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Insights

How the group grew, argued, changed hardware and faded - computed from every post in the archive.

Posts per year Most prolific posters by era The sims everyone talked about, year by year How heated did it get? Hardware people talked about How the group felt about developers and publishers Where posters came from Most linked sites

Posts per year

1993: 23119931994: 3,25619941995: 11,07119951996: 40,97319961997: 38,46019971998: 52,94519981999: 71,62519992000: 94,51620002001: 68,96220012002: 61,73520022003: 38,95920032004: 19,30020042005: 13,46420052006: 6,99920062007: 2,61320072008: 2,63620082009: 1,23720092010: 40420102011: 25420112012: 21420122013: 11220132014: 2320142015: 620152016: 420162017: 820172018: 920182019: 720192020: 120202021: 120212022: 22022

The group peaked in 2000, with the summer releases of NASCAR Heat and F1 2000 and a flood of new Grand Prix Legends tracks, then declined steadily as discussion moved to web forums.

Most prolific posters by era

1993–1996
  1. Michael E. Carver 1,015
  2. Eric Busch 852
  3. David Spark 647
  4. John Wallace 627
  5. RickGent 374
  6. Tony Joh 359
  7. Ed Martin 354
  8. EldredP 309
  9. Stuart Boo 298
  10. Jo 270
  11. Mike Carrother 265
  12. Richard Walker 265
  13. George Lewis 238
  14. Chuck Stuar 219
  15. Joe McGinn 217
1997–1999
  1. Michael E. Carver 2,380
  2. ymenard 2,345
  3. Bruce Kennewell 2,150
  4. John Wallace 1,931
  5. Greg Cisko 1,849
  6. Joe McGinn 1,604
  7. Byron Forbes 1,402
  8. Eric Busch 1,282
  9. Ronald Stoehr 1,137
  10. Larry 1,008
  11. Paul Jone 856
  12. Marc J. Nelson 852
  13. Jim Sokolo 827
  14. EldredP 826
  15. P Gagg 805
2000–2002
  1. EldredP 6,985
  2. Dave Henrie 6,552
  3. Andre Warringa 4,338
  4. ymenard 3,710
  5. Jan Verschueren 3,144
  6. Goy Larsen 2,584
  7. Larry 2,487
  8. David G Fisher 2,294
  9. Thom j. 2,152
  10. Bruce Kennewell 2,054
  11. Uncle Fester 1,818
  12. David Buttery 1,723
  13. Simon Brown 1,685
  14. Ruud van Gaal 1,308
  15. Greg Cisko 1,295
2003–2005
  1. Larry 2,779
  2. EldredP 2,622
  3. Dave Henrie 2,574
  4. Mitch_A 1,587
  5. jason moyer 1,449
  6. Jan Verschueren 1,319
  7. Steve Smith 1,267
  8. Goy Larsen 1,260
  9. John Simmons 1,217
  10. David G Fisher 1,012
  11. Uwe Schuerkamp 998
  12. Haqsau 950
  13. Bruce Kennewell 770
  14. Byron Forbes 721
  15. Tony Rickard 709
2006–2009
  1. Larry 863
  2. Andrew MacPherson 458
  3. Uwe Schuerkamp 451
  4. David G Fisher 398
  5. Plowboy 397
  6. Tony Rickard 394
  7. Jeff Reid 367
  8. Mitch_A 326
  9. Byron Forbes 295
  10. Pat Dotson 264
  11. Alan Bernardo 262
  12. Ed Medlin 155
  13. Dave Henrie 149
  14. Tim Wheatley 148
  15. jason moyer 144
2010–2019
  1. Mario Petrinovic 255
  2. Andrew MacPherson 126
  3. APLer 49
  4. FolkGT 41
  5. GaryR 38
  6. rcgldr 34
  7. Uwe Schuerkamp 32
  8. PW 26
  9. Penis Boy 21
  10. Pat Dotson 20
  11. Tony Rickard 19
  12. PlowBoy 19
  13. David G Fisher 18
  14. Byron Forbes 16
  15. Mr T 15

The sims everyone talked about, year by year

Each year’s share of sim discussion. A sim keeps the same color in every year.

