Figured out how to make the radical do some awesome wheelies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x2UXo83MkQ&fmt=22

This is my sebring setup

I had a 45 minute mazda race where we were nose to tail 1st - 3rd for the first 8 or so laps, then I battled with 2nd place nose to tail for the rest of the time.

At the end our average lap time was the same to the thousandth...The draft really sucks these cars up..its hard to pull away for sure.

It really depends on the other people around you, and how confident you are driving that close to someone.

Quote from racer hero :

Daytona Prototype maybe?

sadly, no. More SR adjusments.

The adjustment bumped me to 4.01 oval lol. I have done a few test sessions at daytona with the rolling brick of tomorrow and it really just isn't that fun. You drive around alone wide out...or you hook up with a draft wide open and then wreck two laps later. Its really just not interesting to me. Lowes was way more of a challenge and was actually exciting. I could see how you could get into ovals where you actually had to drive...not this.

Quote from Gabkicks :

yeah, anyone got good sets for the next build? i am having trouble w/ the formula mazda. I think a lot of it is that i am inexperienced, but maybe the default advanced setup could be better...

Try the advanced set with a soft front ARB and no rear ARB. That should help you learn the car and keep it on the track. If that doesn't work for ya let us know :]

The SR is definitely not too easy. It is darwinism at its finest. I've seen people at daytona losing .99 SR in one race at A level. There are people getting 5-10 incidents at sebring with B and A licenses and taking their licks too...they won't last long with races like those.


Btw the mazda shouldn't have been changed this build.

cool.

I should be B and C for road and oval. I need to get my SR above 4.0 on oval so I can run the CoT at daytona...have to try it at least once.

Ack I went from 4.1 road to 2.7B

3.59 oval should be easy to bump up.

Last edited by spanks, Sun 1 Feb 2009, 00:52.

Do we know why we're down atm? Is it for the open practice crash fix?

youtube is failing me

http://postdownload.filefront. ... 78b45149ccfef53fee6c4da83

here's the vid in 720p...hopefully the youtube updates at some point.

lol...right after I upload the video youtube adds the HD link..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5GFmwl6ju8&fmt=22

Last edited by spanks, Sat 31 Jan 2009, 06:42.

New video processing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5GFmwl6ju8

I'm having fun...and steadily improving my setup. I watched a Boris Said lap in the old car and the driving experience was extremely identical. He ran a 1:17.8 "same as the leader." I don't know how the new car compares to the old one, all I know is its fun .

The hd should be up soon hopefully, it isn't available right away.

Just looked up last year's time...Kahne was pole with a 1:17.74. We can throw it around a bit harder than they can :]

Last edited by spanks, Sat 31 Jan 2009, 05:46.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPI7xxffmLo

first few seconds in the impala.

I even forgot to change the setup over. People wanted to see the cockpit and gauges so I obliged

I'm working on maybe recording a lap too, but I keep crashing and then doing monster burnouts

Quote from titanLS :

Hey spanks did you try the no rear arb thing with the mazda?

My SR got bumped above 4.0 after the adjustment so I just didn't race anymore lol.

ughhh FINALLY got it to attempt to launch a test session and it said couldn't connect

I wish we had a local client

the website is trashed haha

I hope I can get everything going soon!

edit - wooo downloading

finally got to use this $50 prepaid visa haha

Last edited by spanks, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 20:23.

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

This only tells me that they are going from coast to full throttle and back to coast, nothing about modulation which would require to be going smoothly between the two, trying to find where the grip begins.

It could be possible that they are indeed modulating the throttle as you say but... there is no way to tell either way from that video which is happening as there is neither a foot feed or any telemetry.

http://www.toddpaton.com/experience/index.htm
That looks interesting.

There are frequently close up shots where you can see the butterfly's on the intake opening and closing..some drivers are on/off..others are smooth at rolling back into the throttle, even carrying part throttle for a ways. No its not a focus, and no..in a normal run you don't have to do anything but not crash and cut a good light.

I honestly don't even know what the argument is even about anymore.

