Any iRacing folks?

ScumLord

c0rn3y wrote: »

Anybody know of a good place to souce CNC machined parts? I have some ideas for my own H shifter and pedals and would love to be able to get some custom made parts. Thinking that I should maybe save and get my own CNC Millings machine and then start making parts for other people, wouldnt have to make that many to break even hehe

I know of Ardrahan engineering in Galway, or do a search for precision engineers on golden pages.

It will cost a pretty penny though, unless you can write G-code your going to have to get someone to design up the thing for you and if it's only a one off piece expect to pay a lot for it. Probably in the hundreds.

c0rn3y

I used to be able to write G-Code back in my school days and I was even good at it hehe, but this is getting close to 20 years ago now so do not think I would be able to anymore.

Need to take a look at that again I think. Thanks ScumLord for the link, I will take a look and see

ro_chez

Another iRacing addict here. I signed up on St Stephens Day with their 3 for 1 month offer after a couple of years wanting to try it out. Had my first Skippy race today, they're a handful but lots of fun. Managed to scrape through it with just a 1x incident so that was enough for me despite finishing near the back.

I'm using an Xbox wireless wheel connected to the pc with a usb wireless receiver. It only has force feedback when connected to an xbox but the feedback is pretty crap on it so I'm not missing much. Still though, I cant help thinking that with a semi decent wheel, I would be a bit more competitive. Trying my best to scrape some pennies together for a G27 but I cant stop spending my money on new cars and tracks :pac:

c0rn3y

@ro_chez: I have a G25 here that I don't use that you could get for hmm 120€ if you want. It is used well though but working good. If you want its there otherwise it will be on the floor making my wife look at it angry every day because it is in the way hehe

@ScumLord: I found www.cncdiy.org and they have really good prices on desktop hobby cnc machines, think I will save up and get one. It will take me a while so it givse me time to brush up on very very old skills that I am not even sure that I have any more hehe. Should be a fun journey. Can see sooo many projects being made possible with one of those

Squidwert

Hey ro-chez go for c0rn3y's g25 if you can, great wheel, mine's going 4 years now and never had a problem(touch wood) another one for karting this summer;)

@c0rn3y i have a couple of thing's/idea's i'd like made when you get cnc machine up and running

and send me your names and i'll setup a hosted session for a demo derby sometime soon

c0rn3y

Here is the link to my member page.

Think it will take me at least until some time after the summer before I get my self a cnc machine. Saving for one more gfx card and two more screens at the moment and that will come first. Then maybe your load cell and a buttkicker and and and and hehe.

But I will for sure get my hands on a cnc. When I have one I will make sure once I know how to use everything that the Irish sim people will get some benefits

ro_chez

c0rn3y wrote: »

@ro_chez: I have a G25 here that I don't use that you could get for hmm 120€ if you want. It is used well though but working good. If you want its there otherwise it will be on the floor making my wife look at it angry every day because it is in the way hehe

Thants very nice of you to offer c0rn3y. I might need to hold off for a couple of weeks if I can just stop myself from buying any more content. Today they just announce a new winter stock-up sale with extra discounts on bulk purchases so we'll see how that goes! This would be me.

c0rn3y

It is all good ro_chez, it will be here for a while

Grim.

Mixed feelings about my first races in two years decided to go with the mx5's at Lime Rock didnt bother qualifying so i would start from the back of the grid. first race was a disaster got to tensed up before hand and spun twice on the first two laps leaving me well out of contention.

The Second race started perfectly 11th to 4th by the first corner 2nd 3rd and 4th were glued together swapping places for fourteen laps till while fighting for position I made a mistake under braking for T1 and hit the guy in 3rd spinning us both out (i was sickened apologised in chat after the race hope he seen it) .

By the time i got the car back i had lost ten or eleven seconds and two places adding to that the car now not tracking well but it wasn't to bad so decided to keep going.

One of the cars that passed me made a mistake t3 gifting me a place. The lad I had hit lost alot less time and was about five seconds ahead of be but unfortunately i think his car came out of the crash with worse damage than mine and after a few laps he ran wide and gifted me another i managed to get to the end and secured 3rd place happy with that from 11th but a bit pissed at the mistake.


lap chart from the race more off tracks than id have liked but they were only small ones like running wide at the last corner or clipping the grass at the top of the uphill right hander, this was also only my 8th race ever so very happy with pace

1 01:02.817
2 01:00.230
3 00:59.745 fastest lap
4 01:01.655 off track
5 01:00.914
6 01:00.123
7 01:00.604
8 01:00.529
9 01:00.520 off track
10 01:01.905 off track
11 01:00.378 off track
12 01:00.296 off track
13 01:00.448 off track
14 01:11.156 off track, car contact, lost control
15 01:00.990 off track
16 01:00.610
17 01:00.244
18 01:00.747
19 01:01.458
20 01:00.909

Dcully

Consistency is key every time Grim, those laptimes are pretty consistant.
Keeping them consistant while under pressure from behind or looking to get by the guy infront is even more so,its a skill in itself within iracing and motorsport in general.

