Next build release notes are out
http://members.iracing.com/ifo ... readID=43469&tstart=0

Longer gears are definately the way to go for races, it's probably very difficult to overtake with short ratios as you'll hit limiter so easily.

Currently in for Pro Series on road racing side, should work on my SR to secure the spot though. It's just little tricky since Mazda is on Sebring this week which I have never driven before yesterday and I'm going off into fences way too frequently to join scored session.

Anyways, uploaded this week's hotlap for Mazda, 1:57.806 on Sebring International layout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3VuLS8Ynno

Last edited by Crommi, Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:48.

It's just going to be very slow in Solstice, you can probably gain SR much faster by running Radical or Mazda TT's because much higher corners-per-hour rate and not worry about possible incidents with other drivers.

End of week 13, there will be no official sessions during that week though.

So DP for Pro Series huh?
Week 13 is going to be busy as I'll be trying to learn how to drive that thing, closed cockpit makes me claustrophobic

Quote from PMD9409 :

Just some background info... people complained about the FM being hard to control like 3 seasons ago, and the devs made it incredibly easier to drive. And now it seems so fast and easy that snap oversteer happens more.

It was difficult to drive, that doesn't mean it was better. I really hated that wishy-washy steering, my old setups are dialed into massive entry oversteer to compensave for that weird rubberband pull towards outside after initial turn-in.

Actually, I did use just a couple degrees of opposite lock as you can see steering wheel go just over centerpoint and back. Point being, 90 degrees worth of opposite lock back and forth would only unsettle the car and crash out like it did on your previous video. Turning away from the corner but not going overboard with it.

Spanks: Volker is super smooth with his driving, sliding is hardly noticeable.
He posted this week's replay in here.

Quote from DaveWS :

That should only affect situations where rear traction for power is an issue.

I've made my 354th video comparison now, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj7T3WzOSck

I say it again, too much opposite lock.
Here's a hotlap I recorded today where I induced bit too much oversteer coming into last corner at 200km/h, it recovered just fine with some countersteering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOL7qh5rop4&

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Quote from UncleBenny :

I always like the in car sounds in the GTR series more than any other game. Not sure what it was but they just seemed more raw, they sounded more like what I heard from in-car cameras during actual races.

Funny thing is, sounds are done by same company.
http://www.soundwaveconcepts.com/

Quote from PMD9409 :

Something about curbs in iRacing will just make you lose control rapidly. I never liked how the cars seemed to react over 80% of the curbs, so I just stay away from them now.

It's really bad on high curbs on the inside, exit curbs you can use even on Mazda with no problems. I'm guessing that tire doesn't absorb the impact enough, it would also explain why soft springs and dampers are working so well. We'll have to see how things develop, curbs come up frequently enough for staff to take notice.

I know some people including me might come across as fanboys, it's just bound to happen when you're really enthusiastic about something even if you try to remain objective.

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Quote from DaveWS :

But my main point is that you SHOULD be able to recover from a situation like that. It's not meant to be easy, but anyone with decent car control would be able to cope with that in the equivelent car IRL, IMO.

Initial oversteer caused from clipping the curb was only a small drift, possible to recover with very small flick of opposite lock, something like 10 degrees or even center and back. If you take a look at your replay in slow motion, your steering input peaks at almost 130 degrees of opposite lock which is way too much for so small slide.

I'm not trying to bash you, I struggled with same problem when I did the transistion from Skippy to Mazda. Not only this car has very grippy tires, it also has way faster steering and you can cut the steering work into half, especially for corrections. Curbs are still quite deadly unless you're comfortable with riding a higher suspension setup and soft ARB at rear, but it does make car feel little numb.

Quote from DaveWS :

Another Mazda race thoroughly ruined by the bizarre snap oversteer behaviour the car has. It's definately not right, and my iRating and SR are taking big hits because of it.

To be honest, you overcorrected it and by the time you reacted, car was already going straight again. 90 degrees of correction is way too much for Mazda, you don't have time for recovery once it grips.

Your car also looked quite nervous through those corners, Mazda should be rock solid through T4 even with cold tires but you had a nasty oversteer moment there under full throttle. Same kind of drama in T3 too, although it looked like car didn't want to turn in at first. I'd take a look at tweaking setup, oversteery behavior could get worse over race distance once car gets lighter.

