rec.autos.simulators

by **Byron Forbe** » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:28:11

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Getting closer.

:)

by **Band Tw** » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:50:25

YAWN

by **flightlessvac..** » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:01:13

> > http://www.iracing.com/

> > Getting closer.

> YAWN

LOL

by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:19:36

>> com.au...
>> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/

>> > Getting closer.

>> YAWN

> LOL

laser scanned tracks that are accurate to very ***y tiny tolerances
doesn't get yer *** up? I think just having VIR is enough to justify
that sim. Getting through the esses and knowing this is dead on accurate
will be Vunderbra!!!

dave henrie

(of course I may be replying to a yawn cuz it doesn't have one of Bernie's
all conquering Eff One cars like that super fast Minardi or the really
cooking Toro Roso or....even better that Orang...uhmm I mean the SUPER
DUPER Aguri. Yessir....Effen one is THE place for cutting edge.
Or maybe you are one the NExtel only crowd. Certainly a little ol Late
Model stock car will never thrill like all those big ol Nextel cars gliding
around Daytona for lap after lap after lap. Yer right..if it ain't Cup
racin' it aint.)

dh

by **Woodie8** » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:09:19

> laser scanned tracks that are accurate to very ***y tiny tolerances
> doesn't get yer *** up? I think just having VIR is enough to justify
> that sim. Getting through the esses and knowing this is dead on accurate
> will be Vunderbra!!!

Who cares? Where's the transporter?

Don McCorkle

by **mcewen** » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:54:03

Maybe, but a simple press release doesn't...

Wake me when there's product.

by **Band Tw** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:46:29

My point exactly.

by **David G Fishe** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:29:41

>>> com.au...
>>> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/

>>> > Getting closer.

>>> YAWN

>> LOL

> laser scanned tracks that are accurate to very ***y tiny tolerances
> doesn't get yer *** up? I think just having VIR is enough to justify
> that sim. Getting through the esses and knowing this is dead on accurate
> will be Vunderbra!!!

> dave henrie

> (of course I may be replying to a yawn cuz it doesn't have one of Bernie's
> all conquering Eff One cars like that super fast Minardi or the really
> cooking Toro Roso or....even better that Orang...uhmm I mean the SUPER
> DUPER Aguri. Yessir....Effen one is THE place for cutting edge.
> Or maybe you are one the NExtel only crowd. Certainly a little ol Late
> Model stock car will never thrill like all those big ol Nextel cars
> gliding
> around Daytona for lap after lap after lap. Yer right..if it ain't Cup
> racin' it aint.)

> dh

It's all about the cars for me. Life is short.....no point in driving *any*
sim with boring cars just because they were paid to give their permission.
And yes, I want the best of the best, so that's F1.

--
David G Fisher

by **mcewen** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:13:50

But if the sim is uber-realistic as people claim to want there's no way
on earth that an amateur on the wrong side of 40 can drive a modern
billion $ F1 car using a 19" monitor and controls that retail for $100
(or even $1000 or $10,000), it would be like practicing for a heart
transplant with milton bradley's Operation game. Heck, even Michael
Schumacher has problems making them stop and turn to enter the Monaco
pits...; )

So either you want realism or your want F1, but you can't have both....

by **David G Fishe** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:17:21

None of us could even drive a 145 hp Skip Barber car, or a late model
(whatever that is) looking through a 19 in. hole two feet in front of our
heads with $100 controls.

:-)

That's why sim racing isn't really....

--
David G Fisher

by **B Wegne** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:26:06

I'd venture to bet that most would find driving an F1 car or a Prototype far easier than an sprint car or a stockcar. With so much of those cars dependent upon electronics (TC, ABS, LC), the driver isn't in need of much throttle control - just steer the dogone thing!

Kinda what makes the GTP mod so fun. The driver has to tame the beast; not the other way around!

--

Wag

> And yes, I want the best of the best, so that's F1.

But if the sim is uber-realistic as people claim to want there's no way
on earth that an amateur on the wrong side of 40 can drive a modern
billion $ F1 car using a 19" monitor and controls that retail for $100
(or even $1000 or $10,000), it would be like practicing for a heart
transplant with milton bradley's Operation game. Heck, even Michael
Schumacher has problems making them stop and turn to enter the Monaco
pits...; )

So either you want realism or your want F1, but you can't have both....

by **mcewen** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:47:07

> I'd venture to bet that most would find driving an F1 car or a Prototype far easier than an sprint car or a stockcar. With so much of those cars dependent upon electronics (TC, ABS, LC), the driver isn't in need of much throttle control - just steer the dogone thing!

I guess all the buttons, dials, knobs & read-outs on the wheel are just
for the drinks dispensor then... ;)

http://www.grandprixlegends.com/F1LegendsSite/(F1Legends)/AML002%28GP...

by **mcewen** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:21:55

> I'd venture to bet that most would find driving an F1 car or a Prototype far easier than an sprint car or a stockcar. With so much of those cars dependent upon electronics (TC, ABS, LC), the driver isn't in need of much throttle control - just steer the dogone thing!

I watched a piece on "5th gear" about some UK gazillonaire who'd just
bought an Ex MS Ferari F1 car (2002 2003 vintage?), he actually owned
(ran?) his on ELMS team, after a 1/2 day briefing he managed to stall
it leaving the pits, after another half day he managed to get to within
1 second of the track record FOR THE FERRARI ROAD CAR ;) And this is
a guy who owned several ferraris and other race cars...

by **jason moye** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:51:36

> http://www.iracing.com/

> Getting closer.

> :)

This inspired me to pull my wheel out of the closet and give GPL and
GTP another go. :)

Much of the site is re-hashed, but the new content makes me very happy,
particularly the (vague) details on the tire and aero models.

Jason

by **jason moye** » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:53:57

> laser scanned tracks that are accurate to very ***y tiny tolerances
> doesn't get yer *** up? I think just having VIR is enough to justify
> that sim. Getting through the esses and knowing this is dead on accurate
> will be Vunderbra!!!

The track list is ***ic. I think Road Atlanta might be the only
essential American natural terrain road course not on there.