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Crommi
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Quote from DieKolkrabe :Hmm...anyone know if the default set on the Rookie Legends can be changed? I'm running about .4x to 1s off the pace with it

You're probably too rough on entry and/or not being smooth with throttle. Good entry means you can get back on gas sooner.

Common problem for those cars is overheating or wearing out RF tire which causes bad understeer, but fast guys counter it by using little bit of apron to loosen up the car and turn it that way without having to use plenty of steering. This really helps preserving your tires and getting low like that also does good for laptimes.

Btw, you should try unrestricted Advanced version too, rookie version hits rev limiter right where the fun is just about to start
Crommi
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It's hard to say which is more fun, initially I'd say Skip Barber car but that's probably down to the fact that I'm just only starting understand Mazda which seems to be far more difficult car to drive fast. Also on you really need to get into setups with that thing, unlike Skippy that you can run one set for whole season.
Crommi
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If you're even remotely insterested in road racing, Skippy is definately worth it. It can be quite handful at start but it's very good for learning tracks.
Crommi
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Quote from DieKolkrabe :Bought it earlier

Legends are tricky b*stards to get rght on the short ovals, I spent 3hrs trying to nail one corner in testing.

For ultimate fun, go participate in Legends Road Series
Crommi
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Check that you do not have any driver level anti-aliasing or anistropic filtering forced on.
Crommi
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You can change FOV to what you like, I use 72 degrees to see mirrors in Mazda and Skippy.
Crommi
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3. I had it happen once when messing around with different drivers, re-plugging and calibrating pedals fixed it.
Crommi
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Quote from dawesdust_12 :Lies, you're Finnish, therefore far too fast for the Pro Series.



I'm not even in top100 anymore for road ratings
Crommi
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Quote :March 03,2009 - iRacing Announces Premier Racing Series: iRacing Pro Series and Drivers World Championships Launch

Internet Racing takes another important step in its development as a recognized global sport with the addition of two new rungs at the top of iRacing’s ladders of advancement for Oval and Road Racing. Open to the top 250 iRacers in each category, the inaugural iRacing Pros Series for Ovals and iRacing Pro Series for Road Racing will launch in early August. And, starting in February, 2010, the top 50 drivers in each category will be invited to participate in the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship for Ovals and iRacing Drivers World Championship for Road Racing to crown the year’s best internet racers.

Each of these four elite series is expected to be broadcast and will feature trophies and prizes for top finishers – including prize packages valued at $10,000 for the winners of the iRacing Drivers World Championships.

For complete details, please read the iRacing Pro Series and iRacing Drivers World Championships pdf, available now in the Reference section.

Sounds exicting, even if I'm far too slow to make it into Pro Series
Crommi
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Service is also undergoing a maintenance right now, so there's no hurry
Crommi
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First crush I had was on girl from my class back in 5th grade or so, last time I saw her few years ago she was still just as hot. I'm not a creepy internet stalker so I won't go hunting for pics.

Edit: Damn, she has put on some weight and got pregnant...blah.


First "celebrity" crush was probably on Ferrari Testarossa, I had huge picture of that car hanging on my wall, with frame and everything. I got excited when I found out it was included in TDU Carpack that I bought. By the time teen pop era came with Britney and Christina, they were just hot chicks with good voice but crappy songs.
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Crommi
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Yes, G25 is very quiet as new but especially force feedback gets really loud as time goes on. Mine has a noticable FFB gap in middle where it makes awful noise when you hit rough bumps or rumble strips. Noise from turning wheel itself isn't too bad tho, unless it's been out of use for week or two and then it makes really bad noise for first few laps.

Option that I've been considering is Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel with G25 pedals. Clubsport pedals seem really good but 200€ just for pedals is little bit expensive, although much cheaper real high end pedal sets.
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Crommi
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Quote from McDee :Ultrataco, the nixim mod is a small chunk of rubber you put into your brake pedal, it just increases resistance. The "bodnar box" is a small usb box that you plug your pedals into. It changes the resolution of your pedals from 256 to 1024 steps,

Potentiometers have certain coil-thickness that contributes to number of steps it has. G25 pedal pots don't seem to have very thin coils that would give you 1024 steps, also they're not even being used for their full range (try turning pots beyond pedal movement limits and input is still linear).

