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[carfetish]

Regarding the McLaren physics, a response from another forum:

The Diff is key to that car, I kind of hate it and feels kind of arcady how when you step on it it picks the front tires off the ground and tightens the turn radius... That's what keeps me from loving that car!
The fast guys exploit that and use gery very low diff values, but I completely hate it so I tend to increse the value quite a lot thus it makes me a lot slower when compared to the top guys wich are indeed the creame of the crop in sim racing.

(...) the car on a high diff value feels like a real car, it pushes but with good technique you can manage it and be fast. On a value lower than 95 it just feels stupid, the damn thing will do a 180 at 60mph going on a straight line, seriously it's like the thing picks the front off the ground and steers by speed differential on the rears whatever steering angle you had in turn in becomes totally irrelevant! (...)

A 180 at 60Mph?

I'm thinking [he] has some controller setup issues or something else weird going on.

Also the diff is not the key to the MP-4 at all. Sure it is a part but for me the most important discovery was setting the rake angle a lot steeper.

 

[boombla]

Jav is talking nonsense there, as Steve says the diff is not the key, its a cog. Its about combining the settings (as always) to get the car to do what you want, and the differential is limited to coast settings anyway, unlike some other cars.

 

[left888]

Nice, im on lap 2 of the GT race and iracing decides to crash. Well so much for that...

I had iRacing crash 3 times in one week, which killed over 300 IR points from me. I sent an email into iRacing and they said they would look into it, however they said they couldn't give me back the lost rating. Piss me off.

 

[Jav]

Jav is talking nonsense there, as Steve says the diff is not the key, its a cog. Its about combining the settings (as always) to get the car to do what you want, and the differential is limited to coast settings anyway, unlike some other cars.

Oh, please enlighten us with your knowledge. In my case the single one adjustment that has changed the car's character the most is the diff, wich in turn has given me or taken from me the most time on track.

 

[livemusic]

Anyone else tried the World Cup races this weekend? I was away from iRacing for three weeks, it was fun going back to it trying to help the club. Did two road races, first time I tried a standing start with the HPD, it's a bit crazy but not that hard to control.

Unfortunately I got involved in other people's accidents in both races, and you guys know how fragile that car is. In the first race I had to quit because of the damages, in the second one I lost straight speed but managed to get going until I ran out of fuel with two laps to go. That wasn't supposed to happen, I guess the damage made the car consume more fuel than usual.

The good thing is we managed to get through to the finals which will happen next Saturday. Same cars and tracks, guess I'll join in again.

 

[spooble]

I wanted to give the World Cup races a shot, but was just too busy this weekend.

 

[superbike81]

New schedule is out.

Forums are absolutely blowing up, haha.

I think the new schedule for most series is pretty cool. They've really shaken things up a bit.

Also, there's a full Lotus 49 schedule in there. I think I'll run it for the full season just to try it out, even though I might not be anywhere near quick with it.

 

[Mac K]

Blowing up as in good or bad?

 

[polarbear345]

Blowing up as in good or bad?

Terrible... Other than the Memes xD

GT Cup now 20 min races... LOLWUT?! A couple "questionable" Choices... Like V8's at Limerock... Late Model at Michigan XD There are a few other good ones

 

[Jav]

New schedule is out.

Forums are absolutely blowing up, haha.

I think the new schedule for most series is pretty cool. They've really shaken things up a bit.

Also, there's a full Lotus 49 schedule in there. I think I'll run it for the full season just to try it out, even though I might not be anywhere near quick with it.

Looks good to me, except for Zandvoort and maybe Daytona in the Proto/GT series, still hating the lame 25 minute race lenghts though...

 

[Mac K]

It isn't that bad, glad to see they changed some of the tracks up. Some questionable choices, but it's a breath of fresh air I guess. I would have preferred GTC to stay 30 mins though, and not go to Spa, it just seems like to long of a course for cars like that. Still looking forward to it though! And for anyone who cares.. in my opinion.

Good:

-Nvidia Cup on Summit Point, Okayama Full, Lime Rock, and Laguna
-Charlotte, Sebring, and Sonoma in GTC
-Interlagos, Lotus 49!
-New Tracks in everything really
-Breath of fresh air

Bad:

-Shortened races, not a huge fan of a race being to short.
-Some better tracks being shoved out and replaced with Rovals (Mustang Challenge no longer has Watkins Glen, had Pocono Road instead)

 

[polarbear345]

At second glance, I'm not excited, but I can live with the new schedule. The NASCAR guys seem to be the ones with their panties in a bunch the most... They have shorter races now.

The F1 schedule is still confusing me...

