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- OrlandoFL GMT-5
- GTP__Jav
It's gone so so with Nim for me, some instances where pure and obvious intentions of wrecking me have been dismissed but only once did he took action when a guy wrecked at Limerock and just grabed reverse and backed into the track taking me out with the whole leading group for that race, a total of 5 cars wrecked and then this moron was all arrogant about it.
I've been wrecked/punted off/blocked/put to the wall in one race after the checkered dropped I pulled to the side of the road and this moron in an LMP tought it would be funny to crash into me at full speed taking my whole SR for that race and Nim did absolutely nothing, it was obvious that guy did it on purpouse and still nothing. 99.9% of the incidents reported in iRacing are dismissed as racing incidents.
I've been wrecked/punted off/blocked/put to the wall in one race after the checkered dropped I pulled to the side of the road and this moron in an LMP tought it would be funny to crash into me at full speed taking my whole SR for that race and Nim did absolutely nothing, it was obvious that guy did it on purpouse and still nothing. 99.9% of the incidents reported in iRacing are dismissed as racing incidents.
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Jav
They should be watching some of the C Class Silverado races at Martinsville.
I just did one and 12 cautions in 120 laps. Only 63 green flag laps! Pure craziness in Silverado races. Meh, I'm enjoying it though. Not taking the oval stuff near as seriously as the road side of things. Makes everything a little easier to swallow if you know what I mean. I was watching a Silverado race last night and a guy went full speed into someone under caution. He got spun out and had to pit for repairs, then came out of pits and t-boned the guy going onto the turn. He even messaged,"everyone's getting wrecked now."
Absolute nuttiest thing I've seen on iRacing. I understand people getting mad or frustrated, but staying in control of your actions takes more inner strength than just wrecking someone. Not mention if these are regular racers in that series, you just lost all respect and credibility for future races. Maybe I'm too nice of a racer, but some people just need to chill. If I get hit or taken out, I just go with it. Nothing more can be done, its done already. The fact that iRacing doesn't take heed of some offenders of their own policy worries me a little bit. Especially repeat offenders. I understand they are running a business to make money and offer a great sim. I just hope they haven't forgotten about the great sim part. No one wants to alienate anyone who pays the membership and all around cost, but if it needs to be done then so be it.
I personally haven't been affected by anything intentional and hope not to be. It really sucks to hear stories here on GTP or watching a race or in a race with this kind of crap. I just don't want iRacing to get this kind of reputation and slow down the growth and overall enjoyment factor. It seems to be growing everyday and that's awesome. Hope it continues to get bigger and better. This is the only sim I really play anymore besides a casual romp in GT5 or a little F1 2011(love f1).
I really don't understand how they can ignore some of the incidents. That one I seen last night was blatantly intentional and while the initial contact wasn't, this person took out 2 others after being spun out. The one guy had nothing to do with the initial incident(just think, Days of Thunder when Cole said to change his tires then went straight out the pit and hit Wheeler) but it was 2 cars not 1. I know, Days of Thunder, I like the movie.
Anyway, to me this is interfering with someone's enjoyment of the sim and shouldn't be tolerated. There will be contact, its racing, but not intentional contact.Haha, sorry for the rant
This kind of stuff really gets under my skin. Guess I don't understand it because I don't do it.I don't know if any of what I just said makes any sense. I was just letting it flow.
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Oh man, I've seen some madness every now and then! But fortunately it doesn't happen much. I remember a rookie race at Okayama where I was racing this guy for the lead(forgot his name), I locked up going into 5 and spun him arround, I stopped to let him go ahead and take the lead again. But this guy went crazy! He started backing up into me, back and forth back and forth, I stood there stunned like an idiot and finally reacted once he hit me for the 3rd time. I continued on, then as I was coming back arround he was sitting there waiting for me. He tried to ran me off, tried to put me in the wall, so I let him by, he would then brake check me like mad! When the race was finally over I had like 18 or 20 incidents all in account of this loonie! He costed me a lot of SR, that's the point when I stoped racing my way out of rookie and started progressing. I didn't save the replay so I couldn't report him, I don't think I've seen him ever since so I can only assume somebody else had reported him.
