...how the Gallery came about
...the policies of the Gallery
...what will it take to keep the Gallery open?
...why the Australian over-tones
...the credits

...how the Gallery came about
I've been a race fan since I went with my Dad to the 'Lady Wigram' in about 1950 somthing. Of course I didn't know much about racecars or any kind of cars for that matter, well maybe pedal cars, I think I just got-off on the noise. Then at about 12, too young to be a 'teddy boy', 'though I did have the lime green socks, a gang of us used to hit the skids (the speedway), share a 10 pack of Craven 'A' cork tip and soak up that glorious aromma of caster oil. I can smell it now. Of course this was way before Sim Gallery was thought of... internet even... sliced bread even... It would seem I'm a sucker for racing cars. Never had the opportunity to race a full size car but done about every other kind of model car racing... slot cars... R/C cars... and now computer sim cars. I was wrapped when I found out about PAPYRUS and Indianapolis 500 and you can guess the rest of the story... Getting back to how the Gallery came about... internet came along... offline came along... I had a run with a couple of leagues... unfortunately my old steam driven 586 just couldn't cut the mustard when it came to competitive racing so I hung up the helmet and took up photography... well capturing screens. The rest is history as they say.

...the policies of the Gallery
Firstly, the Sim Gallery site was established for the enjoyment of other sim racers and anyone who may just surf in who likes to look at pictures. The Gallery has no commercial benifit to me (well none that I have discovered as yet) and has not been designed as a stepping stone to other sim sites and nor does it provide any particular information as the phrase 'the Information Super Highway' may suggest. With this in mind you won't be taken away by dozens of links, there is very little on offer to download and there is no advertising (well not yet anyway).

...what it will take to keep the Gallery open
Most of the 'screen shots' currently exhibited are mine in case you haven't already guessed. I did this to get the wheels rolling however it will take your contributions to build the interest in the site. ie: you put up some of your work... tell your buddies who put up some of their works and so on. I have set down certain guidelines (picture size, file size etc.) that you have to adhere to and although you don't have to be a graphics wiz' you still have to pull out your computer skills to come up with good work. I have attempted to clear the mud on how to go about taking these 'screen shots'. You also have the opportunity to publish a few words by way of a caption and accompanying text. There is a challenge here, just as there is in racing those AI's.

...why the Australian over-tones
I guess it's because I live in Melbourne Australia. We have a strong real racing scene here, including some catagorys unique to Australia such as the V8 Super Cars. If you are a little confused with some of my captions (and or text) then I may be refering to real and not virtual racing. You'll get it after a while.

...the credits
This area is dedicated to all the artists and non-artists that have contributed to these pages. Someone has painted all the cars you see here. Someone has created the car sets. Someone has built the track converters. etc.etc.. If you see a car you have painted from a car set you may have created and I have not credited you for this work then please email me at [email protected] and let me know.

Thanks to
Sue... my wife for reminding me my coffee has gone cold
Toni... my daughter for picking up on the gramatical errors
Greg Colgan... for his contributions

Glen Brown... for the contribution
Ed Benson... sim artist and onliner from the Oscar Outlaw League on Ten
Tim Kellebrew... racer, columnist, inspirationalist... for his interest in the Gallery
Christian Chataignier... of Chapaz Racing for his team contribution
Jason Quinn... of Jet Racing for his team contribution
Jan Kohl... from the 'US Pits' for his artistic contributions

Papyrus/Sierra... without whom, we would have great holes in our life
Kim Jane... safe racing for season 98/99
Jasc... for the great shareware program, Paint Shop Pro
Alphalink... for providing internet service
Rexie Rex... for the R/C car paint
Nass98... the offline Nascar racing league
Steve Pape... for his excellent Power F1 contribution
Alan Head... for the sneak preview of those Papyrus GP Legends
Jason Ferraro... for his promotional assistance in the SG/A1 racing program

Robert Swindells... for the contribution
Bill Tillman... touring car racer
Dave Malloy... for his fabulous N2 paint schemes
Scott Williams... Director of the NWST-TC

Peter Hedberg... for his 'Pure Art'
Greg Hingerty... for the Aussie car sets, available from the IWCCCARS project
Robbie Ray... of the SIRL for his promotional support

The Thunderdome... for the real racing hit
The Sim Project... for the magic software
Sean Staples... for the artistic contribution and the TPTCC series
Dax C. McCarthy... for the great feature on Ubi-Soft's F1RS
Whitebox... multimedia sound and music production & www. page design
Keith Pawson... for PC Motorsport BBS, host of the 'Dirty Dozen' offline race series
Jimmy McKinley... for his 'Worlds' feature and his dedication to our sport

Chris Ayala... TPTCC racer from Team Bagus
Brian Mojzes... for his contribution
Netscape... for making life easier with Composer
MS... for making life easier with Front Page Express
Blayne Phillips... the Border Town dirt track creator from the IDRS
GeoCities... my cyber neighborhood


Doreen Bains... for the N1 vans
Mike West... for his monstrosities
Wiley E Coyote... for his contribution, keep an eye out for Wileys great sim ad-ons
Jim Getzen... for his CPR ‘screen shot’ capturing tips
Mike Cantwel... for the contribution
Alex Albert... N1 touring car driver and screen shot artist
Wes Delaney... for his fine ICR2 ‘sequencial action’ feature and contributions to sim racing
and a special thanks to those wacky 'screenshot' artists... Daveo Mudinyai, US Dave, David Lensman, Bluey Skys, Davey Olsen, PI Dave and the new guy on the team... Davey Cropit

Hopefully your name will appear in the credits list soon. You will be keeping good company!!

Dave Russell... the Curator