I don't want an X Box, I wouldn't know how to use one and they sound so mind numbingly boring!

[wiggydiggy]

If your an F1 fan several of the drivers race on their own setups, can even race against them if you fancy your chances!

Several years back I was admin on a Forza Motorsport website, we'd have weekly completions, painting competitions, tuning competitions and of course lots of arguments about who hit who lol

Car I painted for a NASCAR competition



Volvo S60 I did for a touring car competition (touring car was the most popular, 1 season we had over 50 entrants!)

 

[Gunk]

No speed cameras or highway patrols in cyberspace 🙂

Or Brands

 

[Drago]

No speed cameras or highway patrols in cyberspace 🙂

I was the highway patrol!

 

[Stevo 666]

Or Brands

Very true - and not that far from me either. Coincidentally that's also where the Sim Motorsport outfit is based that got me interested in the racing sim thing.

 

[Stevo 666]

I was the highway patrol!

Ah, got it - and here was me thinking that you were a very naughty boy 😊

 

[Stevo 666]

If your an F1 fan several of the drivers race on their own setups, can even race against them if you fancy your chances!

Several years back I was admin on a Forza Motorsport website, we'd have weekly completions, painting competitions, tuning competitions and of course lots of arguments about who hit who lol

Car I painted for a NASCAR competition


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Volvo S60 I did for a touring car competition (touring car was the most popular, 1 season we had over 50 entrants!)
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Not sure I'd fancy being lapped by Max Verstappen...I'll be racing my mate who has a similar set up and also (as you may know) you can get some of the games to provide AI opponents and you set their level of skill and aggressiveness so that it's an even contest.

 

[fossyant]

These Sims do work. My son has spent thousands of hours on farming sim and Eurotrucker as well as racing games. He's just passed his HGV licence first time and aced the reversing test. He's also quite handy on a real racing track.

 

[Stevo 666]

These Sims do work. My son has spent thousands of hours on farming sim and Eurotrucker as well as racing games. He's just passed his HGV licence first time and aced the reversing test. He's also quite handy on a real racing track.

According to pro drivers they are very lifelike - clearly you can't simulate g forces but the tracks, the feedback etc are close enough for professionals to train on them.

 

[Drago]

Ah, got it - and here was me thinking that you were a very naughty boy 😊

Although I have done Silverstone in the dead of night in a marked Range Rooney.

 

[Stevo 666]

Although I have done Silverstone in the dead of night in a marked Range Rooney.

So you're not The Messiah...

 

[wiggydiggy]

So you're not The Messiah...

But he is a very naughty boy.

 

[tyred]

Bairns playing computer games is a slippery slope. They should be sent down coalmines or up chimneys...

 

[Moon bunny]

Bairns playing computer games is a slippery slope. They should be sent down coalmines or up chimneys...

Mines? Chimneys? Aren’t they obsolete? The modern equivalent is surely to send them to “Big River” or food delivery .

 

[Electric_Andy]

I had a C64 one Christmas and really enjoyed it for a few years until I was about 13. Didn't play games for years until I bought a used PS1 when I was 19. Hogs of War was an amazing game, as was Matt Hoffman pro BMX, which took up hours of my time when I should have been doing Uni work