Sum up your 2011 on RD

[Ross Balfour]

It's approaching the end of yet another year, and I'm approaching 4 years on Racedepartment now. 2011 has been the quietest year for me, with exams, work and social life taking over, I definiately haven't been able to race or post in this forum as much as I would like to compared to years gone by. I saw a thread in another forum which I thought I would "Borrow" as I thought it was a nice, friendly touch to sum up 2011 on Racedepartment. Just complete the following few questions answering with a member of Racedepartment. Hopefully most members can have a go at this, and nobody gets offended if they aren't selected. I will do my list too in a few days

Who would you like to meet in real life:
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u:
Most missed member:
Weirdest thread by:
Most helpful/kindest member:
Who do u want to see the face behind the name:
Best sense of humor:
Most shocking post/thread by:
Best quote by:
Most Rational/Irrational member:
Most open-minded/close-minded:
Thread of the year:
Most Entertaining/Interesting member:
Most mysterious member:
Favourite Newcomer:
League of the Year:
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year:

 

[Kyle Puttifer]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Don't like the connotations of this. XD
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Don't know anyone who likes alternate rock
Most missed member: Wasn't really very active until Spring this year.
Weirdest thread by: Bots in general.
Most helpful/kindest member: Steve O'Malley/Rob Hermans/ehrlec/R Soul/Steve Palmer
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: Same as 1) - bad connotations
Best sense of humour: Me
Most shocking post/thread by: Mohan King (crazy rant about a simple mistake by me during F1 92 @ Rouen)
Best quote by: Kennett Ylitalo (quotes from Raikkonen about F1)
Most Irrational member: Me
Most open-minded: Steve Barsby (willing to give up practice time to help me get to grips with RD club racing)
Thread of the year: link
Most Entertaining member: Mohan King (constant moaning during club races)
Most mysterious member: Adam Eggbeer
Favourite Newcomer: Me (of course)
League of the Year: Haven't tried any, although I've watched FSR highlights.
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: GP2 @ Road America (dominating pace but DNF)

My RD year overall - started club racing in June and was solidly at the back of the field. I've now got to the point where I am right at the front, now I need to work on finishing races. "To finish first, first you have to finish".

 

[William Levesque]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Hiroshi Awazu, Keith Barrick, David Jundt... Meh, pretty much everyone I enjoyed talking to !
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Ondrej Kapal ?
Most missed member: I'm almost new !
Weirdest thread by: No idea
Most helpful/kindest member: James Johnson for his base setup and Roy Magnes for his skin in the WV8S... Of course Ryan Callan for the league side of things ! Then for kindest... There's probably too many to be named !
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: I've seen a few in the Members photos thread...
Best sense of humor: David Jundt, Erik Tveit
Most shocking post/thread by: Euh...
Best quote by: No idea, too many of them !
Most Rational/Irrational member: No idea...
Most open-minded/close-minded: Euh...
Thread of the year: Euh...
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Erik Tveit ! XD
Most mysterious member: Hmmmm...
Favourite Newcomer: Adrian Holm, as he accepted to be my co-driver for Bathurst !
League of the Year: WV8S, WTM
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: WTM at Virginia, WV8S at Bathurst

 

[Erik Tveit]

Who would you like to meet in real life: My parents wouldn't let me.. Anyway, would be fun to meet the younger gang, etc Levesque, Jundt..
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Anyeone who likes all kind if music unless Bieber..
Most missed member: Dunno
Weirdest thread by: May be many of these
Most helpful/kindest member: William Levesque, Pinky Myrvold, Roy Magnes, Ryan Callan, Toby Davis, and prob many more
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: William Levesque!
Best sense of humor: Illivanov, Levesque, and ofcourse, Keith Barrick and Callan!
Most shocking post/thread by: Shockityshockshock?
Best quote by: Kenneth, (see the last part of this post)
Most Rational/Irrational member: Dunno
Most open-minded/close-minded: Myrvold!
Thread of the year: WTM S3 sign up
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: may you know..
Most mysterious member: Levesque, because he's French Fries
Favourite Newcomer: I don't know. But the best one may be Adrian Holm Because he was so fast in his first ever V8 race.
League of the Year: WTM S3
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: WTM S3, Spa and Virgina

