Any iRacing folks?

Cryos

Any boardsies on iracing ?

Dcully

Im still a subscriber but i simply dont have the time it deserves.
When i was really into it i spent hours upon hours practicing,tweaking setups and racing.

OSiriS

I'm a subscriber myself, but I haven't had time to do more than a few practice laps every now and then for a few seasons. Hoping to get a few races in this season.

ButcherOfNog

Same here, not raced at all since March, just done some test and practice laps since, but hoping to start again later this month, time permitting. The Corvette fixed setup series will probably be what I'll start back up with, so I can basically get in and drive and move up to an A road license.

SouperComputer

Im signed up too, although my subscription is up for renewal again on Black Friday. I don't have a lot of time for it, its been months since ive been online, probably May. I have so much realf-life stuff to do that I packed the G27 in a box a couple of weeks ago and vowed not to use it again until I'm done with my projects and have a cockpit built. So my guess is I'll be simming again in December sometime.

Cryos

The new MX5 is nice to drive, im going through the jetta cup at the moment on it.

Not going to well though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Pr715gV6A getting involved in alot of stupid incidents.

DangerMouse1978

I am racing it .. at the moment trying to get to grips with the mustang .. what an animal . Paul O''Brien is my user name two (')'s i must have fecked up my registration

Cryos

Me:
http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=47842

DangerMouse1978

Cryos wrote: »

Me:
http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=47842

added

dnme

I'm a member for the past month or so. I have not raced yet, just practicing at Lime Rock, and Brands Hatch in the new Mazda's. It's a stunning sim though isn't it

ButcherOfNog

Yes, it is, and incredibly time consuming as it does need plenty of practice time to be competitive in any of the series.

Grim.

resubed their last night forgot i had the vette such an awesome car great fun and surprisingly easy to drive I'm a mile of the really fast guys but **** it I'm enjoying it will stick to tt for now though don't want to spoil anyone's race

gibbon75

Happy days: I've got two more screens of adverts,so my Eyefinity setup will be complete after Christmas

dnme

gibbon75 wrote: »

Happy days: I've got two more screens of adverts,so my Eyefinity setup will be complete after Christmas

was that from a guy who was selling 3 monitors for around €640? God I was so tempted.

gibbon75

No,I've got two 22" Dells for 230 (delivered to my door),as I already have a 22" Dell S-IPS screen.
I've got a HD5850 off adverts as well a couple of month ago:it's a budget build (the missus thinks different tho )
Got 3 cheap Vesa LCD mounts off Amazon,so after Christmas I'm off to the shed to build a DIY triple screen stand.

matty55

I was thinking of subscribing would anyone recommend it? I've done a few races on race2play using rfactor and race 07 and really enjoyed it!!

dnme

matty55 wrote: »

I was thinking of subscribing would anyone recommend it? I've done a few races on race2play using rfactor and race 07 and really enjoyed it!!

yea sign up for a month and see what you think

RichieC

I'm a member well over a year now, great stuff, I don't race all that often, when i do I usually just race combo's I'm good at (spec racer ford on summit point, skip barber on watkins glen)

I use a logitech g25, currently a b licence with a 3.75 SR and a fairly low 1675 IR)

matty55

http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do

RichieC

matty55 wrote: »

http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do

that link just goes to my stats page

Niall09

Hey guys, I wrote a little article for my team about the iRacing.com World Championship Series today. For a relatively unknown team in the iRacing world, we managed to claim 5 of the top 6 positions including the win - beating championship favourite Greger Huttu.

http://www.my3id.com/gaming/news/126/my3id-gaming-dominate-round-1-of-iracingcom-world-championship-series

For any of ye that dont know, this is the biggest sim racing championship in the world and the drivers are battling it out for $17,000 prize fund.

RichieC

Great stuff, Niall, some serious aliens on that team

Dcully

Very impressive Niall, i havent iraced in ages.

ButcherOfNog

Did 9 laps of Zandy in the Skippy during the week after a few months of a break, had been playing GT5, and I'd forgotten how good iRacing actually is. The subscription is about €9.00 a month. Can't get much better than this for online racing: 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Round 1 at Daytona

Dcully

iracing is simply light years ahead of everything else on any format.

