Quote from UncleBenny :

Have to agree with this. Its funny how NASCAR fans get labeled as rednecks who only watch cars going in circles when most people I know just enjoy motorsports in general. I'm obviously a big NASCAR fan, but I also watch WRC, V8 supercars, F1, Grand Am, ALMS, etc when I get a chance. I'd watch every race from every series if I actually had that much free time on my hands.

There's plenty of Americans who are Anti-Everything but NASCAR, just as there are anti-NASCAR people Benny, you're the exception in watching other sports. The majority of Americans* don't give a shit about F1, Grand Am, ALMS, V8s, IRL, whatever, as it isn't NASCAR. Which is stupid. It is still racing after all. I wonder how the Finns will follow Kimi given (IIRC) they haven't got a NASCAR TV deal in place (anyone want to correct me?)

I'll paraphrase a post from another discussion for a moment

Quote from Matt :

Kimi shouldn't come to NASCAR as it'll get flooded with elitist F1 rejects thinking its easy

Err....No. NASCAR is not 'flooded' with F1 rejects. JPM's gone over and found his spot. Kimi's working his way up, I'd rather he do that than pull a Danica

I'd rather see Kimi in Indycars as they need the name boost more than NASCAR IMO

*Not on this forum however

Quote from rich uk :

nearly got my first 10k score in a round today. 9860...sooooo close!!!!!!

Just found out how awesome grenades are against tanks etc

You too? I nearly got a double kill with one grenade.

I hate how it defaults to super low however...so I get 50m view distance when I can run it fine on ultra high.I did laugh at M16-ing a sniper. I love constant MG fire. I know where to aim at

Quote from (SaM) :

I like medic. Healing myself and laying down medikits at popular spots has huge advantages. Plus, the MG3 does serious damage on mid-range.

MG3 is HORRIBLY OP........Horribly, horribly oP

I gained a level solely by team resupply. I'l take it

Assaut+m16=win

Add me to the list

celticfang

Anyone else notice you can't change draw distance with graphic settings?

38.9m is my best

Theone Mutt joined is now closed


HOWEVER

http://www.simracingdesign.com/nr2003-offline-leagues/

Start there

Nice, but perhaps have shading around the numbers

I can shoot stuff down then forget to lower the gear

Pre ordered too

I got IL2 1946, love it. Want this one too

It's odd, Forza allows user content. (Actually that may have something to do with it...or not) I'm hopin a solution can be found. You'd think Sony would be just as restrictive

Shut up and obey the team orders next time!

Go go Inspector Gadget. Test those clip on ears!

Or

Not shown, Roger Penske walking into an elbow out of shot

Or...

Adjust the wing? How's THIS!

Ferrari try to slip one past the EU for more sponsor money...claiming its a new BBQ sponsor

Nope Hawaii has 4 zones MAGGOT, 10 wrecks for each zone (Zones 1-4)

^ LMAO Danke

I don't see what the fuss is about. Perhaps it is as I'm a Euro, but....people swear. It happens. When you drop a hammer on your foot, do you swear or use a more...kid friendly varient of word?

Ever listen to a racer's radio? Yeah, there's (gasp! shock! horror! THE END IS NIGH!!!) swear words thrown about. IMO, iR is expecting too much by saying "one swear and you're gone". So, if iR ran NASCAR, Jeff Gordon would have been thrown out for saying "My car handles like shit"

Swearing? Of course. In context? Yes.

Anyone who wants to sign up has to be 13 or over, and it's likely they'd hear worse at school/with friends.

I'd rather iR focus on fixing exploits and enforcing their rules.

Quote from DeKo :

Anyway, I'm calling bullshit on cancelling accounts for swearing, no chance they will follow through, and if they do, they're a joke. All the exploiting and dodgy behaviour that's been going on (which iRacing have generally been ignoring) should be more of a priority than almost meaningless words.

Agreed. IMO swearing's a quick and easy way for them to look busy.

Last edited by DieKolkrabe, Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:06.

That was my point about how a broadcast type experience is (IMO) the wrong direction for sports games to be headed in. As in it gets stale and kills immersion

Seeing that was interesting. They got Ty Norris?? Must get it!

Although...I think, and get disagreed with here, that trying to make a broadcast type game isn't going to work. In a way, radio allows more freedom than a TV type package in games.

However...I'd rather have the driving nailed before adding commentary guys

IMO, whitelist needs pruning a bit

Quote from PMD9409 :

Wow, quite a few people got over 200 points that round. Stiff competition.

230pts. Thank you very much!

Up to 5th in league ftw

Infiniti have no sporting background? They ran engines in the IRL in the 90s up till 2003 season

Crap I think I picked Bayne

Way to fail!

Figures, I stick with thee same lineup as last week.

WTF HUGE WRECK

Does anyone else find the Vintage is way too tail happy by default? I find that, then I also find it is too easy to control once in a slide

Quote from Fredthebest :

oIgnoranceo here. I didn't touch your stairs bro. It was nick, not me.

Aaron, Nick admitted it on MSN last night to me, said he took out over 100 stairs and it was hard work

No Ivanouva, Mysticism is in Oblivion by default

It WON'T be in upcoming Skyrim as seen here:

Quote :

Recap of info courtesy of ShadowPampers


Ok, here is my recap of the info, hope it helps. This is not all the info, however.

