G'Day fellow tuxers……. Its Bruce your host here once again…….. Its a overcast Saturday here right now…….…… This week was quiet……. Was raining again for most of the week…...

I learnt this week to never trust a Pengling……… After her post last week I thought Bomberman was in the World Cup ‘98 video game…….. Boy was I wrong……. Its just another boring squishy human soccer game…...


[+..••] As for gaming this week in Emulationville I played [+..••]

Arcade

Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory (1998 SNK) - Sports (Soccer)


Console

2002 FIFA World Cup (2002 EA Sports) - Sony PlayStation - Sports (Soccer)
Jungle Strike (1993 Electronic Arts) - Sega Mega Drive - Shoot 'em up
NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona (2002 Infogrames) - Sony PlayStation 2 - Sports (Racing)
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (1995 Acclaim) - Sega Mega Drive - Sports (Basketball)
NFL Blitz (1998 Midway) - Nintendo 64 - Sports (Football)
PES 2008: Pro Evolution Soccer (2007 Konami) - Sony PlayStation 2 - Sports (Soccer)
PES 2014: Pro Evolution Soccer (2013 Konami) - Sony PlayStation 2 - Sports (Soccer)
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (2006 Konami) - Sony PlayStation 2 - Sports (Soccer)
TOCA 2 Touring Car Championship (1998 Codemasters) - Sony PlayStation - Sports (Racing)
World Cup '98 (1998 EA Sports) - Sony PlayStation - Sports (Soccer)


PC

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 Rockstar) – Steam (Proton) - Action
NASCAR Heat 5 (2020 Motorsport Games) – Steam (Proton) - Sports (Racing)
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship (2021 Nacon) – Steam (Proton) - Sports (Racing)


Dick Trickles Racing Career: Part 31
NASCAR Dirt to Daytona: Part 31
Featherlite Modified Series Season 1: Race 9

Intro music…... Hello and welcome to Left Turn Heaven..... Im Murray Eastlake and today im going to be bringing you all the action from the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series: Round 9 of 11 here at Welch Valley Racing Complex……..



Welch Valley Racing Complex…….


Welch Valley Racing Complex is 2.22 miles long with 9 turns….. This is the only road course the Featherlite Modified Series attends…… The turns are fast and sweeping…… The straights are very long….. You need a good all round car that handles very well for this track……. Being such a different track to anything else on the calendar really does mean anything can happen here at Welch Valley Racing Complex…..

With no Weekly Dirt Racing Series races this week…….. Dick has been able to concentrate solely on getting the Klipsch Modified Flaming Dick Machine ready for this weeks race…… Dick will be 100% set up and prepared……. And wont want to have the same problems he had here earlier in the year when he suffered from over heating tyres….. Dick will be looking for a win to keep the pressure on Jason Sulivan……..

Speaking of the championship leader Jason Sulivan…… He will be looking to bounce back from the last two races……. While two second places are very good they are below his usual standard with five wins this season….. A win would almost seal the championship for him…...

Francis Lee and Joel York are on the edge of being knocked out of championship contention…… Both men really need a win to keep their championship hopes alive…… I will be keeping an eye on both of them this week as things could get spicy……..

Last years champion William Anderson is all but knocked out of the championship hunt……. He needs both Jason Sulivan and Dick to DNF two of the three races and hes needs two wins to put himself even in the championship hunt…….. Never say never……. But its as close to never as you can get…….

With just three races are left in the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series…… The championship is slipping through the fingers of many drivers hands……. Lots of drivers NEED a win save their seasons……. And with so much pressure on the drivers out there on the track today we could see tempers flair and they might even bring back the biff!…..

Dont touch the sets...... Dont touch the dials...... You wont want to miss a single moment of the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series....… Practice and qualifying are coming up right now……


Dick Trickle at the track ready to race.…


Dick spent a lot of time in practice setting up his car…… Getting the gear ratios just right as well as working on the suspension to make sure he had no overheating tyre issues…….. He was one happy looking Dick as the practice session came to a close……..

Qualifying was up next….. Dick had a sensational lap to easily claim pole with a time of 1:14.395…… Dick was so fast that second place was a whopping 3.7 seconds slower……. As Jason Sulivan could only manage a 1:18.011 to take second place…….

Francis Lee was third….. A further 1.5 seconds behind Jason Sulivan with a time of 1:19.503……… With Joel York snagging fourth with a 1:20.537……

Rounding out the top five was last years champion William Anderson with what would normally be considered a respectable time…… But he was a massive 7.1 seconds behind Dick with a time of 1:21.499……….