1993Formula One Grand Prix: 38%IndyCar Racing: 34%Network Q RAC Rally: 3%Hard Drivin': 3%Test Drive (series): 3%Other sims: 19%
1994IndyCar Racing: 43%Formula One Grand Prix: 32%NASCAR Racing: 13%Grand Prix 2: 4%Indianapolis 500: The Simulation: 1%Other sims: 6%
1995NASCAR Racing: 26%Formula One Grand Prix: 17%IndyCar Racing: 17%IndyCar Racing II: 17%Grand Prix 2: 9%Other sims: 14%
1996Grand Prix 2: 29%IndyCar Racing II: 19%NASCAR Racing 2: 16%NASCAR Racing: 16%Formula One Grand Prix: 5%Other sims: 16%
1997NASCAR Racing 2: 31%Grand Prix 2: 13%IndyCar Racing II: 12%NASCAR Racing: 7%CART Precision Racing: 6%Other sims: 31%
1998Grand Prix Legends: 25%NASCAR Racing 2: 13%F1 Racing Simulation: 12%Grand Prix 2: 8%IndyCar Racing II: 6%Other sims: 36%
1999Grand Prix Legends: 36%NASCAR Racing 3: 9%Sports Car GT: 5%NASCAR Racing 2: 5%NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition: 4%Other sims: 41%
2000Grand Prix Legends: 31%Grand Prix 3: 13%NASCAR Racing 3: 7%F1 2000: 7%Grand Prix 2: 4%Other sims: 38%
2001Grand Prix Legends: 29%NASCAR Racing 4: 19%Grand Prix 3: 5%F1 2001: 5%F1 Racing Championship: 4%Other sims: 36%
2002Grand Prix Legends: 20%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season: 18%F1 2002: 9%F1 2001: 8%NASCAR Racing 4: 6%Other sims: 39%
2003NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 23%Grand Prix Legends: 19%F1 2002: 7%F1 Challenge '99-'02: 7%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season: 5%Other sims: 39%
2004NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 19%Grand Prix Legends: 18%F1 Challenge '99-'02: 11%Richard Burns Rally: 8%GTR: 8%Other sims: 36%
2005GTR: 15%rFactor: 14%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 14%Grand Prix Legends: 11%EA NASCAR SimRacing: 9%Other sims: 38%
2006rFactor: 21%GT Legends: 13%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 10%Grand Prix Legends: 10%GTR 2: 8%Other sims: 38%
2007rFactor: 24%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 13%GTR 2: 11%Grand Prix Legends: 11%iRacing: 5%Other sims: 37%
2008iRacing: 35%rFactor: 12%Grand Prix Legends: 12%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 5%ARCA Sim Racing: 4%Other sims: 31%
2009iRacing: 39%Grand Prix Legends: 15%rFactor: 12%Need for Speed: Shift: 8%Need for Speed (series): 3%Other sims: 23%
2010iRacing: 32%Grand Prix Legends: 16%Gran Turismo (series): 8%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season: 7%Need for Speed: Shift: 6%Other sims: 31%
2011iRacing: 32%rFactor 2: 8%Gran Turismo (series): 8%Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed: 7%netKar Pro: 5%Other sims: 41%
2012iRacing: 48%Project CARS: 12%rFactor 2: 11%Grand Prix Legends: 10%rFactor: 6%Other sims: 14%

Rise and fall

Share of all sim discussion each year for the long-running favourites. Hover a line or point for details.

