Havent jumped on iracing in a few days due to work and a few other commitments, was struggling. Practiced In the mx5 on Okayama and struggled to break the 1:02 mark, got there in the end but only a high 1:01. I'm about half a second off my pace when I'm running good. Didnt do any races though as wasnt feeling the most confident at the time.
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Holden anyone?
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- sandboxgod
Ok something happened tonight that I didnt think would occur for a few more months. I actually took 4th place in a race (even though almost every else I beat had a 'faster' best lap) 
Was so shocked when my spotter proudly announced "we have 4th place!". I was like what? I'm just trying to survive unscathed lol
It was that Legends rookie Oval race. Been practicing in that car like no tomorrow every chance i got this weekend (which was tough to find time). I got my best time down to bout 16.0 seconds flat however these fast rookies are hitting 15.7!! Lol so I need to keep practicing and keep learning techniques from these guys in practice sessions.
Anyway that was only my 2nd Legends race & looking forward to doing a lot more 👍
Funny thing was I've never driven an actual pace lap like this before in an online race. I almost wrecked the dude in front of me
Was so shocked when my spotter proudly announced "we have 4th place!". I was like what? I'm just trying to survive unscathed lol
It was that Legends rookie Oval race. Been practicing in that car like no tomorrow every chance i got this weekend (which was tough to find time). I got my best time down to bout 16.0 seconds flat however these fast rookies are hitting 15.7!! Lol so I need to keep practicing and keep learning techniques from these guys in practice sessions.
Anyway that was only my 2nd Legends race & looking forward to doing a lot more 👍
Funny thing was I've never driven an actual pace lap like this before in an online race. I almost wrecked the dude in front of me
- 1,961
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- sandboxgod
Nice that's a really fun car. I was planning on showing up to do a practice session with it to determine if that's the route I want to take later on (I have that map as well + the car). I feel I can steer the car very well. Good Luck! 👍
Just hit 4th place again last night. Just need to practice a little more maybe I can get a little higher place. Looks like I'll be Class D in Ovals very shortly 👍
I'm really digging these Ovals much to my surprise. They are a lot more interesting when you do them online in a competition. Now to recall I always loved Ovals in GT5 as well because they would allow me to push the car to the top speed
Just hit 4th place again last night. Just need to practice a little more maybe I can get a little higher place. Looks like I'll be Class D in Ovals very shortly 👍
I'm really digging these Ovals much to my surprise. They are a lot more interesting when you do them online in a competition. Now to recall I always loved Ovals in GT5 as well because they would allow me to push the car to the top speed
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Ok something happened tonight that I didnt think would occur for a few more months. I actually took 4th place in a race (even though almost every else I beat had a 'faster' best lap)
Was so shocked when my spotter proudly announced "we have 4th place!". I was like what? I'm just trying to survive unscathed lol
It was that Legends rookie Oval race. Been practicing in that car like no tomorrow every chance i got this weekend (which was tough to find time). I got my best time down to bout 16.0 seconds flat however these fast rookies are hitting 15.7!! Lol so I need to keep practicing and keep learning techniques from these guys in practice sessions.
Anyway that was only my 2nd Legends race & looking forward to doing a lot more 👍
Funny thing was I've never driven an actual pace lap like this before in an online race. I almost wrecked the dude in front of me
WTG! Next step is a podium finish!!
👍
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- sandboxgod
Tragedy struck today. Was messing around with my 'cart' planning on what I'm buying next. I accidently clicked 'remove' on my -$15 iRacing credits. 
