Yeah Grim he was a lot faster out of the corksrew.
Its very hard there as you HAVE TO trailbrake to stop the rear end snapping forward.
Then again the whole sim is incredibly tough but thats the attraction for me
I finished 3rd which im happy with,your SR [Safety Rating] is a big part of iracing, if you make contact with someone else or go off the track even a few inches you are given incident points against you.
Your SR is the only way to progress up the different classes, im class C now and ready for promotion to class B in 6 weeks.
You then have Irating which is how fast you are, this slots you in your division for the series im only division 8 of 12 divisions but i reckon my current iRating will get me to division 5 or 6 next season [each season lasts 12 weeks]
You usually end up racing guys with similar irating so therefore of similar skill level.
I got to race Dale Earnhardt jr a few weeks back in the nascar series.
Theres quite a few real life professional racers the race regularly.
Theres a few comments about it from some professionals here
http://www.iracing.com/testimonials/index.phpI know Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve are members too, ive never come across them though.
You have to register with your real name as its the name on the credit card you pay your subs with that is your racing and forum name.
Its quite mad seeing posts on the members forums from guys like Dale Earnhardt etc.
Heres some slick videos of iracing in action.
Im subscribing 7 months now and i just cant get enough of it.
Races are schedueled really well.
For example the formula mazda races i race in are every 2 hours at odd hours, 5,7,9,11 pm etc
Then other series are differing times ,the late model is 15 past the hour even hours - 2:15 4:15 etc
Same for other series, its really well done with qualifying sessions in between with open practice servers round the clock.
No Ai in this sim , just mano mano as they say
Grim you still have your G25?
Reason i ask is there is no official free trial on iracing.com itself but at the radical sportscar official website you can get a free trial if you wish.
You get a months trial with the basic package [see below ] but you also get the radical sportscar as part of this special offer trial, trust me that thing is awesome.
Heres link to radical site
http://www.radicalsportscars.com/racing/virtual-racing your greeted with a nice Radical video of Silverstone in iRacing.
Heres what you get for the months trial along with the radical offer.
Subscription Packages
One-month, Three-month, Six-month and Yearly packages are available. Packages include all cars and tracks necessary to compete in the Rookie and Advanced Rookie Oval series and the Rookie and Advanced Rookie Road Racing series. All packages also include an iRacing credit of up to $60 (depending on length of subscription) that can be used at your next renewal, or at any time towards the purchase of additional cars and tracks.
Cars
Pontiac Solstice
Legends
Tracks
Lanier National Speedway
Lime Rock Park
Oxford Plains Speedway
Summit Point Raceway
South Boston Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca