iRacing 2 races in....

I seem to be quite addicted to this game. My first race was a disaster. I came off around 3 times and got hit by a car as well. I came in 2nd to last at -7 laps down! My rating took a hammering and went down by around 0.1. My second race was a lot better. Came 9th, with two others behind me. Had one off track incident, which also involved another car tailgating me. Despite this my rating went up and it's now at 2.63, so I now have a better rating than before my first race disaster. My lap times during races are really poor, the best so far being a 1:11:903. I guess I'm just playing it safe and spending a lot of time trying to get out of peoples way. The latter seems to be an art. I used to try to get off the racing line, but after an incident in the first race, where doing this hit another car, I now stay on the racing line, unless I have ample time to get off it before the faster car comes through. Lol, the race leaders must really hate me! My fastest lap has improved a smidgeon to 01:08:620, but is still way off pace. The two races have provided valuable feedback as to where I'm slow. It seems to be the turn after the big hill and the final turn. In fact I seem to lose loads at the final turn. I'm going to try some Testing sessions to see if I can get around this final turn without braking, but I'm not so sure. For me, despite my ability, I think iRacing is the dogs bollocks. Just wish I could race with other people that go around in the 1:10's. Maybe the iRacing publishers weren't expecting anybody to be this bad! :-)) Robert Pollard

"Rob P" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Rmgnk.8742$[email hidden]: > For me, despite my ability, I think iRacing is the dogs bollocks. You like dog's testicles? You sick mofo!

"Wingwong Woo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:C3onk.69161$nD.8616@pd7urf1no... > "Rob P" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:Rmgnk.8742$[email hidden]: > >> For me, despite my ability, I think iRacing is the dogs bollocks. > > You like dog's testicles? You sick mofo! The gentleman is merely using a euphuism for something be very good, you cunt.

[email hidden] (Rob P) wrote: > For me, despite my ability, I think iRacing is > the dogs bollocks. Glad you're having fun, but for me this weekend I'm thinking just bollocks! ;-) Despite a 4+ SR it seems that I can only practise/qualify/TT in the Skippy, but not race. I guess it's a rookie thing. Oh joy. Still, practising for the Infineon race I couldn't compete in was the most fun I've had in iRacing so far, so it hasn't been a complete waste of money. And just now I decided to avoid a Solstice at Laguna (what a terrible, *terrible* combination that is!) and entered a Coupe at Lanier... which is another nasty little merry-go-round of a track, but at least it's wide enough to have a bit of fun without too much risk to others. Well, it was until I 'nurfed' the concrete, earning a x3 incident and wrecked steering. I peeled off the track nicely, pitted, shift-R'd, then got a speeding penalty on exit because I was building up speed below the dotted line, trying not to cause other drivers a problem. By the time I'd served my penalty it was all over. Oh joy... again. :-) The daft thing is that despite only about ten laps of racing and the incident my Oval SR went up by .1! Andrew McP *******RAS touchy-feely group-hug settings******** Today Andrew's iRacing mood is: underwhelmed His subscription renewal is: still off His Biscuit of the day is: digestive Friends online are: pissing themselves **************************************************

"Andrew MacPherson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> [email hidden] (Rob P) wrote: > >> For me, despite my ability, I think iRacing is >> the dogs bollocks. > > Glad you're having fun, but for me this weekend I'm thinking just > bollocks! ;-) > > Despite a 4+ SR it seems that I can only practise/qualify/TT in the > Skippy, but not race. I guess it's a rookie thing. Oh joy. > Still, practising for the Infineon race I couldn't compete in was the > most fun I've had in iRacing so far, so it hasn't been a complete waste > of money. > > And just now I decided to avoid a Solstice at Laguna (what a terrible, > *terrible* combination that is!) and entered a Coupe at Lanier... which > is another nasty little merry-go-round of a track, but at least it's wide > enough to have a bit of fun without too much risk to others. > > Well, it was until I 'nurfed' the concrete, earning a x3 incident and > wrecked steering. I peeled off the track nicely, pitted, shift-R'd, then > got a speeding penalty on exit because I was building up speed below the > dotted line, trying not to cause other drivers a problem. > > By the time I'd served my penalty it was all over. Oh joy... again. :-) > The daft thing is that despite only about ten laps of racing and the > incident my Oval SR went up by .1! > > Andrew McP > > *******RAS touchy-feely group-hug settings******** > Today Andrew's iRacing mood is: underwhelmed > His subscription renewal is: still off > His Biscuit of the day is: digestive > Friends online are: pissing themselves > **************************************************

