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iRacing... help... must... resist!
Ok, so this invitation lands in my inbox. Now I've already said I dislike
the pricing model of iRacing intensely, and that I really object to having to drive vehicles I have zero interest in, then pay -- when I'm allowed -- to add decent vehicles & tracks. So can someone explain to me why I've spent the last hour reading about iRacing and watching youtube clips? Would it hurt to spend $20 and put a toe in the water? Ok it'd be to drive a vehicle that looks & drives like a tank, around tracks I've never driven before. And chances are I'd never even go online with it... just do some offline circuits -- GPL demo style -- to see what all the fuss is about. My head says don't be stupid... you know you'll never enjoy paying out regularly for a racing game when you already have 101 other distractions in life. You'll never get your money's worth... and you were always a lousy driver anyway. The best that can happen is that you get addicted and spend the next few months watching your penalty points clock up, dooming you to drive in an eternal limbo of newbie races while others zoom up the rankings and witter on about how they were once in a race with someone who got out of the way for a Real Race Driver(TM). It's just not a product aimed at enthusiastic, but fundamentally untalented racers like you! Stick to rFactor when you need a racing fix, or LFS when you want to contribute to never-ending product development, or GTR2 when you want to listen to amazing engine noises. But my heart whispers 'GPL2', and it's very hypnotic. I think I'd better delete that invite quickly! Andrew McP... methinks he doth protest too much |
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:34 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote:
> But my heart whispers 'GPL2', and it's very hypnotic. I think I'd better > delete that invite quickly! > > Andrew McP... methinks he doth protest too much Hi Andy, for now resist the urge to shell out money as iR just ain't GPL (yet). I'm not saying it won't be in the not too distant future, but I regretted shelling out 60 Euros for a six month subscription after experiencing boredom and frustration again... in a skippy race. Initially, I really liked the feel of these cars, but being penalized when trying to catch up with somebody in a race for putting a wheel a pubic hair's width over the kerbs, or being punted off the track without any fault of your own (it still happens in skippy races, though not as often as in the milk truck league) eventually led to the "same old, same old" feeling I experienced too often for my tastes during two years of beta testing. Fascinating new stuff is at the horizon with iracing, but for now, I can only recommend you try it for a month so your eventual loss won't be too big. One thing that only struck me later is that I won't be able to "sell" iR if I find I don't like it. I'm entitled to race until xmas, but its resale value is zero. All the best, Uwe -- |
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iRacing... help... must... resist!
Well I've gotta say....
I just watched a dozen videos on youtube of iRacing and to be honest it looks pretty much exactly the same as rFactor to me except for 4 (four) things that I noticed; 1) Realistic head movement / look to apex functionality (seems to be missing?) 2) Tons of free mods - not available 3) Unlimited free online and offline racing - $$ 4) Ability to race ANY car you want to race ANYTIME you want to race it I just don't "get" what the fuss is about?? So I MUST be missing something. And maybe 5) as Uwe mentioned if you ever decided you wanted to sell - the value = ZERO 0-0-0-0-0 "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message e... > On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:34 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote: > >> But my heart whispers 'GPL2', and it's very hypnotic. I think I'd better >> delete that invite quickly! >> >> Andrew McP... methinks he doth protest too much > > Hi Andy, > > for now resist the urge to shell out money as iR just ain't GPL > (yet). I'm not saying it won't be in the not too distant future, but I > regretted shelling out 60 Euros for a six month subscription after > experiencing boredom and frustration again... in a skippy > race. Initially, I really liked the feel of these cars, but being > penalized when trying to catch up with somebody in a race for putting > a wheel a pubic hair's width over the kerbs, or being punted off the > track without any fault of your own (it still happens in skippy races, > though not as often as in the milk truck league) eventually led to the > "same old, same old" feeling I experienced too often for my tastes > during two years of beta testing. > > Fascinating new stuff is at the horizon with iracing, but for now, I > can only recommend you try it for a month so your eventual loss won't > be too big. > > One thing that only struck me later is that I won't be able to "sell" > iR if I find I don't like it. I'm entitled to race until xmas, but its > resale value is zero. > > All the best, Uwe > > -- |
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"Jim Moore" > wrote in message news:4Djdk.89088$gc5.88878@pd7urf2no... > (Andrew MacPherson) wrote in > ddress_disguised: > >> My head says don't be stupid... you know you'll never enjoy paying out >> regularly for a racing game when you already have 101 other distractions >> in life. > > You are absolutely correct so just use some self control and say no. I > won't even pay a monthyly fee for a game like WoW for the same reasojns > you > state. If I was going to pay a monthyly fee for a game I think I would > rather fork out the dough for something like WoW rather than a racing sim. What the **** are you going in here then? |
