01 Mercury Racing

GT1 FZR

Sracer, Petri Purhonen, Finland
Bawbag, Raymond Mooney, Scotland
scipy, Sasa Pasic, Croatia
Jonesy_, Joona Laurila, Finland

And we've selected this quite dramatic hymn to celebrate the new signings with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQlpFrm5iM

Oh, and welcome guys

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You're welcome.

I'd like to have the same shrooms than BBT.

No way iRacing is near as good as LFS, at the moment. It lacks so much content, even the very basic one, that it's not even in the same league than lfs is. Only thing it comes out on top is the driving feel, which isn't all in a racing sim.

Sure it feels great to drive, but the way one can drive it is so much more arcade than LFS is right now. No engine damage to take care of, not any kind of a clutch model, barely excisting gearbox modelling. Not even fricking functional brake lights.

But then, LFS isn't that close to reality neither.
Can't remember who said this originally, but it went somewhat along the lines of "They all suck, so you just have to play the one sucking least".

Quote from rc10racer :

mmmmmmmmmmmm America stole the idea of the tail wing off the British so Screw America with a passion plus there fat, dum, and kill friendly soldiers

He seems quite well eaten.

or if she grew some tits

Quote from Toddshooter :

Which one is the old sexual predator?

Prolly both.
Now that would make a scene!

He just doesn't look like fat, he is fat! :o

Anyone from here taking part in the next advanced solstice race?
Or should I just go for the tookie one instead?

Edit: FINE! I'll just go to the advanced alone and rape my ratings ;\

Last edited by Jonesy_, Thu, 3 Jul 2008 04:58.

Quote from JJ72 :

thanks guys, I think I am getting the one month deal, maybe plus one or two tracks that I really like.

Well, getting the 1st month isn't a bad idea, since you get to know what you're about to get in the package. But getting new tracks right away, I wouldn't do that.

The tracks included in the 20$ can tell you already what the game is about and what it lacks. More importantly, is it for you.

So if I was you I'd give it around a weeks time before even considering the extra material.

It drives great, but that is about the only thing it does great. As mentioned by technique, the league points haven't got any sense, you only get to race the combos they set for a week. Every new season will cost you more money to get the required car plus tracks.
And generally all the features it misses, such as dirt in tires, flags, braking lights etc. (I know all of those things are to be added, but I'm not going to keep paying and wait for them for god knows how long) won't justify the costs when I get it all from LFS, with just a slightly different driving feel.

my 2cents

Quote from JJ72 :

can anyone who bought it and wasn't impressed make a post because I think I am on the edge of fishing out my card.....

post

Quote from wien :

Grrr. What's the ****ing point? What possible advantage could this bring? It's so mind-numbingly counter intuitive to have to use a damn browser to start a sim that it makes me want to scream. Will this even work if you happen to use something other than IE/Firefox?

Oooor even better, when you have your internets down and feeling like doing few laps, the whole browser start ruins that idea almost before it ever arised.

Just feels bit like lazy way of doing things to me.
But then I've no idea how much laziness that really is.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I gave HiPricing another go tonight, don't know why but I still cannot get anywhere near sensible lap times. I don't know if I just don't understand the car or if it's because I'm having trouble using only about 30% of my brake pedal travel or what, but I'm way off. Averaging 1:53s around Laguna Seca, but can't get any faster.

It's weird because everything happens so slowly in that car, it's hard to figure out how I could possibly lose so much time... Pissing me off now tbh.

Well if anything, Ipricing has made me sure to not ever buy me a solstice.
I'll quote lefty on this one "you can't drive it, you have to navigate it"

As it acts like a boat, I find it better to start the braking smoothly unlike in lfs where you slam the brakes and gradually come off from them.
By my logics getting gently on the early braking allows the nose to dive giving the fronts more load, and this extra load prevents them from locking up so easily.

I might be talking just bs too!

Last edited by Jonesy_, Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:06.

Anyone has any idea of the following:

When I don't continue my subscription after this initial month, does my account get deleted or does it remain stored and the ratings and such stay as they are if I choose to re subscribe at another time?

Quote from Red_Scorpion :

Couldn't resist buying the skip barber

Needless to say, the first few laps i was going backwards more than forward. A few laps later on LRP and i started feeling how its possible to really push the car around corners.Very nice car to drive.

Any idea what a good laptime for skippy around LRP is?

58.186 was made by greger huttu on the skip barber's seasons first week, but I belive that wasn't with the latest build, but should give somekind of a guideline.

And get your msn on too f00!

But then, Blue flag is just guideline and not mandatory except in F1 that I know of.
Doesn't mean that the lappee should jump away from the line standing on the brakes to let the lapper past, when the lapping car is making a move the lappee shouldn't resist tho.

well, when do I get rid of my rookie status then?

So, from which point do I start to gain on my actual irating?

Quote from DarrenMarsh :

You don't get to see your ttRating or iRating when you have a rookie license. They want rookies to focus on just the SR Safety Rating so that you get in the habit of driving cleanly.

I still haven't figured out what the point of the ttRating is anyway, so I wouldn't worry too much about that one

What they want is my money. and how am I supposed to focus on any god damn rating when there's all three races a day I can take part in, I'm just asking. and in two of those I get taken out and for that awarded with some nice minus points too!

The game is fantastic driving wise, but they could have way gone way different routes at times.

Last edited by Jonesy_, Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:57.

Quote from Hyperactive :

EDIT: Fastest 8 Lap Average: 01:03.952

01:03.818 ;p

But for some reason, I'm not eglible for ttranking, how fair is that!?

YEA!

I managed to get past you in the start, then I managed to get my rear past me the lap after!

@Hyper

You really tought I'd go anything else but pink?
But the pink in the color scheme sucks tbh, it's too barbie like, I wanted mine in bright!

yep, and I be driving under Joona Laurila, and my boss's can google me anytime, I'm glad to be 24/7 nolifer-simracer

Quote from Clownpaint :

@dru - From my observation nobody in Mercury really believed his story, but he was rushed in to shelter his "potential" from rival teams. It was understandable given the circumstances, but perhaps the announcements were a bit premature.

You being the biggest reason for the rushed signing

But yea, I agree to the premature announcements, and have taken the responsibilty of them.