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Skynet-T800 said:
A few Q's for you guys here.

So how does this scoring system work like touching the grass x1 2x ect...?
Any off road in an official race @ ANY STAGE (warmup , qualli , TT etc ) effects your SR (Safety Rating ) it works very simply in that the only thing that counts is the amount of corners that you have done / per incidents


If somebody rams you do you get affected in the system?
It is MEANT to be that if you were not at fault then you do not get penalised , but this is not always true

If it's a really bad shunt caused by a muppet ramming you can you appeal?
Not sure

Anyways to stop ABS juddering apart from backing of the brake pedal on MX5's my wife is getting upset as our living rooms above the bedroom and using my G27 it makes a heck of a noise!
Adjust the settings in game to lower its effect ??

Can I change camera views or not?
Not while driving as far as i am aware
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The sporting code is a wonderful document that explains all the little bits about things like the rating systems, really should read it...

But, here goes:

Essentially it counts incidents per corner, 1x = 1 incident, 2x = 2 incidents etc.

It's a no-blame system, heavy contact between two cars is 4x for both/all drivers, this works out as if you're a clean driver you do so many clean corners vs the relatively rare blameless 4x that it doesn't matter in the big scheme of things...

Yes, Protest system, section 8 of the sporting code...

Dunno, never really caused the ABS to come on that much, think I remember reading a thread about others complaining that there wasn't a specific ABS FFB level but no 'fix' that I know of.

Nope, only the one true camera view is available :)
 
SKILL said:
Dunno, never really caused the ABS to come on that much
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I've only ever felt it while deliberately trying to trigger it, or -- very rarely --when slamming on the anchors to avoid a big incident. The ABS is basically a "parachute" for emergencies. If it's coming on a lot then he's probably braking too hard, too often and losing a lot of momentum.

Increasing the brake force curve factor (in options) will give him more pedal range to play with before the ABS kicks in, and dialling down the FFB will obviously help quieten it down. I like my FFB pretty subtle, at least partly because I'm tight and don't want to wear out the motors. :-)

Oh, and it's a good idea not to get used to relying on the ABS anyway. I think only the Solstice & MX-5 have it.
 
Think i am seriously over driving the Radical as having a hard time to stay on track consistently, have tried both gravey's and Paul Thurstons set ups,
The problem i think happens is when i go slower to (1.20 >> 1.25 ) then you can actually falll of the track in stupid places due to loosing downforce or is this just my imagination and more like due to me loosing concentration ?
 
joedeath332 said:
Think i am seriously over driving the Radical as having a hard time to stay on track consistently, have tried both gravey's and Paul Thurstons set ups,
The problem i think happens is when i go slower to (1.20 >> 1.25 ) then you can actually falll of the track in stupid places due to loosing downforce or is this just my imagination and more like due to me loosing concentration ?
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hey mate, im having a little brake from iracing but if your struggling i will join a practice session with you and show you how to do a lap if you want...
 
joedeath332 said:
Think i am seriously over driving the Radical as having a hard time to stay on track consistently
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One thing I'm noticing about some of you new & enthusiastic (and very welcome) iRacers is that you're moving up the "ladder" pretty quickly.

While the licencing system allows this (for commercial rather than entirely sensible reasons) there's a reason why cars like the Skip Barber are recommended for an extended apprenticeship... it takes time to settle into the kind of habits required to survive and thrive on iRacing.

Personally I tried a lot of cars throughout the service before realising I just don't have the reaction times to drive fast cars like the Radical well. I enjoy them, and think I could race them as "successfully" as many people... ie I could crash out of 50% of them despite being slow! But that's not the kind of racing I want to be a part of. So I stick to the Skip, where I know I can complete a race without incidents as long as I can avoid the inevitable foolishness which always goes with racing against randoms.

The seriously successful drivers on iRacing all race sparingly, but practice a lot. It's up to everyone to find their own balance, but it's inevitable that the more you practice, the more successful your races will be. And if you do a lot of your practicing during races, then your stats and satisfaction level will struggle... as may your reputation with those you drive with. :-)

Patience is the key on iRacing. That's why the initial project only promoted you at the end of a full, 13 week season. It was lousy being locked in one car for so long, but it taught you valuable lessons.

Now even Rookies have quite a bit of choice about what to drive, and fast track makes it very easy (once you learn how to play the progression mini-game inside this sim) to push yourself beyond your current limits.

Think of it in management terms... everyone ends up getting promoted to their level of (current) incompetence. That's why all levels of iRacing -- from Rookie to A -- are afflicted with more idiocy, or at least carelessness, than you might hope for. :-)

Anyway, you didn't ask for a lecture, and I could have summed it all up with one sentence: "Race less, practice more; much more!" :-)

PS Despite its popularity among a subset of UK&I drivers, the Radical has always been a fun but tricky car, hence its relatively small pool of drivers. The Star Mazda is a much more forgiving drive unless you insist on trying fast, low downforce setups.
 
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GraveYard said:
hey mate, im having a little brake from iracing but if your struggling i will join a practice session with you and show you how to do a lap if you want...
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Will most likely take you up un that Steve some time , but not just yet m8 , think ill try a few days of just practice laps to get used to running 45 mins and staying on track. mind you 1 thing i did think put me off and loose concentration during races was me constantly looking at the "relative positions" so i could stay out of peps was when they were lapping me , and more times than enough loose concentration and have an off road = less SR, when getting lapped/passed is it best just to stick your line and just ease of slightly to let the back marker pass ? or move over to the side off the racing line,, making it more likely that you have an off ?