0%12%24%36%48%IndyCar Racing, 1993: 34%IndyCar Racing, 1994: 43%IndyCar Racing, 1995: 17%IndyCar Racing, 1996: 4%IndyCar Racing, 1997: 2%IndyCar Racing, 1998: 1%IndyCar Racing, 1999: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2000: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2001: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2002: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2003: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2004: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2005: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2006: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2007: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2008: 0%IndyCar Racing, 2011: 0%IndyCar RacingIndyCar Racing II, 1994: 0%IndyCar Racing II, 1995: 17%IndyCar Racing II, 1996: 19%IndyCar Racing II, 1997: 12%IndyCar Racing II, 1998: 6%IndyCar Racing II, 1999: 3%IndyCar Racing II, 2000: 2%IndyCar Racing II, 2001: 1%IndyCar Racing II, 2002: 1%IndyCar Racing II, 2003: 0%IndyCar Racing II, 2004: 1%IndyCar Racing II, 2005: 1%IndyCar Racing II, 2006: 0%IndyCar Racing II, 2007: 0%IndyCar Racing II, 2008: 0%IndyCar Racing II, 2009: 0%IndyCar Racing II, 2010: 0%IndyCar Racing IINASCAR Racing, 1994: 13%NASCAR Racing, 1995: 26%NASCAR Racing, 1996: 16%NASCAR Racing, 1997: 7%NASCAR Racing, 1998: 2%NASCAR Racing, 1999: 1%NASCAR Racing, 2000: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2001: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2002: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2003: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2004: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2005: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2006: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2007: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2008: 0%NASCAR Racing, 2011: 1%NASCAR RacingNASCAR Racing 2, 1995: 0%NASCAR Racing 2, 1996: 16%NASCAR Racing 2, 1997: 31%NASCAR Racing 2, 1998: 13%NASCAR Racing 2, 1999: 5%NASCAR Racing 2, 2000: 1%NASCAR Racing 2, 2001: 1%NASCAR Racing 2, 2002: 1%NASCAR Racing 2, 2003: 1%NASCAR Racing 2, 2004: 0%NASCAR Racing 2, 2005: 0%NASCAR Racing 2, 2006: 0%NASCAR Racing 2, 2007: 0%NASCAR Racing 2, 2008: 0%NASCAR Racing 2, 2011: 0%NASCAR Racing 2NASCAR Racing 3, 1996: 0%NASCAR Racing 3, 1997: 1%NASCAR Racing 3, 1998: 2%NASCAR Racing 3, 1999: 9%NASCAR Racing 3, 2000: 7%NASCAR Racing 3, 2001: 3%NASCAR Racing 3, 2002: 1%NASCAR Racing 3, 2003: 1%NASCAR Racing 3, 2004: 1%NASCAR Racing 3, 2005: 1%NASCAR Racing 3, 2006: 0%NASCAR Racing 3, 2007: 0%NASCAR Racing 3, 2008: 0%NASCAR Racing 3, 2011: 0%NASCAR Racing 3NASCAR Racing 4, 1997: 0%NASCAR Racing 4, 1998: 0%NASCAR Racing 4, 1999: 0%NASCAR Racing 4, 2000: 4%NASCAR Racing 4, 2001: 19%NASCAR Racing 4, 2002: 6%NASCAR Racing 4, 2003: 1%NASCAR Racing 4, 2004: 1%NASCAR Racing 4, 2005: 1%NASCAR Racing 4, 2006: 0%NASCAR Racing 4, 2007: 0%NASCAR Racing 4, 2008: 0%NASCAR Racing 4NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2000: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2001: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2002: 18%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2003: 5%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2004: 1%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2005: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2006: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2007: 