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[superbike81]

There are issues at EVERY level in iRacing.

Disagree?

Just go back and watch some of the PSRTV DWC races. Looks like a bottom split rookie Street Stock/Legends race sometimes.

As I said above, the only way to truly get rid of the idiots or get their behavior in check is with live race marshals. But if we wanted that, we would all be paying $1500 a year for iRacing.

 

[left888]

That's racing guys, I mean what do you expect? If I ever got into a race with no bumping, no mistakes, no bad drivers it would shock the hell out of me. Just do your best. I mean there will always be bad drivers that probably should not be in iRacing but they paid their money just like everyone else.

Personally I don't think iRacing can make it any better. Didn't they mention a few months ago that Nim got a couple helpers to go through the protests quicker? I remember one race I was in and I made a mistake, over corrected and lost control just as the leaders were coming by. I took out the 2nd place guy I didn't mean to but he unloaded a tyrant of "foulables" at me. The next day I sent an PM apology to him, I told him I made a mistake and although his tirade wasn't necessary I wasn't going to protest him. He returned a PM and told me how embarrassed he was and that he just lost his temper and he told me he was going to try and be a better man over this incident.

So I think there are a lot of incidents out there that are not as bad as some of you guys think, perhaps just some quick tempers over competition.

 

[superbike81]

The problem isn't the amount of protests Nim and his team handle, the problem is how they handle the protests.

I've protested three times for OBVIOUS intentional divebomb maneuvers that in any real racing series would have resulted in a suspension for the offending driver. What response did I get from Nim? Racing incident.

BS

This is why people drive like asshats, because they can easily get away with it. As long as they don't say a bad word or do something like drive backwards through the field they can get away with whatever they want. From a business standpoint I can understand this, because the occasional divebomber isn't going to make me quit, but if someone who drives poorly get suspended a couple times, they may consider quitting before they change their driving style.

 

[Patrocles]

Finally ordered my computer and bought a 3 months subscription to iRacing. Can't race yet though as I don't get my computer before the end of the week starting now.. Can't wait!!

I'm one of those that go into practice alone for as long as it takes to understand the car before I go out and try it side by side with others. Hope I wont ruin someones race.

Oh and I wont be using the HPD at first

Right on! Welcome to the dark side!



there are many paths to get from Rookie to D License.
An iracing saying attributed to Mr. John Henry, the game financial backer, goes sumfink like, "The job of the rookie is to get out of rookie class."

 

[ErikAndre71]

For now I have no idea how it will be and I think it scary to go into it, but I got a few tips from a friend already getting out of the rookie class. But I guess I soon see it for my self.

But if you have tips on getting out of rookie I'm very open to suggestions, seen some terrible and scary driving on youtube in the rookie series.

 

[RobJackson85]

For now I have no idea how it will be and I think it scary to go into it, but I got a few tips from a friend already getting out of the rookie class. But I guess I soon see it for my self.

But if you have tips on getting out of rookie I'm very open to suggestions, seen some terrible and scary driving on youtube in the rookie series.

Start from the pits and race your own race.

Don't get caught up in fights with other cars on the track, I wouldn't really bother what position you finish either. Just try to have a race with 0 incidents.

 

[superbike81]

Don't just jump into a race either.

Do some test sessions until you can do 10 or so consecutive laps without incidents.

Then jump into some open practice sessions, do those until you get comfortable with other cars around you. It will also be a good time to practice your crash avoidance skills.

After that, enter a race and like Rob said above, start from the pits and don't worry too much about where you finish. Don't fight for position, you'll finish pretty well just by not crashing, even if you are running a few seconds slower than the fastest guys. LOTS of people crash out in these rookie races.

 

[fatkrakr]

Also I would add not to quit races. You wont see your irating , but you have one and decides what split your in. Had a buddy start and he would quit any race that he got wrecked in (and that will happen) got himself stuck so low in the lower splits he got frustrated and wont race anymore. The lower splits in rookies is a zoo.

 

[Jav]

Exactly what Rob said! Start from the pits every single race, you'll gain more iRating because all of the morons you'll pass and will stay away from trouble wich will pay out big time with SR! You'll always come up to a moron that will want to block, drive you to the wall and just plain wreck you not to let you by, just let those morons go, drop back a few seconds and you'll get your chance once they spin out!
Practice practice practice! Get rid of the bad habits created by GT5, once you can race without dropping wheels off/spining out/making mistakes go for the race.
Just get out of roomie and enjoy the best racing in the planet!

