rec.autos.simulators

>Bandini was killed at Monaco in 1967, this was not the only
>driver to be burned alive and to death. In 1973 Roger
>Williams was killed at Zandvoort. It was only his second
>career race. His car too became inverted on a guard rail and
>caught fire. The marshals did not have fire extinguishers
>and stood around watching him burn to death. Francois
>Cervert was also killed later that same year at Watkins
>Glen. His car was going through the esse's and flipped over
>on a guard rail, it carried on along the guard rail for 200m
>or so. The guard rail acted like a knife. Jackie Stewart was
>so distraught over his teamates death that he took two more
>half hearted laps and promptly retired.

>(Please no flames on this. Just hear me out.)

>You know, knowing this serves as a reminder to all of us...no matter how
>realistic a sim can get, no matter how much it draws you in...at the
>very, very heart of the matter...it is still a game. (Please no flames
>on this. Just hear me out.) I mean, I do believe that sim racing has the
>ability to become a sport, but it is still just a bunch of computer
>programming lying in your harddrive. We are fortunate that, despite how
>big a crash you have with a driver online, that you are both able to
>race again with no injury whatsoever (Well, maybe a bruised ego.) and at
>the end of the day, you're still able to sit down at the dinner table
>and eat with your family.

> > My girlfriend, who gets a bit fed up with my time on this computer
> GPL'ing,
> > has devised a clever new tactic.  Wishing to add to the realism--she
> > says--she stands by my desk with a plastic baseball bat.  When I have an
> > off, smash into a wall, fence, whatever, I have begun to get smacks
> upside
> > the head.

> > "Realism!" she cries.  "Just like racing!"  "CRACK!"  "POWEE!!"

> > I do believe she's beginning to enjoy this game more than me . . .

> > David

> Well that is a quick way to build some consitancy in your driving.  tho
> when you stop crashing what is she gonna do then. ROFL.

> My girlfriend, who gets a bit fed up with my time on this computer GPL'ing,
> has devised a clever new tactic.  Wishing to add to the realism--she
> says--she stands by my desk with a plastic baseball bat.  When I have an
> off, smash into a wall, fence, whatever, I have begun to get smacks upside
> the head.

>> My girlfriend, who gets a bit fed up with my time on this computer
GPL'ing,
>> has devised a clever new tactic.  Wishing to add to the realism--she
>> says--she stands by my desk with a plastic baseball bat.  When I have an
>> off, smash into a wall, fence, whatever, I have begun to get smacks
upside
>> the head.

>Sounds like fun.  But be sure you draw the line when she gets out the
>gasoline and a box of matches.

>Dave Ewing

>> My girlfriend, who gets a bit fed up with my time on this computer
>GPL'ing,
>> has devised a clever new tactic.  Wishing to add to the realism--she
>> says--she stands by my desk with a plastic baseball bat.  When I
have an
>> off, smash into a wall, fence, whatever, I have begun to get smacks
>upside
>> the head.

>> "Realism!" she cries.  "Just like racing!"  "CRACK!"  "POWEE!!"

>> I do believe she's beginning to enjoy this game more than me . . .

>> David

>Well that is a quick way to build some consitancy in your driving.
tho
>when you stop crashing what is she gonna do then. ROFL.

> I feel bad... for myself! I would've been dead, too, after an online
> race at (where else) Monza. On the opening lap I was in about 4th or 5th
> coming out of the second Lesmo. All was well, until the Eagle in front
> of me decided to do some lawnmowing (all 4 wheels off) on the right,
> just before the bridge. Just as I was almost past, he veered back onto
> the track and knocked me right into the left side of the bridge abutment
> at about 170 mph. OUCH!

> --Dave