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I'm really hoping that AC does have a career mode, I tried it recently and it feels like a better GT5 which is something that would be great to have on the PC.
 
The rest of you guys should come run Grand am and GT racing with me Mark and Liam. Great car, thats easy to drive and brings a smile to the face when on the limit. Sounds bloody lovely to boot. I no some of you run it UKI tuesday night racing. Would be great to see a train of OCUKers our 3 man trains a bit small at the mo.
 
Just ran 15 laps of Brands Hatch, managed a 1:26.6 with an opt of 1:26.2. I'm pretty sure I can get into the 25's by the time the Grand AM series races there next week.

Mind you that was with less than half race fuel.
 
I might try and get into some practice sessions with you lot at some point, never seem to have time for any more sim racing though, now I'm up to Thur, Fri and Sat 6-9:30 or later and Sun 12-4 ish, add in 2 nights a week out elsewhere and that doesn't leave much time for anything else :p
 
When do you guys change up a gear? Is it when the red indicator in the mx5 is about to top out or before it even lights up to red?

Also does taking fuel out help lap times in the mx5 races or can you not adjust the starting fuel in the mx5 series?

I simply cannot see how to get under 1.48 around laguba
 
OMFG I might as well just put my SR to 0 already. It's just really really silly how one wheel off can mark you down and that other cars hitting you marks you down. SR is down to 2.35. Really frustrating.

I can do lap after lap and not do too many offs in a time trial but this is silly. What's the best way to get it up safely?

What steering angle is best to use? I have mine set to 540 at the moment.


In the MX5 I let it almost redline then flick up a gear. I've been using the following guide for the track and car:

 
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Really a 1x is at least half of the car off the track, so basically further than the center line of the car off. Of course, some tracks are really draconian with them, an average F1 lap at Spa in real life would give a good 3 or 4 1x penalties. SR does work itself out, I really wouldn't worry about it. Driving deliberately for SR usually results in losing more, just drive normally, it will average out.

For steering, set both iRacing and the wheel to 900 and leave it at that, iRacing will then automatically give you the correct range for each car.
 
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OMFG I might as well just put my SR to 0 already. It's just really really silly how one wheel off can mark you down and that other cars hitting you marks you down. SR is down to 2.35. Really frustrating.

I can do lap after lap and not do too many offs in a time trial but this is silly. What's the best way to get it up safely?

What steering angle is best to use? I have mine set to 540 at the moment.


In the MX5 I let it almost redline then flick up a gear. I've been using the following guide for the track and car:
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Hi no need to get frustrated with rookie, its easy to get out of banger racing. :D When Murry and Totality joined a few weeks back myself and a few other guys wrote some solid info of how to drive the MX5, get out of rookie the ins and outs of Iracing, plus a shed load of info that you probley don't know about I-racing and is valuable to know as you start off. It was about end of March start of April we posted the info. if you go back a few pages I'm sure you will find it. I'd recommend you read that section of the thread...

A quick guide, start from the pits don't try and race in rookie, the first rule of rookie "This is not a race". Treat everyone around you as homing missiles. Your going to be racing in the lowest splits with the worst set of drivers Iracing can throw at you. Treat them as know better than codemasters AI models.

They will do crazy things that will just leave you speechless. But if you stick to starting from the pits. Steer clear of trouble, treat the RACE as a track day event. Ie no real overtaking and no contact whats so ever and just do a handleful of races that way your be D class within a week If you are good enough. Then you can enjoy Iracing. "Its a way of weeding out the weak"
I drop into the odd rookie race just to laugh at the madness.

Your soon get class D licence an I-rating and the ability to race in the top splits with people who can actually drive if you treat rookie as what it is, just a place to learn how to handle the car and build race craft.

Personally I'd get my advance rookie and go race the InNews Racing Cup asap that allows the MX5 its a full 12 week series (you can race as much or as little as you want.)The series use the free tracks/base content so wont cost you a penny. I still race this cup myself its brillant side by side racing at the front in the top splits.

The video/youtube link
No good to you its from 2011 its two years old it wont teach you a think about driving the mx5 other than "be smooth and small inputs" the MX5 was on the old tire model then and the gears have also changed plus other little tweaks to suspension "Fixed Setup" etc. It handles completely different now, more realistic imo great little car to drive.

The info he gives you about the track is useful. But the breaking zones grip and handling of the car is different now. Example if I entered the Left hand fast turn its about T7 the turn that leads to the hill and runs up to the Corkscrew. Driving the 2013 season 2 MX5 Roadster the way he does. I'd be in a full body cast for 6 months.

SR
Though not perfect its the best solution to the problem of not dieing or getting hurt when sim racing. You may curse it now but if you are 2.35 then the system is correct you are not a safe driver yet. We all get the odd x1 here and there. Wait till SPA:p Or Suzuka Deggars 1-2 if you are not already grey you soon will be, most other tracks it only hits you when you make a mistake.

I think most of us agree if there was a vote remove SR not a single one of us would want it removing. Its hard to play other racing games now without a similar system.

If you are getting 1x most the time its becomes you have took all four wheels off the grey stuff the curbs don't count as the track. 95% of 1x's you have run wide or have turned in to early. Going out of bounds or cutting way to much of the inside curbs or running off what is considered the track. 1x's

When you get good at I-racing you will be proud of finishing a race with 0incs.
Also if you are racing Laguna Seca In the Roadster its bit of a tricky combination. So expect the odd 1x. Don't worry about them. I only start to worry if its happening every single lap, if it is then Im not running the optimal line for the bend.

