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I might have to check it out. I've got 5/6 of the tracks already run this season, and 2/6 of the ones not run yet, though.  Also I'm glad that my Trading Paints poo poo is still up, though I'm upset with myself that I deleted all the assets I used to make this for no reason in particular.  Finding throwback 1980s crankshaft company logos in high-res was a bitch. Most of them ended up resized to something like 25 pixels to stick on the side, too.
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Everyone has cool paintjobs, and I've looked at templates in Gimp once and ran away screaming  KingShibby posted:I test ran 10 laps in race trim and bested a 24.827, laps are on iSpeed I put some into iSpeed. I'm pretty loose for the first couple laps, but after that it feels pretty planted (and we'll have 4 laps for qual, so that works out well). I'll probably screw around with my setup more later in the week, but I've got to get the official series in and Laguna is promising to ruin my SR.
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Lord Crapulus posted:I put some into iSpeed. I'm pretty loose for the first couple laps, but after that it feels pretty planted (and we'll have 4 laps for qual, so that works out well). I'll probably screw around with my setup more later in the week, but I've got to get the official series in and Laguna is promising to ruin my SR. Yeah my setup was a little loose too until the tires warm up. I've found that the key to stability on these kinds of ovals is the camber. At Charlotte and here at The Rock I maxed out positive (left-leaning) camber on all 4 tires, which allows me to run as little (if any) wing. I managed to get my SR up to C3.57 so I'll finally get up to Road B for next season. I don't forsee myself running any official SM races for the rest of the season, but I'm still practicing and doing RTI. DW12 here I come 
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to Indycar next season. I can't check right now, but I think I'm still running negative camber on the right side. I know I'm not quite down to minimum wing settings yet, but hopefully I'll be able to drop them more still.
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Hypothetical post, but how much would you pay for the Le Mans course in iRacing? I can only imagine just how resource-intensive it would be, but drat would that make for some fun races.
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I'd pay $60 for Le Mans and a Viper to go along with it.
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Burn the Priest posted:I'd pay $60 for Le Mans and a Viper to go along with it. I was thinking $50 for the track itself. I'm sure a lot of other people would pay that much for Le Mans. I mean it's almost 8.5mi long, I'm sure it would cost iRacing a lot compared to other tracks. Also please everyone with other goons on your iRacing friend list, make sure you enable text chat so that we can collaborate and better plan events. It also helps you find spotters and observers to help you get better. 
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Is there a super secret list of goon names? Or do I need to be in irc more?
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tater_salad posted:Is there a super secret list of goon names? Well if you're in GoonCar, the member roster should have SA names. The old thread had an outdated list, but that thread was in PGS
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KingShibby posted:Hypothetical post, but how much would you pay for the Le Mans course in iRacing? I can only imagine just how resource-intensive it would be, but drat would that make for some fun races. 14.95 exactly.
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I think games is behind the pay wall. I'm not in gooncar because the time won't fit, I'd buy the skippy and run like 1 race
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Ran a class a open race at MIS with a DWC driver on the pole. Now I know what it felt like to be an ARCA regular trying to keep up with Kyle Larson at Pocono. The closest I got was 27 seconds behind.
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DEMAG posted:Ran a class a open race at MIS with a DWC driver on the pole. Now I know what it felt like to be an ARCA regular trying to keep up with Kyle Larson at Pocono. The closest I got was 27 seconds behind. I beat a DWC driver at Pocono in fixed trucks. http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/EventResult.do?&subsessionid=6184156&custid=68324 He was wiped out lap 1, turn 1
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DEMAG posted:Ran a class a open race at MIS with a DWC driver on the pole. Now I know what it felt like to be an ARCA regular trying to keep up with Kyle Larson at Pocono. The closest I got was 27 seconds behind. Speaking as a DWC driver myself, don't worry, it's not a lack of talent or anything. It's 90% setup.
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L_Harrison posted:Speaking as a DWC driver myself, don't worry, it's not a lack of talent or anything. It's 90% setup. Yeah it was his DWC setup. People asked if could share and he said it was his race setup. It did feel good that I got up to 2nd so my setup was very good just not pro good.
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I've just started racing again after about 18 months out, I'm assuming they've changed the models a bit since then? I ask because I cannot get anywhere near some of my old times and comparing them to 2014 times would put me in the top 10 at some tracks (in the MX5).
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L_Harrison posted:Speaking as a DWC driver myself, don't worry, it's not a lack of talent or anything. It's 90% setup. Big surprise L Harrison is a DWC driver, I spent so much time in Forza 4 trying to beat your times. After a week, I finally got caught up in a big Rookie crash. Rookie 1 wrecked Rookie 2 on the backstretch of Charlotte, I saw a great gap begin to open up as they separated, so I let off the gas to make sure the gap would be wide enough. The driver behind me decided that his throttle's only setting was wide open, and pushed me right into one of the spinning cars. Still got a positive iRating for the event, but it wasn't as good as it should have been.
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poshphil posted:I've just started racing again after about 18 months out, I'm assuming they've changed the models a bit since then? I ask because I cannot get anywhere near some of my old times and comparing them to 2014 times would put me in the top 10 at some tracks (in the MX5). The tyre models have changed a lot in the past 18 months and the weather now changes each week. The weather can have a huge effect on times.
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CaseFace McGee posted:After a week, I finally got caught up in a big Rookie crash. Rookie 1 wrecked Rookie 2 on the backstretch of Charlotte, I saw a great gap begin to open up as they separated, so I let off the gas to make sure the gap would be wide enough. The driver behind me decided that his throttle's only setting was wide open, and pushed me right into one of the spinning cars. Exactly why everyone needs to  of Rookie class ASAP.Can't wait for Road To Indy tonight!
