08-03-2015, 04:22 PM
Gorka - I think you all would be plenty fast on track, you have the skills and the hand/eye coordination. probably a lot faster than I was at the time. the main sensation is feeling the chassis working and loading the tires. there were different compounds of tires and different classes would require you to run harder tires. when I did that, I would immediately feel a difference thru my whole body. I think sim racing feels more like running in the rain or ice. you lack that connection thru the seat of your pants to the track. also, there is no real world penalty for being too aggressive in sim racing. in the real world if you wreck someone or see a wreck you know that might just take that person out of racing forever - or even life itself. that is not fear, more like a healthy respect. I am shocked to see where we pass in sim racing vrs. what I seen on track. the last is - this is al lot easier to do. want to change gear ratio's - just click. not that simple in real life. hit the wall, go to pits and it is fixed. you would be on the hook and that cost MONEY. I could go on and on about MONEY too. but.. this is high jacking this thread - which is us racing at mid-ohio with the lola's.. maybe in the future I will post more about the old days and maybe even how tim got his nickname: Bullwinkle 