No, I don't mean you feel like shooting yourself after driving, I mean I've just had the most sim-driving fun I've had for years: a night race at the 'Ring against the AI in my little mini. You think you know the 'Ring? Ok, now turn the lights off and the headlights on! :-) I may have struggled to...

While reading about multi-screen gaming in sims like iRacing I realised I only had to tweak my Nvidia settings to get dual screen gaming on my games box. Ok, we're talking about a setup where you're looking straight at the bezels, but it requires no extra hardware or messing about, just two...

Andrew is in the diary room... Cheaper subscription? Free content as you earn it instead of being milked for every extra car or track? Free racing for backmarkers then... think of it as a charitable act

Well, maybe. This is *me* we're talking about. ;-) Despite all my whining I've driven about five races on my night off. The first three were the usual mixed bag of distinctly average experiences... a few moments of tension at the start, then a steady trail of hotlaps with the occasional spinner or...

Ok, so this invitation lands in my inbox. Now I've already said I dislike the pricing model of iRacing intensely, and that I really object to having to drive vehicles I have zero interest in, then pay -- when I'm allowed -- to add decent vehicles & tracks. So can someone explain to me why I've...

Ok, maybe just the one car then. I guess this means Intel are greasing assorted sim-palms as part of a comeback against AMD's recent success. Or maybe I'm just a conspiracy theorist. :-) http://www.rfactor.net/index.php?page=news_06-05bmwsauber Andrew McP

Are Bernie & the gang on drugs? I'd repeat the new rules here, but they went right over my head when the BBC just ran through them. I really must learn to pay more attention now that watching F1 requires revision notes. Andrew McP... only a part time F1 fan, obviously, otherwise the Bahrain GP...

(Sean Cousins) wrote: > If you buy the cdrom version it > has no such limitations. Good point. I was going to buy a CD version as well, but the online cost is now so low I'm finding it hard to part with the extra cash. :-) However I trust ED enough to think they'd find a way to...

http://www.drivingitalia.net/articoli.php?sez=focuson&id=32 Your Italian is probably as good as mine*, but I don't think you'll have any problem finding this redlineracing training video with voiceover. Worth a look, especially if you've yet to be tempted by the driving delights on offer in...

....now I appear to have got a little bit excited. That's not good for me. It messes with my naturally pessimistic hormone levels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDyHAoHa1iE&feature=player_embedded All that remains to be seen is how well they can translate this work into that elusive "feel"...

My cheap LCD filmed by my lousy camera... Not a recipe for success. But maybe my barely controlled lap at the Ring will show non PS3 owners why I have been converted by the Sony Borg. So much of GT5 is a disappointment. But this really does feel as good to drive as it looks in the...

iRacing has messed with my definition of "far too expensive" so I am tempted by the idea of buying a PS3 just for GT5 and another Ring experience (among many others). So far I've seen quite a lot of comments but there's a really confusing mixture of "it suxs" and "it feels great!" There do seem to...

http://www.iracing.com/video-contest-march2010/ Andrew McP... with a small vested interest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NIfk5kIywo I thought it was about time someone posted something. It's been a quiet week. :-) I continue to wrestle with my love hate relationship with iRacing. I still love the core sim code, but still dislike the iRacing service. But the above movie was inspired...

I've been ignoring hardware for a while... the more I read, the more money I tend to want to spend. ;-) So AMD's new generation of vid cards have come as a bit of a surprise. It looks like we may be able to throw our Triplehead boxes (or plans for a Triplehead box) out of the window. The money...

Come on, the US release will be two days ahead of Europe's, so we're relying on someone to part with the cash and beta-test this for us next week. <Lord Kitchener>Your Newgroup Needs You!</Lord Kitchener> Early volunteers will get free access to the newsgroup for the next three months, two...

I cracked this week and bought a G25 for 99 of our UK pounds (coming to a devalued currency shop near you any day now!) I'd been waiting for the 27 to be reviewed, but this price was far too good to miss. It's 50ukp less than I paid for the Momo about, er... seven years ago? Something like that...

(Boofhead) wrote: > It should be off by default. I agree, but I think it's probably unfair to criticise iRacing for this business decision. After all, what kind of message does it give out if they automatically assume you won't renew? Having said that, I think it would do no...

Annoyed at iRacing not allowing Skip Barber racing this week, I got decided to take my frustrations out on the Solstice, which I -- as you may remember -- hate. Somewhere along the line I got a bit carried away and started having fun. But don't tell anyone at iRacing! (That includes you Tim, stop...

Graphics: it's like a modding team took rF1 to the edges of what it was capable of. Good, if you were expecting a much improved rF1, but DX9 is capable of much better. The programmers here... well, they've tried their best, but unfortunately sometimes your best isn't really good enough. I had the...