Quote from atledreier :

Takes two to tango, and it takes two to have a collision...

I can tell you that 99% of my incidents is not made by me ( I never spins on my own..)..hand on my heart...

Two to Tango yes..but in maybe 90% I simply can`t avoid it - the rest I could with a little bit of luck). People are either hitting me ( I brake where i should brake) in the back or spinning in front of me..but yes two to tango...but it`s hard to do anything by these things I just mentioned..at least for me... And i`m not crying about it, shit happens...

My average inc in Road is very good.. I think it`s 2.3xx and 3.5xx in oval.. but still I can`t simply avoid these inc most of the times. If i brake on the oval and try to steer away from it..I`ll bet that the the guy behind me will hit me... Especially on ovals. Guys are focused on my bumper and does not look 5-6-7 cars away..and thats a mistake from them..

But still very clean and fair racing in iRacing - I love it..

Last edited by richard dk, Fri, 8 May 2009 14:59.

Quote from anttt69 :

I think your missing some good racing Richard. Just because its open to rookies does not mean you have to race against them. As long as you put a half decent quali lap in you will always be near the front of the grid, racing guys that know how to & avoiding the mid pack carnage.

Ant... do you know how big SR hit you will get with a A license if you just gets x4 inc? Ohh my god....

But it`s not only for Rookies I know that..but I`ll wait to private leagues with that car...

I know someone from Denmark..he got x14 in two races and went down from, I think it was from 4.6x with a A license to 3.56...

But it`s a great car and I will drive it later in the year..i guess..

I like the Mazda on some tracks like Road America and Road Atalanta and I will maybe race on them. But I have never liked downforce Formulas so much. In LFS I really HATE the BMW Sauber and the Fo8. They are fun on ovals but not on roads. If there was more ovals in LFS I would have driven them more often.
In iRacing i`m looking forward to Indy Cars..
I think Mazda is great on Milwaukee and Phoenix..a Formula oval series would be very welcome imo..and I think we will see it in next season..

Also I can`t drive too many things at the same time.. oval racing is taking so much time... and I got hooked at it in my second season of iRacing..

I don`t think the Mazda is more difficult or easier to drive than the Skip Barber, it`s just that I ain`t hooked so much on the downforce cars. I like the Skip Barber and thinks the car is very easy to drive. I loose iRating points in Mazda and gains a lot of points in the Skip Barber.. Never driven any Formula like the Skip Barber in any Sim..it`s just the best...

I don`t wanna race the Spec Racer Ford this season. I don`t like the idea going down in the Rookie class, but i`m sure I will drive SRF when private leagues are coming..it`s such a great and rewarding car to drive and I think the sound is the best in iRacing...

I will for sure renew my yearly membership in two months time - no doubt about that..

I don`t like the bigger cars so much, so most of my time is in Skip Barber..But I can still enjoy a race in the Radical or Riley....or the Mazda..
Season 1 there was ONLY 178 with a A license, this season there are 565! I`m talking about Road..

There are 225 drivers with a B license who can drive License A car because they are above 4.0 in SR... So in total there should be 790 who could race the Riley..right now..

So it should be a lot more easy to find drivers in License A this season..

I have not had any problems finding enough drivers in license B and down so far..

Quote from bbman :

To be brutally honest, the negative athmosphere in the forums is pretty obvious to see, you don't even need one day to experience that... .

And everything is just fine here? The negative athmosphere from some users has nothing to do with the community..there are also some here who is spreading a negative athmosphere...day after day..
Most of the iRacing community is very helpfull, like they are here.
But ok you don`t like it after one day, but imo you can`t judge it after only one or five days...


Throw in quite chaotic rookie races with tempers rising and you can imagine how he got to this conclusion

Nothing I saw when I joined....But yes Rookie races can be chaotic from time to time (but they are still driven under the Sporting Code) like they can on the open servers in LFS. Rookie is called Rookie..because there is Rookies there...many has to learn the cars and so on. But strange so many can get a higher license from the Rookie class from these chaotic races *LOL*... Tempers rising? *LOL*...

Last edited by richard dk, Sun, 3 May 2009 08:50.

Quote from jwardy :

ok ive had the trial for 5 days and im dissapointed , its nothing compared to lfs

lfs just feels better
better comunity
cheaper price !!

After 5 days you can judge the community... wauww thats fast...

Go to iRacing forum, ask questions, find some friends in the races and the community is like other communitys including LFS`s... I have found some really great guys in iRacing like in LFS. It`s up to you to be part of the iRacing community as in LFS..

Whats your name in iRacing..I would love to read your posts in the iRacing forum. It`s also easier to get "friends" in iRacing because there are the VOICE chat build in. No need for Team Speak etc.. Just plug in your headphones and microphone and you will soon get friends.. Just remember not to had VOICE chat on in the races..

Quote from anttt69 :

You could drive a race pushing people off the track with a well placed nudge & win by effectively cheating. You only stand to loose SR & reputation.

I don`t think you would survive very long in iRacing if you did that very often. You could loose EVERYTHING you payed for..

