It's no wonder competition is so great in multiplayer racing sims. I
always assumed that the kids were the ones causing the problems. Based
on what I saw today, some of us would get "schooled" by these boys ;)
David Cook
My young racer and I also saw the racing in question from England on
Speedvision this past week. Made us really hungry for our second season to
start. The engines have been rebuilt, the frame is being sandblasted
getting ready for a new coat of paint, and the body panels are getting
painted and 1999 sponsor decals.
Most PC racers would be shocked at how good the kids I see are at racing
their karts. All would be shocked at how good my son gets around Watkins
Glen and Monza in GPL. There is not even a shadow of doubt in my mind how
much the four years he spent on Papyrus sim games prepared him for real
racing.
I have talked to other parents about this, and to a man they have all said
that racing NASCAR Racing and NASCAR Racing 2 has been an invaluable
training tool for the boys and girls. My wife use to get pissed off at the
amount of time he spent on the PC with his ECCI unit, but it made him a race
driver. After all the Air Force puts pilots through hundreds of hours of
simulator time before they get in a trainer.
Joe
Crew Chief of the #86 Pids Auto Body and Queen City Speedway Margay kart of
Roger Mendel
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Good news is just life's way of keeping you off balance
My Reality Check bounced.
Barry Stoch - Warped Racing
http://webhome.idirect.com/~bstoch/warpedracing.html
>My young racer and I also saw the racing in question from England on
>Speedvision this past week. Made us really hungry for our second season to
>start. The engines have been rebuilt, the frame is being sandblasted
>getting ready for a new coat of paint, and the body panels are getting
>painted and 1999 sponsor decals.
>Most PC racers would be shocked at how good the kids I see are at racing
>their karts. All would be shocked at how good my son gets around Watkins
>Glen and Monza in GPL. There is not even a shadow of doubt in my mind how
>much the four years he spent on Papyrus sim games prepared him for real
>racing.
>I have talked to other parents about this, and to a man they have all said
>that racing NASCAR Racing and NASCAR Racing 2 has been an invaluable
>training tool for the boys and girls. My wife use to get pissed off at the
>amount of time he spent on the PC with his ECCI unit, but it made him a
race
>driver. After all the Air Force puts pilots through hundreds of hours of
>simulator time before they get in a trainer.
>Joe
>Crew Chief of the #86 Pids Auto Body and Queen City Speedway Margay kart of
>Roger Mendel
www.solo2.com
We have an event at Hollywood Park Sunday (Feb 21).
> My young racer and I also saw the racing in question from England on
> Speedvision this past week. Made us really hungry for our second season
to
> start. The engines have been rebuilt, the frame is being sandblasted
> getting ready for a new coat of paint, and the body panels are getting
> painted and 1999 sponsor decals.
> Most PC racers would be shocked at how good the kids I see are at racing
> their karts. All would be shocked at how good my son gets around Watkins
> Glen and Monza in GPL. There is not even a shadow of doubt in my mind how
> much the four years he spent on Papyrus sim games prepared him for real
> racing.
> I have talked to other parents about this, and to a man they have all said
> that racing NASCAR Racing and NASCAR Racing 2 has been an invaluable
> training tool for the boys and girls. My wife use to get pissed off at
the
> amount of time he spent on the PC with his ECCI unit, but it made him a
race
> driver. After all the Air Force puts pilots through hundreds of hours of
> simulator time before they get in a trainer.
> Joe
> Crew Chief of the #86 Pids Auto Body and Queen City Speedway Margay kart
of
> Roger Mendel
The SCCA has had this program for two years. It inculdes a 125cc Shifter
Kart class for ***s and a 5hp briggs or 100cc clutch class for kids.
Addtionally Bryon Short has been running an arrive and drive 125cc shifter
Kart program at SCCA National Solo lls. This inculdes a class on driving a
Kart and all the nessacary safety gear. The only bummer with this class is
that Top Time of Day has just been put out of reach of guys like me who
drive production based cars. Even with 170 hp and 1700 lbs my Corolla just
can't keep up with a Kart even on a very open course. The shifter Karts
are amazingly tough to drive tho. You feel like you are shifting
constantly and man the wheel spin seems almost constant too.
Dave
Substitute "Ferrari" for "Karts" where appropriate! <g>
Dave
Hopefully I'll be doing just that soon if I can get enough money for a
season of karting :-)
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Cheers!
Graeme Nash
http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk
ICQ# 11257824
1998 Xoom GP2 League Champion
Well, then in your case Graeme, wouldn't that be "Karts" for "Ferrari"?
If this is a subtle announcement of your retirement from GPL, we'll miss
you, but not your margins of victory! <g>
1:24.48 at Zandvoort in the Ferrari! Makes the rest of us just feel like
kids. Oops, sorry! <G>
