Yeah, there's a lot of that, and it's really too bad. BUT, big but, when you do
find that race where 3 or 4 or more people stay in, and some or all of you are
closely matched, it's incredible. I've done a lot of trolling, and been in a
lot of races where everyone ***s off, but you gotta work through the trash to
get the good stuff. On the flip side, I've been in races where faster drivers
have waited for me to catch up and pass, so we could dice some more and actually
race. I've been in races where drivers have been lapped and still kept going
and finished the race. Give it some more time. After the ***you worked
through to actually get up and running it'd be a shame to walk away after one
bad experience.
On the same topic: Personally, my schedule is too volatile to join a league, so
that's out for myself and probably for many others. It would be nice to have an
on-line facility whereby you could post a planned race in advance, including
date, time, track, number of cars, maybe a minimum connection speed, etc.
Interested parties could then "sign up", and based on the response, you could
decide whether to go through with the race or not. If you get a reasonably full
roster you post that the race will be run. Then the host could e-mail his IP
address or a VROC name and password to the joinees. I've considered posting to
ras that I'm planning on hosting a race at such and such, but don't think that's
what ras is for and it would be messy as hell. Maybe someone's web page? This
could have several benefits. One could post a list of driver's who have decided
to enter the race, maybe include PB times at the track and the car they will
drive so that prospective joinees won't get in over their heads with a group of
hotshot drivers. If you do have a horrendous metal-rending start the host could
re-start the race and everyone's still there. Everyone who's there will have
set aside the time for the race and hopefully won't immediately***of for
greener pastures after an off-track episode. It would provide many of the
benefits of league racing but on a sort of time-delay pickup basis. Does
something like this already exist? Does any of this sound feasible, or am I
just blowing smoke out my ass here?
I know this wouldn't solve the instant gratification problem. You wouldn't be
able to just log on at a moments notice and find a race, and that's probably a
major stumbling block. You'd have to plan ahead. But it might provide a more
stable environment to race in for non-league drivers. I like VROC and use it a
lot, but I'm suffering to a large extent from the same problems Turbojoe is. It
gets frustrating sometimes joining one race after another until you find one
where not everybody bails. I don't mind finishing last, I'd just like to have
someone actually on the track to beat me.
Zog
> Just FINALLY got everything setup to run VROC today. Why did I waste the
> time ? Got into several races and each time I would find myself no later
> than 4 laps in and racing by myself.
> Hell, its more fun racing the AI. At least they stay for the whole race. I
> can't even get enough action to really see what it is all about. Someone
> would crash or spin out and leave the race.
> Hey, if you spun maybe some one else will too. You don't have a chance to
> catch up if you don't stay. I gotta say my first impressions of VROC are not
> good.
> Joe