1%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2008: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2009: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2010: 0%NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, 2012: 1%NASCAR Racing 2002 SeasonNASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2002: 1%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2003: 23%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2004: 19%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2005: 14%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2006: 10%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2007: 13%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2008: 5%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2009: 3%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2010: 7%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2011: 3%NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, 2012: 2%NASCAR Racing 2003 SeasonFormula One Grand Prix, 1993: 38%Formula One Grand Prix, 1994: 32%Formula One Grand Prix, 1995: 17%Formula One Grand Prix, 1996: 5%Formula One Grand Prix, 1997: 1%Formula One Grand Prix, 1998: 1%Formula One Grand Prix, 1999: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2000: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2001: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2002: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2003: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2004: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2005: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2006: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2007: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2008: 0%Formula One Grand Prix, 2011: 1%Formula One Grand PrixGrand Prix 2, 1994: 4%Grand Prix 2, 1995: 9%Grand Prix 2, 1996: 29%Grand Prix 2, 1997: 13%Grand Prix 2, 1998: 8%Grand Prix 2, 1999: 3%Grand Prix 2, 2000: 4%Grand Prix 2, 2001: 1%Grand Prix 2, 2002: 1%Grand Prix 2, 2003: 0%Grand Prix 2, 2004: 0%Grand Prix 2, 2005: 1%Grand Prix 2, 2006: 0%Grand Prix 2, 2007: 1%Grand Prix 2, 2008: 1%Grand Prix 2, 2009: 0%Grand Prix 2Grand Prix 3, 1996: 0%Grand Prix 3, 1997: 0%Grand Prix 3, 1998: 1%Grand Prix 3, 1999: 2%Grand Prix 3, 2000: 13%Grand Prix 3, 2001: 5%Grand Prix 3, 2002: 2%Grand Prix 3, 2003: 1%Grand Prix 3, 2004: 1%Grand Prix 3, 2005: 0%Grand Prix 3, 2006: 0%Grand Prix 3, 2007: 0%Grand Prix 3, 2008: 0%Grand Prix 3Grand Prix 4, 1999: 0%Grand Prix 4, 2000: 0%Grand Prix 4, 2001: 0%Grand Prix 4, 2002: 4%Grand Prix 4, 2003: 2%Grand Prix 4, 2004: 1%Grand Prix 4, 2005: 1%Grand Prix 4, 2006: 0%Grand Prix 4, 2007: 0%Grand Prix 4Grand Prix Legends, 1996: 0%Grand Prix Legends, 1997: 1%Grand Prix Legends, 1998: 25%Grand Prix Legends, 1999: 36%Grand Prix Legends, 2000: 31%Grand Prix Legends, 2001: 29%Grand Prix Legends, 2002: 20%Grand Prix Legends, 2003: 19%Grand Prix Legends, 2004: 18%Grand Prix Legends, 2005: 11%Grand Prix Legends, 2006: 10%Grand Prix Legends, 2007: 11%Grand Prix Legends, 2008: 12%Grand Prix Legends, 2009: 15%Grand Prix Legends, 2010: 16%Grand Prix Legends, 2011: 5%Grand Prix Legends, 2012: 10%Grand Prix LegendsrFactor, 2004: 2%rFactor, 2005: 14%rFactor, 2006: 21%rFactor, 2007: 24%rFactor, 2008: 12%rFactor, 2009: 12%rFactor, 2010: 4%rFactor, 2011: 4%rFactor, 2012: 6%rFactoriRacing, 2005: 0%iRacing, 2006: 2%iRacing, 2007: 5%iRacing, 2008: 35%iRacing, 2009: 39%iRacing, 2010: 32%iRacing, 2011: 32%iRacing, 2012: 48%iRacing9394959697989900010203040506070809101112