I have a friend who swear on the server calling out names and so on - one protested him for breaking the Sporting Code and he got a warning and if he did it again within these three months he would be excluded from iRacing...lesson learned..

Quote from bbman :

I find the SR system so very wrong, it actually prevents good, close racing because you always have to fear a 4x contact if you slightly bump into each other... It would have been perfect to have the SR only in Gran Turismo-like licence tests - pass those and you are allowed to race the car in the season... If someone misbehaves, there's still protests...

Wrong? Its great. I think you are looking too much at your SR points. Forget about the SR and race! All you need is above 3.0 at the season end to get the next license. Not many ACTIVE racers has not got their new license at the season end. Most of the guys who dont get promoted is guys who is not racing very often..
I has had many CLOSE battles with other people, and I`m above 4.99 in oval and in road..

Status RIGHT now for License B drivers in ROAD who should be promoted on tuesday to license A:

39 in total is NOT above 3.0. Some has stopped in iRacing, others can still gain SR up until monday evening. The guys who are between 2.0 - 2.99 in SR will still be at their licence level next season.
People BELOW 2.0 wil be demoted to a lower license.
Only 1 who has license B is below 2.0 in SR..


License C in ROAD:

124 who is BELOW 3.0 i SR at this point.
I have watched some of them randomly and most of guys I looked at has not driven in a very long time...There could be other reasons..but still only 124 who will NOT get promoted. Most of these guys could earn their missing SR in two or three races before monday evening..
Only 5 will be demoted to license D...


License D in Road is a bit more difficult because a lot of guys who gave up on iRacing after almost their rookie season are there. If Rookies did their required 4 TT or 2 races and was above 2.99 (they could had earned ALL those SR in TT) they got the D license and after a short period they quit iRacing, taking a break or they never ran in D license:

690 are between 2.0 - 2.99 and will NOT get promoted.
28 are BELOW 2.0 and will loose their license..



In Rookie ROAD license it`s a lot more who will not get their promotion. There is about 2700 Rookie drivers.
1550 are above 3.0 in SR and will get their D license.
1150 of 2700 drivers are between 2.0 and 2.99
About 70 of 2700 drivers are below 2.0 and can`t loose anything..
In Rookie a lot of them below 3.0 has only done very FEW races, many only one or two..

There are 8085 racers in Road on the status page..

How many has a A license? 175

B license 528

C license? 1458

D license? 3146

Rookie? 2778

On monday there will be 1550+ Rookies who will get their D license.

I just made this for fun and maybe there are something wrong in places...but I hope not...

Race and forget about those SR....


BTW. You are gonna start with a SR on 2.5 when you are joining iRacing at first. So MOST are gaining SR point throughout their career. So the SR does work very well imo..

Last edited by richard dk, Sun, 3 May 2009 08:46.

Quote from hrtburnout :

By the way, have you seen John lately? I haven't

Yeah he is driving a little again....

Quote from hrtburnout :

It still doesn't work. Bloody iRacing. :mad:

You did contact iRacing?


[email protected].

Quote from Gabkicks :

TDI Cup Car is coming to iRacing in september. Drivers who excel in the iracing series will be invited to race the real car.:tup:

http://www.iracing.com/newsEvents/article.php?id=103

Will the Jetta in iRacing arrive before the Scirocco in LFS...

Looking forward to both..

Quote from bbman :

starting with the next season (28th of April)!

Next season is a week later..this coming week is called the 13th week..

Lets get a front wheel drive car as the next car and lets have a few European tracks. They will scan some Euro tracks this summer they told. But US tracks is still ok...

The VW Jetta TDI is a FWD car, when will we get it?.... Can`t wait..

Eligibility for this series is limited to these individuals, but in the next few weeks we’ll be making a related announcement with Volkswagen that will be of interest to all iRacers. (Many of you know Josh Hurley, a successful iRacer who was also the 2008 Jetta TDI Cup champion, and has been a big iRacing booster.)

Quote from Wilko868 :

Proper Language

I must try to remember that..sry..

Quote from DownShift :

This game is now boring wen in fact it used to be the most fun i could have with a computer.... WTF!?!?!?! I go and look at the server list and all i see are races for Drag/Nasscar fanboys..... >.> and wtf is with this single class racing crap? i didn't buy this game so i could run the boring race of XRR vs XRR on WE... >.> WTF!?!?!?! The MOST, and i stress the word MOST! fun i have EVER had with LFS, i only got to experiance ONCE! one time did i get online and find a heated muilti-class race up, it was more fun this ANYTHING i had ever done on any game, you had road cars, GTR's, F1's, and Fliping GO-KARTS! on the track all at once, and it was GREAT! i had my little XFR out and i was pushin hard tryin to hunt down this XRR with a less then skilled driver that only seemed to know how to put his foot down, and behind a very skilled LX6 driver useing the cars power and nimble handling to keep the pressure on me at the same time, that was the most fun i EVER had on this game to date, now, whats sad is it's been 2 YEARS! sense then, and i haven't been able to find myself in a race like that, not even once... WTF guys??? why do you love single class racing on boring straight line tracks so much? is it really all that fun? what am i missing here? to make it fun do i have to get my GF to give a blowjob well im racing? is that the trick?

