Tuning AG

Current [Tuning AG] Staff:

dRizZe: Founder, Race Tuner, Painter (USA)
The LPT: Race Tuner, Painter (Canada)
Pothole0222: Race Tuner (USA)
junismo: Race Tuner, Painter (USA)
DepthC0RE: Drift Tuner, Team Painter (Canada)
JeffKill: Tuner (USA)
REDAARON 3000: Drift Tuner, Team Painter (USA)
xDie Nudelx: Test Driver, Tuner (Germany)
bigbluesd: Painter (USA)
Bipolar Dolphin: Re-seller (USA)
famousron: Re-seller (USA)
Kartman: Painter (USA)
Luminossi: Tuner & Painter (USA)
McCREE: Re-seller
TFrost: Painter (USA)
Tomassi: Painter (UK)


[Tuning AG] Staff Bio:

Name: dRizZe
Role: Founder of [Tuning AG], Tuner & Painter
Real Name: Andre
Place of Birth: Delaware (USA)
Age: 34
Occupation: CAD/GIS Specialist for an Environmental Engineering & Consulting Company
Why the Gamertag?: Seeing as though my name is Andre, I go the nick name "Dre" rather quickly. Then a few of my buddies started calling me "drizze". I use that becuase its always an available user name.
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: I have had my 360 for 21 months
Favorite Forza stock car: Eagle Talon TSi
Real car ownership: Dodge SRT-4 (12.996 @ 108.9 MPH in the 1/4! )
Favorite Track: Road Atlanta and Mugello
Proudest Forza moment: Winning the weekly Livery Contest
Biggest Claim to Fame: I can leap buildings in a single bound! OK, OK... maybe thats a slight exaggeration.
Worst Joke: None... all of mine are destined to be classics!
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To be one of the best tuners the game has ever witnessed!


Name: The LPT
Role: Race Tuner
Real Name: Lawrence
Place of Birth: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Age: 29
Occupation: IT Administrative Assistant
Why the Gamertag?: The LPT is a nickname I was given by my buddies after high school as a complete joke. I was such a shy guy back then (kinda still am) LPT stands for Larry the P*ssy Tamer. (pauses for laughter)
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: Newb. I got my 360 in February because I got tired of waiting for PS3 to be in stock, plus it was too damn expensive. Never owned a Xbox before. I was a PS2 guy. I'm glad I went with this, since I've seen the lineup of games coming up and I'm pretty happy.
Favorite Forza stock car: Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Real car ownership: 2008 Yaris Sedan S (WIDER STANCE BABY!)
Favorite Track: Maple Valley Short & Long and Mugello
Proudest Forza moment: Scoring an LE version of the Tsukuba Express
Biggest Claim to Fame: My Audi TT, apparently it got better times than I expected, thanks to Timm hahahah. He recreated interest for that car again.
Worst Joke: Why did the man dance in front of the bottle? . . . . . It said "Twist" to open! lmao!
Ultimate Forza Ambition: Tuning a car that JED or Potzy can rack up a #1 Spot on the leader boards.


Name: junismo
Role: Tuner, Painter
Real Name: Juni
Place of Birth: Illinois
Age: 33
Occupation: Quality Inspector...(now you know why I'm so picky about details)
Why the Gamertag?: Because it fits nicely in with my name: Juni + Nismo = junismo (clever huh)
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: newbie...bought the box back in April
Favorite Forza stock car: NSX R - GT
Real car ownership: 95 Toyota Tercel...
Favorite Track: MUGELLO!!!!!
Proudest Forza moment: Breaking the 52 sec barrior with My Evo 8 MR!!!
Biggest Claim to Fame: Tuning 2 different Evos to number 1 at Tsukuba!
Worst Joke: Why did the chicken cross the Road....
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To ride it for as long as it lasts baby!!!


Name: DepthC0RE
Role: Painter
Real Name: Mike
Place of Birth: Calgary, Canada
Age: 21
Occupation: Public Health and Safety inspector
Why the Gamertag?: CarbonR was my first as i was obsossed with anything carbon, but it became to kiddy. I choose DepthC0RE as i wanted something with meaning and seemed intelligent. plus i think it makes my paintjobs more deep.
Favorite Forza stock car: 2000 Audi S4
Real car ownership: Toyota Matrix XR (epic acceleration)
Favorite Track: Maple Valley Reverse, Nurburgring
Proudest Forza moment: 4 person tandem drift (collisions ON)
Biggest Claim to Fame: My paintjobs speak for themselves (im elitist bitch)
Worst Joke: .................exactly
Ultimate Forza Ambition: none really, just make awesome paintjobs

