Announcing the creation of a new Web site, devoted only to Racing
Simulators. Not totally completed yet but will be soon. Check it out, and
see why it is your 'One -Stop Site for Simulation Racing'.
--
Chris Thompson
SimWorld Director
http://www.mindspring.com/~k9cowboy
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> Announcing the creation of a new Web site, devoted only to Racing > Simulators. Not totally completed yet but will be soon. Check it out, and > see why it is your 'One -Stop Site for Simulation Racing'. > -- > Chris Thompson > SimWorld Director > http://www.mindspring.com/~k9cowboyOn 26 Dec 1996 16:25:26 GMT, "Chris Thompson"
>Announcing the creation of a new Web site, devoted only to Racing
>Simulators. Not totally completed yet but will be soon. Check it out, and
>see why it is your 'One -Stop Site for Simulation Racing'.
Chris, I admire your ambition, but why is your site my 'One -Stop Site
for Simulation Racing'? I visited your site, and there was nothing
other than dysfunctional links. If you are going to launch a site,
you should alert the public to it when it has content, and then let
people decide. Between "The Pits" and "Sim Racing News" there are
dozens of utilities, articles, setups, downloadable cars, etc. You
are obviously industrious, so why spend your time doing something that
has already been done, especially something that has already been done
extremely well?
What we haven't seen in a web-site yet is a blow-by-blow account of an
actual race day for a successful sim racer. How does he judge the
weather presented to him? How long did he practice, and what
circumstances were presented to him requiring a change in setup and
what was that change? How did he qualify? In the race itself, how
were issues such as fuel, tire wear, pitting strategies handled?
This is only a suggestion of how you can bring something unique to the
table. Making links to the same utilities that every other sim racing
web site links is meaningless. A similar example is if the New York
Post, New York Daily News, Wall Street Journal and New York Times just
reprinted the same AP news wire releases. All of the papers would
have the same content, just in a slightly different layout. What
these papers bring to the party is an editorial view that is
drastically different from each other, and you can do the same thing
with your web site. Like the papers, if you are good, you will
prosper, if you stink, no hits. I am not trying to be needlessly
harsh, but I thought you could use a little advice.
Good luck,
Pooch
O-iiiii-O
writes
My sentiments exactly friend, which is why I wrote one! It's not
entirely what you request, but its OK. It will hopefully be in the next
issue of SRN. For now though, please visit my LFRS team's homepage at
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4402/ and read the race reports
there!
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Dave Bowers
On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 20:46:16 +0000, Dave Bowers
>My sentiments exactly friend, which is why I wrote one! It's not
>entirely what you request, but its OK. It will hopefully be in the next
>issue of SRN. For now though, please visit my LFRS team's homepage at
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4402/ and read the race reports
>there!
We're onto you Dave! ;-)
Steve and I discussed writing a few articles like this for The Pits in
the coming months (remember the section we were on about Dave? ;-)
I'm starting to go off at tangents with the Physics guides so Richard
is going to carry on and cover aerodynamics.
So, why not put all the guff I learnt while I was racing to use? So
we're looking at writing a 'Psychology of racing' guide.
Anyhow, just thought the more Freudian of you may be interested.
Oh by the way, watch out Dave. Steve and I intend to enter LFRS
in the same class as you soon. Who said late starters can't win! ;-)
Cheers
Jed
The Pits - http://www.thepits.demon.co.uk
