Time Out Biz Conference to Feature SimDeck Simulator

Time Out – The Conference and not the time for kiddies to take a break, will feature the SimDeck PET250 Race Car simulator in the Aotea Event Centre in downtown Auckland.

The Time Conference Virtual Grand Prix will pit Speaker against Speaker and Delegates.

The venue will be a bit of a challenge to get the vehicle in due to a slight problem …yep you guess it when the building was built the designers placed a supporting post for the above floor slap bang in the middle of the race track, well actually down the corridor leading off the loading bay doors.  Anyway a few dollars in the hand and we have been assured all will be catered for on Thursday when we set the race car up.

Time Out Conference  http://www.timeconvention.co.nz/

We will be finding out who really is the best driver as we re-create the Singapore night time Formula One Grand Prix from last weekend. Will petrol be spilled out again in the pits and will there be a suprise winner.

SimDeck is partnering with the Corporate Event Guide Publishers to entertain delegates as we put them thru their paces during the breaks, proving why Corporate Event Guide Judges nominated SimDeck Formula Simulators for the People’s Choice as the best Team Building Activity in NZ.

Check out the list of top business development speakers.  http://www.timeconvention.co.nz/celebrity-speakers-showcase/

We will be putting each of the speakers into the open cockpit Formula One styled race car and testing to see whether NZ Internet Guru Debbie-Mayo Smith is as good on the race track as she is at getting people online, or Bill James the ultimate networker – does he connect more people than he does barrier fences. My bets are with Aaron Fleming, The Ironman who had a collapsed lung told he would never be physically active again and went on to race competitively internationally…sounds like he has the attributes of a Champion,  Wayne Tempero who has spent his life protecting the super rich and famous maybe just the man to have around though if Weijun Collins emerges the winner on the day. Her childhood was destroyed when the Chinese Communist Government denounced her father. She spent years working under harsh conditions, living in a cave with little to eat or drink. After managing to escape, Weijun’s life took many twists and turns. These and other speakers will keep delegates on the edge of the seat.

So if you need to know a little background on the Singapore F1 GP check out this site.

Want to know more about the real world details of an F1 race car that we replicate in our virtual world, then visit here.

This is what we will be re-creating in a virtual world…“>

Interested in the SimDeck race car at your conference to entertain the delegates, then call race HQ on Tel 09-444-6-111 to discuss how we can bring a completely new dimension to a conference theme.
Post Event endorsement
Hi Kevin
We want to thankyou for bringing your racing car to TIME.
It added a unique and memorable aspect to the day.
We definitely hope to work with you in the future.
All the best
Ashley & Sharon
Corporate Event Guide

SimDeck Birthday Race Cakes

The SimDeck Birthday cakes are exclusive to SimDeck Formula Simulators and add that unique and special aspect to the SimDeck Simulation Birthday.

The hairpin is one of the most dangerous part of the circuit. Gain a position or loose control. Eating a race track has never tasted as good!

Having a good Pit Crew is very important if you want to win your race and eat your cake.

The hairpin is one of the most dangerous part of the circuit. Gain a position or loose control. Eating a race track has never tasted as good!

The crash helmet is vital for safety and becomes a work of art. Now you can literally eat your helmet!

Get you teeth into an actual steering wheel from a Formula One race car.

This dynamic cake top design combines the nose of a Ferrari race car and helmet.

Rear view of the F2 Cooper. Man and Machine bring together the rush of speed and towards the winner’s flag.

This replica F2 500 Cooper race car brings back the era when motor sports was a fledging industry and sport.

This colourful teal blue and yellow trim short is the Renault Pit Crew shirt.

This bright red Ferrari Shirt is the famous red colour.

This BMW Sauber jacket keeps the team warm and your stomach full.

The actual left rear tyre from Scott Dixons’s car that won the Indy 500. Rubber was never this tasty before!

The actual cockpit from Scott Dixon’s Indy 500 car. The fastest cockpit in America.

The winner’s flag is what every race car driver wants to win. Especially when you can eat it!

This winner’s single seat cake race car looks stunning in red and black.

In high speed action this open cockpit race car is raced in a virtual world race track.

This sleek virtual car can be eaten and then driven in the SimDeck race car simulator.

The SimDeck simulator is a real race car and a simulator. Now it is also a cake!

