> Hello Everyone,
> I have officially been out of Online racing since the TEN years. I had
> played some online since then but nothing serious. Back in those
> day's I ran in OSCAR Firebrand Division and TPTCC. I have kinda been
> following the iRacing developements and have kinda given rFactor a
> look over but nothing of serious note. Right now I have no racing
> games at all on my computer and my wheel is up in the attic gathering
> dust. I was wondering if some of the old school folks would mind
> giving me an update on where Sim Racing as we knew it is heading or
> the current state of it. I would really like to look at getting back
> into it on a regular basis.
Well, I watched the other guys reply, and since you too are a former TEN
days driver I just cant see not touching on to the fact that Nascar Racing
2003 (papy of course) was the last as you may well know. But there were a
lot of quality mods for online league play (leagues more =NROS & ten.) so
you have a plethora of "Nascar type & class" mods from Craftsman trucks, to
1970's cars mod, Aero 88 & aero88 cup{technically not much changes physics
wise}, to a pair of mods depicting the 5 speed road racers in Corvettes and
Mustangs & vipers...
Plus GPL (another papy sim you might not have been around to try) was the
Formula 1 of 1967 wingless cars. now it had a huge cult following that has
updated 89-93 % of that game to near todays standards...
I wont bag on other, as I have on my PC rightnow, rFactor, GTLegends, GTR,
GTR2 Demo, plus about 4 gig of NR03 stuff, I had Richard Burns rally too,
but recent mods to my system had me remove it for now.
One thing, IMHO Biggest problem is, computing horsepower and a good wheel,
that you feel works, if it has Force feedback or not, is your call. but
there is not the reasonable quality 100-150 dollars (US) wheel out there.
some like the Logitech Driving Pro, but I still have NOT found anything that
will replace my old Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback version2. But even
if you find one like I have, something in Service pack 2 for XP ruins the
install process for it, it would seem. I have XP and I have to update it
after I install the wheel so, so far so good for me and others...
good luck picking that sim,
possibilites to it, because it already has a half dozen "mods" including
Nascar.
Stay the hell away from EA's Nascar, IMHO.
later, sting32 & plowboy on any servers...
