PCCB out braked the steels last night on 5th gear.
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JulierPass said:
SRT Hellcat said:
So a good sim setup is going to set you back what £7k. If I was sure I could get a buzz from it I would seriously consider it.
Once you have experienced something along the lines of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO-TG7Y9a5c&t=...
very little else can give you that adrenaline rush. That said I would imagine that Michael is paying probably £20,000, maybe £25,000 for each event plus damage for his buzz.
fOnce you have experienced something along the lines of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO-TG7Y9a5c&t=...
very little else can give you that adrenaline rush. That said I would imagine that Michael is paying probably £20,000, maybe £25,000 for each event plus damage for his buzz.
k spendng 7K on a sim. For that you can buy an mx5 and make some mods. You'll never look at wet roundabouts in the same way again 
stef1808 said:
What's that?
Best mod I did, my seat shakes, when you hit bumbs, rumble strips, etc adds a load of extra feel.Yes I would love to race a RSR , but that costs 3 million quid.
My RSR costs $14 for life.
Not only do you need a ton of money to race, you need time and a wife that supports it all even at basic levels. Ok if you had a wife like Ken miles.
I only sim 4 hours a week I don’t have the time to do any more.
Yellow491 said:
Best work out and learning for me was ice driving with tuthills,and having done many coaching days ,week courses etc
A sim is not going to get any where near the physical,especially with gloves on!
3 of use are planning to do that cannot wait. A sim is not going to get any where near the physical,especially with gloves on!
I have done every thing, rally school, drift school, race school, track training, sim racing, race rc from 12 years old.
Rally is the hardest imo.
It all helps esp at 50 when it’s really getting harder and harder to be fast.
I wish I would have raced early doors, but buying a house at 17 really puts a stop to racing on ave wages.
This is all fun Guys , and looks amazing ( yes I am sure all the F1 drivers use them to train ) but the only real reason to race is , adrenalin and yes Fear ......nothing like in the rain at 2 in the morning ....or the minutes before the start ...
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
hunter 66 said:
This is all fun Guys , and looks amazing ( yes I am sure all the F1 drivers use them to train ) but the only real reason to race is , adrenalin and yes Fear ......nothing like in the rain at 2 in the morning ....or the minutes before the start ...
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
Depends if you had the fear gland removed or notSo yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
Porsche911R said:
3 of use are planning to do that cannot wait.
I have done every thing, rally school, drift school, race school, track training, sim racing, race rc from 12 years old.
All of those courses and you still can’t keep your foot in round blanchimont?? I’d be after a refund. I have done every thing, rally school, drift school, race school, track training, sim racing, race rc from 12 years old.
Edited by JulierPass on Sunday 24th November 21:52
JulierPass said:
All courses and you still can’t keep your foot in round blanchimont?? I’d be after a refund.
Did not have the balls was that simple, my 987 Spyder does not create any down force and Infact has lift, at about 140mph it did not feel good enough to keep my foot flat. It needed a very slight lift for my confidence. Edited by Porsche911R on Sunday 24th November 20:41
Porsche911R said:
JulierPass said:
All courses and you still can’t keep your foot in round blanchimont?? I’d be after a refund.
Did not have the balls was that simple, my 987 Spyder does not create any down force and Infact has lift, at about 140mph it did not feel good enough to keep my foot flat. It needed a very slight lift for my confidence. hunter 66 said:
This is all fun Guys , and looks amazing ( yes I am sure all the F1 drivers use them to train ) but the only real reason to race is , adrenalin and yes Fear ......nothing like in the rain at 2 in the morning ....or the minutes before the start ...
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
Not if your in a 1hr or 1hr30min race with 30 other drivers from around the world. Your working out in practice what setup to run for qualifying, usual stuff tyre compound, fuel loads pressures, and the general setup your happy to kill the tyres over one lap. Over an hour or more the car setup is changed as you know and take into account pitstops, and when your in the race if something changes every straight you get, your doing to the math to change fuel tyre strategy and setting up a new pit stop.So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
The biggest rush is the start, and first few laps, but some races your battling with someone for a whole 60 mins etc. I didn't adjust my qualifying gearing setup for the race in this VLN race and go swamped at the start.
https://youtu.be/qpv6bYROxB0
Max and Lando are always on iracing, those two love sim racing.
