Member introductions

[Bram Hengeveld]

Use this thread to introduce yourself to the rest of the members of the racing club. Also please vote from what region you are!

[Jarrod Crossley]

Hi dee ho my fellow speed deamons.

Most of the people know me here or at least most of my work, but if not here goes.

My handle is J3st3r , But my real name is Jarrod Crossley, I live in sunny Blackpool UK and I am 37 happily married with two kids (Boy, Girl). I have been Photoshoping for quite some time, but as for Sim racing Im quite new. I have taken part in one RSC FD Series and quite enjoyed it but with the kind of work I do, It some times gets in the way of my fun.

I help run a net club here in Blackpool and tried to get the lads involved but only a few toke to the bug of racing, myself I seem hooked. At the moe I'm play Race 07 and quite like the WTCC 07/ 06 era, Trully in love with the Seat. I am waiting my copy of ARCA and hope the ovals will be kind.

I have played racing games in the past the old Colin McRea's and TOCA's but they seem pale in comparision to Race.

Oh before I forget you'll have to bare with me on the spelling front I've been dislexic all my life and as they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Work wise if your wondering I work for a company that works within the M.O.D (Ministry Of Defence) We teach all aspects of computing and we also develop speciality software for the M.O.D, If by any chance any of your are in the Military and used a UAV you know our company.

Well I hope to see you on the track if not I hope to see you make use of some of my skins.

[Gaynall Hudgins]

Hi to all fellow race-heads!

My name is Gaynall Hudgins, live in North Carolina, USA. Work on copiers and office equipment as a Field Tech.

Been racing with you for about almost 2 years from RPM to RSC to here at the new hangout. Looking forward to getting back on the track with you in the leagues, Race Club and FD series.

See ya in the forums and at the races!

[Antoine Morin]

Hello there !

I'm Antoine from France. I live in a small town near Orléans. I do online racing since about 15 years now and i'm a middle range driver i can say .... I'm in the Team GG a good place for fair driving and fun . Let's see you all in the WTCC !!

[David Guehennec]

My name is David Guéhénnec, I have 30 years, I live in france.

I work with my brother, we buy houses, and they are renovating "modernize", then we sell new homes. It is a good job, no boss on my back.
It is two years since I discovered race online. And I love
My description is short, because it is a difficult exercise for me.

Ps: we could have a description of the moderators ??? lol "Bram, Attila, etc. ....."

[Chris Vick]

Hi,

My name is Chris Vick. I am quite new to online racing having participated in one event so far (Monza a couple of weeks back). I hope to have my second online race this week in the Donnington event here. I have been doing simracing since last August or so, starting with GTR2, and recently also working on Race 07. I also have a copy of rFactor, but I have not really used it yet. I am also a member of RSC and GTR2rank as "cavick".

I live in San Jose, CA, USA. I am happily married, with one daughter, and I work as a researcher for a large computer company in the areas of computer architecture, operating systems, virtual machines and optimizing compilers. I am really looking forward to racing with all of you!

Chris

[Kent Karlén]

Hi racingmates!

My name is Kent Karlén and I´m 43. I and my lady lives in Västervik / Sweden. I started online simracing when race06 relesaed. Before that have I raced offlinegames like Colin, Toca, F1 and Kart. I´m a menber of the Blue Flag Racing team. When I dont race I play Cod2 and Cod4.

Another hobbie I have is to cultivate flowers and vegetables its real fun and it makes me happy to see them grow.

I´m search hard to get a new work, The Vacuum cleaner factory there I worked moved to Hungary 2005, 600 lost ther jobs . But 7th April I will start a to deputize as a gardenworker for 4 month. Its a job I like very mutch.

I look forward to met you at the track m8´s

[Cam Wedgwood]

Hi,

I'm Cam and I have finally decided to attempt the whole online racing deal. I have been driving sims for a few years but have only recently committed to making it as realistic as I can. I would consider my skills to still be in the 'backmarker' stage as I am focussing on racing clean at the moment.

In the non sim world, I am living in Queensland, Australia with my wife and 3 year old son. I am teaching by day and trying to quickly learn how to enter myself into the world of sim racing by night.