This scene is from an actual virtual race, now you can eat the cake and have a race.

Feeling lucky in this Honda Racing team jacket?

No birthday party with the SimDeck Race car simulator should be without our exclusively designed race car cakes. Each design highlights the many varied aspects of Formula open wheel race car motorsports. Our range starts off with over 20 exciting designs providing a wide choice. To select the design for your birthday cake just quote the cake number. If the design is out of stock we can produce new stock in about 4 days, so plan ahead and we will have the design of your choice.

Don’t forget to participate in our Race Poll … which cake is a real winner…. and here we let you decide. (scroll to end of this page)

The cakes are either a chocolate Mud Cake or Carrot Cake manufactured for us by an A Grade commercial cake kitchen so quality is always assured. Some cake top race images are designed to have additional custom writing, for example the child’s name etc where we can add custom details like birthday name, age etc. All cakes are fresh and overall size is 9″ diameter and provides about 12 slices.

Eat the race track! Pictured is the smaller 4 inch size print.

Availability
Cakes are available for single purchase or as part of the SimDeck Birthday Simulator Experience.
Please place your order 7 days before you require it. If you wish to purchase a cake only, payment is required at time of collection. If you are selecting a cake(s) as part of the SimDeck Simulator Experience the cost for one cake with a 4 inch race print is included as part of the Birthday Experience.
Costs
Carrot Cake with selected 3.5″-4″ dia printed race image. $43.00 (GST Incl)
Mud Cake with selected 3.5″-4″ printed race image. $43.00 (GST Incl)

Carrot Cake with selected 8″ dia printed race image. $60.00 (GST Incl)
Mud Cake with selected 8″ dia printed race image. $60.00 (GST Incl)

Miniature Single Person Chocolate cake with 50mm dia. Printed Race Scene. Chocolate Cake infused with coffee syrup, covered with smooth silky white chocolate ganche and decorated with a miniature high resolution printed race scene.
Per cake – $4.50. Minimum Order for SimDeck Event – 6 pieces.
Per cake – $4.50. Minimum Order for your own event – 12 pieces.

Custom Option
Name writing $7.90 (GST Incl). Only on the 9″ cake.

Please refer to the SimDeck Simulators Birthday pack information for additional food and drink options available for your function. We have standard Packages available according to the number of birthday guests. Simple send an email to sales@simdeck.com with the Subject line Simdeck Birthday Party Request.

SimDeck Simulators make a enthusiastic hit at the Speed Show

The SimDeck PET250 and smaller PET110 Race Car Simulators are enthusiastically received by every age group at the Speed Show in Auckland. A steady stream of drivers impressed and entertained a constant audience of some very skilled and not so skilled drivers race in the USA Orchard Circuit. The simulator system built by SimDeck delivers a very unique and life like experience, of which many drivers said it was very realistic delivering all the vibrations and and concentration of the real world experience.

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Simdeck PET250 simulator race car brings Scott Dixon’s winning Indy 500 car alive.

SimDeck brings the Scott Dixon car alive. The SimDeck PET250 simulator recreated the virtual version of the Scott Dixon car and bought it to life on the Orchard Lake circuit. The simulator created a real buzz amongst those who took on the mantle of Scott Dixon in the virtual world as they endeavoured to maintain control and high speed. However Scott has nothing to worry about if he thought that his driver seat position in the Chip Gannasi Race Team was under challenge. The guests for the evening hosted by Honda were from Logistics company Jenner who had the priviledge of being entrusted with Scott's car to bring it from the USA and its return in a few days time.

Kevin congratulates his silent half on a Show well done before heading over to Honda and to bring the Scott Dixon Indy 500 experience alive.

The Scott Dixon Indy 500 car being loaded for display at Honda Newmarket dealership

In once in a life time opportunity the SimDeck PET250 open wheeler race car simulator is to be displayed in conjunction with the Honda powered Scott Dixon Indy 500 winning car. The Indy car was especially brought to NZ for the Auckland Speed Show and post show corporate promotions at the Newmarket Honda Dealership.

The cars will be on display for approximately 7 days, where the public can come to view the sleek form of the Indy car and then experience the May 2008 Indy 500 race in the Simdeck simulator driving a virtual version of Scott’s sim car. On Wedenesday and Thursday evening a two corporate functions will see numerous attempts as drivers endeavour to at least match Scott’s fastest lap time in the May race of:
Last lap 42.02.82
Best lap 40.47.19
Last lap speed – 214.14 mph

Steady boys!