Your wheel
900 degree in the wheel software mate. Iracing will use a 1;1 ratio then between your wheel and the ingame wheel.
 
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Totality said:
When do you guys change up a gear? Is it when the red indicator in the mx5 is about to top out or before it even lights up to red?

Also does taking fuel out help lap times in the mx5 races or can you not adjust the starting fuel in the mx5 series?

I simply cannot see how to get under 1.48 around laguba
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Not sure about the cup but in the roadster i change just after the first red light as come on majority of the time, I drive her with an H shifter so the time it takes me to move my hand from wheel then engage the next gear is done before it hits the limiter. I sometimes go slightly early or late there's not much in it. The peak power is around the green light area. Using the 5 speed box in the roadster if im tailing someone in there draft Ill change before the 2nd red light is even close to coming on to help me get the pass done.

You don't need to scream the hell out of her. Sometimes you may want to run the full length of the gear on a hill for example ill change as late as possible.

If that makes sense.

Fuel the odd gallon here and there wont make a huge difference. But every bit of weight will effect, acceleration, top speed, braking times, tire wear, and handling. Run as much as you need +1 gallon to be safe no more in sprint races.

Just going to look at my Laguna time now not sure what your 1:48 time means

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According to Iracing my best time in the MX5 Roadster at Laguna is a 1:43.432 with the FIXED SETUP.

If your 1:48 is right then hit me up I should be able to help you find at least a second or 4.

A guess at where you are going wrong. Braking to late to hard, taking to much speed into the bend and not enough out. Plus a host of other things that will be unbalancing the MX5 as you push her to your limit. You just have to be smooth and not loose speed, as little steering as possible. No stamping the Throttle, roll it on and off, braking very smoothly and no more than a quarter of what the brake as in it. Unless it a hairpin after a very long straight you just dab her.

Lagunas a bugger :D But I do find it fun in the MX5
 
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Thanks Spills. Yep 1:48 is correct. When I started a few weeks back I was averaging 2:00 so its down when I thought I couldn't get faster than 2min which is good, but having never played GT5 or raced with a wheel before some pointers would be great as I'm not sure how to get the full potential.

I apply hard brake at the last minute and turn in hard before applying throttle coming out. Maybe I need to brake softer and earlier to keep throttle high as soon as you turn in? Maybe the hard braking takes too much time off.
 
Yes and know obviosuly you want to brake as late as possible, but never to late, as this will make you miss the apex, which will result in you braking more, or running wide meaning your going to have to turn the steering more, which will make the front tires scream, which will make the car run even wider meaning you need to turn the steering even more.......... If you are hitting the brakes to hard you will also make the Mx5 dive upsetting the balance of the car as it enters the bend, you want it as flat as possible as this is the optimal ride height of the car. keep her has flat as possible

Braking early will always be faster and better for the car and poor tires if you brake a smidge early, compared to if your braking to late. This will allow you to get onto the power much earlier. Gaining you much more speed down the next straight.

The way to drive the MX5 is to use the rotation that happens when you lift off the throttle and brake to help get the car turned in has you apex roll back on the throttle which will inturn replant the back end and stop her from coming out on you. Also use every last inch of track and then take another couple of inches, ill run some laps with you when your next on and see where you are loosing all those seconds.

Trust me Laguna is a bugger to drive its not about going fast there its about staying on the road. The one bend almost kills me every single lap I do there, scares the hell out of me every time I drive it.
 
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Cheers. Which time zone are you in? Are you in UK but just on a night shift or something? I'm on NZ time after emigrating here!

Ill watch some videos in the driving school and see of they help at all. Could be interesting!
 
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I'm on NZ time after emigrating here!
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Congratulations. There's only one place I'd consider moving to, and that's NZ.

I won't add to what's already been said, but you need to remember at all times that unless you're on an Aussie serve (which will be quite rare) your ping will be horrible and so you can't trust what you see on the track. Always leave a little more space than you'd expect, especially later when you're in faster cars, otherwise you risk a 'phantom contact' (on the replay -- which only records the world as your PC sees it, not as the server sees it -- you'll see a foot or two between the cars but the netcode thinks you were touching each other, causing a crash).

Good luck.

Andrew McP... in the UK, but living on NZ time
 
Had a fun race around Brands Hatch last night although it was pretty much only me and Lee left in the class at the end, was around 5 seconds behind him pretty much the whole race until he ran out of fuel on the last lap and I had to push him across the line :p Good fun.
 
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Congratulations. There's only one place I'd consider moving to, and that's NZ.

Good luck.

Andrew McP... in the UK, but living on NZ time
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Haha its OK here but cold and wet at the moment as its coming into winter :(

I've been given a load of iRacing dollars by various people so shall be spending them at the weekend. Going to get the Carburetor Cup tracks (already have the car as I actually like oval racing - the shame - and its all yanks on during the day here). Also going to pad out the best of the tracks left in the Skippy series. That should see me through to the end of season 2. Not bothered about racing C class this season as just want to have fun with the Rookie and D's for a while. I could probably just stick with the MX5 and Stock Cars for the rest of the season, but like to mix it up with the skippy and Chevy SS on some days to not get bored.

I didn't realise just how many tracks there were though! What do people recommend out of the remaining Skippy tracks for this season? I am planning on getting 4-5 of them which covers all the remaining ones anyway, but I would rather not trump up the cash if the track is a known bad one! The Philip Island track is proving unpopular looking at the race results (not many splits if any at all) and the V8 race this season has already raced on it so I'm passing on that one. Just want to know which are the popular tracks that are left as I have no idea!
 
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