rec.autos.simulators

by fd » Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:00:00

NASCAR gets beaten down. That is because it sucks.

Just kidding.

What on earth do they have in common? Big, fat fans? F1 fans are slim-
I'll give you that. But smelly!

first you need to take the time.

by **Maps** » Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:37:12 +0000, Graeme Nash

>>OK, let's see how many passes for the lead there are in
>>Austrailia and at Atlanta this weekend.

>But that's not the point, is it?

close racing is exciting. There are races in F1 where the podium
drivers might as well have just extended qualifying. (In fact, that is
nearly every race I do online. ALmost wish GPL had yellow flags!
)

That is rarer in CART, and nonexistent in NASCAR.

by **Maps** » Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 09:48:13 +0000, Mark Hewitt

>Now I understand all those jokes about American drivers in the UK,
>getting stuck at the roundabouts!.

They are just looking for a good draft

by **Maps** » Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:00:00

seemed pretty clear JV's car was, either through Shumie's hit or
something else, completely out of whack- it didn't seem like he had
much choice but let MH and DC through (or else threaten his own
championship, because they- with much less to lose- were going to try
passes).

by **Plen** » Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Please, enough about traffic circles in Switzerland. My entire family,
over a period of 4 and a half years, perished in Swiss traffic
circles. That is over 23 people. This is why I can't watch Rockingham
or Wilkesboro- they remind me too much of Swiss traffic circles.

by **Graeme Nas** » Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I agree completely that F1 does have its boring races, but there is
another side to that. Much as I hate to agree with (FIA President) Max
Mosley, races where the passing is "automatic" become no more exciting
than races where there is no passing at all.
Look then at races like Austria or France last year, or most races at
Spa or someplace, and tell us that F1 is boring :-)

BTW I enjoy NASCAR too, I own N2 and N3 and watch all the races I can on
TV, so I'm not knocking it :-)

--
Cheers!
Graeme Nash

by **Mike Laske** » Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:00:00

But Max's argument is flawed. With drivers of equal calibre and similar
equipment, there are no "automatic" passes. I don't care what Mosley says -
there is no such thing as an automatic pass between two competitively placed
cars/drivers.

Mike.

by **Richard G Cleg** » Tue, 14 Mar 2000 04:00:00

: But Max's argument is flawed. With drivers of equal calibre and similar
: equipment, there are no "automatic" passes. I don't care what Mosley says -
: there is no such thing as an automatic pass between two competitively placed
: cars/drivers.

Um... well yes - but two drivers who are lapping with exactly the same
lap time being in a position where they could pass each other is so rare
it's not worth considering is it?

--
Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

by **Stephen Ferguso** » Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:00:00

> > needs more of them. Now, crazy are the unregulated four-way
> intersections
> > in Ottawa. No stop signs, no yield signs... nothing but broken glass.

> What intersection(s) would that be? (I've lived in Ottawa for 30+ years)

> Randy

Perhaps I'm thinking of Vancouver. It's been a while. I just remember many
unsigned, residential intersections.

Stephen

by **Pete** » Sat, 25 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Frank, your young age shows again! I can think of at least three traffic
circles that used to be in Montreal. I can see why you profess not to be
Canadian you don't even know your own backyard never mind a country.
Two were in St Laurent and one was in Ro***t. There were probably
more but I haven't lived there in long time. You continue to amaze with
your vast resources of French culture!

Pete

> We never had them in the province of Qubec, but of course we aren't
really
> Canadians ;)

> It's just the way that different societies regulated the transportation
> system. With our two major cities being 1) on an island and 2) on a
> cliff, we never had the use for them. My only wish is to -never- have to
> get around one of them, as I simply don't know how to handle them.

> I figure myself in a slapstick movie doing round circles without ending.
> ;-D

> --
> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> -- May the Downforce be with you...
> -- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

by **Robert Grave** » Sat, 25 Mar 2000 04:00:00

<<Ro***t

Its Rosemont .

=:-D

Robert Gravel

> Frank, your young age shows again! I can think of at least three
traffic
> circles that used to be in Montreal. I can see why you profess not to be
> Canadian you don't even know your own backyard never mind a country.
> Two were in St Laurent and one was in Ro***t. There were probably
> more but I haven't lived there in long time. You continue to amaze with
> your vast resources of French culture!

> Pete

> > We never had them in the province of Qubec, but of course we aren't
> really
> > Canadians ;)

> > It's just the way that different societies regulated the transportation
> > system. With our two major cities being 1) on an island and 2) on a
> > cliff, we never had the use for them. My only wish is to -never- have
to
> > get around one of them, as I simply don't know how to handle them.

> > I figure myself in a slapstick movie doing round circles without ending.
> > ;-D

> > --
> > -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> > -- May the Downforce be with you...
> > -- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
> realise
> > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

by **Pete** » Sun, 26 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Your right I lived in St. Laurent and was trying to spell
it right! :-) I did say it was a long time ago! :-)

Pete

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