Cheers!

[Alex Guehennec]

Hey,

Alex Guéhénnec, 26 years old Bretagne France
As my brother Baron-Rouge said, we work together on buy house, restore then sell them
Impossible for me to wake up same hours during all my life for a big boss..
Love F1 sims, and also F3000 too ( NEVER wtcc for me lol, it's very not my drug !)
Happy to be here with you all, and happy to have NO-B forum hosted by Rpm

Waiting on 2008 F1 season, but I miss Michael . The good point for the show is that electronicals helps will be deleted. A grandma could drive F1 from last seasons lol

See you on track ; )

[Robert Wiesenmüller]

Heyheyheeey

I'm Robert, 18 years old, from Germany. I still go to school, but at least now I'm old enough to drive a car myself: The beautiful Fiat Cinquecento

Since I was a very small child, I follow all kinds of touring car racing. Sadly, starting an own racing career won't work out. Too slow, too old, too poor... Next to racing, I play guitar in a band called "Sysm".

My favourite racingsims (+ the only ones I own) are Race07 and GTR2. That's it mainly for games, because I really suck in all other games.

I drive for the Roaring Pipes Maniacs since 2007, make their car skins and manage the team challenges. If you ever want to set up a team challenge against us, contact me

My biggest simracing successes are the 2nd place in the RPM WTCC league, 3rd place in the RSC MiniCooper league and the overall championship in the SimJunkie team challenge.

Oh, and from now on you will also see me on the other side: I'll be helping with Racing Club events, plus I will be managing a new GTR2 league here that will come up soon.

Happy racing! ;)

[Roy Stevens]

Hello all

My name is Roy Stevens. I live in Basildon, Essex, UK .I have been into sim racing since the first GTR game .I own most sims that have come out since then LFS, RFactor, GTR1, GTR2, NKPRO, Race 07, GTL, RBR, and I cant wait for arca to come

I live with my girlfriend Michelle and our daughter Libby aged 2 . Job wise I worked in the asbestos removal industry since leaving school. I left couple of years ago due to having our daughter. I now look after Libby while the other half works.....Other hobbies are football (Arsenal fan) and pc's ..and after looking at people's cockpits on rpm forums. I might try building one..look forward to more fantastic racing with u all .

Just like to say thank's to all the people that are involved in running the racing club. u all do a fantastic job

[Attila Domján]

heeeey, of course i cant resist to introduce myself here too.

So, here we go. My name is Attila Domján (wht a surprise... lol). I am 30 years old, theoretically living in Hungary, Győr, but practically i live in the Ukraine in Mukachevo for the past 2.5 years, since i am working here as Production and Factory Engineering manager for a multi company, producing CD players for the cars.

I am single, no wife, but of course i enjoy company of women from time to time...

About sim racing: i started with off-line racing for years, mainly with the Colin Mcrae series, then lot of F1 2002 still offline, then on-line experience for me starte with Toca Race driver 2. Ok ok ok, it is by far not a sim, but the races were very enjoyable, the chats, community, racing with real people, so it hooked me up.

Later started to be more interested about it, and started with some more serious sims, like RBR, GTR1-2, Race, lately Race 07, and one day i met Bram on-line, since then i am here. I also would like to say thanks to Weedz, who took me into this on-line racing world at the beginning with the team StigS.

Oh, and one more thing, i love all the friends i have since day 1 i clicked on Multiplayer on-line button.

[Simon Trendell]

Hello,

My name is Simon. I'm from Kent, UK. I've played racing games mostly on the playstation (1 & 2) up until the beginning of this year when I bought a load of PC parts and built my own gaming pc and bought a DFP (Couldn't afford the G25, spent the extra on the 8800GT).

I'm 18, and I travel 30 miles to Canterbury to go to University studying Web Design & Programming. End of the month I start work for the local council again over the summer running the pitch & putt course they have (easy job, lots of money for me).

