This is why I find it hard to stay away from iRacing...

I'm two weeks into my second month on iRacing, and although none of my schizoid love it/hate it instincts have gone away, I have finally discovered a keyboard shortcut which makes movie making more viable in iRacing. That led me to put together this 'trailer'... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsnO1vTzqk That might give you an idea why the Skip Barber has such a magnetic attraction for me. It's just so satisfying to drive. Andrew McP

Andrew MacPherson: > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsnO1vTzqk > > That might give you an idea why the Skip Barber has such a magnetic > attraction for me. It's just so satisfying to drive. Excellent video, : ). -- Mario Petrinovic

Andrew MacPherson: Excellent video, : ). -- Mario Petrinovic

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> I'm two weeks into my second month on iRacing, and although none of my schizoid > love it/hate it instincts have gone away, I have finally discovered a keyboard > shortcut which makes movie making more viable in iRacing. That led me to put > together this 'trailer'... > > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsnO1vTzqk > > That might give you an idea why the Skip Barber has such a magnetic attraction for > me. It's just so satisfying to drive. >

Haha, great ending, loved it. MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8 SEARCHING FOR GPL LOADING READY. RUN

It's giving me nightmares in Vista64 (Won't run), other than that can't wait to try it!

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>On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:27 +0100 (BST), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: >I'm two weeks into my second month on iRacing, and although none of my schizoid >love it/hate it instincts have gone away, I have finally discovered a keyboard >shortcut which makes movie making more viable in iRacing. That led me to put >together this 'trailer'... > >http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsnO1vTzqk > >That might give you an idea why the Skip Barber has such a magnetic attraction for >me. It's just so satisfying to drive. > >Andrew McP

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> I'm two weeks into my second month on iRacing, and although none of my > schizoid love it/hate it instincts have gone away, I have finally > discovered a keyboard shortcut which makes movie making more viable in > iRacing. That led me to put together this 'trailer'... > > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zBsnO1vTzqk > > That might give you an idea why the Skip Barber has such a magnetic > attraction for me. It's just so satisfying to drive. > > Andrew McP >

Looks just like an rFactor mod. That's why I don't find it hard to never purchase iRacing.

GaryR <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > It's giving me nightmares in Vista64 (Won't run), other than that > can't wait to try it! Did you try running it as admin?

[email hidden] (Rotten Ronny) wrote: > Looks just like an rFactor mod. Believe me, the Skip Barber is far, *far* more satisfying to drive than any rFactor mod I've ever tried. I wish that wasn't true, because I still dislike much of iRacing's structure, even without the ongoing cost at a time when the dollar is ridiculously over-priced. But I've been inspired enough to try and show my enjoyment in the form of a movie. That takes quite some doing these days... I'm getting very lazy in my old age. :-) Andrew McP

On Oct 24, 7:59 am, [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: > Believe me, the Skip Barber is far, *far* more satisfying to drive than any rFactor > mod I've ever tried. I drove the Formula Mazda last night. How does it compare to the Skip Barber?

[email hidden] (Dirt) wrote: > I drove the Formula Mazda last night. How does it compare to the > Skip Barber? I haven't bought the Mazda, so I'm not sure (and have yet to be tempted by the, er, offline demo floating around). I believe the Mazda is much 'grippier', but the fun in driving the SB -- as it was for the cars in GPL -- is the lack of grip. I find it uniquely satisfying, especially when combined with iRacing's admirable force feedback. Part of me is curious about the other cars, but I have no intention of buying them or the tracks I'd need to race them online for a season. I may have been partially assimilated by the iRacing marketing machine, but I'll be b*ggered if I'm swallowing the line and sinker as well as the hook! Not yet anyway. My position on iRacing remains embarrassingly malleable. :-) Andrew McP

I KNOW there are people running it under Vista64. Make sure you contact support. They are very quick to respond. Sometimes it's not the OS or the SIM that's the issue. NOD32 has a few known problems for example. -Larry "GaryR" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > It's giving me nightmares in Vista64 (Won't run), other than that > can't wait to try it!

