Street racing story, kinda like Ini-D... - Page 4

VQuick · 07-01-2003, 01:10 PM

No, I don't want this to be a comic. I'm hoping to get all three parts published as an anthology.

From there, I'd really like for it to become a live-action movie. I purposely kept things pretty simple so that a movie budget could be pretty low. Very few of the cars, for example, have any appearance mods. In the first part, there's only one car with significant bodywork.

There aren't a ton of big stunts, either. There is a lot of drving required, however. That way, the movie company would only need one or two(as opposed to several) of each car. Even then, the cars would pretty much need an identical color and wheels, and that's it.

VQuick · 09-29-2003, 03:18 PM

I hate to bring this back up again, but I wanted to let folks know that I am finished with the first and second parts now.

What took so long was that I got some crits about the narrative elements in a writer's forum, so I fixed it in both parts. I changed one minor character, progressively giving him a greater role in the whole trilogy. I also changed the intro of the second story, making it an actual race.

If anyone wants to read it, post your email or send me a PM.

Now I have to get started on the third part. It'll be hard, because I haven't spent a lot of time developing it yet. I still have to come up with a few character names, race routes(using real roads), and some other stuff.

VQuick · 09-29-2003, 05:38 PM

Just as a little preview, here's a tentative lineup for part three. I've decided that it will focus on European cars, and have a more diverse ethnic range of drivers.

Hero and his group
Scott- RB26DETT-powered ’98 MCS14 Nissan 240SX: 550hp
Scott- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII RS: 490hp after mods
Jenny- SR20DET-powered ’93 RMS13 Nissan 240SX: 310hp
Jenny- RB26DETT-powered ’98 MCS14 Nissan 240SX: 550hp
Kenneth- '04 Subaru Impreza STi w/ bolt ons, then built motor: 380hp w/ bolt ons, 470hp w/ built motor
Amber- ’02 BMW M Coupe w/ bolt ons: 340hp
Shin- RB30DE-T hybrid-powered ’71 Datsun 240Z: 570hp, 650hp on high boost setting.
Dante- Supercharged 3rd gen Infiniti Q45: 520hp after exhaust and boost increase
Dante- Twin turbocharged Infiniti G35 Coupe: 500hp
Julie- Mazda FD3S RX-7- 350hp

The G-Riders
Darren- Audi S4 w/ bolt ons: ~350hp
Paul- E46 BMW M3 w/ 100 shot: ~450hp

Independent Drivers
Alec- Aston Martin Vantage 600: 600hp
No name yet- Brabus S V12: 640hp
Imad- E39 BMW M5, possibly boosted- 500hp+
Angus- Ford Escort Cosworth: 380hp

A team of Porsches(needs a name)
No name yet- 993 Turbo: 500hp
No name yet- RUF 3400S- 320hp
Jasmine "Jazz"- 911 Slantnose Turbo: 340hp

JeffForSale! · 09-29-2003, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by VQuick

Just as a little preview, here's a tentative lineup for part three. I've decided that it will focus on European cars, and have a more diverse ethnic range of drivers.

Hero and his group
Scott- RB26DETT-powered ’98 MCS14 Nissan 240SX: 550hp
Scott- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII RS: 490hp after mods
Jenny- SR20DET-powered ’93 RMS13 Nissan 240SX: 310hp
Jenny- RB26DETT-powered ’98 MCS14 Nissan 240SX: 550hp
Kenneth- '04 Subaru Impreza STi w/ bolt ons, then built motor: 380hp w/ bolt ons, 470hp w/ built motor
Amber- ’02 BMW M Coupe w/ bolt ons: 340hp
Shin- RB30DE-T hybrid-powered ’71 Datsun 240Z: 570hp, 650hp on high boost setting.
Dante- Supercharged 3rd gen Infiniti Q45: 520hp after exhaust and boost increase
Dante- Twin turbocharged Infiniti G35 Coupe: 500hp
Julie- Mazda FD3S RX-7- 350hp

The G-Riders
Darren- Audi S4 w/ bolt ons: ~350hp
Paul- E46 BMW M3 w/ 100 shot: ~450hp

Independent Drivers
Alec- Aston Martin Vantage 600: 600hp
No name yet- Brabus S V12: 640hp
Imad- E39 BMW M5, possibly boosted- 500hp+
Angus- Ford Escort Cosworth: 380hp

A team of Porsches(needs a name)
No name yet- 993 Turbo: 500hp
No name yet- RUF 3400S- 320hp
Jasmine "Jazz"- 911 Slantnose Turbo: 340hp

You could do it TXR:0 style, call the Porsches like, Zodiac, name them all funky names "Lightening Buddha" (that was me

) or stuff...

VQuick · 09-29-2003, 09:04 PM

I don't know much about that game. The last console I had was an SNES, and I sold it back in '96.

