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Just got my D oval licence. Rookie lengend races are a joke. If guys spin or wreck the game should make them "ghost". Every lengend race I ran was like a game of russian roulette.

Hopefully the races get cleaner as you gain higher licences.
 
I never had a problem with rookie Legends races, and I still don't. I came out of rookie legends with an average of less than 2 incidents per race (something like 1.6 I believe). Don't get me wrong, there were wrecks, but I had no problem avoiding the majority of them. Maybe I'm a master of avoiding crashes? Wish I could be a master of winning races! LOL
 
isamu
I have been racing in iRacing service for exactly two and a half weeks. I sucked when I first started out and I STILL kinda suck. But I have just accomplished something I never thought I'd do....


That's right, my first Skippy victory! With exactly zero incidents!! I can't tell you how happy I am right now. It feels good. Swiftwilly, welcome into the Skippy fraternity brother!! :cheers:
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omg I went into a jealous rage when I read this at first haha. Here I am with 65 races and I've never won :banghead:
 
swiftwilly
nice win, particularly in the Skip. What was your average race time?

Gives me hope for a win this week then, I am down to 1.06.5 now :)
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Yeah, I am getting a tiny bit closer to 1.6 but my average is still 1.07.8 or soemthing like that. How on earth are you getting 1.06 man? That's BONKERS! I can't figure out where I'm losing speed for crying out loud. :nervous:
 
isamu
Yeah, I am getting a tiny bit closer to 1.6 but my average is still 1.07.8 or soemthing like that. How on earth are you getting 1.06 man? That's BONKERS! I can't figure out where I'm losing speed for crying out loud. :nervous:
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1.07 is good, could even get you top 5 of a higher splits if you play your cards right.

well done.
 
Am I the only one that thinks using a ~90 FOV on a single 28" monitor feels right?
 
^^^ Probably not, but it is wrong. I was at something like that with a 28" monitor but went to recommended 45 Fov and have improved my speed and consistency dramatically. Before I had won no Skippy races then changed and won 5 out of 10!!
 
I remade some of my pc building idea.

intel i5-2500 3.3ghz (3.7ghz turbo boost)
gigabyte h61 motherboard
EVGA gtx 550ti
antec 300 illusion (great for the price)
silverstone 600w psu
4gb ram (will upgrade to 8gb ram later)
western digital 500gb hard drive
win 7 oem 64-bit

Total cost: about 715$

My monitor I'm currently using is a asus vw224u 22inch. It's works amazing! The only dislike about it is the stupid menu buttons which are really hard to operate and switch settings (but that goes for most monitors)
 
Eric.
Am I the only one that thinks using a ~90 FOV on a single 28" monitor feels right?
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I think you could get your correct FOV in the 60's or 70's if you can get the monitor within a few inches of your wheel.

On a single 28" monitor 90+ FOV would feel strange to me, everything would be the wrong size.
 
Well when I drive a real car I don't have my chin sitting on top of the wheel, and that's what a ~50-60 FOV feels like. And you can't see 🤬 except right in front of you.


I'll continue doing as I am with "wrong" fov.
 
Not trying to tell anyone how to play, but everyone should give the correct fov a good 10 to 15 lap honest try before making up your mind. It does seem to close at first but after a few laps it all starts to come together. I droped 1.5 seconds at virgina last week in the mustang after switching.
 
Eric.
Well when I drive a real car I don't have my chin sitting on top of the wheel, and that's what a ~50-60 FOV feels like. And you can't see 🤬 except right in front of you.


I'll continue doing as I am with "wrong" fov.
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It's true that there is only one correct FOV for a given monitor width and distance from the screen. Imagine you are sitting in your car and there is a 3' high pole 20' in front of the center of your bumper. Now say you stretched your arm all the way out in front of your face and "measured" the length of the pole between to fingers.

If you recreate this situation in iRacing when you are sitting in your cockpit, when you stick your fingers out and "measure" the pole it should be the exact same length, and that is what using the FOV calculator ensures. If you deviate from the recommended FOV then the pole would be either too long or too short. When using an inaccurate FOV both your depth perception and sense of speed are skewed.

One good analogy that I heard was this: using too high an FOV would be like driving your car from the back seat.

This is the exact reason why the bumper cam in GT5 is the view that generally allows for the quickest times. That is, the bumper cam provides a FOV that is closer to reality than the roof cam or chase cam.
 
Woop woop, just got my safety rating above 3.0 :D


Can somebody give me some tips on how to drive the spec racer ford? I noticed off throttle this thing has no grip, and I have to get used to no abs as well.
 
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Nastradamus87
It's true that there is only one correct FOV for a given monitor width and distance from the screen. Imagine you are sitting in your car and there is a 3' high pole 20' in front of the center of your bumper. Now say you stretched your arm all the way out in front of your face and "measured" the length of the pole between to fingers.

If you recreate this situation in iRacing when you are sitting in your cockpit, when you stick your fingers out and "measure" the pole it should be the exact same length, and that is what using the FOV calculator ensures. If you deviate from the recommended FOV then the pole would be either too long or too short. When using an inaccurate FOV both your depth perception and sense of speed are skewed.

One good analogy that I heard was this: using too high an FOV would be like driving your car from the back seat.

