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I'm back bitches and I already got a Sprint Cup win this season under a rain shortened race (Which for iRacing is when the pace car doesn't come out on a caution). Back to the same NASCAR grind for me. Going to try and spend most of my time in Class A.
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DEMAG posted:I'm back bitches and I already got a Sprint Cup win this season under a rain shortened race (Which for iRacing is when the pace car doesn't come out on a caution). Back to the same NASCAR grind for me. Going to try and spend most of my time in Class A. lol NASCAR IndyCar is where the  kids are, especially with the DW12 being released and talks of a combined Road/Oval series next season.
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Dynamite Dog posted:I use atlas for all my telemetry, but I have some teammates that swear by motec. Both work equally well it seems. I've been running really stiff springs already (note: I'm still basically shooting in the dark with setups, especially with all the new parameters), so I dunno. It'd calm down good after the first couple laps, but then the snap oversteer comes back as soon as I get close to someone, which seems backwards to me. I'd have figured that I'd pick up a push instead in traffic. Oh well. On an completely different note, did you not change tires at Milwaukee? I had seen you running the podium spots but then dropped back. It sounded like some people tried going the whole race on the same tires, fortunately my setup was off enough that I had no choice but to change them before they melted  KingShibby posted:lol NASCAR Wait, are there talks going on by anyone that actually gets to decide? I thought it'd just been forums people wanting it.
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KingShibby posted:lol NASCAR I'm just to poor to be cool.
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Lord Crapulus posted:On an completely different note, did you not change tires at Milwaukee? I had seen you running the podium spots but then dropped back. It sounded like some people tried going the whole race on the same tires, fortunately my setup was off enough that I had no choice but to change them before they melted Ya, I decided at the last second to not change tires. My set was horrid for the first ten laps of the stint so I figured I could gain some places by keeping them on. It worked out for a while but around lap 85 I started pushing badly then with 5 to go it was just hopeless.
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Lord Crapulus posted:Wait, are there talks going on by anyone that actually gets to decide? I thought it'd just been forums people wanting it. Maybe it's just forums people wanting it, but it would make sense to have one.
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Hey Bentai, maybe instead of watching the top split of the SM race you should have watched me dominate the lower split with the #15 car   http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/EventResult.do?&subsessionid=11049777
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You know you're a high IR driver in a low split room when other drivers have to remind everyone to restart in 2nd gear.  P.S. it did not end well.
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KingShibby posted:Hey Bentai, maybe instead of watching the top split of the SM race you should have watched me dominate the lower split with the #15 car
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Jun 5, 2014 00:13
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Bentai posted:just hug the low line and nobody is getting past. That's literally all I do when I'm leading and I've only been passed once. And that was from a 2 car train going by on the outside with no one behind me.
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Jun 5, 2014 00:18
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KingShibby posted:Hey Bentai, maybe instead of watching the top split of the SM race you should have watched me dominate the lower split with the #15 car
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ManicJason posted:You had a small goon spectating party, and you didn't even know it. Well then I'll change the to a 
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Any tips for indy restarts? I am too much of a pussy and keep short shifting and not getting on it all the way in fear of spinning the car and dying.
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For Texas that's about the best thing to do. Start in 1st, short shift once you get one or two green lights on the RPM, then from 2nd you should be able to just bury the pedal.
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I was starting in second then shifting before green then going green in 3rd. It's really hard going from a truck 4th right into indy the rpms are so different I feel like I'm waiting forever and I'm not even getting to green lights
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I'm not at my home computer so I can't test that for you right now, but I think in 2nd gear you can just go flat foot all the way up the rpm hill.
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Bentai posted:I'm not at my home computer so I can't test that for you right now, but I think in 2nd gear you can just go flat foot all the way up the rpm hill. You can but it will be slower than going from first. I know this form experience.
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Bentai posted:I'm not at my home computer so I can't test that for you right now, but I think in 2nd gear you can just go flat foot all the way up the rpm hill. Its more stable, but like Cojawfee said, you'll be slower. And you still have to be careful when you reach the peak rpms or you'll still spin. With some practice you can get starting in first down to where you're going full throttle pretty rapidly. But otherwise, short shifting is better than starting in 2nd.
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Spend five minutes practicing restarts in a test session and you'll nail it. For me the trick is to floor it until 7.5k or 8k RPM, then lift to maybe 90% until the upshift, depending on the banking and gearing of the specific track.
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I am dropping my iRacing subscription due to funds, not having fun with it outside of GoonCar, and people taking internet racecars too seriously.
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Jun 9, 2014 03:30
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People take it seriously. Try going on to the forum and call iracing a game.
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I'm struggling to get a single race in a week. With taking up target shooting, finally replacing my mountain bike with a more comfortable, less back destroying hybrid and getting a gym membership I think I might be done with this, too, at least for the summer.
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I'll be getting back into this soon primarily for oval racing. I did pretty well when I first played it and I'll have the time now to do some races at night and on the weekends. With the money to spend on cars and tracks plus better internet, want to see how far I can get and have some fun with this things again.
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 Texas, Indycar Fixed, 220 on the back straight. Every time I watch the replay I wonder how we didn't make contact.
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Sorry we couldn't get you in, ohsh, the guy that does the league applications wasn't on. I definitely recommend the league though, Star Mazdas alternating between road courses and short ovals. I had mentioned that there was a good range of speeds, here's the results from the race tonight, there seemed to be good action throughout the field: http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/EventResult.do?&subsessionid=11091254&custid=119166 We get pretty good sized fields normally too, this was the smallest, but we've had 22 for our largest so far. Dynamite, I'm guessing you did take tires this time? Can't catch a break!
