The Official "What was the best thing you got for Christmas" thread.

I'll start since I already opened this. :-) How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interact v3fx Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife would have never got this for me. The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look down their noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only had a chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can get some quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the same thing I'm sure. Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope all your gifts are as much fun as this one. Doug God Bless America.

Doug Hook <[email hidden]> wrote on 24 Dec 2001: > I'll start since I already opened this. :-)<snip> Hardly any of my stuff (that I know about!) is relevant to ras, except that I'm - finally - going to get my hands on Viper Racing (in a 4-pack with NASCAR 2, Grand Touring and Powerslide, but it was only a tenner all in [not that I'd know of course, what with it being a present and all!]). Quite a few rassers like VR, and quite a few don't - time to see which camp I fall into. And at least it doesn't require a 2 GHz Athlon! -- "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

I got myself a Creative Surround Station for my 5.1 Speakers and Augidy! Should enhance the "surround" feel in my favorite racing sims :) Free shipping if you order here: http://store.yahoo.com/priceshock/ss100.html Some good pictures here: http://www.hardware-one.com/reviews/gadgets1/images/entireset1-big.jpg and here http://www.hardware-one.com/reviews/gadgets1/images/entireset3-big.jpg - David Cook "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Doug Hook <[email hidden]> wrote on 24 Dec 2001: > > > I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > <snip> > > Hardly any of my stuff (that I know about!) is relevant to ras, except > that I'm - finally - going to get my hands on Viper Racing (in a 4-pack > with NASCAR 2, Grand Touring and Powerslide, but it was only a tenner > all in [not that I'd know of course, what with it being a present and > all!]). > > Quite a few rassers like VR, and quite a few don't - time to see which > camp I fall into. And at least it doesn't require a 2 GHz Athlon! > > -- > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > > The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

A new pickup truck, for very odd reasons. 1976 Ford F150 4X4. Fairly basic, but it had the heavy duty 360 engine, heavy duty rear/manual 4 speed (talk about a granny first gear!), cooling, etc... My Dad bought it has a replacement for his old, worn-out K5 Blazer. In the 2 months he owned it, it spent 2 months in the shop waiting for a transmission part that 'never fails'. One day, he drove up the drive way in a new Chevy Pickup. I wents outside, said 'cool', and asked "What about the Ford. How did you trade it when it was in the shop?". He said "I didn't." He then threw me the keys to the new (but shop-stricken) Ford F150 and said "If the piece of Sh*t ever gets out of the shop, it's yours". That, of course, was even cooler :) It finally came out of the shop about 2 weeks later, and it never presented a problem (ever) from that point on :) It wasn't quite Christmas, but close enought that it became my present for the year :) -Larry "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ydGV7.36593$[email hidden]... > I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > > How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interactv3fx > Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife would > have never got this for me. > The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying > driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look down their > noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only had a > chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can getsome

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> quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the same thing > I'm sure. > > Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope all your > gifts are as much fun as this one. > > Doug > > God Bless America. > >

This is a no brainer for me.... 8 hours of sleep! Happened in 1984... nothing close since :-( John Cauthen "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ydGV7.36593$[email hidden]... > I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > > How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interactv3fx > Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife would > have never got this for me. > The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying > driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look down their > noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only had a > chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can getsome

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> quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the same thing > I'm sure. > > Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope all your > gifts are as much fun as this one. > > Doug > > God Bless America. > >

"John Cauthen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a07nav$akki$[email hidden]... > This is a no brainer for me.... 8 hours of sleep! Happened in 1984... > nothing close since :-( > > John CauthenYou must not have kids then. I can't stay in bed past 6:30 AM on Christmas day. The kids are up and ready for the fun to start.

"> You must not have kids then. I can't stay in bed past 6:30 AM on Christmas > day. The kids are up and ready for the fun to start. >Or your kid was born in 1984?

LOL! I know the feeling :) I have a medical issue with my spine that prevents me from sleeping more than about 5 hours at a time. Well, I can, but I pay DEARLY for it if I do. -Larry "John Cauthen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a07nav$akki$[email hidden]...