I guess I can ask my friend. I kinda wanted a name that was associated with Porsche, but nothing comes to mind.

JeffForSale! · 09-29-2003, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by VQuick

I don't know much about that game. The last console I had was an SNES, and I sold it back in '96.

I guess I can ask my friend. I kinda wanted a name that was associated with Porsche, but nothing comes to mind.

TXR:0 has a Porsche wannabe, but they dont have license to any of the cars, EA has all rights to Porsche, so companies go to aftermarket tuners suck as Gemballa or RUF for cars...Need For Speed I guess will be your only choice...

(POS GAME!!!)

peter i · 09-30-2003, 05:30 AM

Is it a U.S. version of Initial D ?

Btw , i would like add ferreri Team in it .......

F40 LM
F355
360 Modena
GTO

VQuick · 09-30-2003, 07:43 AM

This story is like Initial D in the sense that I go into detail on car characteristics and driving technique. It's a bit like TF&TF too, because...um, it's based in the US.

I also include a lot of humor, and a bit of drama and decent romance, too.

I thought about adding a Ferrari or two, but I was worried that it would seem a bit unrealistic if one of them lost. I guess maybe a F355 wouldn't hurt...of course that would be just like the one in TF&TF.

RACER D12 · 09-30-2003, 12:58 PM

I really like the story so far but im like confused as to whats going on now and why do they keep on getting new cars?(example Darren lude, Vr4, GTI, S4) Also I liked the race with the RX7 better than the lighting. I mean come on your telling me he had a problem beating a truck, but creamed a SS? All and all good though I cant stop reading

RACER D12 · 09-30-2003, 01:03 PM

Oh one more thing I think scotts relationship with Darren in the story is a little werried. I think you should make them more rival than friends and heres why, if scott has been Darrens friend wouldnt he already know Darrens a poser? And for the future you should think about having scott make his own team.

VQuick · 09-30-2003, 03:09 PM

The reason characters kept getting new cars was because I couldn't make up my mind! I've been brainstorming since June of '02, and this thread is almost a year old, too.

However, Darren and Scott switch cars a lot. They both go from fwd, to rwd and awd as the story progresses. Notice that in each category, Darren always gets something that is a bit of a lame duck, compared to others in the genre. Of course, Darren makes his cars even worse than stock. The CRX could probably have beaten any of his cars.

Darren: Prelude, IS300, S4
Scott: CRX, 240SX, Evo VII RS

The reason I took out the RX-7 was that I realized it was the only import opponent in the entire story. I began thinking that having all domestic opponents would strengthen the import vs. domestic theme I wanted. I came up with the Lightning because originally, for the last race, I wanted a fast truck like a Dakota R/T. I realized it wasn't fast enough, and decided to go big. That meant either a Lightning or a Syclone/Typhoon, and I needed more Fords, so I went with the Lightning. I also thought it'd be funny to have Darren lose to a truck, which he thought was unpossible.

There's a car in the last race now, and it's an '03 Cobra.

As for Scott's relationship with Darren, you might notice that they aren't all that close. They're more like acquaintances. Scott figured that since Darren brags about being fast, that maybe he really is, and knows a lot of stuff.
Scott's best friend and closest rival ends up being Kenneth. Scott does kind of make up his own informal team. It's more like just the people he spends the most time with. They don't even have a team name or anything.

Oh yeah, you've got mail.

RACER D12 · 09-30-2003, 03:31 PM

Thanxs I cant wait to get to reading it.

RACER D12 · 09-30-2003, 03:34 PM

If you want a fast truck dosnt Dodge have the RAM R/T with like 500hp? its in the dodge forum.

JeffForSale! · 09-30-2003, 05:12 PM

You really need to spend your free time on something else

its already a little unrealistic, and you can tell the Initial D influence, why not try and think of your own ideas? (not in a bad way, i just mean something more original)

VQuick · 09-30-2003, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RACER D12

If you want a fast truck dosnt Dodge have the RAM R/T with like 500hp? its in the dodge forum.

The Ram SRT 10 isn't out yet. The concept wasn't even around when I first started planning this. Besides, Frank's gen 2 Lightning has FI, and an established aftermarket.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffForSale!

You really need to spend your free time on something else

its already a little unrealistic, and you can tell the Initial D influence, why not try and think of your own ideas? (not in a bad way, i just mean something more original)

Hey, now. You haven't read any versions of the stories, so you don't know how realistic/unrealistic it is, or what ID influences are there.

If you're looking at the nearly 1 year old posts in the thread, rest assured that most influences are gone. All my trilogy really has in common with ID now is racing on country roads at night. Besides, it's a bit hard to just stop it. I've been doing work on it since July of 2002.

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