The chance to display alongside the Scott Dixon Indy car and then to bring it alive in the simulator with all the vibrations, noise and life size images is a unique chance that we are delighted to have accomplished.

Purchase the Autobiography of one very cool driver – Scott Dixon – $NZ36.99 + shipping …

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Speedshow crowds impressed by the Simdeck Simulator
The Simdeck Pet 250 simulator created a buzz amongst many visitors to the http://www.speedshow.co.nz expo here in Auckland last weekend. The event had many highlights, amongst those being meeting kiwi Scott Dixon the Indy Championship 2008 who made a flying visit to the show for about 4 hours. It was a delight to meet his Dad who confirmed that the show easily met international shows, howbeit on a smaller scale.

We will be posting a photo report, plus updating this report when we have a moment.

The opportunity to meet the man himself, exclusive autographs of his front page news, was cool part of the weekend.

This Scott Dixon lookalike, dressed as Scotty Dixon, drove a car like Scott, but also could not driver like The Man

Five days before a hectic race weekend…and counting down!!!

Well the time to head back on the track is fast approaching with the Speedshow here in Auckland.

SimDeck will recreate what will now go down in history as one of NZ’s most famous motorsports achievements when Scott Dixon won the May 2008 Indy 500. With Scott’s winning car on display and a scheduled appearance it only seemed fitting that we give visitors to the show a 0.01% taste on what that incredible achievement is and for Scott’s name to go into the realm of legends.

We have made some minor upgrades to the PET250 race car in the sensory department, and have further immediate plans after the Speedshow for an additional indepth integration in some areas that will further immerse drivers, audience and race management into the virtual world. So come race weekend we expect to see many egos bruised and reputations enhanced. We will try and have the photos and videos uploaded as soon as we can after next weekend.

Thank goodness the F1 was held in Monsa and not Houston! Evenso I see the pit garages were getting flooded with water due to a heavy downpour….anyone got a spare mop:-)

You may well ask is race simulation just for kids games and boys who have never grownup, or simply those who did not have the connections, dollars or opportunities to actually race cars in the real world. 

In a break between work, young Josh could not resist jumping in the tub for a few laps at Blackwood.

Most associate race simulation with gaming. In itself it would not be in-accurate to call it gaming, however the SimDeck experience and others, take this to a whole new dimension. Compare it to a $100 Microsoft Flight sim programme which is actually used to teach pilots how to fly, www.flightexperience.com,  however as with a Boeing or F16 fighter pilot who train in a simulator,  many race car drivers consider training in a race car simulator crucial to their skill development for winning in the real world. MacLaren race team have a simulator that have cost in the hundreds of $1,000 ..upwards of $2mil I recall. As for the Simdeck simulators these sell for well over what most people could afford for the family car. So yes there are similarities with the gaming industry and many aspects do intersect with the race simulation industry which is a whole new breed that we are implementing for entertainment, training, team building and the like.

As an example from our friends over at www.iracing.com BEDFORD, MA (29 May 2008) — What a difference a month (and some simulation time) makes — Ryan Dalziel and Henri Zogaib finished second in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series event at Virginia International Raceway in April. Less than four weeks later, following intensive pre-race preparation with iRacing simulation software, the pair drove their SAMAX BMW Riley Daytona Prototype to victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, a track that Zogaib had never even visited, much less driven.

To make the challenge that much greater, a fuel-cell leak wiped out the SAMAX team’s first practice session and much of the second, which left Zogaib, a Daytona Beach businessman, with only six laps of the circuit before he had to qualify. “It was immense pressure,” Zogaib recalled. “But with the time I spent in the simulator I was able to understand the track. I’m very pleased with the iRacing software; it was very informative in the specific details of all the corners. It gave me a level of comfort with the circuit that allowed me to do what I needed to do in a tough situation.”

A fascinating piece of simulation technology history reinforces, that race car simulation was first demonstrated and used in the 1960’s…well before computers were in common existance. First seen in public on global TV in one of the most high suspense TV series  where it featured for one episode. I’ll write about it in a future Diary entry, but it is a classic piece of history that resurfaced in recent years.