After qualifying……. Jason Sulivan was in a bad mood…….. As he had a good long hard look at Dicks Klipsch Modified Flaming Dick Machine in the paddock area with rule book in hand……. Looking to see if he could find anything even slightly illegal about the car he could complain about…… Sulivan left in an even worse mood……. Swearing under his breath when he couldnt find a single thing wrong with the car…….



Qualifying Results........



Dick Trickle lined up ready to start the race......


Dick Trickle led the field as the green flag dropped for the 23 lap race……. Dick and Jason Sulivan had a drag race to turn one with Dick getting the best of Sulivan to lead through the turn……

Francis Lee was in third trying hard to keep up with the leading pair……. While Joel York and William Anderson resumed their rivalry……. I wonder if they are sick of each other yet???……

Dick stretched his lead over the lap as Jason Sulivan just had no answers to Dicks raw hard pace……. Francis Lee was intent to keep Sulivan honest this race as he was hounding the back of his car towards the end of the lap…..

The leading three had already put on a decent gap to the pair of Joel York and William Anderson….. Those two where intent to fight as hard as needed to take fourth place……. With neither wanting to give up…….

As the race went one Dicks lead grew and grew……. He had a commanding lead after just a few laps……. And was already starting to lap the much slower cars after just 4 laps…….

Second placed Jason Sulivan was not having it all his own way this race……. As Francis Lee was here to beat Sulivan at all costs…… With Lee even getting into second place at one point before Sulivan snatched it back at the hairpin…… But no matter how hard Sulivan tried he just couldnt shake Lee off his rear……

Same could be said for Joel York who just couldnt shake William Anderson of his rear either as they kept fighting hard towards the half way point of the race…… They must have swapped positions at least two dozen times…….

At the half way point of the race……. Dick had a commanding 50 second lead over Jason Sulivan who still had Francis Lee up his rear……. With Joel York and William Anderson already a lap down…….

With 5 laps to go Dick had lapped the entire field and was cruising to the chequered flag…… His pace had dropped right down as he was making sure he brought the car home……

No change between second and third as Francis Lee was still all over the back of Jason Sulivan…… Francis really needs to beat Sulivan to keep his slim championship hopes alive……

Fourth was Joel York with William Anderson so far up his rear we might need to censor the footage……… As they approached more lapped traffic…….. William Anderson tried to use a lapped car to make a move on Joel York….. Anderson got two wheels on the grass on the outside of the turn and spun the car…… I could almost hear him swear from all the way over here in the commentary booth as he pointed the car back in the right direction and rejoined the circuit……

With 2 laps to go…… There was a puff of smoke out of Francis Lees car……. Then his pace dropped dramatically…… It looks like Francis Lees engine is expiring……. And then there was a huge plume of smoke bellowing from the car that would make Puff the Magic Dragon blush……..

As Lee pulled over and parked the car beside the track….. His championship chances were now officially over……..

There was no such issues for Dick as the chequered flag waved….. Dick took his third win in a row……. In a total dominating Dick display…… No one could touch his Dick today……

Second was Jason Sulivan…… Who just had no answers for Dicks raw pace……. He does keep a quite healthy championship lead over Dick……. More worryingly Jason Sulivan was a massive 1 lap behind Dick…..

Third was Joel York who keeps his super slim championship hopes alive….. He needs both Jason Sulivan and Dick to finish nineteenth and twentieth in the next two races and he needs to win both races to win the championship…… That is the only way he can do it now……. He was 1 lap behind the winner

Fourth was last years champion William Anderson……. Whos chance of back to back championships has officially ended…… He just had no way to stop the Jason Sulivan and Dick juggernaut this season…… Hes going to have to work extra hard over the off season to get back to winning ways…… As he was a mamoth 2 laps behind the winner today…….

Fifth was Gary Soros whos championship hopes were over long ago……. He had a huge smile on his face as he took his second top five finishing result this season……. He was also 2 laps behind Dick…...



Race Results..…


The crowed cheered loudly as Dicks smoke filled burnout down the main straight was a sight to behold…… I think Puff the Magic Dragon would be very jealous of that one too……

After the smoke finally cleared and Dick had made his way to victory lane…… I grabbed Dick to have a word with him……

“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THREE IN A ROW……... YEAH BABY!!!!! *Spanks Pussy Galores arse*…... Pity the wrong engine blew up Murray……. I really needed that to be [Jason] Sulivans engine……. His luck has to run out soon just like Francis Lees luck ran out today…….. And when it does I will be there ready to pounce”

“The Klipsch Modified Flaming Dick Machine was awesome all weekend long…… It handles so damn nice….. No tyre issues at all with the upgrades……. Nothing could rob me of that win today Murray……”

“Back to the oval of New Hampshire International Raceway next week……. I won there last week and I dont think there is any reason why I cant win there again next week…….. Ill just keep plugging away and getting wins and hopefully [Jason] Sulivan has a bad week…… I just need to concentrate on my own car and own performance……. Thats all I can do Murray…….”

