I miss the "old" days!!

And they were not all that long ago, either. Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing sims available to us. One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it ....other than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without feeling any remorse! Bruce

Bruce Kennewell wrote:

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> And they were not all that long ago, either. > > Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful > exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing sims > available to us. > > One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they > were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it ....other > than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without > feeling any remorse! > > Bruce > >

Right Bruce! NO POOFTAHS

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> > And they were not all that long ago, either. > > Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful > exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing sims > available to us. > > One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they > were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it ....other > than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without > feeling any remorse!

There was a time when i checked this NG a couple of times a day, now it's when I remember to do so....shows my interest in what goes on around here anymore :( Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" "When two or more people are gathered together in my name, they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..." --Our Lord John Cleese--

"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> And they were not all that long ago, either. > > Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful > exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing > sims > available to us. > > One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now > they > were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it > ....other > than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without > feeling any remorse! > > Bruce > >

Never fear Bruce - I'll be able to fill the void left by Steve easily matey! :)

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> And they were not all that long ago, either. > > Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful > exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing sims > available to us. > > One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they > were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it ....other > than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without > feeling any remorse! > > Bruce > >

Guys like Mitch destroyed that forever.

There has been a lull in GOOD Sim development. Papy breaking up took it's toll too. There's some new stuff coming (rFactor and, yes, iRacing) that will spice things back up again I think. -Larry "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> And they were not all that long ago, either. > > Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful > exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing > sims > available to us. > > One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now > they > were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it > ....other > than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without > feeling any remorse! > > Bruce > >

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:45:31 +1000, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: >One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they >were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! Agree, but thankfully we have Reggie White now. Andre

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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:45:31 +1000, "Bruce Kennewell" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >>One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they >>were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > > Agree, but thankfully we have Reggie White now. >

And Red 'libellous' Ted!

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>>>One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now >>>they >>>were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully >>>written! >> >> >> Agree, but thankfully we have Reggie White now. >> > > And Red 'libellous' Ted!

You mean I've contributed to the community ? Cheers, whoooooo.

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> And they were not all that long ago, either. > > Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful > exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing sims > available to us. > > One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they > were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > > Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it ....other > than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without > feeling any remorse!

Ah, worthy of Grandpa Simpson. 'There are too many words in the English Language, please remove three. I'm not a crackpot'. The demise of RAS doesn't bother me too much, it still gives me the heads up on anything new released. Plenty of web based forums that has a lot lower noise ratio that I visit these days. Cheers, Rod.

"Bruce Kennewell" wrote... > <snip> You're confusing newsgroups/servers, ya senile bastard.... Jan.<vbseg> =---

reggie white wrote: > Guys like Mitch destroyed that forever. reggie, that's the greatest thing you've ever said.

Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe Bruce Kennewell wrote:

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>And they were not all that long ago, either. > >Once upon a time it was possible to log into RAS and enjoy a wonderful >exchange of opinions and discuss the various aspects of the many racing sims >available to us. > >One of the things I miss most in RAS today are Steve Smith's posts. Now they >were not only entertaining and informative but oh, so beautifully written! > >Time marches on, I s'pose, but at my age I don't have to enjoy it ....other >than that I can be completely politically-incorrect and say so without >feeling any remorse! > >Bruce > > > >

-- Ric Seyler

RicSeyler <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ki0Pe.27609$xW.25344 @bignews6.bellsouth.net: > Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card > so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe > > Bruce Kennewell wrote: ssssh....Eldred never got to see the trees. Remember all the trouble he had braking for the Rouen hairpin? Slowdown at the big tree on your right we'd say.... "Tree?" replied Eldred. dh

HAHAHAHA!!! Tree Eldred..... TREE!!! :-) Dave Henrie wrote:

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>RicSeyler <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ki0Pe.27609$xW.25344 >@bignews6.bellsouth.net: > > > >>Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card >>so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe >> >>Bruce Kennewell wrote: >> >> > > ssssh....Eldred never got to see the trees. Remember all the trouble he >had braking for the Rouen hairpin? Slowdown at the big tree on your right >we'd say.... > "Tree?" replied Eldred. > >dh > >

-- Ric Seyler Online Racing: RicSeyler GPL Handicap 6.35 [email hidden] http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler remove -SPAM- from email address -------------------------------------- "Homer no function beer well without." - H.J. Simpson