I had a quick test drive at Laguna with the Solstice and found it not to be too bad. I have always had nightmares about Laguna from other games. For me it's a pretty difficult track to get right. But the Solstice is so slow, that Laguna didn't appear as bad as I remember it. I had a penalty in a TT, for 'dangerous pit exit' - I guess for crossing the yellow line too early? In my case I didn't see the black flag in the upper left until I had nine laps under my belt, when I decided to pit in. I checked my lap times and they were all invalidated! Arggghhh! In the end there wasn't enough time to put another 8 laps together, so as far as my SR went, this was a waste of time. Still enjoying the racing, but I sometimes wonder if I will ever improve enough to be competitive! RobP

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> [email hidden] (Rob P) wrote: > >> For me, despite my ability, I think iRacing is >> the dogs bollocks. > > Glad you're having fun, but for me this weekend I'm thinking just > bollocks! ;-) > > Despite a 4+ SR it seems that I can only practise/qualify/TT in the > Skippy, but not race. I guess it's a rookie thing. Oh joy. > Still, practising for the Infineon race I couldn't compete in was the > most fun I've had in iRacing so far, so it hasn't been a complete waste > of money.

If you can run in any of the other events you should be able to race. Rookie 4.0+ can race in the Skip Barber series. Cheers Tony

[email hidden] (Tony R) wrote: > If you can run in any of the other events you should > be able to race. Rookie 4.0+ can race in the Skip > Barber series. In not sure what I was doing wrong, but something was stopping me on Sat & Sun. Maybe I wasn't registering early enough... in the other classes you seemed to be able to join right up until the last minute. In the Skippy you seem to lose that much, much earlier. It's now 6:04am, for instance, and I can't select the 6:15 race. I can, however, join the 6:10 open practice or the 6:06 Time Trial. Anyway, earlier I found I could join the 5:15 race and did. Was having a nice time with some West Coasties until some twonk who I'd overtaken and then let past once already, spun again. I decided I didn't want anyone so fast but unstable up my bumper and pulled over to let him past. Chose the wrong spot, and he followed me. :-) I got a x4 penalty and had to restart, he drove on unaffected. I love it when a plan comes together. :-> Never mind. Just another of the many similar complaints you can find on any iRacing forum. Next time I'll know to leave even *more* room and take evasive action *much* earlier. Andrew McP *******RAS touchy-feely group-hug settings******** Today Andrew's iRacing mood is: I want to punch something His subscription renewal is: still off His Biscuit of the day is: ginger nut Friends online are: Adolf, Joseph, Mao Zedong **************************************************

[email hidden] (Rob P) wrote: > I had a quick test drive at Laguna with the Solstice > and found it not to be too bad. I hoped my initial reaction had calmed down a bit, but no. The Legends Coupe at Laguna is quite fun to drive, but while the Soilstice* seems ok at Lime Rock, I have to wrestle it around Laguna. Perhaps it's the fact it's a much longer course, so you build up more speed more often, meaning you have to bleed off much more speed in order to get that beast interested in turning. > I had a penalty in a TT, for 'dangerous pit exit' - I > guess for crossing the yellow line too early? It can be tricky working out exactly what you;ve done wrong sometimes. I guess this kind of thing becomes second nature after a while though. My oval black flag came as a result of assuming that because I was outside the pit wall I was on the track and it was safe to start building up speed before hitting the outside 3 lanes. Apparently not. :-) > so as far as my SR went, this was a waste of time. As long as it doesn't go down, you've not wasted any time, just gained experience. The whole SR thing is a pain though. It's a valid way of encouraging safe driving, but a system full of potential frustrations and outright unfairness. Still, them's the rules! > Still enjoying the racing, but I sometimes wonder if I > will ever improve enough to be competitive! I know I never will be. Ok, I had a GPL rank of -18 at one stage (not any more, I'm sure! :-) but that was achieved one lap at a time, and it's a record of your best performances, not your usual ones. So I anticipate that if I stay with iRacing I'll go through my normal sim phases... 1) Initial enthusiasm as you explore the various cars & tracks. 2) Plateau of experience while you enjoy simply being a safe driver 3) Steady disillusionment as I realise I'm never going to drive fast, no matter how many different cars/sims I try. :-) 4) Wandering off to do something else instead and never coming back. In iRacing's case I imagine 3 & 4 will merge a lot quicker than normal thanks to the fact you're paying for the pleasure. Of course if the league system works, and we end up grouped with similarly challenged racers, it might be quite fun. But experience tells me that I'm at a fairly quiet end of the Gaussian distribution curve, and it's unlikely I'll find a critical mass or slow racers who can drive the classes I enjoy at a time I can race. Still, the journey so far as been entertaining. I think I might go off now and try to TT the Skippy at VIR. At least then I know it'll only be me punting me off the track. Plus the fact I get to read a book while driving down the loooooooooooong, tedious straight. ;-) Bring back Infineon!!!!!! Andrew McP *not a deliberate typo, but I'm leaving it in... that's soil as in 'oh dear, I appear to have soiled my underwear'.

