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I'm actually one of those who are new to sim racing and the closest I've played to a real sim is Race07 and then I got into iRacing. Played for a bit over a month now. Bought two cars and one track. Which I am happy with even though I can't race against others with the Nascar truck and indycar. I'll probably get Assetto Corsa and my first wheel and then come back to iRacing since there really doesn't seem to be anything like it when it comes to the SR system and all of that stuff. The real reason I started to play iRacing was the whole thrill of knowing that every car on track is driven by a real person and you loving up has consequences so everybody tries their best.
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thorsilver posted:Yeah, iRacing requires a big investment once you get out of rookies, and you really want to think carefully before you dump money into it and make sure you spend wisely (and only during sales). If you want serious racing online, then it's a good choice. I see what you mean, but iracing was my first sim (first time with a wheel also) and I think it was pretty great for learning. If you are uncertain if sim racing is for you, might be best to try out a DFGT or something with a cheaper game for a while. But if you are a huge racing fan (like me) and love the idea of competitive online racing with a system that penalizes crashing/contact (the bane of most online racing games) then I would suggest just getting the 3 month iracing trial. I spent a couple days learning the mazda, and was racing a day or two after getting my wheel in the mail. Compared to other sim options, I thought iracing was pretty decent for learning. You are guided towards one track (the one in rotation that week) and car, depending on oval vs road. You just need to do test sessions and practice for a while first. Plus, it is free right now and AC/others are not. I got my iracing 3 month trial and my G27 just ten days ago, practiced for a while, and I've been racing B and C class ovals and D class road this past week. It's definitely possible to learn quickly and limit how much you spend if you are smart about it. thehacker0 fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Aug 22, 2014 |
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Aug 22, 2014 13:14
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Rookie super stock on USA intl raceway is the dumbest combination of everything to ever exist.
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Aug 25, 2014 03:02
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invision posted:Rookie super stock on USA intl raceway is the dumbest combination of everything to ever exist. I don't even try to do it anymore. I have never seen a rookie SS race at USA that wasn't a total disaster.
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Aug 25, 2014 03:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQLJKwcsvg It needs a wipe, but I need a proper video editor.
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Aug 25, 2014 05:32
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Won my first race on saturday, fixed indy oval at motegi. I struggled with the track until around Friday - hitting the wall out of turn 4, aerowashing into the wall on 2, and just being inconsistent. Finally realized I needed to slow down and just finish races before worrying about anything else. Since then I've finished in the top 5 5/6 times along with my first ever win. Hopefully auto club won't be this all over again..
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Aug 25, 2014 13:11
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thehacker0 posted:Won my first race on saturday, fixed indy oval at motegi. I struggled with the track until around Friday - hitting the wall out of turn 4, aerowashing into the wall on 2, and just being inconsistent. Finally realized I needed to slow down and just finish races before worrying about anything else. Since then I've finished in the top 5 5/6 times along with my first ever win. Hopefully auto club won't be this all over again.. Congrats!  I haven't ran any official races in the DW12 yet because I wanna protect my precious SR. I finally joined the ISOWC IndyCar Series and I plan on running the 500 mile race at Fontana on Sat 9/6. The struggle with Fontana is the same problem that the real life IndyCar drivers experience excluding the dust/debris building up in the radiators. Be extra careful when crossing lanes while turning, especially as your tires degrade. The seams in the concrete between each of the 5 lanes are very pronounced and it doesn't take a whole lot to lose it. I'm gonna need an excellent setup and spotter for this race 
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Aug 25, 2014 13:49
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KingShibby posted:Congrats! I was thinking about joining the ISOWC myself, but I thought maybe I should wait until I am a bit better and have some more road experience. Have you raced in any of their series before? The fixed indy races do have a lot of wrecks, but after I got a decent qualifying time and grew consistent enough in my own driving to not make unforced errors, I went from 3.00 C class straight up to A 3.65 in a couple days. And redeemed my triple digit irating up to a slightly less pathetic level. I'm guessing the top split isn't nearly as bad as the lower, but avoiding wrecks from the front is pretty easy. And the car is super fun, you should give it a shot
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Aug 25, 2014 14:03
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thehacker0 posted:I was thinking about joining the ISOWC myself, but I thought maybe I should wait until I am a bit better and have some more road experience. Have you raced in any of their series before? I've never raced ISOWC myself, but I prefer full length races over the normal official series since you can't really do any real strategy in official races. Hopefully they'll add the full-length weekly combined DW12 series next year. Fixed Indy races will always have lots of wrecks, regardless of the track but especially when the fixed setup is garbage they usually are. I'm not good at all on road courses, but my biggest problem is that I've only learned about half of the road course tracks, and only a handful have I actually driven in the DW12. What I've been doing is using the weekly official series to learn tracks, practice, and build setups, but I don't usually run actual races. 90% of all wrecks in oval races can be avoided by running up front, the other 10% is up to your skill
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Aug 25, 2014 15:55
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http://youtu.be/a6iO3TQjXp4?t=39s
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Aug 26, 2014 06:55
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 This needs to be a feature in the next build.
