NKPro 1.3 - Hill climb at Trento is a must have

NKPro finally gets a track which will ensure I put some time and effort into it for a change. This long, winding climb up a mountain is a real test of your skills, and although nobody could accuse the new rain effects of being perfect, they are surprisingly convincing once you get into the swing of things. And I mean swing of things. There are so many tight hairpin turns that a three screen setup is almost compulsory. You spend half your time driving through the side windows. :-) NKPro may not be in any danger of achieving critical mass from an online POV, but Trento is NKPro's Nordschleife, and you don't need any other cars in sight. This is one of sim racing's great experiences IMO, along with GT5's 'Ring, iRacing's Skip Barber, GPL's... well, everything, and Powerband on the Acorn A5000 (maybe ;-). Andrew McP

What? NKP is still alive? Cool! I wonder, can I still use my license from the first Pro version, or do I've to buy a new one? If the latter, I wonder what 'a year free updates' is worth... Anyways, thanks for the review Andrew! Cheers! Remco On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:19 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

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>NKPro finally gets a track which will ensure I put some time and effort into it for >a change. This long, winding climb up a mountain is a real test of your skills, and >although nobody could accuse the new rain effects of being perfect, they are >surprisingly convincing once you get into the swing of things. > >And I mean swing of things. There are so many tight hairpin turns that a three >screen setup is almost compulsory. You spend half your time driving through the >side windows. :-) > >NKPro may not be in any danger of achieving critical mass from an online POV, but >Trento is NKPro's Nordschleife, and you don't need any other cars in sight. > >This is one of sim racing's great experiences IMO, along with GT5's 'Ring, >iRacing's Skip Barber, GPL's... well, everything, and Powerband on the Acorn A5000 >(maybe ;-). > >Andrew McP >

no@email (Remco Moedt) wrote: > I wonder, can I still use my license > from the first Pro version, or do I've to buy a new one? Hi Remco, reading comments on VirtualR, I think all previous purchases still work. The website tells you what to copy over from a previous installation to save a possible delay/problem with authentication. NKPro isn't a sim I've spent a lot of time with, but Trento really is a great sim experience (especially in the new Osella). It's a very narrow, very long, and very hard track to complete without damage. Or without disappearing into one of the many off-track black holes which re-set you (iRacing style) to the pits. :-) Speaking of iRacing, it's a little coincidental that iRacing's free month offer has appeared only a few days after this big NKPro update came out. I wouldn't have thought NKPro is likely to be a threat, as it doesn't have a big online footprint. But then the weekly stats posted here... https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tQWFIM6MZ4oT9G8AB9M8QHw&authkey=COqflZoE&hl= en#gid=13 ...seem to show that most of the recent iRacing growth has been on the oval side, not road. So it might be possible they saw a statistically significant dip in road racing in recent days. It's probably just a coincidence, but everyone loves a conspiracy theory, right? :-) Either way, I've spent more time with NKPro over the last few days than I have in all the previous time I've owned it. Lapping on your own is pretty dull, but not when the next hairpin turn is only a few moments away. And then of course there's the rain. Not perfect, and in many ways I prefer GT5's weather, but I haven't visited GT5's Nordschleife in my upgraded Enzo since NKPro 1.3 came out. Yes, I'm enjoying learning Trento *that* much! Andrew McP

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:19 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

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>NKPro finally gets a track which will ensure I put some time and effort into it for >a change. This long, winding climb up a mountain is a real test of your skills, and >although nobody could accuse the new rain effects of being perfect, they are >surprisingly convincing once you get into the swing of things. > >And I mean swing of things. There are so many tight hairpin turns that a three >screen setup is almost compulsory. You spend half your time driving through the >side windows. :-) > >NKPro may not be in any danger of achieving critical mass from an online POV, but >Trento is NKPro's Nordschleife, and you don't need any other cars in sight. > >This is one of sim racing's great experiences IMO, along with GT5's 'Ring, >iRacing's Skip Barber, GPL's... well, everything, and Powerband on the Acorn A5000 >(maybe ;-). > >Andrew McP >