Post Show Comment: TV One Saturday 6pm news item closes with the SimDeck PET250 open wheeler race car simulator. Further full report with photos and videos will appear on this site.
Late breaking news also just released is the news that Graham McRae is relaunching his motorsports career. SimDeck hopes to have Graham in the PET250 simulator in the very near future…maybe we just might be able to give him a head start to get that precision edge back 😉

Now no entry in the the diary would be complete without some current TV replays, so check out some recent video broadcast of recent virtual world Grand Prix. These cars are being driven by real people in a virtual world and driving cars that mimic with stunning uncanny accuracy their real world counterparts. For the average person this footage could easily fool the average person into thinking this was a TV replay broadcast. So ok fellow racers prepare to impress there is a world-wide audience watching.

 

FSR 2008 WC
Hockenheim

Here at the SimDeck Sim centre we held some practice sessions on the Indy track over this last weekend with a full compilment of 2008 cars and are truely looking forward to see Scott Dixon visit the Speed Show and participate in a crowd drawing race.  Hey it is one thing to be able to win a realk world race…but can he win in the virtual world…the real test of any driver 🙂

FSR 2008 WC – Silverstone

Our new team member / driver Marcus dropped by and he gave the upgrade his approval. Our Junior Mentoring Programme is underway with young Josh spending Saturday afternoon here at the HQ Sim Office helping out and learning some new skills. Further progress ahs been made in fitting out the new sim area to cater for the demand ot manage private race parties, birthday events, driver training and demo’s for our growing list of corporate clients.

FSR 2008 WC – Round 10 Pro Series.

In a break between work, young Josh could not resist jumping in the tub for a few laps at Blackwood.

Well the time to head back on the track is fast approaching with the Speedshow here in Auckland and Scott Dixon’s winning Indy 500 car to be on display.

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

A Kiwi rules the US motorsports – wow!

Drama in Belgium and Chicago had the two top drivers in the world unable to sleep after their respective races.

Scott Dixon, who has now got to be the most eligible sports person for NZ’s top sports award – Halberg Awards, after his amazing win of the Indy Car Series 08 he and Emma would have been partying and celebrating long into the evening …the relief he must be now feeling that 2007 did not come back to haunt him. Fantastic win Scott and hope you win the NZ sports award later this year. The photo finish where he came second still secured him as the clear leader of the entire Indy Championship for 2008.

Fantastic effort Scott. Enjoy the feeling it must be amazing experience.

To celebrate Scotts win we are now running a special promotion for companies wanting to recreate the Indy experience for their next staff social, event or networking function. Details are on the Page links. The SimDeck PET250 full size race car simulator will create the drama at your next event and puts everyone in the hot seat.

Scott is returning to NZ for a private visit next week and will be visiting the Auckland Speedshow on the 20th September. www.speedshow.co.nz. We have an open invitation for Scott to see him demo that uncanny ability to take the winning flag. So be sure you’re at the show to see Scott in the SimDeck PET250 simulator when he visits. (His race in the SimDECK PET250 will be a spontaneous occurance) Visitors will be able to establish their race time to see if their egos can stay intact before an enthusiastic audience of motorsports fans.

Scott’s dreams were created in childhood and today became the brightest star in NZ motorsport where he conquered the greatest motorsports event in the USA…not bad for a Sunday afternoon drive where he also won $NZ3.22million dollars and the closest finish in Indy sports history.

Frustration reigns though in the McLaren camp and Lewis Hamilton must have been hoping it was all a bad dream when he eventually retired for the night, however I doubt if he got any sleep. Take a lap on the following video of this high speed circuit 40km from Brussels. Featuring the Eau Rouge corner it is a corner for those with steady nerves and the ability have your stomach in your mouth ! It is one of the courses we feature on the SimDeck PET250 simulator.

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A once a year event when you have a chance to shine. Brilliant opportunity to engage, relax race and become the race car driver you dreamed of being with the SimDeckPET250 Race Car simulator. One company has the chance to have the dream hospitality site with the SimDeck Models, Full size race car, Kangoroom, high profile signage surfaces, Pit crew and Race manager. This is no game based seat system but the real deal. Simdeck Formula Simulators – we put the reality back into virtual reality.

Race the virtual Black Beauty in the SimDeck Black Beauty and impress your audience