I could also see a very cool interactive use for this down the road
when bandwidth grows. Real team spotters. This would be very cool.
To be able to have a teammate spot for you and count laps and let you
know where EXACTLY the leaders are would be cool. Maybe then, even
add the ability for the observer to act as a spotter/crew chief. Let
that person manage what will be done to the car and let the driver
race.
Sorry, started rambling. This has been something that I thought would
be cool for a long time.
On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 19:39:47 GMT, Christer Andersson
>Me myself would really like to be able to see other sim racers race online in
>real time, so here goes my suggestion to all sim racing developers (Is there no
>stopping this guy, Ed's note). First we must have a server (server A) which act
>as a race server for the online race. Then we need another server (server B)
>which server A sends all necessary race information to.
>Now anyone who isn't taking part in the race should be able to view the race in
>real time by downloading a viewer (a mini version of the simulator) for free,
>starting the viewer and connecting to server B. Then anyone of the ongoing races
>can be chosen and watched in real time. The viewer should work like any replay
>function currently available in todays racing sims, thus you as a viewer can
>choose any camera anytime during a race.
>I know when I in near future will start to brag about my wins and poles in the
>online races everyone at my work would just love to see me loose :o).
>/Christer, I know you can do it and we would love the audience :o)