Watch in horror as the c*nt completely squanders an opportunity most
of us would sell family members for, and makes us sim-racers look like
complete t!ts in the process.
He thinks he knows better than the instructors because he's played
"realistic" driving games... Oh dear, oh dear.
Regards,
Mark
I wont be watching. They picked a complete tosser to do it.
It pisses me off that he totally wasted what ammounted to 10K+'s worth of
training that ANYONE here would have put kidney's on ebay for.
Doug
I'm not convinced a sim racer would have done much better or worse in the
car, but they'd have been a lot less arrogant, and would probably have
fitted into the crowd better.
Malc.
> I'm not convinced a sim racer would have done much better or worse in the
> car, but they'd have been a lot less arrogant, and would probably have
> fitted into the crowd better.
> Malc.
Doug
> I'm not convinced a sim racer would have done much better or worse in the
> car, but they'd have been a lot less arrogant, and would probably have
> fitted into the crowd better.
> Malc.
> Watch in horror as the c*nt completely squanders an opportunity most
> of us would sell family members for, and makes us sim-racers look like
> complete t!ts in the process.
> He thinks he knows better than the instructors because he's played
> "realistic" driving games... Oh dear, oh dear.
Some comments from the guy (Phil Deane) himself:
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/F/fakingit/where/
A word from his mentor (Duncan Vercoe):
http://tinyurl.com/7bm3
Although I didn't see the show, I think I get the idea :-) It's a shame.
Ice D
With respect Dan, your level of ability is the exception rather than the
rule ;-)
I'm -45 on GPLRank but I'm old & unfit. That's why I race online rather than
in RL really. That and the money ;-)
There's alot less to fear in a sim race than RL racing, and I think that if
you could cherry pick the right sim racer (young, fairly fit, total lack of
fear) they'd do well.
But the only advantage sim-racing would give is knowledge, and that can be a
severe handicap when someone is trying to teach you how to behave and react.
It's already programmed in.
As I said, I'm not convinced sim-racing makes you drive a real race car any
quicker, that's just natural ability and experience. I think a sim racer
would have been more convincing to the Judges though.
Malc.
> > Malc.
> With respect Dan, your level of ability is the exception rather than the
> rule ;-)
> I'm -45 on GPLRank but I'm old & unfit. That's why I race online rather
than
> in RL really. That and the money ;-)
> There's alot less to fear in a sim race than RL racing, and I think that
if
> you could cherry pick the right sim racer (young, fairly fit, total lack
of
> fear) they'd do well.
> But the only advantage sim-racing would give is knowledge, and that can be
a
> severe handicap when someone is trying to teach you how to behave and
react.
> It's already programmed in.
> As I said, I'm not convinced sim-racing makes you drive a real race car
any
> quicker, that's just natural ability and experience. I think a sim racer
> would have been more convincing to the Judges though.
> Malc.
> > > I'm not convinced a sim racer would have done much better or worse in
> the
> > > car, but they'd have been a lot less arrogant, and would probably have
> > > fitted into the crowd better.
> > > Malc.
He was the sort of chap who you wouldnt***on if he was burning
Doug
<snip>
Another reason to be grateful I can't get E4...
--
Above address *is* valid - but snip spamtrap to get me to *read*!
> It pisses me off that he totally wasted what ammounted to 10K+'s worth of
> training that ANYONE here would have put kidney's on ebay for.
I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy that the ***er actually overtook
in the race!
Regards,
Mark
"But I think that I'm a good listener. "
Oh cripes. If anything, he *refused* to listen to *anything* he was told.
And I seem to remember the barriers went right up when he met the coach
who's job it was to get him to walk, talk and act like a successful race
driver. He would have *none* of it.
If you never caught it first time around and you've got E4, you've gotta
check it out.
Regards,
Mark Davison
http://www.markdavison.clara.net/OVAL/
"No more rhymes, now. I mean it!"
"Anybody wanna peanut?"
IMO a sim-racer would undoubtedly have done better. Apart from the fact of
understanding lines, balancing the car ala GPL etc, the main area he lost
out on was the utter bollocks he spouted under questioning. When asked about
Schumacher's talent and how he was different a few remarks on understanding
of slip angles, commitment, politics, desire etc would have got him off the
hook instantly, and is something any GPL jockey could answer easily.
John
This guy is actually considering going further in racing? Hah!
JB
