idk why its so hard like you have a 1/10 chance of making it throught and a 9/10 chance to end your race

Do you try to achieve an average time that is similar to the spilt you are in?
do you try to just be consistent?
or do you just wing it and start a race without practicing much?

Edit: Ty for the replies, you are insanely active (20 replies in like 10 mins)

Almost nobody racing, i dont and never will believe the online racers number in the top left of the menu, theres no way possible its accurate... This week Gt3s are extrememly low count, not to mention the Pcup as well

I read many times that iRacing has best online competition/physics/whatever, but that it falls short on the graphics side in comparison with sims like AMS2, ACC, etc.

I can't agree. I really like the iRacing graphics more in comparison to the forementioned sims. Not because the environment looks so realistic (trees and crowd are complete unrealistic), but the overall tone is is the most realistic of all sims in my eyes.

AMS2 has way better graphics in the way how objects are portrayed, but the overall tone/vibe is far too saturated/colorful/shiny to feel realistic for me. It gives me automatically Forza Horizon Vibes.

Also ACC doesn't give me a realistic vibe of the graphics, even the graphics can be considered as objectively good.

The second best color tone / vibe has Raceroom for me. Maybe I like the more neutral color tone of older Sims / graphics engines more than modern ones, which are often too colorful and shiny for my taste.

All other Sims like RF2, LMU, AC, etc. feels like middleground in terms of color tone. The new AC Evo is also to colorful and shiny for my taste.

For me graphics is splitted into two parts:

1.The portrayal of the objects

and

2) The overall color tone and effects (sunlight, dust, etc.)

In the first category iRacing is behind modern Sims (and will be at least the new Spark Engine is released), but in the second category iRacing feels the best for me.

I hope that iRacing holds to the current neutral tone und understatement effects in their new Spark Engine and don't go the more colorful and shiny effects way most Engines and Games went in the last decade.

How do you see this?

TL;DR: I successfully protested someone for intentionally tanking their iRating to get weaker competition.

I had a race a few weeks back where the winner felt off. Now, granted, I'm no sim racing goat but things weren't sitting right as the race wore on.

The winner was clean, quick and never in any trouble in a SOF split around 1100. They managed to lap almost everyone and were averaging almost one full second a lap faster than everyone else.

I finished second.

So, I went looking after the race at their profile.

- The driver was around 4,000 iRating a couple of weeks before the race. Not a smoking gun but keep this in mind.

- The driver dropped roughly 2400 iR in two weeks.

- In 10 races, the driver finished FIVE with 0 championship points and 0x incidents, meaning the driver joined sessions, waited for them to start and then left. In the 5 they didn't quit, 4 wins and a runner up finish.

I finished the race in P2 but filed the protest for what I believed was intentionally lowering their rating to get lower splits.

I learned a few things while filing the protest:

1. You need a replay clip, even if your evidence is their history. I attached a replay clip and then the evidence I found which was their recent results and iRating chart in the description and screenshots.

2. I moved quickly, I did it within 24 hours after I checked the Sporting Code. I pulled the screenshots before that though.

3. Keep it factual. Dates, numbers and no guessing about the motives and no ranting. A lot of us get caught up ranting and upset over accidents but that can affect the protest when you rant.

4. Keep it in the protest system. I didn't message the driver after the fact and I, to this day, have not posted their name either. It's also against Sporting Code.

Three days passed and iRacing passed judgment on the driver and they were disqualified and the win moved to me. When I initially filed my protest I didn't expect anything to happen. Mainly because many of my protests don't amount to anything and I'm sure you've felt the same way.

However, if you've ever thought "why bother, nothing gets done," this one did.

Have you ever protested someone for tanking and it went through or did it get rejected?

I suppose most people got an idea in their head about short track racing being a clusterfuck because when the main NASCAR series is on shorts (think Bristol, Martinsville etc) it is a shitshow, but thats because a lot of drivers who prefer the bigger cookie cutters for example have no concept of how to drive a short oval, also these cars IMO are harder to keep on four wheels on short ovals, hence the cautions and wrecks.
But in short oval focused series you have people that deliberately race these tracks, which makes for fun and even closer racing than the bigger tracks, and some skills also transfer over. The Late Model is also I feel easier to drive on these tracks than the NASCAR Truck and up.

