My online racing desires and gaming experiences

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Hello you, my name is Luca but you can call me Luca. I have been playing online on video games since about 2010? I can't be exact. It all really kicked off for me on Gran Turismo 5, I had a lot of friends on there that we would race with, one of my racing buddies being a young kid called zombe127, or Will as was his real name, who I would always be battling with for the win.

Those were some of the best experiences online for me, I have so many great memories racing online. One that always stood out to me, my friend Ben or Onyx1998 had been catching me at Suzuka when we were racing Super GT cars and I was trying my utmost to save fuel. We got to the last lap, and I ran wide at Spoon Curve which Ben took advantage of, and I was trying to catch him but ever conscious of how little amount of fuel I had.

We made it through the last corner and I had accepted defeat at that point, but all of a sudden, Ben slows! He ran out of fuel, I re-overtake him and go on to take victory and all of us laughed, and Ben took it like a great sport, big respect to him.

I wasn't the greatest example of a human being and I believe since then, I have developed humility and a sense of fairness and equal treatment, and it's a shame as a lot of the guys who I raced with normally, we have all grown apart. Zombe has vanished off of the face of the earth, I still occasionally hear from Ben and I do plan on playing with him should he be getting Project CARS 2 later this month and GT Sport next month, but it isn't the same.

Right now, I for the most part play with my friends who all congregate on GTA. We are all a very effective and helpful bunch, as the majority of us on GTA try and get money, we assist each other all the time and it's not without its enjoyment of course. Just now, I was helping my friend Ahmed (who is probably reading this, hello Ahmed!) sell all of his Motorcycle Club businesses and it is very enjoyable indeed, and it's great having a group of helpful and wonderful guys to assist each other.

However we all have our own games we like to play otherwise. I for one am not into Need For Speed or The Crew, whereas the majority of them are and I play circuit games like F1 2017, Assetto Corsa etc. I also play Rocket League, and I just downloaded Just Cause 3, whereas my friend James is now going to be on Destiny 2 for the most part and I shall finally surpass his rank on GTA at long last! MUHAHAHA!!

I don't like to think that I'd make people buy games that they wouldn't want to play otherwise, and I cannot say enough how much I appreciate all of my friends. However, ever since I got the original Project CARS on PS4, I have been missing the love of what I have come to call, 'Gentleman racing' and I'd love to seek out an online community that solely focuses on organising online racing.

Since I own Assetto Corsa, F1 2017 and will soon own Project CARS 2 and Gran Turismo Sport, I want to look for a load of people seeking a friendly and competitive environment where we can just race. All of this for me was brought into perspective when I picked up my copy of F1 2017, the first F1 game in a while which actually feels to me at least, somewhat capable of driving on it. I was loving every moment whilst driving on it, and coupled with using my wheel on Assetto Corsa and the first Project CARS game, I was taken aback by how much I wanted to race again.

I mean yes, you can race the AI but that isn't the same and you can race the typical selection of online noobs who will try their utmost to knock you out of the race, and the fair players are very few and far between. The lobbies are very small on the typical run of the mill racing game, bigger on F1 2017 of course but littered with the noobs, and I miss this competitive spirit and shared respectful racing which is why I put it to you who are reading this.

So if you know a racing community out there that delves into friendly and competitive racing, I really want to join. All types of racing games, a casual but competitive, friendly environment with gentlemanly rules, some GTA custom jobs and clean racing, also some fun matches on Rocket League, where a lobby can fill up with just community members and nobody plays dirty. I know that's a lot to ask for but if anyone can hook me up, that would be a huge help.

I have it very good at the moment with the people I play GTA with and I am not saying that I want to replace any of my friends, I just want to look for some friendly competition on all my racing games. If anyone can help me, I'd owe you big time.

That will be all from me, and as ever if you're new and are interested in seeing more of me, my Twitter is @TheLucaFormat and if you put your email into the 'Follow By Email' option, you'll have all my articles sent straight to your inbox.

Alright! Hopefully you'll be back soon for my next article. So until we meet again.
Luca.