GPL: Where to find online races....

Soooon we all will be able to battle eachother in the "greatest game of all time". And let me tell you, there will bee need for a place where we can hang out and meet up for online races... (We will need ALOT of practise before we can enjoy the upcomming racing leauges ;) From what ive seen in the simracing community, it hopefully wont take long before we have such a site. Anyway just an Idea! Thomas Heineman

@cts.com Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators I've thought about this also...i was thinking that we should start a #GPL channel on an Undernet IRC server for racers to find each other. Problem is, how many people actually know how to use IRC? (Although it's really easy).

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>Soooon we all will be able to battle eachother >in the "greatest game of all time". >And let me tell you, there will bee need for a place >where we can hang out and meet up for online races... >(We will need ALOT of practise before we can enjoy >the upcomming racing leauges ;) >From what ive seen in the simracing community, >it hopefully wont take long before we have such a site. >Anyway just an Idea! >Thomas Heineman

-Ken Tarvin San Diego, CA Formula_1 on NROS

I only use IRC for meeting fellow Flanker pilots online, otherwise I'm an IRC newbie even after a year or more. Someone just pointed me at mIRC, told me what server numbers to punch in and voila, no problems. If I can do it anyone can :-) The chatroom has various peaks and troughs of use, coinciding with Euro/East coast/West coast evenings usually, but GPL should be a little more popular than the rather propellor-headed delights of Flanker, so I think this idea could work very well. ICQ can be used to similar ends, but it's not the same at all. Andrew McP

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> > Problem is, how many people actually know how to use IRC? > > (Although it's really easy). > I only use IRC for meeting fellow Flanker pilots online, otherwise I'm an > IRC newbie even after a year or more. Someone just pointed me at mIRC, > told me what server numbers to punch in and voila, no problems. If I can > do it anyone can :-) > The chatroom has various peaks and troughs of use, coinciding with > Euro/East coast/West coast evenings usually, but GPL should be a little > more popular than the rather propellor-headed delights of Flanker, so I > think this idea could work very well. > ICQ can be used to similar ends, but it's not the same at all. > Andrew McP

I've used IRC (Undernet) for like 3 years or so, and also ICQ too. ICQ is excellent for finding people who are online, but it sucks the big fat one for any kind of multiperson chat. That's where IRC would rule. I'd frequent a #GPL channel if people started*** out in the channel waiting for others to show up. But yes, trying to figure out the times where people would actually be there is a bit of a mission... especially when you live in an unusual timezone :) (+1200GMT)