Good offer from iRacing... 50% off for ex-subscribers

"hoover" > wrote in message
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> I doubt it. A dozen people (even a few hundred) re-newing won't keep
> them from tanking (dunno if they're in any danger of doing just that,
> my guess is JH has a few million left in his account) at their burn
> rate, even if the latter has become a bit less since they went open.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Uwe


His few million is about to become a few bucks.

"Ken MacKay" > wrote in message
news:mATtl.16341$Db2.8042@edtnps83...
> Or could be that they don't have a "critical mass" in terms of enough
> drivers to make the system work. If there aren't enough drivers then
> things like splitting drivers on to servers according to skill level, the
> rating system, and a few other things don't work quite as well. Or maybe
> they just want to see what happens if someone comes back after an extended
> absence (e.g. how quickly does their rating stabilize). Or maybe they
> want to see if cost was the only reason you left. ;-) Lot's of possible
> reasons, only they know why.


Lowering their rates to $10.00 per month would get a lot more new
subscribers. Speaking for myself, charging over $17.00 per month is beyond
my acceptable threshold for an online game. There is no online game that I
know of that charges such a high rate.

"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
> (Ken MacKay) wrote:
> Well, that's always been true and still is unless something's changed
> radically
> recently. It was the main reason I backed away... not enough drivers of my
> skill
> level at the times I can race.
>
> As you say though, only they know for sure. But it's not hard to make some
> pretty
> educated guesses. That's even more fun than iRacing itself. :->
>
> Andrew McP
>


Why don't you just buy Race07+GTR Evo+ STCC and Arca and you have all the
online racing you want for one set fee with no monthly bill.

> subscribers. Speaking for myself, charging over $17.00 per month is beyond
> my acceptable threshold for an online game. There is no online game that I
> know of that charges such a high rate.

I accept it's beyond your threshold and that's fine, but regaring your
last sentence: How many of them are non-fiction?

I don't know how creating a character, weapon, a new ship in EVE
Online, etc, could be compared to a car which takes probably a month
to model and a 2-3 month period to define and refine physics for.
There's no research trip, no scan trip, no hotel fees, no extensive
modelling time (it isn't real, you can make it whatever shape you
want), no extensive physics work... Plus, the much longer time it
takes to create a non-fiction item, someone has to be paid during that
time difference. A track, even one like Bristol, can take months of
flat out work for one person, now imagine a track that isn't 0.533 in
length...

wrote:

> I accept it's beyond your threshold and that's fine, but regaring your
> last sentence: How many of them are non-fiction?
>
> I don't know how creating a character, weapon, a new ship in EVE
> Online, etc, could be compared to a car which takes probably a month
> to model and a 2-3 month period to define and refine physics for.
> There's no research trip, no scan trip, no hotel fees, no extensive
> modelling time (it isn't real, you can make it whatever shape you
> want), no extensive physics work... Plus, the much longer time it
> takes to create a non-fiction item, someone has to be paid during that
> time difference. A track, even one like Bristol, can take months of
> flat out work for one person, now imagine a track that isn't 0.533 in
> length...

Car racing is a one trick pony. Never played Eve online but I have read
it is very deep and would probably keep me entertained for a lot longer
than a car racing sim.

"Ichibod" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>
>> I accept it's beyond your threshold and that's fine, but regaring your
>> last sentence: How many of them are non-fiction?
>>
>> I don't know how creating a character, weapon, a new ship in EVE
>> Online, etc, could be compared to a car which takes probably a month
>> to model and a 2-3 month period to define and refine physics for.
>> There's no research trip, no scan trip, no hotel fees, no extensive
>> modelling time (it isn't real, you can make it whatever shape you
>> want), no extensive physics work... Plus, the much longer time it
>> takes to create a non-fiction item, someone has to be paid during that
>> time difference. A track, even one like Bristol, can take months of
>> flat out work for one person, now imagine a track that isn't 0.533 in
>> length...
>
> Car racing is a one trick pony. Never played Eve online but I have read it
> is very deep and would probably keep me entertained for a lot longer than
> a car racing sim.

It's not that deep. It's just big.