Looking forward to Donington on Sat

[Michael Herrmann]

hi guys and gals here at RaceDepartment

first let me say my english is realy bad so it will be a short introduce

my name is Michael Herrman i am from germany, 37 years old and i am a car painter
i came to sim racing on an old c64 with testdrive from accolade
next sim was gp2f1 after that game i stopped cuz no pc, years later i got
hands on a pc and played a demo GPL!!
two days later i was of buying that game, did hotlaping only on an austrian page
i remember greg huttu was there showing his times too but i forgot the name of the page
i was hotlaping for about 1 or 2 years then i startet to go to the green hell in RL with my bike
a few years back i hat a bad crash at the ring so no more rl racing atleast not with bikes
a friend pointed me to race 07 and i tested it and wohooo <3 at the first view
and now i am here and i like this place realy well

some of you guys meet me already on the rsc server and can maybe more tell about my driving style
i will say i drive carefull but on most tracks i miss the overview and i dont know yet all ppl and how they drive mostly if i notice someone is massively faster as i
i move off line and slow a bit so just floor it and pass me

oh and one thing if there will be a race on the ring in race 07 expecct me to show up since i love that track like nothing else

not sure what to say more hope to get a lot of good friends here
and maybe i find a team later if i know the tracks better to race in a series

ah und some maybe notice i like to paint cars

thats it ladys and gentelman

xIronBytex/Michael Herrmann

[Eck Simpson]

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...

[James Yates]

Im James Yates, im 17 and i live in Rushden in England.

I got into racing games with my PS1 when i was probably about 7 or 8 years old, with the original ToCA Touring Cars game. I then moved onto getting the next ToCA games, Colin McRae Rally games and of course, Gran Turismo. This was all on my PS1, didn't even have a computer back then :p

Then i got a PS2, bought Gran Turismo 3, ToCA Race Driver and a few other racing games, so i wasn't quite into sim games yet, but i had been racing for ages... Christmas 2005 i got my Logitech DFP and raced on GT4 with that, which was probably the closest i ever got to playing a sim, first time i had used a decent wheel with FFB aswell.

Got my PC in March 2006, and i have raced since with a wheel, moving onto a G25 for 2007 First racing game i played online was GTLegends, and i wasn't that great at it, but it was good fun :p Got GTR2 and GTR and a few other racing games since, which i have played quite a lot, done a little bit of modding for GTR2 - such as making cars like the 350Z quick enough to run in the GT class... and moving other cars around class wise. Made a few paintjobs, but i really started with this on Race07 for the league. A month or 2 ago i made a headtracking system using the freetrack site as my guide, also used their program, and now i use it in all my racing games, as it brings such as new dimension to the gameplay, its great to be able to look exactly where you want to.

Always been interested in cars and motorsports, and seen as i don't have the money to be a proper racing driver, this is probably as close as i will get :p

I also play FPS games quite a lot, such as Call of Duty 4 and Battlefield 2142. Nice to break them up with some good races though

Would love to go to the ring at some point, but obviously with a decent car... i love that track!

Currently at college, but i would like to either go to uni and get into motorsports that way, or find another route in, as that is where i would like to be.

Many of you on here should know me from RSC, so i look forward to having some good races

[William Yunck]

Hello Everyone, my name is William Yunck. I am new to sim racing- I started in October 07, but I got a wheel recently. I have always liked cars, Mostly European, and mostly the sport sedans like the RS4 or the M3. Super cars are great but of course cost to much. I some times race my wifes Audi A3 in the Monthly SCCA club races here. I am not real serious though it is just for fun.
My wife Ingrid and I live in Whitefish Montana USA. We travel to Europe about every two years as my wife has relatives in and around Munchen, Germany. I really like it there - Beer, Cars, Wine, and Beautiful Architecture. I have a construction company here and I do photography on the side for fun. Photography is what I got my Degree in, but it is harder to make a living with. If you want you can check out my photo website: www.billyyunck.com
I am looking forward to getting to know you all better and to many fun races, hopefully someday I may even win one.

Thanks,
William

[Danny Pattiwael]

Hello all,

My name is Danny Pattiwael, 36 years, live in Nijverdal, a small place in the Netherlands. I love all kind off carsports, like F1, WTCC, BTCC, Rally cars etc etc.
I'm also interested in racing games. I own GTR (1 and 2), GTL, Race, Race07, Richard Burns Rally, rFactor. But I played these kind of games for a while now. Started with MicroProse Grand Prix 1 :-), then a few Colin Mcrae games.
My hobbies vary from racegames (obviously) to other games such as FPS games (COD2, COD4, CS Source etc) and RTS games (Command & Conquer, Zero-Hour). I also like to cruise in my car, listen & play music.