[email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: > Anyway, earlier I found I could join the 5:15 race and did. Late on I joined another. This time I got 'lucky' on lap 1, with someone in front managing to get sideways in a rather unexpected (by me anyway) place. Missed him, but took a long detour to avoid. Later I messed up in a slow corner, well away from anyone else. Then towards the end I totally cocked up an attempt to get out of the way of 3 lappers racing each other, closing on me faster than I expected. Ended up with all 4 wheels on the grass and another couple of black marks on my copy book. All in all this Skippy racing is a lot more fun, but problematic than the Solstice. I'm almost nostalgic enough to go back and race the darned things! At least they move slow enough to be almost totally predictable. Looking at my results I also see that I apparently had a collision on lap 1 of my earlier race. At one stage I did notice someone getting fairly close in my mirrors, then drop back quickly, so I'm guessing that was it. But I never felt a thing. I suppose it's a testament to iRacing's pretty solid net racing code that it works so well that you tend to forget you're online where 100% accurate positioning is almost impossible. That introduces all sorts of potential glitches. Andrew McP

"David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in news:EDpnk.143254 $[email hidden]: > The gentleman is merely using a euphuism for something be very good, you > cunt. > > Yea, I know that. But tell me one good thing about dog's balls. The analogy between good and dog's testicles just does not apply.

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:02:08 GMT, Wingwong Woo wrote:

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>"David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in news:EDpnk.143254 >$[email hidden]: > >> The gentleman is merely using a euphuism for something be very good, you >> cunt. >Yea, I know that. But tell me one good thing about dog's balls.

It's no good asking a human. You have to ask the dog. > The analogy >between good and dog's testicles just does not apply. They know. -- Peter I'm an alien email: home at peteward dot gotadsl dot co dot uk That's really boring. Please make up an interesting anecdote. - Opus

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> [email hidden] (Tony R) wrote: > >> If you can run in any of the other events you should >> be able to race. Rookie 4.0+ can race in the Skip >> Barber series. > > In not sure what I was doing wrong, but something was stopping me on Sat & > Sun. Maybe I wasn't registering early enough... in the other classes you > seemed to be able to join right up until the last minute. In the Skippy > you seem to lose that much, much earlier. It's now 6:04am, for instance, > and I can't select the 6:15 race. I can, however, join the 6:10 open > practice or the 6:06 Time Trial. > > Anyway, earlier I found I could join the 5:15 race and did. Was having a > nice time with some West Coasties until some twonk who I'd overtaken and > then let past once already, spun again. I decided I didn't want anyone so > fast but unstable up my bumper and pulled over to let him past. Chose the > wrong spot, and he followed me. :-) > > I got a x4 penalty and had to restart, he drove on unaffected. I love it > when a plan comes together. :-> > > Never mind. Just another of the many similar complaints you can find on > any iRacing forum. Next time I'll know to leave even *more* room and take > evasive action *much* earlier. > > Andrew McP > > *******RAS touchy-feely group-hug settings******** > Today Andrew's iRacing mood is: I want to punch something > His subscription renewal is: still off > His Biscuit of the day is: ginger nut > Friends online are: Adolf, Joseph, Mao Zedong > **************************************************

"Wingwong Woo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4TVnk.72119$nD.35365@pd7urf1no...

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> "David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in news:EDpnk.143254 > $[email hidden]: > >> The gentleman is merely using a euphuism for something be very good, you >> cunt. >> >> > > Yea, I know that. But tell me one good thing about dog's balls. The > analogy > between good and dog's testicles just does not apply.

I hear they fry up real well!