Yeah, but their consquences from this were to fire AbtWell, 200K is nothing for Audi and if you have watched the next races; Ullrich was there(!) wearing his headgear........
Yeah, but their consquences from this were to fire AbtWell, 200K is nothing for Audi and if you have watched the next races; Ullrich was there(!) wearing his headgear........
Haha, Audi doesn't want to get linked to cheating or unsportsmanlike behaviour........
Well; they should have thought of that, and made some changes right at: "ShieB ihn raus Timo!!"
Beat that.
Yeah, but their consquences from this were to fire Abt
You can't just choose when Audi should be strict and when they should let things goEhh, he just until now drove for Audi in the F-E series........
NOW Abt is fired; they should have done so way before.
Yeah a lil silly mistakewhen someone makes a silly mistake
You can't just choose when Audi should be strict and when they should let things go
The negative fallout from this is kind of ridiculous because Abt wasn't cheating. You cheat to gain some kind of profit or advantage, but he says it was all intended to be transparent - no VPN,
It wouldn't be such a big deal if he was playing a casual race in a private lobby with friends and there was nothing at stake, but if it's an official event, with real teams represented, broadcast to thousands of people, involving money and sponsors, then it's not just game, it's a serious thing and people who do stupid things like cheating and crashing on purpose should be excluded from it.
Could you explain what is so funny about hiring an e-sport veteran to drive for you incognito in a broadcast event? I don't get the joke.The negative fallout from this is kind of ridiculous because Abt wasn't cheating. You cheat to gain some kind of profit or advantage, but he says it was all intended to be transparent - no VPN, open and recorded conversations with people in on the 'joke' etc. and the intention to reveal what they had done afterwards. I can't see where there is any profit in that (there is none) and I see no reason to doubt what he says.
There is no question that it was an error of judgement, which includes a level of disrespect to his fellow competotors, but to treat him as a virtual (no pun intended) criminal is where my credulity puts the brakes on and I wonder why people are so eager to be offended and take an often invented higher moral ground so as to point the finger in disgust at something which in this case was apparently not intended. If you're into social media you'll see this kind of outraged behaviour all the time.
rFactor 2 is a game. As seriously as people like to take simulated racing it is still only gaming and not everyone feels it is deserving of the same sense of importance as real life racing. If this same thing had occurred in one of the big virtual events where prize money and respect within the virtual 'sport' (if you want to call it that) were at stake it would be a different matter. But to imply from what Abt has done that his credibility as a real life driver is tarnished is nonsense.
Could you explain what is so funny about hiring an e-sport veteran to drive for you incognito in a broadcast event? I don't get the joke.
He got caught, they noticed a difference due to arcade racecraft.He explains they were filming a mini-documentary and going to show that a top level sim racer is on pace with real world drivers, and exhibits such similar racecraft to a professional, that if a sim racer raced under a real driver's name online you wouldn't actually be able to tell the difference.
Shows that you haven't listen to Daniel ABT statement or paid any attention ... they were talking about it in one of the races before ... to pull this maybe off ... he even shows it in his statement, so almost everybody knew ... but hey you made up your mind already anyway ... oh yes and crashing their race cars into each other willingly is cool, right ... shows how serious those Race Drivers are, really professional, they surely wouldn't do it in reality, cause that would get really expensive for those RaceTeams... they all know they gain nothing from these eSport events ...If the whole thing was really supposed to be a joke, why not attend the post race interview and let everyone know what was going on? He could then praise the skills of the hired sim racer and admit he was not up to the task. His video sounded like a big excuse by someone caught on the act.
To me it does not matter how this is “just a game”. At the end this showed his personality and Audi has the right to decide who will represent the brand. If he was playing an online poker tournament with an Audi t-shirt and caugh cheating, I bet the consequence would be the same. This social media World we live in have no mercy!
This whole sim racing eSports push during the bioweapon outbreak has been nothing short of cringey and embarrassing. It's easily the worst thing to happen to the hobby, period.
Because honestly, what has it actually accomplished?
Absolutely fantastic times for our hobby.
- Instead of pro drivers praising the games, they've all trashed them and said how horrible/unrealistic they are.
- As much as I dislike them for unrelated reasons, the actual eSports competitors who put in genuine effort to build their respective eSports championships over a period of several years, were basically ignored.
- Every "pro" race featuring real life drivers was an unwatchable wreckfest in which the pro's obviously don't care.
- Wheel prices have skyrocketed due to the supply not meeting the demand.
- iRacing in particular has had an influx of noobs join, who have tangibly lowered the quality of ranked racing.
- Multiple drivers across multiple series have lost sponsors, been suspended, or outright fired, for daring to goof around in a video game.
- Sponsors/Brands don't quite understand video game culture, and expect drivers to uphold a professional level of conduct when streaming on typically relaxed platforms such as Twitch and YouTube.
- There is literally a scandal every week involving a pro driver.
it's not even about the fact of cheating, it's just team/company policy. You as a company is serious about something, investing some money in it and wanting to things go in a professional way, it's not "just a game" for them. If the employee doesnt see it this way and refuse to take the employer's decisions seriously - it's not really matter does he take game/sim seriously or not. It's fully emplyer-employee relationship and decision, that blew out of proportion.you have never ever cheating in your whole god damn life, you never made a mistake you regret afterwards, you never ever lied in your whole life ...
Yes I did. Unfortunately it does sound like an afterthought. Like a big excuse. Other than his words, where is the video he was planning to get out and was “editing” to show all the behind the scene of the hoax/joke?Shows that you haven't listen to Daniel ABT statement or paid any attention ... they were talking about it in one of the races before ... to pull this maybe off ... he even shows it in his statement, so almost everybody knew ... but hey you made up your mind already anyway ... oh yes and crashing their race cars into each other willingly is cool, right ... shows how serious those Race Drivers are, really professional, they surely wouldn't do it in reality, cause that would get really expensive for those RaceTeams... they all know they gain nothing from these eSport events ...