Introduce Yourself Here

fordman · Apr 28, 2008

My Small and uninteresting Intro

A Good evening to one and all. Here is my little post about myself and others around me.

Well my name is Shaun Clarke, and live in the heart of Norfolk in England. Yes we have broadband down here, and we all don't drive tractors or grow peas. I am 32yrs old, and am currently working towards IT Manager for EMGMotorgroup.

I have 6 ( not all mine I must add ) children who I love dearly. I am into Football ( Come on you Spurs ) and love spending time with Family. I have a Wii ( who doesn't? ) and enjoy playing Mario Kart online.

Started Sim racing about 6 yrs ago in the early development of LFS way way before S1 was released. Had loads of fun over at that camp, learning to make Movies ( various ones online on youtube ) and having a ball. Used to drive for what was the top LFS team Boomerang Rapido, before going alone to create my own with fellow LFS driver EMD. ************* was born in 2004, and still going strong. I left as I didn't have the time to dirve competivatly online, and was also going through divorce, so was never in front of computer. I help create CRC ( Clean Racers Club ) for LFS. Like here, it was a secure place to have a good clean race, with people donating servers to help out for the people that joined. With S1 release, the need for this stopped, until S2demo came out, then we started is again. With S2 came the possibility of ESL. ESL was hugh in Germany, but I wanted the UK to benefit as well, so we have a successful 3yrs of running leagues with ESL. I organised prizes donated by Logitech etc etc for the winners.

Found GTR and GTR2, but never really got on with them, as I am more of a grass roots sim racer, love touring cars, wtcc, cars like that. Found Race 06, and it killed my PC, major dissapointed. Race 07, and it ran no problems, so here I am.

Fordman - Nickname, where did it come from? Well my dad used to be mechanic for BTCC Mondeo in the early days, then I started working for EMG Ford as it was then, and also loved the Ford Mondeo ST220, so thought Fordman was a good enough name for me.

Anyway, enough of the speal, and thank you to anybody that actually got this far in reading

See you on the Grey Stuff

Fordie

Aloko · Apr 28, 2008

Hi all,

Coming from the rF scene with my league :
Gentlemen Racers

We race almost only rF and we are testers for F3 Euro 2007, GP2 2006 (soon to come), PCC Carrera Cup France and Endurance series by Enduracers.
due to lack of time I race a little less this last year but we have regular champ' organised with either sprint or Endurance series on private mods . it's for members only, except a F3 Euro champ' which is open to anyone (We do not tolerate idiots).

I pre ordered ARCA and had to wait almost 7 weeks to get it.
Im now running this game almost everyday and I've apllied for a driving license for this game only.

Im living between africa and France with either a 256 or a 20 MB bandwith lol
Main goal for me is to have nice races and to avoid non respectful drivers. Im having "fun" when a race ends with no wreck, even if I raced alone for 2 hours. Im not having fun by doing silly things on a server.

I hope to race with some of you soon ...

Aloko.

Attila Domján · Apr 29, 2008

Big warm welcome to all new members!

Pompey · Apr 29, 2008

hi all. I'm Darren, i'm 42 years old..Was born and bred in Portsmouth in U.K for 38 of those years but now live in Barrow-in-furness..Drive in [AnE]Race league with great bunch of guys (apart from UK fireman who keeps mostly winning..only joking UK if u read this)..Got little girl who is 3 and a missus and a dog and five cats..Been into racing games ever since they first started to appear on game consoles and since the free weekend of Race 07 i aint looked back, cant get any better..but haven't tried GTR2 yet but hoping to get it soon just to see if its better..well thats about all i can think of for the mo but hope to see all on race servers

Simon James · May 3, 2008

hi guys
im simon im 39 i live in the uk in a little town in kenilworth im a big fan of motorsports but my passion is motorcycles i use to race them 10 years ago and won 6 uk chamionships so i hope i can do it to cars to i have GTR2,GL Legends,RFACTOR,but i dont play them as much as WTCC so i hope to see u on the track
see u soon simon

Jani Kuhno · May 5, 2008

Hello all.

I'm Jani and I'm 18 years old from Finland (live in Tampere for those who know where that city is). Currently I'm a high school student. Apart from playing GTR2 and Race07 I also like all kinds of RPG's like Neverwinter Nights 2 and Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. I'm also looking forward to the new MMORPG Age of Conan that is due to release in three weeks. I also listen to music and some bands that I like are Led Zeppelin, Megadeth and a finnish band called Kotiteollisuus (don't think anyone expect the finns in these forums have heard of them).

