What kind of team are you looking for?
Race: Any team willing to bring me up to speed and that participates in leagues. Age:
19 Country:
US (represents China in leagues) Preferred Car/Track:
GT2 GTRs and FWD GTs. Average Laptime on Your Preferred Car/Track:
Depends on how much I have time to practice. Can be anywhere from WR +2 to WR +4. But normally on the slower side. Of course I'm willing to learn to improve my pace How Active Are You?
Again this varies due to commitments at college although I would class myself as active. I usually race atleast 30 minutes everyday online or offline. This does improve a lot when I'm in events and leagues What Kind of Control do you use?
Logitech G25 Time Zone:
-5 GMT
Sean I just read you post and I was too late to respond to you on MSN. But I think this charade has gone far enough. There is no need for this kind of drama especially on incidents that werent any body's fault.
Also, with that kind of attitude I doubt anyone will want to join anyway.
Lap and Replay Time or Race Time if during race of incident: 1h 45-50 mins, Long Straight.
Car(s) involved: 13, 19, 26
Brief description of incident: Car 19 is trying to pass 13 while 26 is trying to lap both 13 and 19. Car 19 passes 13 on the inside and turns right into 13. A lag then occurs and 13 is punted out of the track.
...I know...I didnt say that the Pakistanis are more culturally related to the Chinese than the Middle East just because they are located in Asia. I did say that they shouldn't be considered a part of the Middle East (geographically) just because they are more culturally related to the Middle East. There's exceptions everywhere and we shouldn't just arbitrarily redraw geographical lines (no matter how superficial) when cultural shifts occur. I mean...if Pakistan is considered to be a part of the Middle East instead of Asia then what the hell are Central Asians now? Central Middle Eastern Outer Western Asians? This will just confuse the crap out of people. Especially since they are West of Pakistan and Pakistan is next to India (which is next to China).
Keep the geographical standards as it is and if anyone makes any prejudgement on a person or a group of people purely based on their geological origin than that person is an idiot. But lets not try to change standards to accommodate logical fallacy shall we?
Only that you've taken my posts completely out of context? We're not arguing about how we should see people in specific areas. In fact if you read carefully you'll see that I specifically stated that geographically the standards should apply regardless of cultural shifts. blueflame stated that no japanese drivers have ever done well in any top tier motorsports. I argued that many top tier motorsport series are western euro-centric and I've stated various other regions such as eastern europe, middle east and asia. He started to challenge my notion of what would be "european" or "asian" and all I'm saying is I'm relying on standards that I was taught. So that entire posts was me defending my standard. Not an argument for generalization.
So...actually what you are saying would agree with what I'm trying to bring across (after we've established that Pakistan and India are asian countries since they are east of Central Asian countries and making them exceptions just purely because of cultural differences and shifts is arbitrary and superficial)
You guys are forgetting Central Asia. Which is Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Nepal, etc.
If those are Central Asians (which they are) and India, Bangladesh and Pakistan is to the East of that...then I've pretty sure those three countries are considered Asian as well.
Cyprus is a Middle Eastern country regardless if they are now culturally more European than Middle Eastern. Just like Egypt and Turkey are also considered Middle Eastern. I think Sam has it correctly: The Middle East is correctly Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, the Arabian peninsula, and the land mass directly to the east of the Mediterranean Sea (Israel, Lebanon, etc.).
Of course cultural divisions will split and confuse this more but the fact is that geologically speaking. This is the standard that's used when defining different parts of the world.
I mean look at Philippines. They are not even remotely considered to be Pacific Islanders as they are considered to be Asians as well. but Kiribait, Micronesia, and Palau are very very close to Philippines. Both geologically and some what culturally. So, arguably, the Philippines can be considered a part of the Pacific Islands by that logic but general standards say it isnt. I see no reason why we need to suddenly make new division and standards as I see nothing wrong with the current one even if it doesnt reflect cultural shifts (and IMO it never will no matter how many times we redraw the map).
2. Yeh, they weren't good in F1. My point exactly. There hasnt been successful drivers from any of those countries. Doesnt necessarily mean that those countries are devoid of racing talent. (like Japan)
3. I know Kubica is Polish. But he's also Eastern European (which indudes Poland, Russian, Lituanaians, etc). I said that F1 is pretty western European centric with the excpetion of Kubica
considering our team's horrible luck in our recent events (AND ending up with the #13) that steams from the beginning of this year. Chadwick had figured to put the 13 upside down to ward off superstitions
F1's pretty Eurocentric actually. And even within Europe they are pretty Western. Have you heard of Russian, Ukrainian, or Lithuanian drivers doing well in F1? Kubica is the only exception and he's recent.
What about China? Denmark? Norway? Middle East?
Doesnt mean that these nations are devoid of racing talent. They just havent done well in F1 or havent had the chance. While F1 is labeled as the "pinnicle" of motorsports, it is hardly the only motorsports worthy of consideration. Motorsports have too many categories and too many disciplines to have only one series be deemed the master of racing.
I will be bitterly disappointed if Kobayashi isn't signed with atleast a decent team next year
*sigh* very bad news for Kobayashi...(*cough*NASCAR!!!!*cough*)
In all seriousness I do hope that someone does pick up Kobayashi, I'd rather see him than Sato and it would be quite the shame if he never sees an F1 car again
I have a quick question about free track. TrackIR is very very expensive and I'm on a tight budget. I've recently found out about FreeTrack. I've watched videos of both TrackIR and FreeTrack and they dont seem to have an difference.
Is FreeTrack good? Is it worth it over the TrackIR?
Also, regarding FreeTrack, if I want to be able to install it, what exactly would I need besides a webcam?
Sorry if these are stupid questions. But thanks for any helpful responses
I could have just kept this quiet. But instead I choose to share this with you and dan. If I hadn't cared about it I wouldnt have said anything at all. In fact, the only reason why you two know about it is because I talked to you
Ok you've misunderstood a LOT of things so let me just clarify the situation
1. It was actually rFactor.
2. I wasnt racing seriously on rFactor, in fact I wasnt racing at all. I was just making random videos of clean/hotlaps on rFactor using fictional cars.
3. My friend has rFactor and he would occationally let me do a lap or two. He doesnt have LFS nor does he care to install it and since he's using his computer for 99% of the time I've only been able to just do a few laps and make videos of it. That is it. I did not migrate to rFactor or iRacing and I was seriously inactive the entire time I had my computer problem (which the excetion of that last LFSCART race)
1. I was invited to apply by S. Williams. Naturally I'd take the opportunity to join them to better my race pace and craft. I didnt just suddenly decide that I would remove myself from clockwork. If I was invited to any of the big teams would you think I'd turn this down? I thought dan explained this to you
2. I'm not inactive, in fact I'm trying my hardest to stay active despite my keyboard problems. I was using the virtual keyboard the entire time to fill in keys that wont work (specifically the F and I). It was a pain but i remained dedicated.
I have grown dishearten with clockwork I'll admit, party because of our horrible luck and partly because we threw away a lot of opportunities to get good results and didnt. Due to lack of practice, dedication, w/e. But I'm still here.
Fell asleep during the race because I only had a few hours of sleep before it I'll be trying to find the race at a later date but apparently I didn't miss too much. I'd still like to see the racing 4 myself b4 I judge.
the 6th by Kobayashi really surprised me when I checked the results. He beat Trulli. Impressive. He's really making Nakajima look silly. Hopefully he'll be the first successful asian f1 driver.
Oh well, I have talladega to look forward to anyways
he finished 16th twice in GP2 compared to Nakajima's 6th
Yeh, Bourdais for Alguersuari...great idea Tost...