 

[Roush_fan_99]

seen some terrible and scary driving on youtube in the rookie series.

Don't let youtube scare you out of it, people typically either post the cleanest of the clean or most likely the dirtiest of the dirty races, it can get bad but as long as you have situational awareness and can predict where a wreck is going to happen or where it is going to slide to, you should be fine most of the time

At the end of the season I'll probably be posting a video of rookie close calls (even though I haven't done much rookie racing since I made it to Oval D halfway through the season.

Also, I think they are moving legends back to rookie for S3 because the survey said to pick tracks for Street Stock Class D

 

[babalulu]

all these comments in this thread are making me excited of joining in the fun too! but still deciding what pc specs i have to pick for good smooth & high graphics!

 

[Jav]

all these comments in this thread are making me excited of joining in the fun too! but still deciding what pc specs i have to pick for good smooth & high graphics!

For iRacing you won't need a high end PC to run everything on the highest setting with a single monitor. I'd say go for something mid to high end so it'll get you good results for a very long time. There's a good number of great new titles coming out wich will definitely use more computing power than iRacing does so you might wanna build with those in mind.

 

[Matty]

Is an i3 strong enough for iRacing? Was talking to my uncle and he thinks it will be too slow and that I'd need a i5?

 

[Jav]

Is an i3 strong enough for iRacing? Was talking to my uncle and he thinks it will be too slow and that I'd need a i5?

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx

 

[Matty]

That's of no use to me yet unfortunately. Still waiting to buy my PC.

 

[Eric.]

I wouldn't start from the pits in every race. You need to learn how to handle a race start.

 

[Jav]

Alright, keep in mind that iRacing is not an uber graphics game like the FPS games that are out there so it won't require the most expensive hardware to run on decent settings.
Here's what I have and runs everything on high at 150+FPS all day long:
-Processor
AMD Phenom II X4 830 (2.8GHz)
Processor Main Features
64 bit Quad-Core Processor
-Memory
6GB DDR3 1333
Hard Drive
750GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM
-Optical Drive 1
SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
-Graphics
Powercolor ATI Radeon 5770 1GB
-Audio
Sound card - Integrated
-Power supply
Corsair Enthusiast 750 Watts
-Motherboard
Chipset
AMD 760G
-Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Thing's I'll upgrade in the future are the motherboard and Graphics card just because I want triple monitors and want eveything nice and shinny!

 

[Kevin01SH]

I have an Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.0ghz), 2gb RAM, Intel 4500MHD graphics card built in (256mb max) with windows vista.

I regularly get 21-25 fps, during the Thunder race i was getting 13fps in heavy traffic

I need to build a PC but i dont have the money, so this will have to do for now.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

Is an i3 strong enough for iRacing? Was talking to my uncle and he thinks it will be too slow and that I'd need a i5?

I would go for the i5, that's what my laptop has and it will run at the locked 100FPS range on my single TV with medium settings all day but the max I would be able to get would be about 120-150, and on big tracks like Spa and Suzuka it has dropped to 80FPS, but not all the time. However I am not the exactly the most computer smart person either.

 

[Eric.]

I don't know how you can hate the Mustang. I joined a practice session to get used to it again. I came over the last turn at Oulton park in 2nd gear with a little too much throttle, got way sideways. All I had to do was countersteer and ride it out. I even lifted! I don't think you can do those two things at the same time in any other iRacing car.

 

[Wilbur]

I don't know how you can hate the Mustang. I joined a practice session to get used to it again. I came over the last turn at Oulton park in 2nd gear with a little too much throttle, got way sideways. All I had to do was countersteer and ride it out. I even lifted! I don't think you can do those two things at the same time in any other iRacing car.

I haven't driven the mustang but it seems the truck does that too if it gets sideways.

 

[Eric.]