I can't believe they actually allow users to remove the iRacing credits from our cart what are they thinking? Like really I just want to give back my credits I got from promos and pay cash I wonder what are they thinking. Very poor interface I hope they give it back
I can't believe they actually allow users to remove the iRacing credits from our cart what are they thinking? Like really I just want to give back my credits I got from promos and pay cash I wonder what are they thinking. Very poor interface I hope they give it back
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- sandboxgod
Thanks Jav I'll make sure I stay on their case. And yep, I'll be working hard over the week to get a podium finish. I'm really loving this little car 👍
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Unfortunately I cannot. I think I got that $15 during that special where if you purchased 3 cars and/or tracks, you got $15 credit applied to your account. but the way they seem to give out the credits is by simply deducting the credits from your next purchase. But I never noticed they had a 'remove' button in my cart next to the option. Major fail on my part for clicking it and on their side for making this all possible lol
Weird still havent heard from them. I am guessing they are closed today too. Good thing I wasn't playing on buying anything... Was just browsing around planning out my cart
Weird still havent heard from them. I am guessing they are closed today too. Good thing I wasn't playing on buying anything... Was just browsing around planning out my cart
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WoW is absolutely worth it, you can spend £40 on a console game that you will play for a week or 2, many of which the company will not continue to support. In the case of WoW you're getting content patches adding more and continued improvements to the whole game, to the point where you could play the game for months or years, never complete it all, and enjoy every moment. Weigh it up with how much you spend on games that don't last all that long, it really isn't that much. You're not just paying a subscription for a game that stays the same, but that constantly grows and evolves.
iRacing is slightly more expensive, given that you need to pay a subscription aswell as buying the content, but iRacing is extremely cheap if you're just playing the base package (I recently paid $10, about £7 for 3 months subscription).
Again, the important part is that they are constantly updating and improving the product.
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- livemusic81
I received the $15 bonus from the three purchases as a redeemable code in my email.
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- sandboxgod
lol thanks a lot that fixed it. Okay, this is a good feature then to be able to remove & apply the code at will. Now I see the benefit of that button 👍👍👍
Btw, tried the skippy at Road America. only did a few laps but was like 10 secs off times others hit. I think I'm gonna stick to Ovals for a little while cause on my 1st practice session at South Boston I was hitting almost competitive times.
Thank God this game has Ovals!! They are much more forgiving of my nobbery
Btw, tried the skippy at Road America. only did a few laps but was like 10 secs off times others hit. I think I'm gonna stick to Ovals for a little while cause on my 1st practice session at South Boston I was hitting almost competitive times.
Thank God this game has Ovals!! They are much more forgiving of my nobbery
livemusic
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Well, SoBo is pretty small so you can't really be much slower than others. I don't know Road America but it's pretty common to be quite slower the first time you practice, specially in the Skippy. And only more practice will lower your times. Oval races are fun but they won't improve your Road skills.
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Yeah it's unfortunate Oval and Road are so different with very little overlap beyond the basics.
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Just had my best result. Was racing in the Nvidia Cup, started mid pack 6th/7th.
On the second lap I got clipped and spun out, so ended up 10th, luckily there was no damage. I managed to get back up too 2nd, with the help of some driver errors and some lucky out-braking into corners.
I then went too fast into turn 1 at Lime Rock, thus touching the grass and loosing time - dropped down to 3rd and managed to keep within 3 seconds of 2nd, so if he was to make an error I could pounce.
The last lap soon arrived and was quite content with going through the motions and finishing in 3rd place.
However, inbetween turns 3 and 4 a back runner slightly oversteers and turns into 2nd place, which of course takes him out. Luckily they both run off onto the grass allowing me to drive by with no worries.
I'm more happy with my performance to get me from 10th to 2nd than the overall finish.
On the second lap I got clipped and spun out, so ended up 10th, luckily there was no damage. I managed to get back up too 2nd, with the help of some driver errors and some lucky out-braking into corners.
I then went too fast into turn 1 at Lime Rock, thus touching the grass and loosing time - dropped down to 3rd and managed to keep within 3 seconds of 2nd, so if he was to make an error I could pounce.
The last lap soon arrived and was quite content with going through the motions and finishing in 3rd place.
However, inbetween turns 3 and 4 a back runner slightly oversteers and turns into 2nd place, which of course takes him out. Luckily they both run off onto the grass allowing me to drive by with no worries.
I'm more happy with my performance to get me from 10th to 2nd than the overall finish.
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- sandboxgod
Nice 👍
Yeah I just took 2nd place just now which nets me my 1st podium finish
and it was on Legends - South Boston of all places. I didnt even feel like I had a lot of practice on the track today. But decided I'd try my luck anyways. At the very beginning everyone passes me so at that point I decide to just focus on driving clean laps to farm a little SR. And what takes the cake I was polite to every driver and let them pass (after all the leader has like a lap on everyone hitting 17.5s). I basically would give the inside to anyone that wanted to make a pass.
Anyway, just seemed like ev1 was just focusing on taking each other out or something. SoBo is a bad beast to these newbies. I calmly dodged all the wrecks and didnt worry bout being passed (after all a few laps later these guys would wreck anyway). I just coasted all the way and was shocked when my spotter proudly announced we took 2nd place. Finished the race with 0 incidents, etc 👍
Ovals are my best friend right bout now lol
Now just need to focus on speeding up some more so I can take a win before I graduate to Class D
Messed up thing is I'm hitting like 17.7s but there seems to be always 1 guy that can hit 17.5s... Man wish I knew what technique they using or maybe i just need to give it a few days to figure out their trick*
Yeah I just took 2nd place just now which nets me my 1st podium finish
and it was on Legends - South Boston of all places. I didnt even feel like I had a lot of practice on the track today. But decided I'd try my luck anyways. At the very beginning everyone passes me so at that point I decide to just focus on driving clean laps to farm a little SR. And what takes the cake I was polite to every driver and let them pass (after all the leader has like a lap on everyone hitting 17.5s). I basically would give the inside to anyone that wanted to make a pass.Anyway, just seemed like ev1 was just focusing on taking each other out or something. SoBo is a bad beast to these newbies. I calmly dodged all the wrecks and didnt worry bout being passed (after all a few laps later these guys would wreck anyway). I just coasted all the way and was shocked when my spotter proudly announced we took 2nd place. Finished the race with 0 incidents, etc 👍
Ovals are my best friend right bout now lol
Now just need to focus on speeding up some more so I can take a win before I graduate to Class D
Messed up thing is I'm hitting like 17.7s but there seems to be always 1 guy that can hit 17.5s... Man wish I knew what technique they using or maybe i just need to give it a few days to figure out their trick*
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Nice 👍
Yeah I just took 2nd place just now which nets me my 1st podium finish
Anyway, just seemed like ev1 was just focusing on taking each other out or something. SoBo is a bad beast to these newbies. I calmly dodged all the wrecks and didnt worry bout being passed (after all a few laps later these guys would wreck anyway). I just coasted all the way and was shocked when my spotter proudly announced we took 2nd place. Finished the race with 0 incidents, etc 👍
Ovals are my best friend right bout now lol
Now just need to focus on speeding up some more so I can take a win before I graduate to Class D
Messed up thing is I'm hitting like 17.7s but there seems to be always 1 guy that can hit 17.5s... Man wish I knew what technique they using or maybe i just need to give it a few days to figure out their trick*
Nice one!! Zero incidents too, that can't have been easy with all the chaos around you. 👍
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Thanks! Yeah they caught me by surprise in my 1st Legends race with some of their recklessness but ever since that race I've actually had zero incidents. I hope I can continue that out of rookie.
One skill I need to work on to is being more aggressive right after the pace lap ends. In some races I get sort of nervous tho when I see people flooring their gas pedals flying around the corners sort of out of control. Funny how Turn 1 around any track seems to be the most deadly due to people's excitement to grab the top spot. Last real life indycar Oval race I watched the other day same thing happened sort of. Half the field wrecked somewhere around Turn 1 (or a little after)
One skill I need to work on to is being more aggressive right after the pace lap ends. In some races I get sort of nervous tho when I see people flooring their gas pedals flying around the corners sort of out of control. Funny how Turn 1 around any track seems to be the most deadly due to people's excitement to grab the top spot. Last real life indycar Oval race I watched the other day same thing happened sort of. Half the field wrecked somewhere around Turn 1 (or a little after)
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I love turn 1 of a race..