I still have trouble braking for the Rouen hairpin. never could master that corner:( cheers steve "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> RicSeyler <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ki0Pe.27609$xW.25344 > @bignews6.bellsouth.net: > >> Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card >> so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe >> >> Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > ssssh....Eldred never got to see the trees. Remember all the trouble he > had braking for the Rouen hairpin? Slowdown at the big tree on your right > we'd say.... > "Tree?" replied Eldred. > > dh

You can relive the old days with Google Groups. Like most retrospective things, they're not as good as you remember them. We haven't seen Steve Smith since someone pointed out some blatant bullshit in some of his posts. He contributed some excellent stuff at times but he isn't quite the messiah he (or other people) think he his. ;-) j/k

You're an ass. Fuck you :-D Sincerely, J. Todd Wasson Blah blah blah 651-602-0279 (USA) Home Address available at my web site.

Steve Simpson wrote: > > You can relive the old days with Google Groups. Like most retrospective > things, they're not as good as you remember them. We haven't seen Steve > Smith since someone pointed out some blatant bullshit in some of his > posts. He contributed some excellent stuff at times but he isn't quite > the messiah he (or other people) think he his. ;-) j/k Well I have to say that even I, who happened to be right in the middle of some of that BS since it included a person I consider to be a friend, have enjoyed most of Steve's writings and would still do so, the man is a gifted writer and has a wealth of stories to share Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "When two or more people are gathered together in my name, they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..." --Our Lord John Cleese--

RicSeyler wrote: > Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card > so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe > And if anyone would know "old", it would be you and Goy... ;P -- Scott B. Husted� http://www.Husted.cc ICQ# 4395450

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> > RicSeyler wrote: > > Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card > > so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe > > > > And if anyone would know "old", it would be you and Goy... ;P >

Shut up Husted.....bet you haven't heard that one in a while eh ? Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "When two or more people are gathered together in my name, they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..." --Our Lord John Cleese--

Steve Simpson wrote: > We haven't seen Steve > Smith since someone pointed out some blatant bullshit in some of his > posts. Hm. I've searched through his posts on Google Groups and I'm not seeing that...linkage?

Goy Larsen wrote: > "Scott B. Husted" wrote: > > > Shut up Husted.....bet you haven't heard that one in a while eh ? > Nostalgia. Brings tears to the eye. ;) -- Scott B. Husted http://www.Husted.cc

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:21:39 -0500, Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>RicSeyler <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ki0Pe.27609$xW.25344 >@bignews6.bellsouth.net: > >> Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card >> so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe >> >> Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > ssssh....Eldred never got to see the trees. Remember all the trouble he >had braking for the Rouen hairpin? Slowdown at the big tree on your right >we'd say.... > "Tree?" replied Eldred. > >dh

Hairpin? Never saw it...<g> Eldred

>"Eldred Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Hairpin? Never saw it...<g> I have to admit, I've never been able to master the Rouen hairpin ever after all these years. I mean I can handle myself anywhere in GPL, but each time I go downhill into the corner before the hairpin, I just buckle myself and each lap it's a recipe for disaster. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

cant belive the names still posting here ;) "Eldred Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:21:39 -0500, Dave Henrie > <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>RicSeyler <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ki0Pe.27609$xW.25344 >>@bignews6.bellsouth.net: >> >>> Or the old days when we saved and saved for a Rendition Video Card >>> so we could turn on the trees in GPL and still get 15-20FPS. hehehehehe >>> >>> Bruce Kennewell wrote: >> >> ssssh....Eldred never got to see the trees. Remember all the trouble he >>had braking for the Rouen hairpin? Slowdown at the big tree on your right >>we'd say.... >> "Tree?" replied Eldred. >> >>dh > > Hairpin? Never saw it...<g> > > Eldred

What's GPL? :) Kerry ymenard wrote:

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> >"Eldred Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote > > > > Hairpin? Never saw it...<g> > > > I have to admit, I've never been able to master the Rouen hairpin ever after > all these years. I mean I can handle myself anywhere in GPL, but each time > I go downhill into the corner before the hairpin, I just buckle myself and > each lap it's a recipe for disaster. > > > > > > > -- > -- François Ménard <ymenard> > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World...