Well, just thinking on the Oval side. It does seem like the Street Stock and Late Model hold slides kind of well, but if the Mustang had a little more power and the tires could take the heat, you could pretty much go drifting with it.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

Eric, I'm having a lot of trouble with the mustang lately, you wouldn't happen to have a setup would you, I'm having trouble loose on entry then massive understeer on exit, who were you saying hated the mustang, I didn't see that? is oulton park thru this weekend or ends tomorrow? I am 5/8 for cred for the mustang series this season so I have to do oulton park but i can't tonight

 

[isamu]

Interesting thread going on regarding the state of the sim as a whole.

http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/2002496.page

Worth a read. Lots of good points being made, particularly about how slow progress on the NTM and car physics in general is being made.

 

[babalulu]

well i only have a 6800 graphics card av8 asus mother board the rest i don't remember haha.. i think i will just update the motherboard + processor - graphics card - & power supply.. i think that should do it hopefully and not cost me a lot!

 

[Imari]

Eric, I'm having a lot of trouble with the mustang lately, you wouldn't happen to have a setup would you, I'm having trouble loose on entry then massive understeer on exit, who were you saying hated the mustang, I didn't see that? is oulton park thru this weekend or ends tomorrow? I am 5/8 for cred for the mustang series this season so I have to do oulton park but i can't tonight

Oulton park is for the next week. I haven't had a chance to run it yet, but I'll try and post up a set once I do.

 

[Kamuifanboy]

Interesting thread going on regarding the state of the sim as a whole.

http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/2002496.page

Worth a read. Lots of good points being made, particularly about how slow progress on the NTM and car physics in general is being made.

I was reading that yesterday. Definitely some very good points being made there. I really hope that iRacing listens to that thread. A lot of what I was reading was that they were only focusing on cars and tracks.

Tracks I could see them keeping focus, that makes sense. As for cars, we already have problems in the upper ranks with lack of participation. Making more cars only makes the problem worse I think. Some things I think are needed. Like the HSV. That is a must to get some more asians on board. But, other cars just seem like huge overkill to me.

 

[Imari]

Eric, I'm having a lot of trouble with the mustang lately, you wouldn't happen to have a setup would you, I'm having trouble loose on entry then massive understeer on exit, who were you saying hated the mustang, I didn't see that? is oulton park thru this weekend or ends tomorrow? I am 5/8 for cred for the mustang series this season so I have to do oulton park but i can't tonight

Try this. It's the same setup I've been using all season with track specific tweaks. I just adjust swaybars and front toe for each track (and fuel). Last week I had a medium front bar and no rear, at Oulton I'm liking the feel of firm front and soft rear. If you have time, it's good to try a few different things.

I don't know the track well at all, I've only raced a Skippy here once at one of the shorter variations, but after a dozen laps it's got an optimal of 1.42.5xx so I suspect it's probably competitive enough.

If you're finding it too much of a handful, try putting the rear bar back to none. I found that having it on soft gave me more rotation to be able to really chuck it hard into the corners and made it less wobbly going around some of the higher speed corners, but when you lose control you REALLY lose control. With no rear bar you just understeer.

If I can't get consistent laps with it by the weekend I'll be putting it back to none for racing. Gotta finish the race if you want any points. Besides, the Mustang is my series for farming iRating and SR for the inevitable hit I take in the V8 series each week.

 

[Patrocles]

Also I would add not to quit races. You wont see your irating , but you have one and decides what split your in. Had a buddy start and he would quit any race that he got wrecked in (and that will happen) got himself stuck so low in the lower splits he got frustrated and wont race anymore. The lower splits in rookies is a zoo.

excellent point that is often overlooked. IIBC, the rookie class gets at least 1 "instant fix" for a wrecked car (maybe more "instant fixes?" for rookies? anyone?). So he can drive into the pit or get towed to the pit and get his car repaired automatically without any wait.

 

[Eric.]

excellent point that is often overlooked. IIBC, the rookie class gets at least 1 "instant fix" for a wrecked car (maybe more "instant fixes?" for rookies? anyone?). So he can drive into the pit or get towed to the pit and get his car repaired automatically without any wait.

As long as he unchecks fuel and tires, or else he'll be in the pitbox for 40 seconds instead of one second.

Edit: I think the Mustang is pretty good on the baseline setup. People usually say to set it up to steer with the brakes and throttle. And if you can't make the front grip better, make the rear grip worse. Mainly play with ARB settings, and move the brake bias back a little so you can get some rotation out of it.