Announcement: RFL Car & Bike Show Buildoff: Judging Today, Auctions April 18 & 19

 

 

The 2026 RFL of SL Car & Bike Show/Buildoff is the largest vehicle showcase in Second Life, bringing together the grid’s most talented builders, designers, and automotive enthusiasts for an unforgettable event. Hosted in support of Relay For Life of Second Life, the event features stunning custom cars and bikes, and community-driven fundraising for a meaningful cause. From cutting-edge builds to creative showpieces, this premier showcase celebrates innovation, craftsmanship, and generosity across the Second Life community.

RFL CarBike Show (100,153,26) 

 

Free SLB Shop and Hop Car

 

The Second Life Birthday has a large number of freebies. Among them is a car.  So where is it and how well does it run?

 

 Read more in Design.

 

Angels Canendar For 2018 Up For Sale

Nydia Tungsten has the latest edition of her Angels Calendar up. The theme for 2018 is "Auto Dreams."

 If you would like to get your copy, you will find the Vendors at "Club Zero Gravity," "The Happy Vixen," "Sun Weaver Mall," "Angel Beach Rentals,"  "Guardian Angels Mall,"  and at "White Vixen Enterprises" We hope you enjoy the pin ups as much as we enjoyed posing for you.

You can find the calendar on sale at Purrfection Estates (236/219/24).

Press Release: Hot Bay City Nights Returns For 2017

Vintage automobiles featured in Second Life® event.

BAY CITY, SL (14 August 2017) - Bay City's mid-century theme -- and it's large network of roads -- is celebrated annually during its "Hot Bay City Nights" event. This Second Life® bassed event features vehicle makers who create virtual automobiles from the Bay City "theme era," from 1940 to 1965.

The event is held in the the Bay City Fairgrounds, in the North Channel region, from the 19-27th of August to present the best in vintage and retro vehicles. Each designer is hand-picked, and presents great road vehicles for use in Second Life.

Additional events will provide plenty for all to do, including the crowning of 2017s Miss Bay City on the 27th, and a series of virtual car washes in support of Child's Play Charity, an organization that provides toys and games for children in hospitals around the world. Bay City is a silver-level sponsor of Child's Play.

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab™ and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life™ and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest Bay city group, and home to most Residents of Bay City.

For more information, contact: Marianne McCann
marianne.mccann@gmail.com

Recklass Driving on the Relay Track

Not the actual car: a dramatization

At one point last night while the camps of the Relay Track were being worked on, there was a bit of panic in the Relay for Life Track builder chat, Fuzzball Ortega saying, "I don't know who's driving that vehicle. But......EVERYONE OFF THE TRACK!!!!" He added a few seconds later, "And no....it's not me." Athenaeum Archivist told the group, "They crashed into our stack of books and drove off." Madonna Daehlie commented, "That's even more dangerous than the lunatic flying around the track in a Wright Flyer this week." Fuzzball commented further, "I saw some car driving all over the track, and I said to myself, "Damn, I thought Fuzz wasn't rezzing any vehicles" and then I realized, 'I'm Fuzz'." KumaguroBunnyBear Resident commented, "I've known people to land cars in trees and on roofs."

Eclair Martinek admitted being the guilty driver, "Dianna kept talking to me while I was driving. I hope I didn't destroy any campsites." But the car was never found, she later saying she drove it into a body of water to get rid of the evidence. Trader Whiplash had to leave when this incident was still fresh, "I leave you all to drive each other nuts until I return. Don't burn down the sims."

No doubt there will continue to be examples of mayhem and hilarity at the Relay Track as time ticks on to the Relay Weekend this Saturday and Sunday.

Bixyl Shuftan

Weekend at a Glance

There were a few things going on this weekend. Among them, the "Hot Bay City Nights" car show event at Bay City. Still going on at North Channel (128/128/24) until the 27th, you can see a number of classic cars there.

It was also the first day of the new game at Madpea, "Lost Treasure of the Inca Warrior." "People Embark on an epic expedition, solve puzzles and dodge deadly traps as you navigate your way through the Devil's Cave and crack the vault where precious treasures are waiting to be discovered." To play it, teleport to MadPea (218/60/2224), pay for the gaming HUD, and brave the tunnel.

