Race Talk

[vobler]

I had a my first really bad race in iRacing yesterday. It was all my fault.

I got in the middle on the grid and made a lap or two at normal pace. (Skippy @ Jefferson) then in turn 5 (lefthander before back straight) i overdrove it and got off the track. So much that I got out of bounds and was reset. After a lap or two the leaders came behind me and I slowed down towards T1 to let them by. But the whole field came and I ran out of straight and in T1 I hit someone or somebody hit me. Big crash. Around again with a damaged car reset. Out still just 1 lap down, but soon everyone overtook me so soon I was 2 laps down.

Still my SR is still good so what am I complaining about? Not much. Just had to tell you.

[Doorman]

:lmfao: So, sh*t happens to the best of us! Bad luck mate.

[Doorman]

EarlHaz is keeping his light under a bushel (don't ask!) Winning an advanced Legends oval race! Well done mate. :yahoo:

[spudgun55]

i had my first solstice race at lime rock last night and managed to come 4th:yahoo:, i was by no means the fastest but managed to get through the carnage of the first lap unscathed(good ole lady luck),then just went at my own pace 1.05ish per lap, the fast guys going round in 1.04s,  i must say i did enjoy the racing, i am looking at changing my wingman options for the Gr25 as per recomendation by Ron, which may help hopefully, if not i think i will race with ff of as the effects which a mostly just re peat are a bit ott.

[Doorman]

You must remember that the Solstice is a power steering, softly sprung road car. Drive your own car and tell me how much feel you get through the steering wheel. Precious little I'd guess. The Legend and Skippy, in fact every other car in iRacing is a different kettle of fish!
And well done on the race. :thumbsup2:

[spudgun55]

Food for thought, my car (french) has power steering and i do get quite a lot of feedback its not a very heavy power steering unit where as like a honda is extremely light with hardly no feel, an F1 car has power steering and i am sure they get feedback!

I now have the skippy and mazda as i do enjoy open wheel cars, these too have no feel what so ever in the bends, at the mo i get loads of effects in a straight line (which repeat in loops) but come when i turn into any degree or speed its the exact same feel?:g:

[Doorman]

....(which repeat in loops)

That's not something I recognise. Anyone else?

...but come when i turn into any degree or speed its the exact same feel?:g:

:g: All I can say is that the feel is excellent. What is it that you're missing?

These are the settings I'm using for all my sims now. Plus 100% FF in game.

You need Logitech drivers 5.0.2



Having said that LFS has it's own profile that I have to change wheel rotation on because it doesn't support the 'Allow game to adjust settings' feature. Same goes for NetKar Pro.

[spudgun55]

thanks Ron i will give the settings a go tonight, in regards of ....(which repeat in loops) if you are in the solstice on the main straight of lime rock the same (track bumps rumbles) effect will appear 3 times from the start to the finish no matter your position from left to right on the track, im hoping its just my setup and to be honest i cant wait to get home and update the settings to cure the problem as i am starting to enjoy the racing(ff aside). but a got a sneeky feeling that its just going to feel like GPL!:g:

[spudgun55]

:g: All I can say is that the feel is excellent. What is it that you're missing?

i will do my best to explain, in LFS when you turn into the bend with the force of the car at speed (front load G) you will feel certain degrees of the steering wheel tightning making it harder to turn the wheel, i can judge how much throttle i can give the car through the bend and not rely on imagination.
at the moment with Iracing there is no ff from entering the bend to exit it is the same small force all the way through with no detail.

[vobler]

i will do my best to explain, in LFS when you turn into the bend with the force of the car at speed (front load G) you will feel certain degrees of the steering wheel tightning making it harder to turn the wheel, i can judge how much throttle i can give the car through the bend and not rely on imagination.
at the moment with Iracing there is no ff from entering the bend to exit it is the same small force all the way through with no detail.

I had that discussion with Romus a few days ago. I can't believe that you don't have any force. What I feel is this: And I am *ONLY* talking about the Skippy; If the track is smooth. Initially a slight lean force like in LFS. Then I feel a increase in the force as the turn tightens. If I turn the wheel to much, over driving the grip, I can feel the force loosening as the front wheels are sliding. And in a turn where loosing and gaining grip happens many times: I constantly have to adjust the wheel to keep on track. That is the single best feel in any sim. NetKar is loosing to much force. I feel the Skippy is spot on.

In LFS you lean in to the force, keep it, power out. In the Skippy you constantly fight the front grip. Losing it and getting it back. The lean force in the Skippy is there only until you loose front grip. After that it is on and off the whole turn. (unless you slow down...)

[Doorman]

I lied about the 100% in game, (iRacing) it was 50%. Sorry for the duff gen

[StableX]

Hi All.... It's Andy here aka StableX. Just thought I'd say hi and let you know you can add me on iRacing and we can hopefully race together some time....

http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/Results.do?custid=16656

thats my profile - A. Kirschetorte

[vobler]

Hi All.... It's Andy here aka StableX. Just thought I'd say hi and let you know you can add me on iRacing and we can hopefully race together some time....

Here is mine Andy. See you there...
http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=16961

[Romus]

Josep Argelich was first over the finish line, but why is Kurt Messick shown first in the results table? Why not just put a normal table with drivers in finishing order?

The table that is shown on top in the attached picture is not shown when you first open the stats, but the one on the bottom. You need to click View Lap Chart link to see the table on top.

[vobler]

Why not just put a normal table with drivers in finishing order?
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It must be the same data error they had earlier this week. The race results are not sorted correctly. I was OK yesterday. I mean Friday...