Quote from Albieg :

I payed you far more attention than you deserved and I'm not a mate of yours. Over.

In that case, go and race online, have some fun! And it's paid, not payed. (just helping, since your English is really good) Don't take everything so serious once in a while, and win a few races.

Have fun.

Hey Albeig, come on mate, calm down just a tad. I am not gonna say anymore, but let's just take this thread out of our mind.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Isn't that an organisation that has existed for approximately a week, and has so far done nothing? How do you manage to be active in an organisation like that?

Easy, easy, we are completely formatting it now...working on website, forums, getting skins, all the bumps smoothed. Talking to drivers etc...So just be patient on that.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I don't think there's anybody here who races a bigger variety of cars and circuits than I do. As for the oval - it's got three corners, it doesn't take a lot of experience of it to learn what it's all about. Anyway, apparently I mistook your teammate for an amoebic oval hotlapper, so I apologise for that.

NP mate, but yea, i did a few hotlaps, but I raced the oval for fun before because, it really was. It really varies by person so I respect your view, but I really dont find it 1% of what it was. I also have a huge variety. Don't care what type, as long as i like the car, i'll race it. I am really an open-wheel junkie, but I have really taken to the GTR's as well. But I race it all, so again, no problem for mistaking me for that. There are lot's of these Oval "Junkies" that you don't know what to consider me.

Being used to Italian literature and politics forums and English tech forums where netiquette has different rules I think I'll follow your advice, Racer. I'll calm down and stop posting at the moment. This is not the right place for me.

Every time I look for servers on which to drive, I only have about 5 or 6 choices which are not empty or full. Last night for example, I found I was the only driver in the BF1. A couple others joined in or switched to the BF1, but then disconnected as they were evidently having difficulty keeping the car on the track. I don't see any servers filled with BF1's in my server list. I have a hard time finding any servers at all with more than 3 or 4 people in them. This is why I spend more time driving against the AI I suppose. It was rather disappointing to be leading a 5 car race, only to win after everyone had left the server.

As far as the BF1 being hard to control, I don't know what all the fuss is about. Sure it's fast and takes some practice, but I can drive laps just fine with reasonably decent times. I feel more confident in the BF1 than any of the other cars. It performs, pure and simple. Sure, I'll make a mistake once in a while, but I don't understand why some people find it so tricky to drive. I don't think I'm any phenomenal driver, so perhaps they have poor quality or poorly configured controllers? I don't know. I think the car is great. I just wish I could find some of these alleged BF1 infested servers so I can race more. Perhaps I’m online at the wrong time for the European crowd and no one here in USA is racing? Could the server filters be malfunctioning? I would happily race with all of the mystical BF1 drivers if I could only find them!

Oops. I think my original post, which I made at the end of a stressy evening of slogging over a hot PC, was probably misunderstood as being directed at you, Dave. It wasn't. I apologise for that. It was more specifically about the elitist stance of many of the posts that followed.

The driving in the two MPRs does show the difference between what was, initially, and what I think we can expect in time. I look forward to the day when the field matures into the BF1. As time passes, more people will get higher up the learning curve and there will be more, very capable drivers, driving the BF1. I really did enjoy watching the style MPR.. lovely!

My principle objection was to the idea of screaming n00b in an abusive way, when the BF1 was SO new to us all. Seeing people shouting "Learn to drive a$$hole!!!" etc, in the first few hours of the patch was a shock for me to see, not JUST in the BF1, but in ALL cars.

It was so inappropriate in fact that it would have been laughable, but for the fact that I saw a good many people, who I KNOW were very capable drivers pre-patch, quite upset at the abuse they were receiving for making fundamental errors. The patch was fundamental, no question about it.

For the 3 hours that our servers were up, following the patch, I spent very little time driving and much more time running between the servers trying to pacify agitated racers.. both those who took straight to the BF1 and those that initially struggled.. and turning vote banning off on each server, because the danger of decent people getting banned was clear and present.

So.. apologies for any misunderstanding.. and unnecessary angst.

It's cool man. No worries about it .

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I haven't actually devolved Yorkshire into its own independent "democratic" state yet, nor have I declared war on England and threatened to overthrow the monarchy, but I might do at some point and I have thought about it a bit. Not a lot, but still...

I'll be there! My mother brought me up to be a Yorkshire Nationalist

My uncle lives in Barnoldswick. Historically it's a bit of Yorkshire, but thanks to some boundary shifting for political gain, it's been bitten by lancashire. The residents have never... and will never accept this, and have paid for very official-looking "you are now entering historic Yorkshire" signs on all entrances to the village

[EDIT] Accidentally capitalised lancashire. Corrected

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Sorry - I wasn't trying to be disparaging about your efforts, I just found it an odd "accolade" to be granting someone, given that the organisation was essentially just an idea at the moment. A bit like saying I'm active in the Peoples Republican Army of Kevland - I haven't actually devolved Yorkshire into its own independent "democratic" state yet, nor have I declared war on England and threatened to overthrow the monarchy, but I might do at some point and I have thought about it a bit. Not a lot, but still...

LOL! Well, I didnt know about the post until, well, i read it, so the SimFIA is like you said an unjustified accolade. But, LOL!! Peoples Republican Army of Kevland!!!!! Go for it dude!!

Quote from SamH :

I'll be there! My mother brought me up to be a Yorkshire Nationalist

My uncle lives in Barnoldswick. Historically it's a bit of Yorkshire, but thanks to some boundary shifting for political gain, it's been bitten by lancashire. The residents have never... and will never accept this, and have paid for very official-looking "you are now entering historic Yorkshire" signs on all entrances to the village

[EDIT] Accidentally capitalised lancashire. Corrected

I'll happily allow Barnoldswick to return to its home county, tho I will only consider it, on the return of our rightful part of Todmorden (West of the river Calder)