The weekend was also the last couple days of the "Lovefest," or Lovecraft festival, in Umbra. This wasn't about romance, but an event for fans of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft best known for "The Call of Cthulhu." Taking place on the week of the writer's birthday, it's over now, more info available at the website: https://lovefest.wordpress.com/ . Besides the shopping, there was a passenger ship, and an island with things Man Was Not Meant To Know. Read more about the event later this week.

Bixyl Shuftan

Biller Longfall and the Jericho Hill Racing Association

Auto racing in real life is a sport almost as old as the gasoline-powered engine, and draws huge crowds in many events. So it's no surprise once can find it in Second Life. One of the Relay events this season was the Buddy Forsythe 100. The winner, Biller Longfall, later offered to talk to the Newser about his group of racers, the Jericho Hill Racing Association.

Read more in People.

Scenes From the Sunbeamers' Road Rally

For most teams in the Relay for Life in Second Life, the Relay Weekend marks the end of their activity. But the Sunbeamers had one last event: their Third Annual Road Rally. Participants both in and outside the Sunweaver community dropped by to burn some rubber, or just watch and/or donate some cash. Besides the excitement of the competition, there was also excitement in the air over the team being close to the coveted Platinum level, which the Sunbeamers had yet to reach since the team was formed a few years ago. So who had the fastest wheels?

Read more in Events.

Real Life Businesses in Second Life (2008)

In our looking back at Second Life Newspaper today, we see how it took a look at a trend that many residents today would find odd: real life car companies trying to use Second Life to advertise their automobiles. This was a time when the virtual world was much more popular in real life media, and with the public's attention here, some felt there was money to be made. In March, Dana Vanmoer wrote about her and James taking a look at some of the cars being offered by real life automakers. So what did they think?

Read the 2008 article in Design.

Third Annual Hot Bay City Nights a Roaring Success

Last month, Bay City held their annual "Hot Bay City Nights" event, which offers car designers to show off their classic models and a chance to raise some cash for the Childs Play charity. Celene Highwater was there to take in the sights, and had a chance to speak with Bay City's Marianne McCann about what goes on with this look back at America's classic cars.

Read Celene's article in Events.

Press Release: Hot Bay City Nights 2014

BAY CITY, SL (18th August, 2014) - Now in its third year, "Hot Bay City Nights" celebrates Bay City's mid-century theme as well as its large network of roads. The event will showcase vehicle makers who create automobiles from the Bay City "theme era," stretching from 1940 to 1965. The event features top Second Life™ vintage automakers.

Established vintage automobile designers will be found in the Bay City Fairgrounds, in the North Channel region, from August 23-30 to present the best in vintage and retro vehicles for all Second Life™ avatars.

Additional events will provide plenty for all to do, including the crowning of 2014's Miss Bay City and a number of charity car wash. The event will raise funds for Child's Play, a charity that provides toys and games for children in hospitals around the world. Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab™ and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life™ and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest Bay city group, and home to most Residents of Bay City.

For more information, contact: Marianne McCann

Press Release: Hot Bay City Nights 2013

 BAY CITY, SL - Celebrating Bay City's mid-century theme as well as its large network of roads, "Hot Bay City Nights" will showcase vehicle makers who create automobiles from the Bay City "era," stretching from 1940 to 1965. This will be the second year for Hot Bay City Nights, which quickly became one of the City's favorite events on its initial outing last August

Established vintage automobile designers will be found in the Bay City Fairgrounds, in the North Channel region, from August 24-31 to present the best in vintage and retro vehicles for all Second Life™ avatars.

Additional events will provide plenty for all to do, including the crowning of 2013's Miss Bay City and a charity car wash. The event will raise funds for Child's Play, a charity that provides toys and games for children in hospitals around the world.

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab™ and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life™ and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest Bay city group, and home to most Residents of Bay City.

For more information, contact: Marianne McCann

Car Show at ZZ Studios

Last week on Feb 2, the adult media company ZZ Studios hosted a car show on it's sim. There were a number of entries, from dung buggies, to replicas of famous cars such as "Ecto 1" from "Ghostbusters, tanks, muscle cars, classic cars, motorcycles, and more. Brandi Streusel, who runs a motorcycle custom painting business from Angel Estates, entered one of her bikes. Company owner Cindy "Zig Zag" Babi was also seen at the event.

Many of the cars were quite detailed. Among them was a police car marked with the company logo (a cop's car with a porn studio's sign?), and there was quite a bit of effort to get the interior realistic, with it's dashboard, steering wheel, radio and "laptop" display, etc.

