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Bleek said:
The only problem I have with iRacing is braking, I really can't get any feel for the car and it's frustrating because I know exactly what I want to do but I'm either over or under braking all the time - it's the reason I stepped away from iRacing for a few years!

In the real world I feel so much through the brake pedal so losing that '6th sense' on the game/sim is really hurting me, it's like driving with the sound off. As much as I love the physics model I don't think real technical ability transfers to the game/sim - unless I need some expensive pedals?
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I just got some new pedals while there not as expensive as the likes of CST pedals they still cost quite abit of money at £185 so there still expensive i got the clubsports...

now im having braking problems which i never had with my modded g27 pedals, but its all about getting used to them as there go on force, so it could help you...
 
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Bleek said:
How did you mod your G27's, made them harder?
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with the nixim mod, which yes makes them stiffer to press but it starts off easy then gets harder with a progressive spring and a block of rubber inside the spring and i had the bodnar lead which increases resolution 4x...with them 2 mods the g25/7 pedals are awesome...

this is part of the reason im struggling with the new pedals as im still using too much force to press them...
 
An hour is such a long time around this place, both love it and feel utterly drained afterwards :p

An ok race though, very scruffy early on (including half-spinning on the first lap) but slowly worked my way up into 4th, then 1st place spun and although I tried I couldn't quite catch up with the 2nd place guy. Although annoyingly in the last ~10 minutes or so I turned off F3 as I felt I was screwing up a bit and then I hit a couple of 1:14.7s without draft and actually caught up ~2.5 seconds on 2nd place, should've done that earlier :p

Way too many 1x's as well, this weekend is gonna hurt my SR...
 
I bet a hour is long round spa, how did they tyres hold up???

14's is really good race pace mate well done..

That's 1 thing I hate about spa on iracing the stupid places you get 1x...

I think I might run the world cup test race tonight, I can manage the glen well with these csp's but just can't get spa right with the ATM as there's a couple of heavy braking spots that I mess up one big one is the last chicane it would just ruin my race so I'm gonna stay away unfortunately...
 
Tyres were fine, fastest lap was the last lap :)

I guess there's only 1 real hard braking zones at Watkins, I'm tempted to run the race but we'll see, definitely be doing another Spa race or two :p
 
Did you use 26 or 17 rear wing set???

Yeah its only into t1 and the glen, but I've done a set which feels good in quali trim but put the massive amount of fuel in needed to do a 0 stop race it really upsets the balance of the car, I might even do a 1 stop race...
 
Used my mildly tweaked version of your 26 wing set, iirc it was 1 click down on rear spring and 2 clicks on rear rebound, nothing major but felt it settled it a bit, not ultimately as quick probably but I made the end of the race :)

Just did some Watkins practice, what kind of times are you doing? Got the setup you posted in the club england forum and did a 1:05.059 with draft and a 1:05.205 without.

Then added fuel, not sure how much for 75 mins (iirc 60 mins is ~16 gallons so presumably ~20?) so I added the max 21.2 gallons, dropped the tyre pressures and just for fun increased the rear springs by one click result being a 1:05.6 as the first lap of the run, then two 1:06.1's before back into the high 1:05's, bit more tail happy but driveable if you keep on top of it, was thinking possibly soft rear arb to make it more stable?

EDIT: Meant to say, what a difference from the first week of the season, setup is far nicer than I recall, mostly around the kerb on the exit of T1, although I did have it 'snap' a little in the last turn but held it both times :p
 
Same sort of times mate with that set I made, maybe it was just me with the fuel in it just felt understeery but I nver messed with the springs I just lowered the tyre pressure by 1 psi allround then adjusted the ride hieght, if you put the rarb on soft it will give the rear abit more grip which aint really a good thing with a 17 rear wing but it might work for you mate...

Edit- that is basically the same set with a few tweaks mate just to make it more stable, I thought there was no point starting from fresh when that was good to start...
 
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yeah i just ran a 1.05.8 with 16g of fuel on but had a **** carousel and a ok t1, i never messed with the set i just put fuel in...

damn it sorry for the bad word, i dont even know what it was now sorry...
 
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The best I've managed so far is a 1.05.9. I'm stuck in division 3 though and so far the people in my session are running 1.08s...
 
I hate limited lap qualifying, clipped the grass at the exit of the last corner on my first lap and then spun at the first corner of the second lap, no q time and god knows if I'll be able to race now, knew that would happen :p
 
1.05.8 I managed a 1.05.5 in practice but I messed up my Q run.

Yeah my road ratings suck to be honest. Need to work on it...
 
1.05.2 i did.. i wrecked on the carousel on my 2nd lap, i took my outlap really slow tho...

glad it let me do quali after getting dq..

josh you will have boat loads of fun making your way through the pack, no sr or ir to worry about either...
 
yep never went well for me either..

i was annoyed right off the bat as i was in the lower split of div 1 cos of my IR so there wasnt anybody i knew i there after practicing with the boys all night, not even 1 english driver...

was in 4th and 1st spun on the last turn putting me off and i hit the wall and got wheel damage,so then i was in stone dead last tried to catch, i got on the back of the pack but the wheel damage was too much and i lost it on the esse's and i just rage quit it...
 
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Surprised I lasted so long, first 13 laps were good, then I hit the tyres on the exit of the last corner, amusingly that only dropped me 2 spots, which I soon regained as others rage quit, even could've gained 3rd if I'd just continued lapping for ~3 more laps, but I was pushing hard and lost it in the last corner and hit the pit entrance.

I hate the last corner. :p
 
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