iRacing

[CudaMan]

The SR is (probably still) weighted towards staying in a number range, to avoid people oscillating between, say, 2.9 and 3.1, because SR determines which races you're eligible for and lots of people like to compete in the 11-12 week Championship seasons. So you end up jumping up like that sometimes.

[Tom Servo]

Re: Monday night band - having an organized time to get together would likely help me get back into the swing of things. I've felt pretty paralyzed by the whole thing for a while now, it'd be nice to race with friends again rather than people calling me various epithets.

[Rare White Ape]

It would tempt me to join but you guys live in a stupid time zone.

[Cam]

I'm pretty much hooked now. I like being able to get online any time and have a full field to race with. So far, most racers are respectful. I have my D license now and there is already a noticeable improvement in the quality of other racers. Although, I am going to have to start actually making setups. One race last night, I was four seconds a lap slower than a fellow racer in the same car on a track that took ~1:10 to get around.

[dodint]

I would renew for a regular hosted race with you folks. I actually still have the old 'Thursday Night iRacing' spreadsheet.

It won't have much use now, but for nostalgia's sake: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

It was last modified in 2012.

[dodint]

The existing member Black Friday renewal isn't very good this year, naturally. 25% off 1 year or 2 years. Traditionally it's been 50% off of a year.

[Cam]

Jerk wrecks me with amusing result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70sekdYCI0

In other news, I had a couple of good, clean, consistent road races tonight. My SR jumped to 4.5.

[Cam]

Does anyone know if using assists affects your iRating? I’ve been using the suggested line.

[dodint]

It shouldn't, it's not like Forza where you get degree of difficulty modifiers based on settings. It's a product of how well you place in a given field based on the fields strength. So if you win a race against a bunch of noobs it might not be as valuable as placing well in a field with high irating drivers.

A good rule of thumb is to always try and finish higher than your car number. The car number is effectively an irating ranking for that race.

[Cam]

That's a good tip, thanks.

Now I am in the quandary of being required to purchase more content to advance my license. I suppose I should have expected that.