rec.autos.simulators

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The sound of a highrevving V10 fills the room, then some fast downshifting
and the sound of tires fighting for grip - he looses the rear and BANG there
goes the left rear tire and some bodywork flies in the air.

He: Shit, still too much oversteer....hmmm...hmmm..perhaps I should adjust
the antiroll bars...or the front wing...I don't want to have too much rear
wing - it will slow me down on the straights....hmmmm

He goes out from the pits to have another try and in the middle of the first
flying lap she enters the room.

She: Are you still playing that game? Will you never stop?

He quickly hits the pause-button.

He: How many times have I told you not to talk to me when I am qualifying!
Besides it is not a _game_! It is a _simulation_ - and that is a _big_
difference!

She: It looks like a game to me.

He: Well, it is not. And I have been waiting for this _simulation_ for a
long time. And I have to learn how to use these new setup-options, you see.

She: No, I don't.
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And who can blame her? Anyone recognise the above situation?

I think we should start sending in good tricks to make our girlfriends/wifes
understand that we really have to race GP2. Tricks to keep them happy while
we are racing all the time. The main issue here is that we can race non-stop
and still not having to deal with a bad conscience (sp?) because of our
partners being bored and so on.

BTW, are there any female racers in this group?

/Martin

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:59:04 +0100, Martin Granberg

<snip>

Oh, have I been there.  I usually don't get to reach the PAUSE button
before I'm sliding off into the sand trap (I usually race with my
wheel on my lap with the pedals under the desk).  She knows now that
if she comes in SHE hits the PAUSE button if she needs me (I went to
headphones, too)!

I showed my wife the screen.  She kind of had that glazed "what am I
supposed to look at" face.  I unsuccessfully tried to get her to
realize the technical lengths I was going to in order to run faster
with the likes of Schumacher and Hill, but to no avail.

I got my wife interested in IndyCar racing, and she actually follows
the championship and can hold her own in a conversation with the
"boys" when they talk racing.  I'm so proud of her...:)  She approves
of ICR2 because it lets you drive backwards around the track and
through the pits.  Should I get her Destruction Derby for Xmas? ;)

But F1?  "Did Hill win again?" is about the only thing she says, but
she DOES like Jacques and I think she is beginning to see how well he
is doing his first year out and that, however slim, he has a shot at
the championship (that is up for debate, but I'm glad she followed him
from IndyCar to F1).  Plus, the fact she knows who Damon Hill is means
she is farther along than she'd like to admit! :)

Kyle

I guess I'm fortunate in that I have an incredibly reasonable wife, who:

A. Likes computers and computer games (we play quake and Duke3d all night
sometimes--yes it does get pretty ***).

B.  Likes Racing (though she is starting to show signs of getting sick of ESPN2
and SPEEDVISION on 24hrs a day).

She's raced Nascar w/ me, (I've got a few P133s w/ wheels), and likes ICR2. And
she's done some racing w/ F1GP2.

I think the key is to try and get your wife behind the wheel and give her
encouragement. If she still doesn't approve, go out and get another one. <g>.

Los

   | He goes out from the pits to have another try and in the middle of the
   | first flying lap she enters the room.
   |
   | She: Are you still playing that game? Will you never stop?
   |
   | He quickly hits the pause-button.

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

I've spoiled at least one terrific lap at Interlagos due to unexpected and
sudden third-party/significant-other intervention. But I'm lucky, `my
private property' in the house is the room on the top-level floor.

As long as I'm not putting the equipment in the living room, we're
both happy. My wife is having a hard time already when I'm watching
real-life Formula 1 (qualifying, warm-up and race) on TV -- sometimes
I plug in a headphone to the TV set.

Marriage works out best if both partners continue their lifes to be just
a little bit unmarried.

                                                --[ Edwin ]--
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Dept. of Computer Science,  Utrecht University, The Netherlands   [WHOIS: ehk3]
-------------------- http://www.cs.ruu.nl/people/edwin/ -----------------------

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:59:04 +0100, Martin Granberg

<snips>

I'm in a slightly odd situation. I have _never_ learnt to drive a real
car (yes, really), whilst my wife really likes driving (very, very
fast!). I tried to get her interested in ICR but she didn't find my
flight sim oriented yoke / pedal setup realistic enough (as it doesn't
suit right foot breaking & there's not enough movement in the
"wheel").