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> This is a no brainer for me.... 8 hours of sleep! Happened in 1984... > nothing close since :-( > > John Cauthen > > "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ydGV7.36593$[email hidden]... > > I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > > > > How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interact > v3fx > > Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife

would > > have never got this for me. > > The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying > > driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look downtheir > > noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only hada > > chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can get > some > > quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the samething > > I'm sure. > > > > Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope allyour

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> > gifts are as much fun as this one. > > > > Doug > > > > God Bless America. > > > > > >

On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:38:38 GMT, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I know the "sim" purists will look down their >noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. Let 'em. I can't wait to open my PS2/Gran Turismo 3 package! My wife is letting me open it tonight so that I won't spend all my time tomorrow playing with it instead of paying attention to the kids ;-) Todd Walker twalker at jam dot rr dot com http://twalker.d2g.com

ooh. this has been a good christmas indeed. *) N4 *) MS Game Voice *) Race Car Vehicle Dynamics ..in no particular order. -- Gunnar #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy"

I got a nice book about the history of Formula 1. Very nice pictures. The editors must have been infatuated with Mr. Senna. :-) God bless the rest of the World apart from America. ;-) /Jens

"Jens H. Kruuse" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:dDNV7.4217$[email hidden]: > I got a nice book about the history of Formula 1. Very nice pictures. > The editors must have been infatuated with Mr. Senna. :-) Congratulations :> How is it called? I am looking for this kind of book for a few last weeks without any success. Alex.

a �250 and a �50 cheque = BRD Pedals BRING IT ON Doug "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ydGV7.36593$[email hidden]... > I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > > How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interactv3fx > Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife would > have never got this for me. > The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying > driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look down their > noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only had a > chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can getsome

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> quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the same thing > I'm sure. > > Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope all your > gifts are as much fun as this one. > > Doug > > God Bless America. > >

"alexti" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse news:[email hidden]... > "Jens H. Kruuse" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:dDNV7.4217$[email hidden]: > > > I got a nice book about the history of Formula 1. Very nicepictures. > > The editors must have been infatuated with Mr. Senna. :-) > > Congratulations :> How is it called? I am looking for this > kind of book for a few last weeks without any success. >I received a Danish translation but looking at Amazon, I found the original version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859745008/o/qid=1009311934/sr= 8-1/ref=sr_aps_b_1_1/202-8355783-8081416 You may consider it slightly superficial but a nice book regardless. Cheers, Jens

Microsim RaceBase. My wife is officially awesome ;-)

Best thing I got for Christmas was a 27.1 at Monza :) Andre

Douglas Ellison wrote: > > a �250 and a �50 cheque = BRD Pedals > > BRING IT ON Huh, and this even though Tom Pabst is still associated with BRD ? Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Not really sure what the aliens have done with my wife, but I got a NEC LT-150 DLP projector. She insists it is for "home theater" but. . . nothin' like N4 on an 85" screen. Gerald "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<ydGV7.36593$[email hidden]>...

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> I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > > How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interact v3fx > Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife would > have never got this for me. > The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying > driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look down their > noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only had a > chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can get some > quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the same thing > I'm sure. > > Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope all your > gifts are as much fun as this one. > > Doug > > God Bless America.

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>Douglas Ellison wrote: >> >> a �250 and a �50 cheque = BRD Pedals >> >> BRING IT ON > >Huh, and this even though Tom Pabst is still associated with BRD ? >

Yeah, I was wondering about that, too. There was another thread singing BRD's praises, even though Tom turned people against the company... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" wrote... > Yeah, I was wondering about that, too. There was another > thread singing BRD's praises, even though Tom turned people > against the company... Well, on the personal level, I happen to think my local Nissan dealer/mechanic is a class one prick too, but he keeps my car in excellent mechanical condition nevertheless and his rates are reasonable/same as everywhere else. I.e. Pabst's opinions on simracers and RAS regulars may not reflect on the quality of the pedals for some and, as I understand it, those outside of the US don't have to go through him to buy them in the first place. Note Doug's E-mail ends in ".co.uk". Jan. =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

> God bless the rest of the World apart from America. ;-) > > /Jens Yeah, right back at ya, buddy. Hope it's your skyscrapers falling next time. Or mud house or whatever

> This is a no brainer for me.... 8 hours of sleep! Happened in 1984... > nothing close since :-( > > John Cauthen HAHAHA I hear that.

