Dave F wrote:
Same here. The quality of the mods for rFactor, some fun with the GTR2
mods and a great GT Legends league leave me trying to find more time for
sim racing. With iRacing and future developments of NKPro, Race2Play
plus who knows what, sim racing just gets better and better.

GPL will always have huge sim racing memories for me - my first ever
online race, my first ever league and some championship honours, yet
whilst I have fond memories of busy VROC nights, things have moved on
with the quality of sims and the racing with improved netcode and
availability of broadband.

Maybe racing really is in the blood. Unlike other computer games which
bring in new twists to enhance the gameplay, sim racing is pretty darned
simple. Sure new features can be added like changeable weather and
better modelled bumps and so on, but the basic gameplay is somewhat
primitive. These features all add a degree of novelty factor, but for me
there is no novelty of sim racing per se to lose. So I don't agree it is
inevitable the thrill will be depleted over time.

Cheers
Tony

On 3 Jan 2007 11:53:49 -0800, Bob Simpson wrote:


Or in your case a dumbass for not knowing what an emoticon means.

"Tony Rickard" <tony.rickardno (AT) spam (DOT) blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

I agree that things just keep getting better and better. Really looking
forward to this year.

Something I've been wanting to do for years *finally* happened recently.
RACER had an F1 (mini) season with CTDP F1 2005. Until rFactor, F1 racing
with a full field of drivers was never really possible IMO, so I'd been
waiting for something like this to come along for about 9 years. The whole
event was run like a real F1 season. Team owners who picked their driver
lineup, real team car performance, test drivers, private team and open
practice sessions, full race distance races, etc. The most fun I've ever had
in sim racing. Great lineup of drivers and some extremely intense racing and
setup work. My teammate (also owner) and I, along with a couple of other
excellent test drivers/teammates won the team championship, and I won the
driver championship. The next season coming up later this year will be even
better.

I agree 100% with your last paragraph. I just love competing on a race track
against other drivers, and always trying to improve. Can't imagine giving it
up. The other night George Sandman and I were practicing for an upcoming
RACER event in the advTrainers (you should sign up) and were swapping fast
laps (ended up about.05 apart), and then we ran a short race with a couple
of other drivers. We were separated by a few tenths the entire race. I had a
blast and could never giving up sim racing, exactly because of these kind of
moments.


--
David G Fisher

Dave F wrote:

Maybe that highlights the issues that some others have with sim racing
though. What you have described are very well organised online events. I
am sure many of us would love to get more involved but can't commit to
regular schedules. So we take what we can with pick up racing on a more
ad hoc basis.

This is what I hope ventures like Race2Play and iRacing can bring to
party - some better organisation and control to raise the quality of
online racing such that there should be decent racing going on pretty
much all of the time in a similar way to fps titles, in addition to the
leagues.

Cheers
Tony

gordo wrote:

or not

"Albert Ross" <albros (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

I sold a new, unopened copy on ebay last August for $150.00 (buy it now).
:-)

Joel Willstein <jaw101 (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote in newsEcmh.1113$1M.1100
@newsfe11.lga:

You really should not post a real email address on Usenet, for your own
sake, and Optimum Online's.

"Uwe Schürkamp" <hoover (AT) hoover (DOT) dyndns.org> wrote

All you need to do to be respectable is post under your own name -
posting with a legit email addy is like covering yourself with fresh shit
and walking amongst greeks!

Byron Forbes wrote:
Funny, I dont respect you

"timmy thompson" <terminator (AT) famatters (DOT) com> wrote

That must be the greek "in" you!