Puzzled and annoyed...

Man...
all I can say is back when I was into flight and racing sims things happened
that I know, without doubt, that your neighbors and the rescue folks would
sure have a good laugh about how that bozo flew out his window- took out two
fences, patio railings and damage to a few houses before coming to crash landing
two streets over...that's why I noticed there isn't a seat belt.

spacey
Man...
all I can say is back when I was into flight and racing sims things happened
that I know, without doubt, that your neighbors and the rescue folks would
sure have a good laugh about how that bozo flew out his window- took out two
fences, patio railings and damage to a few houses before coming to crash landing
two streets over...that's why I noticed there isn't a seat belt.

That must be the X3 version... 

NASCAR Racing Season 2003

mike_mccue
NASCAR Racing Season 2003

You must be side-kick psychic Mike!  That's the only game I've loaded on there so far...
 
I've got a bunch of others ranging from silly arcade fun to GTR, but NASCAR Racing Season 2003 is STILL considered to be one of the top racing SIMs ever made.  *Sigh...*

The base is called a "Hot Seat," the wheel is a Thompson-Superwheel TS2 (they have controllers up to $1,600!).
 
http://www.hotseatsim.com/Products/Allsimulators/tabid/299/agentType/ViewType/PropertyTypeID/2/Default.aspx
 
http://www.thomas-superwheel.com/
 
My dream setup would have three large monitors with the two on the sides angled back towards me.  Someday!

Wow... maybe next year. Those are (insert adjective here). I would like a steering with a 2 speed powerglide shifter for drag racing and a 4 or 5 speed for NASCAR. I didn't even know there was stuff like this. Old dog/new tricks... pinball etc. Actually I am from the marbles generation. We had dirt, a bag of marbles with a couple of "logrollers", and a stick with which to draw a circle. Really, this looks like FUN.
Lemme axe you a question... I have never gotten into gaming. I mentioned that I play checkers (Byterun) on my I-Phone. I bought several others but I think they would be better on an I-Pad. They are Sniper Shooter, I play it some and my grand daughter loves it. I wouldn't want to be in her sights. The usual card games and Mah Jong. Minecraft, for the kids. I got Atypical Battle Supremacy, a tank game but I haven't played it enough to figure it out... I do like it though. I put Call of Duty: Strike Force on the cloud because it takes up a lot of space and I haven't been able to get past the dock area before I get bored or frustrated. I have extreme adult ADHD but also have two stents in my heart arteries so I cannot take what they prescribe for it... what I once abused I cannot use. On a side note... did you know they prescribe Desoxyn for adult ADHD? They do, it is pharmaceutical methamphetamine. amazing. Anyway, I have a really hard time staying on topic or with one thing long enough to really "get it". I just heard that Georgia just passed a house bill for medical MJ... of course they are not doing it right, they want to only make it available in pill form, marinol I guess. I think that will help me a LOT. It always tended to enable me to focus on something and make me "busy myself" with something.
All that to say. Maybe soon I will be able to focus more and get more done, OH... and I had a question (see what I mean)?
Question: since I have never gotten into gaming. I have been looking at getting either a PS4 or an Xbox One... OR... should I just get a gaming computer? Hook it to the big screen TV or to a monitor and can I use a gaming computer for streaming video and music like with a PS4 or Xbox? I am really ignorant about current possibilities. I just tend to stay with Comcast but it is getting really expensive. Last month I ordered one movie when the grandkids were over, everything else was the regular bill and it was pushing 250 bucks. I know I will still need internet but if I could get TV another (cheaper) way then I could cut my Comcast bill down to about 50 bucks a month.. but I really don't know up from down when it comes to consoles or computers for entertainment. I know enough to have a laptop for surfing, a dedicated computer for a DAW, and probably a dedicated computer (or console) for gaming, but I don't know which way to go or why.
Sorry for the rambling post but maybe you can help me to know what I need. I bought a Onkyo A/V receiver with a wireless dongle thing, intendd to set it up to stream video and music but have not because it confuses me. I am probably going to hire someone to help me wet it up. Wifey is going to do some built-ins (shelving and drawers) where the TV sits so everything is going to change and then I am going to upgrade speakers, have a place for a turntable and whatever else I can add to an entertainment system.
Still, what I really want advice on is console or computer and which and why.
 
... and THANKS! (if you can help)
 
Julien
 
 

That thing needs a good Formula one game!

Hi,
 
A friend I worked with (Wayne was his name) was also a weekend race car driver, and he had these on a computer and used to practice passing and drafting on it, which are really well programmed in those things.
 
His only complaint?
 
You could not set the tire calibrations correctly to do an oval (for example), which meant the car would lose some control on coming out of turns and such.
 
His setup did not have the "cage" but had everything else, and he was good, and he would be in first place in any race within two full turns of the field. This would have been around 1998 or 1999, and he was already on W98. But at the time, drivers were not that big an issue as they are now, but things worked alright then.
 
I wish I knew where Wayne was, and if I did I would have shown him this thread and I bet he would have told you how to fix it in 3 seconds!