Quote from UncleBenny :

I had the same problem, I found some post on the iRacing forums that seemed to make this better for me. I could check my settings when I get home, but if I remember correctly the trick was to crank the FFB strength way up in the Logitech profiler(like 150%) and then turn it down in game(7 or 8 maybe?). If you don't have a Logitech wheel then use whatever Windows setting you need to turn it up outside the game. This brought the self correction feedback more in line with the bumps and made everything feel more "right". My subscription just ended so I can't go on the forums and try to dig up the reasoning behind this change unfortunately.

I have it at 119 % in the profiler and 3 ingame... And the reason is that the Logitech drivers - when set over 100 % - exaggerate weak forces but keep strong forces the same (100 % is still 100 %)...

Kalev, do you think I'm stupid? I'm talking about how close it allegedly was to a much bigger catastrophe...

I'll just post the link, should be easier...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5384001427276447319

Last edited by bbman, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 21:20.

I'd like to watch the V8SC myself and it's supposedly broadcasted on MotorsTV, but I neither have a provider with MotorsTV nor am I able to find a stream... If you find one, let me know...

WTCC I don't care about, personally I find both the balancing and the format a joke... You should be able to find streams here though...

Quote from Toddshooter :

Here are some spooky pics from Chernobyl


http://www.grcade.com/viewtopic.php?t=2217

And a truely terrifying documentary linked in that thread (about page 4)... Didn't know half about the containment...

You checked that the wires are still properly isolated and aren't touching the shell?

Seeing those dark clouds, I suspect Audi is on a wet(ter) setup (again)... If there hadn't been (so much) Safety Cars, the Pugs would be far away by now...

Quote from SidiousX :

Anyone else find teh GT1 class completely pointless?

How about P2? 3 starters, only one still running...

No, but if you get it over 4.0, do 4 races the week after the coming one which most likely won't bring you under D 3.0 and cruise the last four weeks until the season is over and you'll be promoted to C...

Anyone knows why VICI withdrew their cars? I was looking forward seeing "Striezl" Stuck racing in Sebring but the commentators only said the VICIs don't race...

Quote from el pibe :

i will consider this as an alternative to F1 ... damn , the top 5 in 0.3s :S


gonna watch it on the telly. speedtv broadcasts the whole race

Nope, they're too far up NASCAR's ass to give the ALMS priority over the Nationwide Series...

FOTA throwing FIA's own rulebook back at them - great! Now we can have a proper championship!

Well, it's the car's baptism of fire and they said their focus is just getting to finish... Additionaly, if you compare it to another first-timer (the GT2 Corvette), they're not that bad... And even tested teams are slower - like the PrimeTime Viper and the Drayson Aston (not that they've ever been fast)...

Quote from Crommi :

Radical's understeer can be cured, but I think there's something going on with front suspension that isn't quite right. I haven't driven it in a long time but it seems that people are still having major problems getting setups dialed in and sounds like DP is actually much easier car to drive.

Meh, I feel there could be a bit more downforce at the front, but it's at believeable levels... I think the engine placement/weight distribution in general is to blame for most of the understeer issues... That and the imo very low-locking diff make for a truely unforgiving experience...

Quote from Velociround :

1.0.2.0 (patch 1.2, [...] and added support for some wheel and joystick devices.[...]

Scratch that, they still don't support any type of axis on anything other than an 360 pad... The only thing to get it to work is to create a script that simulates constant button mashing in the driver software... The irony of it all is that axii(?) work fine on the consoles - somehow that was lost in the port...

I can only speak for myself, but I find it good fun... The sim part is really good apart from minor flaws and weird things... The only question everyone should be asking himself is if it's good enough to pay roughly $100 every year, additional car- and track-purchases not included, and the Radical promo is the best way to find out...

Quote from Alistair :

but its true

That the race versions are made of plastic? Doubt that, doubt that very much...

Quote from Crommi :

-You can only compete in Solstice and Legends as a fresh rookie until you reach 4.0 Safety rating. You can select serie to compete in from Series page, Select the one you want and click Sessions to see the schedule and pick event you want to join.

What are you talking about? I've raced in the Rookie Solstice Series when I already got D and I've even seen A-class driver in there...

Quote from count.bazley :

Quote from UncleBenny :

I have a feeling they're still going to track the points all season just as much as the wins, because if they don't there is no reason to talk about anyone other than the top drivers, which in my opinion would get boring pretty fast.

They quite clearly said that's exactly what they're doing. First place is decided by wins, 2nd-20th are decided on points.

Wrong... Points only decide who's in front of those with equal/no wins...

So the lucky 1-time winner will still be in front of a constant third place driver...

I'd say no(t yet)... The patches damaged more than they fixed (the latest removed patch removed way too many things - some that are necessary for missions or to heal yourself with)... If you have to have it, buy it for a console, the PC version is still too buggy atm...

Quote from Lateralus :

1) The odds of a driver winning the first nine races of the season are pretty much zero. Even approaching that is exceedingly unlikely. The odds of another Schumacher/Ferrari situation occuring again are also pretty much zero.

Unless you have some major rule changes that one team manages to capitalize on big time - oh wait, we have that!

And Tristan has a point: why bother if you have a bad qual or you've got the title in the bag already? Of course they'll turn up, they've got contracts to honor after all, but they won't be trying too hard...

We might see more incidents though - a good teammate blocking for his number one and I could imagine desperate passing maneuvres in the last laps of a race will take their toll...

To be honest, Hamilton's start looked more like he almost stalled...

Quote from Linsen :

It seems a little erratic at times. Sometimes you can rub tyres in the Mazda quite heavily and only get a 0x (has happened to me twice in Mazda practice at Milwaukee), and at other times you get a 4x when you didn't even touch according to the replay. But overall collision detection has been relatively good for me, I must say. And as long as you keep an extra margin of safety, you should be good in 95% of the cases, I'd say.

For me personally, SR actually adds to the immersion, because the fear of crashing and being "hurt" is a little more real that way.

Just to be clear, I got a 0x (and it shows only the one incident I had after in the results), this was just the damage I took from this slightest of bumps...

Another example: Being frustrated with crashing while testing, I positioned my "Slowstice" () against a wall and let it rip... The car wiggled a bit, resulting in getting more damage on both front corners! WTF?!

Quote from anttt69 :

This iRacing is very addictive I'm loving the realism but hating the no contact lame racing part. If only we could turn safety rating off. (the slightest tap = disaster )

You don't need the SR for that... I was in a race with Bawbag on Laguna Seca... He overtook me right before the Corkscrew and I went on the kerb under braking, locking the right tyres up... I had maybe 1-2 km/h difference in speed when my front left side touched his rear, yet my suspension was so out of shape I got understeer in left-hand corners and oversteer in right-hand corners... Plus my bonnet was bent so far up the nearest ground I could see was 30 metres away...

But yeah, I hate tip-toeing around people just to not take a dive in SR, it takes out so much of the immersion... :banghead:

Quote from scania :

in this place of formula car, there have enough place to put a banner on it, but the system only expanded it from the roof.

So you chose a too big text size and/or a wrong place to put it and want the mapping changed?

Already subscribed, just waiting for the shows to "air"... Keep up the good work!