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Coopz · 27th March 2012, 10:31 AM

Well that was the least fun race at Spa I've ever had, x4ed by a retard T1 (who then causes a pileup a few corners later). Rear ended again lap 3 by a spinner, have to go off track twice to avoid the erratic behaviour of the cars in front, spun twice at Eau' Rouge but avoided the walls, and just had loads of X1's.. 17 in total.. ouch.

Rainey · 27th March 2012, 1:00 PM

Coopz, I also had a not very fun race last night in the V8's at Suzuka.

2nd lap, still keeping my nose clean in the pack... come out of the hairpin up the inside of a guy who goes very wide and slow, sticking to the far left but he throttles up, loses the rear and plows into me, spining me 180 degrees on the spot. I have severe steering damage and he drives off with nothing wrong. I press on to the pits, 2mins for repairs.. last place and 2 laps down... Why am I always the innocent party but with the most severe damage!!! Grrr.

Fought back to get to 21st of 23 cars.

Optimus. · 27th March 2012, 1:29 PM

-2.2 SR this weekend. And 250 iRating. Go me, woo!

I'm a bloody magnet for other cars. Have a nice indicative replay I'll put on youtube of a car spinning of to the right then inexplicably jackknifing left just as I'm going past.

Don't think I'll try and run 5 series in a season again, it's a bit draining on the weekends! I make up in the week what I lose on the weekends.

Thinking Skips and V8s next season (assuming V8s are on NTM).

marty_s13 · 27th March 2012, 2:44 PM

Two seems to be working well for me while working full time. Just do qualifying during the week and a couple of races each on weekend. I spectated a skippy race you did for the last 4 laps I think, you came 4th or 3rd? Looked like you did a good job. Almost lost it a couple of times! Haha

I too had a couple of pretty successful races in the skip in the weekend. You can't really pass easily at road Atlanta so I just wait and hope people spin (which they usually do). Finished 2nd and 4th I think.

Optimus. · 27th March 2012, 2:57 PM

For sure! The Skippy at Road Atlanata short is one of the best combos in iRacing.

Was thinking, maybe we could try and organise some kind of training session in which we could receive instruction/advice from the quicks. Could set up a hosted session with lots of cars and get some guys to spectate and communicate via ventrillo or some external voice server.

Who are our aliens? Care to help?

poguemahone · 27th March 2012, 11:25 PM

Want to know the next car signed for iRacing? Follow Steve Myers on twitter.

https://twitter.com/#!/iracingmyers

Need about 150 more followers for the next clue.

So glad it's not Vauxhall.

HouseChampion · 27th March 2012, 11:58 PM

How do u know it's not Vauxhall?

EDIT: twitter update i see... so pumped if it's a RUF

poguemahone · 28th March 2012, 12:06 AM

He just tweeted that it isn't.

Clues so far:

1) Not from USA

2) First 'significant' car was released in 75 but had been around much longer.

HouseChampion · 28th March 2012, 12:54 AM

Random question: In mixed-class racing, when signing up for a race is there any way to see how many of each car has signed up?

poguemahone · 28th March 2012, 1:18 AM

Go into dashboard and hover over the #reg column. It'll show the cars in each class.

I think RUF might just be wishful thinking, it fits the clues but they don't do race cars afaik. Guess there is a first time for everything. SEAT fits the clues too and they have mentioned BTCC recently, the badass tag doesn't really fit, though.

marty_s13 · 28th March 2012, 1:21 AM

Could be many things. Whatever it is I hope it's not a GT style car. Getting a bit sick of those. Maybe Aston Martin?

Doesn't have to be a "race car" just a performance car really.

poguemahone · 28th March 2012, 1:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marty_s13

Doesn't have to be a "race car" just a performance car really.

iRacing only seem to do race cars, though.

Aston had plenty of significant cars pre-1975 to rule it out.

Not getting my hopes up for anything.

r8response · 28th March 2012, 7:30 AM

It's RUF

Coopz · 28th March 2012, 8:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HouseChampion

Random question: In mixed-class racing, when signing up for a race is there any way to see how many of each car has signed up?

Sadly no....

Lincoln_blitz · 28th March 2012, 9:21 AM

Interesting how they are scanning the RWD version but the standard RUF RT12R is a 4WD but is available as a RWD option.

Given it runs semi-slicks any thoughts on where it will fit speed/laptime-wise? Bit heavier than the Ford GT3 but a fair bit more power/torque.

