iRacing mentioned on BBC news!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7633110.stm

:-)

RobP

(Rob P) wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7633110.stm

Interesting. I'm far more interested in Sky Challenge than iRacing now. At one
stage I tried to get online pylon racing kick-started among the LOMAC community,
but there wasn't much interest. Given that the flight models on their recent
aircraft are among the most advanced available to simmers, that was a bit of a
disappointment. So that kind of project might be one I'd be prepared to pay more
for than iRacing. Flight sims were what got me into PC gaming, after all.

Ok, and the IndyCar Racing review in the same magazine as the Tornado review. :-)

Sky Challenge appears not to have a web presence yet though, from what I can find.
And the iRacing stuff was just the usual Kaemmer blah, blah. Maybe if it's repeated
often enough it'll come true.

That sounds a bit bitchy. I apologise... it's a knee-jerk reaction to the iRacing
email I just received telling me about the Silverado. I find it hard to take
seriously any organisation which thinks that racing pick-up trucks is A Good Idea.
Don't your shotguns and roadkill tend to fall out of the back when you corner too
fast?

Andrew McP

mcp.andrew DELETTHISgmail.com (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

> That sounds a bit bitchy. I apologise... it's a knee-jerk reaction
> to the iRacing email I just received telling me about the
> Silverado. I find it hard to take seriously any organisation which
> thinks that racing pick-up trucks is A Good Idea. Don't your
> shotguns and roadkill tend to fall out of the back when you corner
> too fast?

Are you drunk? How did you jump from someone racing/driving a pickup
truck to someone who carries a shotgun and hauls roadkill?













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lid (John Doe) wrote:

> Are you drunk?

Last time I was drunk was 1989. I suspect my hangover's gone by now.

> How did you jump from someone racing/driving a pickup
> truck to someone who carries a shotgun and hauls roadkill?

Did I touch a nerve there or something? I know we live in serious times, especially
for those in the USSA, but are you familiar with the concept of humour? ;-)

Besides, and let's be totally serious... in which parallel universe is utility
vehicle racing taken seriously? Truck racing is intriguing (I seem to remember a
demo which gave me a grin for half an hour), but a novelty for truckers rather than
a serious format. Pick-up racing is equally insane; a format designed by marketing
types to appeal to pick-up truck drivers and those who'd like to sell stuff to
pick-up drivers. I honestly can't look at one without smiling. It just makes no
sense whatsoever.

Of course arguably no type of racing makes any kind of sense. But watching snail
racing is probably less interesting than even the dullest F1 or BTCC race.
Similarly I'd rate a pick-up truck race (based on my limited experience of a few
race 'highlights', admittedly) as marginally less interesting than watching a game
of Pooh-sticks.

Obviously if you had to race with the pick-up full of tools, bags of cement, or
that contentious roadkill (or perhaps mixed loads with a diving-style degree of
difficulty system), then it might get interesting... I mean then it would be a test
of some kind of useful skill.

Again we may be facing a cultural divide here, just as I was describing on the
subject of oval racing recently. But I fail to see how iRacing is doing anything
other than wasting time trying to chase minority formats like pick-up trucks.

I may, however, be *wildly* underestimating the untapped potential among the
pick-truck racing community. But as I hover over the re-subscribe button this
weekend after a month away, it is decisions like this by iRacing which increasingly
make me wonder how long they'll be around.

Andrew McP

>> That sounds a bit bitchy. I apologise... it's a knee-jerk reaction
>> to the iRacing email I just received telling me about the
>> Silverado. I find it hard to take seriously any organisation which
>> thinks that racing pick-up trucks is A Good Idea. Don't your
>> shotguns and roadkill tend to fall out of the back when you corner
>> too fast?
>
> Are you drunk? How did you jump from someone racing/driving a pickup
> truck to someone who carries a shotgun and hauls roadkill?

No, if he was drunk, then he'd be a Nascar fan. Growing up in Texas,
part of that time in rural Texas, I'd equate pickup trucks with
rifle and shotguns mounts in the back of the cab. Probably shotguns
because your aim isn't too good when you're drunk. Roadkills where just
bonuses to lousy hunting skills.

Some of iRacings choice of cars seems questionable if the goal is to
attract players rather than punish the ones that do rent iRacing.

"Thanks for signing up to rent iRacing, we start you off with undesirable
cars, but our physics is so good you should ignore that fact, and
eventually we'll be releasing new cars that you can pay fees for so you
can rent them as well." "Hey good news, we just added the Silverado
to our list of racing vehicles".

