iRacing (PC)

Thought it was about time we made this thread as Darren has also now joined the iRacing world!

I pay for iRacing monthly at $7 a month plus $1.50 tax.

Ive been racing for a few months now and I have a Rookie Oval License and a Class D Road License. To start off in iRacing you have a few free cars and tracks and every week the tracks change for example in the Mazda cup you could be racing at Lime Rock for a week then it'll change to another track. The 1st few championships are stock stocking but as you climb up the ladder you have to start tuning, and it can be a right pain!

The best way to get better licenses is to race as clean as you can as there is a safety rating (known as SR). The rating is basiced on incidents on track for example If i have a spin its 1SR, if I hit a wall its 2SR, If I hit another driver its 4SR. the limit of SR's you can get is 16 if you get to 17SR in a race, you will be parked and will lose alot of points on your License!

You dont have to win races to move up, just race clean and you'll move up quickly, the only down side is you have to start paying for more cars and tracks. ($14 a track, $11 a car) Theres like 25 odd tracks and alot of cars too!

Im planning on making a Ax4x league on iRacing if more drivers join, itll be great fun as I can turn off the SR system for a league!

Just had a race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Legends Oval track in street stock cars! Crazy crazy race, I was the only non American in the race and out of 18 cars came home 5th! very pleased   

Can't run iRacing on a laptop and no wheel, either.   

You up for a race around Summit Point in the legends at some point tonight? I've got more used to the car round that track. I'm still getting used to iRacing and my new wheel though. My PB so far is a 1:29.1

my best is a 1.27.9 ive shared my setup.

Disqualified for going off track too much

I got 3rd!

Mate when you get to the screen that says warm up, go to garage then shared setups and mine should be there.

I looked there but I couldn't find it

try now mate

Still nothing. Will it be because I'm in a test session?

yeah probz, try it when it loads for the race, lets hope we're in the same race!

I'll try not to get disqualified this time

Ive managed a 1.26.1xx now, did you get the setup?

I use auto clutch with the padel shifters. I also have auto blip turned on when down changing.

When does the new season start?

Not a fan of subscription based games.

Should be on Tuesday, Im going to move up to class C so really looking forward to that!

The site keeps going down just as a Mazda race is about to start   

What wheels or controllers do you guys use? I've been holding out on PC Racing because it's impossible to be quick using just a keyboard. I was waiting to see what Fanatec are doing for the Xbox One, so I could get 1 wheel that works for both instead of buying 2 separate wheels.

Kilroy8 wrote:What wheels or controllers do you guys use? I've been holding out on PC Racing because it's impossible to be quick using just a keyboard. I was waiting to see what Fanatec are doing for the Xbox One, so I could get 1 wheel that works for both instead of buying 2 separate wheels.

I've got the Fanatec CSR wheel with the elite pedals, the shifter and the stand.

Soooo close to getting my first win!

Going to look at getting a TORA iRacing championship going, thinking a stock MX5 championship with the free tracks, just need to look into it with more detail

My oval career has been interesting so far...

once I finally get back on I'm 100% getting the DW12!

I'm really enjoying oval racing a lot more than I thought actually. One more race and I'll have my D class license. Hoping to get to the NASCAR series eventually for oval and Star Mazda for road.

Id love to race with you in the NASCARs mate