NASCAR and iRacing: Game Over

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When this all first came up, I pretty luke warm to the whole thing, and then I watched some and got pretty excited about it, but now after a couple of weeks I'm back to pretty much not caring if I watch it or not. I would very much like to DO it, I'm just not sure I'm all that excited by watching OTHER people do it.
 
Formerjackman said:
When this all first came up, I pretty luke warm to the whole thing, and then I watched some and got pretty excited about it, but now after a couple of weeks I'm back to pretty much not caring if I watch it or not. I would very much like to DO it, I'm just not sure I'm all that excited by watching OTHER people do it.
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My thoughts exactly. I was excited to watch Bristol, but I was quite disappointed with the product, so now I don't care. Playing NASCAR on my PS2 provides me with more pleasure than watching other guys do iracing.
 
Brentford said:
My thoughts exactly. I was excited to watch Bristol, but I was quite disappointed with the product, so now I don't care. Playing NASCAR on my PS2 provides me with more pleasure than watching other guys do iracing.
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I still like it and appreciate some type of racing while awaiting the return to reality. To me Bristol demonstrated the limitations to this gaming platform more than the others (short tracks much harder to replicate reaction time and perspective for the drivers). Also feel the super vets of iRacing have a distinct advantage at every track (unnatural).
 
I HATE sim racing, and I wish it would go away yesterday.
 
Formerjackman said:
When this all first came up, I pretty luke warm to the whole thing, and then I watched some and got pretty excited about it, but now after a couple of weeks I'm back to pretty much not caring if I watch it or not. I would very much like to DO it, I'm just not sure I'm all that excited by watching OTHER people do it.
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I agree.
 
Formerjackman said:
When this all first came up, I pretty luke warm to the whole thing, and then I watched some and got pretty excited about it, but now after a couple of weeks I'm back to pretty much not caring if I watch it or not. I would very much like to DO it, I'm just not sure I'm all that excited by watching OTHER people do it.
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That's gaming in general. Getting to do it yourself is much more entertaining. Watching other folks carry on with it, not so much!
 
Conover said:
I still like it and appreciate some type of racing while awaiting the return to reality. To me Bristol demonstrated the limitations to this gaming platform more than the others (short tracks much harder to replicate reaction time and perspective for the drivers). Also feel the super vets of iRacing have a distinct advantage at every track (unnatural).
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The eNascar coca-cola series pro's of iRacing put on a higher quality race and cleaner compared to the cup driver invitational at Bristol. They were actually able to put together green flag runs, but they were also running setups. Fixed setup is supposed to be easier to drive for the Cup guy's (if they're allowed to throw big changes at it on pit road, that I do not know of). The majority are just not experienced enough to drive around each other on iRacing way too many wrecks on the Cup invitational side, allowing damage resets is a mistake, just makes them think they can be more aggressive and wreck even more, causes too many cautions. You wreck, you're saddled with real damage, and then we can get on with the race of those who have taken care of their car and those who haven't.
 
wi_racefan said:
IMO it's become too diluted. It seems like there's some iRace every other night now
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It's relatively cheap to produce and other televised alternatives to 'real' sports haven't gotten off the ground yet. It's like the flood of 'reality' shows back in the '00s.
 
I watched part of 1 race, that is it for me.
No Nascar? Move on to watch snow melt, later I can watch grass grow
and then my bobber float undisturbed.
 
Truex_rox said:
That's gaming in general. Getting to do it yourself is much more entertaining. Watching other folks carry on with it, not so much!
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It probably doesn't help that I have never been a video game person. I have NEVER owned ANY type of video game, even though the first home systems were coming out when I was just out of Jr. high school. I remember playing pong in a hotel lobby on a unit as large as a Coke machine with a black and white screen that MIGHT have been 12" x12". I had a cousin who was working for Maganvox, which produced one of the first if not the first home game cartridge systems, and I was exposed to these early on, but never got into it. To this day I can barely play Pac Man, and I am an absolute menace on any type of driving game or simulator. A few years ago I had about twenty minutes in one of the good Indycar Series fan simulators at IMS, and I was HORRIBLE! I just couldn't get the feel of two dimension driving. I would LIKE to learn it and get better at it, but it is quite clear I have zero natural ability for it.
 
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I play video games myself so I have no desire to watch someone else play. I tried tuning in for the novelty of it, but it wore off pretty quickly. IT's cool they are doing it and fans are into it, have at it then. But for me? not so much. I'll keep waiting for real racing to return.
 
I watched it once, recorded and then deleted the other races. I watch the sprint cars and late models once. My opinion was it's a just a video game and with car resets it seemed a bit too distant from reality for my tastes. I live in Florida and in spite of what is going on, there is too much to do here that is better than watching someone else play a video game.
 
Formerjackman said:
It probably doesn't help that I have never been a video game person. I have NEVER owned ANY type of video game, even though the first home systems were coming out when I was just out of Jr. high school. I remember playing pong in a hotel lobby on a unit as large as a Coke machine with a black and white screen that MIGHT have been 12" x12". I had a cousin who was working for Maganvox, which produced one of the first if not the first home game cartridge systems, and I was exposed to these early on, but never got into it. To this day I can barely play Pac Man, and I am an absolute menace on any type of driving game or simulator. A few years ago I had about twenty minutes in one of the good Indycar Series fan simulators at IMS, and I was HORRIBLE! I just couldn't get the feel of two dimension driving. I would LIKE to learn it and get better at it, but it is quite clear I have zero natural ability for it.
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Really? Aw, dude. I guess the fact that you're not much of a video game guy is probably something that helps save money and makes the wife happy, lol. Joking aside though, you really should try and learn how to get better at it a bit more! I think you would enjoy it! I take it that since you're not really into video games, you're not really much of a console guy either, so that rules out Xbox or PlayStation. Maybe you could get familiar with some racing games on the PC. Forza Motorsport is probably the best motorsport-related game franchise out there, and would definitely rank up high on my list of recommendations. The alternate route, which I'm pretty intrigued by myself, would be giving iRacing itself a try! :D
 
Turtle84 said:
The eNascar coca-cola series pro's of iRacing put on a higher quality race and cleaner compared to the cup driver invitational at Bristol. They were actually able to put together green flag runs, but they were also running setups. Fixed setup is supposed to be easier to drive for the Cup guy's (if they're allowed to throw big changes at it on pit road, that I do not know of). The majority are just not experienced enough to drive around each other on iRacing way too many wrecks on the Cup invitational side, allowing damage resets is a mistake, just makes them think they can be more aggressive and wreck even more, causes too many cautions. You wreck, you're saddled with real damage, and then we can get on with the race of those who have taken care of their car and those who haven't.
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The invitationals are essentially celebrity esports events. Being an excellent race car driver does not necessarily make one an excellent sim driver. That reality establishes how "life-like" the simulation is. Surely the accomplished iRacers put on superior races. Yet actual race car drivers are magnitudes more famous because actual racing is magnitudes more compelling to the audience.
 
I think I enjoy the comedy factor more than I do the actual racing. Having Bowyer in the booth makes it more fun and the Regan Smith interviews during his races on Wednesday were quite entertaining.
 
Revman said:
Very true sir, and that's why I don't.
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My point was that while you hate it and I'm not a huge fan, others seem to really like it, so I have no desire to see it go away. If it helps in ANY way in getting people interested in real racing (I think that's a BIG question mark) then it would be a good thing. If I were actually doing it, I would be all over it. Anybody want to pitch in a buy me a rig like Hamlin has? :D
 
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