sim dum

[VroomGrrl]

Thanks to Jedi1 for letting me come over for a quick intro to sim racing this evening. Holy moly! I almost fell out when I saw his set-up. He was really great about showing me the basics & just setting me loose at Barber in a 911 GT3. I don't think he quite believed me when I told him "YOU KNOW I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO DRIVE YET, RIGHT?"

I think he believes me now That said, I was better at the end of 35 laps than I was when I started, and he pulled up the stats to show me my lap times so I could see what I'd done time-wise. He was very patient with me, and I was sooooo rude when he wanted to take the wheel to show me a few things and I was all, "ONE MORE LAP...ONE MORE LAP"

Three hours later....

Hahahah just kidding!

Mostly. For real, I did not let go of that wheel until the car ran out of gas.

Anyway thanks, Sean. It was a blast, and I can see how it can really help me get my head around the whole experience.

Thanks to everybody who's helped me with info & suggestions. With your help, I will not be sim dum for much longer

[Jedi1]

The whole simlation thing becomes very real with a bit of seat time. At the end of the 35 laps it didn't take a rocket scientist to see exactly how the lap times were falling. I was watching the confidence in the car rise with time spent behind the wheel and the last 10 or so laps you were starting to get on the throttle a little earlier and in the right places. I'm glad yo liked it. Hope you can make it by for Daytona!

[TouringBubble]

Don't worry ... you'll get it with more seat time, just like real racing. If it makes you feel better, Sean and I were running a practice race for the LOTA series last night on Live for Speed, and I rolled 3 times in total between 2 instances, had 2 off-road excursions and spun 3 times after dropping a wheel off (in my defense, these were after trashing my suspension in the off road stints). All this in an hour race ... and, with all that, I ended up 7th overall.

[Erv]

out of?

[TouringBubble]

I believe 12 that started. A couple timed out and one or 2 joined afterward I think.