Grim.

anyone here good with photoshop? could do a boards.ie racing sim forum skin on some of the cars could look well have tried myself but really don't no where to start with ps

matty55

Any good celtic leagues going?

frostie500

Just after playing this for the first time and have to say....its pretty difficult!
Ive spent the afternoon trying to get my head around it and am really struggling just to string together a pair of laps back to back!

ButcherOfNog

Yup, its most definitely a simulation.

1) Concentrate on keeping it on the track, not on your lap times.
2) Don't mash the pedals, and turn in and out smoothly.
3) Slow into corners by braking a little early will mean you can be fast coming out of them.

Are you driving the MX5? You'll get used to it quite quickly, its a nice stable car. Stay away from the Spec Racer Ford until you've mastered the MX5 and can lap consistently in it.

The Spec Racer Ford requires a completely different driving style, its mid engined and is much more twitchy, you need to keep some throttle on while braking and it takes a good bit of getting used to.

Once you get a D licence, buy the Skip Barber single seater, its a really fun car and has limited set-up changes you can do, so its a good introduction to setting up a car.

Don't ignore the oval racing when a Rookie, the Legends car is easy to hurl around those short circuits and is good fun.

frostie500

ButcherOfNog wrote: »

Yup, its most definitely a simulation.

1) Concentrate on keeping it on the track, not on your lap times.
2) Don't mash the pedals, and turn in and out smoothly.
3) Slow into corners by braking a little early will mean you can be fast coming out of them.

Are you driving the MX5? You'll get used to it quite quickly, its a nice stable car. Stay away from the Spec Racer Ford until you've mastered the MX5 and can lap consistently in it.

The Spec Racer Ford requires a completely different driving style, its mid engined and is much more twitchy, you need to keep some throttle on while braking and it takes a good bit of getting used to.

Once you get a D licence, buy the Skip Barber single seater, its a really fun car and has limited set-up changes you can do, so its a good introduction to setting up a car.

Don't ignore the oval racing when a Rookie, the Legends car is easy to hurl around those short circuits and is good fun.

Thanks for the advice

Yeah I was using the MX5 and the Legends car. I was really struggling initially with the Mazda but after spending some time in the car I got things a little bit more under control. I had been just doing test sessions but went into a race at Lime Rock and really saw a pretty big improvement once I was able to see other drivers and their lines etc.

I was pretty far off the pace in qualifying, I was about four seconds slower, but I got a bit more consistent throughout the session and by the time the race started I was confident of a decent showing but on the first lap the connection lagged going through a corner so I went straight into a wall!

After that I tried the Legends car and was very happy with my race, had been running in the top five before crashing at 3/4 distance. I saw an accident ahead of me and tried to take avoiding action and crashed into the wall. I ended up finishing fifth or sixth out of 14 but lost about two laps with that incident and the repairs.

Overall though Im very impressed by iRacing. I signed up for a month(with two more free) and Im already hooked! The difference between this and, lets say, Forza is pretty big. The racing is much better with everyone clearly having to think about the consequences of their cactions as opposed to just racing flat out and trying to wreck everyone elses races.

SouperComputer

Yeah forza is handy for some quick online pickup races, although the load times are a bit pathetic. iRacing though, just like real like you have to work at it to stay on the pace..

LaminatorSGL

I do quite a bit of iRacing.

Currently running the C6R every week I can, great service. Can't imagine using any other sim anymore honestly.

djrichard

Ive never even considered iracng before. The concept of a sub put me off. I just watched that Nascar video though and it looks very interesting and professional!

Just try playing Race 07 now that Skidrow have hacked it and every fool is playing the game online for free smashing up on turn one!

djrichard

I bought the 1 month iracing subscription last night, it came with 2 extra months for free. Thought I may as well give it a go. Still using an xbox 360 controller for Windows, so its not much use in this game. Obviously its not as good as a wheel, but in Race Injection, Ive been able to race using that controller with no problem, but in this game, despite calibrating it in many different ways, I cant get the full axis on the controller for steering. Its much too sensitive and full lock is applied after moving the thumbstick 50%! This results in me oversteering like a maniac and I cant risk going into an actual race as I will wreck other racers.