Rossi IRL

Can ye give me some advice for starting off,,
For a guy who has never used a wheel & pedals or clutch before,
how would ye recommend me to start my iRacing carear,,

my wheel should be hear monday

ButcherOfNog

1. MX5 at Lime Rock, watch some of the training videos of this combination. Lime Rock is a short track, few braking points to remember, so this is a great first track to learn. Don't let it fool you into thinking its an easy track, it isn't.
2. Do some test laps, then into practice.
3. Don't be in a rush to do your first race, do a few time trials first, when you can keep consistent pace, try and race.
4. Don't get concerned with being a few seconds off the fast pace. Keeping it on the black stuff by being consistent will get you in the top 5 in most races.
5. For all corners on all tracks, slow in, fast out.
6. Don't forget to breath in your first race, as passing out will result in a crash

Squidwert

Thumb's up for No. 6 i do that a lot:)

c0rn3y

Hahaha I had a friend do number "6" in the early days of Quake

@Grim: How do you export a lap chart like that? That would be nice to look at.

I have been racing away at Lime Rock with the MX5 only so far, really want to get used to the sim before I get into more cars/tracks. I have it hard getting a lap under 1.01, I am normally always under 1.02 but never under 1.01. Have to keep training I guess and maybe look at some more replays.

I have been looking but I cannot really find any setups for the MX5, are most MX5 race/practice/tt/qualify fixed setup? I have no idea how to sort setups and will maybe have to learn I guess.

Grim.

its just a copy paste of my lap chart from the results page and re setup I'm racing in the iRacing Mazda cup which is a fixed setup, I'm using the mx5 cup instead of the roadster (I find the roadster far to unstable)

don't know if this video will be any use to you but this is one of my better laps (also displays some of my dodgy driving style :P )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVLfxR6gNMw

c0rn3y

Thanks GRIM, and you don't have a dodgy driving style at all.

Did my first TT today and I didn't really look that much when I joined, I was thinking that it was Lime Rock... boy was I wrong hehe.

Not really fast as you can see but for one of the first times ever on the track I am happy. Still many seconds slower than nearly everyone I have seen but hey I am having fun

+0.06 YAY!! My first baby steps hehe.


Mazda Cup - 2012 Season 1
2012-02-21 7:14 pm

Okayama International Circuit - Short Course
# Time Comments
0 - -:- -.- - -
1 01:12.665
2 01:06.797
3 01:06.337
4 01:05.373
5 01:05.555
6 01:05.336
7 01:04.774
8 01:04.278
9 01:08.834 off track
10 01:05.644
11 01:04.684
12 01:04.950
13 01:04.655
14 01:04.777
15 01:04.891
16 01:06.503
17 01:04.793
18 01:04.146 fastest lap
19 01:04.907 off track
20 01:04.478
21 01:05.881

Rossi IRL

woooohoooo,,just won my first race and it was in the legends,,,lapped everybody in the race,,thanks to all of them wrecking eachother

_HULK_SMASH!

Well done Rossi IRL, still have to win my first one, second is my best so far...

Delighted with myself having been promoted out of the rookie class last night...

Now hold a "D" Licence, going to be racing more this weekend, wasted a couple of weeks there by not racing

Rossi IRL

_HULK_SMASH! wrote: »

Well done Rossi IRL, still have to win my first one, second is my best so far...

Delighted with myself having been promoted out of the rookie class last night...

Now hold a "D" Licence, going to be racing more this weekend, wasted a couple of weeks there by not racing

ye man i got promoted last night aswell to D in the ovals,,what series are you doing now that your D

_HULK_SMASH!

Thats funny! I was trying to find out what i'm eligible for this morning, but work got in the way

I like the idea of tin tops! really like the look of the Reilly or the Corvette, are you going to stick with Ovals? Nascar maybe? What were you running in Rookie?

Rossi IRL

ye im a nascar fan but this month ill be getting the road license up so i can do the skip barbers,,but iv been doing ovals so ill try out the d classs ovals and see if i like it

SouperComputer

Have to say all my experience has been on "road courses", but I quite enjoyed the oval experience in iRacing. Something new to learn.

A+-Guru

just ordered a trustmaster t500rs from overclockers.co.uk today, might see some you on iracing sometime

c0rn3y

Nice stuff A+-Guru, hope to see you on the track

ButcherOfNog

"The Cadillac CTS-V will be released for free to all iRacing members when it joins our virtual garage this spring!"

ooh, free car

A+-Guru

add me as a friend guys, maybe we can get together for some irish ownage

http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=87667

Rossi IRL

usa speedway was free today aswell,,ill add you now

A+-Guru

i accepted you ross, but you then disappeared and are not coming up in my friend list, not sure what happened..

Rossi IRL

i went offline

A+-Guru

ah that explains it, I wasn't aware offline friends dont show, still trying to wade myself around the iracing site, its so cluttered lol