Yes, you'll be able to fast track but you won't be able to race or tt the radical until you've got the 4.0SR at D-Class, and then it's just 4 quick tt's and you'll go straight to C-Class
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Yes, you'll be able to fast track but you won't be able to race or tt the radical until you've got the 4.0SR at D-Class, and then it's just 4 quick tt's and you'll go straight to C-Class
Ah for Rookie, yes people are less inclined to understand he process of racing line defending etc.
I actually find it quite rewarding pushing someone in to a mistake by squeezing them under braking or showing to much of my nose where they don't want or expect it.
You're an evil man, but it is damn good fun
The skippy is actually quite fun for this as you get a 'car left' bit on the spotter before the cars are actually overlapping (still like half a foot left) so you can cause that to go off mid-corner to scare them
Not yet no, I'll leave it till the school this evening,
It's an easy enough track though, just right, left, right, left, right, right, left and right. simples
Except of course my usual attempt at moss is: turn right, downshift too many times, turn left in an attempt to catch the slide, works some of the time
It's an easy enough track though, just right, left, right, left, right, right, left and right. simples
Except of course my usual attempt at moss is: turn right, downshift too many times, turn left in an attempt to catch the slide, works some of the time
Its an awesome track tho, moss does take some getting used to again, t1 I'm loosing time but I'm 7 10ths faster than last season already...
I don't feel the need to practice as much either as its not all new to me now, once you have moss sorted that's the hard part done...
I don't feel the need to practice as much either as its not all new to me now, once you have moss sorted that's the hard part done...
I'm not a massive fan, although it is enjoyable with a few challenges so that's good
From what I remember of last season's attempts here I felt that I could do Moss pretty well, but nowhere near consistently so that needs improvement, and other than that I felt the line into T2 and the last 3 corners were my biggest problems...
But who knows how it's gonna go tonight
Yeah, I'm confident that knowing both the track and car reasonably well now that I can get up to speed in a couple of laps, then just work on eeking out that last bit, it's a nice improvement on the beginning of last season where I really needed the practice to get the times and consistency
I saw on the forums you posted both a 17 and 26 wing set, any updates on how you're finding the two options?
From what I remember of last season's attempts here I felt that I could do Moss pretty well, but nowhere near consistently so that needs improvement, and other than that I felt the line into T2 and the last 3 corners were my biggest problems...
But who knows how it's gonna go tonight
Yeah, I'm confident that knowing both the track and car reasonably well now that I can get up to speed in a couple of laps, then just work on eeking out that last bit, it's a nice improvement on the beginning of last season where I really needed the practice to get the times and consistency
I saw on the forums you posted both a 17 and 26 wing set, any updates on how you're finding the two options?
17 is the way forward I think I ran a 13.3 with it and a 13.7 with the 26 but haven't put as much time into lapping the 26 set, 17 is still a tricky beast tho not sure if racing on it is gunna be the best idea but I'm gunna give it ago I think but it can still catch you out.
17 you just need to be a touch more gentle with the steering inputs still like last season, but I'm enjoying the 17 wing set over the 26 atm...
17 you just need to be a touch more gentle with the steering inputs still like last season, but I'm enjoying the 17 wing set over the 26 atm...
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So do most people here race the Radical at the moment? I only ever became decent in the MX-5, and then was slow in the Skippy, with regular spins. I might give the Skippy another go with the odd MX-5 race to make me feel better about myself.
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Funny... I always preferred the skippy over the mx5... felt more natural.
The MX5 just didn't feel like a real MX5 to me.
The MX5 just didn't feel like a real MX5 to me.
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I've never driven an MX-5 so I wouldn't know. I just found the Skippy very easy to spin and lose control of; maybe I wasn't patient enough with learning. I can't wait for my wheel to arrive though so I can get back into it all
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I've just got myself out of it... personally, maybe because I've done quite a lot of track driving, I found it frustrating when things wouldn't behave as they should... it's a shame, because I would have liked to get in to it & despite the foibles... the CSR Elite was a great wheel. I just didn't enjoy it, found myself getting annoyed more than having fun. Maybe I'm just a weirdo
I've had 3 of my own MX5s (including 1 supercharged with about 220BHP (might not sound like much, but with a weight 850kg and the standard short ratio gearbox... it was a hell of a lot of fun, one of the best cars I've ever owned).
Plus I've driven a few mark 3s and mark 3.5s... I always found them to be much more tail-happy than iracing lets you.
Conversely... the Radical is less tail-happy in real life than iracing :s
The skippy felt like the most accurate car to me... you could really feel it. It likes to be balanced, to get used to it - brake earlier than you normally would and get off the brakes a few meters before you turn-in to let it regain its composure.