I think my first racing sim was Grand Prix 2 (Grand Prix 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) but I was 6 years old at the time that was released so mainly in the game I just crashed around with the car

. Although later I started to actually complete laps in the game and even win races.
Next racing sim I tried was the Grand Prix 3 but didn't really like that one and basicly thats where my sim racing stopped for a long time.
In 2006 I finally bought GTR2 after my friend had told me how awesome it was. At first I didn't really play it (World of Warcraft I damn you...) but around May of 2007 I thought to myself that I had to atleast complete a race in simulation mode on that game. I took my dusty old Microsoft Sidewinder Forcefeedback Wheel and well... the whole summer I just basicly played and played GTR2.
In October I immediately bought Race 07 when it was released but I only started to really play it in January 2008 because I was so hooked on playing GTR2. Eventually I also bought GT Legends but didn't really like that as much as GTR2 or Race 07.

Well I think thats all.

Cya in the race tracks,
Jani

Barry Blocker · May 5, 2008

Nick Johnston said:
Hey guys, I'm Nick from the US! Currently live in Los Angeles, and im currently pursuing a professional career in motorsports

Hey Nick! Good to see you're still racing. Looks like there will be 2 guys at least from LaLa Land

Hey guys. My name is Barry Blocker and yes, it is in fact my real name. Imagine all of the remarks I get the first time I visit a new server, lol. I'm 40 and have 3 children. I live in the Los Angeles area and ride skateboards with my kids when I'm not in the sim seat. I've been sim racing online since 2001 and love being a part of this great community. I founded theMNRL to provide a place for my work mates and I to race each other in the beginning. It blossomed and it is still going strong to this day. I race with them on Wednesday nights.

I'm a Champcar guys at heart, so I was happy when I got involved in making Champcar/CART mods for F12001-rFactor. They are my passion, but it's fun to take a break and drive Touring cars.

I was in the FD series at RSC and found everyone back here from the RPM site. Great to see everything is going so well.

Nice being here and I hope to see you on the track soon.

tamas sipos · May 6, 2008

hi,

my name is Tamás Sipos. i am 25 years old and live in Hungary with my girlfriend. my job is to keep mid-range unix (aix) systems alive and to maintain the tight security standards.

i've been playing and loving race sims since i played the first time with f1gp. since than i have encountered countless 'racing' games, but the milestones of my career were f1gp2, cmr2, toca race driver, f1challenge, richard burns rally, gtr and race07.

after some online rounds with race07 (and lots of broken suspensions after the first corner

), i have started to search for a community which provides me fair and enjoyable races ..and i hope i have finally found it..

i have only a little experience in online racing, but i'm not a considering myself as a beginner. i know i have lot to learn, especially setting up the car properly. i'm working on the issue, but i have not much time to dig myself in. (my car in race07 is the bmw e90)

and about my pc: mainly i am a debian user, but this game make vindoz worth booting up.. btw, i have a rather low-end machine for this game, but with nearly minimum settings (and without the AI) it provides me smooth playing.

and finally.. i'm looking forward to meet you all on the grid

cheers

Daniel Juncadella · May 6, 2008

Hi
I am Daniel Juncadella
I am from Spain and i race in real life at the formula bmw euroseries.
I have race 07 since last year and i likely play online.
I am already a member of the racedept.com league.
And know i am joining FD Series.
I always like to play with Seat, it's too difficult the BMW but it looks faster.
Anyway i am still fast (at least it's what i think

)

See you all on track and HF

Daniel Plaikner · May 6, 2008

Hello,
my name is Daniel Plaikner and I'm from Italy. To be more precisiouse from South Tirol(Südtirol) wich is in North Italy and its a german region in italy. So my first language is German not Italian, then I speak Italian and English. This christmas I recieved a Logitech G25 and Race 07. Since that I'm racing online with my nick:Gizmo01. :drive:

I'm a big motorsport fan and as the best I like the formula 1. Since I'm abel to think I'm a big Ferrari fan :ferrari: ( go Kimi go :eheheh: )

regards

Toni Talvitie · May 6, 2008

hi all.

well, im old, meh atleast hangovers been gettin worse like past few years

anyhow, i dont like to talk about mself that lots, so we meet up on race tracks
and hmm...
well for gtr2 ive done mostly nap1.4 mod, drive rfactor also and been doing racing games since they were invented i think

anyhow, i look to just have fun on track, not taking it that serious and if i gots
car even lil broke on finishline, its a bad race, so i do give my respekts to pilots that
behave.

Roman Liebich · May 8, 2008

Hi guys,

My name is Roman Liebich, Im from Czech Republic, 25 years old, working as a project engineer and finishing my Master degree in Economics.

Im a newbie to online racing, but offline I race in GTR2 and RACE for about 1 year. (My first sim was F1GP2 many many years ago).

Motorsport is one of my many sport passions and I watch literally every racing event I come across in TV.

Im really looking forward to having some good racing time and meeting new friends with same hobby.

Gareth Hickling · May 8, 2008

Welcome new members! :jumping::alla::bike:

Raino Priha · May 11, 2008

Hi everybody. My name is Raino Priha. I'm 26 years old and from Finland. I've been sim racing for about 15 years (5 years online). I try to keep my racing as clean as possible, but a little bit of friendly paint swapping here and there is of course part of a normal race.