How heated did it get?

Heated posts (%)Hostile posts (%)1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Heated posts (%)Hostile posts (%)

Each year’s share of posts rated heated (a sharp argument) and, separately, hostile (personal attacks). Flame-war threads are marked on the notable threads page.

Hardware people talked about

Wheels

1993-1997
  1. Thrustmaster T2 2,664
  2. Thrustmaster T1 930
  3. Thrustmaster Grand Prix 1 637
  4. TSW (Thomas Super Wheel) 514
  5. Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro 175
  6. ECCI wheel 173
1998-2001
  1. Logitech WingMan Formula Force 4,178
  2. Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel 3,838
  3. Act Labs Force RS 2,029
  4. Thrustmaster T2 1,720
  5. TSW (Thomas Super Wheel) 1,353
  6. Guillemot/Thrustmaster Ferrari Force Feedback wheel 1,167
2002-2006
  1. Logitech MOMO 3,147
  2. Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel 1,174
  3. TSW (Thomas Super Wheel) 802
  4. Logitech WingMan Formula Force 726
  5. TSW2 (Thomas Super Wheel 2) 365
  6. Logitech Driving Force Pro 308
2007-2019
  1. Logitech G25 268
  2. Logitech MOMO 86
  3. TSW (Thomas Super Wheel) 37
  4. Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel 36
  5. Logitech Driving Force Pro 32
  6. Logitech WingMan Formula Force 16

Pedals

1993-1997
  1. CH Pro Pedals 287
  2. ECCI pedals 50
  3. Thrustmaster pedals 22
1998-2001
  1. CH Pro Pedals 548
  2. Act Labs Performance Pedals 176
  3. BRD pedals 81
  4. ECCI pedals 66
  5. Redline pedals 42
  6. Thrustmaster pedals 42
2002-2006
  1. Act Labs Performance Pedals 288
  2. BRD pedals 265
  3. ECCI pedals 182
  4. Redline pedals 101
  5. CH Pro Pedals 39
  6. Thrustmaster pedals 11
2007-2019
  1. BRD pedals 10
  2. ECCI pedals 1

Graphics cards

1993-1997
  1. Rendition Vérité 2,697
  2. 3dfx Voodoo (Graphics) 2,675
  3. Matrox 815
  4. S3 ViRGE / Diamond Stealth & other 2D/early 3D 745
  5. ATI Rage / Mach64 300
  6. nVidia Riva 128 214
1998-2001
  1. 3dfx Voodoo2 6,337
  2. 3dfx Voodoo (Graphics) 4,711
  3. 3dfx Voodoo3 4,473
  4. nVidia GeForce2 3,003
  5. Rendition Vérité 2,821
  6. 3dfx Voodoo5 1,921
2002-2006
  1. nVidia GeForce4 1,470
  2. ATI Radeon 9500–9800 1,210
  3. nVidia GeForce2 994
  4. nVidia GeForce3 912
  5. ATI Radeon 639
  6. 3dfx Voodoo5 566
2007-2019
  1. nVidia GeForce (6/7/8 series and later) 82
  2. ATI Radeon X/HD 37
  3. Matrox TripleHead2Go 36
  4. ATI Radeon 17
  5. nVidia GeForce 256 8
  6. ATI Radeon 9500–9800 6

Sound cards

1993-1997
  1. Creative Sound Blaster 16 202
  2. Creative Sound Blaster AWE32/AWE64 198
  3. Ensoniq Soundscape 30
  4. Turtle Beach 7
  5. Diamond Monster Sound 6
  6. Ensoniq AudioPCI / SB PCI128 1
1998-2001
  1. Creative Sound Blaster Live! 1,240
  2. Diamond Monster Sound 271
  3. Creative Sound Blaster AWE32/AWE64 226
  4. Ensoniq AudioPCI / SB PCI128 210
  5. Turtle Beach 169
  6. Creative Sound Blaster 16 158
2002-2006
  1. Creative Sound Blaster Live! 363
  2. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 227
  3. Turtle Beach 128
  4. Diamond Monster Sound 13
  5. Creative Sound Blaster 16 7
  6. Ensoniq AudioPCI / SB PCI128 4
2007-2019
  1. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 3
  2. Creative Sound Blaster Live! 1
  3. Turtle Beach 1

CPUs

1993-1997
  1. Cyrix 6x86 378
  2. Intel Pentium 231
  3. Intel Pentium Pro 135
  4. AMD K6 / K6-2 115
1998-2001
  1. AMD K6 / K6-2 448
  2. Intel Celeron 300A 215
  3. Intel Celeron 188
  4. Intel Pentium 161
  5. AMD Athlon 130
  6. Cyrix 6x86 120
2002-2006
  1. AMD Athlon 85
  2. Intel Pentium 4 26
  3. Intel Celeron 9
  4. Intel Pentium 7
  5. AMD K6 / K6-2 2
  6. Intel Celeron 300A 1

