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I'm not a huge fan of RC racing (I'm more of an oval hound), but I gotta
tell you... The quality of the iRacing Watkins Glen track is surpassed by nothing, possibly even the real thing And racing the Radical at the iRacing WG track is heaven, even for this non-RC guy. I can live with the Solstice (somewhat). I find the skippy barely interesting. I positively HATE the Mazda. The Radical is the first RC car to really capture my imagination at all. Maybe I just need fenders to be happy I simply don't do well in under-powered cars. Not sure what that means It was the same for Ovals. Until I got to the trucks, I was a back-marker. Now I can get top 5's fairly easily. Larry |
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"Larry" > wrote in message ... > I'm not a huge fan of RC racing (I'm more of an oval hound), but I gotta > tell you... > > The quality of the iRacing Watkins Glen track is surpassed by nothing, > possibly even the real thing > > And racing the Radical at the iRacing WG track is heaven, even for this > non-RC guy. > > I can live with the Solstice (somewhat). I find the skippy barely > interesting. I positively HATE the Mazda. The Radical is the first RC > car to really capture my imagination at all. > > Maybe I just need fenders to be happy > > I simply don't do well in under-powered cars. Not sure what that means > It was the same for Ovals. Until I got to the trucks, I was a > back-marker. Now I can get top 5's fairly easily. > > Larry What they did with The Glen is amazing. I did a little with the Radical on Saturday and it was fun, but a lot of wrecks. A good track for learning the Skippy is the infield road course at Lowes. I ran some laps there with a good RC racer in a practice session to get some lessons and it really helped a ton. Ed |
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My only issue with the Glen (and Limerock and Summit Point also) is
that they are a year behind on the track surface. All three tracks have had full repaves (though Summit is coming apart already) and have no more concrete on them. Not sure what that does for grip (in the game, I KNOW what it did in RL) but wonder what iRacing intends on doing about it as they advertise accuracy pretty heavily.. GR >On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:52:20 -0600, "Ed Medlin" <ed@ edmedlin.com> wrote: > >"Larry" > wrote in message ... >> I'm not a huge fan of RC racing (I'm more of an oval hound), but I gotta >> tell you... >> >> The quality of the iRacing Watkins Glen track is surpassed by nothing, >> possibly even the real thing >> >> And racing the Radical at the iRacing WG track is heaven, even for this >> non-RC guy. >> >> I can live with the Solstice (somewhat). I find the skippy barely >> interesting. I positively HATE the Mazda. The Radical is the first RC >> car to really capture my imagination at all. >> >> Maybe I just need fenders to be happy >> >> I simply don't do well in under-powered cars. Not sure what that means >> It was the same for Ovals. Until I got to the trucks, I was a >> back-marker. Now I can get top 5's fairly easily. >> >> Larry > >What they did with The Glen is amazing. I did a little with the Radical on >Saturday and it was fun, but a lot of wrecks. A good track for learning the >Skippy is the infield road course at Lowes. I ran some laps there with a >good RC racer in a practice session to get some lessons and it really helped >a ton. > >Ed > |
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I've noted the iracing buzz dropping off in RAS quite noticeably from quite a few msgs a day when it was opened to the public to its current level... looks like another group of people has left for the forums ;-) Cheers, Uwe -- |
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I don't know, I mean seems like the posts here are cyclical, when new: lots
of posts. iracing is now technically old news (it seems). Plus, the only debate seems to be that it is too expensive for some, or too many elitists. hell, the longest threads seem to be over if you thought it was worth it or not, instead of anything else about it really. both sides get tired of that issue. Like testicles, he wants it somehow priced so he can race one race, or else it seems too expensive? have you gone to any other thing in your life (except maybe a carnival or 6-flags park type thing) where you got a better deal only buying tickets for the "rides" you want to ride, compared to the all day/all ride pass? no. you still on it, racing Uwe? "hoover" > wrote in message e... > > I've noted the iracing buzz dropping off in RAS quite noticeably from > quite a few msgs a day when it was opened to the public to its current > level... looks like another group of people has left for the forums ;-) > > Cheers, Uwe > > > -- |
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"PlowBoy," > wrote in message ... > > Like testicles, he wants it somehow priced so he can race one race, or > else it seems too expensive? have you gone to any other thing in your > life (except maybe a carnival or 6-flags park type thing) where you got a > better deal only buying tickets for the "rides" you want to ride, compared > to the all day/all ride pass? no. > Ok then, why can't I buy x amount of races entries in advance? |
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"David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message ... > > "PlowBoy," > wrote in message > ... > >> >> Like testicles, he wants it somehow priced so he can race one race, or >> else it seems too expensive? have you gone to any other thing in your >> life (except maybe a carnival or 6-flags park type thing) where you got a >> better deal only buying tickets for the "rides" you want to ride, >> compared to the all day/all ride pass? no. >> > > Ok then, why can't I buy x amount of races entries in advance? Hmmmm.....$156 for a year - I've spent more than that on a night on the town! And for $156 I get not only a first rate sim but a first rate service. I also don't need to spend countless hours working out where all the tracks are or how to make this mod work on this server, etc, etc, etc.........straight into the racing...........as it should be! Any experienced simmer should identify with the above mentioned hassles over the years - iRacing solves all of that. How much is that worth? |
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:27:41 -0600, PlowBoy, wrote:
> > you still on it, racing Uwe? > my subscription expires at the end of December and I have no plans to renew at the moment, having too much fun with the Screamers Racing League and the BMW E21's at the moment ;-) Uwe -- |
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