"Dirt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... On Oct 24, 7:59 am, [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: > Believe me, the Skip Barber is far, *far* more satisfying to drive than > any rFactor > mod I've ever tried. I drove the Formula Mazda last night. How does it compare to the Skip Barber? It has more overall grip and power. Ed

The probem has something to do with the UAC but I can't pinpoint exactly what. When the iRacing webpage tries to run any of the exe's (in the iRacing folder) i.e chat, update, etc. nothing happens. All exe's are set to run as Admin, all are set to pass through the Firewall, and AVG AV isn't a problem. A while back, during the Vista beta days, I remembered someone having a similar problem and a workaround was to install that program directly under the root directory and no in "Program Files (x86)". Last night I uninstalled it, deleted all content and reinstalled in C:\iRacing. I then overwrote the install with my fully updated iRacing folder (that I saved to save me two hous of downloading) and tried it. Works perfectly, no issues at all... Looking forward to diving in soon! Gary

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>On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:46:08 -0400, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I KNOW there are people running it under Vista64. Make sure you contact >support. They are very quick to respond. > >Sometimes it's not the OS or the SIM that's the issue. NOD32 has a few >known problems for example. > >-Larry > >"GaryR" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> It's giving me nightmares in Vista64 (Won't run), other than that >> can't wait to try it!

On Oct 24, 3:49 am, Dirt <[email hidden]> wrote: > > I drove the Formula Mazda last night.  How does it compare to the Skip > Barber? While driving under the limit, the Mazda feels dead in comparison to the Barber. With the aero downforce and grippier tires it doesn't slide around. When you do get the car on the limit it is very alive. I've almost completely stopped driving everything else at this point other than the Mazda. Despite its compromised aero model I really enjoy the car. I'm hoping for an update to it next week that will make it even better. -- Pat Dotson

Pat, Would you say a bit more about the "compromised aero model"? I am curios about what i-racing is and is not doing in the area of aerodynamics. [email hidden] wrote:

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> On Oct 24, 3:49 am, Dirt <[email hidden]> wrote: >> I drove the Formula Mazda last night. How does it compare to the Skip >> Barber? > > While driving under the limit, the Mazda feels dead in comparison to > the Barber. With the aero downforce and grippier tires it doesn't > slide around. When you do get the car on the limit it is very alive. > > I've almost completely stopped driving everything else at this point > other than the Mazda. Despite its compromised aero model I really > enjoy the car. I'm hoping for an update to it next week that will > make it even better. > > -- > Pat Dotson

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> > The probem has something to do with the UAC but I can't pinpoint > exactly what. When the iRacing webpage tries to run any of the exe's > (in the iRacing folder) i.e chat, update, etc. nothing happens. All > exe's are set to run as Admin, all are set to pass through the > Firewall, and AVG AV isn't a problem. A while back, during the Vista > beta days, I remembered someone having a similar problem and a > workaround was to install that program directly under the root > directory and no in "Program Files (x86)". Last night I uninstalled > it, deleted all content and reinstalled in C:\iRacing. I then > overwrote the install with my fully updated iRacing folder (that I > saved to save me two hous of downloading) and tried it. Works > perfectly, no issues at all... > > Looking forward to diving in soon! > Gary

Ah, yes, that folder is a protected folder so is no good for any games that need admin access. I don't install any games to that folder ever.

"Andrew MacPherson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Believe me, the Skip Barber is far, *far* more satisfying to drive than > any rFactor > mod I've ever tried. Well, as they say, "ignorance is bliss" and my wallet thanks me for it too.

>On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:37:22 GMT, "Rotten Ronny" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Ah, yes, that folder is a protected folder so is no good for any games that >need admin access. I don't install any games to that folder ever. Can anyone point me to a white paper (or anything clearly written) that states this? I've Googled it and can come up with nothing, and it seems some people have no problem running it out of the default (x86) folder. iRacing Support was no help (though they offered to try!) and I came up with the solution because I remembered it from "somewhere". Sure would like to know where. I have BF2142, BF2, Falcon 4 AF, rFactor, and Lock On Flaming Cliffs 1.12 all installed in "Program Files (x86) and they work perfectly. This is the only problem child so far. I know the browser needs to start up .exe's and assume thatis the issue but no browser security changes helped. All exe's had Admin start priviledges also.. Be good to know the actual "why" to this for future reference. Thanks GP