GPL??? Do a search in Google for GPL :) Anyone remember: CART SIM!!!!! My fave threads in ras over the years. 1) DGF / Tom Pabst / etc - bashing (both sides of the debates) 2) DaveHenries XFiles paranoia 3) InCam vs external view arguments 4) Eldred improving his GPLRank Its been great over the years and I made some good email buddies, but lately the chatter seems to be dead. so many posts go unanswered... cheers

Speaking of Pabst, anyone heard from him lately? I miss the bashing too. <g> -- See ya in the pits, Dean I have a terrible memory. In fact my memory's so bad I can't remember how long it's been since I've forgotten anything. "istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > GPL??? > > Do a search in Google for GPL :) > > > Anyone remember: > > CART SIM!!!!! > > My fave threads in ras over the years. > > 1) DGF / Tom Pabst / etc - bashing (both sides of the debates) > 2) DaveHenries XFiles paranoia > 3) InCam vs external view arguments > 4) Eldred improving his GPLRank > > Its been great over the years and I made some good email buddies, but > lately the chatter seems to be dead. so many posts go unanswered... > > cheers >

"Dean Purdy" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:RSP_e.26054$[email hidden]: > Speaking of Pabst, anyone heard from him lately? I miss the bashing > too. <g> Yes I have 'heard' from him. He seems to be doing quite wheel building custom cockpit/simulators for drivers and teams of several different series. Works out of a shop inside the Infineon(Sears Point) racetrack.

In article <RSP_e.26054$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Speaking of Pabst, anyone heard from him lately? I miss the bashing too. <g> > > The bashing of what? His period key? ;) MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8 SEARCHING FOR GPL LOADING READY. RUN

says... The bashing of what? His period key? ;) MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8 SEARCHING FOR GPL LOADING READY. RUN

Here's an old story I'm not sure a lot of people know about. Tom, who had some sort of connections with Sears Point (owned by the same man who owns Charlotte, Humpy Wheeler) somehow got TEN & Papyrus to allow (or maybe this wasn't really on the up & up) the NASCAR3 game to be used as a simulator to design tracks. He then went out and recruited about 10-12 drivers to race on these track designs and give feedback by posting speeds / passing areas on a data entry website. We would watch our replays from these test races and, at various marker points built into the tracks post our speeds, braking and accel points, and overall opinions on the track and the passing opportunities at various points. He would take that data back to the firm that Humpy hired to design the track, modify it, and have us race it again. The two tracks I was involved in assessing were the major mods made to Sears Point (5-6 years ago?) and a track in England called Rockingham. I believe that's the track that Zanardi had his terrible crash in a few years ago. There was originally talk of getting paid to provide our input but that discussion faded away as did the group as a whole after a few of the Rockingham tests were completed. We spent most of our time with the Sears Point redesign. Damn, I sure miss those old days. The loss of TEN and the NROS sent online sim racing back into the stone age. I never felt the trade off of the graphics rich N3 was worth the loss of N2 and TEN. If any of you guys were there here's a big howdy from BH-Sarc! (Brian H in Michigan). Take care. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Dean Purdy" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:RSP_e.26054$[email hidden]: > >> Speaking of Pabst, anyone heard from him lately? I miss the bashing >> too. <g> > > Yes I have 'heard' from him. He seems to be doing quite wheel building > custom cockpit/simulators for drivers and teams of several different > series. Works out of a shop inside the Infineon(Sears Point) racetrack. >

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> The two tracks I was involved in assessing were the major mods made to > Sears Point (5-6 years ago?) and a track in England called Rockingham. I > believe that's the track that Zanardi had his terrible crash in a few > years ago. > > There was originally talk of getting paid to provide our input but that > discussion faded away as did the group as a whole after a few of the > Rockingham tests were completed. We spent most of our time with the Sears > Point redesign. >

[snip] Zanardi had his trouble at Lausitz in Germany I believe. Regarding the Rockingham track, you guys did an excellent job. It's brilliant fun to race on in simulators and excellent to spectate at. I watched the CART race there a few years back and it was a great experience. Kudos :) Regards

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> The two tracks I was involved in assessing were the major mods made to > Sears Point (5-6 years ago?) and a track in England called Rockingham. I > believe that's the track that Zanardi had his terrible crash in a few > years ago. > > There was originally talk of getting paid to provide our input but that > discussion faded away as did the group as a whole after a few of the > Rockingham tests were completed. We spent most of our time with the Sears > Point redesign. >

[snip] Zanardi had his trouble at Lausitz in Germany I believe. Regarding the Rockingham track, you guys did an excellent job. It's brilliant fun to race on in simulators and excellent to spectate at. I watched the CART race there a few years back and it was a great experience. Kudos :) Regards