Rennlist iRacing thread
02-05-2014, 06:46 PM
#2926
Burning Brakes
It's random weather. It's like that so nobody can get an advantage by practicing and fine tuning a setup to the exact conditions that we will race in until the session starts. Times are a little harder to compare as we've seen this week when neither Tom nor I could get into the 1:46es, but now I see Tom ran a 1:45 in a different session.
02-05-2014, 11:11 PM
#2930
Burning Brakes
Rough night for me. Only 1 free lap in qualifying and I didn't get it done. Spun getting frustrated behind Justin and then just mental errors trying to make up time. Some lessons learned the hard way but still a lot cheaper than learning them at the track!
02-05-2014, 11:18 PM
#2931
Drifting
I spun it coming out of turn 1. No reason, just brain fart. I think it was because I knew Tony had damage and I had lots of time to reel him in so I eased up and started watching his bumper instead of the apexes. Agreed, a lesson I'm glad I can learn without bending real metal. It's a long drive back to the pits with a broken car, so I'm sorry for the guys I was in the way of.
02-05-2014, 11:20 PM
#2932
Burning Brakes
For me your initial pace was conservative but I couldn't find a safe place to pass so I was trying way too hard to get a run out of T1 and spun there too where I never have before. I certainly didn't expect you to get out of the way, I only had a couple tenths on you I think plus the draft.
02-05-2014, 11:22 PM
#2933
Burning Brakes
02-05-2014, 11:24 PM
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Sigh...rough night for me as well. Spent the whole practice session (unsuccessfully) trying to resolve my graphics issues, and didn't get to run any laps to learn the track. Then in the race, spun into the wall in that left-hander after entering the boot - twice. Decided to call it quits at that point. Maybe next week...
In the meantime, I still need to resolve the huge FPS drops I was having. Can anybody give me some graphics setting recommendations? Here's a screenshot of my PC's specs. I had all the options in-sim geared for 'max FPS', and both the graphics slider and RAM slider maxed out. Any help would be appreciated...when it drops to 40 FPS I pretty much become a hazard to other cars on track
In the meantime, I still need to resolve the huge FPS drops I was having. Can anybody give me some graphics setting recommendations? Here's a screenshot of my PC's specs. I had all the options in-sim geared for 'max FPS', and both the graphics slider and RAM slider maxed out. Any help would be appreciated...when it drops to 40 FPS I pretty much become a hazard to other cars on track
02-05-2014, 11:33 PM
#2936
Burning Brakes
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Well that was frustrating.
But some how in the race I did a 1.46.4 just over a half second better than my best time, probably because I have Jim chasing me during that time.
But some how in the race I did a 1.46.4 just over a half second better than my best time, probably because I have Jim chasing me during that time.
02-05-2014, 11:41 PM
#2937
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That was certainly a good learning experience... Overall, I need to calm down when I'm being pressured, but it was nice to be able to relax after those spin(s) and push to get back in the fray.
02-05-2014, 11:52 PM
#2938
Luke can you screen shot your iracing graphic setting page?
Also, in the advanced graphics options in windows make sure you have it set to performance. Some of those i7 PCs will turn on the internal GPU to save battery power. I believe that there is an nvidia control panel you need to use.
Also, in the advanced graphics options in windows make sure you have it set to performance. Some of those i7 PCs will turn on the internal GPU to save battery power. I believe that there is an nvidia control panel you need to use.
02-06-2014, 12:01 AM
#2939
Definitely a rough night, got rear ended in the first corner and somehow flipped? Waited my 2 minutes in the pits then could not move no throttle, had to re-set my wheel. there is always next week. 
02-06-2014, 12:21 AM
#2940
Spell Checker
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I had fun, but I was probably more conservative than I needed to be. I was in the sort of first "clump" of cars. I think my putting pressure on baddogz28 caused him to duff it, but that's racing. I got some really good video, including a serious "code brown" during the only good lap I had during qualifying where I had to buzz by Justin by inches after he spun. Things got boring for me after lap 4, and I just coasted doing 48s or so until the checkered.