Race Talk

Gnomie · February 20, 2009, 01:11:18 PM

Quote from: romus;264969I'm just learning to walk. By the way, is there not pitboards or anything like that in races? How can I see how many laps are left in the race?

You can see it if you press F1.

It's a bit silly actually that you have to switch between F1 and F3 to see the information you need.. they should try to squeeze them into the same screen!

vobler · February 20, 2009, 01:42:24 PM

Quote from: romus;264969I'm just learning to walk. By the way, is there not pitboards or anything like that in races? How can I see how many laps are left in the race?

You know the Black Boxes? Lap times and number of laps are on the F1 key. I have set it up to step through all the black boxes with my right wheel button.

vobler · March 16, 2009, 07:13:46 AM

People in iRacing are already talking about the upcoming Pro series. John Henry and others have posted stats with people that could qualify.

http://members.iracing.com/iforum/thread.jspa?threadID=29937&tstart=0

In this thread there is two unofficial lists and
dMrGnomie (Einar) is in both of them! :yahoo:

Well done so far Gnomie!

I'm sure others can do it too.

Gnomie · March 17, 2009, 10:01:26 AM

Heh, pleasant surprise.

Not that I'm planning on going for it, though.. but I do hope some of the pro races will be broadcast live for the rest of us to watch!

Romus · March 17, 2009, 10:37:55 AM

I'm not on the Pro list but I took my first victory last night! I'm really getting into iRacing now.. Wife was visiting a friend in southern Finland last weekend, with our son, so I was alone and could do 4 races on Sunday. Yesterday I did one race and won it. All these 5 races have been very good fighting. I've had about as fast guys right in front of me and behind, so It's been really intense. I feel it in my arms. =)

vobler · March 17, 2009, 02:13:07 PM

Well done Romus!
I was in one session sunday at Jefferson where I saw you briefly on the bank of the last turn. But after that I could not find you again... You must have joined a race...

Gnomie · March 18, 2009, 08:05:21 AM

Quote from: romus;268712I'm not on the Pro list but I took my first victory last night! I'm really getting into iRacing now.. Wife was visiting a friend in southern Finland last weekend, with our son, so I was alone and could do 4 races on Sunday. Yesterday I did one race and won it. All these 5 races have been very good fighting. I've had about as fast guys right in front of me and behind, so It's been really intense. I feel it in my arms. =)

Yeah, I noticed when looking at your stats yesterday.

Well done! I didn't get around to racing at Jefferson yet, but I did some practicing. I'm hoping to get some races in towards the end of the week, but I need more practice first to get down to your pace!

vobler · March 28, 2009, 08:56:15 AM

The 24 hours of Fun this weekend is Skippy at Watkins Glen.

Good combo. Reminds me of Westhill

Gnomie · April 01, 2009, 08:03:04 PM

Today I got my first win with the Skippy! :yahoo: Man, that felt good! Until now the Skip has been a bit of a disaster for me. I could get pretty good quali times, which led me to become over-confident and go straight into a race without sufficient preparation. And I've paid a high price in terms of incidents per race!

But this week I've really been practicing hard. I've run several offline runs at race length to test my endurance. And it paid off!

It goes to show how important it is to prepare!

vobler · April 01, 2009, 09:50:05 PM

Quote from: Gnomie;270943Today I got my first win with the Skippy! :yahoo: Man, that felt good! !

Well done and well deserved!

vobler · May 05, 2009, 01:19:51 PM

As stated elsewhere I'm going to do a complete season in the Spec Racer Ford and I just want to tell a little bit about it.

Its much easier to drive than the Skippy and more fun than the Solstice. It's slow, with 105Hp, has a 5 speed manual, you need to do Heel and Toe, it has good handling and its free for all subscribers. It looks like a race car too.

No need to worry about servers or skins. Even the setups is easy, get one you like and Just get in and drive. Races are every other our and online open practice is 24/7.

For me at this moment in time, this is the best race car available in any sim.
I have waited one year for this and it did not disappoint me. It is a dream come through.

The only problems I have with it is that it is a rookie car and limited to short races with only 12 people. But due to its popularity it will hopefully give great racing.

Contact me here or via PM if you want to set up practice sessions with me.

Gnomie · May 05, 2009, 03:44:20 PM

Verner, I'll be online from 7:45 PM (GMT+2) tonight practicing. Just FYI.

Maybe I'll see you..?

vobler · May 07, 2009, 07:08:06 AM

I found this hidden deep down in the national part of the iRacing forums.

Scandinavian Club Champions - 2009 Season 1

R-Advanced Solstice
Club Champion: Einar Haugan
2nd: Niko RostÃ¨n
3rd: Tomi RostÃ¨n

Norwegian National Champions 2009 season 1

Daytona Prototype : Christer Wulff-Olsen
Radical SR8 : Verner Blindheim
Star Mazda : Christer Wulff-Olsen
Skip Barber : Einar Haugan
Legends Road : Christer Wulff-Olsen
Advanced Solstice : Einar Haugan

Lameduck · May 07, 2009, 07:26:47 AM

:yahoo: Well done Verner
Top man

Gnomie · May 07, 2009, 07:53:40 AM

Hehe, nice!

Good job Verner.

EDIT: ooh, it looks purty dunnit?