Joysticks

1993-1997
  1. CH flight controls 320
  2. Gravis controllers 234
  3. Microsoft SideWinder joysticks 120
  4. Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro (joystick) 21
1998-2001
  1. Microsoft SideWinder joysticks 479
  2. PDPI L4 420
  3. Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro (joystick) 186
  4. Gravis controllers 166
  5. CH flight controls 125
  6. Logitech WingMan Profiler (joystick) 81
2002-2006
  1. Logitech WingMan Profiler (joystick) 86
  2. Microsoft SideWinder joysticks 54
  3. PDPI L4 33
  4. Gravis controllers 19
  5. CH flight controls 10
  6. Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro (joystick) 8
2007-2019
  1. Logitech WingMan Profiler (joystick) 6
  2. Microsoft SideWinder joysticks 1

How the group felt about developers and publishers

Each line starts at zero. Every post that spoke well of the company moves it up, every critical post moves it down (weighted −2 to +2). A falling line means the mood turned against them. Each chart has its own scale.

Papyrus Design Group 20,438 posts1993: +21994: +521995: +1741996: +5721997: +9681998: +1,6551999: +2,2732000: +2,6152001: +2,8132002: +3,1202003: +3,3072004: +3,4662005: +3,5262006: +3,5642007: +3,5772008: +3,5772009: +3,5792010: +3,5802011: +3,5792012: +3,5772013: +3,5662014: +3,56619932014
Sierra 6,162 posts1995: -121996: -3791997: -7091998: -8801999: -1,2332000: -1,4762001: -1,7392002: -1,8922003: -1,9562004: -2,0092005: -2,0212006: -2,0222007: -2,0292008: -2,0332009: -2,0332010: -2,03319952010
EA Sports 4,224 posts1993: +01994: +01995: -181996: -511997: -1361998: -2521999: -5132000: -8272001: -9832002: -1,1962003: -1,3372004: -1,3962005: -1,5962006: -1,6332007: -1,6472008: -1,6592009: -1,6602010: -1,6622011: -1,66619932011
MicroProse 2,745 posts1993: -41994: -71995: -671996: -5041997: -8621998: -9351999: -9832000: -1,0582001: -1,0682002: -1,0742003: -1,0692004: -1,0702005: -1,0702006: -1,0702011: -1,06819932011
Geoff Crammond 2,376 posts1993: +11994: +151995: +801996: +2201997: +2371998: +3071999: +3902000: +2132001: +1972002: +532003: +322004: +322005: +322006: +322007: +332008: +302011: +3219932011
Ubisoft 1,928 posts1996: +01997: +361998: -791999: -1952000: -2042001: -3902002: -4152003: -4222004: -4242005: -4262006: -42819962006
Image Space Incorporated (ISI) 1,592 posts1998: +71999: +232000: +592001: +772002: +552003: +732004: +912005: +832006: +852007: +842008: +702009: +702010: +702011: +722012: +7119982012
Microsoft 1,493 posts1995: -41996: -181997: -1371998: -4611999: -5192000: -5592001: -6292002: -6952003: -7512004: -7652005: -7762006: -7782007: -7812008: -78219952008
Thrustmaster 1,103 posts1995: +151996: +1001997: +1791998: +2391999: +2632000: +2062001: +1902002: +1492003: +1172004: +1112005: +1092006: +1072007: +1022009: +10119952009
Codemasters 990 posts1997: -101998: -401999: -532000: -612001: -622002: -792003: -1642004: -2102005: -2172006: -2232007: -2282008: -2292009: -2302010: -23419972010
Hasbro Interactive 875 posts1998: +01999: -582000: -3242001: -3512002: -3592003: -3602004: -36019982004
SimBin 712 posts2000: +02001: +42002: +1032003: +1412004: +1802005: +1642006: +1622007: +1712008: +1822009: +1822010: +18120002010
Dave Kaemmer 623 posts1995: +01996: +71997: +101998: +591999: +1202000: +2322001: +2492002: +2722003: +2722004: +3082005: +3072006: +3182007: +3182008: +3232009: +3252010: +3252011: +32919952011
3dfx 578 posts1997: +71998: +201999: -82000: -582001: -692002: -822003: -8219972003
Act Labs 508 posts1997: +51998: +81999: +672000: +1722001: +1992002: +1832003: +1912004: +1852005: +18319972005
Logitech 494 posts1998: +101999: +92000: -632001: -842002: -942003: -1082004: -1102005: -1182006: -1222007: -1382008: -1412009: -14119982009

