More iRacing invites

Hi guys, Mara (The Middle Aged Racers Association) have pooled together their iRacing beta tester invites for members and now have a number left over. Mature, the very old and preferably slow but safe drivers who fancy blowing their kids' inheritance on a sim racing career should apply with their full name and email to address to: tony.rickard at blueyonder.co.uk Replace the " at " with @ to email me. Younger guys will be considered if they promise to show the old guys which way the course runs to save them any embarassing moments. Cheers Tony The Middle Aged Racers Association

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:32:17 +0100, Tony R wrote:

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> Hi guys, > > Mara (The Middle Aged Racers Association) have pooled together their > iRacing beta tester invites for members and now have a number left over. > Mature, the very old and preferably slow but safe drivers who fancy > blowing their kids' inheritance on a sim racing career should apply with > their full name and email to address to: > > tony.rickard at blueyonder.co.uk > > Replace the " at " with @ to email me. > > Younger guys will be considered if they promise to show the old guys > which way the course runs to save them any embarassing moments. > > Cheers > Tony

Dang, meeting the old MARA guys again would be fun. I checked with "Dresdner Bank" in Germany, and they seem to offer pre-paid credit cards for 30 Euros / year which would add to the total iRacing tally, of course. Maybe iRacing would be more fun for me if I met more familiar names online on a more regular basis. A friend of mine who's never raced in iR before did a Skip Barber race last night under my moniker (actually, we switched the drivers seat a couple of times during the event) at Vir, and to see him enjoy himself quite a bit even though he ran at the back of the field restored some of my faith in DK et al. He tested the "milk truck" that is the Solstice offline afterwards, and had a much harder time keeping it on the track than the Skip Barber. He wasn't exactly thrilled by the prospect of having to run this car for several weeks before he'd be able to license the Skip Barber trainer, though. Also, it's really great to see RAS stirred back into some activity by iR, whatever becomes of the project itself ;-) All the best, Uwe --

On Jun 11, 4:44 am, Uwe Schürkamp <[email hidden]> wrote: > He tested the "milk truck" that is the Solstice offline afterwards, > and had a much harder time keeping it on the track than the Skip > Barber. He wasn't exactly thrilled by the prospect of having to run > this car for several weeks before he'd be able to license the Skip > Barber trainer, though. Hearing people's opinions of the Solstice is disheartening. The rookie version dump trucks all over the place, but the advanced car is probably my favorite in the sim. It's pretty much exactly like a Spec Miata (the car specs are practically identical) and is pretty much perfect for capturing the feel of low-powered club racing.

Everyone has to start somewhere. You'll survive :) We testers lived through the process several times over so I'm speaking from experience. -Larry "jason moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... On Jun 11, 4:44 am, Uwe Sch�rkamp <[email hidden]> wrote: > He tested the "milk truck" that is the Solstice offline afterwards, > and had a much harder time keeping it on the track than the Skip > Barber. He wasn't exactly thrilled by the prospect of having to run > this car for several weeks before he'd be able to license the Skip > Barber trainer, though. Hearing people's opinions of the Solstice is disheartening. The rookie version dump trucks all over the place, but the advanced car is probably my favorite in the sim. It's pretty much exactly like a Spec Miata (the car specs are practically identical) and is pretty much perfect for capturing the feel of low-powered club racing.

On Jun 11, 8:53 am, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Everyone has to start somewhere.  You'll survive :) > > We testers lived through the process several times over so I'm speaking from > experience. Um, Larry...aren't we on the same national team? :)

If you are Mid-Atlantic, yes :) BTW... The site is back up and accepting payment :) The process was painless. -Larry "jason moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... On Jun 11, 8:53 am, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Everyone has to start somewhere. You'll survive :) > > We testers lived through the process several times over so I'm speaking > from > experience. Um, Larry...aren't we on the same national team? :)

jason moyer <[email hidden]> wrote in news:f52c38ee-ac09-4883-acfd- [email hidden]: > Hearing people's opinions of the Solstice is disheartening. The > rookie version dump trucks all over the place, but the advanced car is > probably my favorite in the sim. It's pretty much exactly like a Spec > Miata (the car specs are practically identical) and is pretty much > perfect for capturing the feel of low-powered club racing. > Mazda Miata is for chicks.