Update for Drift Mania game for Iphone / Ipod Touch and Ipad

News >> Drift Mania Championship 1.1 (Update) is Now Available! Sep 07, 2010

Download here: http://drift-mania.com/2010/09/07/drift-mania-championship-1-1-update-is-now-available/

We are happy to announce that Drift Mania Championship is now available as a free update on the Appstore.

We listened to everyone’s feedback and made major improvements on top of including additional content! You can now also unlock Matt Waldin’s (DMCC Champion) drift car featuring his official sponsors: NGK Spark Plugs, K&N Engineering, Mishimoto, Import Intelligence, Competition Clutch, Selex Suspension and BC (Brian Crower).

If you like Drift Mania, please rate it 5 stars when an update comes out! As always, your 5-star iTunes rating and reviews keep the updates coming! Thanks for playing Drift Mania Championship!

Here is the list of new features and changes:

Issues Fixed: The leaderboards now display up to 15 characters Rare freeze issue when loading a track or after a race (before replay) Overall performance improvements Reset career option

New Content: 2 New Circuits: Expert and Master Circuit 2 New Cars with unique physics and handling

New Options: Acceleration using new Gas Pedal or original Throttle Bar Steering Sensitivity Adjustment Ability to disable “Crowd sounds effects” Manual selection of leaderboard type: Online, Local or Events New Leaderboards features:

New categories: Expert Circuit, Master Circuit, Best Combos Special leaderboard for Live events and scheduled competitions Local leaderboard option


Others: Smaller throttle bar on the iPad iPad animated loader indicator Memorization of last car, color or track previously selected Higher resolution car textures Practice mode results screen with Best Combo and Top Speed

Hot like fire, Waldin scores another victory at DMCC

Hot like fire, Waldin scores another victory at DMCC
Round 4 Montmagny, QC Canada

West Chester, PA (PRWEB) Matt Waldin Racing backs up their win at
XDC last weekend with another first place finish at Round 4 of DMCC in
Montmagny Quebec Canada.

Matt Waldin states "Montmagny is one of my favorite tracks in the
series because of the strong entry on a slight bank, then into a technical
section and back out onto the power alley to the second bank for a smokey
finish. Fans love it because they can see everything and the pictures
from the event are always breathtaking from the beautiful landscape surrounding
the track."

Matt and crew got to the track on Friday night to get some practice time
in while the track was falling in temperature. Since Saturday's competition
was at night this was a critical step in preparing his setup for the main
event. His crew set the tire pressures low and were constantly adjusting
the car to get the most grip in the cool Canadian air. Once the car was
dialed in the crew logged the pressures and headed off for the evening.

On Saturday there was a long practice session where the crew once again
set the car up for warm track driving to get a good qualification score.
The anxious Canadian fans trickled in from 2pm and by 5pm the house was
completely packed. "This track always surprises me in terms of fan
turnout. The track is about an hour from any major city in the middle
of the countryside but these fans don't mind the drive - there is a good
show to watch," said Waldin. Qualifying fourth out of all the drivers,
the team was set and ready for competition. The sun set and the StreetGlow
neons were starting to illuminate the track for the main event. StreetGlow
stepped onboard to support the entire DMCC field for this one of a kind
night event.

The first round of competition Waldin would face Canadian native, Mats
Baribou. Baribou pilots a Toyota Chaser and has a lot of power to go along
with it. His lines are always ultra consistent and at the edge of the
track. Waldin leads first and puts down a qualifying-like run and Baribou
spins in his attempt to follow Matt's aggressive line. The drivers switch
position and Waldin sticks to Baribou's door like glue. Waldin takes the
win.