HAHAHA I hear that.

Jan Verschueren wrote:

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> > "EldredP" wrote... > > Yeah, I was wondering about that, too. There was another > > thread singing BRD's praises, even though Tom turned people > > against the company... > > Well, on the personal level, I happen to think my local Nissan > dealer/mechanic is a class one prick too, but he keeps my car in excellent > mechanical condition nevertheless and his rates are reasonable/same as > everywhere else. > > I.e. Pabst's opinions on simracers and RAS regulars may not reflect on the > quality of the pedals for some and, as I understand it, those outside of the > US don't have to go through him to buy them in the first place. Note Doug's > E-mail ends in ".co.uk".

Oh I don't know Jan, with comments such as this... > I dont know which is worst. A Tom Pabst who's an out and out twat... or a > Tom Pabst who's taken to childish trolling. > > Either way - I'm still going to await a formal apology in VROC and on RAS > for frankly disgusting comments before spending money with BRD. ...people don't leave much room for interpretation, of course, Tom may have given a formal apology on VROC and/or here without my knowledge, but knowing Tom I somehow doubt it Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

"Nockston" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse news:P6_W7.11901$[email hidden]...

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> > God bless the rest of the World apart from America. ;-) > > > > /Jens > > Yeah, right back at ya, buddy. > > Hope it's your skyscrapers falling next time. > > Or mud house or whatever >

I can see you need to have it spelled out to you: It is okay to write "God bless America" but not "God bless the rest of the World"? Who's the egocentric here? Have a happy new year in your trailer.

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> Oh I don't know Jan, with comments such as this... > > > I dont know which is worst. A Tom Pabst who's an out > > and out twat... or a Tom Pabst who's taken to childish > > trolling. > > > > Either way - I'm still going to await a formal apology > > in VROC and on RAS for frankly disgusting comments > > before spending money with BRD. > > ...people don't leave much room for interpretation, of course, > Tom may have given a formal apology on VROC and/or here > without my knowledge, but knowing Tom I somehow doubt it

Are you quoting Doug there uncle? -If he went on record as saying he would hold Tom's actions against BRD, his statement about the pedals is indeed surprising. Jan. =---

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> > "Goy Larsen" wrote... > > Oh I don't know Jan, with comments such as this... > > > > > I dont know which is worst. A Tom Pabst who's an out > > > and out twat... or a Tom Pabst who's taken to childish > > > trolling. > > > > > > Either way - I'm still going to await a formal apology > > > in VROC and on RAS for frankly disgusting comments > > > before spending money with BRD. > > > > ...people don't leave much room for interpretation, of course, > > Tom may have given a formal apology on VROC and/or here > > without my knowledge, but knowing Tom I somehow doubt it > > Are you quoting Doug there uncle? -If he went on record as saying he would > hold Tom's actions against BRD, his statement about the pedals is indeed > surprising.

Google is a fine thing to have every now and then.....but no, it's not too surprising to be honest, to paraphrase the great Groucho Marx "Those are my principles, I'll change them as needed"...... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

Be sure to download the developer patch to support the Act-labs shifter if you have it. The good thing about Viper is you can run it at 1024x768 4xFSAA with 48+fps. I think it maxes out around 50fps. Jason. David Buttery wrote: > > Hardly any of my stuff (that I know about!) is relevant to ras, except > that I'm - finally - going to get my hands on Viper Racing -- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (GPL) http://www.scprc.com - Stock Car Division of the PRC. (N4, Fun Run Sims) (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

I got a Act-Labs GPL Shifter, woo hoo !! On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:38:38 GMT, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'll start since I already opened this. :-) > >How about a Dreamcast ,a copy of Ferrari F355 Challenge and an Interact v3fx >Racing Wheel.Thank god my brother knows what I like because my wife would >have never got this for me. > The combination of those three products is an extremely satisfying >driving experience for me. I know the "sim" purists will look down their >noses at a console but let me tell you this is awesome. I have only had a >chance to spend about a half hour on it and I can't wait till I can get some >quality time in .Anyone who already has this will tell you the same thing >I'm sure. > >Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all RASers. I hope all your >gifts are as much fun as this one. > >Doug > >God Bless America. > >