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Aug 26, 2014 09:02
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This week's Indy track, auto club, is much easier at least superficially. In the lower split nobody accounts for aero wash, so everytime there's two guys side by side into a corner without clean air it's almost a guaranteed yellow flag. I've been doing quite well hugging the inside line, finished top 3 whenever I've avoided getting taken out. Just need to lift a bit when someone is ahead of you in the corner
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Aug 27, 2014 00:16
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In the last two seasons, missing the window to make your turn into T1 would result in you needing to lift off the throttle or risk hitting the wall coming out of T2. This DW12 setup has eliminated that, and like you said you just hug the bottom line for the entire lap.
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Aug 27, 2014 00:48
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I swear I only play this game hoping for stupid things to happen that I can use to make videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrxTbAICueA
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Aug 27, 2014 12:37
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If only you could turn every car into a lowrider and do that in an official race. I would pay twice for iracing then. Also, I'm moving out on Monday and by the looks of it, I still like iRacing/racing sims so I guess I'll have to buy a wheel. I'm still proud that I managed to not buy one within two weeks of getting iRacing. 
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Aug 27, 2014 15:00
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thehacker0 posted:This week's Indy track, auto club, is much easier at least superficially. In the lower split nobody accounts for aero wash, so everytime there's two guys side by side into a corner without clean air it's almost a guaranteed yellow flag. Bentai posted:In the last two seasons, missing the window to make your turn into T1 would result in you needing to lift off the throttle or risk hitting the wall coming out of T2. This DW12 setup has eliminated that, and like you said you just hug the bottom line for the entire lap. I'm assuming you guys are talking about the fixed setup? I'd be curious what the tire wear percentages are at the end of a fixed race. Haven't hooked my wheel back up to my desk so far this week (I will tonight) but I'm sure open setups will be a lot faster than the fixed setups so that way of driving may not hold 
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Aug 27, 2014 15:37
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Anyone know why iRacing is down? Is it broken or are they doing a maintenance update?
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Aug 27, 2014 15:51
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Cojawfee posted:Anyone know why iRacing is down? Is it broken or are they doing a maintenance update? Update.
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Aug 27, 2014 15:52
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Hopefully they slipped in Rift support with it.
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Site is back up, highlights of the release notes:quote:Tires Not sure how much of an impact the bug had, but bug fixes are good. quote:Dallara DW12/IR05 Glad to see this fixed so I can rely on iSpeed's fuel info. quote:Star Mazda About drat time they fixed this. It's been way out-of-sync for a long time...
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Cojawfee posted:Hopefully they slipped in Rift support with it. Using DK1 now and loving it, can't wait for DK2 support though.
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Aug 28, 2014 18:10
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dsriggs posted:
it's wasted on short ovals here comes the 6 hours at spa though wooo
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dsriggs posted:
I've been busy, what cars are they using? I might have to give it a go. edit: Spun leading the field to the green on a restart. Kill me now 
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Aug 30, 2014 04:49
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Decent race at Sebring ruined by not being able to avoid a spun car. I'm just not feeling it lately.
