rec.autos.simulators

> > >       Hey, just curious to know just how bad of a nascar sim junkie I am
> > compare
> > > to everyone else.
> > > How many hours a day would you say you spend racing, either against the
> > AI
> > > or online??
> > >                       Hmm...  this should be interesting!

> > >               Tom
> > >               #22 Copperhead Ford

> > Yep... Very interesting.... :-)

> > I use 2-4 hours a week on GP2 (GP2 only ;-) ICR2 is ***y impossible
> > !!!!!!!!
> > In the F1 season I race with a friend, when the real F1 race is driven.
> > Practice 4-6 hours before the session, and then a full race day with 6-8
> > hours. The looser gives a free meal afterwards ;-)

> > It's just an amazing game !!!!!

> > Mose

> I have been "playing" Indycar then Indycar II since May 1994. Rarely a
> day goes by without at least an hour of "track" time. I'm not sick of it
> yet and I am actually considering Nascar II....although I'll have to
> give that a lot more consideration.
>   Is it possible to do both and obtain an equal measure of proficiency ?
>   Is there any advantage to going back and forth between Indycar and
> Nascar ?
>  Does anyone that does both have any thoughts on it ?
> Thanx

> Tom, I not sure what the point you are trying to make is! I find this
> behaviour perfectly normal and I suggest anyone that does elsewise is
> an abnormal person! :-)

> Pete

> >     OK...try this one on<g>....Two years ago when Papy came out with
> > NASCAR Racing, I didnt even own a computer, and had no plans to buy one.
> > Until....that is, I took a spin around Tally on a friends computer.
> > pretty cool...but I dont own a computer...

> >     Flash ahead to Christmas morning...I open my present from my wife and
> > find a copy of the Sim taped to the side of a Thrustmaster T-1 box.
> > First question outa my mouth is "what the hell am I suppose to do with
> > this, we dont own a computer!?!?!  My darling wife says, no problem we're
> > gonna buy one tomorrow!

> >     Well, since that day, there aint been more than a dozen or so that I
> > havent spent some time on the sim. I generally do some form of practice
> > every night from 10 to 2am, sometimes head to head with a buddy, but alot
> > of the time I'm just out there running laps, looking for faster ways
> > around.

> >      I've been a beta tester since Sept 95 and at last count have over
> > 430 starts on line, most of them done in one of 6 leagues that I've run
> > all at the same time and if that aint enough, and sometimes it's not..<G>
> > I jump in for some thrill seeking and do a pick-up race or two. There's
> > nothing like the thrill of surviving the first lap of a Tally green flag
> > start race to get the ole heart apumpin"<G>.

> >      The only reason I'm here now is because I'm taking a break from
> > practice at Atlanta for a series race tomorrow night<g>, and I wanted to
> > catch up on the Wilshe posts <BG>....they're alot of fun too!!

> >      This aint the whole sordid story, but that's enough for now<g>

> >      c ya at the track

> >      tom