There is no way to actually measure the horsepower because there is no dyno strong enough to hold up during a test. Its always just been an estimate. Imo at that amount a horsepower rating really doesn't mean all that much...when you have enough power to cause an earthquake I really don't think a HP number matters anymore.

wow o_o

14 laps in a Q session in the mazda with 1 incident is only worth .02 SR

Ran a 1:16.25 though :]

Quote from titanLS :

It sounds like you just need to boost your iRating a little bit. The stronger the field, the cleaner the racing gets. I never really see anyone make foolish moves, and my average SoF is only approaching 3000. The racing is super clean, and even though I'm not in there to beat guys like Volker Hackman and Luke Mclean, if I end up with incidents it's almost always my fault.

It might be worth it to grab a few easy podiums in some rookie solstice races just to give your irating a little bump, and that will help group you with cleaner drivers in the skip, mazda etc. And definitely stay away from the mazda if your iRating is in trouble.

yeah its just been a super rough season for me...I've basically just not done anything online...and every time I do my sr drops.

I mean I wouldn't be so upset if it didn't put me in a position not to be promoted...I'm a bit more calm about it now lol, I guess I'll just do some rookie or skippy races, maybe a few more mazda sessions. I don't even know if what I've done in the mazda is enough to be promoted. I'll probably put in some TT just to make sure. I've joined quite a few but haven't exactly finished them >.>

After all this bitching and moaning I can't help but love the sim still...I just can't wait for the DP, I hope its as good as I am expecting. Even how horrible my race went it was one of the funnest races I've been in for a long time. I finally found a circuit and tweaked a setup to fit me, and I'm not worried about being farther off of pole than I can be in other cars.

The only part that I really dislike is the length of the races. The only time I've had 45 minute races is in the bigger league races I was in. I am so not used to driving for 45 minutes or even an hour+. I am losing interest the higher I get in the sim because I just don't want to race that long.

great

I just got ****ing lowered from 3.05 to 2.50 because two ****ing D class drivers can't drive worth shit.

I'm on the outside of one and they spin into me 4 IC

Second guy I'm following for 2 laps while he is making mistakes and weaving all over..he misses the turn in for this hair pin, goes way wide...I follow my normal line which is 1.5 car widths between us, and he turns straight down in front of me.

Goddamnit I hate this shit. I don't even want to race again, but now I have to grind my goddamn safety rating up to 3.0. This is going to take for ****ing ever and I only have 2.5 weeks to do it.

Oh, also I got black flagged after all this with 8 to go because I clipped the white line on the inside of the bend going towards the S/F at silverstone...The slow down warning didn't even come up until I hit the S/F...at which point it D/Qs me.

WONDERFUL

Quote from titanLS :

Did those sets help at all spanks? Try calibrating differently for the mazda? I'm convinced the snap problem can be at least partially remedied by steering calibration.

Hey, sorry I never got back to you.

The setups are awesome. It actually drives like a real car...I got into some high speed slides that didn't result in instant snap spins, and the car was much more progressive in nature.

I still can't race like I used to, I just don't do it enough anymore. No setup can help that. That's why I'm really hoping the new cars are released soon...need something to really spark my interest again.

oh man

http://videos.streetfire.net/v ... 7990.htm?ref=RECENTVIDEOS

funny stuff!

surprised the hell out of me first time I saw it.

The mazda is not progressive at all in oversteering, or regaining traction. If you were to turn inward as fast as you could you'd likely just turn off the track.

There's not really time to do it if you get in a slide either as they don't last very long, and the front end still has loads of grip.

anyone seen the vid where hammond was in the F1 car? You can't drive them at a slow or moderate pace...the tires never heat up and you never generate downforce...you understeer into the wall.

Sure, if things go right in a run its just hold on...

However, things often times don't go right. If you're not an active participant in the run you're going to hit the wall, and hit it hard...

You have to be really good in a really short amount of time.

Also, like was brought up "pedal fests" are won by the driver with the most car control.

Top fuel, like F1, is just an exercise in engineering anymore...but both take huge amount of skill, and are extremely dangerous to the driver in both sports.

I don't feel like arguing the point anymore...but I'm tired of reading why you think you're so great at drag racing, and its such a simple and easy sport because you take your civic and do 15 second passes once a year.

