iRacing

[Bullett]

Has anyone tried Simraceway? In lieu of an iRacing demo it's my favourite of the moment.

Free to d/l and try (free to play model)
Good selection of cars (1 free but others vary in price from cheap to expensive)
and tracks(all free/included) Laguna/Silverstone/Daytona etc.
community seems pretty good
lots of engagement with the devs
Looks pretty nice
Driving physics seem pretty good to me.

Racing has been pretty clean so far. A few accidents but it's been good natured rather than deliberate. I also like the fact you can earn credits for clean laps and credits can go towards buying more cars. There are also free to enter hot lap type competitions with cash prizes. Good numbers online so always a race available or the challenges.

It's still in beta so a bit rough around the edges and lacking a few features (no private races that I can find).

[RobGT81]

McSam said:

Hunting for something immersive, gritty and realistic - proper tyre and damage models, real sounds, not the clinical GT5 rubbish. Funds aren't abundant but it looks like you guys have a lot of fun with the basic package so hopefully not much of an issue.
Cheers all!

Racing standards outside the Rookie series are usually very good, the most issues seem to come from multi class racing when the faster cars interrupt a battle with GT cars. Much like real racing I guess! IMO the sounds in iRacing are as good as they get and they are on a mission to perfect the tyre model. Its not there yet but the feel is very good. Hopefully one day they will finally release the Lotus 49!

Not a fan of Simraceway, its just rFactor with paid for mods and hardly anyone on the servers.

[ridds]

Another iRacer here.

[Muska]

I've managed to get my safety rating looking decent again after a big drop. Hoping to get out of rookie in the next few days.

I don't mind hosting an MK5 race if we can sort a time to get people together. I have a TS we could use too for 'friendly rivalry' etc.

[Rick101]

Friday night race anybody?

Say 20:00

I'd suggest going with one of the free tracks. Summit Point, standard config.

Not hosted before but happy to give it a go.

Edited by Rick101 on Thursday 30th May 01:55

[Rick101]

I've had a go at setting it up but not sure it's correct, esp the start time.
Can anybody check?

Your session is scheduled to launch at:
Local time: 2013-05-31 @ 8:00 pm
GMT: Fri, 31 May 2013 19:00:00 UTC


Session - Pistonheads club race
Password - miatawin

Fri 20:00
26 spots
MX5 Cup - Fixed setup
Summit Point Raceway
60 min practice
15 min open qual
45 min race
5 fast repairs

Add your name if you are joining;

Rick Paul

Edited by Rick101 on Friday 31st May 09:25

[Muska]

Count me in: Matt Stanton

[Rick101]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton

[Ricepilot]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood

[RobGT81]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood
Robbie Munro - will try to be there!

[Mattygooner]

Alas, i cannot do Friday evening, but if there are any other nights then count me in.

I am really enjoying it, my rating took a hammering with a pitt manouver on the straight at Laguna as i got better drive than 1st and 2nd places coming off the final turn and went between the middle of them. Got a tap and off heavily in to the barrier, drove round to the pits with huge damage so incured some points!

Got a consistent 1.45 and can push for 1.44's now on Laguna.

The turn 5/6 kink is tricky, i dab the brake, but turn in with power to slide it gently but avoid hitting the opposit kerb as that will spin you, feather the throttle if you are heading wide.

[Panclan]

Bullett said:

Is there any way to try this out? I've been mucking around with many of the sim racers (Net KarPro, RRRE, Simraceway, LFS) I haven't tried iracing as there was no way to demo it without giving them money.

https://cadillaccupracing.com/ will give a 3 month free trial

[anonymous-user]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood
Robbie Munro - will try to be there!
Joshua Simpson2

[Bullett]

Panclan said:

Bullett said:

Is there any way to try this out? I've been mucking around with many of the sim racers (Net KarPro, RRRE, Simraceway, LFS) I haven't tried iracing as there was no way to demo it without giving them money.

https://cadillaccupracing.com/ will give a 3 month free trial

Thanks for this, worked and I'm in.
Just need to fiddle around a bit with the controls but very impressed so far.

[Rick101]

Bump for tonight

Session - Pistonheads club race
Password - miatawin

Fri 20:00
26 spots
MX5 Cup - Fixed setup
Summit Point Raceway
60 min practice
15 min open qual
45 min race
5 fast repairs

Add your name if you are joining;

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood
Robbie Munro - will try to be there!
Joshua Simpson2

[anonymous-user]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood
Robbie Munro - will try to be there!
Mike s2k

I'm out for tonight unfortunately .

[Bullett]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood
Robbie Munro - will try to be there!
Mike s2k
Bullett

I'll see what I can do, can't be 100%
What sort of lap times are you looking at?

[Rick101]

Doesn't matter. It's the participation that counts. I'm certainly not all that quick.

All I ask is that folk drive 'reasonably' safely.

Shall I open the session up to others?

Could be quite an empty track if there is just 5 or 6 of us.

[SlipStream77]

Rick Paul
Matt Stanton
Darren Wood
Robbie Munro - will try to be there!
Mike s2k
Bullett
James B

I will do some practice with you guys, it's always fun to hotlap.

You could make it an open session but just keep an eye out for wreckers, they can come out of the woodwork in non-official sessions.
Might be an idea to make sure you know how to boot players that are a problem. I'm sure we will let you know if we see any.

[Ricepilot]

If I recall, last time we did this we got some wreckers on the server.

I know that there are people out there who are planning to race, but haven't put their names down as yet.

I will definitely be there though regardless.