Between the cars and the avatars, there were over two dozen people at the event, the place could get pretty laggy. Yours truly crashed a number of times while covering the event.

Bixyl Shuftan

The Hot Bay City Nights

Grease Coakes recently stopped by Bay City for it's car show, "Hot Bay City Nights." Raising funds for the childrens' charity Childsplay, the show offers a chance to get one of a number of cars with the Lindens going for a good cause, as well as other events from a bikini contest, to car washes, to parties.

Read more in Events.

Syzygy International Car Show

The Syzygy International Car show is going on now at Syzygy Eos (128, 158, 1501). Syzygy resident B. W. Jinxing is curator of the show, which features over 25 vehicles. The show is fun and interactive. You can open the doors, kick the tires (gently), and sit in many of the cars. You will also find food and a space for you to rez a vehicle and play bumper cars.

The car show is set in a modern, two-story showroom. There are a wide variety of sports cars, police cars, a fire truck, semi’s, and fantasy cars. There are even some motorcycles and cars for tinies.

Many of the vehicles are sleek sports cars with realistic handling qualities. You can view models made by Prefabrica, Lusch, EMH, and GEMC. Some of my favorites are the ones produced by Haru Motors. Their cars on display include a La Re Blue, a Fi 50 Pink, and a Po 18 Sp Red

Jinxing owns many of the vehicles, but others have been loaned to the exhibit by his friends Samantha Glume, Erin Fensen, Motoko Henusaki, and Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks. Ms. Fiddlesticks, who owns Cake!, loaned her fantasy cupcake motorcycle and pink cupcake jeep. Residents with a sweet tooth will love these vehicles. Nearby is a 60's flower-power van with fun pose balls.

The work horses of SL are displayed here, too. There is an Astaro DC 6000 semi and an Astaro Westline logging truck. Police cars, a fire truck, and even a 7 passenger city bus, the STML-107 by GEMC, are shown. The lights blink and the wipers wipe on this big guy.

After you’ve checked out the show, go outside for some delicious Japanese food at the Yatai food vendor, which Motoko Henusaki loaned to the show. The Sake and noodles are great!

The International Car Show is the latest in the series of temporary community builds that the residents of Syzygy have been creating this year. It will remain open for a few more weeks.

Syzygy Eos (128, 158, 1501)

Grey Lupindo

SL Speed Limit 450 MPH!

Drag Racing Rocks Second Life With Blinding Speeds! Only the rules limit speeds to 450 MPH, Second Life (SL) drag racers are burning rubber and making tracks! Yes they CAN get out of Denver baby! Woooooooosh!

SL hockey legend, Antonia Foggarty, does SL wrestling and SL drag racing. She invited me to her motorsports factory to view her newest creations, a pair of steps-on trucks with Hemi-modified engines (Picture 1). Sweet!

In Picture 2, Antonia models her pro-sports driver outfit in front of a cherry Plymouth dragster titled Sox and Martin. She explained that it's quite unusual to put Ford parts in a GM car! Oh really!

At Antonia's invitation, I headed out to the drag strip to catch some car thrills. Everyone was just wonderful, excited that I was writing this story! Dragstrip announcer MB Robonaught even made an official proclamation to the audience, announcing my iReporter presence! Hurray!

Racer Rocky Belavidorico explains, "SL Drag racing is a great stay at home hobby .. modifying the cars... the competition is excellent and there are many great racers."

Picture 3 is a burn out, sending up plumes of smoke as drivers heat up their tires to stick to the road. At the pre-start countdown, we saw a very convincing deterrent to jumping the gun! Then it's GO TIME! Pedal to the metal baby! In a heartbeat POOF, the cars are gone! But they come back right quick, because each race is best 2 out of 3 heats.

How they reach 450 MPH in under 250 meters boggles the mind! Real world dragsters reach up to 350 MPH in 1000 meter races. That means SL dragsters accelerate at least 4X as fast!

Just before driving out on the track SeVeN VanDouser told me, "To me it's one of the most interactive drag racing simulations... having done it in real life and now only in the SL world, it keeps the dream alive." Awesome!

One thing's for sure... Second Life AIN'T no DRAG! ;-)

The amazing Antonia Foggarty appears in my hockey report: Click Here to read.

Visit the Amber Drag Strip in SL at Amber (81, 224, 1360)

Originally posted on CNN

Any1 Gynoid