Richmon Track Re-Texture Pack

Coming to ***The US Pits*** ....this weekend! [I'm not doing Loudon....for now at least.] Here's a report from one of my beta testers: ***************************************************** Tom, Ran the Richmond Beta Track Re-Textures tonight online with my brother, he had 2 words to say, "Freakin' Awesome", I had to censor that a bit ;) He says he "FELT LIKE HE WAS THERE" !!!!!! He has just 1 question for ya, "He wants to know if you can find a way to add the smell of smoke, rubber and fumes"?? ;) LOL, other than that like he said "HE FELT LIKE HE WAS STRAPPED IN AND ON THE TRACK FOR REAL". Anyways, thought you would like to hear that..... Talk to ya later, enjoy the night... Duane ***************************************************** Regards, Tom

<snip self-congratulatory stuff> Please Tom, keep the advertising off the NG. Release your hard work, and let the people here decide if it "feels like I was there". I'm sure your stuff is well done, and your effort is appreciated by the community. But we all get enough hype already; do we need to pollute the NG with it too?

Amen! "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ot7g9.17702$[email hidden]... > <snip self-congratulatory stuff> > > Please Tom, keep the advertising off the NG. Release your hard work, andlet > the people here decide if it "feels like I was there". > > I'm sure your stuff is well done, and your effort is appreciated by the > community. But we all get enough hype already; do we need to pollute theNG > with it too? > >

Keep up the good work Tom, thanks for all your hard work to make the game better. "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:F07g9.297523$aA.51371@sccrnsc02...

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> Coming to ***The US Pits*** ....this weekend! > [I'm not doing Loudon....for now at least.] > > Here's a report from one of my beta testers: > > ***************************************************** > Tom, > Ran the Richmond Beta Track Re-Textures tonight online with my brother, he > had 2 words to say, "Freakin' Awesome", I had to censor that a bit ;) He > says he "FELT LIKE HE WAS THERE" !!!!!! He has just 1 question for ya,

"He > wants to know if you can find a way to add the smell of smoke, rubber and > fumes"?? ;) LOL, other than that like he said "HE FELT LIKE HE WASSTRAPPED

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> IN AND ON THE TRACK FOR REAL". Anyways, thought you would like to hear > that..... Talk to ya later, enjoy the night... > > Duane > ***************************************************** > > Regards, > > Tom > > >

Mind you're own business :) Never mind him Tom, keep on posting the updates! "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ot7g9.17702$[email hidden]... > <snip self-congratulatory stuff> > > Please Tom, keep the advertising off the NG. Release your hard work, andlet > the people here decide if it "feels like I was there". > > I'm sure your stuff is well done, and your effort is appreciated by the > community. But we all get enough hype already; do we need to pollute theNG > with it too? > >

Yes I too do not mind the updates. I have yet to get these enhancements as I do not want to take a FPS hit. But from the screens I have seen the difference is amazing. Thanks for donating your efforts. SDager34

I for one really look foward to seeing Tom's post's. Keep up the good work Tom Doug D

Rob... I can really appreciate what you are saying.....and I agree with you regarding the need to keep "hype" at a minimum on this newsgroup or any other for that matter. I would like to explain why I do occasionally make these posts about the track re-textures I've been doing, please bare with me: 1. The tracks are posted at The US Pits....not my own website. I have nothing really to gain by "hyping" my track re-textures...since it sends "traffic/hits" to The US Pits, not Pabst-Racing.com. 2. I do it for a couple reasons (and I do try to keep the posts short and infrequent): a. It cuts down on the amount of email I get from people asking what track(s) I'm doing next....and the usual "request" for doing the writer's favorite track.....it cut that kind of email for one week...nearly in half. Perhaps you can think of another way I can cut down on the number of these private email messages....I'd be glad to try it your way. b. I have had many requests to post announcements here when a track is ready for download at The US Pits, and to include either screenshots or any "positive feedback" from beta testers or others in the sim community that already have the track(s). This comes primarily from people who are still on 56K dialups....they don't want to tie up their connections for a couple hours on something that might not be that good. There's a lot of "track re-texture" work out on sim sites....that frankly, isn't very good work (we've all experienced this I'm sure). So, I can sympathize with those people still on 56K dialups. Can't you? Perhaps this won't totally justify why I "announce" (not "hype") the track re-texture postings at The US Pits.......as far as you are concerned? If a majority of r.a.s'er share your view, I guess I will have to stop doing it. But, I kind of thought 3 or 4 posts a month about this wasn't so bad. Regards, Tom "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ot7g9.17702$[email hidden]... > <snip self-congratulatory stuff> > > Please Tom, keep the advertising off the NG. Release your hard work, andlet > the people here decide if it "feels like I was there". > > I'm sure your stuff is well done, and your effort is appreciated by the > community. But we all get enough hype already; do we need to pollute theNG > with it too? > >