But I get it, some people see short track racing and will just say what is the appeal of this. I got another thing for you then besides the enjoyment factor: safety rating. I cannot point out why, but the most SR I gained was on short ovals. I use it also to balance out any negative SR I get from the main series. It could be because you have a higher corner count (even though I heard it might be halved on shorter tracks, idk why), or because you are going slower speeds part of the contacts that would be a 4x on bigger tracks just give you a 0x here. All in all, it is healthy for safety rating.

Not much participation in EU evening hours though. So all I am trying to do here is just spread awareness that it is there and if either of the two reasons above is something you're looking for give it a try. I recommend CARS Tour with the Late Models, you have fixed and open, and occasionally races on free tracks or tracks you might have from the NASCAR schedules so you can try it out for yourself

I myself mainly race the main NASCAR series aswell, but from time to time either because I long for some close contact action or my SR needs healing, I love to hit up some shorts

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I really like the responsiveness and “pointyness” feeling of the McLaren 570 so when I got to GT3 I bought the McLaren 720 thinking they would handle similar but they don’t. The 720 doesn’t feel as responsive as the GT4 which I find kinda odd. Wondering if there are any GT3 cars that feel like the 520?

I love racing the Radical SR10, which is kinda dead. I also have been thinking of getting the Dallara IR01 (mainly for the insane v10 sound) and some other “dead” cars just for hot lapping fun.

This got me wondering.. who else does this and with which cars? Also, do you find there’s any benefit to it other than enjoyment?

I'm not used to paying $100cad just for 1 car and 4 tracks (Nurburgring combined counts as 2) on top of the annual subscription 😭

How much have you guys spent on all your tracks + cars? How do you justify the cost.

The ironic thing is, the cost is probably what is gate keeping the kids from ruining races with poor driving etiquette. Iracing has more clean races than I've experienced in other sims.

I have been having the problem lately during races where my screen freezes and I can't see where I'm going. I can still hear my car and the other cars, and use everything on my pc, but the iracing screen is frozen. I have never had a problem with anything like this before and it is beginning to become a serious problem that is going to prevent me from being able to race anymore. Are there any fixes for a problem like this?

Hey All,

Like usual, I’ve written a short article sharing my thoughts and experience on a given topic in sim racing. My goal with these articles ultimately is to help give people a bit more information about the hobby we all love, while also hopefully making for an interesting read.

If you don’t know me, I’m Tom, and I’ve been working full-time for the last two years on a sim racing coaching business, so my thoughts in this mini essay draw on the 700+ hours of coaching I’ve done in those two years. Just to say that the thoughts I’m sharing here aren’t pulled from nowhere, but come from everything I’ve seen during my time coaching drivers of all ability levels.

Why You’re Inconsistent (Even with a Consistent Braking Point)

I want to preface this article by saying that there are many factors that go into consistency, and naturally I can’t cover them all in this article, but I do want to speak generally about where consistency comes from, and narrow down to one element of driving that can impact consistency, both to explain how to think about that element, but also to serve as an example of how to think about all the other elements that go into consistency.

Where does consistency come from?

Consistency can mean different things to different people, but for the sake of clarity, we can think of consistency as the ability to drive the same corner in the same way lap after lap. If it feels like you can’t take a corner in the same way twice, then you are inconsistent in that corner. The largest source of inconsistency in a corner is variation in your entry speed into the corner, i.e. if you looked at your speed just before turning into the corner across five of your laps, how closely would those speeds match? With an inconsistent entry speed, even the best drivers would not be able to execute the corner in the same way. Naturally, we are aiming to drive the car to the limit of grip, and a difference of 10 kph faster or slower on entry will be the difference between being over the limit and being under the limit. The question, then, is how do we make our entry speed more consistent?

