Nascar Silicon Speedway Review WOW !!

I was at the Mall of America over the weekend and checked out the Nascar Silicon Speedway. For now they have one track up and running,C***te with Richmond and more on the way. For those of you not familiar this is a computer type simulator for Nascar. Don Wilshe posted a note about the grand opening a couple of weeks ago. You actually sit in a fully painted scaled down Nascar with a tach, seatbelt,clutch pedal,and four on the floor. Overall a very realistic ***pit. You are virtually surrounded by three video screens. There is a monitor imbedded in the dash which gives you a view of your behind and another monitor on the passenger side which you can toggle between a number of different views, other cars etc. The car has hydraulics which simulate car movement eg car tilts to the left when entering the banked turns.Great sound too. There are 12 cars in a U shape configuration and these constitute the guys your racing against along with I believe 8 computers cars but don't quote me on that. The wheel has force feedback which was really neat. As an avid user of ICR2, N2 and a little GP2 I would say that this blows all of your home computer sims out of the water. The graphics and the close-up view with the wide screens is just awesome. They charge $ 7.50 for a ten lap race with no qualifying but have already started league racing which is a 50 lap event. It was pretty much a demolition derby in the pickup races but still was a blast.I was there on the weekend and they were absolutely jammed. The good news is that the second one is scheduled to open somewhere in the Chicago area around Christmas which is near where I live. This would be the ultimate racing league situation as they do allow setup modifications etc. So if your in the area go check it out,you'll love it. Steve Paradise Nors2 '97 series NWSICT ICR2 series

<snip> Steve, Do you know where in the Chigo are this is supposed to be? I live there too and just might have to beat you a few times.. <G> -- Dave Otterness

(snip) behind (unsnip) Must get one of them....I haven't seen my behind for years! -- Bruce (At home)

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> <snip> > > The good news is that the second one is scheduled to open somewhere > > in the Chicago area around Christmas which is near where I live. This > > would be the ultimate racing league situation as they do allow setup > > modifications etc. So if your in the area go check it out,you'll love it. > > Steve Paradise > > Nors2 '97 series > > NWSICT ICR2 series > Steve, > Do you know where in the Chigo are this is supposed to be? I live there > too and just might have to beat you a few times.. <G> > -- > Dave Otterness

Hi Dave, The manager at the Mall store didn't know where it was going to be (I asked)but I'm definitely ready for some racin !!!!Keep on eye out the papers and on TV. They had a little piece on on the Minneappolis Nascar Silicon Speedway but can't remember what station it was on. Steve

Here is the website for the Silicon Speedway.....oh to have a piece of the action!!!! Steve Minniear [link lost in import]