In the top eight, Waldin was bracketed up against Carl Nadeau in his
V8-powered BMW. Waldin had been beaten by Carl in the last round of DMCC
Round 4 and he was making sure that the same did not happen again. Nadeau
is a very fast driver so putting the 350z on his door would be Waldin's
biggest challenge in this battle. Matt led the race first again with a
clean run and the drivers switched positions. On the follow run Matt initiated
in his door and stuck on the BMW with everything that the 350z had. In
the second bank nearing the finish of the track Carl lost drift and then
regained it but it was too late, his back tires had hit the grass on the
edge of the track and sent him into a spin. Matt was closing in on the
BMW on the final section of the track and ended up smashing into Carl
at the finish line. The bad news was that the car was seriously damaged,
but the good news was that Matt moved on to the top four. The crew scrambled
to get the car back into the pits and get all the suspension checked out
before the next round. Luckily, the 350z sustained major body damage and
zero damage to wheels or suspension components. The whole team forced
Matt to ignore the damage to the car and would not even let him look at
the right side of the car until after the competition was over. After
stretching out his sore collar bone from the wreck, Matt took the car
for a "test drive" around the track to make sure that the car
was able to move forward in the competition. The car's suspension had
remained untouched, so the team coached Matt and got him lined up with
Pat Cyr for the final four of competition.

At this point Matt was a little shaken by the previous round but it was
time to put on the "game face" once again and line up against
Pat Cyr. Cyr has moved on over Waldin many times in the past so this was
going to be no easy battle. Matt lead first and put down an extremely
fast run. Matt concentrated on speed during this run since Cyr's Toyota
Corolla is lightning fast. Matt pulled it off! Cyr was unable to keep
up with the Z in drift and when Waldin stuck it on Cyr's door the entire
run. The team had moved onto the top two!

For the first place spot on the podium, Waldin would face "Steady
Freddy" Girard (2008 DMCC Champion). It was all or nothing now and
Matt stuck it on Girard's door throughout the entire course to claim the
win. On the follow run, Girard took out the first clipping point which
sealed the deal on the first place spot for the battered and bruised team
Waldin.

Matt Waldin is proudly partnered with Mishimoto,
Selex Suspension, OverDosed
Performance, Import Intelligence,
Competition Clutch, K&N
Filters, NGK Spark Plugs,
Brian Crower, Oakley
Inc and EBC Brakes

Round 4 Teaser Video from DMCC.

Teaser - DMCC rd4 Drift Night

Special thanks to Andrew Goodman
Studios for the fantastic pictures!

XDC Englishtown Videos

XDC 2010 Round 4: Englishtown Raceway from enigMatt on Vimeo.

CYRIOUS PRODUCTIONS - LET 'EM TALK from Cyrious Productions on Vimeo.

Waldin takes the win at XDC Round 4 Englishtown NJ

West Chester, PA (PRWEB) Matt Waldin Racing slides to a first place finish at XDC ( Xtreme Drift Circuit ) Round 4 in Englishtown, NJ.

The weather was 95 degrees and the skies were clear of any rain for the weekend. Twenty-seven drivers from coast to coast met at the Englishtown road course on Friday, August 6 for initial practice and qualifying late in the day. Many of the DMCC drivers from north of the border were in attendance for the weekend, as well as DMCC staffers and president, Eric Belec to cheer on the Canadian drivers on for the weekend.

After laying down a couple solid practice runs on Friday in the 350z Matt put her away early on one of the hottest days of the year to conserve tires and the engine of the 350z.

Up next was qualifying where Matt would prove that the lack of practice wasn't a big deal on his home town track. Matt set the bar high with the fastest entry speed of the day at 83mph into the first corner of the track and managed to crank out a second place finish for qualifications. This would put Matt up against number fifteen qualifier, Zachary Catlin in the Chevy Camaro. A classic Import vs. Domestic showoff would start the day on Saturday.

Saturday was here and it was time to stage up for the main competition. The stands were packed and the Remix Car Show was in full swing when Catlin and Waldin staged up to get the competition underway. Uncharacteristically, Waldin lost the car into a spin on the banked section of the track and avoided a near miss from a closely following Catlin. Angry with himself for making such a rookie mistake, Matt knew that he would have to put on a hell of a show in his follow run to overcome the error. The two drivers switch positions and Catlin puts four tires off in the first corner! This ended up in a "one more time" since both drivers made mistakes, so they staged again. Matt put down two solid runs this time and really put the pressure on Zach at the end of the course to seal the deal on the round.

