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Just did a race round Limerock in the mazda roadster. Started in 8th I think, was one of my most consistent races and only had a off track x1 twice...up until lap 19/20. I had got up into 2nd place and was only a second or so off the leader. Coming round the last bend it's a simple lift off, throw the car in and handle your throttle nicely. Something I have perfected as I know you can gain quite a bit of time if you do it nicely leading up to the start/finish. But for the first time ever in the game, I ran ever so slightly wide, my rear left tire was on the grass and as it regained traction on the tarmac an enormous snake begins to form and I lose it into the barrier. Knackered my steering but still brought it home for 4th. Was well gutted though as it was going to be my best finish
I've noticed it's alot easier to knock your safety rating down than to get it up lol. Unfortunately mine is around 2.28 and what is most annoying is that 99% of the situations are caused by the other drivers, not me :mad:
bradleyskidmore@eircom.net if anyone wants to add me
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Just did a race round Limerock in the mazda roadster. Started in 8th I think, was one of my most consistent races and only had a off track x1 twice...up until lap 19/20. I had got up into 2nd place and was only a second or so off the leader. Coming round the last bend it's a simple lift off, throw the car in and handle your throttle nicely. Something I have perfected as I know you can gain quite a bit of time if you do it nicely leading up to the start/finish. But for the first time ever in the game, I ran ever so slightly wide, my rear left tire was on the grass and as it regained traction on the tarmac an enormous snake begins to form and I lose it into the barrier. Knackered my steering but still brought it home for 4th. Was well gutted though as it was going to be my best finish
I've noticed it's alot easier to knock your safety rating down than to get it up lol. Unfortunately mine is around 2.28 and what is most annoying is that 99% of the situations are caused by the other drivers, not me :mad:
bradleyskidmore@eircom.net if anyone wants to add me
Hay Brad i'm Barryburke2 just search for me in the iracing search bar and add me0 -
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ok so, bought my first add on content today, I'm certainly not loaded with all of lifes necessities to pay for..
I'm a D-class holder and moneys tight, so all those Rileys and Williams F1 cars will have to wait a while, Im strictly in it to advance licences at the moment..
So I bought the Mustang, Skippy, Mid-Ohio and the 2007 version of Daytona 'cos its about 4 Euro and I love that track from watching Grand-Am on Motors TV
Tried the 'Stang first, nice and slidey, real progressive though, nice safe understeer with a little oversteer if you put the boot in!
The skippy? Well first impression wasn't that great, 3 snap oversteer spins on the first lap! ha ha ha and touched a barrier with the nose. Feck it! says I, im not quittin' to the pits, and off I go...
Did about 8 or 9 laps of Lime Rock park and I dont think I could have got a better workout down the Gym :eek:
Oversteer,Understeer,Oversteer, Understeer, sawing away on the wheel like a madman on every corner..
It was bloody fun though, you can actually catch big slides in it! Finally spun out on my 10th lap and in the replay I had no nose, I'd lost it on my first lap!
Will be getting about 8 tracks for Fathers day from My 2 girls next month to feed my addiction further..
My wife will surely never see me again ha ha!0 -
_HULK_SMASH! wrote: »ok so, bought my first add on content today, I'm certainly not loaded with all of lifes necessities to pay for..
I'm a D-class holder and moneys tight, so all those Rileys and Williams F1 cars will have to wait a while, Im strictly in it to advance licences at the moment..
So I bought the Mustang, Skippy, Mid-Ohio and the 2007 version of Daytona 'cos its about 4 Euro and I love that track from watching Grand-Am on Motors TV
Tried the 'Stang first, nice and slidey, real progressive though, nice safe understeer with a little oversteer if you put the boot in!
The skippy? Well first impression wasn't that great, 3 snap oversteer spins on the first lap! ha ha ha and touched a barrier with the nose. Feck it! says I, im not quittin' to the pits, and off I go...
Did about 8 or 9 laps of Lime Rock park and I dont think I could have got a better workout down the Gym :eek:
Oversteer,Understeer,Oversteer, Understeer, sawing away on the wheel like a madman on every corner..
It was bloody fun though, you can actually catch big slides in it! Finally spun out on my 10th lap and in the replay I had no nose, I'd lost it on my first lap!
Will be getting about 8 tracks for Fathers day from My 2 girls next month to feed my addiction further..
My wife will surely never see me again ha ha!
star mazda and lotis 79 are great,,, what tracks you thinking of getting0 -
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Good stuff lads on keeping up the Irish contingent.
I see you lads are addicted
I spent over €400 on content over the years on iracing.
The worst thing is i no longer subscribe and it feels like a waste of money right now but man did i get some hours fun out of it.
Im proud to say i was one of the very first 150 people to beta test iracing,i was simply blown away.
I remember one night we were asked to join 5 or 6 different servers to test things this side of the water,some guy called John Henry joined the server and greeted everyone personally.
I only knew him as as the financial clout behind what will be known as iracing.
I wasnt aware he owned Boston Red Sox and a couple of Nascar teams,being a Liverpool fan i also wasnt aware he would later own LFC too :eek:
He genuinely seemed a nice guy and was passionate about iracing.
Anyways its good to see you lads flying the Irish flag, i miss iracing at times but i simply dont have the time needed to get anywhere near as competitive as i used to be [which wasnt very fast either tbh lol]0 -
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_HULK_SMASH! wrote: »Ah... Thats Bad...
I couldnt get online last night, the servers were down for maintenance..
What time where you racing last night?
I ended up sticking on Rfactor 1, Enduracers mod, Mid-Ohio
Bloody iRacing has spoiled other sims for me..
I couldnt "feel" the road in rFactor anymore, ending up in a few spins..
and there are a few inconsistancies in the track, guess thats what you get when its not Laser Scanned..:D
I think it was 8:00pm. I tried playing rFactor earlier in the day and couldn't lol. Was in the caterham mod and was going off on every corner, I don't remember there being that much under steer
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Rfactor vs iracing is like trying to debate ps3 vs xbox. It's a huge debate in the sim world but personally, I prefer iracing although it is rather expensive starting out. But once you get past that you only pay for subscription and not tracks or cars. That is of course if you want to go all the way and level up through the different series. Or you may be perfectly happy staying in the starting mx5 series. Thing about iracing is that there is no set path, it is up to you what you want to do. InsidesimracingTV are doing an offer at the moment with 3 months for the price of 1 + an extra track (Watkins Glen) + an extra car (Riley Daytona Prototype) for free wish I took advantage of the offer lol
When you sign up (http://www.iracing.com/membership/) just enter the code:
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iracing is the ultimate in simracing, you simply pay for the quality you get.
rfactor on the other hand is also a fine sim and a lot more casual friendly and inexpensive.
However you will have to download mods to get the best out of rfactor, out of the box its like a beta with limited tracks and fantasy car series, pnce you put the effort in its great and light years ahead of F12011 ,trust me that is not a pure sim at all.
Jumping from F1 2011 to iracing or indeed any PC based sim will be a shock to your system,rfactor takes a lot of effort to get it to do what you want but when you do it has no limit to the amount of tracks and cars available.
My advice would be Game stock car,it used a highly tuned rfactor engine which is a much better experience imo and it wont cost you anywhere near as much as iracing.
If you then enjoy it then maybe take the next step, if you have the time to put in ofcourse
Check out this thread about GSC, some info and vids linked
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=20564576240 -
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Well signed up for a year, I always missed the Black Friday deals, looking forward to a years good racing
**Edit**
This Deal is for existing Subscribers also, you dont need to be new, or have let your subscription laps....So fill yer boots boys 0 -
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