I have to agree with Larry on this one.

4. Love the idea of people racing under their REAL names.
> That way the road rage types have plenty of time to amass
> a proper collection of weapons before paying a retribution visit.

=> Really? Only in America... I've tried racing ARCA Sim racing online,
but really am tired of those l33t names... RacinDuDz2 and the likes.
I've always used my real name and am still alive today.

Philippe


jeffareid wrote:
>> 1. Am tired of online crash fests.
> Turn collision mode off.
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>> 2. Truly, TRULY sick of the whole mod thing.
> Then don't download any.
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>> 3. Love the idea of a centralized scoring system.
> Aren't the scores for each game kept on a game specific central computer?
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>> 4. Love the idea of people racing under their REAL names.
> That way the road rage types have plenty of time to amass
> a proper collection of weapons before paying a retribution visit.
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>> 5. People being responsible for their actions.
> Would this mean the road rage guys would have to do their own
> ammo loading?
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>> -Larry
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>> "schooner" > wrote in message news:Ktg2k.20$L03.9@edtnps92...
>>> There is a lot more and lot less to it compared to other sims. How you see the glass will impact who joins. The sim
>>> community is traditionally an open varied community with a lot of small groups doing varied things, with open mods,
>>> group leagues, custom tracks, add-ons, etc. iRacing is none of that as I understand it. iRacing is more about
>>> regimented organized racing on a grand scale with a central rules board running all aspects, which has both good and
>>> bad aspects.
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>>> Time will tell how it goes, but I personally think the pricing plus strict rules and dictated racing divisions may
>>> turn a lot away from it.
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>>> "Larry" > wrote in message ...
>>>> Then it's not for you Jack. No problem. It's not expected to be for everyone.
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>>>> However, your post completely side-steps the community, competition and other aspects of iRacing. There is a lot
>>>> more to it than comparing the sim itself against sim xxxxxx.
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>>>> -Larry
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>>>> "Jack" > wrote in message . ..
>>>>> Andrew MacPherson wrote:
>>>>>> () wrote:
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>>>>>>> Bitches better prepare yourself, simracing is back.
>>>>>> I've still got my fingers crossed that I'll hate it. I've almost given up
>>>>>> gaming completely, and the 'beast' down the desk hasn't been switched on
>>>>>> for weeks. Actually it might nearly be months.
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>>>>>> It sounds like I'd better start filtering out any message with iRacing in
>>>>>> it, just in case anyone starts calling it GPL2. :-)
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>>>>>> Andrew McP
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>>>>> Well I have been testing it about a month,I don't think I'll be subscribing after release.Yea ,it's good but not
>>>>> sure it's that much better than the other racing sims that are out there now.At least not good enough to justify
>>>>> the pricing to me.
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