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Aug 30, 2014 16:33
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Sunday races are always full of terrible weekend warriors smashing themselves into walls and other cars, right? e: also, how often do they do the Bonus Credits offer currently running? It's tempting but I'm not sure whether I'll be buying anything for a while so if it happens regularly I may just wait for the next time around. Roller Coast Guard fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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Aug 31, 2014 00:10
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Thanks for convincing me to blow a bunch of cash on video games I took advantage of the sale to grab the full Skippy series, and just weasled my way out of rookie road. Time to learn a new car!
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Helicon One posted:e: also, how often do they do the Bonus Credits offer currently running? It's tempting but I'm not sure whether I'll be buying anything for a while so if it happens regularly I may just wait for the next time around.
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Aug 31, 2014 02:44
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It's oval week for the Star Mazda! This season it's Killwaukee!!!
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The L79 at Donington is pure sex distilled into vehicular form.
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This really is the only reason I play the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU0-s-FRbX0 Bentai gets the credit for that one. He was sitting off track in the carousel, watching me run, for a few laps before. Out of nowhere, he nails this.
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That happened in a Star Mazda race last season, only the guy jumping the wall took out the leader  Excellent job on the music choice, btw.
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Has anyone raced the spec racer recently? I jumped in to try it out at Suzuka, and it seems that iRacing decided that the changes early this season that made it actually catchable and fun to drive were all horrible mistakes and should be reverted. It's totally numb and impossible to catch again, at least for me.
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ManicJason posted:This really is the only reason I play the game. Ahh Sonoma, think outside the oval. Gotta love ramps in iRacing, they make for amazing hilarity. ManicJason posted:Has anyone raced the spec racer recently? I jumped in to try it out at Suzuka, and it seems that iRacing decided that the changes early this season that made it actually catchable and fun to drive were all horrible mistakes and should be reverted. It's totally numb and impossible to catch again, at least for me. Tried the SRF once or twice before and I hate it, so no. Are you using the baseline setup since I see they changed that setup with the last patch on 8/27? along with the Corvette and the McLaren So anyone else tried racing the DW12 at Okayama this week? It kinda reminds me of Montreal in that just about every corner requires downshifting into 1st gear and it's pretty flat. Plus it's a free track so participation is gonna be higher this week.
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I've tried the SRF multiple times in various builds and it feels horrible to me every time...wrecking loose off power at every track I've tried it on ever. I find it easier to get a Gen 6 around Sonoma than that thing at Watkins Glen.
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ManicJason posted:Has anyone raced the spec racer recently? I jumped in to try it out at Suzuka, and it seems that iRacing decided that the changes early this season that made it actually catchable and fun to drive were all horrible mistakes and should be reverted. It's totally numb and impossible to catch again, at least for me. I took it out for a practice session about a month ago when I first joined at Laguna Seca which lasted about a lap and a half before I decided that nope, this chassis is clearly a honey pot designed to brutally slaughter my Safety Rating and have never touched it since.
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KingShibby posted:Tried the SRF once or twice before and I hate it, so no. Are you using the baseline setup since I see they changed that setup with the last patch on 8/27? along with the Corvette and the McLaren I may try another setup from scratch or grab one from the forums and give it another shot. I was wondering if anyone had raced it around week one and noticed a huge change since the mid season update.
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1st win in the 79 tonight, beat a pro driver by 20 seconds  Of course the first track that I really feel fast and comfortable on is the week I'm going on vacation though.
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Lord Crapulus posted:The L79 at Donington is pure sex distilled into vehicular form. The car is even more fun than I thought it would be, and Donington is quickly becoming my favorite course. edit: Obligatory CTC trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Wdc-fMPxk ManicJason fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Sep 4, 2014 |
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Yep. Car owns. Track owns. Everything owns. In other news, I did a two of four split truck race last night that I had no business being in. Didn't die! So that's a win. The truck at Charlotte is pretty fun too. I just have no idea how to go side by side in the corners without killing myself.
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