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Day 2 of iRacing
And do I like it? No. First, the car you've to start with. Hearing the stories of other people I thought, it can't be THAT bad, can it? Well, it's worse. I've no fun what so ever driving that thing. My boat is more nimble than that! Second, the Incident system. I understand the concept, and it's seems nice in theory, but in practice it's no fun. I'm not racing, I'm trying to improve my rating. It's just like work, but I get paid for doing that! Third, the black flag. You get a Slow Down! warning after "cutting the track". Ok, not quite realistic, but it's a method to punish drivers I guess. But at some places, when you've someone close behind you, it's not that easy to slow down. The downhill part after the Cork Screw at Laguna Seca, for example. If you slow down there, the guy behind WILL hit you! So you gt black flagged. Very frustrating. Sometimes the Incident points system isn't logical. For example, when you're on an outlap during qualifying, It makes sense to drive on the grass to let someone on an hotlap go by. But with this system you don't, thus you're risking an accident, and you're ruining the other guys lap. I do miss the blue flags. Quite a few times I only saw a car AFTER it passed me. And I DO look quite often in my mirror! Maybe I should try to get out of the Solstice first before I decide to quit, but frankly, at the moment I've not the motivation to do so. Cheers! Remco |
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no@email (Remco Moedt) wrote:
> Maybe I should try to get out of the Solstice first before I > decide to quit, but frankly, at the moment I've not the motivation > to do so. I swear iRacing is the most frustrating experience *ever* created by software designers. And iRacing has definitely been designed rather than created... the signs of genetic modification are everywhere in the restrictive structure of the racing. The iRacing world if definitely split into those, like Pat, who see the Solstice as a rewarding challenge, and those like myself who see it as a poor advert for iRacing. And I do think that it's no help whatsoever for people like me to say 'the Skip Barber is wonderful' when iRacing is intent on putting people off right from the start. "Eat your sim-roughage, it's good for you!" they cry. All I can suggest is that you forget the Solstice for now and just test the Legends car at the same tracks. I find it a completely different animal; much more fun and a much better indicator of what's to come. As for the rest of your points... well, they mirror my own experience. All I can say is that this side of things, the 'training' gets less painful as you become more and more assimilated into the iRacing way of thinking. I do think it has its merits even though -- as you say -- it makes racing feel like work rather than pleasure. Most of all, remember you paid for this darned thing... you might as well get your money's worth out of it! :-) Andrew McP |
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"Remco Moedt" <no@email> wrote in message ... > > And do I like it? No. > > First, the car you've to start with. Hearing the stories of other > people I thought, it can't be THAT bad, can it? Well, it's worse. > I've no fun what so ever driving that thing. My boat is more nimble > than that! > > Second, the Incident system. I understand the concept, and it's seems > nice in theory, but in practice it's no fun. I'm not racing, I'm > trying to improve my rating. It's just like work, but I get paid for > doing that! > > Third, the black flag. You get a Slow Down! warning after "cutting the > track". Ok, not quite realistic, but it's a method to punish drivers I > guess. But at some places, when you've someone close behind you, it's > not that easy to slow down. The downhill part after the Cork Screw at > Laguna Seca, for example. If you slow down there, the guy behind WILL > hit you! So you gt black flagged. Very frustrating. > > Sometimes the Incident points system isn't logical. For example, when > you're on an outlap during qualifying, It makes sense to drive on the > grass to let someone on an hotlap go by. You would never do that in real life. |
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In my opinion, iRacing is going to have to allow people with a low ratting
to race any car and any track against others with a similar ratting. I'm only interested in racing the Radical. But I'm not interested in working through all the other stuff to get there. So I'm out. "Remco Moedt" <no@email> wrote in message ... > > And do I like it? No. > > First, the car you've to start with. Hearing the stories of other > people I thought, it can't be THAT bad, can it? Well, it's worse. > I've no fun what so ever driving that thing. My boat is more nimble > than that! > > Second, the Incident system. I understand the concept, and it's seems > nice in theory, but in practice it's no fun. I'm not racing, I'm > trying to improve my rating. It's just like work, but I get paid for > doing that! > > Third, the black flag. You get a Slow Down! warning after "cutting the > track". Ok, not quite realistic, but it's a method to punish drivers I > guess. But at some places, when you've someone close behind you, it's > not that easy to slow down. The downhill part after the Cork Screw at > Laguna Seca, for example. If you slow down there, the guy behind WILL > hit you! So you gt black flagged. Very frustrating. > > Sometimes the Incident points system isn't logical. For example, when > you're on an outlap during qualifying, It makes sense to drive on the > grass to let someone on an hotlap go by. But with this system you > don't, thus you're risking an accident, and you're ruining the other > guys lap. > > I do miss the blue flags. Quite a few times I only saw a car AFTER it > passed me. And I DO look quite often in my mirror! > > Maybe I should try to get out of the Solstice first before I decide to > quit, but frankly, at the moment I've not the motivation to do so. > > > Cheers! > > Remco > > > |
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"David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in
: > So I'm out. At least iRaciung is good at weeding out the rif-raf. |
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I actually think you are on to something here.
It makes more sense to me for the SR and iRating to work together to determine WHO you race with, not WHAT you race in. In other words, they should be used to determine your DIVISION, not your class. I understand what they are trying to do. I really do. I just don't know, in the long run, if it is sustainable. What happens when 90% or more of the racers are in Class A/B and a new driver signs into the service? Who is he going to race when there is no one left in the Rookie class TO race? iRacing is a bit slower in recognizing, acknowledging and correcting (i.e. the phantom 4x issue) than I would like, but they are generally pretty quick about fixing issues with the service/scoring/racing system. Hopefully they see this coming and have a plan worked out. -Larry "David Fisher's Left Testicle" <dfg.myass@aol> wrote in message ... > In my opinion, iRacing is going to have to allow people with a low ratting > to race any car and any track against others with a similar ratting. I'm > only interested in racing the Radical. But I'm not interested in working > through all the other stuff to get there. |
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