rec.autos.simulators

by **DStampe** » Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:34:32

Why aren't more people using this service???

--
David Stamper
Diamond Star Racing
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

by **Sean Higgin** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:47:42

It must not be that much greater or everyone would be on it. They had a
chance to get ahead of the game and for reasons I don't know, but they
missed a huge opportunity IMO.

--

Sean Higgins

Redline Racing League
www.rrlnrs.com

Redline BGN Division
http://home.sprintmail.com/~higgy/RRL/

by **Cliff Roma** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:25:58

Has nothing to do with how great it is or isn't

I have seen some of the greatest message forums go empty because people do
not see others posting there, while at the same time a horrible message
forum is thriving.

If people do not see others there, they will not try it

The connections on OLR are outstanding, you can do 10x more things on it
than you can with the native multiplayer in N4. So why is everyone on
sierra.com? Because that is where everyone else is....

I was not around when TEN started, but I would be very willing to bet that
at the beginning, it was not nearly as popular as it was at the end.

> It must not be that much greater or everyone would be on it. They had a
> chance to get ahead of the game and for reasons I don't know, but they
> missed a huge opportunity IMO.

> --

> Sean Higgins

> Redline Racing League
> www.rrlnrs.com

> Redline BGN Division
> http://home.sprintmail.com/~higgy/RRL/

> > Why aren't more people using this service???

> > --
> > David Stamper
> > Diamond Star Racing
> > http://webpages.charter.net/dstamper
> > http://www.onlineracing.net

by **ymenar** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:38:19

> Why aren't more people using this service???

People just don't care anymore. The *** simmers have completely lost
faith on serious online multiplayer racing. The gamers don't really need
anything more then what's already inside N4. Serious pickup racing is dead
(well it never really existed in fact). As for leagues, they still exist,
but OLR has no real advantage for them. OLR also has in the past had some
little problems coping with our needs, so not everybody likes them.

But I appreciate the effort.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
Corporation - helping America into the New World...

by **ymenar** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:40:05

> I was not around when TEN started, but I would be very willing to bet that
> at the beginning, it was not nearly as popular as it was at the end.

Well Nascar Racing 2 had no internet multiplayer at all except via IPX, so
there was no real "other place" where people raced except on Hawaii. So
everybody jumped real fast on the NROS.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
Corporation - helping America into the New World...

by **Ed Solhei** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:11:30

And 'OLR' is/means/can be found/is used for/etc. etc. ????

ed_

> Why aren't more people using this service???

> --
> David Stamper
> Diamond Star Racing
> http://webpages.charter.net/dstamper
> http://www.onlineracing.net

by **Mike Whit** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:26:53

OLR -> http://www.onlineracing.net

> And 'OLR' is/means/can be found/is used for/etc. etc. ????

> ed_

> > Why aren't more people using this service???

> > --
> > David Stamper
> > Diamond Star Racing
> > http://webpages.charter.net/dstamper

by **Jacob Butne** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:56:24

LOL Cliff.

-Jacob

by **Eldre** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:11:28

>Why aren't more people using this service???

Never heard of it...

Eldred
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Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
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F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
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by dc » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:09:54

Is it free now? I looked on their site and couldn't figure out if you still
have to pay for it... ?

dc

by **Don Burnett** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:48:25

Well, perhaps if they ever got out of "beta" and highly advertised it, it
might do better.
I would think it would be a great place for leagues that don't have servers
at their fingertips.

Don Burnette

> >Why aren't more people using this service???

> Never heard of it...

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

> Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
> Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

by JM » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:14:45

> > Why aren't more people using this service???

> People just don't care anymore. The *** simmers have completely lost
> faith on serious online multiplayer racing. The gamers don't really need

I'm not using OLR because I've never heard of it!

cheers
John

by **Matt Miragli** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:29:27

We at SCORL tried using it. The Pro's and Con's of it are below:

Pro's
-connections were good for modems to cable/dsl
-central location and chat

Con's
-longer races would seem to not finish without booting
-race dependant on connection of host for all drivers
-fixed setup not able to be choosen
-servers would go down, timeout, etc... frequently

I liked OLR but it did seem that they were taking quite awhile to fix
the issues. Being up for over a year+ I would have thought they would
have been more structured. One cannot believe that this isn't costing
them to run it for free! Now that we have moved to IP (non-Sierra due to
timeouts connecting to WON), we have had better, trouble free racing.

Matt Miraglia
SCORL Race Director
www.scorl.com

> Why aren't more people using this service???

> --
> David Stamper
> Diamond Star Racing
> http://webpages.charter.net/dstamper
> http://www.onlineracing.net

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