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  1. revbouncer

    Oils Aint Oils Sol!

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    One of XDBX's original dirt muscle car races. A long challenging lap and heaps of fun in Muscle cars. Oils Aint Oils is the 1st of 4 races based on the old Castrol GTX ads we had in Australia back in the day (before some of you were even born!) https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/WnIPVtWj9E24lWKAnmrJNQ 1) 5:39:640 Bikes Akuma 2) 5:48:214 Supers T20 3) 5:57:151 Sports Elegy 4) 6:01:119 Off Road Bike Sanchez 2 5) 6:07:320 Off Road Car Brawler 6) 6:15:576 Coupes Felon 7) 6:16:944 Sedans V12 A…

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    Murrieta GP

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    A fast Grand Prix style track for Supercars. Best as a Non Contact race but could be run with contact on. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/bXCNH3sQlkCo2cUi78WZLw 1) 2:18:939 Bikes Akuma 2) 2:20:873 Supers T20 3) 2:24:777 Sports Massacro RC 4) 2:28:181 Off Road (bike) Sanchez 2 5) 2:31:318 Sedans V12 Armoured 6) 2:33:720 S/Classic Stirling 7) 2:35:002 Muscle Sabre Turbo 8) 2:35:223 Coupes …

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    Moving Speed Bumps

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    A novelty race that's locked to 1 car per class. No custom vehicles. Traffic and Wanted Levels ON. Dodge pedestrians and coppers to get to the finish 1st! Non Contact as there's enough carnage as there is https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/9RgAYjAZJUCGD_36fE8Vgg 1) 1:23:381 Off Road Bifta 2) 1:25:419 Supers Voltic 3) 1:27:298 Coupes F620 Arruda XDBX 4) 1:30:180 Sports Blista Fear-Mike-Hawk XDBX 5) 1:31:745 …

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    Moto Extreme

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    A fast motorcycle race starting on the edge of the city and heading through the countryside. Designed for bikes but suitable for all classes. Non Contact, but can be run as a contact race. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/GK-coHgLYEmebG2DQ27T1w 1) 5:09:917 Bikes Bati RR KingGabba115 S Class Pro Racing 2) 5:21:591 Supers X80 3) 5:29:282 Sports Elegy 4) 5:41:278 Sedans V12 Armoured (ps4) 5) 5:50:600 S/Classic Stirling GT 6) 5:50:987 Coupes …

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    Monkey Tunnel

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    A fast open track for Supercars. Designed as a Contact and Slipstream race (No Catchup). https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/XWQBibbE00OVkM-R_MXUFw 1) 2:21:308 Supers 811 2) 2:23:177 Bikes Hakuchou 3) 2:28:049 Sports Massacro 4) 2:30:581 Sedans V12 Armoured 5) 2:31:285 S/Classics Z-Type 6) 2:33:821 Off Road (bike) Sanchez 2 7) 2:35:689 Muscle …

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    Hump Day

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    Lots of humps, bumps and jumps. A fun race for Sedans although any class can handle the course except motorcycles, which tend to go BOOM! https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/KpNzLuG0AUSRZ5YhyulqPQ 1) 3:43:523 Supers Osiris 2) 3:52:332 Sports Elegy 3) 3:54:602 Sedans V12 Armoured 4) 4:02:643 S/Classic Stirling GT 5) 4:02:843 Coupes Felon 6) 4:03:869 Off Road Car Brawler 7) 4:05:045 Muscle Sabre Turbo 8) 4:05:200 Off Road Bikes Sanchez 2 9) 4:08…

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    Golf's On!

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    Golf Caddy race through streets and alleyways that finishes on the golf course. Non Contact. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/z3rjoRdEtkSJH2-D7B_EmA 1) 5:56:361 Caddy.....................................

