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"Beckett" > wrote in message ... > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:29:21 -0700, "rcgldr" > wrote: > >>I thought it would take 2 to 3 years before drastic changes like this >>would >>take place. Definately headed in the right direction in my opinion. >> >>Based on recent posts at RSC, the price drops are significant, yearly down >>from $149 to $99, but without the credits. However, the content prices are >>also lowered substantially, $12 to $15 now (versus $15 to $25). >> >>The class updates will occur more frequently. I'm not sure how much >>faster, >>but apparently someone could advance to A class in a season rather than >>it taking a year. This will allow some to skip buying intermediate content >>that they aren't interested in, a secondary beneficial effect. >> >>I also read that leagues and hosted servers are to be enabled sometime >>during the next season. >> >>I (and many others) are still hoping that once there's enough content and >>progress made with the game basics, there will be a retail version of the >>game being sold. > > meh...still not cheap enough to get me to join. The writing is on the > wall, iRacing will eventually fail and it is just a matter of when and > not if. And one day we all die. iRacing will probably moph into something else. |
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"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message ... > (schooner) wrote: > >> Lotta haters that can't seem to just let go of iRacing... > > Lotta defensive types who can't recognise the difference between > dissatisfaction > and hate. I still love the cars and on-track experience Kaemmer has > created. I > still dislike the service currently called iRacing because it lacks > sufficient > relaxed racing for my -- and many others' -- tastes. Presently I have no > choice but > to tolerate one if I want the other. > You want you cannot have - have a think about the term "relaxed racing"! It seems you're on the arcade side of racing games. |
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dfg.myass@aol (David G Fisher's Left Testicle) wrote:
> And one day we all die. And some of us are closer to our statistical chequered flag than others. That's why I'm in a hurry for iRacing to have some more relaxed options. At this rate I'll have arthritis in both hands, and no eyesight at all left before iRacing morphs into something with more options for amateurs like myself. There is, however, a lot to be said for seizing the moment, so you're right. That's why I approached Shift with an open mind, and why I can't give up completely on iRacing, despite my inevitable discomfort within the current restrictive format. Andrew McP... one foot in the grave, the other on the brake pedal. Live slow, die quickly! Or something like that. |
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Andrew, You are right. If you take the max number of members and
multiply that by the max earnings potential for that amount .... it still can't pay the bills without reaching into JH's pocket. The hardcore iracing zealot is the biggest enemy to success. They reap what they sow. It's a Devil's bargin. Andrew MacPherson wrote: > (Byron Forbes) wrote: > >> Yeah, well as a paying customer now the idea of them even thinking >> of spending 1 moment or dollar on this offends me! > > As someone who's 'invested' $450 with iRacing so far it offends me that even $1 of > that has gone towards pointless development of the Pro series, WDC, free road > racing adventure for John Prather, and assorted other iMarketing jollies which I > see as chasing a fantasy business model doomed to eventual failure. > > iRacing will eventually have no choice but to go with the flow of subscribers. It > is still too early to tell which direction that will be. But to me it is clear that > -- behind the smokescreen of positive spin which oozes from every iPress release -- > iRacing has already had to move away from its original pure, hardcore model. In > time it will shift even further. The trick will be disguising that move from the > hardcore user base which has so far helped stunt its growth. > > IMO anyway. :-) > > Andrew McP |
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I always love it when fan boys try to tell you how to think.
schooner wrote: > > "Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message > ... >> (Byron Forbes) wrote: >> >>> Yeah, well as a paying customer now the idea of them even thinking >>> of spending 1 moment or dollar on this offends me! >> >> As someone who's 'invested' $450 with iRacing so far it offends me >> that even $1 of >> that has gone towards pointless development of the Pro series, WDC, >> free road >> racing adventure for John Prather, and assorted other iMarketing >> jollies which I >> see as chasing a fantasy business model doomed to eventual failure. >> >> iRacing will eventually have no choice but to go with the flow of >> subscribers. It >> is still too early to tell which direction that will be. But to me it >> is clear that >> -- behind the smokescreen of positive spin which oozes from every >> iPress release -- >> iRacing has already had to move away from its original pure, hardcore >> model. In >> time it will shift even further. The trick will be disguising that >> move from the >> hardcore user base which has so far helped stunt its growth. >> >> IMO anyway. :-) >> >> Andrew McP > > Far more of John Henry's money has gone into this than yours so I > wouldn't worry too much. > Lotta haters that can't seem to just let go of iRacing... |
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meh
>On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:12:00 -0700, Beckett > wrote: >On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:55:37 -0400, GaryR > >wrote: > >>I'm just glad we have intelligent people like you to follow here. >>meh >> >>I've lost asswipe coount but i'm pretty sure it's over 1000 now. >>meh >> >>write meh on the wall.. meh. > >****. |
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meh
>On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:12:00 -0700, Beckett > wrote: >On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:55:37 -0400, GaryR > >wrote: > >>I'm just glad we have intelligent people like you to follow here. >>meh >> >>I've lost asswipe coount but i'm pretty sure it's over 1000 now. >>meh >> >>write meh on the wall.. meh. > >****. |
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