"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
02/02/2018 at 19:32 • Filed to: None
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"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
02/02/2018 at 19:32 • Filed to: None | 2
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Scott Speed, an apparent child, got bumped into in a virtual racing game. Rather than shrugging it off he chose to sit on the course and wait for the person who bumped him to come around so he could ram him off the track.
In iRacing, the virtual racing game referenced, assholes can be reported and replays reviewed so penalties can be assessed. You see iracing, unlike other games, takes its simulator status very seriously. It is a competitive online game that emphasizes realistic racing and fair competition. It’s a fun environment to practice wheel to wheel racing free from the trolls that so often plague online games with poor behavior. It has certainly improved now that one man-child has been removed for being the exact person the community is intended to filter out.
In response to his suspension, Scott had this unbelievably childish response:
“This is not real life, it’s a game. The penalty for my action if protested against, is a suspension, which I accept[ed] and received. I personally wouldn’t feel like a man protesting a guy who I just accidentally wrecked out of the lead for returning the favor,” he wrote. “But that’s me, and I understand that thinking is not treating iRacing with the appropriate amount of respect and is wrong. For that I sincerely apologize.”
Honestly, I hope his suspension turns into a permanent ban and his sponsors take a close look at this behavior. It’s unfitting of a racing professional, let alone any normal, decent, well functioning adult.
It’s fine to have fun in online gaming, but if you can’t manage your own frustrations well enough to keep from intruding on other’s enjoyment you should probably put the controller down. And if you’re a real professional race driver you should have the courtesy to follow the same standards as those you race alongside in a game.
CTSenVy
> Jayhawk Jake
02/02/2018 at 19:52 |
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Well he did spend time in NASCAR, probably thought it was “Boys have at it”
Flavien Vidal
> Jayhawk Jake
02/02/2018 at 20:01 |
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Haven’t touched iRacing for about 4 years now... I have my monitors, my wheel and pedals here in Japan and I’m moving out of my current place for something bigger in a couple months. I think it will be time to dust out all that stuff and get back to it :)
On subject, I raced Scott Speed many times before on iRacing and didn’t have any problem back then... He wasn’t that fast though. Shane Van Gisbergen was on another level... damn that mofo was tough to catch.
19JRC99
> Jayhawk Jake
02/02/2018 at 20:01 |
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This sort of thing is kinda why I don’t play iRacing. Not because I disagree with it, I completely do. I just know I’m not skilled enough for it and don’t want to ruin anyone’s enjoyment. I actually LOVE that they stress clean racing.
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Flavien Vidal
> 19JRC99
02/02/2018 at 20:08 |
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The way iRacing is set, you get to race people that are about as skilled as you are and you don’t get to drive certain cars until you can safely enough drive slower ones... You won’t ruin anyone’s fun and learn to get better... iRacing has lots of flows, but the way they pair people online is actually pretty good.
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19JRC99
> Flavien Vidal
02/02/2018 at 20:19 |
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Neat. But I believe it requires a subscription, no? It’s not really for me.
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Flavien Vidal
> 19JRC99
02/02/2018 at 20:29 |
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yup, and it’s not cheap...
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Jayhawk Jake
> 19JRC99
02/03/2018 at 00:10 |
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Incidents happen. You learn pretty quickly how to race cleanly, so while nervewracking at first it doesn’t take long to feel reasonably comfortable