Way back in January, 2015 I decided to paint a car set. I wanted to give back to the sim racing community, I also wanted to do something that might endure for some piece of time. I decided to do something that I thought might not be that well received in the community but something that I was passionate about just the same. I thought at the time I posted it, and I'll say also I was a little nervous about posting it thinking it could be a total flop. I wondered to myself, "What if no one downloads it? How will I feel?" So I threw all thoughts of failure to the wind and uploaded my 1985 Trans Am Car Set on March 14, 2015. I would also mention that that date is meaningful to me as it is the date my Father died in 2012, my Dad was the one who brought auto racing into my life, he took me as a 9 year old boy to Riverside International Raceway for everything, Ontario Motor Speedway for the Indy cars and stock cars on an oval, and Corona Speedway to see the Midgets and stockers on dirt for the first time in 1968. So it was a somewhat difficult day for me, all that was hanging in my mind as I posted the set to Mediafire. No please understand I mean I wasn't looking for fanfare or anything, I just hoped that 10 to 15 people might maybe want something like this, something I worked hard on and that would be epic...So today is my Father's Birthday, he would be 89.
Every few days I check to see how the ole set is doing. make sure the download link still works, etc...I have been amazed how the set still is being downloaded. Today is a special milestone for the 1985 set and well, I guess for me as well. On my Dad's birthday, today, the set hit 500 downloads.
So I took the set out on the ole "Watkins Glen Long" and snapped up some pics to celebrate the milestone.
I have to say, I am amazed at how well those Nissans and Porsches worked out...
Thank you folks for your downloads, it means more than I can tell you!
Bill
