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picnic · 11 May 2013 at 08:06

Bet those who pre-ordered are pretty smug then!

this_is_gav · 11 May 2013 at 08:29

SKILL said:
Yeah, that should be good, GPL was my first experience of sim racing, although I would've preferred they did the Eagle Weslake, as that's clearly way better than the Lotus

The Eagle is about half a second slower on most tracks. It's a smidgen faster at Monza and Spa but 4-5 seconds slower at the Nordschleife. It is far easier to drive than the Lotus though.

SKILL · 11 May 2013 at 11:30

Yeah, I know that, although in my hands back then the Eagle was faster everywhere (compared to me in the Lotus, not to anybody else), because as you say it was that bit more stable and easier to drive.

I also think it looks better personally

I'm also kicking myself for not pre-ordering the L49, I knew/know I'm gonna buy it but I generally don't bother doing any of the pre-orders, I wait for it'll be released, still at least I get the 30% discount for owning all the content, something at least

PLazarou · 11 May 2013 at 12:32

Wow, you've got the whole lot?

sportbilly · 11 May 2013 at 16:34

Been watching the thread - trying to get back into iRacing - used to race a lot in the Skippy. Got reasonably consistent - iRating now around 1950.

Bought the McClaren and Kia and Interlagos. I am used to a tricky car in the Skippy but am really struggling with the Kia for some reason - can barely do a lap in it.

Recently switched to Linear FFB mode and it feels pretty different been working at setting the FFB to the right level on my Fanatec Turbo S wheel. On a side note no issues at all with that wheel or my Clubsport V1 pedals. I had a GT3 v1 wheel which did have issues but since then Fanatec have become much a much bigger more professional company - got my eye on a club sport wheel at some point.

For those struggling to find extra pace from nowhere - this video is superb - Skip Barber "Going Faster". Get past first couple of minutes and it demonstrates what carrying a few more mph onto a straight means to the time down the straight - add those sections together and there you go ....

http://youtu.be/xQRmYMlmdqM

SKILL · 11 May 2013 at 17:20

PLazarou said:
Wow, you've got the whole lot?

Yep, been at 100% for a long time now, once there it's pretty cheap really with the 25/30% discount and they only release one or two bits of content at a time.

It does mean I have some cars I really dislike, and knew I'd dislike before I bought though, notably the Jetta and Kia, both hateful cars

PLazarou · 11 May 2013 at 17:32

Nice! My smiley was supposed to be one of shock, but it seems a ':' followed by a 'o' on here results in 'embarrassment'. Strange...

disco Stu · 11 May 2013 at 22:54

Im 4 road cars short but I cannot bring myself to buy them when I know that I dont like them(tried em on a mates account) - V8,Lotus 79,HPD and F1 .Total $35.84 with the magic 25% off

barmyllama · 12 May 2013 at 18:18

I hate this game at the moment.

Driving the McLaren around Sebring is like driving on ice compared to races I've done at Zandvoort, Interlagos and Spa.

I've been using a Silverstone setup because I don't like the Sebring ones I've tried. I actually broke 2:04 in practice today with race fuel and felt confident enough to actually race.

I reckon I managed 6 laps at best before I had absolutely no front end grip at all. In the end I just raged quit and forfeited the race.

I think I'll just have to accept that I just don't have the skill for this game.

PLazarou · 12 May 2013 at 18:27

I think you might be relying too heavily on setups... I've happily raced for months on the default setups (in all cars) and I'm almost always in the top 5.

It is an unforgiving sim if you over-drive the cars.

barmyllama · 12 May 2013 at 18:34

PLazarou said:
I think you might be relying too heavily on setups... I've happily raced for months on the default setups (in all cars) and I'm almost always in the top 5.

It is an unforgiving sim if you over-drive the cars.

Even if I use default setups, it's not going to magically give the skill to keep the car on the black stuff.

I genuinely feel I'm just not good enough and I don't have the time or the patience to practice until I might be.

PLazarou · 12 May 2013 at 18:41

That's a shame. Are you all set up as good as possible with your hardware? Specifically I'm talking about running at least 60fps and v-sync off... input lag is a killer in such a twitchy sim like this.

MagicBoy · 12 May 2013 at 18:48

Sebring is a challenge. It's big and flat and featureless and low grip. Took me a few months to get the hang of it in Forza. I've just bought it for the Jetta TDI comp in iRacing, and there's much more detail. Bad and broken bits of track all over the place, at least the massive bump in the final corner isn't as bad!

Best tip I have is not to over drive it, the place bites.

barmyllama · 12 May 2013 at 18:52

PLazarou said:
That's a shame. Are you all set up as good as possible with your hardware? Specifically I'm talking about running at least 60fps and v-sync off... input lag is a killer in such a twitchy sim like this.

Running with a GTX 580, 6GB RAM and an i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz. I'm getting over 80 FPS maxed out at 1920x1200.

I do think that a triple monitor setup will help me because, from the videos I've watched, the FOV the triple screen provide means it's easier to set up the game to more realistically represent what you actually can see out of the car in real life.

Maybe a better set of pedals or at least a load cell for the T500 pedals I have might help also.

Bleek · 12 May 2013 at 18:58

It might help you to watch fastest laps on YouTube, even of real cars to see race lines.

Also have used iSpeed to compare your sectors and laps?

PLazarou · 12 May 2013 at 19:07

I guess that means you have v-sync off, unless you're running a 120Hz monitor or something...

barmyllama · 12 May 2013 at 19:25

PLazarou said:
I guess that means you have v-sync off, unless you're running a 120Hz monitor or something...

Yeah, VSync is off.

PLazarou · 12 May 2013 at 19:46

Hmm. How about visible driver hands and wheel? I always disable them because I find it distracting. It helps me to visualise my real wheel as being attached to the car on screen.

Murray · 12 May 2013 at 20:04

Starting to race in 2000+ SoF races now and the close racing from start to finish is so intense...

I can't do back to back races because I need a break after constantly being under pressure for the whole race

I tried Sebring for a bit in practice and gave up but I'm going to be learning it in the Skippy this next week... oh the joy.

PLazarou · 12 May 2013 at 20:09

Sebring is tough! So many bumps and so many different ways of taking that first corner.