rec.autos.simulators

Last night I was on-line with someone using the name Jean Alesi.  Any
chance it is the real F1 driver?  We exchanged a few words in French and
he seemed to know that Alesi's only win was in Canada in 1995... common
knowledge for an Alesi fan.

It could be a fan just using the name; it could be someone with the same
name and therefore has become a fan; or, (the least likely, but not
impossible) it could be M. Alesi himself. :)  I know Jacques Villeneuve
used to play GP2, but he is a confessed computer dork like the rest of
us.  I remember being surprised when in an interview in his first season
Villeneuve mentioned learning the layout of new tracks that he had never
been to by playing a computer game.

If the F1 driver Jean Alesi *was* playing does anyone think he would be
using his real name?  I was playing at 11:00 or so EST (-5 GMT); if he
was in Europe this would be very doubtful... however, if he was in Japan
for next week's GP then it could be possible.

Well, let me know your thoughts and the probability.  Go ahead - destroy
my fantasy (just because I was ahead of him for a lap or two at Mosport
before disconnecting!).

Any way you slice it, it was fun to race with him!

Cheers all,
Gian.
(remove "*no-spam*" from address to reply)

1 chance on 300000. You need to remember that Formula 1 drivers have a
really tight schedule and sleep really early in the night.  The only
real-life racecar driver I know that is involved in online racing is Dale
Earnheardt Jr  (BGN driver and upcoming WC superstar) on the NROS (Nascar
online racing series, check out http://www.nros.com/ for news about it).

The thing is that even if we all know many real life racecar drivers use
racing simulators for practice and to keep up with the technique, it is
probably really impossible that they have time to log on the net, actually
know where to find online racing, etc..  Not saying it's impossible, but
about every of them uses it "offline".  When I met Patrick Carpentier (CART
driver) last year I started to talk about him of online racing and also the
differences in Icr2/C:PR and he was surprised to see that racing against 20
humans (on the NROS) at the same time existed, and that about every CART
driver who had those racing simulators did that just for offline "fun".

Of course, it's up to you to think if he was or not.  Anybody could bring up
the name "J.Alesi" while racing GPL ;-)

Yes, he used Gp2 (we had a 30min interview here in Quebec (it's his home
country) about his involvment with racing simulators. He also said he liked
F1'97 by Psygnosis, so that took all credibility out of him (hehe joking).

From what I remember... Sauber is testing with Ferrari at Fiorano presently
in Europe...  Sorry to spoil your dream ;-)   . Maybe in the next years we
will see online racing grow soo much that actual real-life racers will do
it, but Im also too much utopian sometimes !

- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard!
- Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
- Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
- Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS
- "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

Bill / Amish on TEN

The point is, you really, really never know who you are driving against.

Regards,

Rick

"... our bank will have written response in 2 weeks..."

       --Bill Bollinger

P.S. --- I asked BEFORE, where you want me to send the info.  Mr. Y2000
Freak

Bill / Amish on TEN

-moggy

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Cheers!

--
Graeme Nash

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http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/
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"My car appeared to disagree with my preference for living"

Jordan could easily use F1RS to familiarise their crew, F1RS has quite superior
accuracy for the current day tracks... And while I am it, they could be given GPL as
well so that their drivers  could work on their racing tecniques. A couple of weeks
with GPL would enable them to cut down on the downforce and get higher top speeds...

---Asgeir---