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Monte-Carlo or bust.

Posted: January 7th, 2012, 5:19pm UTC by shrapnel1977

The blonde and I have knocked up another video of the upcoming rFactor 2 beta, once again in the historic F1 car around the tight and twisty streets of Monaco. The rendition of this historic track is sublime and over … Continue reading →
Remember when your sims came in a box?

Posted: January 4th, 2012, 4:02pm UTC by shrapnel1977

Some of them still do, I know, but who can remember those huge, chunky cardboard boxes with a sleeve and a manual that weighed as much as a housebrick? Where did it all go? Ever since the late 1990′s there … Continue reading →
The good old days are back.

Posted: December 24th, 2011, 10:36pm UTC by shrapnel1977

In the next week or two there will be a new issue of AutoSimSport released on [www.autosimsport.net] for you to feast upon. For this magazine I have been working on a few things, most notably this, a piece on the … Continue reading →
Should Frank go for Kimi?

Posted: September 28th, 2011, 2:42pm UTC by shrapnel1977

One of the few interesting things to come out of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend was the rumour that Kimi Raikkonen had been spotted visiting the Williams F1 factory in Grove. Presuming he wasn’t just popping down there to cut … Continue reading →
F1 2011 – Mid season report.

Posted: July 11th, 2011, 5:37pm UTC by shrapnel1977

It’s been far too long since I last posted here at all, let alone on the subject of F1. I’ve been waiting for the season to get underway properly, and settle down. As we’ve seen, the new rule changes have … Continue reading →
iWCSRR Round 2 – Phillip Island

Posted: March 13th, 2011, 4:57pm UTC by shrapnel1977

When the teams of the iWCSRR touched down in Melbourne it was to a muted excitement. The news of a huge earthquake and tsunami in Japan left faces glum and the paddock was not the hive of activity that normally … Continue reading →
iRacing Grand Am Sportscar Series – Week 4, Lime Rock Park

Posted: March 6th, 2011, 5:55pm UTC by shrapnel1977

After the expansive drive in the country that was Spa, we find ourselves at a much cosier little track this week for Lime Rock Park. It had been some time since I had raced here, and not since the early … Continue reading →
Will 2011 be a classic season for F1?

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 6:02pm UTC by shrapnel1977

So the Bahrain GP is off, and as such we currently aren’t all sat here relishing the prospect of being just over a week away from finally seeing F1 cars in action again. In its place we have yet another … Continue reading →
iWCSRR Round 1 – Spa Francorchamps.

Posted: February 27th, 2011, 6:56pm UTC by shrapnel1977

As the sun set on Spa Francorchamps following the opening round of the iRacing World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR to you and me) championship the feeling that pervaded throughout the paddock was that the changes for this season were … Continue reading →
The Multi-class debate.

Posted: February 26th, 2011, 2:40pm UTC by shrapnel1977

A hotly debated subject over at iRacing this week seems to be the issues encountered with multi-class racing. As previously covered, the iRacing Grand-Am sportscar series provides the chance for Riley Daytona Prototypes to be on track at the same … Continue reading →