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    Golden Oldies

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    A fast and open track for Sports Classics. There's 1 crossover so best on Non Contact. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/A-WkWTFf00uEqbZVLx1cJw 1) 4:04:409 Supers X80 2) 4:10:440 Bikes Akuma 3) 4:13:360 Sports Massacro RC 4) 4:19:459 Sedans V12 Armoured 5) 4:24:564 Coupes Zion 6) 4:25:655 S/Classic Stirling GT 7) 4:27:934 Muscle Sabre Turbo 8) 4:30:841 Off Road Car Brawler 9) 4:34:000 Off Road Bike Sanche…

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    Evel Knievel

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    Extremely challenging motorcycle race. A bike version of Cunning Stunts, only harder! https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/-xc2q8qEpkCTb9TLy6c7NA 1) 4:36:278 Bikes Akuma................................. I had been slowly chipping away at the best time and saving each video. For some reason the beginning of this attempt did not save. I will upload another video of the full course but the time will be slower

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    Don't Weazel Out

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    Lap race combining both fast and tight sections for your sports car. Watch out for pedestrians going through the mall. Non Contact. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/PUJYDkG7_Ea2dK-DxQHNvg 1) 2:09:999 Bikes Akuma 2) 2:11:440 Supers Osiris 3) 2:13:799 Sports Elegy 4) 2:17:438 Sedans V12 Armoured 5) 2:23:443 Coupes Zion 6) 2:24:682 S/Classic Stirling GT 7) 2:24:839 Off Road Bike Sanchez 2 8) 2:26:414 Muscle Sabre Turbo 9) 2:26:598 Off Road Car Brawler …

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    Domestically Battered

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    Gta race for supercars with multiple crossovers and NO speed boosts, just rockets! https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/Fn-cdK6L0ESueOgVmtz_FQ 1) 2:38:320 Bikes Akuma 2) 2:38:424 Supers RE7B 3) 2:46:160 Sports Massacro 4) 2:50:705 Sedans V12 Armoured 5) 2:54:308 Muscle Sabre Turbo 6) 2:55:160 Off Road Bike Sanchez 2 7) 2:55:776 Off Road Car Trophy 8) 2:55:841 S/Classic Stirling GT 9) 2:58:612 Coupes Exemplar 10) …

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    Cunning Stunts

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    My 1st ever creation. Still avl. on PS3. Over 3000 likes on Social club. It used to be a crew favourite. Challenging race containing 4 stunt jumps, several ramps and 2 mountain crossings ending up with a jump down onto a pier! Plenty of time to make up for errors and a race that has gone down to the wire many times! GTA avl. PS3 Link : https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/F70W7KvgcUmP_ovtc4xIBQ PS4 Link : https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/fsFdHg8ubEOrMMhBGBjTRg 1) 7:02:891 Supers RE7Bsw 2) 7:08:731 Bikes Cliffhanger …

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    Country Cruising

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    A similar type of race to Sunday Drivers only for Supercars. Utilising winding country roads free from those damn poles! Set to Non Contact, can be run as a Contact race but the grid is tight. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/o53yfZnQ-0qNZwDzVz3cMA 1) 3:49:330 Supers RE7Bsw 2) 3:58:672 Bike Akuma 3) 4:10:317 Sports Elegy 4) 4:16:924 Off Road (Bike) BF400 5) 4:22:928 Coupes Cabrio 6) 4:24:329 S/Classic …

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    Beachside Bash

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    A very challenging beach marathon which is best done with the Sanchez. There are water ramps, if you can't make it across you can use the highway which takes longer. Non Contact ONLY and best with Traffic OFF https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/qw9RD-engk-ytFKTYV89sw 1) 7:54:682 BF400 8:06:853 Bikes BF400 8:12:669 S2 8:14:481 S2 8:25:441 S2

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    Classically Sporty

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    P2P for Sports Classics. Starting with a short dirt section the race opens right up for you to wind out your Classic 'til it revbounces! Set to Non Contact but Contact and Slipstream would be OK on this track https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/LZcxaB_iaUO9lu2WIxbQew 1) 5:38:237 Supers RE7Bsw 2) 5:48:515 Bikes Gargoyle 3) 6:02:439 Sports Massacro RC 4) 6:05:733 Off Road Bike BF400 5) 6:09:934 Sedans V12 Armoured 6) 6:15:647 Muscles Piss.Dom …