> a. It cuts down on the amount of email I get from people asking > what track(s) I'm doing next....and the usual "request" for doing the > writer's favorite track.....it cut that kind of email for oneweek...nearly > in half. Perhaps you can think of another way I can cut down on thenumber > of these private email messages....I'd be glad to try it your way. I was gonna email and tell ya how to cut down on the emails but then I figured that would defeat the purpose... dave henrie

Joachim Trensz wrote: > > If somebody invests time and talent and does a great job on creating > something, why shouldn't he be proud of it and talk about it a little? I > mean, it's not as if Tom had written pages, all he wrote was a short little > message. Achim, we have a saying, but I won't repeat it. ;) Gerry

Lol......"Dave the kidder!" As usual.....so helpful in these high-tech matters! TP -:) "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7lAg9.313680$aA.55002@sccrnsc02...

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> > a. It cuts down on the amount of email I get from people asking > > what track(s) I'm doing next....and the usual "request" for doing the > > writer's favorite track.....it cut that kind of email for one > week...nearly > > in half. Perhaps you can think of another way I can cut down on the > number > > of these private email messages....I'd be glad to try it your way. > > I was gonna email and tell ya how to cut down on the emails but then

I > figured that would defeat the purpose... > dave henrie > >

If somebody invests time and talent and does a great job on creating something, why shouldn't he be proud of it and talk about it a little? I mean, it's not as if Tom had written pages, all he wrote was a short little message. Thanks for the great stuff you're bringing us, Tom! Achim "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ot7g9.17702$[email hidden]... > <snip self-congratulatory stuff> > > Please Tom, keep the advertising off the NG. Release your hard work, andlet > the people here decide if it "feels like I was there". > > I'm sure your stuff is well done, and your effort is appreciated by the > community. But we all get enough hype already; do we need to pollute theNG > with it too? > >

Hi Gerry, I actually think the English language has several sayings... ;-) Achim "Gerry Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... >... > Achim, we have a saying, but I won't repeat it. ;) >...

Joachim Trensz wrote: > > Hi Gerry, > > I actually think the English language has several sayings... ;-) yes, but i had one specific one in mind.

"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Ot7g9.17702$[email hidden]:

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> <snip self-congratulatory stuff> > > Please Tom, keep the advertising off the NG. Release your hard work, > and let the people here decide if it "feels like I was there". > > I'm sure your stuff is well done, and your effort is appreciated by > the community. But we all get enough hype already; do we need to > pollute the NG with it too? > > >

How would people Find it if you don't tell people where it's at? I'm just wondering, what work have you contributed to the community besides these kind of mental giant posts? The guy works for hours and hours to provide everyone something for their enjoyment, but by god he better not waste 24 lines that could be better spent letting people know their gplrank is now -4! Maybe you should redirect your post-nazism to the myriad of off topic posts here, or better yet, just STFU. Hugs and Kisses.

Actually, you might have found the solution that would make everyone happy. Just put [Announce:] as your subject line prefix when making such posts. People then can skip or read the post according to preference. -- Philip D'Amato "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:rRzg9.420001$me6.48882@sccrnsc01... > Rob... <snip> > Perhaps this won't totally justify why I "announce" (not "hype") the track > re-texture postings at The US Pits.......as far as you are concerned? If a > majority of r.a.s'er share your view, I guess I will have to stop doing it. > But, I kind of thought 3 or 4 posts a month about this wasn't so bad. <snip>

I also appreciate the hard work that Tom puts into these update packs. They look so much better than the stock graphics, especially if you have been to the track the week he modeled the graphics after. One question for you, Tom. For the Richmond update, did the track remove all the Funai (sp?) logos from the walls after the BGN race? I was on vacation in VA, NC and SC over Labor Day and we went to RIR and walked around a little. (Note to others....not much to see, no driving schools that week, no testing...just maintenence workers doing their thing. Security wasn't too tight either, just drove onto the property and right up to the gate, :-0 ). I did see the Funai logos on the walls. For whatever reason, as I was checking out your graphics package, I kept looking for them. Just curious that's all, not trying to bust your a$$ about it. Keep up the excellent work. Lawman

Announcements: great. Tell us what you've made, where we can get it, and your personal opinion of how it improves the world of sim racing. "Feels like I was there", "can almost smell the grease": can do without. I understand your enthusiasm but it gets old real quick. I was feeling a bit grumpy when I sent that post, and I regret doing so, but I get SO tired of being deluged by advertisements everywhere that it boils over sometimes.