I gave up on reading your post. IF you had used a prober langue, I`m sure I would have read ALL of your opinion...

Some thoughts from a real Skip Barber racing driver about the Skip Barber in iRacing (it`s from august 2008):

I picked up the SB RT2000 car and VIR today. This was my first experience with this car and this track ikn the sim. As I've driven the RT2000 at VIR in the real Skip Barber series I thought it would be a good way to test the realism.

My first impression was that in first gear the car didn't accelerate fast enough. But when looking at the 0-60 time, which is about 4.5 secs, I came to the conclusion that it was pretty accurate. The lack of g-forces is probably what I'm missing.

The car seemed very twitchy out of the box. Far more so than it is in real life. The back end wanted to come around on acceleration in almost every slow corner. This never happens in real life, at least to me anyway. I checked the garage settings and saw the rear tites were way over infalted. After fixing this the car was much more settled and much closer to the real thing.

With that one rear tire pressure setting change I was then able to get down to my real life lap times in just a few laps. So I'd say the track and the car are very well modeled. However the baseline setup is, in myopinion, way to inclined towards oversteer. So fix those rear tire pressures fast - at least at VIR.

This brings up one point which is in real life Skip Barber doesn't allow any changes to the car set-up, so why does the sim?

One final point - since you can't feel any g-forces, the esses, especially thre fast ones, are pretty boring in the sim, and easily flat out. In real life you feel like you are about to fly off the track at each change of direction - so it takes much more commitment to take them flat out. In fact I've never been able to do so!

So that's my 2 cents. I'd give the track and the car a 98 out of 100.


(after a few more laps)
Ok, after a few more laps I'm upping my rating to a 99 out of 100 for this car.

The sound is absolutely perfect in my opinion. They have the all the whines and rattles in there!

With the tyres properly inflated it handles just like the real thing. If you keep your foot down through the fast sweepers, it's really solid, but back off a bit and you will probably spin.

The rev limit seems a bit high at 6,500. SB usually recommends shifting at no more than 6,000 because the engine starts loosing power after 5,800. So it could be that I always shift around 6,000, and therefore think that's where the rev limiter kicks in. I'll have to check that next time I'm in the real car.

So it's getting more fun each session. Now I just need to do a race.

Quote from Crommi :

Skippy is sweet, lovely, low-power openwheeler porn

YES!

Quote from Mp3 Astra :

there are lots of good and bad points.

As in LFS..and all other games...

Quote from UncleBenny :

My other main hobby would be going out to the bars on weekends, which is not exactly cheap over the course of a year.

Good argument..

Quote from whitey6272 :

so is evryone paying the ridiculous $170 to play this game now then..?

Is it worth it?

Ridiculos?

Is it worth it? I don`t know if it is for you, but it`s for me! I think it`s cheap because I consider it as a hobby. All my other hobbies is also costing me money and far more than iRacing....

99% of my races had been clean and fair - even there had been accidents.

I have beeing rammed from behind sometimes, but sh-- happens. Most of the times it`s in T1 on lap 1.

One of the times (not on lap 1 in T1) was from a guy who was a TOP driver, starting at the back without NO qualifying and coming straight from a Truck race to a Skip Barber race. He simply just pushed me off! I was of course mad and I thought about a protest and wrote this to the guy in a PM and it ended up in a good way - we ended up talking nicely to each other..

I`ve only done one protest and that was beacuse of BAD langue.. Nim did something about it and next time the guy behaved normally..

I really don`t see any IDIOTS in my races...

Quote from StableX :

Seriously nice deal to get the radical, legend and Solstice on a freebie to try for a month

And you can keep the Radical and Silverstone if you continues with iRacing. Thats worth about 35$

Quote from anttt69 :

I get 1x for putting a wheel off? The system seems over sensitive, if a RL racer puts a wheel on the grass he doesn't get penalized for it.

It should be half of your car... Have you watched the replay?

The few times i got x1 Inc for beeing on the grass, it has been half of my car. I also thinks it written somewhere in iRacing forum.

Last edited by richard dk, Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:14.

If Indianapolis is in the "new" oval track pack, we will get a nice infield road track

And Road Atlanta hopefully before the new season http://www.roadatlanta.com/trackmap.lasso

Tracks use in LFS:

1: Blackwood 106,614,149 Km
2: Aston National 56,229,241 Km
3: KY Oval 47,160,816 Km
4: AS National 26,670,375 Km

Quote from Doorman :

There's no arguing with them once iRacing has got them under its spell. iRacing is perfect, end of story.

I never said iRacing was perfect and I never said LFS is perfect! Nothing is perfect. Iracing has some bad things, LFS has bad things as well..
But why bother with the bad things? Can I play iRacing? Yes. Can I play LFS? Yes. Things will improve in both games.