The best quote:

On tyres…
I don’t know and it doesn’t mean anything to me. Tyres are what they are.
On Finland…
Well, in summer there’s fishing and f#¤king. And in winter… the fishing is bad.
Kimi, what’s the 5th grid place like?
It’s the 5th grid place.
On not seeing red lights in the pit lane…
If there’s a red light when you leave the pit lane you have to stop. Then some wooden eye (Hamilton) crashes into you and breaks the car.
The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you?
It protects my head.
Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many have?
I wipe it so that I can see better.
What are the kind of things that make you angry in normal life, as you say?
If you keep asking questions like those.
On the Yas Marina Circuit
“Well, the first few turns are quite good, but the rest of it is ****”
During his NASCAR debut…
“We’re so f"#king ****, it’s unbelievable. The car is **** because I cannot get it turned! It is so frustrating! I cannot get the f"#king car turned!”’

 

[Kyle Puttifer]

That's the quote I put Erik, I think that will get lots of nominations. XD

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Oh man really? Too many to list. i'm going to say everyone that i stay in contact with on a near daily basis on this forum.
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Everyone from Epic Rock/Metal and Epic Trance.
Most missed member: Yves Larose (Where did he go?)
Weirdest thread by: Me : Anyone Into Airsoft Guns.
Most helpful/kindest member: Jim Cole, Dennis Phelan, Yves Larose,Kennett Ylitalo
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: William Levesque
Best sense of humor: Omer Said, William Levesque, Mohammed Abidi, Erik Trevit, Kyle Puttifer. Oh and me!
Most shocking post/thread by: Bram Hengeveld (Auto Correct thread) the stuff that was said on it.
Best quote by: N/A
Most Rational/Irrational member: Too many Rationals/Irrationals: Not willing to say name/names on this one.
Most open-minded/close-minded:Again too many good Open Minded/Close minded: Me sometimes.
Thread of the year: Race Department annual awards threads.
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Sorry but i'm gonna say me
Most mysterious member: N/A
Favourite Newcomer:N/A
League of the Year: Aware Simracing Team (I better start and finish a race 2 DNS so far)
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: Mini race @ Adelaide 2011, GT Sport @ Mosport.

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

Come one all,116000+ members and just us doing this? Lets all get in on this. Racing Staff is mandatory lol!. Damn i can't add Smileys with my smartphone, it's not that smart lol!.

 

[Omer Said]

I tried to think answers for these questions, but could hardly answered half of them properly

 

[Ross Balfour]

I'll finally do mine

Who would you like to meet in real life: Kevin Ascher, James Johnson, Christophe Berton, Rhys Gardiner, Chris Aponte, David Garcia, Rami Kaukola, Marcin Skrzypczak, Omer Said, Phil Antonia and so so many others!
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Edgar Herrero, Pietr Theron, Bram Hengeveld, Marcel vd Aa
Most missed member: Yves Larose, Atilla Domjan, Warren Dawes, Niklas Vesterinen, Robert Crone
Weirdest thread by: Bram and Xose's Trolololool thread, or one of JJ's threads.
Most helpful/kindest member: This list could seriously last forever.
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: Have seen the face of most people in that thread
Best sense of humor: James Johnson
Most shocking post/thread by: Christophe Berton, when I was invited to join RPM, biggest shock of my life!
Best quote by:
Thread of the year: Best Dance/Trance Tunes thread
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Omer Said!
Most mysterious member: Jesper Taulborg
Favourite Newcomer: Nick Brooke
League of the Year: Haven't had time to participate or even watch any this year, but still STC for me is the #1 League on Racedepartment.
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: Lead every lap in a WTCC Race at Spa, great battle with Henrik Horvath and David Zafiu untill my connection went with 3 corners to go, great race though!

