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Man this felt so awkward. Last night was practicing in the Star in a session. I see that Troy Schultz guy that wrote the iSpeed tutorial. He's having trouble and spinning out all over, not making a clean lap. Anyway, I am thinking this is Troy which is a vet so I try to move over to let him enter T1 at mid ohio. I guess he losses control or something and spins right out into me. then he just all of a sudden rage quits out the session....

I hope he doesn't hate me :nervous:

I should really spend my time worrying more about my times then what others think lol
 
I wouldn't sweat it, anyone the rages and quits is not a nice guy in my book, speaking of, do you want to practice somewhere now? Say in the Skippy at Lime Rock?
 
I'm stuck at work atm :(

Tried practicing the Skippy at Lime Rock earlier this moring. I dunno I am thinking bout passing on this week in it. When prototypes & Gt tried to hit LRP last season it was a disaster. I thought i might even get 1st place once due to everyone wrecking so much. But I forget the Skippy is massively slower than the HPD was so that should help it

I was pulling something like 41s in the HPD. It felt like a short oval! :D
 
I am doing my first Season in the Skippy, and so far its a blast. First time at LRP with the skippy this season, and after reading the forum here, I was sure to be rammed by some one.

So I did my usual training. Roughly 50 laps, I get :58.7 +- .10 in hotlap, consistent and decided to go for a race. I have 3 simple goals. Do 20 laps, no accident, and let`s say ~59 consistent. I started 12, so already, I have sweating hand, thinking about swiftwilly talking about massive crash. We get into T1,and I take a look at who seems aggressive and who I should follow, and exactly the 2 guys i spotted that were aggressive crashed. Simply go around, and keep rolling.

Anyway, after 3 laps, I got 6, 5 lap I got 4, and then It was simple hot lapping for 15 laps. I got a few close calls, but with a good control of the skip, and following the person you want to overtake for a few minute the race was very enjoyable, and went as planned. Only 2 inc, where I had to dodge traffic and an accident.

I would say that LRP can be very enjoyable with the skippy, if you go easy, and read your opponent. Dont give up yet swiftwilly

(Maybe I was lucky though?)
 
What i thought, i want to connect a laptop to my TV but its SO slow, i'll clean it up someday but its not even mine
 
This isn't a web browser based game. Only the interface to enter races and purchase content is through the website. You still have to install the game onto a PC to play it.
 
vardd
I am doing my first Season in the Skippy, and so far its a blast. First time at LRP with the skippy this season, and after reading the forum here, I was sure to be rammed by some one.

So I did my usual training. Roughly 50 laps, I get :58.7 +- .10 in hotlap, consistent and decided to go for a race. I have 3 simple goals. Do 20 laps, no accident, and let`s say ~59 consistent. I started 12, so already, I have sweating hand, thinking about swiftwilly talking about massive crash. We get into T1,and I take a look at who seems aggressive and who I should follow, and exactly the 2 guys i spotted that were aggressive crashed. Simply go around, and keep rolling.

Anyway, after 3 laps, I got 6, 5 lap I got 4, and then It was simple hot lapping for 15 laps. I got a few close calls, but with a good control of the skip, and following the person you want to overtake for a few minute the race was very enjoyable, and went as planned. Only 2 inc, where I had to dodge traffic and an accident.

I would say that LRP can be very enjoyable with the skippy, if you go easy, and read your opponent. Dont give up yet swiftwilly

(Maybe I was lucky though?)
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well I think you can have good races if you don't race like in real life (the opposite definition to a SIM)...see in real life you would of qualified and with your laps, you should of been up front where I heard the crashes occured? Would you have finished? Who knows...

Another example, I had a good race with Marcus last night...I was on pole and did well after about 5 laps. I knew the guy coming in 2nd, his a very fast racer but his not clean, so I decided to do what I normally wouldn't do as a real driver. I moved out of the driving lane, slowed down and let him pass, in doing so, I allowed 3rd place catch up, after 10 laps he caught up finally, I also decided to let him pass. 2 laps to go 2nd spun out and I regained 2nd position. Finished that way.

So...I finally had a clean race in Skip after four tries (seriously, it shouldn't take you that many tries), and why did I have a clean race? I let people pass me by slowing down and moving out of the way. This shouldn't have been the case, it wouldn't happen in real life. Real life drivers pick the right places to pass instead of dive bombing/overtaking in the most difficult of turns/driving bumper to bumper into a corner and not adjusting brake zones etc

But like I mentioned before, this might be just the "skip series" + D Class?

I might try what superbike mentioned but there is a problem, I think my own irating should be aroudn 1300 - this is where I find my best competition to be, at 1500 irating, I will be dead last and getting -irating constantly dropping me down. Also, it is such a long slog/farm to get up there with all the ups and downs of low SOF Skip racing...I just don't feel comfortable racing in 1500 yet I am not good enough, but only doing it for safe races.

I'll try some other alternatives and farm my SR to C Class and try the Skip premier series, if that doesn't work out, I'll go B class and do the HPD.

It just goes against the very purpose of racing to start at the back just to have a safe race. not very realistic :(
 
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These Rookie Oval/Road races are killing me! I try to just run clean laps to rank up the best way. But hell, even iRacing has douches. Not like GT5, but still. I was advised to run slower clean laps is the best way to earn a clean record. Guess it just takes patience and practice.
 
