AIR.

So I managed to get my hands on a (pirated) copy of the game.

Not everyone's rich enough to import stuff from Japan, you see. Plus I would probably have been motivated enough to get Standard Edition. Y'know, the one with the scenes and stuff. Then I would probably die.

So I have the All-Ages Version. )= Currently one hour into the novel and still stuck at the third day.

I managed to find a partial English patch, enough to get me through Misuzu's path. But that's about it. Doing my best not to diverge from it. At least, until the full patch is out.

Screenshots:


This game is pretty fun.


No, seriously. They give you three options or two and you choose one. It's exhilarating.


Sometimes you get nice options like these too.


And the guy who created the patch has great spelling. Not that I'm complaining.

Koenigsegg CCR

Today, in response to the tag by Terence on his favourite cars, I today feature the car that broke the 12-year world road car speed record held by the Mclaren F1 in my preceding post, but broken barely a month after that by the current world record holder, the Bugatti Veyron.

That's right, the Koenigsegg CCR. A mouthful to say but oh-so-elegant. I still think the Mclaren's better, though.

My first (and not-so-good) experience with public broadcast of my knowledge of the supercar was during the Police Knowledge course when there was a breaktime game going on. Most of you should know the fuzzywuzzy game. One of my statements was, "fuzzywuzzy likes Koenigsegg but does not like Lamborghini". Or something along those lines. Quite understandably, I was met with confusion from both the host and the rest of the audience, which I took to understand that no one knew this wonderful car brand and subsequently replaced with Ferrari and Mitsubishi.

The Koenigsegg CCR, in a power-to-piston comparison, trumps both the Mclaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron with its V8 producing 806 bhp, compared to the Mclaren F1's V12 with 605 bhp and the Bugatti's V16 producing over a thousand. Its speed tops out at 387.87 km/h around a banked track, which beats the Mclaren F1's 386.7, but understandably enough it has the capability for much more if tested on a straight track, as was the Mclaren and Bugatti on Volkswagen's 9km straight. However, I do not possess much else knowledge about this relatively unknown supercar, aside from the fact that its steering is sub-par, with severe understeer needing the steering wheel set at a sharp angle of 30 degrees at its top speed around the banked track.

And that is all for today's post. Tata!

Next post: Featuring an all-too-famous vehicle from the guys at Maranello. Take a guess.

Best Cars in the World - #1

So I decided it's time for a weekly post to celebrate (in my opinion) the best cars on the planet. So for this first post today... I'll start off with the first car (duh).

Now, the first car is... the Mclaren F1.



The Mclaren F1, first produced in 1991, is considered the "Ultimate Driver's Car" in certain circles. It seats 3, with the driver in the centre, and is thus suited for driving on both left-hand and right-hand drive roads (if you can afford the hefty price tag). Only 100 units of this car were ever produced, but it was (and still is) an extremely beautiful car with status to boot.

The Mclaren F1 can reach a top speed of 381 km/h, a record unmatched until merely a year ago, with the advent of the Koenigsegg CCR. Which now brings us to the issue of speed.



In a battle between the Mclaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron, who would win? Ultimately the Veyron wins with its almost 40 km/h higher top speed, but this is to be expected when the car has almost twice the amount of horsepower as the Mclaren F1 - a very imbalanced trade-off for an extra 40 km per hour. Also, if you compare their fuel economy, the Mclaren sips fuel compared to the thirsty Veyron, energy needed to move that large mass and power the thousand horses in the engine. Even if you look at it, the Mclaren F1 has a sleeker, swifter look than the Veyron, which is all that matters when your onlookers can't tell the fastest car in the world from the Nissan Sunny next to you.

(for the original wallpaper in all its 1600x1200 glory, contact me or find the really nice website.)

The Mclaren F1 really is one of the most well respected supercars of all time, ranking way up there with respect for the Ferrari F40. It's body crafted entirely from carbon fibre is technology out of the new millenium, but almost 10 years ago. Gold plates the engine cover, as it was the best reflector known to man at the time of manufacture.

And as you expected, THIS is my favourite car of all time. And now you know. (:

Worldly Wonders.

Archive from October 21st, 2007:

I seriously can't believe I wrote this.

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Sometimes I think that I’m meant for greater things. But then the real world catches up with me and I go crashing down to earth.

Has one ever considered the concept of life? It is almost utterly pointless, as we on Earth are but one little microcosm situated in the vastly uncharted Universe, which even the best of scientists do not know enough about to banter about the existence of other sentient lifeforms on other planets, let alone the existence of other Universes, or even if things like wormholes will ever see a future in interstellar space travel.

If you think about it, life in general is but transient, an eventuality of extinction awaiting every single one of us, whether intelligent or primal, in a universe where the only constant is change.

With thoughts like these, is it no wonder I spend so much time sitting at my table in class being utterly silent as others communicate, staring a hole in the floor as I immerse myself in my inner thoughts? It is as if my existence is split in half: My world, and the rest of it.

Or maybe all these thoughts may just disappear as my headache disappears.