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Where posters came from

Country and network domains in posters’ addresses.

1999.com 1,120, .net 584, .au 181, .uk 159, .ca 154, .nl 89, .no 57, .de 47, .us 27
2000.com 34,586, .net 11,856, .uk 6,057, .au 3,242, .ca 2,744, .nl 2,394, .be 2,115, .de 1,274, .no
2001.com 32,789, .net 9,951, .uk 3,609, .ca 2,821, .nl 2,686, .no 1,121, .au 1,060, .be 885, .here
2002.com 31,069, .net 7,057, .ca 3,049, .uk 2,721, .org 1,923, .nl 1,738, .no 1,158, .be 949, .au
2003.com 17,265, .net 5,597, .uk 1,753, .ca 1,685, .org 1,240, .au 962, .be 875, .nl 567, .con
2004.com 7,961, .net 4,062, .uk 855, .org 824, .ca 749, .au 458, .nl 319, .be 290, .de
2005.com 6,170, .net 2,596, .au 788, .ca 718, .uk 640, .org 336, .no 184, .be 154, .de
2006.com 3,493, .net 1,307, .uk 444, .ca 297, .org 196, .au 144, .edu 105, .de 79, .nl
2007.com 1,489, .net 238, .uk 134, .org 131, .ca 98, .de 39, .au 38, .nl 31, .no 26
2008.com 1,330, .uk 155, .au 106, .org 102, .net 92, .ca 68, .de 66, .not 40, .here 38
2009.com 601, .net 67, .au 65, .uk 56, .ca 37, .org 24, .de 18, .me 18, .nl 15,
2010.com 203, .net 53, .au 16, .uk 12, .ca 9, .nl 5, .be 3, .fi 2, .ru 2, .cz <
2011.com 159, .hr 53, .net 11, .uk 8, .ca 5, .no 4, .de 3, .here 1, .fi 1
2012.hr 108, .com 51, .uk 5, .net 3, .nl 3, .no 2
1994chemotaxis.biology.utah.edu 5, 128.110.195.111 5, www2.msstate.edu 4, cc.columbia.edu 1, axp2.ast.man.ac.uk 1, freenet3.scri.fsu.edu 1, cactus.org 1, eng.hawaii.edu 1, brains.cc.rl.ac.uk 1, www 1
1995mal.com 175, webcom.com 92, innet.com 71, microprose.com 28, cswww2.essex.ac.uk 28, xmission.com 23, peganet.com 20, papy.com 20, alinc.com 14, thrustmaster.com 13
1996sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk 399, sequoia-dev.com 362, math.ohio-state.edu 303, members.aol.com 176, geocities.com 172, ukps.com 170, sierra.com 118, dcn.ed.ac.uk 83, fwb.gulf.net 80, fly.hiwaay.net 78
1997members.aol.com 487, theuspits.com 349, sequoia-dev.com 333, geocities.com 253, sierra.com 114, thrustmaster.com 103, digitalsports.com 101, teleport.com 93, nascarnet.com 90, webstorage.com 88
1998awpss.com 372, geocities.com 334, digitalsports.com 217, f1racingsim.com 210, nh.ultranet.com 172, webhome.idirect.com 133, thrustmaster.com 126, theuspits.com 111, gpl.gamestats.com 110, members.aol.com 109
1999newsfeeds.com 713, deja.com 711, simracing.com 403, nros.com 266, geocities.com 260, members.home.net 220, marketgraph.nl 212, theuspits.com 188, members.xoom.com 184, racelive.com 183
2000deja.com 2957, theuspits.com 996, teammirage.com 717, spamkiller.com 639, remarq.com 558, marketgraph.nl 549, members.xoom.com 488, bhmotorsports.com 272, geocities.com 266, simracing.com 262
