Well, tbh the Solstice is one of the worst cars to introduce new customers to iRacing. The steering on it feels dead compared to all the cars without powersteering, and it's not really anything like the Skippy or the Radical around an intense track like Limerock Park.
In that regard, the Legends car is a far better introduction to oval racing in iRacing than the Solstice is to road racing.
In that regard, the Legends car is a far better introduction to oval racing in iRacing than the Solstice is to road racing.
"That Virgin sure does look a lot smoother in the wet"
Let's hope they don't put Linkin Park at the end of the movie and ruin it like they did the first one.
I stick with Red Bull when I buy energy drinks, but then I only ever drink the stuff once or twice a month. It's alright on long road-trips or long days of studying/simracing, but I really prefer coffee for staying awake and fresh, at least on the first half of the day.
My F5 key is worn down to a damn stump at this point.
A lot of people here are sim-enthusiasts, not exclusively LFS enthusiasts
Yep, that's exactly it. "We can't have this guy promote our tooth-paste! I mean... although he's won 8 golden medals and is basically a superhuman, he did DRUGS ONCE BAAAWWWWW. People might associate our tooth-paste with the drugs!"
It's unprovable that there is a probability that there is no God? Then from that we can deduce that they have proof that there is a God, or? Interesting.
Perhaps they should introduce a rolling restart of the service by region, the site doesn't seem to be coping with everyone hammering it
I have a €5,- soundcard (only because on-board didn't function properly!) and a €12,99 headset. Is this good enough? yes/no.
Oh man, I remember that... it was so terrible, yet quite a lot of fun.
I can't really remember my first racing game though, probably either some DOS Motor-racing game (can't remember what it was called exactly), or something like Excitebike on the NES.
This is not true actually. The pedals have exactly the same casing, but internally they use totally different technology. I've used a DFP for well over a year before upgrading to the DFGT, and the difference in quite noticible. The DFGT's pedals are more accurate and less squishy, although still quite crappy.
I think you're underestimating the complexity of making a hydrogen bomb out of a hydrogen fuel cell, I mean... all you need is a fully functional hydrogen bomb, strapped onto the hydrogen fuel cell...
Hmmm, I got a higher score with a lower number of beats and a higher average miss... how does that add up?
Score: 44,146
Beats: 51
Average miss: 0.03
I didn't actually think I had any rythm though :|
Edit: 2nd try
48.951
51
0.02
Helps with eyes closed
Edit: 3rd try
71.382
77
0.02
I quit, this is addictive! nice game :>
Beats: 51
Average miss: 0.03
I didn't actually think I had any rythm though :|
Edit: 2nd try
48.951
51
0.02
Helps with eyes closed
Edit: 3rd try
71.382
77
0.02
I quit, this is addictive! nice game :>
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My opinion on the matter, after a few nice and not so nice oval races in iRacing, is the following:
Driving on ovals is as boring as it gets. Racing on them in close competition however, is (sometimes very!) exiting, although very different from circuit racing.
There's no genuine challenge in finding your marks and being reasonably fast on an oval, the 'fun' comes in when you're doing it for 30+ minutes straight constantly side-by-side. Having said that, I draw a lot of pleasure in learning a track and finding personal improvements after hours of practice and reflection; so the whole oval racing doesn't appeal to me as much.
I wouldn't instantly dismiss it as 'boring' anymore though, although admittedly I do still find it hideously boring to watch.
Driving on ovals is as boring as it gets. Racing on them in close competition however, is (sometimes very!) exiting, although very different from circuit racing.
There's no genuine challenge in finding your marks and being reasonably fast on an oval, the 'fun' comes in when you're doing it for 30+ minutes straight constantly side-by-side. Having said that, I draw a lot of pleasure in learning a track and finding personal improvements after hours of practice and reflection; so the whole oval racing doesn't appeal to me as much.
I wouldn't instantly dismiss it as 'boring' anymore though, although admittedly I do still find it hideously boring to watch.
Dale Jr got involved with the iRacing team long before they decided to make any deals with him on promotion. He's written guides, talks casually to people before and after races, posts regularly on the forums and generally seems like a nice down-to-earth guy. In an interview he mentioned that after (real) races he usually comes home at 1-3am, but still has enough adrenaline in him to prevent him from sleeping for a while, so he logs into iRacing and races the 'commoners'.
As said before in the thread, I really don't think he would spend this much time on iRacing without drawing some sort of fun out of it; he simply does too much to not consider it a sort of hobby.
As said before in the thread, I really don't think he would spend this much time on iRacing without drawing some sort of fun out of it; he simply does too much to not consider it a sort of hobby.
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