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Lord Crapulus posted:Dynamite, I'm guessing you did take tires this time? Can't catch a break! Yep! My setup wasn't great so I just dropped tire pressures so I could toss the car into corners catch it at the apex and power out, and that worked for a while, but eventually Brian got around me and I had to try something different. I was going to finish somewhere between 2nd and 4th (German was just too fast) and so I tried rolling the dice. Now I've got a big decision for next week... 
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Well now that I've gotten enough SR to move up to B-Road next season, I'm gonna start running Road To Indy with you guys starting next week!
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Ive been playing about 3 weeks, this game is a lot of fun and I love that it locks you in a cockpit view. Im only using a 360 gamepad, but I havent found a good wheel for sale locally. I really don't want to buy one new. My biggest problem is going offtrack, but just slightly. Happens often enough that I usually only make 2-4 points each race. Ill probably buy a few more months, but with a new account because my road course rating is pretty bad.
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I think a few of us are going to do the Road Warrior this weekend. F1 at Montreal is a blast.
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ManicJason posted:F1 at Montreal is a blast. Except to watch on TV  I'll have to run some test laps when I get home, but I've historically done well at Montreal.
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Dynamite Dog posted:Yep! My setup wasn't great so I just dropped tire pressures so I could toss the car into corners catch it at the apex and power out, and that worked for a while, but eventually Brian got around me and I had to try something different. I was going to finish somewhere between 2nd and 4th (German was just too fast) and so I tried rolling the dice. Yeah, the 2nd-4th race was really tight. Starting 2nd was terrible, I had to wait for German to go and then I had no one to draft! Once I was behind you and Brian, I realized I wasn't ever going to be able to make a pass, so I figured I'd try to short pit. I ended up losing tons of time in traffic anyway though since I had way too much wing on. Ended up getting really lucky to get past Brian on the last lap. Also it helped that he gave me tons of room when I got along side into T1. I'll have to get some test time in this week at Rockingham, I bought the track just for the league.
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Nows the time to work on my montreal f1 times :V my best is a 2:21.4
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Lord Crapulus posted:Yeah, the 2nd-4th race was really tight. Starting 2nd was terrible, I had to wait for German to go and then I had no one to draft! Once I was behind you and Brian, I realized I wasn't ever going to be able to make a pass, so I figured I'd try to short pit. I ended up losing tons of time in traffic anyway though since I had way too much wing on. Ended up getting really lucky to get past Brian on the last lap. Also it helped that he gave me tons of room when I got along side into T1. I'll have to get some test time in this week at Rockingham, I bought the track just for the league. I bought Rockingham because it was my favorite track in NR2003. I still haven't had a chance to race at it yet. This makes me sad.
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Lord Crapulus posted:Yeah, the 2nd-4th race was really tight. Starting 2nd was terrible, I had to wait for German to go and then I had no one to draft! Once I was behind you and Brian, I realized I wasn't ever going to be able to make a pass, so I figured I'd try to short pit. I ended up losing tons of time in traffic anyway though since I had way too much wing on. Ended up getting really lucky to get past Brian on the last lap. Also it helped that he gave me tons of room when I got along side into T1. I'll have to get some test time in this week at Rockingham, I bought the track just for the league. That start was pretty dicey, I was worried about the draft before we even started and I was planning on just riding behind you for a bit but the window I got was just too good to pass up. I was lucky in that I had lower wings than you or Brian and my best corners were the very last ones before the back straight so I could just defend in the infield then pull a gap again down the straight. At the end though Brian definitely let you by too easy. We were all watching that in my team teamspeak after the race and even Andy, who's always the gentleman racer, agreed that Brian just gave it away too easily.
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Next week at The Rock is gonna be perfect for me since it's just a shorter version of Charlotte. Ran 10 laps pretty much flat out (except for a T1 lift). The amount of turbulence you get in the low line from the track surface is an absolute blast. I'm running the same setup I did for Charlotte last week (except for gear ratios), I can share it if you guys want
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Rockingham is interesting, I didn't remember it being that highly-banked or that bumpy. What kind of times are you getting?
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Lord Crapulus posted:Rockingham is interesting, I didn't remember it being that highly-banked or that bumpy. What kind of times are you getting? I test ran 10 laps in race trim and bested a 24.827, laps are on iSpeed KingShibby fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Jun 11, 2014 |
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Oh lol, I forgot about all the SM changes. I had looked at the results from when this league ran Rockingham last year, and they were doing low 22s in qual and high 21s in the race! e: Dynamite Dog posted:That start was pretty dicey, I was worried about the draft before we even started and I was planning on just riding behind you for a bit but the window I got was just too good to pass up. I was lucky in that I had lower wings than you or Brian and my best corners were the very last ones before the back straight so I could just defend in the infield then pull a gap again down the straight. I'm poo poo on cold tires, once I got wide I knew you were going through. Then yeah, I was really surprised Brian let it go so easily. I thought I was further alongside him than I was, just hit a wall of air once I pulled out of the draft. It ended up being a far more optimistic move than I like to do, I was glad he didn't sound upset about it after the race. I guess these things will happen more often with the bonus points for a clean race though. Lord Crapulus fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Jun 11, 2014 |
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I'm thinking about giving this game another try after a year off to check out the updates. I did a ton of oval racing a few years ago, and last year I came back driving the Skippy while eagerly anticipating the release of the Lotus 49. I saw a few pages ago here that the L49 racing is dead, which is sad. Grand Prix is a pretty cool movie and I wanted to do some racing in a similar car. Have there been any returning member deals lately? I think the anniversary passed recently, but I haven't gotten any emails with coupons or anything. I guess 12 bucks is not terrible since I already have most of the content I'd want to use  .
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