 

[Ardius]

Yeah, not sure about the Star Mazda schedule. I'm going to really miss Brands Hatch, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta and Road America.
It also seems a bit weird to be going to Okayama but using the short circuit? I mean, I like racing some shorter tracks but would rather race a different track like Brands Hatch Indy or Oulton Park Fosters/Island than the track everyone races a 1000 times at Rookie.

The Lotus 79 schedule though looks awesome. Depending on whether I get my A-class license, I'm either going to run that or the Williams for a full season.

Might stick around in Star Mazda for one more season though.

 

[superbike81]

Possibly some of these changes are to get people racing on tracks they don't own so they have to buy them.

Yeah, that's a bit of a conspiracy theory, but I can't think of any other reasons why something like the Modifieds would go somewhere like Michigan.

 

[Mac K]

Standing starts in GT Challenge, etc isn't the best either.. people don't like change, I think thats half the problem. Like I said on the official forums, it's not half bad, some questionable changes, but I don't plan on cancelling my subscription over it.. some people are.

 

[Jav]

Standing starts on GT challenge was used for the first 3 seasons and it was very very problematic! Rolling starts worked fine, so not sure why go back to standing starts...

 

[superbike81]

Standing starts in GT Challenge, etc isn't the best either.. people don't like change, I think thats half the problem. Like I said on the official forums, it's not half bad, some questionable changes, but I don't plan on cancelling my subscription over it.. some people are.

Very very few people are actually going to stop racing or not renew their subscription. Most who are saying that are just being drama queens who you will see racing a year from now.

 

[carfetish]

-New Tracks in everything really

?

 

[Mac K]

?

It isn't the same tracks all over again, they changed a few. I guess I worded that badly.

 

[Nastradamus87]

Yeah, not sure about the Star Mazda schedule. I'm going to really miss Brands Hatch, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta and Road America.
It also seems a bit weird to be going to Okayama but using the short circuit? I mean, I like racing some shorter tracks but would rather race a different track like Brands Hatch Indy or Oulton Park Fosters/Island than the track everyone races a 1000 times at Rookie.

The Lotus 79 schedule though looks awesome. Depending on whether I get my A-class license, I'm either going to run that or the Williams for a full season.

Might stick around in Star Mazda for one more season though.

WHAT?! No Brands Hatch.
And instead we have Okayama..? Short..? What a bunch of idiots. I am thouroughly annoyed by this change.
👎^infinity

On the other hand, they may have been taking the least popular tracks off the schedule. If that's the case, then shame on a large chunk of road racers for passing up one of the best tracks on the service (imo). It wasn't very popular in the skippy (iirc), and I never understood why.

 

[Wilbur]

I wonder how long these short races will last? I'm shocked at that move and I think it will have more wrecks. The thing is I'm wondering if this might have something to do with NTM in future builds to keep from burning the tires off?

Just doesn't allow anyone to run a more relaxed pace for longer run which I can't do too much. I pretty much push hard from lap 1 and end up falling off some.

Oval side is going to be interesting as I will see people pushing way too hard because of shortness.

 

[Mac K]

They still have time to change it though right? A lot of people are unhappy..

 

[Nastradamus87]

They still have time to change it though right? A lot of people are unhappy..

Isn't this the same song and dance as every other season? Have they ever gone back and revised it? (Genuine question.)

 

[noshog]

I'm at work and can't really check, but is it every series now that has shorter races ? (specifically Star Mazda)
Cheers

 

[polarbear345]

I'm at work and can't really check, but is it every series now that has shorter races ? (specifically Star Mazda)
Cheers

Star Mazda races are shortened

 

[Jav]

They still have time to change it though right? A lot of people are unhappy..

The lack of a decent world tour and this short racing is making things quite unpleasant for many people...
They can still turn it arround if they fix the world tour!

 

[noshog]

Star Mazda races are shortened

Cheers. So it is every series that has been shortened ?
Can I be a pain and ask for a example for the Star Mazda, this season was 24laps at Zandvoort what will it be next season ?

 

[polarbear345]

Cheers. So it is every series that has been shortened ?
Can I be a pain and ask for a example for the Star Mazda, this season was 24laps at Zandvoort what will it be next season ?

Don't have it up now, but I know grand am is longer now. They race at Okayama short and New Hampshire road course now...

 

[spooble]

Cheers. So it is every series that has been shortened ?
Can I be a pain and ask for a example for the Star Mazda, this season was 24laps at Zandvoort what will it be next season ?

Week 10 (2013-04-02)

Zandvoort - Chicane

14 laps

Edit: Anyone running any races tonight? Or practice? I picked up the Corvette, McLaren, and HPD.

 

[polarbear345]

Week 10 (2013-04-02)

Zandvoort - Chicane

14 laps

Holy cow! That's a insane shortening!