iRacing = crack in a box

> Never heard of anyone with a real name like "Cowboy Bob" before. Cool. Have
> to say though, only morons use their real name on the internet.

But I see his point.
I am BTGoss, that is my name (well initials), it is even on my tag on
my car. So, for me I have always raced as myself.
I think knowing that I am racing against other people with real names
will be good.
I remember when DTR was first hitting the scene, and many people used
real names or very close versions of their names, and it did seem to
make it more "real".
Also, I have no proof, but I think people behave better when they are
using their real name.

Jack wrote:
> 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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...the HIGH pricing..

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:-P

and, not sure, but some writers here seems PR of Iracing to me ;-)

btgoss > wrote in
:

> But I see his point.
> I am BTGoss, that is my name (well initials), it is even on my tag on
> my car. So, for me I have always raced as myself.
> I think knowing that I am racing against other people with real names
> will be good.
> I remember when DTR was first hitting the scene, and many people used
> real names or very close versions of their names, and it did seem to
> make it more "real".
> Also, I have no proof, but I think people behave better when they are
> using their real name.

Sometimes people are afraid to say what they really want to say when they
use their real name. Not using your real name allows one to say what they
want without fear of retribution. That's a big problem with people. There
are always those that will use fear and intimidation to shut someone up
because they are scumbags. Anyway, you guys saying iRacing will force
people to use their real name? Isn't that an invasion of privacy issue?

jeffareid wrote:
>> Never heard of anyone with a real name like "Cowboy Bob" before. Cool. Have
>> to say though, only morons use their real name on the internet.
>
> Why thank you.
>
>
Saw that one coming from a mile. To me, there's a difference between
using my real name and reply e-mail address in a very public newsgroup
(with the chance of being spammed to death...) and using my real name in
a racing "sim", which needs a login to enter. And it makes chatting much
more easier than "Hey R2D2c00Lman, nice lap" vs "Hey Phil, nice lap". If
by some remote chance a real race driver is on there, you could always
say: I've raced against so and so online. I'll let you be the judge of
that. I've been racing online since TEN, I still have the printout of
the race results and people I raced against used real name (or close
enough... YMenard for example . It made it alot easier to remember
them after all those years and at least I felt like I was racing versus
another fellow race instead of some 12 year old wrecker...

Plus I really liked the fact that one of the posters didn't use his real
name for fear for physical retribution. I don't know if this is a joke.
I don't know from which country he's from. I'm Canadian, and I doubt one
of my fellow citizens would ever wish to physically harm me; I also
doubt anyone outside this country would travel to this remote place to
do violence to me.

And of course, you had to point out the name thing just to feel
superior. I'm surprised you didn't also make fun of my grammar or
sentence construction. You didn't even bring any other argument why you
would prefer a racer under a real name in comparison to a really fake
one that's not even close to any known language.

"House Of The White Rose" > wrote in message
news:c8T2k.14772$gc5.10590@pd7urf2no...
> btgoss > wrote in
> :
>
>> But I see his point.
>> I am BTGoss, that is my name (well initials), it is even on my tag on
>> my car. So, for me I have always raced as myself.
>> I think knowing that I am racing against other people with real names
>> will be good.
>> I remember when DTR was first hitting the scene, and many people used
>> real names or very close versions of their names, and it did seem to
>> make it more "real".
>> Also, I have no proof, but I think people behave better when they are
>> using their real name.
>
> Sometimes people are afraid to say what they really want to say when they
> use their real name. Not using your real name allows one to say what they
> want without fear of retribution. That's a big problem with people. There
> are always those that will use fear and intimidation to shut someone up
> because they are scumbags. Anyway, you guys saying iRacing will force
> people to use their real name? Isn't that an invasion of privacy issue?

So, Einstein, how are people going to get away with using fear and
intimidation in rFactor if they have to use their real names to do it?

I have to completely agree with you there AE

It's funny how "honest" "non-one-sided" questions are simply NOT answered.

Quick to post praise..... but slow (or stopped) when it comes to answering
some simple questions.

Hmmmmmmm strange me thinks

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> [/FIX]
>
> :-P
>
> and, not sure, but some writers here seems PR of Iracing to me ;-)
>

> wrote in...
> The NDA has been lifted for iRacing.
>
>
> And as I said in the subject, iRacing is crack in a box.
> It's the most addicting thing a simracer will get since
> the end of the NROS. It's that amazing.

Wow Franky, coming from you that's one hell of an endorsement.

> Let me rephrase this : iRacing is so good (physics,
> track modelling, multi racing experience) that it
> made me come back from retirement, made me
> buy a 1500$ PC and a G25 wheel.
>
> Bitches better prepare yourself, simracing is back.

Obviously, simracing never went anywhere in your absence(*), but I trust
your judgement. Welcome back, BTW.

Jan.
=---
(*): Papyrus just caught up in the trappings of mainstream game
developement.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:02:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>And as I said in the subject, iRacing is crack in a box. It's the
>most addicting thing a simracer will get since the end of the NROS.

Not for the price they're asking.

Crack seems affordable in comparison.

Cheers,
Rod.

On Jun 9, 5:00*am, Rod > wrote:

> Not for the price they're asking.
>
> Crack seems affordable in comparison.

How much crack do you think you'll get for $150? It's definitely not
a year's worth, that's for sure.

One Pizza delivered with Tip can cost you more than a full month of iRacing.
So eat Veggies one night

-Larry

"Rod" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:02:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>>And as I said in the subject, iRacing is crack in a box. It's the
>>most addicting thing a simracer will get since the end of the NROS.
>
> Not for the price they're asking.
>
> Crack seems affordable in comparison.
>
> Cheers,
> Rod.