iRacing after 2+ years

[Redacted01]

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I've raced a couple of times since last year and I'm still in love with the mx5 rookie races. Are there higher level Mazda races? Also, they didn't always have rookie F1 did they?

There's an advanced Mazda series that requires a C license.

[canes21]

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There's an advanced Mazda series that requires a C license.

That's right. I haven't looked at all of the series since coming back and totally forgot about it.

[Matty86]

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I'm saving up for an Obutto OZone. I built a pc to race with and have the pedals and wheel but I can't find a comfortable way to race, so I'm just going to go all in and buy a rig.

[Matty86]

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Guess I killed the thread... lol

I bought an oZone, got it home and set up, and my brake pedal doesn't work anymore. Waiting for Fanatec to send me a new board for it. Just my luck..

[jct32]

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Congrats on the oZone. What pedals do you have?

Anyways for me I recently got my Oculus Rift and I have been using that exclusively in sim since the new update. I did some Indy Oval in week one and I hated how bad the racing was sometimes in my splits and how easily the cars got damaged.

I switched over to the GT3 series in the Mercedes and I am loving it. I just finished second in a race (I was the #7 car) and I just barely lost and it was because I had a better fuel strategy than the guy in the lead, he ran out but had enough of a lead to hold me off. I believe he won by 0.4 seconds. All of that was in the baseline setup too. So I am having a great time and I know there is room for improvement as well.

Hope iRacing is going well for everyone else.

[Matty86]

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Congrats on the oZone. What pedals do you have?

Anyways for me I recently got my Oculus Rift and I have been using that exclusively in sim since the new update. I did some Indy Oval in week one and I hated how bad the racing was sometimes in my splits and how easily the cars got damaged.

I switched over to the GT3 series in the Mercedes and I am loving it. I just finished second in a race (I was the #7 car) and I just barely lost and it was because I had a better fuel strategy than the guy in the lead, he ran out but had enough of a lead to hold me off. I believe he won by 0.4 seconds. All of that was in the baseline setup too. So I am having a great time and I know there is room for improvement as well.

Hope iRacing is going well for everyone else.

My pedals are CSR Elites. Part shipped and should be here by next Thursday. Hooked up my old DFGT pedals to use in the mean time. I'm trying to get my monitors angled correctly and set the pedal plate so it's comfortable, haven't perfected either yet.. lol

[Chaos81]

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Installed iRacing today for the first time in forever. Need to get my wheel and pedals hooked up at some point.


James, I happened to get online when you were sitting in the pits during the NiS race today. What'd you do in the pits to mess up the car?

[Chaos81]

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Hooked up my DFGT last night and ran a few laps in various cars. Needless to say I'm pretty rusty, but hey, it's fun slamming into walls over and over again.

[Redacted01]

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Hooked up my DFGT last night and ran a few laps in various cars. Needless to say I'm pretty rusty, but hey, it's fun slamming into walls over and over again.

I'm still doing that. Dreading New Hampshire when I'm sure I'll be back to the same problems I had last year. Some tracks click for me and others, not so much. And the ones that do work, I wind up getting caught up in something I had no business being involved in.

[jct32]

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I ran an A Open race today and all 64 laps were green. I finished 3rd. It wasn't SOF to write home about but my iRating is now just over 1800.

[taylor34]

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Guess I killed the thread... lol

I bought an oZone, got it home and set up, and my brake pedal doesn't work anymore. Waiting for Fanatec to send me a new board for it. Just my luck..

I had one for a while for iracing and other gaming, I liked it for racing but it gets pretty uncomfortable after a long session. Needs a better seat. Also not meant for tall people that much. Ended up selling mine.

[superjames1992]

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I haven't raced a lot lately. I need to get back into this, but my motivation has been sapped for some reason over the last month or two. I thought moving would lead to me racing more (and I did so initially), but instead I seem content to crash on the couch after work, etc.

Maybe I will race this weekend!

[Redacted01]

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I feel a lot better about NH than I did when I considered it last year. Kentucky went great. Started 4th and finished 6th and the setup thread I used on the forum has a real nice and stable setup. May not be quick but I feel like I can drive it no matter the tire wear. Just a matter of who else is around me.

In a truck race yesterday after I got caught speeding, I went from 9th to 6th in two laps, got sideswiped by a truck and had to start all the way over, then went from 9th to 6th in four laps and eventually got to fourth eight laps later. I can wheel it around here if I have to. This track is like Pocono for me. Not that exciting to watch, but pretty dang fun to drive.

[Chaos81]

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I thought moving would lead to me racing more (and I did so initially), but instead I seem content to crash on the couch after work, etc.

I know that feeling. The last few weeks I've felt like running a few races, but once I get home I never feel like setting my wheel up.

This track is like Pocono for me. Not that exciting to watch, but pretty dang fun to drive.

I've always loved driving the flat tracks. Maybe it's because you actually have to use your brakes a little bit, but they're definitely more enjoyable to race on.

[Redacted01]

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Finished 6th again so I'd consider New Hampshire a success! Maybe another flat track in Indy will yield the same result.