Name: O1J4Tdi
Role: Re-Seller
Real Name: Michael, Mick, Dad or hey you : ) depending on who’s talking to Me
Place of Birth: Ankara, Turkey
Age: 43
Occupation: Dad … Looking for new career
Why the Gamertag?: It was my DD car when I got my old xbox..2001 Jetta MK4 Turbo Diesel
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: I have had an xbox for 4-5 years, but only bought the 360 for Forza2 It’s one of two games I have for it. The other is PGR3 that came with the 360 wheel
Favorite Forza stock car: Tommy K 20b
Real car ownership: 02 Jetta 1.8T Wagon with Golf front sheet metal swap, APR chipped, full OEM European Recaro Interior, 92 Miata 1.6 with JR supercharger and Race ported head waiting for me to get off my but and install , and 1996 DGGM Impala SS 425 hp crank /300+ whp without the 175 shot of NOS in the trunk.
Favorite Track: Maple Valley and Road Atlanta ( I live 25 miles from that track )
Proudest Forza moment: Placing third in a race with JED and Potzy.
Biggest Claim to Fame: Being Part of this Great Team
Worst Joke: Well, I not good at stand up so I don’t even go there
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To still be playing and having fun till they release FM3 in 2015


Name: Pothole0222 aka "Kev" or Kevin
Role: Tuner
Real Name: Kevin
Place of Birth: Cookeville, TN
Age: Old Enough to know better...
Occupation: Customer Service Manager (Convience Store Clerk), Daddy
Why the Gamertag?: Pothole has been my nickname since my freshman year of High School when I owned a lowered Nissan Pickup truck... thing was so low I got it stuck in a pothole in the parking lot...
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: I'll always be a noob
Favorite Forza stock car: Skyline R34 (unless they put in a R33...)
Real car ownership: NONE at the moment... LOL Wife drives a '93 Chevy Blazer tho...
Favorite Track: Mugello and Tsukuba
Proudest Forza moment: JED's Getting a 1:54.620 at Suzuka with Nessie
Biggest Claim to Fame: None whatsoever
Worst Joke: Stop me if you've heard this one... A priest, a minister, and a rabii walk into a bar......... nevermind....
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To beat JED's 1:54.620 at Suzuka, and get a 59.999 in D Class at Tsukuba


Name: JeffKill
Role: Tuner
Real Name: Jeff
Place of Birth: Erie, PA
Age: 32
Occupation: Freight Broker (Idiot Director)
Why the Gamertag?: Just something my friends came up with a while ago, I have a tendancy to be mean......
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: dont care
Favorite Forza stock car: I'll get back to you on that....
Real car ownership: 04 F150 Supercrew
Favorite Track: Mugello
Proudest Forza moment: Probably the G35.
Biggest Claim to Fame: My 15" dong
Worst Joke:
Ultimate Forza Ambition: Have a car in the top 10 on every track.


Name: REDAARON 3000
Role: Painter
Real Name: Aaron
Place of Birth: Maryland, USA
Age: 17, don't worry im mature for my age drizze thought i was like 25,LOL
Occupation: Highschool
Why the Gamertag?: Me and my friends thought our old GT's were stupid so we sat down and thought of new ones
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: Veteran, played original xbox since release, played 360 since holiday release
Favorite Forza stock car: Dodge Challenger
Real car ownership: 2006 Pontiac GTO( no im not lying )
Favorite Track: Any of the Motegi
Proudest Forza moment: LOL, Getting into AG Tuning
Biggest Claim to Fame: Richest man on forza before update ( had so much money it started going into the negatives )
Worst Joke: your mamma so stupid, she thought "Grape Nuts" was an STD
Ultimate Forza Ambition: place number one on any leaderboard


Name: xx Die Nudel xx
Role: Driver
Real Name: Flo
Place of Birth: Regensburg, Germany
Age: 19
Why the Gamertag?: I were drunk and than i ate some Noodle´s. Thats it
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: Veteran. Playing since Halo
Favorite Forza stock car: Porsche GT3 RS
Real car ownership: VW Golf III Variant GT
Favorite Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife
Proudest Forza moment: Getting #1 on Tsukuba B-Class (long time ago before they deleted my times)
Biggest Claim to Fame: ------
Worst Joke: Dont know any worse jokes lol
Ultimate Forza Ambition: Getting a 53.1xx on Tsukuba


Name: Ron1977
Role: Reseller
Real Name: Ron
Place of Birth: Palm Bay, FL
Age: 30
Occupation: Loan and Mortgage Jockey
Why the Gamertag?: See above
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: Noobish
Favorite Forza stock car: #10 Mustang
Real car ownership: 93 Jeep Wrangler 4x4 and 00 Ducati Monster 750
Favorite Track: All 4 Maple Valley tracks
Proudest Forza moment: My first top 100 time.
Biggest Claim to Fame: No Comment.
Worst Joke: Wait! You mean we got married in Vegas?!? Shocked
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To be competitive without using assists? The Bird

