rec.autos.simulators

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

That might give you an idea why the Skip Barber has such a magnetic attraction for
me. It's just so satisfying to drive.

Andrew McP

        Excellent video, : ). -- Mario Petrinovic

Haha, great ending, loved it.

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Looks just like an rFactor mod. That's why I don't find it hard to never
purchase iRacing.

Did you try running it as admin?

I wish that wasn't true, because I still dislike much of iRacing's structure, even
without the ongoing cost at a time when the dollar is ridiculously over-priced. But
I've been inspired enough to try and show my enjoyment in the form of a movie. That
takes quite some doing these days... I'm getting very lazy in my old age. :-)

Andrew McP

I drove the Formula Mazda last night.  How does it compare to the Skip
Barber?

Part of me is curious about the other cars, but I have no intention of buying them
or the tracks I'd need to race them online for a season. I may have been partially
assimilated by the iRacing marketing machine, but I'll be b*ggered if I'm
swallowing the line and sinker as well as the hook!

Not yet anyway. My position on iRacing remains embarrassingly malleable. :-)

Andrew McP

Sometimes it's not the OS or the SIM that's the issue.  NOD32 has a few
known problems for example.

-Larry

I drove the Formula Mazda last night.  How does it compare to the Skip
Barber?

It has more overall grip and power.

Ed

The probem has something to do with the UAC but I can't pinpoint
exactly what. When the iRacing webpage tries to run any of the exe's
(in the iRacing folder) i.e chat, update, etc. nothing happens. All
exe's are set to run as Admin, all are set to pass through the
Firewall, and AVG AV isn't a problem. A while back, during the Vista
beta days, I remembered someone having a similar problem and a
workaround was to install that program directly under the root
directory and no in "Program Files (x86)". Last night I uninstalled
it, deleted all content and reinstalled in C:\iRacing. I then
overwrote the install with my fully updated iRacing folder (that I
saved to save me two hous of downloading) and tried it. Works
perfectly, no issues at all...

Looking forward to diving in soon!
Gary

While driving under the limit, the Mazda feels dead in comparison to
the Barber.  With the aero downforce and grippier tires it doesn't
slide around.  When you do get the car on the limit it is very alive.

I've almost completely stopped driving everything else at this point
other than the Mazda.  Despite its compromised aero model I really
enjoy the car.  I'm hoping for an update to it next week that will
make it even better.

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Pat Dotson

Would you say a bit more about the "compromised aero model"?  I  am
curios  about what i-racing is and is not doing in the area of aerodynamics.

Ah, yes, that folder is a protected folder so is no good for any games that
need admin access. I don't install any games to that folder ever.