chocolate (AT) caramel (DOT) com.au (Byron Forbes) wrote:

This kind of thing is a real turnoff for me. But if it helps bring the costs down,
or subsidise the service, then it's very hard to complain.

As I've said lots of times though, you're right... GPL2 is alive and well inside
iRacing. Unfortunately they wrapped it in an expensive straight-jacket. The good
news is that they're slowly -- one patch at a time, one feature at a time --
loosening the straps, letting the core engine breathe a little, and improving the
value for money.

Andrew McP

"Andrew MacPherson" <mcp.andrew (AT) DELETTHISgmail (DOT) com> wrote

Can the engine be stalled yet?

"David G Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote

No, only blown up by over revving. All cars are autos when in 1st gear!


Big deal?

"Byron Forbes" <chocolate (AT) caramel (DOT) com.au> wrote

Not too big. But shows an underlying tendency on the part of the devs to
panda to wimps and crybabies.

agree game is biggest facade hidden under mask of laser tracks ever
seen. nothing better than 8 years ago in areas where it counts. when
race drivers note another sim dominates physics there is a problem imo
http://psrtv.com/podcast/index.php?p=episode&name=2009-03-17_theopinionnation_e11.mp3

shift is great too

Gota say if you race RL there is no other way to go. I just tried
Summit Point in rFactor (a converter GPL track AFAIK) and it wasn't
even close. iRacing has the tracks and physics down, all you cryers
and moaners are just fucking jealous because you don't have the money
to spend. Admit it and move on. Nothing compares to it regardless of
how much pissing and moaning goes on. You either can afford it or you
can't. Stop whining and move on.

"David G Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote

When I first joined I had a single core 3gig cpu/8500 graphics - no
where near enough. Now have a quad 3.2gig/8500 graphics - no problems. Point
being, the present physics engine is already taxing the cpu big time. To
anyone who's used Papy stuff over the years it is clear that a ton of the
bells and whistles are simply not there yet and I'll bet the cpu tax is the
reason - as technology catches up/gets cheaper, all this sort of stuff will
be addressed.

It is important to remember that presently they have X amount of series
running - there are still a lot of people who don't even have a clutch. As
the membership grows and the feasibility to add new series increases, I'm
sure we will start to see series where auto clutch and auto blip are
disabled and to run in those series will require the use of a clutch.
Obviously, at that time, engines will no doubt be able to stall!

I was being a bit sarcastic, but it is the best simulation out there
at the momemt.

Fucking fanboy, arse fucker.

"GaryR" <GaryR (AT) nospamforme (DOT) com> wrote

"Iteration"? My god, how I hate that word. It ranks right up there
with "resonate" as two of the most overly-used words in the English
language.

Anyhow, I tried iRacing, using that 3-month dealie, and played ONCE.
The game is so restrictive. If I'm paying for something I want to be
able to create my own league and run what I want to run.

Alan