Simply increasing output resolution to drivers does not magically make pedal pots more accurate.


Quote :..some people say it makes the wheel input smoother too since it now is doing less work.

That is just complete BS.
Crommi
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Quote from Carlsberg :Hello guys! I'am loking for a Xrt scene for Vray i'm a bit newbie in Vray and max as well... but all scenes i found here a for brazil so if someone can share that it would be very nice (scene with a background is my dream)

All you need to do is replace materials.
Crommi
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Quote from bbman :You really have to show me how you cut corners on the outside sometime...

On outside, there's few situations where you could gain some time by going too wide on either entry or exit, using driving line beyond the white lines to carry more speed through the corner. On Aston Historic Reverse there's one corner where fastest line through is to actually take car all the way to "green surface" beyond curbs and as an real-life example there was similiar issue with some F1 GP last year where drivers were using extremely wide exit onto mainstraight from last left-hander, left tires just riding the whiteline or curbs located on right edge of the track.

On iRacing this is currently an issue with Sebring where some drivers actually dive through cones onto pit exit road just to gain wider entry into T1.
Crommi
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The way I see it, receiving small slap on the hand when you cut corners too deep is ok. It also keeps the times more in line with real laptimes, on Infineon IRL layout you could probably gain almost a second if you could just curb-jump through that chicane.
Crommi
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Quote from okijuhans :But if you can manage it with rendering only the value is 10x better.

If you end up with identical pictures, what's the difference? Being able to work faster and more efficiently is an advantage.
Crommi
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I hope they can actually make multiplayer properly, random slot system with 8 player limit made online experience pretty dull because you couldn't choose who you were driving with and often you had those 7 other players spread across the island and never see them.
Crommi
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Quote from John5200 :wondering exactly that atm, because the shadows are on

Render is good enough, so you can just do some final touches in Photoshop. It's bit more efficient that way since you don't have to wait for render to finish and hope that changing few settings have improved the quality.

Here's how it looks after just adding couple gradients to tone down the backround and bring more focus to the car itself. It only took 10 minutes, probably shorter than what it took to render in 3dsmax
Crommi
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Ratings are not affected in any way under practise sessions. However, sounds like he was intentionally trying to cause trouble, next time grab a replay and send a protest even if it's a practise session. That kind of behavior doesn't need to be tolerated.
Crommi
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Quote from S14 DRIFT :Well I'm just saying that iRacing is the price of LFS... for ONE month, and the resources available to it are much greater. It's obviously newer so therefore is more detailed and etc. Being 'better' is a relative term, sure the GAME itself may be better, but who wants to spend that much for a pay-to-play subscription after all...

I'm paying subscription for both iRacing and WoW at the moment

In any case, it's really up to personal preference. I don't have an issue paying small monthly fee for using product that I find to be better than it's alternatives.


Edit: Anyhow, there's that huge iRacing topic for price discussion and everything else. Let's keep this one on topic
Edit2: Rating one product higher does not mean that other is bad, LFS is still fun to drive around autocross layouts and just unwind.
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Crommi
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Quote from bbman :I'll be running pretty much all races today, it's the last week for Rookies before the promotions, and I want to get a licence... Can you go straight to C if you've got 4.0?

Nope, you advance licences one level at the time, but you can race next level already if you have +4.0 SR. This means you can race Mazda and Silverado with D-licence if your safety rating is high enough.


About force feedback, it just takes some experimenting to get them right, even different driver versions can have slightly different feel.
Crommi
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Quote from EliteAti :it is quite fun actually, but remember to keep your force feedback over 35, so game gives you more accurate feel of the Iracing itself.

Well, if you adjust FFB based on Solstice which has powersteering, other cars will rip your arms off
Crommi
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Crommi
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50% on topic: Don't you also hate it when they're spamming you with messages written in black or dark blue so you can't even see what it says against dark backround (roof line)? Especially "blue flag" binds like this are really, REALLY annoying...
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