It's quite fun once you get the hang of it JitteryDragon. I can say with confidence that it's going to help my real life driving. Case in point, I hired out a go-kart at the local track back in 2007. To say the least, I suffered the fate of many characters in your vids. But then in February 2008 I started this, and later on I went back to have another crack. Bam, it was amazing how much I had changed. I was taking corners flat-out that I would have lifted off for before, and I even corrected a slide...

It's a nice relaxation tool as well... well, for me at least. When I'm down, I just take the rFactor F12009 mod around Suzuka and all my troubles melt away...

Anyway, as well as driving in these games, I write about 'em too. I'm on the RaceDepartment media team, writing reviews on new mods and games. I recently did a review on Race On, the newest expansion for RACE 07.
Clicky
And I've also written reviews on mods. Here's one I wrote about the Endurance Series mod for rFactor:
Me too
As it happens, I also write race reports for a league I'm involved in.
And me three
I gotta say, it's kinda weird writing about yourself in the third person.

Cheers guys...  

I've gotten Chapter 3 Part 1 down (yep, it's a two-parter) and I'm about halfway through typing it up. But with the school week and another of my league races coming it remains to be seen whether I'll get any of it done tomorrow. :

I'll keep yaz posted.

Male, 15 years old. Turning 16 on the 26th of January next year.

I'm an Australia Day baby... and I'm Australian. Coincidence, or...

Yep, I do simracing. Almost religiously.

If you're not familiar with these games, they're basically PC games that provide quite possibly the most accurate commercially-available simulation of how cars drive. They aren't fully realistic but they're almost too close for comfort.
These games - mainly rFactor - live through their mods. There are huge communities everywhere dedicated to creating addon cars and tracks for these games, and hosting online events using them.

My current sim games that I own are:

Image Space Incoporated's rFactor, loaded to the brim with mods

SimBin's RACE 07 - The Official WTCC Game, the official game of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and its expansion packs (also loaded with mods )

...And that's about it.

I race in many leagues (online championships) using these games. Some of the leagues make video recaps of the races, some of which you can see me in. They weren't my best races, but they were the only ones that featured me in any length. These two are from the RaceDepartment Super Touring League, which uses fictional, but no less challenging, cars.
They are located here: Clicky (Look for "Gardiner"... I spin, thus losing a good position )

And here: Clicky (I appear near the end of the video; again, look for "Gardiner")

Well, that's it for now. I may post some of my reviewing work for simracing sites later on.

You Are Disturbingly Profound
You're contemplative, thoughtful, and very intense.
Taking time to figure out the meaning of life is a priority for you.
Because you're so introspective, you often react in ways that surprise people.
No one can really understand how you are on the inside... and that disturbs them.

Interesting... :blink:

Thanks so much for the welcome!

Just got back from one of my many online races (crashed out ) so I might as well get posting now...