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    Caddystrophic

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    GTA race for GOLF CADDIES. Can be used as a Non Contact race for any class. A technical lap where too much power at times will hurt more than help. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/LKoaHHAlYEiKDbcNxFD1Aw 1) 1:45:371 Supers RE7Bsw 2) 1:47:159 Bikes Akuma 3) 1:51:246 Off Road Bike BF400 4) 1:52:838 Sports Jester RC 5) 1:54:846 Sedans V12 Armoured 6) 1:56:784 Off Road Car Trophy 7) 1:59:642 S/Classic Stirling GT 8) 1:59:919 Muscle Blade…

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    Big Air

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    P2P SUV race, mainly on dirt. Non Contact https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/WnOxsmsVT0-athNyl9Cz5w 1) 4:33:274 Bikes Gargoyle 2) 4:48:234 Off Road (car) Trophy 3) 4:54:361 Off Road Bike BF400 4) 5:00:935 Supers RE7Bsw 5) 5:03:189 Sports Omnis 6) 5:13:849 SUVs XLS Armoured 7) 5:21:722 Sedans V12 Armoured 8) 5:26:002 Coupes Cabrio 9) 5:26:801 Muscle …

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    Biftianapolis 500

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    Designed from the famous Indianapolis oval for Biftas. Contact and Slipstream recommended. GTA is avl for PIT LANE only. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/lmSdVSfLv0OW2X70kJ7oAA 1) 1:07:267 Supers RE7Bsw 2) 1:09:586 Bikes Bati RR DC89 3) 1:13:206 Sedans V12 Armoured 4) 1:13:478 Sports Elegy 5) 1:14:374 Off Road Bike BF400 6) 1:16:509 Muscle Piss.Dom 7) 1:16:810 Coupes Cabrio 8) 1:18:040 S/Clas…

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    Biftal Motor Speedway

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    Short track racing, designed from the Bristol Motor Speedway for Biftas. Non Contact ONLY. The pedestrians even things out a bit https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/-0uw2pz93Ui6-BMIBulKgg 1) 1:06:199 Supers RE7Bsw 2) 1:09:558 Bikes Akuma 3) 1:12:255 Sports Elegy 4) 1:13:439 Sedans V12 Armoured 5) 1:15:977 Off Road Bike BF400 6) 1:17:542 Muscle Piss.Dom 7) 1:17:755 S/Classic Stirling GT 8) 1:18:111 Off Road (Car) Bifta 9)…

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    Biftacono 400

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    Designed on the Pocono tricky triangle for Biftas. Contact and Slipstream work here. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/z86YmkcnmkuXOu4nw0l-Jg 1) 43:977 Bikes Drag (Shotaro + 0.1) 2) 48:181 Supers T20 3) 49:398 Sports Jester RC 4) 50:383 Off Road Bike BF400 5) 51:418 Sedans V12 Armoured 6) 52:352 Coupes Cabrio =6) 52:352 Off Road (Car) Raid 8) 53:253 Muscle Sabre Turb…

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    Bifta Stevedores

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    Fast Track around the Docks, designed for Biftas. Non Contact as there are crossovers .https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/ilJe5XmT90mzltoerhphjQ 1) 1:45:406 Bikes Shotaro 2) 1:56:081 Supers X80 3) 1:56:650 Off Road Bike BF400 4) 1:58:200 Sports Elegy 5) 2:02:523 Sedans V12 Armoured 6) 2:04:492 Off Road (Car) Trophy 7) 2:06:360 Coupes Zion Cabrio 8) 2:07:600 S/Classic Stirling GT 9) …

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    Bifta Kart Track

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    Go Kart track around Palmer Taylor. Designed for Biftas. Non Contact. Night https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/nP3vGhF_J0SZKnVKanzrRA 1) 59:992 Bikes Shotaro 2) 1:05:998 Off Road Bike BF400 3) 1:07:123 Supers Entity 4) 1:09:802 Off Road (Car) Trophy 5) 1:10:169 Sports Feltzer 6) 1:11:804 Coupes Zion Cabrio 7) 1:12:003 Sedans V12 Armoured 8) 1:15:079 S/Classic Stirlin…