On leveling:
Totally revamped, no more class selection at the start of the game, every skill you level contributes to your overall level. And each time you level you get extra health plus the ability to get either more health, magicka or stamina.
Each level also brings you perks. Cool abilities I guess like in Fallout 3.
Also, the leveling was moved from 1-25 or something like that to 1-50, but 50 is soft-capped, you just advance really slow after that.

On skills:
Mysticism is gone.
18 skills, down from 21 on Oblivion, and 27 on Morrowind.
Tries to accomodate players who want to specialize in a certain proffesion (like mage or thief), while at the same time giving room for players who like to do plenty of everything. They want to keep a special care so that this feels good, not prone to cheating and organic.

On the story and lore:
200 years after Oblivion. Set in Skyrim, a region north of the imperial city, where the Nords live.
The dragons are returning, as it was prophetized. You are gonna be trying to stop the wicked dragon god. You are a dragonborn, a dragon hunter. Your mentor is one of the last blade, voiced by some old dude from Shutter Island and Minority Report.
Also, there is a civil war, since the king is dead.
Enemies include were-yeti's, giant spider, dragons and other cool creatures.

On combat:
They want to make it more dynamic and tactical. You have to assign each hand with a function I think, either magic, 2 weapons, a weapon and a shield, etc.
You can also waste stamina by sprinting, allowing you to get access to tactical postitions.
Emphasis on really improving the combat this time around.
They are also putting care on how each weapon feel on your hand.

Other:
Third person view has been improved
5 massive cities, more variation in caves and underground stuff.

On quests:
Quests are much more dynamic now.
The quests are now more determined by how you build your chracter, individual actions and overall much more dynamic. Examples provided: If you are more of a magic user, some other mage may approach you who may not have had if you were just a melee character. Or if you killed some dude who owned a store that was gonna give you a quest, his sister would inherit the store, but she may resent you before giving you the quest. Also, if you drop a weapon in the street instead of selling it, it may just dissapear, some kid may get it and give it back to you, which would lead to a series of stuff, or some dudes may fight over who gets it.
Also, it said that the quests you are given would be modified by how you have played (I guess like scaling the quests). For example, the location of a rescue mission would be determined by which location you have visited (it will try to give you a dungeon you haven't been in) and I guess also giving you appropiate enemies to your level.


I can add that there is an option for no HUD.


On Conversations: (thanks MrBig)
Conversations aren't done in a zoomed in static shot anymore.
Start a conversation with some and they will act like someone would in real life, looking at you occasionally and walking around a bit and also continue doing a task if they were doing one while talking.

On Weapon smithing:
Go to a forge and carve a new weapon out of red hot metal.


Recap from raphier

Dual-wielding: you have two hands now in combat and you can wield anything to both hands. You may assign a dagger on left hand and use a mace with right hand. The choice as they say is yours.

Duel: You may duel any NPC on the streets western style.

Inheritence: When you kill a shopkeeper, his/her family member will inherit the shop and will be angry about you, but stil give you missions.

Level-scaling: It is coming back

18 skills: supposedly even less skills to play with?

No mysticism

Perks: Rumored to be in Skyrim. I may have understood it wrong.

Boosts: Pick stamina, health, magic boosts on level up.

Enchanting: This skill makes a return.

"Radiant storytelling" or Level Scaling 2.0: "The game eventually logs a huge storehouse of knowledge about how you've played, and subsequently tailors content to your capabilities and experiences. Entering a city, a young woman might approach you and beg you to save her daughter from kidnappers. The game will look at the nearby dungeons you've explored, automatically set the mission in a place you've never visited, and designate opponents that are appropriately matched to your strengths and weaknesses."

Fast-Travel: As you probably expect, you can instantly travel to previous locations with a tap of the button

Sprinting: You can now sprint about!

Town visiting: You may do more in towns, like tailor weapons, cooking, farming or mining. Not much details about this or how detailed they are as jobs.



Yet another recap:

-A variation of level scaling.
-Dynamic Shadows
-Overhauled Combat-system
-Improved Faces/Improved Models Example: Faces have been dramatically overhauled. Characters now exhibit more emotion show of distinctions between different races and just plain looks better.
-Radiant AI
-Updated Engine Snow falls dynamically (not as a basic texture on the ground)
Trees and branches move independently with the wind
Water flows
-Randomly generated quests.
-Beards
-You can't run backwards as fast as you do forward.
-10 races to choose from (Holy crap thats a lot of races)
-confirmed creatures: zombies, skeletons, trolls, giants, ice wraiths, giant spiders, dragons, wolves, horses Elk, mammoth, saber-toothed cats
-presumeably open cities (as dragons can attack)
-Hud-free first-person view and improved third-person perspective
-very unique landscapes! Also unique dungeons! In other words, lots of uniqueness!
-Character creation improved, body features customizable
-2-handed weapons and duel wielding confirmed.
-Finishing moves, unique to each weapon and enemy you fight.
-Kids
-The game takes place 2 centuries after Oblivion
-Sprint is added !
- Dialog will pop up when you approach an enemy
- cooking/farming/mining/woodcutting/blacksmithing
-18 skills.
-Perk picking at every level-up
-5 Magic Schools Destruction Alteration Conjuration Restoration Illusion.