Well there you have it folks…… Dick is well and truly still in the hunt for the championship…….

Next week the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series heads to New Hampshire International Raceway…….. Yes we were there last week and we are going back there next week…..

And then there were three….. Only Jason Sulivan, Dick and Joel York have any chance of winning the 2004 Featherlite Modified Series Championship……… And Joel York needs a hell of a lot to to go his way as well…….

With just two races to go…… Joel York NEEDS to win next week or he will be eliminated from the championship hunt……. There is no “can he do it???” anymore…. HE MUST DO IT!…….

Dick needs a win to keep the pressure on Jason Sulivan…… He has really come alive during the last few races……. Should Jason Sulivan be worried????……..

Jason Sulivan is in control of his own destiny at this point…… If he continues to drive fast and smart and gets a win he will wrap up the championship next week……. If he makes any mistake or has a mechanical problem then Dick will be right there to take full advantage of him……. Can Sulivan do it???…… Or will he falter at the second last hurdle???…..

Tune in next week for the answers to all these questions and more….. Exclusively here on Left Turn Heaven……..

This is Murray Eastlake reporting for Left Turn Heaven..... And until next time its goodbye from me....


Winnings.…



NASCAR Heat Weekly.…



2004 Modified Series Championship Standings after round 9 of 11.…







First lap Modified Dick action....


Jungle Strike…...



Déjà vu the sensation I am playing something I have played before……..

The graphics are again really good……. There is slightly more detail in Jungle Strike…….. The desert has been replaced with a urban/jungle environment……. And you pilot a slightly fictional Comanche attack helicopter….. It looks similar to the first game but thats not a bad thing the Desert Strike looked excellent for the time….

The sounds are again very weak…….. There is no music during gameplay……… Very limited music between missions…… The helicopter sounds woeful and the weapons sounds weak……. This is again a very weak area of the game……. And also again it really needed some of this…...

The controls are the same….. The helicopter still has tank controls….. Has a set altitude…….. And the A B and C buttons are used for the different weapons……. But then again…. Why fix what aint broken……. Right???……….

The storyline……. Nothing much has changed here either……. This time its Kilbabas son as the main villain…. With Carlos Ortega also being a villain….. They both kidnap April O’Neil who was on location on a tropical jungle holiday……..

The US send in a single Comanche Attach Helicopter to stop the two of them……. In a series of strikes……. Jungle Strikes…….

The gameplay is almost identical to the Desert Strike…… There are a series of missions that take place on large maps…… Destroy buildings and airstrips and power generators and so on…… It is a lot of fun to play……. But it is all just way to similar to Desert Strike……..

Overall its a great game but its so similar to Desert Strike…... You cant help but make comparisons……. Jungle Strike is just slightly better in nearly every way but there is not much in it…….

And that is why my final score for Jungle Strike is Agent Orange out of 10……...


Jungle Strike…..


The Road To PES Penguin 6


The road to unlock the PES Penguin in Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is at 50 PES points out of 5000……….


Yes….. Yet another stupid segment……..

I know how much whizse loves to have a nice stiff drink while reading my long weekend posts……. So im going to make them even longer for a little while….. So he can enjoy his stiff drink even longer…..

Since the 2023 Rugby World Cup has now officially started in France…… I will be following along by playing Rugby 08 (2007 EA Sports) – Sony PlayStation 2 – Sports (Rugby)……. It has a 2007 Rugby World Cup mode in the game…… So while not the same as the 2023 Rugby World Cup I can replicate the Rugby World Cup in some form at least…… I will be playing as the Australian Wallabies and I will be playing the games the same day the Wallabies play their world cup matches in real life…….

They wont be super long segments just a brief little bit about how the games went and a few screenshots…….

Its a long tournament and the games are spaced out quite a bit so it should really only be one game per week…. Maybe two max very now and then……. The World Cup Final is not until October 29th…...

Next week…… Will be a very busy week on gaming this week……. Besides that I need to get out and mow the lawns again and I need to try and get out and walk the dog more…….

As for gaming there will be hardcore modified Dick Trickle racing action in NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona……. Getting down and dirty in WRC 10…….. More PES Penguin 6…….. Rugby World Cup in Rugby 08……… And I will be going on yet Dakar Rally……. Will it be good this time???…...

Well thats it from me…… Hope all you tuxers have a good week……

Now for my bad joke of the week……
Q: Why do bees have sticky hair???......
A: Because they use honeycombs.......
*ba dum.... tssssh…...*

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