I agree on a lot of your points as well, I'm just saying many wont as its a
big change all round for the sim community.

At that price I personally don't think I will bother, with work and personal
life I suspect I wouldn't use it enough to justify the time I could spend
racing. Plus to do it right I would want a setup on my LCD TV, not at my
primary PC and that seems like a lot for one game. For the last while I've
basically given up on PC gaming at gone the console route, lot less
headaches and much quicker to pop on and play. I'll wait and see how
iRacing progresses I guess and then see down the road if it may be a
worthwhile investment.

I managed a fulltime multi series N2003 league for years and know the pros
and cons of all involved, iRacing is a good concept, I'm just not sure how
it will fly with their divisional/licensing structure and subscription
model. To me it seems to lack the personal close group feel that leagues
bring to the racing, and makes it much more sterile and dictated.

"Larry" > wrote in message
...
> Valid points. And exactly why I like the idea.
>
> If I'm being honest, I...
>
> 1. Am tired of online crash fests.
> 2. Truly, TRULY sick of the whole mod thing. Really, I am. I just wanna
> race these days without all that nonsense.
> 3. Love the idea of a centralized scoring system.
> 4. Love the idea of people racing under their REAL names.
> 5. People being responsible for their actions.
>
> And a bunch more.
>
> -Larry
>
> "schooner" > wrote in message
> news:Ktg2k.20$L03.9@edtnps92...
>> There is a lot more and lot less to it compared to other sims. How you
>> see the glass will impact who joins. The sim community is traditionally
>> an open varied community with a lot of small groups doing varied things,
>> with open mods, group leagues, custom tracks, add-ons, etc. iRacing is
>> none of that as I understand it. iRacing is more about regimented
>> organized racing on a grand scale with a central rules board running all
>> aspects, which has both good and bad aspects.
>>
>> Time will tell how it goes, but I personally think the pricing plus
>> strict rules and dictated racing divisions may turn a lot away from it.
>>
>> "Larry" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Then it's not for you Jack. No problem. It's not expected to be for
>>> everyone.
>>>
>>> However, your post completely side-steps the community, competition and
>>> other aspects of iRacing. There is a lot more to it than comparing the
>>> sim itself against sim xxxxxx.
>>>
>>> -Larry
>>>
>>> "Jack" > wrote in message
>>> . ..
>>>> Andrew MacPherson wrote:
>>>>> () wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bitches better prepare yourself, simracing is back.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've still got my fingers crossed that I'll hate it. I've almost given
>>>>> up
>>>>> gaming completely, and the 'beast' down the desk hasn't been switched
>>>>> on
>>>>> for weeks. Actually it might nearly be months.
>>>>>
>>>>> It sounds like I'd better start filtering out any message with iRacing
>>>>> in
>>>>> it, just in case anyone starts calling it GPL2. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew McP
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Well I have been testing it about a month,I don't think I'll be
>>>> subscribing after release.Yea ,it's good but not sure it's that much
>>>> better than the other racing sims that are out there now.At least not
>>>> good enough to justify the pricing to me.
>>>
>>
>>
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