Does anyone have any advice on how to get it to work properly? Save me the "I need a wheel" stuff, I know that already, but in the meantime Id still like to have the same experience I have in other games using the controller. When calibrating, there is a point when it asks me to apply 30% turn on the wheel, whats this part for? Ive tried many different amounts of lock to try and dial in a decent experience, but so far its not working out.

Graphics are really dated, which is obvious I guess. I had a go in the Mazda mx5 roadster, it seemed rather slow in all honesty.

I was thinking of getting a G27 to replace my G25 which was stolen about 2 years ago, but Im now tempted to save a little more and get myself the T500 RS and the TH8 shifter. It has great reviews and I feel like treating myself!

Dcully

First off i disagree that the graphics are dated, id argue that they are more realistic than the bloom and bling covered offerings from other racing titles.

I hate to say it and you already know it but do iracing a justice and get a wheel.
There really is no two ways about it, pad with iracing is not like other games ,its a thoroughbred simulation,99.9% of users use a wheel of some sort.
Seriously mate i cant stress it enough,if your into iracing do yourself a favour.
As for what wheel, G27 is great, dont forget the Fanatec wheels.
T500 RS and the TH8 shifter is fine but isnt that more expensive?
My advice would be get an affordable wheel ,trust me iracing will be a totally diffferent beast with one.
If you then find yourself wanting to subscribe longer then maybe go for a better wheel.

Sorry i couldnt offer anything to improve the use of a pad with iracing, but there really isnt anything you can do im afraid.
You will get away with it in other racing games and maybe som racing sims but not iracing im afraid.

ScumLord

All racing games become a completely different kettle of fish with a wheel, I wouldn't be bothered playing without one any more.

_HULK_SMASH!

Hey there lads, going to take out a 3 month sub this week (3 months for price of 1) dying to try it for a couple of years but held out until my new rig was ready. Been playing for years already, GTR, GTR2 and EVO, Rfactors mods. Cant wait, The time investment thing worries me, not a lot of spare time with 2 young kiddies in the house and a lot of work commuting to be done.

Curious how the scheduling of races works, I gather Iracing groups people by talent, do you have to be online at certain times to race in your series or can you drive in races when you like? Really excited by this one, hope there are a few Boardies still racing and I can get some advice from you or add you as online buddies or something.... Hope to see you on track

LaminatorSGL

_HULK_SMASH! wrote: »

Hey there lads, going to take out a 3 month sub this week (3 months for price of 1) dying to try it for a couple of years but held out until my new rig was ready. Been playing for years already, GTR, GTR2 and EVO, Rfactors mods. Cant wait, The time investment thing worries me, not a lot of spare time with 2 young kiddies in the house and a lot of work commuting to be done.

Curious how the scheduling of races works, I gather Iracing groups people by talent, do you have to be online at certain times to race in your series or can you drive in races when you like? Really excited by this one, hope there are a few Boardies still racing and I can get some advice from you or add you as online buddies or something.... Hope to see you on track

Still put in some time in iRacing almost daily, even if it is for a short practice. Good to see another celt joining up, make sure to introduce yourself on the region forums!

iRacing is very flexible with time really. Races in the rookie series where everyone starts run every hour on the hour. Series further up run every two hours, and official races can be found at almost all times in the popular series. In the less popular ones the community will set up times that should suit everyone to race at in each region. Practice always runs so you can do that whenever.

There are also plenty of leagues that you can join that run at a set time every week/two weeks, so if you find one that suits you it is one of the best ways to have consistent competition.

And finally, yes you are grouped by "iRating" which determines your skill level in all cars and pits you against relative competitors. You won't see this at rookie level but it is still calculated under the hood. See you on track!

_HULK_SMASH!

Sounds Brilliant!
I Follow a guy on twitter called @niall_quinn1, he's a Racing Instructor at Mondello Park who ran iRacing a while ago and might be getting back into it if he can get a rig together...he tweeted me today to say he is glad there's some Irish lads running the sim and then I took a look at his profile properly....He was only Adam Caroll's team mate in the Irish A1GP team during 2008/9.... Think I better get practicing..