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> >On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:37:22 GMT, "Rotten Ronny" <[email hidden]> > >wrote: >>Ah, yes, that folder is a protected folder so is no good for any games >>that >>need admin access. I don't install any games to that folder ever. > > Can anyone point me to a white paper (or anything clearly written) > that states this? I've Googled it and can come up with nothing, and it > seems some people have no problem running it out of the default (x86) > folder. iRacing Support was no help (though they offered to try!) and > I came up with the solution because I remembered it from "somewhere". > Sure would like to know where. > > I have BF2142, BF2, Falcon 4 AF, rFactor, and Lock On Flaming Cliffs > 1.12 all installed in "Program Files (x86) and they work perfectly. > This is the only problem child so far. I know the browser needs to > start up .exe's and assume thatis the issue but no browser security > changes helped. All exe's had Admin start priviledges also.. > > Be good to know the actual "why" to this for future reference. > > Thanks > GP

Ok, here's another solution for you. Give the iRacing folder write permissions. Read this. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206295(VS.85).aspx

did you get this figured out? wonder if you have suppressed the "allow <something to happen>...." window somehow, I would start with disabling windows (or other) firewall, adding iRacing to trusted sites maybe, what other security apps you got? I know my McAffee and later ATT&Yahhoo's older security protection software gave me fits with rFactor, but not with iRacing... I'm running vista as full admin account though, are you? if not you might have to do more? UAC just asks (in a nutshell) that something is trying to open/close an EXE <pif etc file> and is it OK? I use Tweak UAC to silence the questions about if I really wanted to open a program/open control panel/yadda yadda... read more and make you own choice, here... http://www.tweak-uac.com/home/ "GaryR" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> >On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:37:22 GMT, "Rotten Ronny" <[email hidden]> > >wrote: >>Ah, yes, that folder is a protected folder so is no good for any games >>that >>need admin access. I don't install any games to that folder ever. > > Can anyone point me to a white paper (or anything clearly written) > that states this? I've Googled it and can come up with nothing, and it > seems some people have no problem running it out of the default (x86) > folder. iRacing Support was no help (though they offered to try!) and > I came up with the solution because I remembered it from "somewhere". > Sure would like to know where. > > I have BF2142, BF2, Falcon 4 AF, rFactor, and Lock On Flaming Cliffs > 1.12 all installed in "Program Files (x86) and they work perfectly. > This is the only problem child so far. I know the browser needs to > start up .exe's and assume thatis the issue but no browser security > changes helped. All exe's had Admin start priviledges also.. > > Be good to know the actual "why" to this for future reference. > > Thanks > GP > > >

It works fine once installed outside of the (x86) folder. I only have one acct, it's Admin, and I even set all exe's to run as Admin. It has to do with how the program is written and the UAC I believe. No definitive answers yet.

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>On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:32:56 -0500, "PlowBoy" <[email hidden]> wrote: >did you get this figured out? > >wonder if you have suppressed the "allow <something to happen>...." window >somehow, I would start with disabling windows (or other) firewall, adding >iRacing to trusted sites maybe, what other security apps you got? I know my >McAffee and later ATT&Yahhoo's older security protection software gave me >fits with rFactor, but not with iRacing... > >I'm running vista as full admin account though, are you? if not you might >have to do more? UAC just asks (in a nutshell) that something is trying to >open/close an EXE <pif etc file> and is it OK? I use Tweak UAC to silence >the questions about if I really wanted to open a program/open control >panel/yadda yadda... >read more and make you own choice, here... http://www.tweak-uac.com/home/

On Oct 24, 8:25 pm, rqk <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Would you say a bit more about the "compromised aero model"?  I  am > curios  about what i-racing is and is not doing in the area of aerodynamics. Sorry for the delay. Haven't checked in for a while. Grant Reeve said on the iR forums that ground effects are inoperable on the Mazda. This was after a lot of people did a lot of testing under the assumption that there obviously should be simulated ground effects. There were some hard feelings after that bit of news was dropped. I'm not sure if ground effects will be operable after the next update to the car, which is supposed to be later this week. The update that already came out this week is supposed to address the standard aero effects in terms of wing angle drag v. speed. Running more wing shouldn't cause as much loss in top speed now. I haven't tested that, but in the few laps I ran with minimum wing angles I don't see any need to increase them further. In other words, my initial impression is that we'll still be fastest running with minimum wing angles. -- Pat Dotson