Andrew_McP said:
One thing I'm noticing about some of you new & enthusiastic (and very welcome) iRacers is that you're moving up the "ladder" pretty quickly.

While the licencing system allows this (for commercial rather than entirely sensible reasons) there's a reason why cars like the Skip Barber are recommended for an extended apprenticeship... it takes time to settle into the kind of habits required to survive and thrive on iRacing.

Personally I tried a lot of cars throughout the service before realising I just don't have the reaction times to drive fast cars like the Radical well. I enjoy them, and think I could race them as "successfully" as many people... ie I could crash out of 50% of them despite being slow! But that's not the kind of racing I want to be a part of. So I stick to the Skip, where I know I can complete a race without incidents as long as I can avoid the inevitable foolishness which always goes with racing against randoms.

The seriously successful drivers on iRacing all race sparingly, but practice a lot. It's up to everyone to find their own balance, but it's inevitable that the more you practice, the more successful your races will be. And if you do a lot of your practicing during races, then your stats and satisfaction level will struggle... as may your reputation with those you drive with. :-)

Patience is the key on iRacing. That's why the initial project only promoted you at the end of a full, 13 week season. It was lousy being locked in one car for so long, but it taught you valuable lessons.

Now even Rookies have quite a bit of choice about what to drive, and fast track makes it very easy (once you learn how to play the progression mini-game inside this sim) to push yourself beyond your current limits.

Think of it in management terms... everyone ends up getting promoted to their level of (current) incompetence. That's why all levels of iRacing -- from Rookie to A -- are afflicted with more idiocy, or at least carelessness, than you might hope for. :-)

Anyway, you didn't ask for a lecture, and I could have summed it all up with one sentence: "Race less, practice more; much more!" :-)

PS Despite its popularity among a subset of UK&I drivers, the Radical has always been a fun but tricky car, hence its relatively small pool of drivers. The Star Mazda is a much more forgiving drive unless you insist on trying fast, low downforce setups.
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i agree with you in most of it ,, especially the following :

Anyway, you didn't ask for a lecture, and I could have summed it all up with one sentence: "Race less, practice more; much more!" :-)
 
joedeath332 said:
when getting lapped/passed is it best just to stick your line and just ease of slightly to let the back marker pass ? or move over to the side off the racing line,, making it more likely that you have an off ?
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Staying on the line is the best way to go, if you want to make it easier wait until they've already pulled out before lifting off :)

I had a collision with a backmarker earlier in the week that was due to me expecting him to stay at his pace on the line and instead he helpfully moved off line and slowed just as I'd placed my car into the gap he moved into...

If anyone should be taking any odd lines into/out of/through corners then it should be the fast guys, as to put it bluntly we should be more capable of keeping up the speed and staying on track whilst doing so :)
 
when getting lapped/passed is it best just to stick your line and just ease of slightly to let the back marker pass ? or move over to the side off the racing line,, making it more likely that you have an off ?
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surely the main thing is to be predictable and dont take an odd line that might cause you to run wide or make a mistake.
 
Just bought six more tracks so I can actually compete in up coming D class races.

I also bought the Radical in antcipation of getting promoted.

After a quick blast of Watkins Glen I have to say it's my favourite car out all of the ones I've driven so far.

Roll on C class
 
barmyllama said:
Just bought six more tracks so I can actually compete in up coming D class races.

I also bought the Radical in antcipation of getting promoted.

After a quick blast of Watkins Glen I have to say it's my favourite car out all of the ones I've driven so far.

Roll on C class
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yer is so fast compared to others that i have tried,,lolz
went and had a run in the mx5 and thought i was on a push bike it was that slowww
 
when you are in the pits for 10 mins or what ever can you not spectate ?
as i thought it was a case of leaving the car then spectating , which i did , just to discover that my car was not actually getting fixed at all.
 
nah dont think it works like that mate, you have to be in the car, well as far as im aware you do..

i was spectating your race to see how you got on, was in your cockpit when you crashed..

seemed you took the wrong line through t2 and took too much of the inside grass and lost it, unlucky...
 
GraveYard said:
nah dont think it works like that mate, you have to be in the car, well as far as im aware you do..

i was spectating your race to see how you got on, was in your cockpit when you crashed..

seemed you took the wrong line through t2 and took too much of the inside grass and lost it, unlucky...
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i was off loads earlier , in this race atm was doing much better lap 1-14 at decent pace for me , untill ofc the usual happens the leaders come up on me ,, i get flustered,, stay left ,, then go on to the grass , that unsettled me till next corner when i was still fumming about it when i braked later for the sharp 2nd gear corner,, but lost it ... now in pits,,lol spend more time in there atm,, but think races is only way i will improve as my weakness for deff is traffic .. , i just like being solo :P
 
Was just reading a post on the Iracing forums there and some guy asked if the Radical series was popular , when a guy mentioned this :

"Also the Driving school is getting more popular and a great way to improve your enjoyment of the car.


What is the driving school ? thats not the same as is on the iracing webby ( Referance >>Driving School ) ?? as thats just video's isnt it
 
Kat hosts a session every tuesday evening, starting at 6pm UK time, and it's designed for general practice, setup development/sharing (or just stealing from me perspective :p) and twice in the session one of the quicker guys will do a walkthrough of the track which generally takes the form:
Lap 1 - really slow, turn in points/gears/braking markers etc
Lap 2 - medium-ish pace talking through it
Lap 3 - a 'fast' lap, hopefully :p

So the walkthrough is really useful as well as a nice co-ordinated practice session :)
 
another track i have to buy :eek:

oh well i just raced @ Mosport started 11th came 4th 1 incident so im chuffed i got promoted to a B license too :D
 
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