 

[Ross Balfour]

I tried to think answers for these questions, but could hardly answered half of them properly

You don't have to answer all of them, just the ones you want

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

I tried to think answers for these questions, but could hardly answered half of them properly

USE THE FORCE you'll get it in no time! Roflmao!

 

[Bradley Vanian]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Scott Sovik, William Levesque,
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Liam Jenkins
Most missed member: Haven't been on long enough to know many missed members.
Weirdest thread by: That thread that was recently posted in the Awards Section about F1 2011 Setups.
Most helpful/kindest member: Rob Hermans
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: William Levesque, Scott Sovik, Adam Eggbeer
Best sense of humor: Erik Tviet
Most shocking post/thread by: I've probably done a shocking post somewhere... Well, I say probably...
Best quote by: Not sure yet.
Most Rational/Irrational member: (Rational) Ole Marius Myrvold (Irrational) No Idea
Most open-minded/close-minded: (Open Minded) Roy Manges (Close Minded) No Idea
Thread of the year: World Touring Masters Endurance Discussion
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Erik Tviet and William Levesque
Most mysterious member: Jesper Taulborg. Fast but rarely talks or mentions anything.
Favourite Newcomer: Haven't been on long enough to know newcomers as I am a newcomer myself.
League of the Year: WV8S 2011. Almost like a real life league. That's how realistic it was.
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: 207 Super 2000 @ Mid Ohio Race 2. My first and only lead lap so far.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Who would you like to meet in real life:
James Johnson and watch Ferris Wheels with him

Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u:
Marcel vd Aa, easy pick

Most missed member:
Attila Domjan

Most helpful/kindest member:
James Chant, does a monster job here at the F1 forums on daily basis and Jari Vinnari as the most underestimated member for making tons of awesome videos for our youtube channel

Best sense of humor:
Omer Said and especially his Race Car Toons. Absolutely love it.

Best quote by:
During last weeks rally race on Brands Hatch. All drivers on the grid drove a blue and white Peugeot and on teamspeak someone commented: "hey watch out, I am that blue and white car behind you"

Most Rational member:
for the fifth year in a row: Warren Dawes, who else

Most Entertaining member:
Marcin & Rami a.k.a. Beavis & Butthead

Most mysterious member:
The Stig

Favourite Newcomer:
Too many, lots of great people have joined the last year

League of the Year:
Still the RD Le Mans Series, a true flag ship and great experience for both the driving teams and the viewers of the broadcasts

Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year:
this one in game stock car came close to the perfect race. All drivers were so close together the entire race

 

[Resi Respati]

My hiatus is holding me back here.

Who would you like to meet in real life:
Omer Said, Daniel Higgins.

Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u:
Dunno.

Most missed member:
Rhys Gardiner.

Weirdest thread by:
Me?

Most helpful/kindest member:
n/a

Who do u want to see the face behind the name:
n/a

Best sense of humor:
Omer Said

Most shocking post/thread by:
Bram Hengeveld.

Best quote by:

FINISH.

Most Rational/Irrational member:
n/a

Most open-minded/close-minded:
n/a

Thread of the year:
EPIC Dance/Trance Tunes.

Most Entertaining/Interesting member:
Omer Said.

Most mysterious member:
n/a

Favourite Newcomer:
Hiroshi Awazu.

League of the Year:
RDLMS.

Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year:
None. I never raced.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Many many people
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: No idea really, I like most of the music posted here.
Most missed member: Yves Larose, William Yunck, Eric Kaczmarek
Weirdest thread by: Hmm. Don't know.
Most helpful/kindest member: The whole RD Staff, and Jim Cole in the hardware section
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: Everyone who I didn't see already in that thread
Best sense of humor: Omer Said, and some other guys as well
Most shocking post/thread by: Wasn't really shocked by anything.
Best quote by: Kennett Ylitalo, the Raikkönen quotes, those were great
Most Rational/Irrational member: I guess most members here are quite rational
Most open-minded/close-minded: I don't know
Thread of the year: "Any photos you would like to post,whether it's you neighborhood, workplace, whatever."
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Hiroshi Awazu
Most mysterious member: everyone who registered but doesn't post, I guess they're mysterious enough!
Favourite Newcomer: Arunas Linkevicius, had a few very nice battles with him in the racing club
League of the Year: WTM S2/S3 and RDGTC S4, liked all of them, raced in no other league
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: Hard question. I wasn't really lucky this year, but had some fun races!

 

[Omer Said]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Too many to count, but espicially ForumGames gang
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: Rhys Gardiner as he shared some OSTs here.
Most missed member: Kris Leeten, Kevin Ascher and Ross Balfour in FR
Weirdest thread by: n/a
Most helpful: Bram Hengeveld spent countless hours with his coffee
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: Want to have a trip in Thomas Hackel's truck in Europe
Best sense of humor: Daniel Higgins as a FR mod
Most shocking post/thread by: n/a
Best quote by: It must be Bram's nominee:

During last weeks rally race on Brands Hatch. All drivers on the grid drove a blue and white Peugeot and on teamspeak someone commented: "hey watch out, I am that blue and white car behind you"

Most Rational member:Xose Estrada
Most open-minded: Bram Hengeveld
Thread of the year: April Fool's thread (Factor2)
Most Interesting member: Hiroshi Awazu with his journals about his girlfriend
Most mysterious member: System! It even speaks sometimes
Favourite Newcomer: Zeynel Babacan
League of the Year: n/a
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: Not much racing this year, so i can't recall

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

I'm not letting this thread fade away yet. Not quite end of the year.

 

[Adam Eggbeer]

Who would you like to meet in real life: My fellow DSC team mates.
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to you: Lee Palmer
Most missed member: Matthew Gutteridge
Weirdest thread by: Bram and Xose's Trololo thread
Most helpful/kindest member: Too many to name them all.
Who do u want to see the face behind the name: Omer Said. (remove that mask )
Best sense of humor: Ryan Callan and Keith Barrick when commentating together
Most shocking post/thread by: N/A
Best quote by: Ole Marius Myrvold: "until I saw C.Diaz behind me... I honestly thought "WTF!? Cameron Diaz driving rF???" and then I crashed."
Most Rational/Irrational member: N/A
Most open-minded/close-minded: N/A
Thread of the year: rFactor 2 April Fools thread
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Too many to choose from.
Most mysterious member: Omer Said. I wanna know what is behind that mask
Favourite Newcomer: Too many to name just one.
League of the Year: All RD leagues have been great this year.
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: RDFPC R5 @ Montreal. Long, hard race to finish 2nd and is my highest league finish to date.

 

[Ross Balfour]

Best quote by: Ole Marius Myrvold: "until I saw C.Diaz behind me... I honestly thought "WTF!? Cameron Diaz driving rF???" and then I crashed."
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I remember that quote, pure gold! Keep them coming guys!

 

[David Carter]

Who would you like to meet in real life: Everyone.
Who do you think has the closest musical taste to u: whoever like christmas songs and football chants the most.
Most missed member:
Weirdest thread by:
Most helpful/kindest member: Everyone I have spoke to has been great.
Who do u want to see the face behind the name:
Best sense of humor: Ryan Callan and Keith Barrick during commentary. Absolutly amazing team and I think Sky missed a trick not signing them up for F1.
Most shocking post/thread by:
Best quote by:
Most Rational/Irrational member:
Most open-minded/close-minded:
Thread of the year:
Most Entertaining/Interesting member: Erik Tveit by a country mile.
Most mysterious member:
Favourite Newcomer: me
League of the Year: All of the Leagues have been fantastic but if I had to pick 1 it would be WTM.
Your best Race on Racedepartment this Year: It wasn't a race but the Fun event @ Rainbow Road.