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

Does help all they gotta do is keep the car strait and the engineers do the rest

Still to keep a car strait with that much power going down still takes some skill, but drag racing is more about the performance of the vehicle more than the driver, sure it takes skill, but I bet you my paycheck you could take any drag racer that knows what they are doing and they would run the same times in the same car.


Still, +2

Sure thing, why don't you go give it a try?

Ever seen an in car shot of a funnycar run?

I'm afraid to turn the wheel in the blasted thing

I drove for like an hour around summit point...and I felt like I was doing pretty good crashing about every few laps.

The mazda is part of the reason why I just haven't raced that much...I can't get into it. I watch videos of what the other guys are doing and it looks like we're driving different cars.

I've never felt this way about a sim before, and its really frustrating.

Also, there is the problem that the car never feels like I'm going as fast as possible. I ran a 1:05.6 I think it was...not terrible, a few tenths slower than I normally am off pole. I feel like I'm hugely off pace and I don't even want to race.

Well..mostly its the fact that I spin for god knows what reason every few laps and I couldn't imagine stringing 30 in a row. I countersteer and it snaps the other way. I don't countersteer and it still snaps the other way. The car doesn't really have an oversteer threshold..it goes into a 4 wheel skid like it loses downforce or something and then I countersteer, front end regains grip, and I snap spin the other way.

I can't wait to try something like the DP or the corvette...get away from these twitchy snappy unforgiving (unfun) cars.

Quote :

Most of the current tracks are a joke. If you look at the tracks overview, you see little example layouts. I see half a dozen of... circles, ovals. None different from the other. I mean, why would you get a 800bhp car and only drive the final gear holding the steering wheel slightly to the left until you reach the finish line?

My guinea pig can do that. And he's dead. And his name is Coco. And he was a lousy driver.

Can I assume then that you're never raced ovals?

If you just want to get around the track then sure, its as easy as driving slowly around a road course...If you want to go as fast as possible, be ready to spend a longgggg time testing and tweaking setups. All I read from oval guys is how much they test and try new things...its pretty competitive over there.

I never raced ovals before iracing...and they're fun, and the racing is very good. However, not so great that I'm gonna go buy everything

Quote from Mattesa :

Like this...

Spanks, I'm going to use you as an example. I mean no ill will, and you're entitled to your opinion. Flame me back as you see fit. We cool man? Alright, we cool:


Reciting names. Hero worship? Not impressed he's rich, and I don't see the relevance.


There we go... cheapness.


So we should bend over, take it, and stop talking about it.


On the one hand it's no worse than an MMO. So by that logic it's just a game. On the other hand it's a lot cheaper than the real thing, and by that logic it's some sort of real life analog league thing that's very very serious with sporting codes and such. Oh, and another jab at cheapness.

So it's these sort of opinions that I have a problem with. Yup, more at RSC indeed.

1. somewhat cool, you're reading way too much into my post...using it for what you want.

2. I'm saying he's the primary funding behind the project. $20 million is not a big deal to him. He races actively in the service...he's doing this because he wants to. Its not going to disappear in 3 years like people say because of a lack of income. How many times have I heard that we shouldn't be bothered by the SNAIL ****ING PACE lfs is developed because theres only 3 people making it with no money. Thats not my fault! This is the first and probably only time I'll jab lfs for that reason. I paid my money, and I'm extremely satisfied with the program. Same with iracing.

3. Lol no. Never did I criticize anyone. I said it was too bad if you can't afford it. I was lucky enough to get a $250 scholarship in check form...silly them.

4. It was said previously prices may change, but the subscription model won't. Its as simple as I said, use it or not, no one is forcing you.

5. I don't care what the **** its called...game, sim, waste of time money and resources WHATEVER. Its fun and I enjoy it.

And yet again, I never called anyone cheap. Stop putting words in my mouth.

I can't go to the store and demand to only pay $35 for a $50 item. I can't call my magazine subscription and tell them I'm only going to pay $1 an issue instead of $2. This is no different. Its a game, and a service. It has a price. You either pay it, or you don't use the service.

Last edited by spanks, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 00:56.