rec.autos.simulators

>> Did anyone catch Steve Valdez of RROL (Real Racing Online) on Wind Tunnel
>> Sunday night.  They did a pretty good spot on sim racing.  Denny Hamlin
>> was
>> on the show and was talking about his sim racing experiences.  I thought
>> it
>> was pretty cool.

>> David Stamper

> In a way, I guess it's hard to plug something that isn't available anymore
> (without a home mortgage at least), but you'd think it would get credit
> for what it's done.

> -Larry

>> ya to bad he didn't mention what game we actually race. Although it was a
>> great plug for rfactor and a sweet " IN your mutha f***in face
>> EA!"weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol

>>> Did anyone catch Steve Valdez of RROL (Real Racing Online) on Wind
>>> Tunnel
>>> Sunday night.  They did a pretty good spot on sim racing.  Denny Hamlin
>>> was
>>> on the show and was talking about his sim racing experiences.  I thought
>>> it
>>> was pretty cool.

>>> David Stamper

> In a way, I guess it's hard to plug something that isn't available anymore
> (without a home mortgage at least), but you'd think it would get credit for
> what it's done.

> -Larry

> In a way, I guess it's hard to plug something that isn't available anymore
> (without a home mortgage at least), but you'd think it would get credit for
> what it's done.

>> Yeah, all the screens shown were NR2003 I believe, then at the end they
>> plugged rFactor.

>> In a way, I guess it's hard to plug something that isn't available
>> anymore
>> (without a home mortgage at least), but you'd think it would get credit
>> for
>> what it's done.

>> -Larry

> "Without a home mortgage"?  Is a genuine copy of NR2003 that valuable?
> I have a full copy with an unused online key that I've barely driven
> offline in over a year.

> Hmmm....
> Kendt

> In a way, I guess it's hard to plug something that isn't available anymore
> (without a home mortgage at least), but you'd think it would get credit
for
> what it's done.

> -Larry

> > ya to bad he didn't mention what game we actually race. Although it was
a
> > great plug for rfactor and a sweet " IN your mutha f***in face
> > EA!"weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol

> >> Did anyone catch Steve Valdez of RROL (Real Racing Online) on Wind
Tunnel
> >> Sunday night.  They did a pretty good spot on sim racing.  Denny Hamlin
> >> was
> >> on the show and was talking about his sim racing experiences.  I
thought
> >> it
> >> was pretty cool.

> >> David Stamper

>> Even in 2003 when we were just beginning to hear about video games used
>> as simulators by drivers the media reporting was always overly vague
>> about which platform and which specific game.  They pretty much
>> universally would say "Video Game" and rarely expand on that (typical
>> reporting). Even the interview they did at Juniors house as he ran NR2003
>> with his either custom or TSW wheel he/they never once mentioned NR2003
>> by name. Seemed such a logical time to at least mention the name of the
>> game the premise of the story was about.

> Jr didn't mention the name because he was already under contract with EA
> to endorse their game.

> Speaking of EA. Are they going to sit on NSR until their contract runs
> out?

>>> Even in 2003 when we were just beginning to hear about video games used
>>> as simulators by drivers the media reporting was always overly vague
>>> about which platform and which specific game.  They pretty much
>>> universally would say "Video Game" and rarely expand on that (typical
>>> reporting). Even the interview they did at Juniors house as he ran
>>> NR2003 with his either custom or TSW wheel he/they never once mentioned
>>> NR2003 by name. Seemed such a logical time to at least mention the name
>>> of the game the premise of the story was about.

>> Jr didn't mention the name because he was already under contract with EA
>> to endorse their game.