:sign0144:

Edward Leake · May 12, 2008

Hey guys, I'm Ed from England (UK), I'm 25 years of age and I'm pretty average when it comes to online racing - however in the real world I drive for Arrivalracing in a S2000/WTCC spec Honda Accord.

Hopefully my real world driving skills will help me improve my Race07 game, I only purchased it on Friday but have been driving GTR/GTL/rFactor for some time.

Chau Chou Io · May 19, 2008

Chau Chou Io! "ET-MACAU''
Hey all, I'm from macau, I'm 35 years thx RACE 07 /RACE'DEPARTMENT,GIVE WE FOR GLA online racing - however in the real world I RACE AFIA KARTING GP for HAASI/RACE,TEAM/IN RACE'DEPARTMENT driving seat. :dd:

I CAN MEET MORE FRINENDS IN Race07 game, I HOPE IN THE RACE TAME HAPPY ALL & IS A RACEING MAN ,IS NOT BAD BOY:circuitzolder::ambulance::ambulance::ambulance :OK:thumb:Chau Chou Io! ''ET-MACAU''

Attila Domján · May 19, 2008

Welcome to all the new members here, hope you will have great time with us.

Chau Chou Io · May 19, 2008

Hey all, I'm from macau, I'm 35 years thx RACE 07 /RACE'DEPARTMENT,GIVE WE FOR GLA online racing - however in the real world I RACE AFIA KARTING GP for HAASI/RACE,TEAM/IN RACE'DEPARTMENT driving seat. :dd:

Francisca Roele · May 22, 2008

Hi gang,
My name is Francisca Roele, and friends call me Fran. I'm born in the Netherlands from a Dutch mother and an Indonesian father. I'm currently temporarily disabled (6 years now) due to a persistent post traumatic stress syndrom, so I have my ups and downs - and generally can't deal with stress (and life) well. I've a great support in my current boyfriend whom I know for over 15 years now, and we can enjoy many online games together but racing is unfortunately not one of them. He says he lacks the hand-eye coordination required, but every now and then he humors me with a few laps.

I've been racing since Gammond's grand prix, and loved to race the tracks that the real F1 drivers were going to race on the weekend. I stopped really following it about a year or two ago. Before that I had a period that I didnt want to watch F1 anymore due to Ayrton Senna's death. I think that was a dark day for many race fans over the world.

In the period 98-2000 I went to the US, and stayed in various places in Colorado (Commerce City, Aurora and Denver) and discovered NASCAR. When I came back in the Netherlands I wanted to follow/race it but my cable company didn't have the proper channel (espn/nasn/etc). I also couldn't get my hands on the race game I wanted (living in a small town has it's disadvantages), so I had to make due with a demo of Nascar. Fortunately for me I made a friend online who helped me learn the game and bought me the papyrus nascar boxed set (nascar, trucks and legends). From then on I bought every Papy game that came out, sometimes imported since it wasn't available here (again).

I played some race games on the PS1 but it wasn't none too great. Later I got a PS2 but the racing wasn't like I was used to. My boyfriend got a xbox 360 which included Forza 2, which helped me with my race fix off and on. Then for my birthday early this year he got me Nascar 08, also for the xbox 360. I actually enjoy the game and I seem to be one of the few that do. It's a bit of a hassle setting up the wheel for the xbox and because I don't really have a good setup for it. I don't see myself racing a full race that way anyway.

So for my stock car racing I've ordered ASCAR, and for touring cars I have Race 07. I tried GTR but I didn't quite like it. I might try GT Legends, but mostly because I also have GP Legends and NASCAR Legends

Oh and I heard GT Legends as MINI's!

Besides all that I also enjoy games as World of Warcraft, City of Heroes/Villains (Villains I find more fun), Hellgate. On the Xbox that's Mass Effect, Nascar 08 and Splinter Cells Double Agent (because it wouldn't work well on my pc I bought the 360 version).

I also like to write short stories and draw, been drawing before I could write I guess. I use Painter on the pc and mess a bit in 3D with Poser/Carrara and Hexagon.

If I'm not attempt to be creative I like to visit the theatre (not just the movies, but for live performances), museums, or taking walks along the beach/dunes/dykes in my hometown.

Warren Dawes · May 22, 2008

Hi Fran (can we call you that?), nice introduction and great to have you join us. Hope you have lots of fun.

I too have a very slight disability, it's called old age (actually here it is almost ancient), but everyone is very helpful and friendly. :bear_original:

Yes GTL has everyting from little Mini's and Abarths, up to hugely powerful beasts like GT40, Corvette, Cobra's. It's a lot of fun and still worth the purchase.

See you on track soon and look forward to some of your creativity. :thumb: