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I've never had that issue. The only time I've been dropped was when I forgot to pause my media server and it started downloading a tv show during a race.
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I got booted twice today when I was on the grid. Happens a bit too.

Once I come back I'm fine though, I may email them tomorrow.
 
SKIDMARX
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What if you are the final car?
I have gained SR by doing one cool down lap. Then did another and went off track. It was a zero incident race before that. I lost SR and I was the only one still logged on.
 
SR stop being calculated once the clock stops and resets to 15 minutes. The clock will reset once the 2 minutes after checkered has expired or the last car has crossed the finish line.
 
Guess what guys?

I'm back in iRacing, courtesy of that $12 deal :D


Did my first laps earlier and since I had no idea how the physics were, I decided to give it a go in a MX-5 (I think it was the Roadster). First impressions are that the physics are somewhere between rFactor and GTR2. It surprised me how the Mazda of all cars was unforgiving if you pushed it too much, just thought it would at its worse just kill your momentum. I plan on Purchasing a few cars, primarily cars I actually have painted on now that I no longer have to rely on others to go in and take pictures of my skins.

One thing I want to know is How many credits do you get for completing a race? All I'm doing at the moment is just some hot lapping. Also, I see many of the cars for $11.00 (as well as some tracks). How much would that be in iRacing Credits?
 
$1 in iRacing credits is $1 in real money.

You can earn up to $10 per season by racing. It's not per race, it's per full season. Rookie series don't count. If you complete 8 or more weeks out of 12 in a series you earn credits. $4 for D and C-class series, $7 for B and A-class. But it maxes out at $10 regardless of how many you do.
 
Ok, so I'm putting skins in the folders. Do I just go to that car's folder and just drop it in there?

Also, how do I watch a replay I saved? I would like to get a recording of it.
 
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As for the skin, upload it to trading paints and download the trading paints app if you haven't. It uses only the skins you need in the session then automatically deletes skins after the race/replay/session has finished so you don't have 26 GB of skins like I did before the update.

Otherwise if you want, you can save the .tga in the car's file as your id number.tga (e.g. 12345.tga) you find your account # in your account page in iracing.
 
Thanks guys. After messing around with the Folder, I got the paint scheme to show up. Also found the replay portion.


Now here's something I'm interested in: I put my mouse over "MPR" and a window pops up and I read this interesting bit:

"You need 2 more races or 4 more time Trails in your class or above"

Where exactly do I find these Time Trails? Since I'm too scared out of mah to try racing others yet, I'd like to do these and try getting my safety ratings, credits and whatsoever up that way.
 
RACECAR, from personal experience I find that unless you're specifically wanting to race on a series above your license level, you're better off upping your license naturally, either by racing or reaching 4.0 safety rating and be fast tracked.

I ran time trials to get all the way to B license and then got demoted to C again after a particularly bad race. Each license increase makes it harder to keep your SR up. Once your skills get better, you'll get less incidents per event and your SR won't be as difficult to maintain and even improve. By then you'll see that you're naturally close to increasing your license.

After a few races, I'm at C class 3.44 SR (was 1.83 after the demotion) on a steady pace to get fast tracked to B, all without really trying to get my license up. Anyways, this is just my experience and YMMV, so good luck! 👍
 
RACECAR
Thanks guys. After messing around with the Folder, I got the paint scheme to show up. Also found the replay portion.


Now here's something I'm interested in: I put my mouse over "MPR" and a window pops up and I read this interesting bit:

"You need 2 more races or 4 more time Trails in your class or above"

Where exactly do I find these Time Trails? Since I'm too scared out of mah to try racing others yet, I'd like to do these and try getting my safety ratings, credits and whatsoever up that way.
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Time trials are the TT in the 'Race Now' section. They are solo and you run laps. You do gain/lose SR but it's a fraction compared to a race.
 
Ok thanks for that.


So I just made a lap in the Truck at Mosport (which I bought today) and got this lap time:


1'27.308


Now to get a video going and challenge the Truck series Drivers :sly:


First off, how do I get rid of the menu stuff on the screen while watching the replay?
 
RACECAR
Ok thanks for that.

So I just made a lap in the Truck at Mosport (which I bought today) and got this lap time:

1'27.308

Now to get a video going and challenge the Truck series Drivers :sly:

First off, how do I get rid of the menu stuff on the screen while watching the replay?
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Spacebar!
 
First of my videos:






And here's the big one:


Now my twitter folk, share this with the Track Series Drivers. I got a challenge to throw down at them :sly:
 
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The Craftsman Trucks at Mosport are surprising a lot of fun. It's got a lot of tire fade but, it makes it interesting because you really have to take care of the tires from the beginning. Glad that it's helping my Oval license go up as well. At this rate, I'll be able to race the Nationwide and Cup car in no time.
 
I'm getting frustrated with these street stock races. I'm slow as molasses on ovals and I can't figure out why. Even if I qualify, I end up starting near the back of the pack even at Charlotte where you are full throttle for the entire lap. To make matters worse, I'm fairly good at avoiding accidents so more often than not I still finish in the top half of the race so my iRating is slowly going up rather than dropping. This means that I am always in the top split racing against the fast guys. Anyone have any tips? Is there a trick to qualifying on ovals?
 
Zathra5_
I'm getting frustrated with these street stock races. I'm slow as molasses on ovals and I can't figure out why. Even if I qualify, I end up starting near the back of the pack even at Charlotte where you are full throttle for the entire lap. To make matters worse, I'm fairly good at avoiding accidents so more often than not I still finish in the top half of the race so my iRating is slowly going up rather than dropping. This means that I am always in the top split racing against the fast guys. Anyone have any tips? Is there a trick to qualifying on ovals?
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As someone who is stuck in bottom split due to being crashed 24/7 I don't know what to do either. At Charlotte at night its flat out taking any line you want. During the day you have to arc into corners a little if you want to hug the white line which is fastest
 
The way to get out of bottom split oval rookies is to plain and simple stop racing people. Start from the pits and just do laps, don't get anywhere near people, let them buy slow down if you see a suspect driver ahead of you, etc. It's not going to help your iR, but it will get you away. Forget about rookie street stocks, if you like street stocks just get to D class license with a 4.0 SR and you can race the C-Class Street Stocks.
 
superbike81
The way to get out of bottom split oval rookies is to plain and simple stop racing people. Start from the pits and just do laps, don't get anywhere near people, let them buy slow down if you see a suspect driver ahead of you, etc. It's not going to help your iR, but it will get you away. Forget about rookie street stocks, if you like street stocks just get to D class license with a 4.0 SR and you can race the C-Class Street Stocks.
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Rookie oval can be a very frustrating place. I agree with you that the answer is to get to D as fast as you can to just leave all the mess behind, but it can be tough. You have to get your SR up to move up to D, so driving safe is key. Starting from the pits is a good way to avoid the early pile ups, but it's a double-edged sword. When starting from the pits and driving very defensively, you usually end up finishing poorly. This causes your IR to drop (it's still tracked in Rookie even though it's not displayed), which causes you to race in lower splits, where there are more morons, so you drive more defensively, and you finish poorly, and your IR drops... wash, rinse, and repeat.

You end up in the bottom split with the people who have no intention of ever actually racing, and are there just to wreck and cause trouble. Probably using a free promo code or something. Anyway, here's my advice to rookie oval drivers:

Don't start from the pits, but drive very defensively. Just assume every car you get near is going to hit you if you even look at them wrong. Give everyone plenty of room, but try to place well to keep your IR up. As soon as your SR is above 3.0, RACE THE LEGENDS! Now, things may have changed since 9 months ago when I was a rookie, but back then there were far fewer knuckleheads running Legends than Street Stocks. I ran a few perfectly clean races in Legends and got fast-tracked to D in no time.
 
When I was going through rookie ovals, I never raced anyone, and I still finished in the top half of each race normally. You can count on 40%+ of the drivers in each rookie oval race to crash at some point. If you can stay away from other people and just keep from crashing your iRating shouldn't take a hit at all.

I came out of rookies with a 1500 iRating without racing a single person.

Victory by attrition. :)
 
I'm gonna attempt my first laps in the SCCA Spec Racer Ford at Lime Rock Park. I've always thought it looks like fun to drive so I figured I'd give it a go. Also, I've decided to spend more time getting used to each car I have before I race, I think it would be very important to know my car well before I do any racing (assuming I have the attachments to do so).


One thing I want to know is what's the difference between rookie cars and the top cars (Like the legends cars and the Mazda MX-5). Is there something in power or handling that seperates them?

Edit: Done my lap. Was hard to do as I couldn't figure out how hard to push the car to be fast but also keep it on track.

Managed a 1'05.919. Not exactly impressive, but that's what I had.
 
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RACECAR
I'm gonna attempt my first laps in the SCCA Spec Racer Ford at Lime Rock Park. I've always thought it looks like fun to drive so I figured I'd give it a go. Also, I've decided to spend more time getting used to each car I have before I race, I think it would be very important to know my car well before I do any racing (assuming I have the attachments to do so).

One thing I want to know is what's the difference between rookie cars and the top cars (Like the legends cars and the Mazda MX-5). Is there something in power or handling that seperates them?

Edit: Done my lap. Was hard to do as I couldn't figure out how hard to push the car to be fast but also keep it on track.

Managed a 1'05.919. Not exactly impressive, but that's what I had.
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Lime Rock is a tricky track for the SRF because of the bumps. It's racing at Okayama long this week, where it is easy to be reasonably competitive. Haven't tried it on the new build though. Maybe I'll see you on the track
 

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