A "Short" Introduction
Many people admire Formula-SimRacing for its success in simulating not only the human and technical aspects of Formula 1 but also for its fascinatingly complex financial workings. High-flying World Championship teams in FSR work in a fashion very similar to real top flight F1 teams with drivers operating on contracts and sponsorship deals being crucial for the operation of any of these teams. One aspect I believe is lacking in the FSR world is the press coverage of FSR, PSRtv maintain amazing live coverage of the race weekends and the insight provided by PSR commentators is very impressive, many of them being WC drives or team bosses. However I believe a gap exists between what PSRtv can cover in its 2 hour coverage of each category and I will seek to fill this gap with my own thoughts on events in the FSR paddock during testing, pre-raceday anticipation and post-raceday reflection.
A little background about myself, I am currently studying for a Bachelor of Communcations and Media at university, majoring in journalism. I have followed F1 for as long as I can remember and one of my fascinations beyond the technicality of F1 has been the journalism and commentary surrounding it. I read F1 websites and blogs religiously and follow closely all testing and raceday coverage, however I am a relative newcomer to FSR, discovering the championship less than a year ago and beginning to compete even more recently.
So right now I would just like to establish that I am not the fastest driver in the world, any perceived criticism that I make about a driver or a team is solely from the position of a journalist who is interested in the sport and is attempting to share his thoughts and information with people who are interested. Obviously I do not expect that everyone will be this forgiving so I will post under a pseudonym if nothing else then to protect myself and my team from the repercussions of my comments on this blog. That being said, I am not setting out to be inflammatory in my remarks but I do find that sometimes because most people posting on FSR are drivers, who are required by their teams to conduct themselves professionally, discussion of current events and developments in the FSR paddock is kept very clean and uninteresting (with a few exceptions of course).
What I have planned for this blog is simply a place where I will post articles I have written in my spare time about developments on and off the track regarding technical updates to the FSR mod, team and driver movements, controversies over penalties or raceday events and general bits of information and gossip that FSR engenders. I hope to have interviews with team bosses, drivers and league admins to find out their opinions on issues and possibly to allow them to shed light on events and issues surrounding FSR.
Finally, I have a few apologies: First, to people who do not speak english as their first language, I am sorry if my posts are difficult to understand, I have a tendency to use big words and overcomplicated sentences because these things tend to score me marks in assignments, please feel free to email me at planetfsr@gmail.com or leave a comment if you misunderstand a particular sentence or phrase. Second, I apologise that the site is so ugly and that I ripped off the FSR logo so poorly, I'm not sure how kindly Roald will take to me using it but I am not a graphic designer and I made the current banner in MSPaint. After the site gets going a little I would be hugely appreciative if someone could make a very basic banner for the site that doesn't infringe on FSR copyright.
Well, I think that probably is enough for the moment, I hope to have an article regarding the recent developments with the .gmt file consistencies finished within a day, so please stay tuned.
A little background about myself, I am currently studying for a Bachelor of Communcations and Media at university, majoring in journalism. I have followed F1 for as long as I can remember and one of my fascinations beyond the technicality of F1 has been the journalism and commentary surrounding it. I read F1 websites and blogs religiously and follow closely all testing and raceday coverage, however I am a relative newcomer to FSR, discovering the championship less than a year ago and beginning to compete even more recently.
So right now I would just like to establish that I am not the fastest driver in the world, any perceived criticism that I make about a driver or a team is solely from the position of a journalist who is interested in the sport and is attempting to share his thoughts and information with people who are interested. Obviously I do not expect that everyone will be this forgiving so I will post under a pseudonym if nothing else then to protect myself and my team from the repercussions of my comments on this blog. That being said, I am not setting out to be inflammatory in my remarks but I do find that sometimes because most people posting on FSR are drivers, who are required by their teams to conduct themselves professionally, discussion of current events and developments in the FSR paddock is kept very clean and uninteresting (with a few exceptions of course).
What I have planned for this blog is simply a place where I will post articles I have written in my spare time about developments on and off the track regarding technical updates to the FSR mod, team and driver movements, controversies over penalties or raceday events and general bits of information and gossip that FSR engenders. I hope to have interviews with team bosses, drivers and league admins to find out their opinions on issues and possibly to allow them to shed light on events and issues surrounding FSR.
Finally, I have a few apologies: First, to people who do not speak english as their first language, I am sorry if my posts are difficult to understand, I have a tendency to use big words and overcomplicated sentences because these things tend to score me marks in assignments, please feel free to email me at planetfsr@gmail.com or leave a comment if you misunderstand a particular sentence or phrase. Second, I apologise that the site is so ugly and that I ripped off the FSR logo so poorly, I'm not sure how kindly Roald will take to me using it but I am not a graphic designer and I made the current banner in MSPaint. After the site gets going a little I would be hugely appreciative if someone could make a very basic banner for the site that doesn't infringe on FSR copyright.
Well, I think that probably is enough for the moment, I hope to have an article regarding the recent developments with the .gmt file consistencies finished within a day, so please stay tuned.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
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