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[iMikeTheKing]

Sometime next week I will order my parts for my build. Then I will come back to iRacing. I have 2 accounts already but I'm going to completely start over with the Cadillac Promo. If everything goes right I could be back to iRacing by Friday the 14th.

 

[livemusic]

I reckon you don't have any non-basic content on those other two accounts? Otherwise why start a third one?

 

[Pingwhen]

I was assuming the same.

 

[iMikeTheKing]

On my first account I have decent amount of content but a really poor irating (somewhere around 900). I still want to use my first account because of all the content i just don't know if I want to constantly finish in the top 5 every race.

 

[Pingwhen]

I'm sorry but that makes no sense to me. Do you want to finish lower than 5? Or higher?

 

[iMikeTheKing]

I want to finish higher than 5. I may just re-activate the first account just for the content. I will have to race D class until I get around a 1500 irating and move up to the higher class. On that account I'm C Class on both road and oval.

 

[Pingwhen]

lower irating means you race slower people. you have a better chance of wining if you deserve a higher irating than 900. you will have a lower chance of winning when you get higher. winning isnt everything its improving. and restart over and over seems like a complete waste of time. a win is worth normally 100 irating you could be at 1500 in 6-9 races.

 

[ErikAndre71]

I'm sorry.. but are we that desperate to win that we are account jumping.. LOL If you want to win, improve!!

 

[iMikeTheKing]

I'm sorry.. but are we that desperate to win that we are account jumping.. LOL If you want to win, improve!!

I don't care about winning I just have to beat more than half of the field to improve irating.

EDIT: I will just re-activate my first account. It will let me adapt to any physic changes since I was last on. I may rejoin before I upgrade my PC.

EDIT 2: Do you think a Radeon HD 6950 will run max setting on iRacing?

 

[iMikeTheKing]

Did anyone get an e-mail from iRacing about the championship poll again. It looks lke they narrowed it down to two choices.

Results from poll #1: Keep as is: 2109 votes (42.90%)
Average the points of the top 33% of your races for the week: 710 votes (14.44%)
Average top score of the top 25% of your races for the week: 1121 votes (22.80%)
Include a maximum of 3 races in the average: 976 votes (19.85%)

http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews...g-championship-points-scoring-poll-2-now-open

 

[Patrocles]

I'm sorry.. but are we that desperate to win that we are account jumping.. LOL If you want to win, improve!!

I don't care about winning I just have to beat more than half of the field to improve irating.

EDIT: I will just re-activate my first account. It will let me adapt to any physic changes since I was last on. I may rejoin before I upgrade my PC.

EDIT 2: Do you think a Radeon HD 6950 will run max setting on iRacing?

Many people have multiple accounts (many top racers claim, too). They use one for "serious" racing and keeping their iR at a high level and the other accounts for fun racing.

 

[Maxitsu]

Many people have multiple accounts (many top racers claim, too). They use one for "serious" racing and keeping their iR at a high level and the other accounts for fun racing.

Can't you have both For me serious = fun.


I am not a good driver i had a Irating drop. But if you doing some good races you gain it easily back. Atleast if you don't have much irating. So to me its stupid to pay extra for a second account becaus you only have 900 irating.

 

[Eric.]

Here's the thing, an appropriate iRating should put you with other drivers of the same skill level. If you have dropped to a 900 iRating, there's a reason for it. Sometimes big changes in iRating result from switching to an unfamiliar (or more familiar) car, where you just don't have the same relative pace or you can't keep it on the road. I started driving the Skippy again at the end of last season, and was crashed out many times. My iRating bombed as a result. Driving the Mustang every week this season, I've yet to not gain at least 50 iRating each time, finding myself battling for top spots in top-split races.

I've climbed from like 1300iR to around 2700iR this season.

And maybe that's an argument to make about not having separate iRatings for each car. I'm fast in the Mustang, MX5, and sometimes the Skippy. My iRating mostly reflect that. Put me in a Ford GT for a season and you'd see my iRating settle to a lower number, because I'm not good with that car.

 

[Matty]

My SR took a big hit in the Skippys last night. Never liked Lime Rock. Might just do the SRF races this week.

Also, I have every track on the skippy schedule, is there any car that I could get that runs all or a lot of those tracks? Was looking at the Mustang, but I am 4 tracks out on that.

 

[noshog]

Did anyone get an e-mail from iRacing about the championship poll again. It looks lke they narrowed it down to two choices.

Results from poll #1: Keep as is: 2109 votes (42.90%)
Average the points of the top 33% of your races for the week: 710 votes (14.44%)
Average top score of the top 25% of your races for the week: 1121 votes (22.80%)
Include a maximum of 3 races in the average: 976 votes (19.85%)

I hope it changes to 25% but doesn't look good.
I've done 2 races in the Skippy this week already, one good SOF and one not so good SOF, I want to race more this week but if the next race I join is a low SOF again I'm pretty much just throwing away points .
I must admit I'm not sure why more people didn't vote the 25% option, whether you have the time for 1 or 5 races you are more likely to keep your top result only, why wasn't this option more appealing to people

 

[ErikAndre71]

Many people have multiple accounts (many top racers claim, too). They use one for "serious" racing and keeping their iR at a high level and the other accounts for fun racing.

Can't you have both For me serious = fun.

