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Old 20-04-2005, 09:16 PM   #1
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Default Anyone heard of this new DYNO TAG concept? It sounds awesome!!!

Was chatting with a customer of mine today, whose looking to install another dyno dynamics dyno soon, and wants me to get the computer side of it up and running. I'm thrilled to be able to learn some new stuff about dyno's.

He was telling me about a guy thats just bought a BIG shed in NSW somewhere, has bought 7 dyno dynamics dyno's and put them all in a row beside each other. Has a cage fitted around each dyno. 3 sides of these cages have projectors screens fitted to them.

The dyno's are linked to a computer system, to control the dyno (obviously)and projectors and other stuff.

The purpose of this is that you can put your car on the dyno, select an environment in which to race (ie: drag strip, bathurst simulation, street circuit, etc etc). You choose an opponent on one of the other dyno's, and the software will match you two up in competition.

Apparently the software is pretty good, with features like wind resistance factored in for hills etc, to load the dyno up more etc. The projectors will show the opponents car on your walls of the cage when going past buildings etc in street circuit mode and stuff....

Apparently there is going to be a couple of places set up with these facilities in australia, and will also be one or more placed in the states, so you can race an oversea's opponent.

Vehicles will be fitted with an interactive chip similiar to the e-toll chips to identify and update data for each vehicle.

The guy developing this is very rich apparently and this is his passion. Is designed to get the racers off the streets, and into a controlled environment.

I personally think this is an awesome project and would love to be involved in it's development if given the opportunity.

So anyone heard of it? It's really taking motorsports and computer games to the next level.
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Old 20-04-2005, 09:18 PM   #2
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Oh wow!! that would be sooooo cool!

the only thing it would lack is the G's
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Old 20-04-2005, 09:18 PM   #3
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Never heard of it but GIMME GIMME GIMME. Sounds like a fun toy!
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Old 20-04-2005, 09:21 PM   #4
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WOW!!! sounds expensive though ....
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Old 20-04-2005, 09:27 PM   #5
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I wasn't told this information was confidential or anything, so i shouldn't get in any trouble for telling what i was told about it... sh!t i hope i don't : He said this is reality and going ahead, i just wanted to know if anyone out there knows more details on it?

Would be a phenominal amount to set up, but if it's charged out to customers at the right amount, it will be great. Plus you'd be able to do a dyno run while you had you car set up on it anyways i guess. 2 birds with one stone as they say.

The concept sounds a lot better than the crappy computer race car simulator thing that was getting around where you could sit in the mx5.... the comforts and limits of your own car etc.
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Old 20-04-2005, 09:56 PM   #6
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that sounds skitz.
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Old 20-04-2005, 10:13 PM   #7
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That sounds like fun!! AFF dyno tag days coming up! Whu!!
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Old 20-04-2005, 10:37 PM   #8
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Yes we heard of this around 6 months back, there was one market for airport west the idea is to run agianst people interstate...
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Old 20-04-2005, 10:39 PM   #9
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Sounds like some of the thrills without the spills.

Maybe some of the V8SC drivers might need to practice on these instead of taking out other drivers cars.


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Old 20-04-2005, 10:59 PM   #10
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i actually heard about this from a lady at work... her daughter is a model and is doing some of the promotional stuff for this.. (i'm not sure whereabouts though)
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Old 21-04-2005, 05:27 AM   #11
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Do they attach sensors to your front wheels for steering etc? Sounds like an interesting concept, I wonder how they handle the handling aspect? Maybe they have a huge amount of cars programmed into the computer or something.
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Old 21-04-2005, 08:52 AM   #12
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Sounds like a glorified Playstation game.

Why would you bother thrashing the guts out of your car, and not actually experiencing the real thing?

Whatever happened to just taking your car onto a race track?

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Old 21-04-2005, 09:15 AM   #13
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Whatever happened to just taking your car onto a race track?

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Sox, very true, everything is a video game now
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Old 21-04-2005, 09:53 AM   #14
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What happens if you have a front wheel drive car??
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Sounds like a glorified Playstation game.

Why would you bother thrashing the guts out of your car, and not actually experiencing the real thing?

Whatever happened to just taking your car onto a race track?

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Completely agree. I think i'll take my car to the drags when I want to drag, and to the race track if I want to race........ and as accuarate as the dyno probably is at simulating an environment, how could it build in factors such as traction off the line? Do you get to spin up the tyres while on the dyno to warm up your tyres? and will there be a burnout comp. where see the other cars "simulated" smoke in the projectors :hihi:
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I think it's ghey, but then I bought a Skyline so, meh :P

At least you don't wear out your tyres lol
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Old 21-04-2005, 10:52 AM   #17
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That sounds pretty damn cool. I'd love to see it in action.
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Old 21-04-2005, 11:17 AM   #18
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Very expensive, approx 70k for a 2WD dyno. My dad just bought a new dyno, should arrive anytime now
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Old 21-04-2005, 07:17 PM   #19
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yeah i cant see the point in thrashing out your car and sucking down a tank of fuel just to play a video game....GT4 would turn out cheaper in the long run, i'm sure....
Would probably get a bit or racing off the streets though, which is of course a good thing.

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Old 21-04-2005, 09:27 PM   #20
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shows alot of potential
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