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[Jav]

I think I read somewhere they where completely re-doing the Ford so it won't have 100% the same charasteristics as the Holden, it will still use the same foundation so they'll be very similar and evenly matched, it just won't be like the 3 Sprint Cup cars which are identical expet for looks.

 

[OwensRacing]

Looks I need to get in and practice up before Wednesday.

 

[richidoo]

My friend Andre Martins runs in CMS! I always see him running it but I have no time for it.

 

[Jav]

Looks I need to get in and practice up before Wednesday.

Whenever you have a couple of hours just text me and I'll set it up, I need practice myself as well!

My friend Andre Martins runs in CMS! I always see him running it but I have no time for it.

Andre is one of our fastest if not the fastest guy, love it when he races, he pushes all of us that extra bit harder which is always fun and good for the whole group. Wish you could join us some time!

 

[Silver-Sylph]

I raced with Andre alot in Proto/gt and he is seriously quick and a nice guy.

 

[richidoo]

Yes! He hasnt raced much this season. He's ready for driver swaps as am I. We managed to get two teams in NEO NES. The 42 slots filled in 10 min!

 

[Jav]

The Neo series has made a great name for itself and it'll be a great series with the swaps, whish I had a schedule that allowed me to make the commitment to a team to race there.

 

[velly]

Its not like the Ford's appearance changed much anyway lol.

it will soon, a new falcon will be hitting our streets in a few weeks (but I dont think we will see it in iRacing)

 

[Roush_fan_99]

Aren't they killing it off in 2016?

Putting the mustang front end on it made it look like a Ford fusion except with RWD

 

[fatkrakr]

I was about to say that's not a new car that's a Fusion.

 

[richidoo]

I was about to say that's not a new car that's a Fusion.

LOL

 

[velly]

yes production ends at 2016 (I work for Ford BTW but in Vehicle Engineering)
Personally I am not too impressed with the update. They should have gone out with a bang

 

[Wilbur]

I haven't posted in here in awhile but man I'm not sure what to think since I finally got out of D class oval after forever (week 13 killed me from A class to D class). Now my FPS is crap once I started a truck race at Iowa, it used to run at 30-35 usually which was low but it worked ok for me; this is now around 20.

 

[iamsupernasty]

I think you need to adjust some settings.

Tbh though, I can't even imagine playing with anything below 60fps.

 

[Wilbur]

I think you need to adjust some settings.

Tbh though, I can't even imagine playing with anything below 60fps.

I have never been above 35 in any race since I joined almost 2 years ago. I'm not sure what settings to change since I'm only running low detail on the cars, nothing else is shows (stands, pits, flag man, damage model).

Yes I know I need a new computer, I just am trying to figure out the best route to go for me (pre-built by Main PC or piece together which is confusing to me).

 

[Silver-Sylph]

I have never been above 35 in any race since I joined almost 2 years ago. I'm not sure what settings to change since I'm only running low detail on the cars, nothing else is shows (stands, pits, flag man, damage model).

Yes I know I need a new computer, I just am trying to figure out the best route to go for me (pre-built by Main PC or piece together which is confusing to me).

I feel like that would difficult with only 35fps. I'd turn everything to low and turn down AA and turn off VSync.

Obviously if you piece together your own computer and are smart about it you can make a powerful computer for fairly cheap.

 

[Wilbur]

I feel like that would difficult with only 35fps. I'd turn everything to low and turn down AA and turn off VSync.

Obviously if you piece together your own computer and are smart about it you can make a powerful computer for fairly cheap.

I might try that to see if I can make it work for the time being, this was a cheap computer to begin with. 35FPS is low, but it wasn't too much of an issue for me as far as smoothness.

Computers and I are not friends in the terms of understanding what is what. I had someone piece together a list but ti was around $1200 for just parts, I sent it over to a buddy to see if he can figure out a better deal for me. Honestly $700 or so is probably where I'd like to be in it. It doesn't need to run triples (even though I know I might as well have it as an option), and I don't need maxed out settings.

 

[iamsupernasty]

$700 is more than enough. I wish I had a more detailed answer for you, but I'd suggest making a post on the iRacing.com hardware forum. Tell people your budget and your goals and they will point you in the right direction.

Once you have the parts, construction is a breeze. I am an absolute idiot and I figured it out.

 

[velly]

same here, lowest i ran was 59fps after some tweeks to my graphics card. I put it back to default and iracing on max settings and i am capped at 84fps (not tried uncapped) it is a GTX 480 1.5 gig card

God knows how you race at 30!

 

[Wilbur]

same here, lowest i ran was 59fps after some tweeks to my graphics card. I put it back to default and iracing on max settings and i am capped at 84fps (not tried uncapped) it is a GTX 480 1.5 gig card

God knows how you race at 30!

I'm almost scared to know how bad it really was, it seemed perfectly fine to me.

 

[velly]

if it works for you then all is well...that is the main thing

 

[Wilbur]

if it works for you then all is well...that is the main thing

I'm sure once I get something better, I will be a little more impressed.

 

[dsgerbc]

Seriously, 30FPS? My 8" tablet can run 60 fps in spectator mode with 20 cars on the track, on okayishly low settings. That's with built-in graphics.
Move that quality dial to 'max framerate'.

 

[Wilbur]

Seriously, 30FPS? My 8" tablet can run 60 fps in spectator mode with 20 cars on the track, on okayishly low settings. That's with built-in graphics.
Move that quality dial to 'max framerate'.

It's always been on max frame rate......shocker I know. Like I said this was a very cheap computer when I needed one, I paid like $300 for it at the time.

 

[Silver-Sylph]

If you decide to piece together a computer i would wait till black friday deals roll around and you'll save alot. Building a computer is just like building a lego really.

 

[dsgerbc]

If you decide to piece together a computer i would wait till black friday deals roll around and you'll save alot. Building a computer is just like building a lego really.

+1. One might not have to do much assembly too, sometimes on BF you can snag some one- or two-year-old brandname desktop models, that would be just a videocard away from being very good value. Watch something like slickdeals forums for info, people will usually provide all the needed specs (like 16x PCI slots inside/power supply wattage etc).

 

[iamsupernasty]

Be aware that some oem desktops might not have a power supply strong enough for a solid video card.

 

[Wilbur]

+1. One might not have to do much assembly too, sometimes on BF you can snag some one- or two-year-old brandname desktop models, that would be just a videocard away from being very good value. Watch something like slickdeals forums for info, people will usually provide all the needed specs (like 16x PCI slots inside/power supply wattage etc).

Not really going to go that route honestly, sure it's easier...but I'd rather get something I know is up to the task than a pre built machine that wasn't for gaming.

 

[Jav]

Thought some here might be interested, design Patrick Dempsey's GT-3 Cup livery:

http://www.porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/designdempseyscar/

 

[richidoo]

Go to the renderer document in the iRacing folder. set the autoconfig to 0