Rennlist iRacing thread
#5146
Drifting
I always go slow into T1 on a start. I lift very early, cover the brake early, brake early but lightly to warn behind me and then roll through the apex probably at 8/10ths so I can avoid wrecks/mistakes. I've never won a race on lap 1 but I have lost many that way before I got much more conservative.
#5147
Sounds like I missed a good race, love Watkins Glen. Got my issue resolved by Susan at iracing, had Internet Explorer problem, working fine now. See you on Sunday for practice.
#5148
I always go slow into T1 on a start. I lift very early, cover the brake early, brake early but lightly to warn behind me and then roll through the apex probably at 8/10ths so I can avoid wrecks/mistakes. I've never won a race on lap 1 but I have lost many that way before I got much more conservative.
Yeah my goals are 1. survive 2. don't lose too many places. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get dropped out of the draft, so I just chilled out behind Tony for the first bit. I know I'm unsettled driving watching my mirrors on the first lap, so I really try to just hit the marks and calm myself down before I go on the attack.
#5149
I always go slow into T1 on a start. I lift very early, cover the brake early, brake early but lightly to warn behind me and then roll through the apex probably at 8/10ths so I can avoid wrecks/mistakes. I've never won a race on lap 1 but I have lost many that way before I got much more conservative.
Agree on both counts when it comes to iRacing. Mistakes on the start can also screw up a lot of other peoples' races as well as your own due to the close proximity. Starts/passing are particularly hard for me since I'm not yet running the triple screen setup. That's part of why I braked early and fell back in behind Justin on the start, rather than stay alongside and go 3 wide into T1. Risky move in general, and especially so when you effectively have blinders on from the A-pillars back.
The only "moves" I take are ones where it's VERY obvious I can complete it WHILE maintaining the same buffer I mentioned previously. i.e. guy stalls it at the start in a standing start, and I can cleanly get 100% around him. Otherwise I'll just try to maintain the position I'm in and not really fight anyone. Too big of a risk.
#5150
Drifting
#5151
So maybe you guys all know each other because you've been racing together for decades, but as the new guy I'm struggling to put handles to names, so here's a quick mapping for my own benefit if no one else's...
- Tom R. - abqautoxer
- Allen B. - Burkey
- Philip M. - pmason
- Luke O. - loxner
- James P. - OmniGLH
- Justin L. - JustinL
- George B. - George_B
- Stephane S. - Sysgen
- Ben L. - 87944turbo
- Andrew C. - Gator_86_951
- Glenn M. - ?
- Stephane V. - StefVanasse
- Sean M. - Indy Rev
- Bobby C. - HoBoJoe
- Charles T. - Charles A. Toupin
- Scott B. - sbelles
- Anthony N. - Anthony Nguyen
- Stephen H. - PedalFaster
- John K. - ny991
Last edited by PedalFaster; 10-30-2014 at 03:38 PM.
#5152
Burning Brakes
Good reminder to submit your alias and iracing name to the rennlist league admins so your name will appear in iRacing showing your Real first name and your rennlist alias. Tom (Abqautoxer) for example is mine.
#5155
Drifting
If you PM me your iracing name, I'll add you to our league. That will give you access to all the league sessions. There's lots of people of all speeds to race and the only rules are that you have to be nice and try hard.
#5157
Intermediate
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Glenn McKinnon - Handyman_321
So maybe you guys all know each other because you've been racing together for decades, but as the new guy I'm struggling to put handles to names, so here's a quick mapping for my own benefit if no one else's...
- Tom R. - abqautoxer
- Allen B. - Burkey
- Philip M. - pmason
- Luke O. - loxner
- James P. - OmniGLH
- Justin L. - JustinL
- George B. - George_B
- Stephane S. - Sysgen
- Ben L. - 87944turbo
- Andrew C. - Gator_86_951
- Glenn M. - ?
- Stephane V. - StefVanasse
- Sean M. - Indy Rev
- Bobby C. - HoBoJoe
- Charles T. - Charles A. Toupin
- Scott B. - sbelles
- Anthony N. - Anthony Nguyen
- Stephen H. - PedalFaster
- John K. - ny991
#5159
So maybe you guys all know each other because you've been racing together for decades, but as the new guy I'm struggling to put handles to names, so here's a quick mapping for my own benefit if no one else's...
- Tom R. - abqautoxer
- Allen B. - Burkey
- Philip M. - pmason
- Luke O. - loxner
- James P. - OmniGLH
- Justin L. - JustinL
- George B. - George_B
- Stephane S. - Sysgen
- Ben L. - 87944turbo
- Andrew C. - Gator_86_951
- Glenn M. - ?
- Stephane V. - StefVanasse
- Sean M. - Indy Rev
- Bobby C. - HoBoJoe
- Charles T. - Charles A. Toupin
- Scott B. - sbelles
- Anthony N. - Anthony Nguyen
- Stephen H. - PedalFaster
- John K. - ny991
#5160
You must have that "consistency" thing I've read about. I qualified ninth, moved up to sixth after three laps, crashed while attempting a pass for fourth, then quit and finished eighteenth.
In other news, I tried Mosport for the first time for a few minutes in the Skip Barber car. Two thoughts:
In other news, I tried Mosport for the first time for a few minutes in the Skip Barber car. Two thoughts:
- It's an itty, bitty, narrow track with a lot of sudden elevation change. I predict that his week's spin-fest is going to look positively relaxed compared to next week's race.
- The Skip Barber car (which I'd also never driven before) is a hell of a lot of fun -- it reacts to every little mistake you make, yet is very forgiving. As a result, you end up doing lurid four wheel drifts everywhere, compared to the Ruf which (at least for me) sticks and sticks until it lets go and shoots you straight into the nearest wall.
It's probably sacrilegious to say this on a Porsche board, but perhaps the Skip Barber's better suited to our collectively hamfisted racing skills...