I want to race so badly! but im on an iRacing diet! Must hold out till the weekend or I will fail ALL of my classes lol.
 
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I want to race so badly! but im on an iRacing diet! Must hold out till the weekend or I will fail ALL of my classes lol.
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Lol!!
I feel you! I need to race so bad! Currently 2nd on my div on the C6.R but my loadcell just went kaput!
 
Oh forgot to mention, per iracing rules, its up to the passing driver to overtake safetly whilst you maintain the driving line. I always do this but for some reason I get rear ended - now people say "your too slow" well buddy, thats why you have caught up and trying to over take me, If i wasn't slow, you wouldn't be passing.

The number of safe overtakes vs unsafe overtakes is shameful. I have also lodged a number of iracing protests against people but iracing just cant be bothered with most of them - also lodging protests takes a bit of effort.

Once again, probably just a Skip and low SOF thing. Still doesn't make it fun.
 
Yeah I concur. Just going to try and do it right. It will come in time. I have my Road up to a 2.71 after 2 tt's and 2 races. The Ovals are brutal but fun though. More like rookie bumper cars at times. I'm down to a 2.42 on that series.
 
After seeing this, I'm ditching my single screen projector setup (it will be completely dedicated to 3D Blu-Ray and other movies/shows now) and getting a 5x1 landscape setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq6xXj0OGSU&feature=player_embedded

This is 5x 23" monitors, and having those extra two monitors on the sides seems awesome for realism, really puts you in the game, you can actually feel/see the cars alongside of you.

Will replace my 7970 with the Asus 7970 that supports 6 screens as soon as it comes back in stock, and then add two more screens.
 
Just did my 1st Star Mazda race

THAT OWNED

Race was close the whole time. Since this was my 1st race I just wanted to focus on driving clean and make no mistakes, no errors. Wasn't even trying to hit my Personal Best. Just wanted to relax, have fun, and learn. Didn't block anyone. Just gave out love and got it back in spades.

Hope this wasn't just beginner's luck. I am seeing a bright future for this car

I almost lost control of the car once or twice. If that woulda been the Skippy I cant lie I might've hit the wall. :scared:

Car is faster than the Skippy, looks better, handles better, and everyone drives x10 better, and the iR is wayyyy better
 
superbike81
After seeing this, I'm ditching my single screen projector setup (it will be completely dedicated to 3D Blu-Ray and other movies/shows now) and getting a 5x1 landscape setup.
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That is pretty cool, my only concern would be finding a decent way to mount all 5 displays. A 3 way mount and 2 stools is what that guy had, I think. How are you going to mount all 5?
 
I'll probably build something out of 80/20 aluminum.

This won't happen until I get back to the US though. Which should be around August.
 
sandboxgod
Just did my 1st Star Mazda race

THAT OWNED

Race was close the whole time. Since this was my 1st race I just wanted to focus on driving clean and make no mistakes, no errors. Wasn't even trying to hit my Personal Best. Just wanted to relax, have fun, and learn. Didn't block anyone. Just gave out love and got it back in spades.

Hope this wasn't just beginner's luck. I am seeing a bright future for this car

I almost lost control of the car once or twice. If that woulda been the Skippy I cant lie I might've hit the wall. :scared:

Car is faster than the Skippy, looks better, handles better, and everyone drives x10 better, and the iR is wayyyy better
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Really? I think I am going to finish my Skip career early and give this a shot. I am over the Skip.

Do you mind sending me or posting your results for that race? I just want to have a look at the iR vs times etc.
 
superbike81
I'll probably build something out of 80/20 aluminum.

This won't happen until I get back to the US though. Which should be around August.
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So when you come back to the US do you bring all your sim gear with you and how do you come back? plane, boat? Curious to know if you bring your rig with you. :)
 
That's cool, you've put in a lot of time on your rig. Can't wait to see 5 screens in action. :)
 
Computer won't boot up now :(

But the SOF was much higher since they allow more cars. Of course guys did wreck tho. I know my competition wrecked himself twice and I didn't apply much pressure at all.

edit- Here's that race. I came in 7th. Also the SM series has less traffic than the Skippy series so its much easier to get into a higher SOF race.
 
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Ok some iracing drivers just simply amaze me.

They follow bumper to bumper and they take each corner without adjusting their brake zones. Seriously, what kind of quality is this? Might be low SOF splits but what a joke. These drivers just drive with their brake zones and don't care about anything else.

I mean, I always drive without my foot almost on the brakes when I am bumper to bumper. I even modify my driving line so I won't rear end. I did this last night and lost 2nd position to a guy I could of easily over taken but I am sure I would of crashed out.

Too bad people don't extend the same sort of service to me, 1 rear ended me.

1 clean skip race, 4 non clean skip races and counting....
 
I took it up the rear a few times at um, Suzuka, in Prototypes & Gt. Granted I sort of share their fail. They probably expected me to take the corner faster. Sometimes drivers just dont realize some people master direct corners than themselves. They try to be Jedi and 'predict' your motion and may not be so great at perfectly making realtime adjustments. Hence, it appears they have no brakes to the person that took it up the rear

My fix? I'm just not going to qualify anymore unless I think I can take pole and pull away S. Vettel style. If I can't accomplish that feat than I just wont Qualify. The iRating+ is much sweeter when you dont Q anyway
 

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