rec.autos.simulators

The quality of the iRacing Watkins Glen track is surpassed by nothing,
possibly even the real thing :)

And racing the Radical at the iRacing WG track is heaven, even for this
non-RC guy.

I can live with the Solstice (somewhat).  I find the skippy barely
interesting.  I positively HATE the Mazda.  The Radical is the first RC car
to really capture my imagination at all.

Maybe I just need fenders to be happy :)

I simply don't do well in under-powered cars.  Not sure what that means :)
It was the same for Ovals.  Until I got to the trucks, I was a back-marker.
Now I can get top 5's fairly easily.

Larry

What they did with The Glen is amazing. I did a little with the Radical on
Saturday and it was fun, but a lot of wrecks. A good track for learning the
Skippy is the infield road course at Lowes. I ran some laps there with a
good RC racer in a practice session to get some lessons and it really helped
a ton.

Ed

GR

Having said that, even an out of date iRacing track may be more of a selling point
to the real racing fraternity than anything any other sim can offer. But I remain
convinced that's a marketing dead end anyway, and the average simmer isn't going to
be too worried about such things as long as everyone's racing on the same surface.

Not that iRacing's particularly interested in the average simmer at the moment...
but they will be, eventually. Whether they like it or not. :->

Andrew McP

PS Although I've been away again from the iRacing zoo for over three weeks now, and
am currently getting my sim kicks at an incredibly realistic (looking) Nordschleife

little. It looked like quite a lot of fun to drive.

I just don't fancy paying iRacing for months and months in order to climb the
ladder and finally get the opportunity to race the car. I may not enjoy it in
traffic as much as I think, and my reaction times are probably far better suited to
the Skip Barber.

I've noted the iracing buzz dropping off in RAS quite noticeably from
quite a few msgs a day when it was opened to the public to its current
level... looks like another group of people has left for the forums ;-)

Cheers, Uwe

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Like ***, he wants it somehow priced so he can race one race, or else
it seems too expensive?  have you gone to any other thing in your life
(except maybe a carnival or 6-flags park type thing) where you got a better
deal only buying tickets for the "rides" you want to ride, compared to the
all day/all ride pass?   no.

you still on it, racing Uwe?

Andrew McP

Ok then, why can't I buy x amount of races entries in advance?

    Any experienced simmer should identify with the above mentioned hassles
over the years - iRacing solves all of that. How much is that worth?

Uwe

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I dont get it, pay 20 bucks, race 2 races, *** it, call it $10 per race?
Tell me, what "per race" deal you want to pay?  I mean we're back to you
agreeing to buy a box of popcorn, but want to pay "per handful?" it takes to
fill the box?  what difference will that make? you get a box of corn dude,
or dont.  Does Tootsie pop sell suckers by the amount of***s they take?
if so then they are cheap as shit, unless you are like the "wise old owl..."
because he only gets 3***s ya know.

I dont get where you think the "per race fee" could possibly work out better
deal for you me or ANY One else?  I bet I race 8 races a week minimum.  so
20-30 races per month, & at 15 bucks a month, that is way less than.75 cents
a race.

You Aren't going to race for free, that is about as plain as it gets.   I
think you are trying to do the same math, but yer not the seller.  You are
thinking you should be able to race a race for a buck?  But you got it
backwards, and the transaction fee on the credit card is more than that.
You know damn well as others do, Everything from Beer or Soda POP, Racing it
is always cheaper if/when you can buy in bulk rate.

Hyperbole alert! Ignore the OP because he is FOS.

GP

http://www.vimeo.com/1122817

8-)
GR

But you're right.  A lot wrecked out.

Hey, skill, luck, attrition, I don't care.  I'll take the spots :)

-Larry