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    Bifta beach Bash

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    Go Kart track on the beach designed for Biftas. They even beat supercars around here! Non Contact. https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/raHljp9YN0q4LnXZp3fyTg 1) 44:410 Bikes Drag 2) 47:045 Off Road Bike BF400 3) 50:083 Off Road (Car) Trophy 4) 51:083 Supers T20 (Beat Entity by 0.8 sec) 5) 51:084 Sports Omnis 6) 53:183 SUVs …

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    All Sports

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    Fast P2P race designed for Sports cars and Contact and Slipstream ON https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/ps4/jobs/job/9kdCnW_DIUObP-VRJqzbCA 1) 6:56:282 Bikes Shotaro 2) 7:06:487 Supers 811 3) 7:20:136 Sports Massacro RC 4) 7:30:014 Sedans V12 Armoured 5) 7:31:248 Off Road Bike BF400 6) 7:35:619 Muscle Piss.Dom 7) 7:42:714 S/Classic Z-Type …

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    Go towards the light

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    https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/member/Braldy/games/gtav/jobs/job/-HibDqdrREWVWnjNminYzA?platformId=11 Havnt done a whole lot of testing on this, ran a race with the crew yesty and things seem to go okay through the tunnel. Scaled back to around 3 mins a lap and think all is in order. Let me know otherwise. Cheers big ears.

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Powers is assisted by former girlfriend Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyoncé) and his father Nigel Powers (Michael Caine). Also returning are Dr. Evil's henchmen Mini Me (Verne Troyer) and Fat b*stard (also also also Myers). Opening with a spoof of a spoof that sees Tom Cruise play Powers in a Mission Impossible rip off directed by Steven Spielberg, this is a film that knows what it is and will make any stupid joke to get a laugh, with most of them landing. The plot is basically pointless, with it being just a vehicle for Myers to play around and it's as much fun to watch as it must have been to make. Caine is hilarious as the elder Powers getting good use of his under utilised talent for comedy and Goldmember might be my favourite one dimensional character in any comedy. I also love that the ending of this comedy spoof of a Bond film was later used as an actual plot point for the actual Bond film Spectre. Not as good as the original, I'd say that this and the second film are about equal and are still a lot of fun to watch. 7/10
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      Throne of Blood (1957) dir Akira Kurosawa This is Kurosawa's version of Macbeth. It's not like the more usual Shakespearian adaptations that use the original lines, rather it's the same basic story with different lines in a different setting; medieval Japan. It's unmistakeably Macbeth right from the start as the camera pans across a misty, mysterious, highland landscape. Toshirô Mifune stars Washizu (i.e. Macbeth), initially a soldier (I guess you would say Samurai, although I am not totally sure of the correct usage of that) in the army of the local lord (i.e. King Duncan). Washizu and another soldier, Miki (i.e. Macduff), are on the way back from a victorious battle to their lord's castle. They get lost in forest and come across a spirit (equivalent of the witches) who foretells their promotion and that eventually Washizu will be the new lord but it will be Miki's son who succeeds him. They are promoted, Washizu tells his wife (Lady Macbeth, obviously) about the prophecy and it is she who encourages him on the path of deceit, betrayal and murder that will see him full-fill the rest of the prophecy but attempt to change it so that a son of his own succeeds him. One thing I did find slightly odd, and funny, is that whereas in Shakespeare's original (and the historical facts it is based on) Macbeth becomes King of Scotland, here Washizu becomes Lord of Spider's Web Castle. I am assuming that in Japanese “Spider's Web Castle” sounds more impressive than it does in English. It is very well made, of course, and the actors are good, particularly Isuzu Yamada as Lady Washizu. Like Olivier's Shakespeare adaptions it does not seem dated, and I think the Shakespearian style is what helps there. There is some very impressive cinematography, both of the landscapes and some of the castle interior scenes. One that sticks in my mind is when Lady Washizu hatches one of her plans we see her walk into another room, that is pitch black and then emerge shortly after carrying some bottles of drugged saki. The camera stays fixed for all of this, with the doorway to the dark room in the centre so it's almost like she disappears and then reappears, as if using magic. Definitely well worth watching if you are into Shakespeare or Samurai films. 9 / 10
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