My name is Eck Simpson, I'm 38, married and living in Fife, Scotland.
I'm a toolmaker by trade but a lazy fecher in practice... lol.
Picking up on a point made by Attila, I am married and hope to get the company of a women at some point this year... lol.
Again like Attila, I raced many games offline for many years.
PC gaming started with Andretti Racing and Nascar Revolution, getting involved in the EA Sports forums, I was directed toward the Papyrus games, firstly with Nascar Racing 2. Even back then, there was a world of difference between those two companies work. Buying GPL and all the Nascar titles thereafter.
I never really looked at another EA title until, I found GTR 2002 in the RSC forums. I'm not a fan of modern era F1, so had it not been for Mods and the great community I was introduced to, I probably wouldn't be here.
My first forays into online racing, came via Nascar Racing 2003, Formula 1 2002 and their respective mods. Mostly, I joined test sessions, never feeling confident enough in my own ability to race side by side (nor nose to tail for that matter...lol).
Thankfully I got over that anxiety, my first race ended in a win, which helped. Its not happened a whole lot since... lol.
Like I said earlier, I bought GPL but despite having a real enthusiasm for the game, and the era, never had the skill. So I've never raced GPL in any real form, I've dabbled but never really done anything worth talking about.
Since Simbin went commercial, I've bought most of their products, I still don't have Race 07 (even though its among the cheapies here), cause I don't have the 'puter to do it justice, the old girl is struggling with GTR2... lol.
I've been on the periphery of real world motorsport since I was 3 years of age, but have never partaken. This started (thanks to my parents, who are great motorsport fans), spectating at the local oval track (Cowdenbeath). It ended while serving my apprenticeship, and working at Knockhill at weekends and while taking holidays from my day job.
Today, I'm only party to those events covered on TV, I've never been to a racing event in quite a few years... unfortunately...
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