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/01/2014 at 00:56

PINTO WAGON! Yes. Yes. Yesyesyes. Would e-hoon all day long.

Stef Schrader > Jedidiah
10/01/2014 at 01:12

OMG YES.

Also, my mom's old Ninety-Eight. I love the Ninety-Eight. Y U NO IN DRIVING GAMES? I want my virtual Stig wafting over everything in style, man. Pure Regency Brougham STYLE!

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 01:17

I'd be more interested in racing a van over a lambo. I actually wonder how the van will stack up in the Corkscrew.

Jedidiah > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 01:23

My dad's got a 1970 98. It's a smooth machine. We drove it to atlanta in glorious comfort. Totally worth 9.7 mpg.

We're restoring a '73 Delta 88 Royale Convertible. Got it from the original owner for $1500. Unfortunately it is triple turd brown. I can't wait until we finish it; full size convertibles are amazing.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 01:36

My car is actually in Gran Turismo 5, but then again what Japanese car isn't in a Gran Turismo game? They actually have two different model years!

Stef Schrader > All Motor Is Best Motor
10/01/2014 at 01:37

FWD Lancers aren't. *sniff*

Stef Schrader > Jedidiah
10/01/2014 at 01:44

WINNING! I like the brown, heh. Period-appropriate.

Ours was an '88 Ninety-Eight. I thought that car was the coolest thing ever when I was little...and shoot, it's still pretty cool.

There's a fifties-era one in town that blows my mind (no clickbait, actually does). So clean. So awesome. So much chrome and swag. Umph.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 01:45

That is genuinely surprising. Look at this list . There are 16 Daihatsus. Daihatus! Most people in the U.S. haven't even heard of Daihatsu! I like how they made room for 16 Diahatsus but not one entry level Lancer.

Stef Schrader > All Motor Is Best Motor
10/01/2014 at 01:46

Haha, right?! The Daihatsu list is amazeballs, though.

Jedidiah > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 01:49

It was a special order car.

It had the 455, dual exhaust manifolds, power everything. Good options.

But when the original owner ordered it, he checked a brown top, brown trim, brown interior, and brown exterior.

He said he bought the 88 because they stopped making the 442 convertible in 72. If he'd gone to the dealer a year earlier, he would have gotten a brown-on brown-on brown 442 instead.

He's a nice guy; I'm glad I'm fixing the car. I'm on the fence about painting it brown again, but it is not getting brown carpet.

Dusty Ventures > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 01:54

Not a problem. Bacon's good at finding his way back home.

(Seriously, I've got a crazy story about a mystery weekend he had in Maine)

Arben72 > Your boy, BJR
10/01/2014 at 02:23

You won't roll it but you'll warp the brakes. (Man did I abuse my pilot).

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures
10/01/2014 at 02:31

OOOOOOH?

Dusty Ventures > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 03:31

Ok. Bacon story.

New England Forest Rally, 2011. It's my second event (and my second event with Bacon). I put a little tag on him with my cell number and a message saying I wanted to try and get him in as many cars as possible over the course of the weekend. So Thursday evening we're lined up for shakedown with the other teams and I pass Bacon off to Alex Kihurani. Alex takes him on a couple shakedown runs, but after shakedown Bacon is gone. Just straight up vanished.

Friday ends, Saturday starts, and I'm going around asking all the teams if they've seen a little red dinosaur. Nobody's seen him. I do my thing, hoping someone will find him and call my cell number, but it doesn't happen. Friday ends, Saturday starts, and it's the same thing. Finally after a long day the rally's over and I've accepted Bacon's gone forever. We pull into parc ferme at the end of the rally, I'm gathering my stuff together, the next car pulls in, and there's Bacon in the driver's window just grinning right at me. Mind blown. Not only that he found his way back to ferme, but that he was in the very next car, and that he was in the window facing me. I ask the driver where he found Bacon and the driver says "I have no idea, he just appeared in the car at some point."

To this day I still have no idea where he was all weekend.

IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 06:34

Can Forza simulate fuel leaks?

Brian Silvestro > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 08:02

Reason #4859203457023857 to get rid of it.

Leadbull > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 08:48

"In this week's episode of Bonsai Gone Wrong ..."

quarterlifecrisis > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 08:55

I always found a way to make my car in GT5 and GT6. Start with a Z06, add weight, subtract power, adjust suspension. Granted, there was always a bigger contact patch...but...

Jake > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 09:07

Kinja'd!!!

It's alright, you're not alone. Most people don't even know that a tubro'd Subaru that isn't a WRX/STI exists. Yeah it's a boat but it ain't no Kia Sedona.

