eSportsing while real sports are all quarantined

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
03/22/2020 at 15:07 • Filed to: None

I’ve found myself watching a steadily increasing amount of Fail Race on YouTube now that real racing has been suspended. While it’s not the same I can’t deny a race that pits supercars against limos against fire engines against mining dump trucks against pedestrians on what is essentially a figure 8 course is pretty damn entertaining.

Have you been watching any eRacing/eSports during the outbreak?

DISCUSSION (13)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dusty Ventures
03/22/2020 at 15:21

I used to watch this channel a lot. I don’t know if I watched too much and got burnt out or if the content declined a bit in quality, but I mainly just watch s urvive the hunt now. I think it might be because there’s a bit of a gap in terms of new racing games at the moment.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Dusty Ventures
03/22/2020 at 15:34

I watch a lotta his stuff as well.

Been watching CSGO Pro League the last couple of days, they have 3 matches everyday so I can catch some action whenever I want

19JRC99 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/22/2020 at 15:52

I’ve been the same way, but for me, GTA Racing is just kinda meh. Like yeah, stuff blows up, but it’s all a new spin on the same old stuff. I liked it when he played My Summer Car, or PS2 era games. GTA V and Forza Horizon 4 just kind of bore me anymore.

*Except STH, which I need to catch up on again.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures
03/22/2020 at 16:07

Fail Race is one of my favorite YouTube channels. Good, light hearted fun.

I’ve been watching a lot of the replacement races different series have been running too. The iRacing events have been great racing. I have been doing quite a bit of iRacing myself as well.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dusty Ventures
03/22/2020 at 16:21

Failrace is great, especially survive the hunt. Even though there aren't many new games out now I appreciate the efforts to switch everything up. Even the regular old GTA races have some switcheroos.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/22/2020 at 17:04

Out of curiosity, what do you race in iRacing?

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Dusty Ventures
03/22/2020 at 18:47

I’d never seen it before until you posted this race in a reply to me somewhere - it’s really funny to watch. The ones where he has to avoid being found by other players are fun, too.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
03/22/2020 at 20:42

IMSA, iLMS, iELMS, some VRS Endurance, and FR2.0, plus the special events. That’s the main stuff, I occasionally run other series if I am bored and the track+car combo seems fun.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Dusty Ventures
03/22/2020 at 22:37

FailRace is great. Something about his content has tremendous stress relieving qualities for me; I tend to always end my night by throwing on a video of his, breathing deeply, enjoying the calamity, and then calling it a night.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/22/2020 at 22:59

Cool! I’ve just been playing Skippies all the time, I seriously started iRacing quite recently tho, I’ll probably get some more cars in the future.

Dusty Ventures > 19JRC99
03/23/2020 at 12:58

Usually with the GTA races I’ll watch the start to see what kind of shenanigans the players are doing (for the first race they don’t actually start until a minute into the race so he can do his opening monologue, a lot of times the other players decide to do something silly with that minute) and maybe watch the first lap just to see the track layout. At that point I usually close it. The races where the course overlaps and the vehicles transform, like the one I posted, hold my attention longer though.

Survive the Hunt on the other hand is always fun.

Longtime Lurker > Dusty Ventures
03/30/2020 at 17:04

Did anyone notice the LongbowX mkII username

Dusty Ventures > Longtime Lurker
03/30/2020 at 18:28

I did. He’s in a lot of the Fail Race vids. Been meaning to talk to our Longbow about that