2001marketgraph.nl 1278, theuspits.com 517, deja.com 318, usenet.com 253, spamkiller.com 240, legendscentral.com 193, newsfeeds.com 167, members.nbci.com 143, teammirage.com 130, papy.com 126
2002theuspits.com 1574, marketgraph.nl 500, racer.nl 386, mikebeauchamp.com 218, simbin.com 206, teammirage.com 196, forum.racesimcentral.com 168, siroccoracing.com 165, racesimcentral.com 164, magnust.d2g.com 112
2003theuspits.com 1070, mikebeauchamp.com 225, performancesimulations.com 202, forum.racesimcentral.com 158, siroccoracing.com 137, racer.nl 128, marketgraph.nl 122, magnust.d2g.com 83, m4driving.sm 80, newsfeeds.com 77
2004performancesimulations.com 245, theuspits.com 194, mikebeauchamp.com 60, forum.rscnet.org 58, onlineracin.com 57, bhmotorsports.com 56, cgi.ebay.com 51, forum.racesimcentral.com 41, racer.nl 27, gsxn.com 26
2005forum.rscnet.org 79, newsfeeds.com 77, jeffareid.net 72, theuspits.com 45, gsxn.com 35, bhmotorsports.com 32, homepage.ntlworld.com 27, rfactor.net 23, performancesimulations.com 21, media.xboxyde.com 21
2006jeffareid.net 62, forum.rscnet.org 61, homepage.ntlworld.com 25, rfactorcentral.com 20, youtube.com 16, rfactor.net 15, alternate.nl 13, papadoc.net 11, tinyurl.com 11, no-grip.net 11
2007ultraforcesim.com 39, rfactorcentral.com 26, forum.rscnet.org 21, homepage.ntlworld.com 20, images.xboxyde.com 19, youtube.com 17, gamepro.com 15, enregistrersous.com 12, race2play.com 11, images.gamersyde.com 9
2008ultraforcesim.com 24, youtube.com 23, formula1hoy.com 22, forum.racesimcentral.com 13, en.wikipedia.org 12, jeffareid.net 12, iracing.com 8, forum.rscnet.org 8, rfactorcentral.com 7, tinyurl.com 5
2009youtube.com 14, jeffareid.net 11, en.wikipedia.org 9, gplmz.bcsims.com 9, forum.racesimcentral.com 7, rcgldr.net 6, mnrlonline.com 5, tinyurl.com 4, inracingnews.com 4, virtualr.net 4
2010thesimfactory.com 15, gorillacustoms.com 7, virtualr.net 5, youtube.com 4, homepage.ntlworld.com 3, usenet4all.se 2, news.aioe.org 2, news.ett.com.ua 2, news.tornevall.net 2, news.solani.org 2
2011youtube.com 4, iracing.com 3, wmdportal.com 2, virtualr.net 2, direct2drive.com 1, jalopnik.com 1, force-dynamics.com 1, ancientarmies.co.uk 1, f2legends.net 1, isiforums.net 1
2012wmdportal.com 10, legends-league.com 4, silverball-magic.com 3, youtube.com 2, sealygame.com 1, gpltd.bcsims.com 1, gplps.wordpress.com 1, gametrailers.com 1, srmz.net 1, simhq.com 1
2013youtube.com 5, rfactor.net 1, youtu.be 1, abc.net.au 1, radiators-champ.com 1
2014twitch.tv 1
2015srmz.net 1
2018srmz.net 1

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