What is it (for)? -pw

[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > What is it (for)? What is what? NKPro? Trento? Life, the Universe, and Everything? NKPro's the sim world's best kept hardcore secret (unless you have access to Google) and Trento is a famous Italian hill climb... apparently. I didn't know it existed until last week. :-) Life, the Universe, and Everything is an ultra hardcore simulation which is based on the iRacing model. It's free to enter and leave, but boy do you pay every day you're on the service! I've definitely left the automatic subscribe button unchecked. Sod Bhuddism, I'm not coming back even if the content's free next time. Andrew McP

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:19 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Andrew MacPherson wrote:> This is one of sim racing's great experiences IMO, along with GT5's 'Ring, > iRacing's Skip Barber, GPL's... well, everything, and Powerband on the Acorn A5000 > (maybe ;-). > > Andrew McP > Thanks Andy, I only recently re-installed nkpro, I need to check out this feature ASAP. Uwe

Andrew, 2things, sorry about the iRacing cold turkey thing you are pursuing (sp?) hope it works out for you, hope I don't have to join you, lol. I might need help, I was a big netKar fan, ran a bunch online in the day. But if I recall, I couldn't run NKpro at that time, think I paid for a sub, but wouldn't run so I moved on. I might give it a try again. I'll holler if I decide to download and redo my license, since them days I have had several ISP's not sure which I would have registered with. "Andrew MacPherson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> NKPro finally gets a track which will ensure I put some time and effort > into it for > a change. This long, winding climb up a mountain is a real test of your > skills, and > although nobody could accuse the new rain effects of being perfect, they > are > surprisingly convincing once you get into the swing of things. > > And I mean swing of things. There are so many tight hairpin turns that a > three > screen setup is almost compulsory. You spend half your time driving > through the > side windows. :-) > > NKPro may not be in any danger of achieving critical mass from an online > POV, but > Trento is NKPro's Nordschleife, and you don't need any other cars in > sight. > > This is one of sim racing's great experiences IMO, along with GT5's 'Ring, > iRacing's Skip Barber, GPL's... well, everything, and Powerband on the > Acorn A5000 > (maybe ;-). > > Andrew McP >

[email hidden] (Plowboy) wrote: > hope I don't have to join you, lol. There is life after iRacing, I promise! ;-) I feel like I left a cult. I miss it a lot, and yet I don't miss it at all. :-> It's only been a month though. I will no doubt struggle to resist the lure of the iRacing forums (which I miss far more than the racing) if they throw a cheap "come back!" offer at me. To be more serious, one thing I really don't like about iRacing is the way it's sucked so many of sim racing's core online voices behind the iRacing firewall. There's more activity -- both good and bad, useful and merely entertaining -- on the iRacing forums than in all the other sim racing forums put together. I feel at home among so many familiar names there, but I don't feel at home as a member of the iRacing service. My loss, I guess. > since them days I have had several ISP's not sure which I > would have registered with. I'm not sure whether NKPro is tied to your email address. I've had the same address since buying 1.1, and I've only ever had to copy my NKPro folder from Documents when I've reinstalled. Without the Trento climb I'd have stopped using NKPro again by now, because I really don't care about online racing, and the lack of AI limits the fun. However spending hours trying to learn Trento led me to explore a few more tracks and I've now fallen in sim-lust with the version of Brands Hatch done for NKPro. It really is rather good, and I even prefer it to iRacing's... it's "grittier" and more immersive (for me) even though it obviously isn't as technically realistic as iRacing's. It's a head v heart thing. My head tells me iRacing's version is better. But my heart tells me I'm at Brands Hatch in NKPro. Anyway, I'm sure NKPro is still pretty much useless if you're looking for an online alternative to iRacing. Love it or hate it, iRacing offers regular racing. Andrew McP