seem to find enough time....
jb
jb
> jb
NOT ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I had no job - I could sim more - But could I afford the
computer and games ??????
BR
Thomas Soerensen
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Before you buy.
> How many hours/week do you guys spend actually playing the sims? I can't
> seem to find enough time....
> jb
So, Figure between 4:pm and 11:30 pm EST, I'm racing. That's about 7
hours a day available to race. Now I just have to fin some Europeans,
Asians, and Australians, that like F3's
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> > How many hours/week do you guys spend actually playing the sims? I
can't
> > seem to find enough time....
> > jb
> In my case, I can drive 24/7. WinVROC is a ghost town with 4 or 5
> servers running. Sometimes there's a driver or two in at least one of
> them between 8:am and 1:pm EST. After that, it varies till about 4:30is
> pm when it starts to hop and more servers and more drivers show up and
> actually race.
> So, Figure between 4:pm and 11:30 pm EST, I'm racing. That's about 7
> hours a day available to race. Now I just have to fin some Europeans,
> Asians, and Australians, that like F3's
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I wish playing racing SIMS was my job. Wouldn't that be something?!
>jb
Michael Loos
> You might like to think about joining the GPML Mike. I hear they have some
> handy Euro drivers in there <Cough>
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~I get on different little kicks - Drakan for instance, I didn't mess
with much of anything when I got it - then I'll get in a UnReal mood
or something for a while - hmmm, haven't fired up Quake lately and I
still need to finish Interstate '76 - DANGIT! why'd you bring this
up?!! <G>
Chris
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I'm in South Africa and I love the F3's! Please are there any
other SA (or southern african) drivers out there?
Chris
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So this is the reason I'm so slow (GPL) compared to everyone out here. sjeez I
envy you guys being able to spend so much time on it. I only VR (virtual race
that is) 2 or 3 nights a week and even then 2 hours at the most which adds up
to 6 to 8 hours a week.
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I believe strongly that there is some natural ability involved. There is a
definite gap between the fastest of the so-so's and the slowest of the
hot-shoes. (I'm in the so-so group, and not near the front.) I guess the
question is: given enough time behind a wheel, could you beat Michael
Schumacher consistently enough to be in real contention for the F1 crown?
For me personally, the answer is simply no. He has some quality -- whether
it's eyesight, reflexes, dexterity, whatever -- that separates the likes of
him from the likes of me.
I sim about 20 hrs a week. I have a good academic understanding of the
problem of racing. My equipment is about as good as it gets. I've been
sim-racing since ICR/NCR. In short, I'm as well or better equipped to win as
the next person, but I don't.
Now, after about 20 hours on O'ring, I'm still fully 4 seconds behind the
leaders in a race. That doesn't sound like much, but the leaders put me a
full lap down after 26 laps; in a full GP race, they'll lap me twice. I'm
faster in, through, and out of the important fast corners, and holding my
own in the slow ones. None of this helps me understand how they rocket past
me on the straights, topping out at 180+ to my wimpy 175.
I'm happy to finish the race without having wrecked the car. Two hours of
*** onto the edge of traction is enough accomplishment for me. Winning
would be a nice bonus, but I have no illusions of that. Lest you think it's
the attitude that separates us, rest assured that I gave that up only
recently, and very grudgingly at that.
Michael.