"jeffareid" > wrote:

>>> That sounds a bit bitchy. I apologise... it's a knee-jerk
>>> reaction to the iRacing email I just received telling me about
>>> the Silverado. I find it hard to take seriously any organisation
>>> which thinks that racing pick-up trucks is A Good Idea. Don't
>>> your shotguns and roadkill tend to fall out of the back when you
>>> corner too fast?
>>
>> Are you drunk? How did you jump from someone racing/driving a
>> pickup truck to someone who carries a shotgun and hauls roadkill?
>
> No, if he was drunk, then he'd be a Nascar fan.

You misspelled "I am a bored troll".

> Growing up in Texas, part of that time in rural Texas, I'd equate
> pickup trucks with rifle and shotguns mounts in the back of the
> cab. Probably shotguns because your aim isn't too good when you're
> drunk. Roadkills where just bonuses to lousy hunting skills.

That social/political slant has nothing to do with reality. Instead
of dumping everything on this recreation group, try venturing out to
a politically oriented group that is better suited and will provide
the attention you crave.










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> That social/political slant has nothing to do with reality. Instead
> of dumping everything on this recreation group, try venturing out to
> a politically oriented group that is better suited and will provide
> the attention you crave.

I never realised that Nascar was political. I think this pretty much
describes the atmoshpere and the type of fan that Nascar was going for,
in this comment on it's first televised race:

"but the big story was the post-race fight on the track's infield between
Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison, who crashed together on the final lap."

From Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_...sion_and_radio

Adding the trucks will bring in more drivers than any Road course car could.
Truck racing is some of the best oval track racing around, As far as snails
and F1 the snail race would probaly be more interesting than most of the F1
races I watch which usaully put me to sleep.
Don

"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
> lid (John Doe) wrote:
>
>> Are you drunk?
>
> Last time I was drunk was 1989. I suspect my hangover's gone by now.
>
>> How did you jump from someone racing/driving a pickup
>> truck to someone who carries a shotgun and hauls roadkill?
>
> Did I touch a nerve there or something? I know we live in serious times,
> especially
> for those in the USSA, but are you familiar with the concept of humour?
> ;-)
>
> Besides, and let's be totally serious... in which parallel universe is
> utility
> vehicle racing taken seriously? Truck racing is intriguing (I seem to
> remember a
> demo which gave me a grin for half an hour), but a novelty for truckers
> rather than
> a serious format. Pick-up racing is equally insane; a format designed by
> marketing
> types to appeal to pick-up truck drivers and those who'd like to sell
> stuff to
> pick-up drivers. I honestly can't look at one without smiling. It just
> makes no
> sense whatsoever.
>
> Of course arguably no type of racing makes any kind of sense. But watching
> snail
> racing is probably less interesting than even the dullest F1 or BTCC race.
> Similarly I'd rate a pick-up truck race (based on my limited experience of
> a few
> race 'highlights', admittedly) as marginally less interesting than
> watching a game
> of Pooh-sticks.
>
> Obviously if you had to race with the pick-up full of tools, bags of
> cement, or
> that contentious roadkill (or perhaps mixed loads with a diving-style
> degree of
> difficulty system), then it might get interesting... I mean then it would
> be a test
> of some kind of useful skill.
>
> Again we may be facing a cultural divide here, just as I was describing on
> the
> subject of oval racing recently. But I fail to see how iRacing is doing
> anything
> other than wasting time trying to chase minority formats like pick-up
> trucks.
>
> I may, however, be *wildly* underestimating the untapped potential among
> the
> pick-truck racing community. But as I hover over the re-subscribe button
> this
> weekend after a month away, it is decisions like this by iRacing which
> increasingly
> make me wonder how long they'll be around.
>
> Andrew McP
>

Andrew MacPherson wrote:

> I may, however, be *wildly* underestimating the untapped potential among the
> pick-truck racing community. But as I hover over the re-subscribe button this
> weekend after a month away, it is decisions like this by iRacing which increasingly
> make me wonder how long they'll be around.

Trucks are huge in the US (no I don't mean physically!)

Having vehicles like this is essential to its success and what a big
chunk of the membership have been waiting for.

Cheers
Tony

(Tony R) wrote:

> Trucks are huge in the US (no I don't mean physically!)

Intriguing. That country is more f*cked up than I ever suspected. And I suspected
quite a lot already. :-)

Andrew McP