With some bad driving, bad luck, and bad opponents blotting my experiences with it, the HPD ARX-01c prototype on iRacing has always left something of a bad taste in my mouth. The first time I drove it after the car was released seven years ago, it immediately put me outside of my comfort zone. The Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 7: Palate Cleanser[…]
Australia is known for its many creatures that bite, sting, or stab, and during my stint in the V8 Supercars last summer, I think I found their automotive equivalents in one of my worst ever sim racing showings. As the last of my six weeks driving GT machinery rolled around this year, I was set Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 6: Hotlapper[…]
Over the past two summers, I’ve come across some cars and series that were struggling for participation. Last summer, the Radical Racing Challenge often managed just one official race per week, and this year, I found that both the Kia Optima and Pontiac Solstice had sparse turnouts in their respective multi-class series. For every struggling series, Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 5: Ghost Town[…]
Two years ago, iRacing had a surprise in store for its members, and it was unexpected in all the wrong ways. They teased the mid-season release of a previously unannounced car, which sent imaginations racing. Whether rationally or not, many people assumed it was the car they most wanted, be it a Ferrari, a Porsche, Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 4: Thrown Back[…]
When I was a poor college student a dozen or so years ago, I made an exciting dorm room discovery after a trip to the supermarket. The store brand of Lucky Charms, it seemed, had more marshmallows and tasted better than the name brand. It was like an epiphany: an off brand didn’t always have Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 3: Ruf and Ready[…]