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RE: Ovals
I've done one Legends race, at Boston, didn't qualify and was starting 6th I think. 1.5 pace laps into the start and someone caused the first three drivers to spin out.
I believe I finished like 9th, 13 laps down after getting in a crash. It was interesting. Oval racing is fun to participate in, less fun to watch. I'll enjoy it more with the Street Stock than the Legends, I know.
I've done one Legends race, at Boston, didn't qualify and was starting 6th I think. 1.5 pace laps into the start and someone caused the first three drivers to spin out.
I believe I finished like 9th, 13 laps down after getting in a crash. It was interesting. Oval racing is fun to participate in, less fun to watch. I'll enjoy it more with the Street Stock than the Legends, I know.
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- terrible1fi
new to this iracing thing, managed to get into the star mazda and man is the racing great. much better handling than the skippy lol
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- sandboxgod
Wisdom! 👍
I always try to practice til I hit a speed that can get me into Top 5 with 0 incidents. This was hard for me to do on the older tire model with the Riley. But much easier to do in the HPD (NTM). So I'm really digging that car & series
Jav posted some wisdom above I didnt know about beyond SR still being in effect after the checkers. But I never thought to grind out an outlap. That is more realistic than blinking away right after finish 👍
Other day I practiced with the Skippy and now I am finally finding it much easier to control. Still I think its much more difficult to drive than the formula cars I own (star, f1, dallara) which is kind of funny since the Skippy is Class D.
This is why I always make sure I apologize over the mic if I do something silly to someone on accident just to make sure they know it wasn't on purpose. This has worked decently for me. Not saying this will always help. I've seen it fail for some iRacers. Especially if you knock someone out of a top spot like that
Still, in the rookie races SOF does come into play. So if you have a high iRating you'll get tossed into a stronger field. I know in Ovals I get tossed into the higher SOF now.
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redmallocI just got a 0x->4x just from reading that
That was a fun post.Eric.RE: Ovals
I've done one Legends race, at Boston, didn't qualify and was starting 6th I think. 1.5 pace laps into the start and someone caused the first three drivers to spin out.
I believe I finished like 9th, 13 laps down after getting in a crash. It was interesting. Oval racing is fun to participate in, less fun to watch. I'll enjoy it more with the Street Stock than the Legends, I know.
Ovals are tough. Road racing is more of a common place for me. I gotta say though, I'm digging the Silverado and the Impala. I also like the cautions and pit strategy on the oval side. Makes it interesting for sure sometimes with old and new tires.
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Something that always troubles me, especially again now that the Miatas are back at Lime Rock, is when can I try to outbrake someone and take the inside of a turn. LRP only has the one hard braking zone for turn 1, and a lot of times I find myself behind a slower car, but the straights are so short that its hard or even impossible to be going fast enough to get by someone without awkwardly going half speed and two-wide. No matter how many times I'll fall back 5-6 car lengths and hope to have a run on them, I can' get more than maybe half a car length next to them. If I can do that on LRP's straight, and then decide to outbrake them or just stick to an inside line, will that be considered unsportsmanlike? I don't feel that's really "divebombing" but I could be wrong.
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Eric.
If I read it right you're saying you hang back a bit and get a run going into turn 1 being about at their quarter panel or door maybe? If thats right, then its classic LRP turn 1 pass. I've found that being 3 or 4 cars lengths back(depends really on your pace vs. theirs) that setting up the pass after the hill for turn 1 works really well. Hope that makes sense. Begin by hanging back and get a nice drive through final two right handers and turn 1 is easily yours unless the other driver takes the inside line. Which completely sucks if someone is doing that. I would say nothing wrong with that kind of pass especially if you have half your car alongside. Something else I like to do is study the driver I'm trying to pass for a few laps. Maybe put some pressure on them to see if they make a mistake. Makes passing a little easier sometimes.
LRP is tough to pass on period. Its even worse in the faster cars. Or at least I think it is.
