Automobilista 2 V1.3.1.1 & Racin´ USA Pt2 RELEASED - Now updated to V1.3.2.0

Three of the four companies you mentioned are cigarette companies, who were only in motorsports in 1998 because they were banned by government regulations from buying ads on television.

Those rules have since changed, and now they're not allowed to sponsor race teams either. And now there's less money in the sport and there's a greater emphasis on cost control and some of the have-not race teams have shut down.

I'm sure IndyCar (and NASCAR and everyone else) would love nothing more than to have the same sponsor to pay a bunch of money and run the same livery with the same sponsors all season.

But that's just not financially realistic today.

 

Pepperjack...

 

What even is the topic these days? These main forum threads always, without fail, turn into generic, race-department-esque armchair wars.

 

Exactly, thats why I brought up cheese. Because who doesn't like cheese?

I'm a Super Sharp Cheddar kinda guy

 

Old Amsterdam,

 

I do see value in all classes of motorsports, that’s one of Reiza’s strengths. Can’t say the same about blue cheese, I’m sure it has its haters. I love it

 

Cheddar has to be up there. True cheesers know that Cheddar is a place in England and reject that American junk by the same name. I watch the pro cheese eaters regularly and Stinky McFromage says that any true connoisseur would know the difference.

Only cheese parties for puritans should be allowed... It isn't about what you like, it's about what's right.

 

There is only one king within all cheeses, and it is The Parmigiano Reggiano!!!!

 

Arguing about something not worth it, cheese discussions, mods asking to go back on topic...

It's got to be pre-update fever

 

Feta.

 

Stinky Bishop.

 

GT3 has its own appeal, usually I take a dig at it but you will find me sometimes racing and enjoying them too.

However it is undeniably annoying that every time I browse for lobbies the top of the list I find something like this:
LOBBY GT3 SPA 20/24
LOBBY GT4 SPA 11/30
LOBBY GT3 MONZA 5/20
LOBBY COPA CLASSIC INTERLAGOS 6/31
LOBBY MULTICLASS (guess which classes? yea, GTE/GT3) SPA 5/21
LOBBY GTE IMOLA 3/20

You may say "well, then host one with your preferred class then" - I do, almost nobody joins. F-Trainer, F3, Karts - all of them on appropriated tracks.

1 or 2 people join in, usually at the very last couple of minutes before the race. Which means they did not practice at all, which means they quit it well before the first 1/10th of the race.

Edit: is the GT3 McLaren far faster than any other of its class?

 

It used to be, though I believe the class has had some BOP changes as well the GTE class. The BMW GTE was an unstoppable beast for a while, but thankfully it's not nearly as OP now.

With that said, GT4's need BOP changes. The McLaren is a bit OP on power tracks at the moment.

 

I really, really do understand you. But imagine how awful a person that absolutely loves lacrosse (a relatively unknown sport) must feel in a place like Brazil, for example, when they turn the TV on and can't find a single lacrosse match being televised even on cable (or even a single mention of the sport's name or any news about it at all)? Nonetheless, we don't have to suffer through news sites, or social media comment sections with all the lacrosse fans worldwide complaining their favorite sports news outlet is not feeding them their beloved lacrosse updates.

There's a reason popular stuff are popular. Football, GT cars, F1, dogs, cats, cheese, etc. And IMO people with more particular tastes, out of what you would call mainstream, have absolutely nothing to gain by flashing their own particularities on other people's faces all the damn time. Lacrosse fans probably learned their lesson some time ago and now they hang out with each other enjoying their hobby with their niche group of friends. Will sim racers ever learn this lesson? 'cause ain't nobody gonna stop racing GT cars, you can be sure of that...

 

I wish this was true, but phillip morris and british american tobacco ads are still prominent on ferrari and mclaren respectively today. They can get away with tobacco sponsorship if they dont advertise the tobacco per se.

 

R3E beat AMS2 to it with the "ovals"
And look at those sparks! Come on AMS2, we need them

 

Technically AMS2 beat R3E with Jacarepaguá (Rio) Oval

 

R3E did have Daytona fore some time. It to is a verry nice sim tot drive.

Back on topic, for the big boys of chees
Hervé kaas my dad could nog handel it.

 

Great videos - looks almost photo realistic