Hope to drive soon with u all, allthough I haven't played in a while, cause of studying and stuff.

See u soon on track.

Cheers, Danny

[Ingemar Petersson]

Hi all i´m a 49 years old , live in Stockholm Swe since -84 i´m origin from a small town in the south of Sweden. started online racing a few years back.Singel with one son with me and a daughter who lives with her mom .Work in a tool company in it´s warehouse.
Found the old RPM site whwn i started online racing and then i was hooked on it , a big fan of all motorsports.

[pauliebhoy]

Hi y'all...

I'm pauliebhoy 39yrs young hehe... and stay in Glasgow, you know that nice place in Scotland lol.
I recently ran with a lot of you guys in the Mini07 League races and i have to say i had a great time with very gentleman drivers around me throughout the different groups.
I've got a drive in the World WTCC League with a Seat Leon and my team is "American Pitbull Terrier Racing" so i'm looking forward (can't wait) to that kicking off.
I'm still looking for a team mate (sorry to plug this hehe...) so anybody wanting to join me can do it through the gpcos site...
Anyway enough of me babbling on and i hope to see y'all on .trk soon.

take care mafrien'...

[Ramon van Rijn]

Hello everyone,

No surprise that my real name is also Ramon van Rijn, 37 years currently and married with Barbara. We have 2 kids named David (4) and Ruben (1).
Utrecht (The Netherlands) is my birthtown and after some moving around I came back to it.

Some of you will know me from Syncro-Racing, where I started my real online driving experience with Race07 and rFactor. I was even Admin/Staffmember for some months but I am currently retired. But I still drive also there.
Since end last year I was also introduced at RSC to create the pre-qualify stats and Livetiming website.
Currently I am admin/staffmember of RaceDepartment, which I am proud of.

Games I own are basicly too much to name here, but for simracing I will drive in GTR2, Race07, ARCA and when there is time available also rFactor and GT Legends.

My timeframe for racing is very limited, regular nights are Tuesday and Wednesday for me; which is excellent for the Wednesday night leagues

The only goal(s) I have at RaceDepartment is to make this one of the best driver friendly and fair environment for Racing.
Can't wait to meet you lots on track.

[Lastlap]

Hi everyone,

My name is Darrell Watts, I'm 24, live in Hampshire, UK.

Big fan of Nascar and any Touring Car series. Main PC interest is Racing Sims, N2k3, GPL, rF & soon ARCA. Owning other titles aswell over the years.

Hobbies consist of Graphic Design for various Sims, painting skins, rides, making textures & templates, Online racing, RC cars, model & dioramas.

Hope to race you all soon,

DW.

[Gary Lennon]

Hello Gents

I have been generally a bit of gaming sadcase from the time it was hitting the little white square with your little white oblong with the "Binatone" console my dad brought home one day and put in front of me and my brother,through the ages we saw the Sinclair SpectrumZX,then onto Atari ST and Amigas,now its time for PC's and i think my first experience of real "Sim Physics" came with Papyrus IndyCar Racing,many hours of fun with analogue joystick.
The arrival of the internet and online racing sessions became my new religion,TOCA2 holds some fine memories of my first taste of league action,then GPL was introduced to me and i never looked back from there,ran in the UKGPL Group2 league for a while and this was my first experience of more organised and strictly marshalled and stewarded racing online.
The EA F1 series of sims never really got hold of me,but the mod GTR from SimBin was a must have,i started a great little community for GTR via Mirc where we would meet and organise some great fun races,i still think there is nothing like the realtime chat-room environment for making a real good close racing community,some nights there would be no racing,just chat-room banter and jokes,and general pisstaking :p.
GTR2 is amongst my favourites now as well as Race07,been running with some moderate sucess in the No Grip GTR2 league,and first met you guys here through the delightfull Mini League,i find myseld leaning towards Race07 more a