I have spent much more time than I am comfortable with complaining about the shortcomings of Forza Motorsports 7. I try not to allow my race reports to turn into a bitch session, but that has happened a few times. Rather than allow that to happen again in the future, I’ve decided to devote an […]
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Road America – Race #2
I didn’t deserve to do well today. I drove like a jackass, and actually probably finished higher than I should have. I qualified 11th and finished 15th. However, on the first lap, I crashed and fell to 24th position. I fought my way back to 16th, before overshooting turn 5 and falling back to 17th, […]
Forza Motorsports 7 Intro Video
In an earlier post, I mentioned that Forza 7 is considered more of an arcade game than sim racing. While die hard sim racers may agree with this, Forza 7 is far from a kid’s game. The cars, tracks, and racing are all realistic, the audio is spot on, and the graphics are awesome. Take […]
And The Winner Is: Forza Motorsport 7
To get started on this sim racing journey, I’ll be doing my racing on Forza Motorsport 7. If you know anything about sim racing, you may consider this an odd choice. The Forza series of racing games are considered more arcade than sim racing games. I think this is true, but I have very little […]
What Gear Are You Using?
The number one question sim racers get asked is, “What’s your set up?” People want to know what sim chassis you are using. What steering wheel? What pedals? My chassis is from GranStand, a company out of California. I’ve had it for several years, but have gotten very little use out of it. I don’t […]
Welcome to Vagabond Racer
As a young man, I had a dream of speed and travel and independence. In my mind, I could see myself traveling the country, towing a car trailer and race car behind a motorhome, going from race to race to race, living as a vagabond racer. But life moved on. I got a job, got […]