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Reported for cheating 
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I saw that in the replay of my 120 Minutes of Sebring race a few months back in the Ford GT. It's not limited to Sebring though, I've seen that happen at a few other tracks.
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Well that was disappointing. I literally yawned myself into the wall. I'll have to check them out, but I suspect Richmond and Iowa will both be bricked yellow-line follow-the-leader races too. Bleh. e: way to show up, Shibby 
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Lord Crapulus posted:Well that was disappointing. I literally yawned myself into the wall. I'll have to check them out, but I suspect Richmond and Iowa will both be bricked yellow-line follow-the-leader races too. Bleh. You have no idea how mad I was when I fell asleep last night and woke up at 10:30 when my alarm was supposed to go off at 9:30   At least it was a snoozer, which is what happens after sex amirite 
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Indycar is at Michigan this week. That track is one of the few in the Fixed series where you can legitimately run the outside line and pass cars.
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KingShibby posted:I was thinking $50 for the track itself. I'm sure a lot of other people would pay that much for Le Mans. I mean it's almost 8.5mi long, I'm sure it would cost iRacing a lot compared to other tracks. IRC is the most effective way to find spotting nerds. #racinggoons on irc.synIRC.net
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With the new SM build, I can actually drive Suzuka without crashing every other lap!KingShibby posted:You have no idea how mad I was when I fell asleep last night and woke up at 10:30 when my alarm was supposed to go off at 9:30 You'll be sorry when I'm a famous pretend race car driver and you're just having sex all the time 
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Lord Crapulus posted:You'll be sorry when I'm a famous pretend race car driver and you're just having sex all the time Bahaha I'm married, I don't have sex all the time  Just launching my first Suzuka session since the new build Edit: Suzuka is so much more fun with the new build! KingShibby fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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It's really disheartening to see that there's basically a 90/10 split between Fixed and Open oval racing participation. I don't remember fixed series being as prevalent a year ago.
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texasmed posted:It's really disheartening to see that there's basically a 90/10 split between Fixed and Open oval racing participation. I don't remember fixed series being as prevalent a year ago. There's always been a massive disproportion between fixed and open. Its why several series are on life support.
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People like easy. It's why there are people voting for Daytona to be the oval for the next season of SM. I'm surprised at how much of that there is considering this is supposed to be a *hardcore simulation*, but whatever. iRacing should just set the drat schedule to be as close as possible to the real life series' schedule and be done with it. Suzuka's been great this week; I won my first two races and was trying to pass for the lead into the chicane on the last lap when we touched really slightly and ended up in the gravel trap so I had to settle for 2nd. Amazing how planted the car feels though, I'm trying to decide if it's because I've got a few seasons experience now, or NTMv5 really agrees with my driving style, or because some of the fastest guys keep sharing setups every week. It's hard to figure right now with everyone being on different numbers of weeks, but I think I've got an outside shot at top 10 overall which would be all woo-hoo and poo poo.
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I made another paintjob and I want to brag about it. I spent more time in Photoshop and on Google than I did playing iRacing this week . Could use more filling in decals on the fenders but I'm ready to quit for now. I tried to just get it "general 1987" because finding source images that match decals seems impossible. I think the team that built the cars just put the decals in random places for every race. texasmed fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Jun 22, 2014 |
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Nice paint! Last night, thanks to Simble, who wrecked 2nd/3rd and himself (  ), along with two drivers more concerned with racing each other than working together, I won my second ever race. Michigan International Speedway is great fun with the Indycar and everyone should try a race there before the week ends.
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KingShibby posted:I was thinking $50 for the track itself. I'm sure a lot of other people would pay that much for Le Mans. I mean it's almost 8.5mi long, I'm sure it would cost iRacing a lot compared to other tracks. The big problem with LeMans I imagine is how much of it is public road. You'd have to work round the few events that close it in order to scan them and I'm not sure there's enough of those in a year which means several trips and even more monnies.
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Bentai posted:Nice paint! Gotta race with non retards who give room and let you draft. 1&2 the cars will push up about a lane gotta give room so you don't get hit especially early on giving a position. I had a good race the other day but the guy 2 cars ahead was pissing me off. He'd drop low for 1 lap so I could get just by the guy in front then he'd run up top.. If he would have picked a lane we could have caught up with the main pack instead I was stuck, if I drafted the guy in front of me I had to shoot low and then I'd have to let up for the guy 2 spots ahead because there wasn't room.
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Would there be any interest in an old bastards test tonight at barber? I would probably set it up around 8 central (so a half hour before the league server usually goes up).
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I just turned off auto renew. I like iRacing but with summer here I just can't be arsed to dedicate that much time to it. Right now I can barely put in the practice needed to keep myself from being a major liability on the track, let alone compete. I'll most likely renew when it gets cold enough that you can die just from being outside and I actually want to be indoors putting effort in to it.
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quote:2014 iRacing.com Indy 500 #2
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Whoa I forgot what the forums looked like. So I was doing a SM race at Sonoma today. I hadn't qualified yet, so I started 5th of 11, picked the first two off pretty quickly and then got caught behind 2nd. The leader was slowly pulling away from us...when the 4th and 5th place cars crashed at the start of the drag strip, flipped up the hill and over the wall, and took out the leader in the esses. I should've saved the replay.
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Lord Crapulus posted:Whoa I forgot what the forums looked like. Holy poo poo. I'm out of Rookies now  One win so far, quite a few 2nd place finishes and a couple poles.I'm starting to get the hang of the iRacing physics, but it seems like there should be more time available to gain. For kicks, here's my fastest time trial of the current Rookie Miata track. Any obvious things I could be doing better? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A6Mktdzaac
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