iRacing

nutsnut · 23 Sep 2013 at 16:49

i just realised mine was capped to 84 (default Iracing settings) just uncapped it and now running in the high 200's. Is it trial and error or is there a sweet spot for this game?

johny dolan · 23 Sep 2013 at 18:33

Capped keeps temps down so if your ok at 200 try it capped at 120 should feel the same but your card will run cooler.

nutsnut · 23 Sep 2013 at 19:55

Cheers, it felt fine at 84 tbh, but i an new to Iracing, will try it at 120 tonight and report back.

johny dolan · 23 Sep 2013 at 21:25

if you don't notice any difference between 84 and 120 then cap it back at 84 and have cooler GPU.

PLazarou · 25 Sep 2013 at 18:17

120fps should look smoother than 84fps, assuming you have either a 60Hz or 120Hz monitor, because it syncs perfectly with refresh rate. Because of this, 60fps also looks smoother than 84fps to me.

Apparently 84fps is ideal for avoiding tearing, but it just looks choppy as hell to my eyes.

deko · 25 Sep 2013 at 19:01

For some reason I settled on 124fps. It's probably placebo, but 120 gave me some tearing and jitter, whereas 124 is butter smooth.

GodAtum · 6 Oct 2013 at 23:14

Not sure whether to sign up. What are the race times? Are they suitable for UK evening and weekends? it seems very US oreiented?

chrismox · 6 Oct 2013 at 23:23

Depending on the series, they are every hour or every 2 hours, 24 hours a day. They will be more populated at different times of the day and different days of the week.

I am fairly new so can only comment on the lower series, but most of them seem popular enough to get a good race.

There are always relatively cheap trials on offer, take advantage and see how you get on. I resisted for a long time due to what I saw as high costs, now I'm a fan.

GodAtum · 6 Oct 2013 at 23:58

what is the f1 support like? also can i do le mans 24 hr?

MagicBoy · 7 Oct 2013 at 00:10

http://www.iracing.com/cars-and-tracks/

Off the top of my head :
There's a Williams F1 car from about 5 years ago. Spa and Silverstone are the only current tracls.
No Le Mans track. Couple of GT cars, plus one lower class prototype.

barmyllama · 7 Oct 2013 at 00:28

Montreal, Suzuka and Interlagos are also available and on the current F1 calendar.

Plus you need an A licence to drive in official races in the F1 car.

GodAtum · 7 Oct 2013 at 00:34

Thanks. How about 24 hour races?

Jaynos · 7 Oct 2013 at 01:27

no 24 hours at the moment, they are in the process of developing and releasing team racing which will include driver swaps for endurance racing.

nutsnut · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:50

Got out of rookie road, only just started my second season so missed the first week.

Marshstyles · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:59

Had a couple of races for the first time in about a month. Radical around Road America. First race I was making my way through the field then someone dived bombed me from 3 car lengths back going into T1 :rolleyes:

Second race was going really well until 3 laps to go. I had a bit of a moment on the last turn and lost 3 places ending up 6th

Good to be back!

chrismox · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:13

I'm still thinking of getting involved with the Radical, do you find the races are well-populated?

Marshstyles · 8 Oct 2013 at 21:05

chrismox said:
I'm still thinking of getting involved with the Radical, do you find the races are well-populated?

It is still pretty active. All but one this week was an official race at UK prime time slots (1845 and 2045). At the weekend you'll get races from 1245.

Have to see what happens when the clocks go back.

Catanonia · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:02

Had a few good races over the last few days I have been back. Had a couple of podiums

Still love legends, nice tight fun racing.

MikeTheNative · 14 Oct 2013 at 14:50

I'm definitely going to give this a try when I get my steering wheel, the Cadillac promo seems to be still going but do you need a US address? Also I'm unsure what steering wheel to get, shall I get a G27 or a Fanatec?

barmyllama · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:17

MikeTheNative said:
I'm definitely going to give this a try when I get my steering wheel, the Cadillac promo seems to be still going but do you need a US address? Also I'm unsure what steering wheel to get, shall I get a G27 or a Fanatec?

Yes you need a US address.

As for which wheel to buy all depends on your maximum budget.

I believe that Logitech are re-launching the G27, so it maybe worth looking into that.