Definately an end of an era.
The first sunday night race i did here was on Jan 20th 2008...And my sundays have been reserved ever since, sundays are going to feel different.
https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4445#event515
Back then simracing was a much smaller community, much limited titles to play so kept people interested, people knew each other, knew who they would be directly racing and compared against.
Peoples hobbies change, they grow up, married/ other halves.... real life creeps in and takes over, a niche hobby will always struggle.
Now, simracing is massively broader, closer to mainstream... but thinned out....multiple titles, much more expensive, more hardware, so many more places to race them, all pretending to offer something new.
People come and go, some stay for a little some for longer... But now we all want different things.... classics, modern, short races, long races, GT,s single seaters....
People dont seems to want organised, strict racing etiquette, just look at the public servers in ACC, AC even iRacing..
The first sunday night race i did here was on Jan 20th 2008...And my sundays have been reserved ever since, sundays are going to feel different.
https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4445#event515
Back then simracing was a much smaller community, much limited titles to play so kept people interested, people knew each other, knew who they would be directly racing and compared against.
Peoples hobbies change, they grow up, married/ other halves.... real life creeps in and takes over, a niche hobby will always struggle.
Now, simracing is massively broader, closer to mainstream... but thinned out....multiple titles, much more expensive, more hardware, so many more places to race them, all pretending to offer something new.
People come and go, some stay for a little some for longer... But now we all want different things.... classics, modern, short races, long races, GT,s single seaters....
People dont seems to want organised, strict racing etiquette, just look at the public servers in ACC, AC even iRacing..
The good old days of GTR2, the game that got me hooked on simracing! cant believe how big the grids were then