Yeah, probably so. That, and I think Nascar sim racers are in the
minority here? But you've got the right idea; find a good league, and it's
a hoot.
One of the most fun parts of stock car sim racing, is that you're _always_
racing someone on an oval, whereas in GPL i.e., the field can get spread out
at times on the long circuits.
That's one thing that the Sierra races are good for if you're new to
Nascar online racing; enter them, don't even try to win. Just concentrate
on managing traffic, finishing the race, etc. It'll really help a newbie,
plus, if nothing else, the flamefests are usually good entertainment :)
-John
> So are most r.a.s. NASCAR drivers are spread out in different leagues? I'd
> prefer to race against familiar names even if some of them would love to
see
> me crashing into the infield wall. :-)
> David G Fisher
> > Not really. There's plenty of leagues that will take on "strangers,"
at
> > any level. Attitude and the willingness to learn are all most leagues
> ask.
> > OSCAR's a good example, good place to start, among others.
> > It is true that some leagues are very cliqueish.........stay away from
> > those, to be sure.
> > -John
> > > The only reliable answer seems to be "join a league". Unfortunately,
to
> do
> > > that you either have to:
> > > 1) have a friend in a league that will invite you and put up with your
> > > learning curve
> > > 2) learn on the public servers until you have the ability and/or
> > > clean-driving reputation to join a league
> > > 3) run your own server and slowly filter out the idiots until you have
a
> > > good core group (which is essentially what a league does, but in
> reverse)
> > > I haven't even tried Nascar X (3, 4, Heat, 2002, etc.) online because
of
> > the
> > > stories I've heard. I did option "2" for GPL, and hopefully I'll never
> > have
> > > to drive the public VROC servers again!
