The Historical Factor

The vast majority of the positive feedback, or perhaps the users most pleased (and most vocal) have been talking about the historical content. It’s worth remembering that the cars we released were all generic ‘fictional’ 1960s cars, while the tracks (Belgium and Monte-Carlo) were extremely accurate versions of their real-life counterparts.

I expected to hear a lot of people talking about Grand Prix Legends, and I have. I expected a lot of people to say how fast and dangerous the tracks feel, and I have. But I haven’t heard anybody really saying why rFactor 2 is getting the kind of reception that it is about that content, and basing this purely on my own needs, I think I might have figured something out… Continue reading →

Is blogging dead?

I’m really not sure whether it’s Facebook which gave us a ‘platform’ to express ourselves, or if it’s some change in me on a personal level, but blogging really does seem to have gone out of style, and not just … Continue reading →

2010SE Race 3 – iRacing 120 Minutes of Sebring

It has taken me two weeks to post my thoughts on this race. I can say it’s because I’ve been busy, I can also say it’s taken two weeks to forgive myself for my performance. One of the hardest things … Continue reading →

RSC gone for good?

RSC actually started as my Honda Homepage in 1998. I was basically the only person running the Murasama (Honda) in the early stages of Grand Prix Legends and made a homepage at the then url of timwheatley.co.uk. I started by … Continue reading →

It’s been a while… Want a free iRacing trial? Hey, that rhymes!

Edit: Free trial of iRacing disabled. Click here to see details of a reduced price one instead. Ok, so it has been a while since I made any kind of blog post whatsoever. There are a myriad of reasons for … Continue reading →

Zandvoort Coming to iRacing Racing Simulation

I love this track. Thankfully quite a bit of the old layout is still there (lots of the best turns, anyway) from 1967 which is the layout I fell in love with in Grand Prix Legends. Zandvoort to Be First … Continue reading →

Accessible Racing VXP Hands-only Wheel Bar Review

When I first heard of a the equipment that the team at Accessible Racing (AR) were building, it took me back to one of the earliest simracing controllers I owned and a race at Monaco in the Papyrus-produced title Grand … Continue reading →

I think sim racing just saved me in an accident…

First, let me set the scene: It’s about 5:50am, still dark, it has been raining all night and as I was warming the car up at 5:20am, it had turned to snow. I have just dropped my wife off in … Continue reading →

Tips to a better quality screenshot/video with iRacing

I’ve never really had top of the line equipment with my simracing, so I have managed to pick up a few tricks and now that replays are enabled within iRacing, I’m going to start using them again. Basically, when all … Continue reading →

2008S2 Week 11 – Skip Barber Race Series – VIR

This is one of the best races I have ever driven, hands down. The only other races that I can remember coming close were when I raced in Eric Cote’s Sim Racing Mag events at the Nurburgring, using Grand Prix … Continue reading →