Each to there own though but i really like entering sim races.
JayK12 said:
hunter 66 said:
This is all fun Guys , and looks amazing ( yes I am sure all the F1 drivers use them to train ) but the only real reason to race is , adrenalin and yes Fear ......nothing like in the rain at 2 in the morning ....or the minutes before the start ...
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
Not if your in a 1hr or 1hr30min race with 30 other drivers from around the world. Your working out in practice what setup to run for qualifying, usual stuff tyre compound, fuel loads pressures, and the general setup your happy to kill the tyres over one lap. Over an hour or more the car setup is changed as you know and take into account pitstops, and when your in the race if something changes every straight you get, your doing to the math to change fuel tyre strategy and setting up a new pit stop.So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
The biggest rush is the start, and first few laps, but some races your battling with someone for a whole 60 mins etc. I didn't adjust my qualifying gearing setup for the race in this VLN race and go swamped at the start.
https://youtu.be/qpv6bYROxB0
Max and Lando are always on iracing, those two love sim racing.
Each to there own though but i really like entering sim races.
Need to go and get my racing gloves.
Yellow491 said:
JayK12 said:
hunter 66 said:
This is all fun Guys , and looks amazing ( yes I am sure all the F1 drivers use them to train ) but the only real reason to race is , adrenalin and yes Fear ......nothing like in the rain at 2 in the morning ....or the minutes before the start ...
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
Not if your in a 1hr or 1hr30min race with 30 other drivers from around the world. Your working out in practice what setup to run for qualifying, usual stuff tyre compound, fuel loads pressures, and the general setup your happy to kill the tyres over one lap. Over an hour or more the car setup is changed as you know and take into account pitstops, and when your in the race if something changes every straight you get, your doing to the math to change fuel tyre strategy and setting up a new pit stop.So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
The biggest rush is the start, and first few laps, but some races your battling with someone for a whole 60 mins etc. I didn't adjust my qualifying gearing setup for the race in this VLN race and go swamped at the start.
https://youtu.be/qpv6bYROxB0
Max and Lando are always on iracing, those two love sim racing.
Each to there own though but i really like entering sim races.
Need to go and get my racing gloves.
hunter 66 said:
This is all fun Guys , and looks amazing ( yes I am sure all the F1 drivers use them to train ) but the only real reason to race is , adrenalin and yes Fear ......nothing like in the rain at 2 in the morning ....or the minutes before the start ...
So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
So true. Not tried a good SIM but always wanted to go home by lunch time on a track day.So yes 15 mins on a SIM. and guess bored bit like a track day
Discombobulate said:
So true. Not tried a good SIM but always wanted to go home by lunch time on a track day.
I think I have not even done one for 2 years !! now.the RS day is more chatting than driving, and even then people go out for 4 laps and come in ! (in the main) and only do 4 stints.
the tracks empty 80% time. and by 3pm no one is there !!!
Yellow491 said:
Cant watch any more of that,how do you end up in first and second gear in those fast corners,a maca gt3 aint that long geared,or have i got it all wrong!
Need to go and get my racing gloves.
Some on this thread appear to be suggesting that F1 drivers prefer sim time to “real” F1 car testing time.Need to go and get my racing gloves.
I’d suggest that if you were to ask any competitive F1 driver if they’d rather spend real seat time testing an F1 car through the Winter at Jerez, Estoril etc, or sat in the sim at Brackley, Silverstone or Woking, they’d chose the former.
Current F1 drivers use sims because they’re forced to , due to the FIA (in their infinite wisdom) effectively banning testing, ostensibly to reduce costs (which it did for the teams that had little or no hope of ever beating the F1 grandees)
But let’s not kid ourselves that sims are some kind of replacement for testing panacea. They’re not.
And to those it may concern, I wouldn’t worry about going off topic too much. This thread was already so horrendously derailed, that a another brief excursion off topic to discuss the cost of PC componentry was hardly likely to add or indeed detract from it ...
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