rec.autos.simulators

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> After watching that I'm reminded of my conviction that without a very
> basic (even one car, one track) 'buy once and free to drive on some
> servers' service it'll be a mainstream failure. You have to offer people
> cheap *** if you want to get them onto crack eventually.

> I'm also a bit frustrated that the only vehicle which appeals to me (the
> open-wheeler) isn't available in the basic package. But then that's life,
> the stuff you don't want is always cheap and easy to get hold of. :-)

> I hope they make enough money from the serious drivers to make it work
> and develop, but it'll have to be one hell of a sim to compete with the
> free (buy once) alternatives, which aren't too shabby these days. At the
> moment my personal jury is still out on this whole project.

> I want to be wrong though, so good luck to everyone involved.

> Andrew McP

> I suspect this is all meant to keep most people out by design.

>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> After watching that I'm reminded of my conviction that without a very
> basic (even one car, one track) 'buy once and free to drive on some
> servers' service it'll be a mainstream failure. You have to offer people
> cheap *** if you want to get them onto crack eventually.

> I'm also a bit frustrated that the only vehicle which appeals to me (the
> open-wheeler) isn't available in the basic package. But then that's life,
> the stuff you don't want is always cheap and easy to get hold of. :-)

> I hope they make enough money from the serious drivers to make it work
> and develop, but it'll have to be one hell of a sim to compete with the
> free (buy once) alternatives, which aren't too shabby these days. At the
> moment my personal jury is still out on this whole project.

> I want to be wrong though, so good luck to everyone involved.

> Andrew McP

> Thanks for the link Tony. It explains a lot. As someone who once paid
> $2/hour to pretend fly WW2 fighters the monthly fee does not look
> particularly steep and it is more or less in line with the industry
> standard fees for most online worlds. From the video it seems pretty
> clear to me that the online world is the main feature once you get past
> the basics of track & car. It looks to relieve all the admin functions
> of running a league (plus many other features like ranking)  and allow
> the participants to focus on the racing. That relief alone makes the
> monthly fee worth it for me.
> The initial content does seem a little thin. I would have been happier
> if they'd included a Formula Ford as well as the Solistice ( a little GM
> sponsorship there?) and the Legends car. Tracks look Ok and its a decent
> starter pack for what purports to be a serious sim.

> Hopefully IRacing will get the numbers they need to generate full
> quality fields at any level I might be interested in racing

> Dave E

>> A comprehensive 16 minute preview which explains in detail how iRacing
>> will work:

>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

>> Cheers
>> Tony

>> Thanks for the link Tony. It explains a lot. As someone who once paid
>> $2/hour to pretend fly WW2 fighters the monthly fee does not look
>> particularly steep and it is more or less in line with the industry
>> standard fees for most online worlds. From the video it seems pretty
>> clear to me that the online world is the main feature once you get past
>> the basics of track & car. It looks to relieve all the admin functions of
>> running a league (plus many other features like ranking)  and allow the
>> participants to focus on the racing. That relief alone makes the monthly
>> fee worth it for me.
>> The initial content does seem a little thin. I would have been happier if
>> they'd included a Formula Ford as well as the Solistice ( a little GM
>> sponsorship there?) and the Legends car. Tracks look Ok and its a decent
>> starter pack for what purports to be a serious sim.

>> Hopefully IRacing will get the numbers they need to generate full quality
>> fields at any level I might be interested in racing

>> Dave E

>>> A comprehensive 16 minute preview which explains in detail how iRacing
>>> will work:

>>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

>>> Cheers
>>> Tony

> From the video: "Since iRacing is located in Boston, let's start off at
> the South Boston track." By that logic, since I live in St. Petersburg,
> FL, I guess I would start in Russia? :) (For those that don't know, South
> Boston Speedway is in ***ia.)

> So my doubts are about the business model rather than the sim
> and their hopes for it.

> Hasn't really been a concern so far.

> -Larry

>> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
>> be some pretty pissed racers out there if they start getting penalised
>> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.

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>> Pete Ives
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> Hasn't really been a concern so far.

> -Larry

>> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
>> be some pretty pissed racers out there if they start getting penalised
>> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.

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>> Pete Ives
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