Next up was Chelsea Denofa in the green turbocharged BMW. Denofa is currently the series points leader and was tough to beat. Waldin was able to pull off a win by tucking in close throughout the entire track and making very few corrections.

After the smoke cleared, it was time to head to battle with one of the other hometown boys from the track and number six qualifier, Justin Tureck in the white Nissan S13 240sx. Justin's brother is Ryan Tureck of Formula Drift so great driving definitely runs in the family. Justin's entry speeds were very fast and very consistent all day in practice. This would be a tough battle to win. Matt stayed on course and had no fear tucking in on Justin's door. Staying constantly close was where this battle was won. Matt said, "When I looked in my rear view mirror at the end of this race, Justin was still on my door and I wasn’t sure I had won. He was right there the whole time. The judges deliberated and the word came over the radio that I had taken the win. Yes, we are in the final 2!"

The last battle of the day puts every drift run Matt has ever done into the wayback machine. For deciding the first and second place spots Matt was set to run Nate Brasz. Nate has been drifting just as long as Matt has and in many of the same East Coast events. Nate has always been a formidable opponent and won numerous events that they both attended. Matt lead first and put down a solid run with a slightly better line than Nate making him a lot faster at the finish of the course. On Matt's follow run he ran Nate all the way to the entry and literally put his front tire inside of Nate's rear rim. There was a light scuff on the front wheel of the 350z that Matt was extremely proud of after the event. The light scuff wasn't enough to throw Nate off line at all and Matt knew that for the first place run he had to stick like glue. Nate's nickname is "The Robot" because he is so consistent and Matt used this advantage to get closer than he would to most other opponents.

The winner had been decided and Matt Waldin and crew had taken the win! It was a great event for the team and since this event was close to home the whole Waldin family finally got to come to an event where he ended up on top of the bracket. “Having my local friends, family, and my Canadian friends at this event made the win even sweeter,” said Matt.

Next up is DMCC Round 4 in Montmagny, QC for this weekend. Stay tuned to the media, we plan to back this win up with another one to close the points gap from our current second place standing to first.

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Other "braking" news, Matt Waldin and team are extremely proud
to welcome Brian Crower Performance
Products to the partners list. Brian Crower has been extremely generous
in supplying the hard parts in the bottom end of the engine that we are
preparing for the end of the 2010 season. With the new parts and switching
the tuning over to E85 ethanol the team hopes to be in the 550-600hp range
just in time for September.

Oakley Inc. has paired up with Matt
Waldin racing and is the official sunglass supplier for Matt and the team.

EBC Brakes has partnered with Matt
Waldin Racing and supplied a set of their "Yellow Stuff" brake
pads for the 350z which will surely be put to the test with the new power
levels.
The "Drift Maina Championship" game for Iphone, Ipod touch & Ipad is nearing 400,000 downloads worldwide and is the #2 downloaded game in Japan. An update to the game will be released soon where you can race actual DMCC cars including Matt Waldin's 350z.

Matt Waldin is proudly partnered with Mishimoto,
Selex Suspension, OverDosed
Performance, Import Intelligence,
Competition Clutch, K&N
Filters, NGK Spark Plugs,
Brian Crower, Oakley
Inc and EBC Brakes

More pictures and drifting stories avaliable at Wrecked
Magazine

DMCC Round 3 - not the normal

DMCC round 3 brought us to iCar raceway in Montreal ( Laval ) Quebec Canada. We loaded up the rig and hit the road on Friday not knowing what to expect of this new track.

Saturday came and we only got a couple runs in before the sky opened up and dumped hurricane style rains on us. After the rain let up it was back to practice. There 2 main puddles on the track and the rest of it was drying quickly. The surface is concrete and has amazing traction except in the wet. As soon as the car hit the wet spots it was like driving on ice. We made a few passes just to get the hang of the track in the wet in case of rain on Sunday. After we managed to get a couple solid runs down we packed it up for the day and waited for Sunday to come.

