Hello, I'm new... can I still stand here?

Hi everyone. I found your website through the Forza forums, specifically searching info about clubs in FM4.

I am SUPER excited about the game, and the new features they are bringing to Forza. I have never been very excited about online racing, mostly due to being PIT maneuvered at the start of races and being called a faggot noob by a 10 year old. There's only so much pre-pubescent screeching you can take before getting fed up. I love the concept of a club dedicated to clean (realistic) racing. I can't imagine anyone in the real world is mashing their Reventon into a CCX just to get a few extra car lengths around a turn, so I don't want to see that in my "pretending to be a racecar driver" simulation. 

A bit about myself: I'm 29, living in CA. I have had a love for cars since as long as I can remember. I've played pretty much every racing video game I could get my hands on, from the early arcade days (Spy Hunter, Ivan Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road, Outrun, etc.), early console days (Rad Racer, RC Pro-Am) through the current crop of amazing games. I remember playing the original Need for Speed on my parents' old 486, and having to make a DOS bootdisk to allocate the proper amount of memory to get the game running. Fast forward quite a few years, but I still remember the feeling I had when seeing GT3 for the first time on a Best Buy demo unit. After playing GT1 & GT2 to death (and thinking they looked amazing), GT3 absolutely left me speechless. I just stood there and stared, before picking my jaw up off of the floor.

Now that I'm an "official" adult, it really just means that I can spend more money on toys. My (wonderful) wife bought me a Forza 3 edition Playseat & MS wireless wheel for Christmas one year, and I haven't looked back. Coupled with a surround sound setup, it's really a better experience than any arcade I've ever been in. I mean, how often can you mash around the 'Ring with a beer in your hand? I must admit that I've been drooling over a Fanatec wheel & pedal setup with the clutch & shifter, but that one might be difficult to get past the wife!

That all being said, I'd love to race with you guys & finally get some use out of an XB Live subscription (which ran out 4 months ago, and I still have found no reason to renew...)
I'm not sure if there's some sort of process to join, or if I need to do anything else, but let me know... I'm not an elite racer, by any means, but I can hold my own & definitely always have fun racing. Hopefully that works as credentials!

-Mark

PS. If you didn't get the post title, it's from a Brian Regan bit. One of the funniest comedians ever... can't recommend him enough.