ASS - April 08

[Spadge]

COVER STORY
iRacing.com 22
JON DENTON gets an inside view of iRacing’s promised service …
SPECIAL FEATURES
Alison Hine 44
ALISON HINE on the glory days at Papyrus …
Pit Stop Boss 72
IVAN ASKEW becomes the world’s first beta-tester for the online management sim that promises the fun of BATracer, and the depth of Grand Prix Manager …
Inside A1GP 106
SERGIO BUSTAMANTE gets involved in a riot while organizing the Mexican round of the’ World Cup Of Motorsport’!
CTDP06 83
LOU MAGYAR previews the return of the best Formula One experience available on any platform …
For Colin 61
LUISA GHIBAUDO gives her touching tribute to the legend …
The Almost Sim 114
JEFF A. REID on the sim that dreamt big … and fell flat …
REVIEWS
Logitech’s Driving Force GT 37
BOB SIMMERMAN gets his hands on the DFP’s successor …
Virtual Roadster 54
LOU MAGYAR gets his butt into the Cadillac of racing-rigs …
The New SLI 80
LOU MAGYAR gets hold of CXC’s SLI—now available for all wheels and surfaces …
ARCA Sim Racing 86
BOB SIMMERMAN and RASFIGJOHN on the first major sim release of the year …
INTERVIEWS
Swing Lo 101
Side-by-side with ISI’s Laurent (Lo) Evernisse…
REGULAR FEATURES
HeadOpEd 5
News With VirtualR.net 8
Fromadge 19
SPAGE FROMLEY prattles on about stuff … and stuff
Force-Feedback 20
COLUMNS
Test-Drive 119
ELIOT EARLE struggles to find a porsche …
5th Column 122
AUTOSIMSPORT on the past …
GPLegacy 126
SERGIO BUSTAMANTE keeps you updated on the most energetic group in sim-racing …
The Dent 132
JON DENTON’s vodka diaries continue …
Magnus Opus 136
MAGNUS TELLBOM wears his helmet and steps into the minefield
Checkered Flag 139
All the results from sim-racing’s premiere series

[Greger Huttu]

Nice stuff, some interesting articles again. :)

[Dom]

yeah keep up the good work, time for video soon as well:)

[Spadge]

The Porsche article rocked. ;)

[jeffareid]

The reason for my "review" about Mercedes Benz World Racing was due to email correspondence regarding one of the old Mercedes Benz racing cars, the 154, and the 196, which was mentioned in an older article. MBWR was the first game to include these cars.

Videos of the old cars:

wr1hrw154.wmv (http://jeffareid.net/wr1/wr1hrw154.wmv)
wr1hrw196.wmv (http://jeffareid.net/wr1/wr1hrw196.wmv)

The main interesting feature of MBWR was it's truly 3d rendered landscapes, as opposed to the typical rendered corredor surrounding a race track. With MBWR, a car could be driven (or dropped from a movable camera view)anywhere on the landscapes. This game was never meant to be a true racing sim, it's more similar to the Toca Race Driver series, still it was a fun game. In the world racing series, driving over landscapes was part of the game, including landing on buildings, bridge jumps, ..., realism not the point here:

wr2gl.wmv (http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2gl.wmv)

wr1nv5.wmv (http://jeffareid.net/wr1/wr1nv5.wmv)

[Dom]

looks good fun:)

wht was that game by microsoft? where you can drive around the city chasing each other etc

[EZeemering]

Midtown Madness? With the famous Cops and robbery gameplay hehe

[jeffareid]

Pursuits are a big part of many of the Need For Speed games (although not with the latest ProStreet). A video of a "final pursuit" from Most Wanted, mostly using just one of the 4 main areas of the game (albeit this is the largest main area in the game). Leave it to NFS games to promote responsible driving:

n9fprw.wmv (http://jeffareid.net/nfs9/n9fprw.wmv)

Will have to wait a bit on this video, my nfs9 folder is semi-deleted and I'm currently restoring it.

[Dom]

Midtown madness!! yes that was great, though the second one was superb as well, I was on 56k back then:)