"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
> (Byron Forbes) wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well as a paying customer now the idea of them even thinking
>> of spending 1 moment or dollar on this offends me!
>
> As someone who's 'invested' $450 with iRacing so far it offends me that
> even $1 of
> that has gone towards pointless development of the Pro series, WDC, free
> road
> racing adventure for John Prather, and assorted other iMarketing jollies
> which I
> see as chasing a fantasy business model doomed to eventual failure.
>
> iRacing will eventually have no choice but to go with the flow of
> subscribers. It
> is still too early to tell which direction that will be. But to me it is
> clear that
> -- behind the smokescreen of positive spin which oozes from every iPress
> release --
> iRacing has already had to move away from its original pure, hardcore
> model. In
> time it will shift even further. The trick will be disguising that move
> from the
> hardcore user base which has so far helped stunt its growth.
>
> IMO anyway. :-)
>
> Andrew McP

Far more of John Henry's money has gone into this than yours so I wouldn't
worry too much.
Lotta haters that can't seem to just let go of iRacing...