I'm considering getting a ECCI CDS or GP500. Problem is though, if I
get something that realistic, she might never let me get on the game!!

And yes, I also crash whenever she comes into the room. She just
doesn't believe that I'm actually quite OK  at ICR & GP2!

Richard

Send them round to me, I'd much rather have real human company than
a game, even a game as good as GP2 :-)  

Steve.
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http://www.a4000.demon.co.uk/ -or- http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/f1gp/

I am lucky enough to have been to Monaco a couple of times for the GP. The
only way I got my Girlfriend interested in the game was to take her on a
virtual tour of the town (ie This is where I sit, thats a good bar on the
left and they would not let me in the front door of that hotel etc) As a
short term tactic it worked ok, but now she still can't stand the game, and
she wants me to take her to Monaco next year!

btw Has anybody used an MSC Multi System Wheel long term. I've just bought
one and am not sure if will take the abuse!

David

Martin

Have you been spying on us?

Actually I have my PC in my room. I come home from work complaining of all
the phone calls I have to make. Am very good at putting on a pathetic face
on. It's been een working for me for 5 years now.

Also expensive birthday and anniversary gifts help alot.

Joe

I was on my last lap leading at AI in a championship race, Schumaker
about 6 seconds behind followed by Dammon Hill, Wife came home after
shopping, turned on the ***y light, sprayed some bug spray at some
***roach, eyes started watering, light was bugging me, oh no to hard
into the corner, spin off into the sand trap, back in 5th getting onto
the track wham hit by another car, I think it was that jap bloke but
then again unlikely he was that high up in the ranks but it ended my
race, the engine puttered and puffed and stopped :(

Oh well, least I know the circuit well now......another hour or so and
I should be able to be back to where I was....

Cu

Steve

: -----------------------------------------
: The sound of a highrevving V10 fills the room, then some fast downshifting
: and the sound of tires fighting for grip - he looses the rear and BANG there
: goes the left rear tire and some bodywork flies in the air.

: He: Shit, still too much oversteer....hmmm...hmmm..perhaps I should adjust
: the antiroll bars...or the front wing...I don't want to have too much rear
: wing - it will slow me down on the straights....hmmmm

: He goes out from the pits to have another try and in the middle of the first
: flying lap she enters the room.

: She: Are you still playing that game? Will you never stop?

: He quickly hits the pause-button.

: He: How many times have I told you not to talk to me when I am qualifying!
: Besides it is not a _game_! It is a _simulation_ - and that is a _big_
: difference!

: She: It looks like a game to me.

: He: Well, it is not. And I have been waiting for this _simulation_ for a
: long time. And I have to learn how to use these new setup-options, you see.

: She: No, I don't.
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: And who can blame her? Anyone recognise the above situation?

        Jesus, YES! Right now I'm laughing behind my desk at work,
remembering the incident that happened yesterday:
        I was driving in Interlagos, had loaded the game state for the
Nth time :(. Finally I got it all right, I was on a FAST lap. When I
came to the last curve before the start/end straight, my girlfriend
asked me something...and off we went. Then cursing, smashing the
keyboard etc the normal procedure. And then I had to use half an hour to
convince my girlfriend that YES, YES it was necessery to act like that
and YES, YES it is a matter of life and death to BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
THOSE CC CARS.

        Ah, that felt good. To know I'm not alone, you know ;)

        Joonas

: I think we should start sending in good tricks to make our girlfriends/wifes
: understand that we really have to race GP2. Tricks to keep them happy while
: we are racing all the time. The main issue here is that we can race non-stop
: and still not having to deal with a bad conscience (sp?) because of our
: partners being bored and so on.

: BTW, are there any female racers in this group?

: /Martin

My girl friend is ***ed to computer games. But Solitaire (serious).
To much thrill ans action for me. I prefer GP2.

When linked modem version of Solitaire???  ;-)