The Gentlemen's Virtual Racing Club (Closed for now)PC

[BrandonW77]

Wow nice pictures!

Thanks. It was fun, but exhausting! Going up in the Pagoda was really awesome, such an incredible view. I probably walked 5+ miles both days, my legs were useless on Sunday. Friday was a beautiful day but Saturday (race day) was 45° (7°c) and cloudy with a 20+mph wind so it was rather unpleasant. I'll be back this weekend for two days of qualifying, the following Friday for Carb Day, and then the 500 two days later. Going to be an exhausting/expensive month!

Here's what it looked like from the Pagoda suite.

And here's a panorama from high in oval turn 1.

 

[BrandonW77]

How's the newly balanced GT3's at Le Mans for the next event sound? OP updated.

 

[Punknoodle]

How's the newly balanced GT3's at Le Mans for the next event sound? OP updated.

Awesome!!

 

[PzR Slim]

So I got my Vive working with AC. Absolutely fantastic. So for the next event I will be racing in VR against you guys!

 

[Punknoodle]

Awesome! I'm itching to try out VR...

 

[Punknoodle]

Anyone done any practice here yet?

 

[AlvaroF]

I might do something this weekend, but I have the Japanese Pack to drive yet, so I don't know. Lots of games to play, no time at all to do so...

 

[BrandonW77]

Not a bad place to spend the afternoon.

 

[BrandonW77]

Pictures from the weekend of qualifying at IMS.

Spoiler

Blackhawk fly-over for Armed Forces Day

Ryan Hunter-Rey

All the names of previous 500 winners are on the tires.

Eventual pole winning car, Hinchcliffe

Johnny Rutherford

Charlie Kimball's team hard at work

The Mini taking one of the curbs of the road course!

Graham Rahal

Alexander Rossi's car

Graham Rahal's car

4-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears (he signed my program)

Track historian, and legend, Donald Davidson (also signed my program)

Alexander Rossi crossing the Yard of Bricks during practice

Team Penske bits and bobs

Northern view from Turn 1

Eastern view from Turn 1

A proper IndyCar

Juan Pablo Montoya's team at work (guess appearance by JPM himself in the background)

The Borg Warner Trophy, Yard of Bricks, and Pace Car (somehow Max Chilton slipped in there)

Scott Dixon enters turn 1 at 235mph.

Penske 50th Anniversary display at the IMS Museum

Random shots from other parts of the museum

First ever Indy 500 winner

Fastest car ever around The Speedway

 

[Wiz]

Anyone done any practice here yet?

I finally got to turn some laps yesterday and my best laps were high 1:52's.

 

[Kurei]

I'm hoping to have enough energy/time tonight to at least get a baseline ready for the GT4's.

8-9hrs of physical work in an auto-shop when the weather is warm & stuffy does a number on the body (Haven't played all week)

 

[BrandonW77]

I managed to squeeze in a few practice laps Monday night and barely touched the high :53's with the default setup.

 

[whatshisname]

hey guys, I should be in for tonights race, just about to get some practise in

 

[Punknoodle]

Just tried out the combo tonight for a little bit and I am seriously off the pace. Like, so far off it had me checking the version number of the car as I thought I must have been on an old version or something as I felt like my laps were actually pretty decent, maybe a little slow as I learn some corners but not 3 whole seconds slow.. Anyway I'll keep battling.

 

[mister dog]

Just tried out the combo tonight for a little bit and I am seriously off the pace. Like, so far off it had me checking the version number of the car as I thought I must have been on an old version or something as I felt like my laps were actually pretty decent, maybe a little slow as I learn some corners but not 3 whole seconds slow.. Anyway I'll keep battling.

Same here, just did my first practice lap and i managed 1:58...
Ah well let's hope for the best.

 

[BrandonW77]

Server is up. First race will start in about 20 minutes.

 

[Kurei]

That combination was actually really fun, very enjoyable, I might have to bring the Ginetta to the Nordschleife at some point.

 

[Punknoodle]

Fun combo, has a nice rhythm to it, thanks for the good racing guys. Top 3 top quick for me in second race. First race was a write off due to a spin on the first lap.

 

[PzR Slim]

Enjoyed that last night. First competitive race in VR and it was hot! Couple of screens attached to your head in a set of goggles twinned with competitive racing result in a hot head! Had good pace and enjoyed the battles I had but a few daft mistakes when pushing too hard cost me.

 

[BrandonW77]

Cheers from 100th running of the Indianapolis 500!

 

[mister dog]

Bloody Mary, sun coming up, babe in hotpants to stare at, race of the year in prospect. Life couldn't be better

 

[Punknoodle]

Oh man! Enjoy! I'm up late watching the F1.. I've only got a glass of water tho

 

[BrandonW77]

Sorry for the delay in updating things, between the 500 and packing for my move this weekend I've been going a mile a minute the last couple weeks. New info and results have been added to the OP, I haven't had any time to test anything so we'll take the M235i to the Nords since I already know it's a good combo.

 

[Barracuda4Surf]

Hi guys
Is the server up? Can't find it on the list :-/

 

[mister dog]

Hi guys
Is the server up? Can't find it on the list :-/

Server is now only up for races (so next week). Running it all the time became a bit of a waste (asked Brandon about it the last time).

 

[Barracuda4Surf]

Oh, I see. Bummer. Thx anyways!

 

[BrandonW77]

Yeah, it wasn't getting used enough to justify the extra cost on the electricity bill. I have all the track settings in the OP though so you can practice under the correct conditions. 👍

 

[Barracuda4Surf]

Yeah, I saw that, thank you
I just thought it would be fun to practice with some decent people online

 

[BrandonW77]

FYI, Le Mans got updated today so be sure to download the new version before this weekend. 👍

 

[kcheeb]

20 minutes to Qualy, who's ready