Name: bigbluesd (but you can call me Blue or Sexy (sd stands for sexydawg))
Role: Pixel Pusher (painter)
Real Name: Brandon
Place of Birth: Georgia (Savannah)
Age: 28
Occupation: Real Estate Broker, Sales Manager, General Certified Appraiser, Investor
Why the Gamertag?: I've gone by "sexydawg" (UGA fan) for 10 years and when it's taken I always use "BigBlue" but both were taken on live (lame) so it's the only remotely sensible combination I could come up with
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: Bought a 360 in December, total noob
Favorite Forza stock car: Viper
Real car ownership: 2004 Ford F-150 Crew Cab
Favorite Track: Laguna Seca
Proudest Forza moment: Having one of my liveries show up in Pit Pass (and getting recruited to join AG )
Biggest Claim to Fame: My uncle was in Steppenwolf/I planted "the hedges" (yes, THE hedges) at Sanford Stadium


Name: Bipolar Dolphin
Role: SELLLLLLLLEERRR
Real Name: Erik
Place of Birth: Greenwood, SC but immediately relocated to Sarasota, Florida..
Age: 24
Occupation: College (3rd semester)/Grocery Store Supervisor
Why the Gamertag?: because who wouldn't like to meet a bipolar dolphin? seriously, no, i've had a long tag line of animals mixed with odd beginnings..
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: i bought an original xbox when they came out...so veteran..
Favorite Forza stock car: FREAKING EVO 8 MR
Real car ownership: 1998 Honda Civic EX with some "minor" mods, recently sold my '95 nissan 240sx
Favorite Track: MVR FTW...or maybe sunset...
Proudest Forza moment: um, not totally sucking ass at a racing game for a change? lol nah, being able to befriend many people from across the globe..YES, THE GLOBE.
Biggest Claim to Fame: applying my wonderful editing tips to help my friends come up with our colleges "commercial" for our library..lol..it was all done in stop motion, over 3000 shots were taken..
Ultimate Forza Ambition: get 53 on Tsukuba..for the LOVE OF FREAKING GOD! it will never happen though..
Worst Joke: Can't tell it in public.
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To be on the first page of one of the leaderboards or to have one of my paintjobs be on a car as ubiquitous as the AWE missile



Name: TFrost
Role: Painter
Real Name: Todd
Place of Birth: Olympia, Washington
Age: 41
Occupation: Casino Surveillance Technician/Observer
Why the Gamertag?: First inital+my last name
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: I guess veteren but I don't drive like one.
Favorite Forza stock car: Porsche Carrera GT
Real car ownership: 2004 Dodge Intrepid
Favorite Track: Tsukuba or Maple Valley
Proudest Forza moment: Winning the Livery of the week contest.
Biggest Claim to Fame: I once finished first in a race.
Worst Joke: I know so many but I can't remember one.
Ultimate Forza Ambition: Someday get the last achievement for $1mil credits won in online races.


Name: Kartman
Role: Painter
Real Name: Shane
Place of Birth: London, UK but grew up in Dublin, Ireland, happily living in Seattle now.
Age: 37
Occupation: digital post production
Why the Gamertag?: You know that South Park episode when Kenny and Kartman race to San Francisco on their trikes?
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: neither, only got the original box for Forza 1. Been playing video games though since Commodore.
Favorite Forza stock car: BMW M3 E30
Real car ownership: 1998 Subaru Outback
Favorite Track: Road Atlanta
Proudest Forza moment: Taking a couple of months off and coming back to see over 10,000 hits on my fm.net garage.
Biggest Claim to Fame: Fame is over-rated.
Worst Joke: This horse goes into a bar to order a drink and the bar man says 'what's with the long face?'
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To get respectable times on all race tracks with no assists (that's not too much to ask for is it?)



Name: Luminossi
Role: Tuner / Painter
Real Name: Alex
Place of Birth: New Haven, CT
Age: 16
Occupation: Gateguarding a pool!
Why the Gamertag?: dont ask
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: second shipment in february 06
Favorite Forza stock car: Evo 8MR
Real car ownership: volvo station wagon.... yep.
Favorite Track: Mugello
Proudest Forza moment: Tuning a #1 LB evo 8
Biggest Claim to Fame: Hipermax evo 8
Worst Joke: all my jokes are great!
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To paint a car that I am completely happy with! (has not yet happened...)

Name: Tomassi
Role: Painter
Real Name: Tom
Place of Birth: Birmingham (UK)
Age: 26
Occupation: Projectionist/Graphic Designer
Why the Gamertag?: School nickname... an Italian footballer named Tommasi
Xbox Noob or Veteran?: I've had this one for 3 days
Favorite Forza stock car: Nissan Fairlady Z
Real car ownership: Pair of Nike Air Max
Favorite Track: Maple Valley
Proudest Forza moment: Finding out I inspired another painter
Biggest Claim to Fame: I'm Spartacus
Worst Joke: All of them
Ultimate Forza Ambition: To still have a girlfriend when im done lol