Kurt was very VERY quick in his rookie test last year

So he's in an AGR car he has 4 team mates....

Just one or two issues? Penske and Ganassi

^ Who said game physics weren't realistic?

Audi and BMW are warning a US DTM won't work without a US manufacturer

That's sort of obvious. Why even take the DTM pseudo-prototype racing to the US?

Quote from Minimaxman :

Turkington confirmed in the BTCC, 7 ex-champs on the grid, an estate car, cannot bloody wait!

What is this, 1994?

Next an Alfa will roll at Knockhill and Murray will be commentating

NASCAR's viewership IS down 34 (yes, thirty four) percent though from ten years ago. Part of that's the economy but the sport was a better sport ten years ago (04-05).

You had decent racing. You had cars that LOOKED better and a new title sponsor (Nextel. Which I STILL dislike) and NASCAR ringing the bells of change from 03 to 04.

Quote from JackDaMaster :

Qualifying

"Sounds like quals at tracks 1.25-miles & up will be 3 rounds of knockout. Full field for 25 mins, then 24 for 10 mins, then 12 for 5 mins"

"Sounds like quals for under 1.25-miles will be 2 sessions. Full field for 30 mins, then fastest 12 for 10 mins."

Where've I heard that idea before...?

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Turn down resolution?

I literally built a new PC for Assetto Corsa.

*insert Oatmeal picture here*

Played around with the settings and that did the trick.

Also holy shit the F40 is insane on Stage 3

That thing anywhere.....yeah. It's my new dream car.

Found I'm getting 1-2FPS with the AI races with everything cranked down to lowest.

Any solutions bar upgrading?

I'm liking the physics so far, it feels natural.

Even sliding the 458 around Silverstone feels good. But I'm waiting for the 'new game, ooooh shiny' luster to wear off and then I'll see if I still like it.

Though, drifting is great fun, the E92 Drift is stupidly good fun IF you can get it to go more than five meters without smoking the wheels or sliding

Still better than LFS ai though

Or GT's AI

I do have my list of mods I want made, just hoping they do actually get made and kept up to date.

Admittedly LFS was £24 11 years ago and it's a bargain looking back.

But, something already leapt out at me from videos. The AI 'seems' racey but hw much of that is just for those events? I mean does the AI fight among itself if you aren't near it?

What about mods? Will there be/are there any decent, interesting mods out there being made? (I know about the Nissan BTCC car and the Jeux Plane track)

I want it.....but

it's £30.

Sell me on why I should get AC.

Go

Since when did NASCAR become a stick and ball sport needing 'playoffs'?

For....what 50 years the old point system worked great.

Then a certain drunk Brian France took over and bam, shit hit the fan didn't it? So let's say Danica wins the first 3 races of the year.

She could take the rest of the year off, go marry Ricky, go have a kid and not have to show up till race 27

So your site's rental car will be here soon then I take it?

Gonna go get my coat now, 2009 jokes are so 2009

Hm

Hornish got a Gibbs ride in NN. WOO!!

Now if he could keep KyBu out of the seat full time Kyle may be able to actually contend for a Cup title yeah?

Quote from anbiddulph :

don't use the auto transmission it doesn't let the engine rev when you need it

That works. Any mods that unlock everything from level 1 though? I ground up to level 40 on my old profile pre-DLC but...

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Don't do quick jobs

Well it was my second job and I hadn't got access to the bank yet so...

Can the quick job trucks get any slower? I was doing 5km/h in the Alps with a line of traffic behind me redlining it....In a Scania?

Trying to find a good starting coty with the DLC

Ideas? I want somewhere up a mountain

Leap into Online, get a billion dollar bounty hacker put it on me.

That's why I rarely touch Online lately. Back to SP it is and doing crazy stuff

Allegedly, and this is going by shady info, if you Google hard enough you'll find tutorials on how to make it snow properly.

Or, non-cryptic version. R* didn't encrypt the file in question so hackers have got into it and done guides to get snow 24/7. Not that I'm suggesting you follow any hacker guides though.

Quote from Bmxtwins :

Well remember that NASCAR really started to hit mainstream television markets nationwide with Dale's era.

You done it now...Wall of text warning:

No, it hit the mainstream in 1979 with the Daytona 500, aided by a storm that paralysed much of the East Coast so people had no choice but to watch TV and CBS had the broadcast (in its entirety no less) with the (legendary and WHY THE **** ISN'T HE IN THE HALL OF FAME?) Ken Squier, David Hobbs and (again get him in the HoF) the late Chris Economacki.

That, and the sport caught on because people figured hey, that was a cool race now what will the next race bring (answer: More racing)? To quote Dr Dick Berggren:

Quote :

It was the first water cooler race where people stood around and talked aout it on Mondays. It took years to realize how important that race was.

It made the front page of the NY Times sports section. Did any race in Dale's era do that? Did any race before 1979 do that? Did any F1 or Indycar or dirt race or Baja race do that? What about the then-still new NFL merger? NBA? NHL?

Best bit? It wasn't even the opening race of the year. It was the second race after Riverside. Best bit #2: The whole race. Oh sure people talk about the finish and the fight but go and watch the whole race, it wasn't just one moment, it was the whole package. Imagine that today, the season starting in Phoenix or Fontana before going to Daytona.

Fun fact. The first ever NASCAR race televized was....a short track race in SC. The practice for that was, as with the Indy 500, show it on tape delay and only show the last half or quarter of the race. The 79 500 was when it truly took off. Petty, if anything, helped spur the sport far, FAR more than Dale because here's this Southern guy who can wheel a racecar and is a 5-6 time champion setting a record each time he wins. Dale never had a shot at 200 wins. Sure if he'd have won 201 that'd be record breaking front page news but by then the sport had evolved to where 200 was (and is) a mark that's impossible to reach and no I don't count Kyle dominating the lower series. Richard Petty took 200 Grand National Series (which was Cup before Winston Cup) and Winston Cup wins.

That's not a knock on Dale but Petty was by far a bigger household name during the 70s and 80s and even up until his retirement in 92. Then Dale/Jeff took over after that.

NASCAR isn't all about Dale and the 90s. Sit down and watch some of the greatest races and read up on the history of the sport. If anything the sport peaked during the 70s and 80s and has been on a slow downhill slide ever since. Not even Winston returning would take it back to what it once was in the 70s, 80s and early/mid 90s. Why? Too much money and the sport's ruining itself with 1.5 milers everywhere and bland, corporate loving drivers. JJ's a good driver. Don't get me wrong but I'd rather have somebody in the #48 who isn't afraid to get their hands dirty on the track, who isn't afraid to (for instance) move Kyle out of the way at Martinsville for a spot. And for the love of all that's holy, get rid of the Chase. Said it before but why is NASCAR (and the NHRA for that matter, another organization that screwed itself over circa 2007-8) trying to emulate stick and ball sorts?

Or rather, why's NASCAR trying to manufacture drama? Did Vince McMahon get appointed to the board?

/end rant

Quote from Mustafur :

Going by how its been since the start, success is what makes a drivers life seem more worthy, an unsuccessful driver isn't news worthy so the coverage is minimal.

Missed the point.

Back iin the 60s Joe Wetherly and Fireball Roberts were the biggest stars of the day however, they were the Earnhardt and Petty of the era. When they got killed their numbers weren't retired at all.

But success is a huge barometer, that again is why I feel bad for the Dillons as well as (to a point) Jr, if Jr wasn't Dale Jr people would be pleased with his consistency if he'd made it to the cup series right?