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"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message ddress_disguised... > Ok, so this invitation lands in my inbox. Now I've already said I dislike > the pricing model of iRacing intensely, and that I really object to > having to drive vehicles I have zero interest in, then pay -- when I'm > allowed -- to add decent vehicles & tracks. > > So can someone explain to me why I've spent the last hour reading about > iRacing and watching youtube clips? Would it hurt to spend $20 and put a > toe in the water? Ok it'd be to drive a vehicle that looks & drives like > a tank, around tracks I've never driven before. And chances are I'd never > even go online with it... just do some offline circuits -- GPL demo style > -- to see what all the fuss is about. > > My head says don't be stupid... you know you'll never enjoy paying out > regularly for a racing game when you already have 101 other distractions > in life. You'll never get your money's worth... and you were always a > lousy driver anyway. The best that can happen is that you get addicted > and spend the next few months watching your penalty points clock up, > dooming you to drive in an eternal limbo of newbie races while others > zoom up the rankings and witter on about how they were once in a race > with someone who got out of the way for a Real Race Driver(TM). > It's just not a product aimed at enthusiastic, but fundamentally > untalented racers like you! Stick to rFactor when you need a racing fix, > or LFS when you want to contribute to never-ending product development, > or GTR2 when you want to listen to amazing engine noises. > > But my heart whispers 'GPL2', and it's very hypnotic. I think I'd better > delete that invite quickly! > > Andrew McP... methinks he doth protest too much I tried it for a month. But come renew time I don't think I'm going to continue with it. I don't like the cost and everything is too "high-brow" for me. There's too much of things like, "I got touched by another guy now my rating is going to suffer!" And things are a bit too structured for my tastes. If I'm going to spend so much a month, why is it that I can't get some of my buds together, get on a server, and race without ratings and all the rest of the stuff they have? I'm paying a monthly fee but I'm being led about as if I were a dog on a leash. Boo-hoo. I'll take rFactor, LFS, GTR2, etc., and race without having to pay a fee, and leave all the elitists to do their own thing. Alan |
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"David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message ... > > "Jim Moore" > wrote in message > news:4Djdk.89088$gc5.88878@pd7urf2no... >> (Andrew MacPherson) wrote in >> ddress_disguised: >> >>> My head says don't be stupid... you know you'll never enjoy paying out >>> regularly for a racing game when you already have 101 other distractions >>> in life. >> >> You are absolutely correct so just use some self control and say no. I >> won't even pay a monthyly fee for a game like WoW for the same reasojns >> you >> state. If I was going to pay a monthyly fee for a game I think I would >> rather fork out the dough for something like WoW rather than a racing >> sim. > > What the **** are you going in here then? Okay-- are you going to start making some sense soon? Alan |
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0-0-0-0-0 wrote:
> Well I've gotta say.... > > I just watched a dozen videos on youtube of iRacing and to be honest > it looks pretty much exactly the same as rFactor to me except for 4 (four) > things that I noticed; > > 1) Realistic head movement / look to apex functionality (seems to be > missing?) > 2) Tons of free mods - not available > 3) Unlimited free online and offline racing - $$ > 4) Ability to race ANY car you want to race ANYTIME you want to race it > > I just don't "get" what the fuss is about?? > So I MUST be missing something. But... but... but you don't have to install lots of mods and patches and ****... it's so... easy... SCNR l8er ronny > > And maybe > 5) as Uwe mentioned if you ever decided you wanted to sell - the value = > ZERO > > 0-0-0-0-0 > > > > > "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message > e... >> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:34 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote: >> >>> But my heart whispers 'GPL2', and it's very hypnotic. I think I'd better >>> delete that invite quickly! >>> >>> Andrew McP... methinks he doth protest too much >> Hi Andy, >> >> for now resist the urge to shell out money as iR just ain't GPL >> (yet). I'm not saying it won't be in the not too distant future, but I >> regretted shelling out 60 Euros for a six month subscription after >> experiencing boredom and frustration again... in a skippy >> race. Initially, I really liked the feel of these cars, but being >> penalized when trying to catch up with somebody in a race for putting >> a wheel a pubic hair's width over the kerbs, or being punted off the >> track without any fault of your own (it still happens in skippy races, >> though not as often as in the milk truck league) eventually led to the >> "same old, same old" feeling I experienced too often for my tastes >> during two years of beta testing. >> >> Fascinating new stuff is at the horizon with iracing, but for now, I >> can only recommend you try it for a month so your eventual loss won't >> be too big. >> >> One thing that only struck me later is that I won't be able to "sell" >> iR if I find I don't like it. I'm entitled to race until xmas, but its >> resale value is zero. >> >> All the best, Uwe >> >> -- > > |
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