I really thought that was what iRacing is about. Having fun because it's serious. Get away from the game feel and race. Not for real, but as close as it gets without spending millions on formula1 simulators. But no matter how good you make it for people they always find a excuse to exploit it. Maybe they claim it's a fun account.. Couldn't I make a new account just to go out and ignore everything about driving etiquette and racing rules to create a none fun environments for everyone lucky enough to get into the same split as my self? Or even do deliberate crashes to people I don't like..

iRating is showing your skill level and if you can't improve it just by driving you should spend some time practicing how to become faster. Study your own style of driving and try figure out where you can go faster. Check the replay and see the guys that is a second or two faster than you.. See what they do. In short.. improve. If people are faster than you and you want iRating.. well as iRating is a "skill meter" get some skills. Hard facts, but why try to improve your iRating when your skill isn't there to back it up?? Then you will lose it pretty fast as you will end up in split's you aren't good enough to be in. Thats just stupid!

 

[iMikeTheKing]

Here's the thing, an appropriate iRating should put you with other drivers of the same skill level. If you have dropped to a 900 iRating, there's a reason for it.

At the time yes I did deserve it but I have learned a lot since then. On my second account I have around a 1500 irating on both sides. I did the roar before the 2.4 and was in a split around 2000. I finished 4th I think but I didn't really practice for a long time because I didn't really need it. All the races I did out of iRacing really helped me. I got use to getting into a rhythm something that I learned from one iRacing Driving School a guy did with the Mustang and some races on GTR2 and rFactor.

I will take your advice and just get my iRating up. I will see if I can join you guys soon!

 

[Mac K]

Are all the fastest Mustang drivers running in Grand Am? I just got my arse handed to me tonight on Mid Ohio..

 

[Eric.]

I've never tried Grand Am. I meant to try running a little this season but never paid much attention to when the races happen.

 

[Mac K]

I've never tried Grand Am. I meant to try running a little this season but never paid much attention to when the races happen.

It's pretty fun, everyone respects everyone else. I've done 3 races in the Mustang now, two 2nd place finishes and a 5th, so I can't really complain. I'm still figuring out how to drive the Stang to it's full potential..

 

[Eric.]

I only heard stories of DP's running Mustangs off the road.

 

[Mac K]

I only heard stories of DP's running Mustangs off the road.

I keep getting placed in the top split, haven't seen any of that yet.. I just hold my line, and let them by as soon as possible.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

I only heard stories of DP's running Mustangs off the road.

It's been awhile since I did a grand am race but it happens just not all the time, and if a DP hits a mustang, there's about a 90% chance the DP gets taken out too, so it's usually just a mistake

I just did some practice in the SRF, and that is a tough car to initially learn but I'm starting to get the hang of it

 

[Eric.]

Yeah, see I've race multiclass in the inRacingNews Challenge (MX5, Solstice, SRF), GT Cup (MX5, Solstice, Jetta), GT Challenge (Ford GT, Corvette), 120 Minutes of Thunder (CTSVR, DP) and of course my league (Mustang, MX5). Of all those, the 120 Minutes of Thunder is really the only one where the faster class was significantly faster and could make passes on the slower class with little effort. The CTSVR is at least fast enough that it doesn't make the DP lose a ton of time if it needs to wait through a turn to pass.

 

[Mac K]

Yeah, see I've race multiclass in the inRacingNews Challenge (MX5, Solstice, SRF), GT Cup (MX5, Solstice, Jetta), GT Challenge (Ford GT, Corvette), 120 Minutes of Thunder (CTSVR, DP) and of course my league (Mustang, MX5). Of all those, the 120 Minutes of Thunder is really the only one where the faster class was significantly faster and could make passes on the slower class with little effort. The CTSVR is at least fast enough that it doesn't make the DP lose a ton of time if it needs to wait through a turn to pass.

I think it would be neat if they created a new series, the Continental Tire Challenge Series, using the MX-5 and the Mustang, similar to your league, but it would be an official Iracing series, and would be run just like Grand Am is now. Then take the Mustang out of Grand Am and put a new, faster GT car in there. Of course the Mustang would obviously continue to race in the Mustang Challenge as well.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

I think the McLaren Might mix some things up soon but probably won't affect the Mustang, probably just the GT series.
But Mustang and MX-5 doesn't sound too bad. Is there tighter racing between the two on smaller tracks like LRP?

 

[Eric.]

Hahahah...funny you say that. Some MX5s were faster than some Mustangs at LRP.

I'd encourage you guys to check out our league, but we have too many people as it is, some of us aren't able to join before the session fills.

Also I don't know if the MX5 and Mustang would be good in an official series. Our last race was a disaster with seven 4-lap (at 2'15 a lap) cautions in a 90 minute race. Both the Mustang and MX5 have to sacrifice some time to let the Mustang by. And nobody had that patience in this race. I'd really hate to try it with the general public. But you also wouldn't have much class interaction in a regular length race. Most times the Mustang isn't more than 2-4 seconds faster a lap besides places like Daytona and Homestead where they get a long high speed section.

Lime Rock broadcast:

 

[left888]

I keep getting placed in the top split, haven't seen any of that yet.. I just hold my line, and let them by as soon as possible.

I didn't see one Mustang get run off the road tonight, thought it was a clean race all around. Not one yellow all night.

 

[swiftwilly]

Sounds like a good track. But I need to save money. Really want to cut down non essential purchases in iracing. Only going to buy tracks if I really need to. Instead of buying zolder and a f1 I probably will spend this on f1 2012. Or save up for a clubsport and f1 wheel.

 

[left888]

I am only about 3 tracks away from owning all content for iRacing and they are 3 lame oval's. I will buy them, there are some cool cars and tracks in iRacing and the thing is they aren't that much money. Plus when you purchase in groups of 3 you get a deal.