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Started by vobler, July 06, 2008, 06:30:34 PM

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Aquilifer

I spent bit time inspecting the car and track selections since you've been banging the drum so much...

It's even more US oriented than I thought. How many ovals those people need? More oval tracks than road courses? :blink:
Only one non US track (Silverstone) I think and many of those road courses look very...simple (like Road America..straight, 90degrees, straight, 90,...). Of those I looked, at least Infenion could be good in some config (AMA/IRL config) and of course Laguna Seca (could try if the famous corkscrew is fun). I couldn't see the elevation changes so maybe some of them have interesting uphill/downhill sections and bumps then. After ranking out all the boring ones I could find maybe 8-10 good road tracks.

The cars...not a fan of formula things, but all the others look very US too. The most interesting of those to me is the Radical and maybe the '34 Ford (lookalike) and Solstice. All others are either too nascar or look like those mud-oval cars.

I've already been ranting the license, ranking and racing systems so I'm not going to repeat those. Just makes me wonder what is so interesting there? You can't be oval fans... right? :g:

vobler

Quote from: Aquilifer;239498You can't be oval fans... right? :g:

You are right. Thats not why we are there, but it is great fun and much more difficult than one would think.

Me and Ron had a superb race today in the Late Models at Lowes (Oval or maybe Tri-oval). I was bumper to bumper, for the whole race, switching leaders many times. Ron was unlucky though and got damage.

It was not in my plans when joining but why choose not to do it when you are having so much fun? You really cant compare it to LFS. You also need a good wheel to feel what you are fighting against. Take the Silver crown car, it has a metanol fueled V8 engine outputting over 800 hp. The car weights 900kg. That car has some serious attitude. And the sound is awesome.

I really need to get my Oval Safety Rating over 4 so I can race that next week! "Days of Thunder " roll on!

Doorman

Quote from: vobler;239492Doors!

Here is some info on the SpecRacer Ford that I mentioned online.

http://www.iracing.com/carsTracks/cars.php?lc=1
http://www.iracing.com/newsEvents/article.php?id=36
http://www.hrace.com/srf.html
http://www.scca-enterprises.com/spec_ford.html
Hey, that looks good. I'll buy that for $15 :)










     

Doorman

Quote from: Aquilifer;239498You can't be oval fans... right? :g:
Didn't think I was and, to be fair, I'm not fully converted. But it is a hell of a lot more exciting than I thought it would be. It's one of those things where I could never convince anyone in a month of Sundays. You'd just have to try it.





And buy a wheel :norty:










     


Aquilifer

Quote from: Doorman;239572Didn't think I was and, to be fair, I'm not fully converted. But it is a hell of a lot more exciting than I thought it would be. It's one of those things where I could never convince anyone in a month of Sundays. You'd just have to try it.

I have in LFS. Didn't you see it in our oval combo? It is fun only if you have lot of people...lot more than in road tracks. Still you can't do that for long. Longer than a week and you start to think the way to do a 90 degrees turn right is to turn left 270 degrees.

Doorman

Quote from: Aquilifer;239612I have in LFS. Didn't you see it in our oval combo? It is fun only if you have lot of people...lot more than in road tracks. Still you can't do that for long. Longer than a week and you start to think the way to do a 90 degrees turn right is to turn left 270 degrees.
I thought we were talking about iRacing. Oval racing in iRacing is a different kettle of fish. But like I said, I'll never convince you. :)  










     

vobler

Quote from: Aquilifer;239612I have in LFS.

I just said you can't compare it to LFS. I have learned that experience in LFS does not count. Try this; Its like comparing LFS with itself. One driven using the mouse or keyboard, the other using a FFB wheel. How can you compare the feel of that? Its not the same.

Doorman

In case there's a worry that iRacing is taking the place of LFS, especially DeadMenRacing LFS :thumbsup2:, let me say that for my part that ain't gonna happen.:boxing: Nothing can replace the camaraderie and sportsmanship of dMr. :huggy:iRacing is simply another choice and a different take on the same subject, sim racing.

That's it, you can go back to what you were doing. :)










     

vobler

Quote from: Doorman;239725Nothing can replace the camaraderie and sportsmanship of dMr. :huggy:

I agree, but the camaraderie and sportsmanship of dMr is not locked to LFS. Its in the people, and dMr have changed sims before.

I feel that when (if) most of the dMr racers are racing iRacing and private leagues are available, it would not feel right to stick with LFS.

Doorman

I agree completely. The drawback is, that very few people would splash out $$$$$! Because, let's be honest, it's an expensive option. Yes I know we could apply the "divide X amount of $$ by Y amount of hours played = chickenfeed" equation but that doesn't work for everyone. :sad:










     

Doorman

Those of you unfortunate enough to hear my mitherings about the rotten race I had on iRacing tonight (and laughed behind their hands) will be pleased to know I had an absolute cracker later on. :narnar::narnar: A bit like Lamie and I last night :D










     

vobler

I suggest you try hard just to get the SR above 3 before Wednesday. Because then thousands of new rookies will come and make it even more difficult. With SR above 3 you can join me at Summit point. I have never seen wrecking at all. People make mistakes and they may take you out. Thats racing at all levels. The Advanced Solstice is also easier to drive as you can change the setup.

I had a race at Summit Point yesterday and got a second place. Not a very good race though. I pulled away from the pack and the leader pulled away from me. After week 2 in the season we all get separated into divisions and the rest of the season will group us by iRating and division. Got to be close racing then. But if there are few people wanting to race all gets in the same server regardless.

The Skip Barber this week at Infineon is very difficult. I'm not sure I will even try to race on that combo. We'll see.

Also the Safety Rating is getting harder and harder to maintain. Many current Class C drivers now see their Safety Rating drop very fast. Some are even worried they may not make Class B next season. I am currently Class D but with a SR above 4 it is as difficult as for Class C. You really have to think what you are doing. Good stuff.

vobler

Quote from: Doorman;240028Those of you unfortunate enough to hear my mitherings about the rotten race I had on iRacing tonight (and laughed behind their hands) will be pleased to know I had an absolute cracker later on. :narnar::narnar: A bit like Lamie and I last night :D

Yes, looked like you had a cracking race with a good start. Not lapped, increased your SR to 2.84 and even increased your iRating (does not show, but the guy behind you did so you did too).

Keep it up, when you go past 3.00 it takes you to 3.4x. That will give you a cushion in Advanced Solstice. Not that you would need that but.... :)