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Anybody know if the RUF will be added to the Grand Am Series as a competitor in the same class as the McLaren. Only reason I'd purchase the RUF is for that reason.

I would encourage you to purchase the RUF. I haven't spent much time in the C-Spec yet, but the other 2 are a blast to drive! The track version has a good balance of power and grip and handles well. The RWD street version is just a beast! Reminds me of the AC Cobra on GT5. The rear end is very "active", but predictable at the same time. I loved it at Watkins Glen last week and the Carousel at RA this week feels quite rewarding when you get it right.
 
C-Spec s a lot of fun too. Just feels like what it is, a handicapped Track version. I'm just so mad that they didn't make any visual distinctions from model to model, having a street car that performs like a GT-3 car is just a bit Gran Turismo really... It even has Navi!!!
 
Sorry for what is probably a foolish question, but I haven't been paying much attention to iRacing the last couple months.

Is there more content planned to be released at the end of Week 13, or is the RUF and Auto Club it for this season?

I'm very, very keen to buy the RUF and I've got another couple of things to make it up to the 3 item discount, but I'd rather get to 6. If there's more stuff coming I'll wait and try and bu
 
Sorry for what is probably a foolish question, but I haven't been paying much attention to iRacing the last couple months.

Is there more content planned to be released at the end of Week 13, or is the RUF and Auto Club it for this season?

I'm very, very keen to buy the RUF and I've got another couple of things to make it up to the 3 item discount, but I'd rather get to 6. If there's more stuff coming I'll wait and try and bu
That's it. It seems we may get some content updates in the middle of the next season.
 
@polarbear345:
My tweet was specifically about why the super late model will be slightly delayed and it was because the guys that do almost all of the car modeling and textures worked on a project that improves all of the cars.
Based on that post that Steve made, I believe it will be something like Hi-res Cockpit or dynamic reflections.

@Kamuifanboy: Interesting. Last thing i heard about the DW12 was that is was coming before the Holden (Which is scheduled for a mid 2014 release) but iRacing was been awful at giving updates regarding the DW12.
 
Mazda Cup of all things, I did but he was tangled up in an incident early on.
 
Nice! Add that to your resume.

"Beat Patrick Long on iRacing."

:)

I guess I can add Will Power and Simon Pagenaud to that list for myself. I beat them 3 years ago at Sebring in a Skip Barber car :) Good memories. I later met Simon and he remembered me! Probably because of my love of Le Mans, I knew him from ALMS and had no idea who Mr. Power was at the time.
 
I raced with Andy Dalton yesterday.. Must've been playing games to forget about his loss! (He's a football quarterback over here and his team lost their playoff game)
 
I've beaten Gustavo Yacaman (sports car and Indy Lights driver) and Scott Sharp before. I beat Gus in the McLaren and Scott in the Riley DP. I've raced Matt Plumb in the MX-5 before, but he beat me by a mile
 
Just out of interest where do they get there prices from I'm going to try rf I'm not paying monthly fees and extra content it should be there standard.
 
Just out of interest where do they get there prices from I'm going to try rf I'm not paying monthly fees and extra content it should be there standard.

Look for a promo code, buy subscriptions when on special, buy content in bulk to get discount, only buy what you intend to race and it's not that bad...but oh well enjoy RF.


I guess I can add Will Power and Simon Pagenaud to that list for myself. I beat them 3 years ago at Sebring in a Skip Barber car :) Good memories. I later met Simon and he remembered me! Probably because of my love of Le Mans, I knew him from ALMS and had no idea who Mr. Power was at the time.

I raced Will Power last year in the Star Mazda at Zandvoort, I won the race too :) Was one of the best races I've ever had, 3 of us (me, Will, and some guy from Spain) were seperated by no more than a second for the first half hour of the race, was very intense...Loved it :)
 
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I had a great practice last night in the skippy at Mid-Ohio. I had the fourth fastest time out of 23 drivers including Nim, Kamuifanboy and a few other guys with high iRatings. Kamuifanboy only ran a few laps but I'll take what I can. I'm finally starting to learn tracks a lot faster. Mid-Ohio is a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to racing on this track.
 
I had a great practice last night in the skippy at Mid-Ohio. I had the fourth fastest time out of 23 drivers including Nim, Kamuifanboy and a few other guys with high iRatings. Kamuifanboy only ran a few laps but I'll take what I can. I'm finally starting to learn tracks a lot faster. Mid-Ohio is a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to racing on this track.

You should have said hello! I might have stayed longer then. I was giving the Skippy a go with NTM5 because I hadn't driven it for two years or so. She's much more manageable but still very unforgiving. The car is like that in real life so, I guess it's quite realistic.
 
Jav
So... How do you guys feel about iRacing removing the McLaren from the 2.4? Seems like the hardcore ultimate reality fanboys win again:
Let iRacing know how you feel about it:
http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3230770.page

Personally I think it was a real stupid decision when we could've had 2 cars battling on the same class.

The Mclaren sucks on NTMv4 IMO, so I won't miss it. I'd rather have 2 classes than 3, more people to fight with. Not really hardcore reality anyways since we don't have the right cars for a TUSCC event, so I'm fine with whatever they put in.
 
The Mclaren sucks on NTMv4 IMO, so I won't miss it. I'd rather have 2 classes than 3, more people to fight with. Not really hardcore reality anyways since we don't have the right cars for a TUSCC event, so I'm fine with whatever they put in.
Thing is that the RT12 Track is a GT3 car which is meant to be a direct competitor to the McLaren, they would've been in the same class.
I'm also with you on the V4 tires and the McLaren though.
 
I wouldn't have raced the Mclaren, but they shouldn't have took it out... But let's be honest about why they did, they want as many people to buy the RUF as possible (duh) and probably the best way to achieve that is remove the Mclaren just like they did with the Mustang last year. That being said what is everyone running? I finished 3rd in my split last year in the DP, I'm trying to decide if I want to improve on that and run the DP again (and help it's numbers..) or run the RUF because it's such an awesome car...
 
Im not sure Ill participate in it this year. It was kind of a joke last year with all the sandbagging that went on in some of the splits. I have a feeling it will be worse this year with so many people now being aware of it.
 
Im not sure Ill participate in it this year. It was kind of a joke last year with all the sandbagging that went on in some of the splits. I have a feeling it will be worse this year with so many people now being aware of it.

Some people may not be sandbagging. For instance; Most people seem to be able to be really quick in qualifying but, run really slow consistent lap times. I happen to only gain about 5 tenths from a full fuel to a qualifying fuel setup. Whereas most people seem to be able to go more than 1 second faster than their full fuel setups.
 
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I'm there with you Kamuy, I ussually end up beating my quali lap on long races like this by a couple of tenths, specially in Daytona with the long straights and so many cars around to give you a tow.
 
Turn 1 and the bus stop chicane are the worst in the RUF, I still can't figure out how to properly take turn 1, the bus stop you need to slow down much sooner than you think in order to get in and out of it as fast as possible. The old cliche "slow in fast out" applies..
 
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