..but only if I'm on pole
It's a good feeling to race clean and pass clearly faster drivers who crash out from over-doing it. Ovals still baffle me, it will probably be a while before I build up the courage to go for it.
..but only if I'm on pole
It's a good feeling to race clean and pass clearly faster drivers who crash out from over-doing it. Ovals still baffle me, it will probably be a while before I build up the courage to go for it.
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After a couple weeks away from iRacing, I've been practising with the MX5 at Limerock and am finding it a little tough to get down. I'm breaking into high 59s, and consistently hitting very low 60s, but I'm still far off where I'd like to be (consistent low 59s). Can anyone help me shed some light please? I've attached a replay of one of my faster laps.
According to my optimal, which is 59.002, I'm losing most time at the uphill and westbend, and can't seem to replicate what I was consistently hitting there last night.
In fact, it seems I can only nail a few corners consistently at a time. Yesterday I was struggling most with T1 and the righthander, and have worked on those to where I am comfortable(ish), and now I've gone backwards with uphill and west bend, both of which I was nailing yesterday...
According to my optimal, which is 59.002, I'm losing most time at the uphill and westbend, and can't seem to replicate what I was consistently hitting there last night.
In fact, it seems I can only nail a few corners consistently at a time. Yesterday I was struggling most with T1 and the righthander, and have worked on those to where I am comfortable(ish), and now I've gone backwards with uphill and west bend, both of which I was nailing yesterday...
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- sandboxgod
Seriously you hitting 59s and asking for advice? You should be learning others how to hit a 59 at lime rock haha. I'm going to d/l yer zip and study it 👍
On a serious note tho I saw a thread at iRacing where they were talking bout using ATLAS to improve their times at Lime rock. You just need to save out yer telemetry and compare it to Jans' times.
On a serious note tho I saw a thread at iRacing where they were talking bout using ATLAS to improve their times at Lime rock. You just need to save out yer telemetry and compare it to Jans' times.
- 1,495
Nice 👍
Yeah I just took 2nd place just now which nets me my 1st podium finish
Anyway, just seemed like ev1 was just focusing on taking each other out or something. SoBo is a bad beast to these newbies. I calmly dodged all the wrecks and didnt worry bout being passed (after all a few laps later these guys would wreck anyway). I just coasted all the way and was shocked when my spotter proudly announced we took 2nd place. Finished the race with 0 incidents, etc 👍
Ovals are my best friend right bout now lol
Now just need to focus on speeding up some more so I can take a win before I graduate to Class D
Messed up thing is I'm hitting like 17.7s but there seems to be always 1 guy that can hit 17.5s... Man wish I knew what technique they using or maybe i just need to give it a few days to figure out their trick*
WTG!!
👍
2nd and no incidents! I bet you got a sweet bump to your license points!
- 1,495
After a couple weeks away from iRacing, I've been practising with the MX5 at Limerock and am finding it a little tough to get down. I'm breaking into high 59s, and consistently hitting very low 60s, but I'm still far off where I'd like to be (consistent low 59s). Can anyone help me shed some light please? I've attached a replay of one of my faster laps.
According to my optimal, which is 59.002, I'm losing most time at the uphill and westbend, and can't seem to replicate what I was consistently hitting there last night.
In fact, it seems I can only nail a few corners consistently at a time. Yesterday I was struggling most with T1 and the righthander, and have worked on those to where I am comfortable(ish), and now I've gone backwards with uphill and west bend, both of which I was nailing yesterday...
If you are getting in the low 59s at LRP then you are on track to be an Alien! At this point only other Aliens can help you! Check for them at the iRacing forum. good luck!
