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iRacing - My slant
For the noobs - http://www.iracing.com/home.html
A few months back I get an email from iRacing letting me know about a 3 months for $25 deal. Sounds too good to resist and I feel an itch to scratch so I go and spend over $1000 on new computer, G25 and seat! Though there is the odd issue or 2, overall it is the best thing since GPL. I had said in here donkeys years ago that the sim racing world was screaming out for something like this (i.e. official racing series run by sim company) and upon my iRacing experience I can tell you all that I was dead right. The helter skelter atmosphere is gone. There is no need to fish around for patches, mods, tracks and then leagues - it is all there in 1 place for you. It is fantastic to simply be able to hook up your stuff and go racing. My view presently is that the new iteration of the physics engine is so taxing on the cpu that some of the complaints (and they are mostly minor) about things will get fixed as cpu power allows them to add more bells and whistles. Just a ton of great stuff on the horizon - Indianapolis has just been released and will be shortly followed by the Aussie V8, including Phillip Island, the Indy cars and Indy Lights, CR-6 Corvette, etc. They have also taken a further step of merging the simulator with the real world with the launch of inRacingNews - http://www.inracingnews.com/ as well as obviously increasing public awareness about the world of sim racing. Recently a plan was released for sponsorship at all levels as well. From the forum - On Car Sponsorship Series Sponsorship Forum Banner Ad Space inRacingNews.com Banner Ad Space Packages starting at $1000 For more information, contact: |
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"David G Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message
... > > "Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message > ... >> (Byron Forbes) wrote: >> >>> On Car Sponsorship >>> Series Sponsorship >>> Forum Banner Ad Space >>> inRacingNews.com Banner Ad Space >> >> 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 > > Can the engine be stalled yet? No, only blown up by over revving. All cars are autos when in 1st gear! Big deal? |
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"Byron Forbes" > wrote in message ... > "David G Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message > ... >> >> "Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message >> ... >>> (Byron Forbes) wrote: >>> >>>> On Car Sponsorship >>>> Series Sponsorship >>>> Forum Banner Ad Space >>>> inRacingNews.com Banner Ad Space >>> >>> 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 >> >> Can the engine be stalled yet? > > No, only blown up by over revving. All cars are autos when in 1st gear! > > > Big deal? Not too big. But shows an underlying tendency on the part of the devs to panda to wimps and crybabies. |
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iRacing - My slant
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...nation_e11.mp3 shift is great too |
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iRacing - My slant
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 ****ing jealous because you don't have the money to spend. Admit it and move on. Nothing compares to it regardless of how much ****ing and moaning goes on. You either can afford it or you can't. Stop whining and move on. >On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:54:06 -0700 (PDT), jelloshooter69 > wrote: >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...nation_e11.mp3 > >shift is great too |
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"David G Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message
... > > "Byron Forbes" > wrote in message > ... >> "David G Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message >> ... >>> >>> "Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> (Byron Forbes) wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Car Sponsorship >>>>> Series Sponsorship >>>>> Forum Banner Ad Space >>>>> inRacingNews.com Banner Ad Space >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> Can the engine be stalled yet? >> >> No, only blown up by over revving. All cars are autos when in 1st gear! >> >> >> Big deal? > > Not too big. But shows an underlying tendency on the part of the devs to > panda to wimps and crybabies. 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! |
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iRacing - My slant
I was being a bit sarcastic, but it is the best simulation out there
at the momemt. >On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:18:52 -0700, Eric Von Zipper > wrote: >On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:09:41 -0400, GaryR > >wrote: > >>You either can afford it or you >>can't. Stop whining and move on. > >I can afford it, and the reason I can afford it is because I am not >the type of person who wastes good money on monthly fees for online >games. |
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iRacing - My slant
****ing fanboy, arse ****er.
"GaryR" > wrote in message ... > 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 ****ing jealous because you don't have the money > to spend. Admit it and move on. Nothing compares to it regardless of > how much ****ing and moaning goes on. You either can afford it or you > can't. Stop whining and move on. > > >>On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:54:06 -0700 (PDT), jelloshooter69 > wrote: >>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...nation_e11.mp3 >> >>shift is great too > |
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