Race Talk

Doorman · November 05, 2008, 11:01:52 PM

Psst! I had an iRacing race tonight. I thought 'borrocks to the SR crap' I just going to race in my normal balls out style! :lmfao:Got tagged once which made me lost my cool and consequently go off but in all a good race.

You ain't seen me, right? :flirty:

vobler · November 06, 2008, 07:28:35 AM

Quote from: Doorman;249848Psst! I had an iRacing race tonight.

Got tagged once which made me lost my cool and consequently go off but in all a good race.

I think you can have about 5 incidents per race in D without suffering. You had 7 and still was on the plus side. (Slightly more difficult as you go up)

The first weeks I would suggest just to go in and drive, get to know the car, stay on track. Drive well inside your limits.

The only thing I think is a very difficult situation for you, is that when you are getting taken out. You can't ban them. :narnar:

Quote from: Doorman;249848You ain't seen me, right? :flirty:

I'm not telling anyone.

vobler · November 06, 2008, 05:56:14 PM

One more thing.
Now that fuel is introduced it might be wise to check the setup page and take only about 10 litres for the Infineon race.

vobler · January 05, 2009, 10:33:15 PM

Here is a link to a video on youtube of a 10 minute superb battle between Volker Hackman (1) and Richard Towler (2) at Road America in the Star Mazda

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fpscce0quJs

Remember to click on "watch in high quality"

Romus · January 06, 2009, 09:34:29 AM

Quote from: vobler;257400Here is a link to a video on youtube of a 10 minute superb battle between Volker Hackman (1) and Richard Towler (2) at Road America in the Star Mazda

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fpscce0quJs

Remember to click on "watch in high quality"

Surprising end to the battle. I wonder why especially car number 2 movements were so jumpy. Is that the because of the netcode? A driver at that level should not make such movements so often.

Doorman · January 06, 2009, 09:39:07 AM

Good movie but why oh why do they feel compelled to add hard rock music to the sound track? Aren't the engine sounds music enough? :sideways:

vobler · January 06, 2009, 10:59:01 AM

Quote from: romus;257434I wonder why especially car number 2 movements were so jumpy. Is that the because of the netcode?

Maybe, car number 1 is in Germany and 2 is in UK. The video maker (Baldwin) is located in Melbourne, Australia. That may account for some of it, as it was recorded online and not from a replay.

Edit: I forgot. The servers are in USA. So I leave it up to the reader to calculate the probable latency.

vobler · January 29, 2009, 11:10:39 PM

Hopefully some of you can see this:

My new office:

vobler · February 02, 2009, 09:34:29 PM

I just want to say a few words about the new build.

The facts is in the news thread, but I want to say a few words about the activity and the cars

It seems the open practice system really takes off. It's now possible to jump in and drive at almost anytime. There are lots of people racing. Yesterday I counted 380 people on at one time. Not LFS numbers yet, but way more than before.
In the practice sessions it is easy to find somebody on your level and get in and race together. When two drivers run a few laps together, waiting for each other when one messes up, soon you have become friends and that enhances the community.

As iRacing states the tire model is a wip. And they have done a lot of work here that is not in the release notes. (because as they say its "system wide")

I must admit that I haven't tried all the cars in this build, but the Mazda, Radical and the Truck is very different in this build. The cars are more well behaved on the limit and the loss of grip seems more gradual. So curbs and off track excursions are much easier to cope with now. The same goes for something like the bumps at Sebring.

The Mazda and The Radical are more easy to control at turn in and is easier to correct the path when in the turn.

At first I didn't like the Mazda at all, but after the previous build I started to race it, but now, I simply love it. Even though I liked the Radical at first, the car is now in a much more mature state than the one I first tried.

All in all, even if this build is only a small step on iRacings way, it is a huge step for all its users. So big that I have decided to stop racing anything else in the foreseeable future. Because every time I get in to iRacing I get this grin on my face that no other sim gives me these days. :yahoo:

Gnomie · February 02, 2009, 09:50:14 PM

QuoteIn the practice sessions it is easy to find somebody on your level and get in and race together. When two drivers run a few laps together, waiting for each other when one messes up, soon you have become friends and that enhances the community.

Yep, the practice sessions have been great. And it's also a nice way for me to learn how my PC deals with the various tracks. There are some quite significant differences between the different tracks!

Romus · February 05, 2009, 09:14:09 PM

I've started practising Skippy now. I started with 1:56 on Infineon Long, got it down to 1:53 and was amazed at some drivers doing 1:48's. I thought two seconds could be possible, but four or five.. After doing about 10 laps I suddenly realised I was being too scared to drive fast. This sim is so wild! So much more is happening with the car all the time compared to LFS. After collecting some more courage I got it down to 1:51.

After about 10 more laps around 1:51's I began to see the track and driving lines. Once I got used to everything around and could really concentrate on driving the line I finally got my time to 1:49.4. Very rewarding.

Open practise servers are really good. I would probably not be doing iRacing if those did not exist, I guess. I just hope races were more frequent as well. Still only one every 2 hours.

Gnomie · February 05, 2009, 09:40:07 PM

Good going!

How's the activity in the Skippy races? Lots of drivers?

Romus · February 06, 2009, 06:24:06 AM

Quote from: Gnomie;262040How's the activity in the Skippy races? Lots of drivers?

I did not do any races yet. I would feel stupid being in a race and still far from my best speed. It's better to get in speed and then fight in the race, instead of trying to avoid everybody because of still practicing. I'll try to do a race during the weekend.

vobler · February 06, 2009, 06:58:19 AM

Quote from: romus;262036After doing about 10 laps I suddenly realised I was being too scared to drive fast. This sim is so wild! So much more is happening with the car all the time compared to LFS.

Thanks. The best description I have read in a long time....

Romus · February 07, 2009, 03:47:17 PM

I did not know how long it would be, and at some point I started hoping it would end already.

It was 16 laps and about 30 minutes. Results: http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/EventResult.do?&subsessionid=438657&custid=20781

Pretty nice result for the first race, but much was due to some of the faster guys crashing in T2.