Consistency of entry speed

Ultimately, your entry speed into the corner is dictated by your approach to braking for the corner. Braking encompasses a long list of variables that you need to consider in order to have a consistent deceleration lap after lap. As a broad overview, aside from the two most obvious ones (consistent braking point and consistent brake pressure), there are a good number of other factors that go into a consistent approach to braking, including downshift timing, car positioning on entry, steering (or lack of steering) during the braking zone, and initial brake application. Having a consistent brake trace and braking point are the first areas to work on when looking to improve your consistency, but I want to use the remainder of this article to explain how one seemingly more subtle factor can impact consistency, and for that, let’s consider the impact of initial brake application on entry speed.

Initial Brake Application: Why You’re Inconsistent

If you take a look at the red and blue laps in the video above, you can see that they begin braking at exactly the same point and have a largely similar approach to braking, but the difference in their entry speeds at the point of turn-in is 5 kph, which is enough to significantly influence the line they can take through the rest of the corner. The difference here is simply an inconsistent approach to initial brake application. Whereas the red lap lifts off the throttle prior to braking, the blue lap overlaps the throttle and brake, meaning the car is being pushed forwards for longer, even during the initial braking. This means that the blue driver will carry significantly more entry speed and struggle to get the car slowed down as a result.

This article is already getting too long, so I don’t want to go into the nuance of whether overlapping the pedals matters, how quickly you should apply the brake, or the impact of other variables such as downshift timing. At a high enough level these things will matter, but if you’re struggling for consistency, then simply having the same approach lap after lap will matter far more than having an exactly optimal approach. Nonetheless, hopefully this article has helped you think about consistency in a slightly different way, and given you a few things to pay attention to next time you hop into the sim :).

If anyone has any questions, don’t hesitate to ask — I’ll do my best to respond to any questions in the comments. As always, thanks for the support on these mini articles, and if you know of someone who would benefit from this article, sharing it with them would be greatly appreciated :).

I'll include a couple of links if anyone wants to check them out, but I'm happy to remove them if it goes against self promotion rules.

Intermediate iRacer Bundle: https://noakesycoaching.com/courses
1 on 1 Coaching: https://noakesycoaching.com/coaching
PerfectLap: 3D Telemetry Analysis Tool (from the video above)

Cheers
Tom
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Why is no one racing in the Formula A - Cosworth Cup Grand Prix series? I’ve searched this subreddit but haven’t found any convincing explanations.

For example, some people argue that it requires an A license, but there are plenty of drivers participating in the sport car A license series.

Another argument is that the car itself isn’t popular, but the Formula A - Grand Prix Tour series seems to attract a decent number of participants.

Others say the car is difficult to drive, but I don’t see how that alone would discourage people from racing it. Plenty of other cars are difficult to master, too.

So, what are the actual reasons behind the lack of participation in this series?

I ended up getting a 5x during this race because I didn’t realize that this was counting against me

edit:
Apparently this corner has some interesting rules for track limits, thank you all for your input

EDIT #2
Why do we downvote people for asking questions? Let’s be helpful not hateful

I recently built a new PC;

9800x3D
5080 OC
32GB DDR5

I'm currently on one wide monitor but I'm certainly tempted to look into VR again, I used to have the quest 2 but it was just heavy and lacked the resolution I wanted. It was brilliant but just not quite good enough.

I've been looking at all the VR systems, all the youtube videos, I just can't seem to find one that suits. I don't mind spending the money, I was looking at the Pimax systems and I almost pulled the trigger until I read alot of bad feedback from buyers.

If you could be given a free VR to run on my specs, what would you go for?

I just want something ideally light with good resolution.

Anyone here having a good VR experience?

I’ve just begun iracing this week. Have had a couple of clean races. Normally can qualify in the top 5 or so. But regardless of how safe I am driving I am becoming increasingly frustrated at people who spin me, run in to me, try to dive bomb in stupid places like coming up to the chicane going uphill at lime rock park. What is the best way to get myself away from these drivers. I know I’m a rookie myself but it’s making it so hard to finish a race and be happy with everyone ruining it for me.

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