Sunday was completely dry all day and all the drivers were relieved that there was no rain in the forecast. Mid-day it was time for qualifying. I took the line that I thought was the right line for the course but it ended up being a lot slower than the other drivers. On a side note, since this was the first event ever at this venue, DMCC was off schedule and drivers meetings were not on time. I had missed them on both Saturday and Sunday. I really feel that this is where things went wrong for the weekend. I look back at all the pics from the weekend and my line looks too tight on clipping point #1 which would explain the low speeds. Normally the idea is to be close to the clips but there were tire marks very wide on this one which must have been the ideal line for higher speeds.


Picture from after clip 1 into transition to clip 2.


I ended up in the 8th position for qualifications. (Ewww) I usually expect much more of my self. This put me up against Carl Nadeau in his V8 powered BMW. He had tagged the tire barrier in practice and I sat in line marveling over the fact that the trunk had a new latch in the shape of a ratchet strap. I got the word over the radio to stick it to him on the first run (I followed first) Carl had one of the highest speeds recorded in qualifications. I knew I had to give it all she had to match the speed of this car. We took off and I latched onto the quarter panel of the BMW int he first clip but ended up correcting a little but going into clipping point #2. Back on his door for the finish..... We switch spots and I run my line. Carl wasn't as close as I had thought ( back to the tapes ) but his line was better and didn't have any corrections. My minor correction was the nail in the coffin for the weekend.

I am very proud of the wall of trophies I have amounted over the last 7 DMCC events in 2009 and 2010. 7 Podiums in a row has to be some kind of record somewhere. :) I am super excited that I have two of the only 5 Carbon Fiber trophies from 2009 in my possession from first place finishes last year. Pat Cyr has the other 3 so they are super rare. Now the only way you can get one of these bad boys is to win a Formula Drift event.



Pic: I call it "le wall of trophies". Actually: "le mur de trophées"

I am thankful that Carl went on to take the 3rd spot on the podium. All good things have to come to and end at some point and it was just my time. Getting used to being on the podium and then suddenly not being there is quite a shocker but I think this is just the type of reality check that I needed to keep pushing harder for the rest of the season. At the end of this event I end up moving down a spot to 3rd place in the rankings.

You can also get discount tickets for DMCC using promotional code DMCC-23 for the remainder of the rounds.

The next event on my list is XDC New Jersey and then off to Montmagny, QC ( One of my favorite tracks in DMCC ) On that note, I think I'm about due for a front tire change as well.

Sightings

Check out issue number 92 ( August 2010 ) of DSport Magazine, we got some sweet coverage from Formula Drift Atlanta.




Don't forget that DMCC I-Car is this weekend! If your in the Montreal area make sure you come out and watch the pro's take on a brand new track.

Round 2 DMCC & other things

Things at the nine to five have been crazy lately so I have not had the chance to update the blog in a little bit. Past events are DMCC Round 2 and BMR's Pagoda / Duryea HillClimb.

We took 3rd place in DMCC, there were some epic battles in this round, here's the report:



DriftMania Round 2 Video - JHDproductions from Jordan Hamelin on Vimeo.


One of my favorite Fan Video's from Round 2:


DMCC ROUND 2 MONTMAGNY from Santiago Baptista on Vimeo.

The BMR Hillclimb was a great venture into other types of racing, we set the fastest time in our class in the serious runs going up the 1.1mile switchback filled road at 64 seconds. Not bad for being a drift car!

On sunday the fans started lining the hill so we decided rather than race up the hill it was time to put on a show. We had managed to source a set of 295's for the weekend but that didn't change a thing. SCCA and the people who run the BMR region are very nice and welcoming folk. I politely asked them to let me know if I was getting to crazy on the hill. They never said a thing and the crowd loved the action. Even some of the other drivers at the end of the day were sliding around just for fun!

Who said we could'nt play with F1 style cars?




Miller in the "Sunbeam Tiger"

Most of the guys in the completely custom chassis were running some form of motorcycle engine. With nearly 200hp on tap and weighing in at 900lbs makes these little shifter carts a load of fun to drive! Sequential transmissions also!

Here is a video of the hill from an in-car camera on an MR2



And a Fan video of turn 4 on the hill:

Next up is DMCC Round 3 at ICAR, a new track for all of DMCC.