Quote from StableX :

Probably doesn't help Dave but you do get one restart I think, even in the Mazda....... you come back on a lap behind but can be worth it. Sad you had a bad one

Nope, no restarts on Mazda.

Excited about Lotus too, but most likely I'll just end up throwing it into tire barriers time after time. I'll be A next season but might do one more season on Mazda or move to Radical, not sure yet. It would be a shame to ditch Mazda now that I'm finally starting to get confident driving it to the limit, running low 1:05's around Summit Point Raceway is quite thrilling due to few well placed inside curbs that spin you off to walls if you even touch them.

Quote from pearcy_2k7 :

spec racer seriously sucks, after 10mins of spinning after lifting into a corner i finally figured out it wants you to keep some sort of throttle imput all the way through the corner, which sucks. Really twitchy and unpredictable. The only way i could get a lap out of it was to be rough with it which seems silly but it worked for that 1 lap and i got 1.45 , i have a feeling that was a bad lap. Very strange car, sometimes you get a feeling it has alot more grip at certain parts than the solatice but other corners im entering slower than i would in the solatice.

Try stiffening rear dampers, that seems to take the edge off.
Also adjusting tire pressures can change behavior quite a lot.

It probably feels weird because it has very little power but quite grippy tires. Suspension is also quite soft, making it little tricky car to drive precisely. Skippy is quite different; thin radials on each corner, more power and stiffer suspension setup that makes it feel much more agile.

Factory teams did not oppose budget cuts, just the sum proposed by Mosley and the timeframe. For big teams this would have ment cutting budget down to a quarter which is just not possible in that short time, it's not simple as shutting factory lights one hour earlier. Lots of people will lose their jobs and partnership deals have to be cancelled, getting all that sorted out is not going to be cheap or one day task.

Anyways, Honda has been pulling resources from their motorsports division and been focusing on just making cars and getting through the financial problems. It doesn't really make sense for them to host that expensive event when they're not involved in F1 anymore. Fuji is one of the biggest PR events of the year for Toyota and they've decided it's not worth the cost, I wouldn't count on Suzuka coming back as a recurring event unless they Bernie gets involved.


Edit: Oh, Suzuka is indeed hosting this year, it's just called "2009 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX" to confuse everyone...

Last edited by Crommi, Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:11.

Very unlikely, hosting F1 GP is very expensive and Suzuka is owned by Honda who is no longer participating in F1.

Quote from G!NhO :

Quality/clean racing may go down but more cars means more bettles and that is more fun.

I definately agree with this, on usual public races there's problems with large grids which is even worse on small tracks due to constantly having to lap slower cars. But no matter what track you're on, larger field makes T1 mess even more likely and I got fed up with whole restart vote spam everytime someone crashed out. Thankfully it seems that there's more and more servers which have it disabled.

But on the otherhand, I've also had some great racing on Lime Rock Park which is only 2,5km long circuit and Formula Mazda completes a lap in 46 seconds. Combining that with 20 car grid which makes competition very intense and you got yourself 45 minutes of adrenaline rush.

You can bet that manufacturer's are not going to let that one go and it's something that EU Comission of Competition could be interested in.

As for Todt, Mosley has named him as a candidate to take over if he decides to quit but that seems to be very unlikely at the moment. Even if Mosley would step down, manufacturers probably won't support Todt due to his close relationship with Mosley and Ferrari.

It seems like for some reason Windows can't install proper driver for it, you can download latest drivers from Logitech's website:

http://www.logitech.com/index. ... en?WT.ac=sc|downloads||dd

You have set it up as a joystick, are you sure you installed the right drivers?

What you should see is something like this:

Last edited by Crommi, Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:57.

Maybe recalibrating your pedals could fix it, but maybe they just have much shorter travel than you're used to. Another thing what could be causing difficulties is that engine inertia doesn't really feel right, tonight I fired up LFS for the first time in months and especially with RaceAbout I noticed complete lack of engine braking; put it in first gear and accelerate up to limiter, release throttle and don't touch brake or clutch... it will keep going for very long time before it stops.

As for wheels, I believe Logitech DFGT works fine on PC even if it's PS3 wheel.

Last edited by Crommi, Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:28.