Then relatively soon after turn-in, get back on part-throttle (but only enough to maintain speed).
Then progress from there
I found it to have the most realistic (to me) emulation of trail-braking.
I've had 3 of my own MX5s (including 1 supercharged with about 220BHP (might not sound like much, but with a weight 850kg and the standard short ratio gearbox... it was a hell of a lot of fun, one of the best cars I've ever owned).
Plus I've driven a few mark 3s and mark 3.5s... I always found them to be much more tail-happy than iracing lets you.
Conversely... the Radical is less tail-happy in real life than iracing :s
The skippy felt like the most accurate car to me... you could really feel it. It likes to be balanced, to get used to it - brake earlier than you normally would and get off the brakes a few meters before you turn-in to let it regain its composure.
Then relatively soon after turn-in, get back on part-throttle (but only enough to maintain speed).
Then progress from there
I found it to have the most realistic (to me) emulation of trail-braking.
Really ? I think it feels very much like the real one. The way it brakes, turns and the back goes light when you lift off then comes back in under throttle, is all done every well. It even as the slight mush you get when the car washes out. The way you have to use the brake is also very well done.
Remember the first night I got I-racing sat with the Mx5 and did about 50 laps blown away by how good it actually feels and how natural the feedback is.
This is all based on my gfs mx5 and how that drives. *ALSO I HAVE NEVER DROVE THIS ON THE LIMIT OR AT THE TRACK* but from everyday driving the iracing version feels very well done me.
I read some were the other day that the skippy is nothing like the real car, the peeps who run the shcool in america tell the students not to drive the 1 in Iracing as its miles different..
I can't drive the skippy good at all...
I can't drive the skippy good at all...
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Weird... it's the car I had the most success with :s
But then... you also prefer iracing to rfactor 2 don't you?
Maybe setup differences... I can't think of another explanation :s
But then... you also prefer iracing to rfactor 2 don't you?
Maybe setup differences... I can't think of another explanation :s
I do prefer iracing now and by a long way aswell now, at first I was like meh this aint better than rf2 but the more I played the more I got hooked, now rf2 dosent even get a look in.
I still think some of the physics in rf2 are better than Iracing, I've kept my rf2 membership anyway...
I still think some of the physics in rf2 are better than Iracing, I've kept my rf2 membership anyway...
The bit about the skippy school advising people not to use it was posted here wasn't it? never heard of that from an 'official' source...
There are several people on the iRacing forums that have raced, or race, or just driven the skippy and the reaction seems quite mixed, some say it's pretty accurate and others say it's not, seems about 50/50 but who knows.
Also worth noting that Dave Kaemmer has raced, won and set several lap records in the skippy...
One of the main things that is wrong though, and definitely so, is that you can only left-foot brake the skippy in real life if you have small feet (I've got size 8, which apparently just about works, but any bigger and it's not possible...)
There are several people on the iRacing forums that have raced, or race, or just driven the skippy and the reaction seems quite mixed, some say it's pretty accurate and others say it's not, seems about 50/50 but who knows.
Also worth noting that Dave Kaemmer has raced, won and set several lap records in the skippy...
One of the main things that is wrong though, and definitely so, is that you can only left-foot brake the skippy in real life if you have small feet (I've got size 8, which apparently just about works, but any bigger and it's not possible...)
Yer I saw that to its on the main board some of the real life skippy drivers are giving someone some advice on the skippy, one of the things they said was "The driving instructors at Skip Barber tell you forgot everything you no about the skippy and Iracing as its handles nothing like its real life counter part".
Its what they tell every new driver. You wasn't trippin G I read that also.
edit after josh comment.
Maybe it was on here then, I cant remember talking about teh skippy on here.
Also in the mx5's favour 4 guys who race the mx5 are now competing in teh SCCA mx5 cup(I think thats teh series there in), all training done on iracing, there first race at Sebring is on the forums, 2 of them take the top 3 and all 4 of them do really well. So the mx5 must be of decent quality.
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Dunno were I read it but it wasn't long ago, I thought it was on the iracing forums but probs wrong..
I'm size 8 aswell and I left foot brake and nothing else but always loose the back end of the skippy right on exit of a turn, just when I thought I'd made it, it let's go...
I'm size 8 aswell and I left foot brake and nothing else but always loose the back end of the skippy right on exit of a turn, just when I thought I'd made it, it let's go...
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You wouldn't do well in mid-engined single seaters then... hehe
You shouldn't be off-throttle at a point where that can happen... you should be on part-throttle to keep the car balanced