I got my PS3 as a hand-me-down from my teenager for Christmas. My wife threw in a steering wheel and GT-5. Then, I found out about the Academy from one of the guys I race with (in real life).
Once the 2nd round drama started, I learned there was a large community of people who are into sim racing big time and thought I would check it out.
I'm most interested in the game rules (software) vs the unwritten rules (community expectations) that have been popping up in round 2.
On the one hand, we have e-brakes in race cars, ghosts, shifting of regular cars without having to operate a clutch, no fear of bending metal or getting killed, and the biggest difference between real racing and the sim.... the "restart" button. (And an unlimited supply of identical cars to crash in our quest for the perfect lap)
All of these things allow us to drive the sim in ways that differ greatly from reality. But none are frowned on.
Then on the other hand we have people complaing about 4-wheels in the grass at effiel (SP?) on the gorunds of "you can't do that in real life".
Well, you can't "reset" in real life either. But no one has demanded a one-crash-and-you're out rule either. So every player in the game has nothing to lose with their simulated courage.
I know some of what these guys were finding was ugly, but I'm having a hard time with the selective demands for "reality" in this sim world.
Once the 2nd round drama started, I learned there was a large community of people who are into sim racing big time and thought I would check it out.
I'm most interested in the game rules (software) vs the unwritten rules (community expectations) that have been popping up in round 2.
On the one hand, we have e-brakes in race cars, ghosts, shifting of regular cars without having to operate a clutch, no fear of bending metal or getting killed, and the biggest difference between real racing and the sim.... the "restart" button. (And an unlimited supply of identical cars to crash in our quest for the perfect lap)
All of these things allow us to drive the sim in ways that differ greatly from reality. But none are frowned on.
Then on the other hand we have people complaing about 4-wheels in the grass at effiel (SP?) on the gorunds of "you can't do that in real life".
Well, you can't "reset" in real life either. But no one has demanded a one-crash-and-you're out rule either. So every player in the game has nothing to lose with their simulated courage.
I know some of what these guys were finding was ugly, but I'm having a hard time with the selective demands for "reality" in this sim world.