27th March 2012, 10:31 AM	#7096
Coopz Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sector 7G Posts: 9,907	Well that was the least fun race at Spa I've ever had, x4ed by a retard T1 (who then causes a pileup a few corners later). Rear ended again lap 3 by a spinner, have to go off track twice to avoid the erratic behaviour of the cars in front, spun twice at Eau' Rouge but avoided the walls, and just had loads of X1's.. 17 in total.. ouch. __________________ Q9400 @ 3.7ghz, ati6890, 8gb DDr2, Win 3.1

27th March 2012, 1:00 PM	#7097
Rainey Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hobart, Tasmania Posts: 2,372	Coopz, I also had a not very fun race last night in the V8's at Suzuka. 2nd lap, still keeping my nose clean in the pack... come out of the hairpin up the inside of a guy who goes very wide and slow, sticking to the far left but he throttles up, loses the rear and plows into me, spining me 180 degrees on the spot. I have severe steering damage and he drives off with nothing wrong. I press on to the pits, 2mins for repairs.. last place and 2 laps down... Why am I always the innocent party but with the most severe damage!!! Grrr. Fought back to get to 21st of 23 cars. __________________ '99 Subaru Impreza WRX, '85 Mitsubishi Starion JB, '02 Honda XR250 Align T-Rex 450 Sport Super combo HTC HD2 HyperDroid-CM7-v3.0.1[a2sd+] Desktop ASUS Maximus V Formula, Intel Core i7 3770K, Thermaltake Water 2.0 Cooling, Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2gb, 16gb G.Skill Trident 2400 16gb (2x8gb), Intel 520 Series 120gb SSD

27th March 2012, 11:58 PM	#7102
HouseChampion Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 1,779	How do u know it's not Vauxhall? EDIT: twitter update i see... so pumped if it's a RUF __________________ For sale: TH8RS shifter & G27 Wheel w/ shifter - pm me if interested. Also have a white iRacing shirt - size L (brand new as it's wrong size). i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz - Radeon 6950 - 3x BenQ G2420HD - Fanatec CSW - G27 Pedals + Perfect Pedal/Bodnar Cable - Derek Speare Pro Sequential + Track Boss - SimVibe + 4x Bass Shaker - M-SPEC Shift Light Last edited by HouseChampion; 28th March 2012 at 12:11 AM.

28th March 2012, 12:54 AM	#7104
HouseChampion Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 1,779	Random question: In mixed-class racing, when signing up for a race is there any way to see how many of each car has signed up? __________________ For sale: TH8RS shifter & G27 Wheel w/ shifter - pm me if interested. Also have a white iRacing shirt - size L (brand new as it's wrong size). i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz - Radeon 6950 - 3x BenQ G2420HD - Fanatec CSW - G27 Pedals + Perfect Pedal/Bodnar Cable - Derek Speare Pro Sequential + Track Boss - SimVibe + 4x Bass Shaker - M-SPEC Shift Light

27th March 2012, 1:29 PM	#7098
Optimus. Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,074	-2.2 SR this weekend. And 250 iRating. Go me, woo! I'm a bloody magnet for other cars. Have a nice indicative replay I'll put on youtube of a car spinning of to the right then inexplicably jackknifing left just as I'm going past. Don't think I'll try and run 5 series in a season again, it's a bit draining on the weekends! I make up in the week what I lose on the weekends. Thinking Skips and V8s next season (assuming V8s are on NTM).

27th March 2012, 2:44 PM	#7099
marty_s13 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2,833	Two seems to be working well for me while working full time. Just do qualifying during the week and a couple of races each on weekend. I spectated a skippy race you did for the last 4 laps I think, you came 4th or 3rd? Looked like you did a good job. Almost lost it a couple of times! Haha I too had a couple of pretty successful races in the skip in the weekend. You can't really pass easily at road Atlanta so I just wait and hope people spin (which they usually do). Finished 2nd and 4th I think.

27th March 2012, 2:57 PM	#7100
Optimus. Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,074	For sure! The Skippy at Road Atlanata short is one of the best combos in iRacing. Was thinking, maybe we could try and organise some kind of training session in which we could receive instruction/advice from the quicks. Could set up a hosted session with lots of cars and get some guys to spectate and communicate via ventrillo or some external voice server. Who are our aliens? Care to help?

27th March 2012, 11:25 PM	#7101
poguemahone Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,276	Want to know the next car signed for iRacing? Follow Steve Myers on twitter. https://twitter.com/#!/iracingmyers Need about 150 more followers for the next clue. So glad it's not Vauxhall.

28th March 2012, 12:06 AM	#7103
poguemahone Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,276	He just tweeted that it isn't. Clues so far: 1) Not from USA 2) First 'significant' car was released in 75 but had been around much longer.

28th March 2012, 1:18 AM	#7105
poguemahone Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,276	Go into dashboard and hover over the #reg column. It'll show the cars in each class. I think RUF might just be wishful thinking, it fits the clues but they don't do race cars afaik. Guess there is a first time for everything. SEAT fits the clues too and they have mentioned BTCC recently, the badass tag doesn't really fit, though.

28th March 2012, 1:21 AM	#7106
marty_s13 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2,833	Could be many things. Whatever it is I hope it's not a GT style car. Getting a bit sick of those. Maybe Aston Martin? Doesn't have to be a "race car" just a performance car really.

28th March 2012, 7:30 AM	#7108
r8response Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 4,220	It's RUF

28th March 2012, 9:21 AM	#7110
Lincoln_blitz Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Melbourne, 3058 Posts: 721	Interesting how they are scanning the RWD version but the standard RUF RT12R is a 4WD but is available as a RWD option. Given it runs semi-slicks any thoughts on where it will fit speed/laptime-wise? Bit heavier than the Ford GT3 but a fair bit more power/torque.