This is the exact reason why the bumper cam in GT5 is the view that generally allows for the quickest times. That is, the bumper cam provides a FOV that is closer to reality than the roof cam or chase cam.
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the biggest issue I have with FOV is that the lower you go, you can't see your dashboard. Now I don't have any external gadgets to do this for me so I totally relay on the car's dash. Sure its real but kind does bug me...I would love to drop my FOV down but wouldn't have a clue when to shift gears...
 
^ I have the same problem, In all close wheeled cars they have the digital dash which is super easy to read, but cars like the ford spec racer, skip barber and other open wheeled cars its hard to see when to shift.
 
I'd have to map a button to a macro to type "SORRY COULDN'T SEE YOU" if I ran a "correct" FOV. To each their own I guess, but if what I'm looking at is unrealistic I'd be damn good in an alternate universe.
 
Look at your monitor as your window into a life-size virtual racing world.

This why the closer you get to the screen, the better FOV you will get.
 
The way I see it is it takes more effort/ concentration to press left and right buttons to see to the side than it does to turn your eyes or your head for a split second, it's just different
 
swiftwilly
the biggest issue I have with FOV is that the lower you go, you can't see your dashboard. Now I don't have any external gadgets to do this for me so I totally relay on the car's dash. Sure its real but kind does bug me...I would love to drop my FOV down but wouldn't have a clue when to shift gears...
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That's an issue for me as well. Luckily the G27 wheel has LED lights as a rev indicator.

Eric.
I'd have to map a button to a macro to type "SORRY COULDN'T SEE YOU" if I ran a "correct" FOV. To each their own I guess, but if what I'm looking at is unrealistic I'd be damn good in an alternate universe.
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That's true, I am having trouble in passing situations. Using a proper FOV makes for a different driving sensation and that's the part I'm enjoying most. No one is saying you cannot be fast unless your FOV is perfect.
 
swiftwilly
the biggest issue I have with FOV is that the lower you go, you can't see your dashboard. Now I don't have any external gadgets to do this for me so I totally relay on the car's dash. Sure its real but kind does bug me...I would love to drop my FOV down but wouldn't have a clue when to shift gears...
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Same problems here, looking into trackir as a helping hand as well as some of the external sim equipment.
 
Well, I don't know if this is an option for some of you, but triple screens (or more) are really the best overall solution. It doesn't HAVE to be expensive. If you bargain shop and get good deals, you could do it for $500 including the monitors.

But if seeing gauges is your only problem, just go to eBay or Craigslist, pick up an older model Android phone or iPod Touch and then spend $5 on an app like iRaceDash or one of the other ones they make. Or $80 or so for a 7" USB monitor, and then run iSpeed or something similar.
 
zedfonsie
Woop woop, just got my safety rating above 3.0 :D


Can somebody give me some tips on how to drive the spec racer ford? I noticed off throttle this thing has no grip, and I have to get used to no abs as well.
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Yeah my guess would be it oversteers when you lift and understeers when throttle is applied like the Skip. Star has that behavior as well just that its much less pronounced

You might want to hit up livemusic for some tips. Hes actually ran the SRF in a Championship. I've never spent very much time in the SRF. Hopefully someone with more experience in this area can help you out

Grats on getting to over 3.0 SR. I've gotten there as well on Oval side. Looking forward to doing some Indy Ovals next season :D

homeslice47
Just got my D oval licence. Rookie lengend races are a joke. If guys spin or wreck the game should make them "ghost". Every lengend race I ran was like a game of russian roulette.

Hopefully the races get cleaner as you gain higher licences.
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The one wreck I've had so far at Bristol in the SK Mod was when I was close behind a dude I lapped. I knew I couldnt trust this guy because he already wrecked earlier. Anyway this guy loses control after bout 2 laps and takes me with him :mad:

Races have been very good but then again Legends were very clean for me as well although I've witnessed a lot of crashes there. Probably earned an easy podium or two just by hanging back and watching nooblets make mistakes over and over.

superbike81
I never had a problem with rookie Legends races, and I still don't. I came out of rookie legends with an average of less than 2 incidents per race (something like 1.6 I believe). Don't get me wrong, there were wrecks, but I had no problem avoiding the majority of them. Maybe I'm a master of avoiding crashes? Wish I could be a master of winning races! LOL
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Same here! +++1
 
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For those wondering when to shift I'd suggest the shift tone utility. I use it and it takes the guess work out of shifting
 
I don't know if this ever happens to you guys but whenever I'm doing a race just to get safety points (meaning im going slow on purpose) i get easily distracted since im not really competing. Most of the time im thinking of something totally different from racing then i would miss my braking point and go off track. I made sure not to do that my last race i just had because i wanted to go above a 3.00 SR.

So here i am lap 23/25 of mazda race at okayama and im like wooohoooo 100% clean race! THEN that lap, someone typed a message and it popped up at the top. Of course, I HAD to look and right when i looked i swerved off course and got an off course point taken :(

Well anyway i still ended up getting +0.65 SR and im now at 3.45 :) But I still have not had a 100% clean race :( haha

Now im going to work on getting my legends SR up because right now im at 2.24
 
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I may have just fixed my dashboard problems!

If you happen to have an android or iphone/ipod touch you can get the iracedash app!^


^ Crushed, the more you push your car, the more focus. Which means you lose less concentration, which generally means your less distracted. I look at the messages too, but I do it on any straight that is pretty long.

I did a mazda race earlier, I was behind 4 place car for 14 laps but at the last corner, he blew his engine. IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. Midway in the last corner of okayama, there was that loud BOOM, and then smoke in front of me. I was lucky I didn't hit him when he blew his engine.
 

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