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That's what I like to do as well. I like pressuring the person so I don't have to worry about them crashing into me or anything. Just fake pass attempts into some corners. They'll get really tense and you can usually pull an easy pass. It's a tactic that most real life racers use, its not quite as effective but it works a lot easier on iRacing.
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Yes, I enjoy driving the skippy but it is quite the challenge compared to the others like you said. What I do like is that it teaches good habits and techniques that apply elsewhere
Anyone racing the corvettes? I'm at 3.9 safety rating, almost at class b, looking forward to some multiclass racing
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I just find that the skippy is harder to drive, but easier to drive fast if you know what I mean. Anyone can drive the Star Mazda, Dallara or F1 cars around a track 2-3-4 seconds off the pace but to be competitively fast is bloody hard. When I drove the F1 car and Dallara more regularly I could get there but man you had to be committed. Where as the skippy it's hard to drive at first but it's a lot easier to be competitive in it as the speed of the car is a lot slower and you don't have the massive effect of downforce.
Great car though to drive and learn the ways of iRacing. Definitely teaches you good car control and good race craft. 👍
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- sandboxgod
Prototypes & GT Fixed is really amazing. I have not purchased the vette yet. It's not easy being a GT car since they get passed up a ton on the average lap due to the crazy number of HPDs on track.
After I finish up my Grand Am season I might try to spend a week with the Skippy and do a race. Since it is Class D, I believe if you wreck the car you'll get a full fix? In the upper level races its lights out if you wreck. Plus it's not multi-class which should make things quite a bit easier
After I finish up my Grand Am season I might try to spend a week with the Skippy and do a race. Since it is Class D, I believe if you wreck the car you'll get a full fix? In the upper level races its lights out if you wreck. Plus it's not multi-class which should make things quite a bit easier
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Yeah I tend to do this but don't usually get so lucky. Its aggravating being stuck behind a slower car for 3-5 laps, losing ground on the next car ahead. I did win a race being stuck behind a slower car and placing my car in a couple spots that kept him wide leading to the final straight. Probably not good sportsmanship, but if its the last lap and not outright being dirty, I think that's fair game.
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Those Carburetor Cup races and practices were crazy and fun tonight. Never realized how dang bumpy Daytona is. Jeez. Car and steering wheel jumping everywhere. Makes it interesting. Anyone know when or if iRacing is updating Daytona with the repave? Kind of like it how it is though.
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"divebombing" is a subjective term. Is that what you have been doing?
Divebombing is dangerous because the other pilot may not see you. There are some good vids around showing the dangers of divebombing - it is best to make your intentions clear early on and not be 'that guy' who is accused of divebombing.
The tactics that work well for me at LRP in the MX5 is to get as close as possible to the car I want to pass starting at the backstraight/T6/T7. In the middle of T7 I try to get my car aimed a little bit more to the inside of the mainstraight. I also announce to the other car that I am on the inside with the voicecomms (you do have the voicecomms and spotter on, yes? if not, you should turn them on) if I can at least get my front wheel pass his rear bumper to stop him from going inside and taking me out. If the pilot is any good at racecraft he will know you are next to himback off at T1.
Of course if you are racing rooks in low SOF anything can happen!
The other car may hit you. The other car may try to brake later than you and go off track (quite common from my limited experience).good luck!
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This happens to me quite a bit. I'll pull to the inside to make sure I can see my braking point (nothing more embarrassing than rear-ending the person you're following), and the other person will just out-brake themselves and end up on the access road while I brake normally and pick up a free position.
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I find the voice chat to be more of a distraction than anything. Half of the people are unintelligible, and the other half are abusive.
At least at the lower levels I'm playing at. I agree that the spotter and F3 are more than enough information to know what's going on around you, hence I have voice switched off during race. It's more comfortable on my ears.
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ya in rookie you'll want to keep mute button handy.
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Anyone race with the ISRA? I love their multi-class setup, thinking about joining, but wanted to see if anyone else here raced with them.
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How do you like their organization and everything? Would you recommend it to other people?
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- GTP__Jav
Haven't been with the too long, but for what I've seen I would definitely recomend them! I get an e-mail for every race with all info, password and procedure wich is a really nice feature! Add to that pretty big fields and you have a winning combo!