LaminatorSGL

_HULK_SMASH! wrote: »

Sounds Brilliant!
I Follow a guy on twitter called @niall_quinn1, he's a Racing Instructor at Mondello Park who ran iRacing a while ago and might be getting back into it if he can get a rig together...he tweeted me today to say he is glad there's some Irish lads running the sim and then I took a look at his profile properly....He was only Adam Caroll's team mate in the Irish A1GP team during 2008/9.... Think I better get practicing..

That's amazing. You'll find many real world drivers in the sim. Dale Jr. is currently in the top 20 of the current Class A Oval series I believe. Shane Van Gisbergen runs regularly in the V8 series just like real life. I was in a practice session with Scott Speed once too.

And it's all packed into a generally great community. Can't imagine going anywhere else for my sim racing needs.

_HULK_SMASH!

So, Ive had Iracing since Friday and I'm loving it, Practice only so far while I get the hang of the handling of the cars, Its definately different from Rfactor!

Doing ok but obviously had a few spins and near moments as I begin to push a little, am I right that mistakes aren't counted against you in testing? Only practice Quali and races?

Hope so anyway because I was afraid of going over the limit and losing control incase i got de-merits or something..

Anyway loving it so far and think I might take out a longer Subscription when this one runs out.. God help me lol.

Clive.

LaminatorSGL

Incident points don't count in testing or practice so your Safety Rating won't be effected.

Their significance is also halved in qualifying meaning you don't get as severely punished for going over the limit. Of course any incident point during a qualifying lap will invalidate it so it's important to stay within the track limits during that session.

Squidwert

hey fella's just thought i'd sign up to board.ie and say hello. another iracer living in drogheda. see you's on track

Dcully

Im not iracing at all these days but ive been there since the early beta.
While i dont claim to be fast i have raced alongside Dale jr on two occasions aswell as Marcus Ambrose and AJ Allmendinger on one occasion.
Also raced with John Henry 4-5 times before the sim was released, as a Liverpool fan that has more meaning these days
Best sim out there by some margin.

djrichard

Im on the luas on the way home to Malahide. Guess what I have sitting next to me right now? A brand new Logitech G27! Can't wait as my irating was suffering due to using an xbox 360 controller which is horrendously over sensitive and was causing me to spin all the time.

Squidwert

djrichard wrote: »

Im on the luas on the way home to Malahide. Guess what I have sitting next to me right now? A brand new Logitech G27! Can't wait as my irating was suffering due to using an xbox 360 controller which is horrendously over sensitive and was causing me to spin all the time.

Nice one remember to set it up properly. The Optimal FFB settings in the general topic tread and get the logitech drivers. there's no going back now good luck see you on track.

Dcully

Squidwert wrote: »

Nice one remember to set it up properly. The Optimal FFB settings in the general topic tread and get the logitech drivers. there's no going back now good luck see you on track.

No comparison mate, anyone that thinks otherwise is deluded, enjoy it

djrichard

Squidwert wrote: »

Nice one remember to set it up properly. The Optimal FFB settings in the general topic tread and get the logitech drivers. there's no going back now good luck see you on track.

Do you mean in the general topic thread on Boards or on some iracing forum?

Ive been messing around all night, had a nightmare trying to set the wheel up. I have the Logitech software installed that came with it. The program was running in the background, so Im not sure if it was interfering with the settings ingame. I couldnt for the life of me dial in a decent setting, it was either requiring far too much turning of the wheel, or too little. When I played Race 07, the default settings on that were great.

I will have to setup tomorrow as Im knackered now and I want to get up early to watch the Federer Vs Nadal match at 8:30am!

Squidwert

Sorry i ment in the iracing forum
http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/1500238.page

_HULK_SMASH!

Squidwert? are you the same Squidwert that has a curved screen and a projector and posted his rig on www.thewayiplay.com ?

Squidwert

_HULK_SMASH! wrote: »

Squidwert? are you the same Squidwert that has a curved screen and a projector and posted his rig on www.thewayiplay.com ?

YES that would be me and don't forget to look at the new pedals i made
http://www.thewayiplay.com/mainforum/index.php?topic=2178.0
My playseat was sold this week I'm in the middle of building a new rig. The screen is the same but will fit rig better.