Yeah... I recently got a new wheel, wanted to see if it felt any better, plus it's been over a year since I drove it last, so I figured I'd give them the benefit of the doupt. Only paid them for a month, as I was pretty confident it hadn't improved.
The physics had changed, but not improved. Graphics looked better than I remember, though. That is something, I guess.
I just explained to my family that it was a phase of my life where I was experimental. I figured that was a much better fate than actually paying for 5 years of iRental.
I've played LFS competitively for all of 1year actually and when everyone else around you, even teh guys only a few tenths quicker have been playing it for something like 7+years I'd say to be even a second off top pace in a short space of a time was actually very commendable.
In regards to iRacing I don't give a shit. I'd rather spend hours of my time pulling my retina from my eye with a spoon.
SR is more luck based than anything else until you get out of anything below div2 and iRating means absolutely jack.
If I put time to iRacing, I could very well challenge some of iRacings 'best' drivers. I did TFR's V8S and CTS-V championship and was less than a second slower than my team-mate Rens Broekman, who lets not beat around the bush, is probably the best V8SC driver in iRacing and I didn't even practice for it that much.
You look at a guys results where he has managed to finish, not a mans iRating, to judge his ability.
The higher the iRating just means they're super quick in general or (which is mostly the case) they don't play any other GAME, never mind any other sim, and race one series in which they are comfortable, get into a decent split of guys that don't wreck and finish above their starting number.
iRacing is the silliest thing to put time into, because in 6months they change the tyre model in which the whole physic of the car changes, not just tyre behaviour. Also your qualy lap entails crawling out of the pits around the track at a about 2mph so you don't get +5c into your tyres or you get no grip.
I find it hard to believe that anyone in iRacing isn't a half-wit. After all, they are paying gross sums of money for an arcade game, then proceed to call it a sim.
you don't annoy me. I find it amusing that someone that is obviously talented at what they do in the business World, finds they have to belittle so many people that choose something you dislike as a hobby. You just seem to prefer to look stupid so people don't take you seriously, but hey, your choice!
Did I offend you by insulting your "divine sim" that you've been brainwashed into liking? For a product that you pay money for, you're quite defensive over it. You should instead be challenging them to make a "sim" that doesn't feel like Mario Kart. By praising it for sucking will not improve it as a "sim".
The same happens when people bash LFS.
Also it's a different saying "I am enjoying this game because it is fun" and a totally blinded fanboy or as you say "cult" people.
People play this, LFS or fukcknows because it is fun. The different financial models could be discussed, but I think - deep inside, you still agree that paying for a game that is beeing worked on all the time is bettre than forever waiting for the holy grail which will never come (tyre physics, S3).
So, I said it before, I say it again, please let people enjoy this game if they want, and stop trying to wind up people and spread bad mood.
