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It's always better to take a tow in a situation like that then continue the race, nice and steady as cleanly as possible to get your safety rating up. Mine took a bit of a battering in similar instances until I read that tip. Now, on the first corner I hang back or take it way off the racing line then wait for the pack to thin out. Someone usually pushes or crashes causing grief for others.
I got my first second place last night, I'm finding I can run consistent 1.48's on Laguna and a fastest of 1.45 when I push it so I'm getting decent positions most races now, providing I don't cook it when I take the lead like earlier! It's surprising how many people you can force to make an error just by being within 0.5sec close to them.
I got my first second place last night, I'm finding I can run consistent 1.48's on Laguna and a fastest of 1.45 when I push it so I'm getting decent positions most races now, providing I don't cook it when I take the lead like earlier! It's surprising how many people you can force to make an error just by being within 0.5sec close to them.
Finally got my first win at Lime rock after I started in the pits too!
The MX5 is a great little car and I've sent it round at 1.047 fastest, I've no idea how people get below the 1 minute mark!
I've just embarked on having a custom paint job for the car from one of the communities painters/designers.
The MX5 is a great little car and I've sent it round at 1.047 fastest, I've no idea how people get below the 1 minute mark!
I've just embarked on having a custom paint job for the car from one of the communities painters/designers.
I settled down to do the 10:45 RUF cup race on Charlotte road course last night, my last before the track changed, and it was going really well. I started on Poll, great start and leading for the first few laps with only one real contender, I was faster round the course but on the oval he could hold slightly higher speed than me. By lap 10 lead had changed places and coming onto the oval he made a small mistake and I hit it much faster than him, were were side by side all the way around and I managed to out brake him on T1, holding the lead for the next lap pushing the gap a little further till coming down the main straight, I brake for T1, turn in and SMACK! My race is over.
Checking back on the replay, the guy in 2nd didn't brake and turned so as to strike me, destroying my nearside rear wheel and ending my race a little under half way, giving me a 4x for the pleasure. I was fuming and all he could say was he forgot to brake. A B licence racer, who was fast in a close race with me up to this point... It's the first time I've filed a protest sadly but it just seemed too deliberate to me.
To console myself, here are a couple of screens of the latest paint I'm using for the season in the RUF cup. I didn't make it but I have a few changes planned to personalise it a bit more. (I have permission from the maker)
3241 by Matt Stanton, on Flickr
RUF by Matt Stanton, on Flickr
1234 by Matt Stanton, on Flickr
The easiest way is through a program called trading paints that works along side iracing to let you use free to share designs people have made.
You can download vehicle templates from iracing and use photos hop to edit them, it's not very easy though.
Edit: beaten to it with a more detailed answer.
You can download vehicle templates from iracing and use photos hop to edit them, it's not very easy though.
Edit: beaten to it with a more detailed answer.
Race by Matt Stanton, on Flickr
Having a very tough time on Road Atlanta this week, can't seem to get a good race going without stupid errors and a spin. In the shot above though I was side by side with that guy for nearly half the track, very intense!
One more crap race and I'll be under 3.0, in B licence so I'll probably take it alot easier and go for the safe approach.
I am very envious of you Rift guys, I've seen a few decent videos on YouTube and it looks incredible, I can see why you'd never go back!
Having a very tough time on Road Atlanta this week, can't seem to get a good race going without stupid errors and a spin. In the shot above though I was side by side with that guy for nearly half the track, very intense!
One more crap race and I'll be under 3.0, in B licence so I'll probably take it alot easier and go for the safe approach.
I am very envious of you Rift guys, I've seen a few decent videos on YouTube and it looks incredible, I can see why you'd never go back!
Driver101 said:
Been a few years since I was active on iRacing. It seems to have moved forward a lot in that time.
Not sure I agree with the Nurburgring as a race track. If iRacing is the same as it was a few years back, that will empty all the other series for a while as people try to master it.
How busy are the races these days? Are all the series having official races 24hrs, or is it still a bit hit or miss?
What is the SOF rating average for races these days?
I can't answer for the service as a whole but from what I see (RUF C--Spec cup) I only very occasionally struggle to get an official race at a certain time, and usually the next one onwards will fill up. If it's busy I don't fall into the top split yet, most of those guys have upwards or 3000iR. Mid range SOF tends to be about 2000 or so. I think more popular series like GT3 have a much easier time finding races and bigger splits.Not sure I agree with the Nurburgring as a race track. If iRacing is the same as it was a few years back, that will empty all the other series for a while as people try to master it.
How busy are the races these days? Are all the series having official races 24hrs, or is it still a bit hit or miss?
What is the SOF rating average for races these days?
I personally don't think the other series will empty out for this track. It will best fit endurance events (and upcoming driver changes too) in my opinion and generally those run alongside a 12 week championship. Like the road warrior series for instance.
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