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures
10/01/2014 at 09:46

Yay, Bacon!

Stef Schrader > Jake
10/01/2014 at 09:49

I would hoon a Kia Sedona in-game, too. Also, Legacies are le fun.

Stef Schrader > Brian Silvestro
10/01/2014 at 09:54

No.

Stef Schrader > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK
10/01/2014 at 10:05

We're fixing this!

Brian Silvestro > Stef Schrader
10/01/2014 at 10:12

Why not?

Stef Schrader > Brian Silvestro
10/01/2014 at 10:29

The Lulzcer is awesome, that's why not.

Mattbob > Stef Schrader
10/02/2014 at 07:16

also my '93 325i. You can find M3 all day, but no base models.

claramag, Mustaco Master > Stef Schrader
10/02/2014 at 12:09

Exactly. Let the kids smash their 458s and Huracans into the wall, we grownups need out serious time to race Geo Metros, Previas, and Rangers like serious grownups

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/02/2014 at 15:08

Kinja'd!!!

Ta-da! Hey, another Ontario opponaut! Hi there!

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/02/2014 at 17:03

GARBLEFLARBLE. Don't do this to me while I'm at work!

Also, yes Kingston Ontario here, you?

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/02/2014 at 17:19

K-W, but I know someone who grew up in Cobourg. I've been to Kingston, and it's very nice. It also has a great local band.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/02/2014 at 18:29

Yeah, lol. A few good musicians around here. The Tragically Hip for starters.

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/02/2014 at 18:30

lol, I had to reference The Hip. Nice Capri, man! One of my all-time dream cars. Is it a Tickford?

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/02/2014 at 19:13

No, but it is turbo charged. Its a super low production race car from the German Touring Car Championship, its called a John Players Special, just like the F1 cars. This one is #46 of 50 built by Krabb Racing in 1975. I think it raced in Group 2 in that series.

I would also like to point out that its not mine, its my fathers. Mine is a bit more ragged...

http://theshadetree.kinja.com/the-sho-time-c…

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/02/2014 at 19:41

I wondered why the livery looked so familiar. Cool! Yours is pretty cool, too!

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/02/2014 at 21:18

Its basket case lol. It will be awesome one day. I made an offer on an Offy barrel intake for the 2.8 in my drive way, so maybe a Crapri rally car is in order.

Stef Schrader > claramag, Mustaco Master
10/03/2014 at 01:18

Hear, hear!

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/03/2014 at 11:06

Step 1: Windsor 302 and T-45 swap

Step 2: M90 supercharger from a GTP

Step 3: Hater pipes, eight of them.

Step 4: profit.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/03/2014 at 21:41

My dad already has a MK3 with an EFI 302 breathing nitrous. I can't do the same. The Crapri is supposed to get an SHO 3 litre. That's why I originally bought my DHO Taurus, but it is too nice to kill and part out.

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/04/2014 at 09:24

Powerstroke + boost controller + thru-tha-hood stacks + trac-lok

Modular V10 + T-45 + Two holset HX35 turbos from cummins rams + intercooler from a powerstroke + side-pipes = 800 HP Capri.

Whatever you do, give it a Capri Sun livery.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/04/2014 at 09:32

keep in mind d that the engine bay in the Capri is TINY. A Windsor small block barely fits and it won't even fit with a mechanical fan. Good luck shoe horning a V10 let alone a diesel. I know of a guy who managed to get a 428 in one, but that was a tube chassis wearing a Capri skin.

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/04/2014 at 09:36

ah man, i forgot about the k-frame on those. Since it's technically german, how about a BMW straight six from a 325? silky smooth, and fits the demeanor of the car to a T.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/04/2014 at 09:43

Still have to cut the firewall me thinks. Might be able to fit something wider in there if I use a Mustang II front suspension. Then I could get rid of the front strut towers, they also double as the wheel wells, which is why the bay is so small. This one has actually been trimmed to fit the 302 easier.

Its a Mako V8 by the way.

Kinja'd!!!

Camry-Into-Canyon > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/04/2014 at 09:44

hmm, so a short, decently powerful, refined motor. 1UZ, perhaps?

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/04/2014 at 10:03

cool as that would be, it seems wrong to put a Japanese motor in it. And that one is kinda like the Japanese equivalent of an SBC. If it was more unique and didn't require big modifications, IE, firewall and wheelwells, maybe.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Camry-Into-Canyon
10/04/2014 at 10:05

there is a guy on the CCNA that uses a VW 4 pot. He even milled his own twin can head.