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Author:  myp [ Sat Sep 03, 2016 21:42 ]
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Well the feature race didn't go so well. I made a good start but lost the back end on lap 2 and took someone else out with me. Limped back to the pits and needed 3.5 mins of damage repair. This put me about two laps down and the rest of my race was managing tyres and letting faster cars lap me.

Still, my fastest lap using this car/track combo went from 2:02 down to 1:54, so I definitely made some progress! And enjoyed it which was the main thing. Two hour endurance race at Mosport in a fortnight's time. :S
Author:  myp [ Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:10 ]
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Stop making things I didn't even know I wanted to race. :(
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Sep 29, 2016 19:03 ]
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Damn, that thing couldn't turn right even if it wanted to
Author:  myp [ Thu Sep 29, 2016 19:49 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Damn, that thing couldn't turn right even if it wanted to

In fact, on dirt you have to turn right to go left. 8)
Author:  ApplePieOfDestiny [ Thu Sep 29, 2016 23:23 ]
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Every five year old knows that.
Author:  myp [ Tue Oct 04, 2016 21:05 ]
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I compete in a Sunday evening NASCAR trucks series which has some of the very best oval drivers from the UK and Europe in it. Last season I finished 5th in the championship, but due to a quirk of the scoring system, I didn't actually get any top 5 finishes. I had a pretty decent result on Sunday. You should be able to spot me in my distinctive #62 Colman's Mustard Toyota Tundra at around the 20-min mark. The video is from the point of view of the chap who runs the series.
Author:  myp [ Wed Oct 19, 2016 22:16 ]
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Been roped into the World Cup of iRacing Enduro Cup this weekend. A 24-hour race around Le Mans in the GT1 class cars. There's seven of us in my team running the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, so I'll have to do 2-3 double stints, which are about 1.5 hours each. And we're going to get destroyed by Finland anyway.
Author:  myp [ Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:56 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Been roped into the World Cup of iRacing Enduro Cup this weekend. A 24-hour race around Le Mans in the GT1 class cars. There's seven of us in my team running the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, so I'll have to do 2-3 double stints, which are about 1.5 hours each. And we're going to get destroyed by Finland anyway.

I've just seen the rota and I'm running the 2nd and 4th stints (roughly starting at 13:30 and 16:30 BST), and am on standby for the 1st and 3rd should there be any problems with our starting driver. RaceSpotTV is broadcasting the first 6 hours, so you might get to see me commentated on! Let's hope I don't stack it at Mulsanne or something...

Race starts at midday tomorrow.
Author:  Satsuma [ Fri Oct 21, 2016 13:04 ]
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Sorry I'm washing my hair.
Author:  myp [ Sat Oct 22, 2016 19:27 ]
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Administrative cock-up meant that our drivers were registered to the wrong teams, so I've been practicing with the Corvette for two weeks but have now had to drive the Aston Martin. :S

Despite all our drivers now racing the wrong car we're not doing too badly considering. Corvette is in 7th and the Aston is in 12th out of 16 teams. 7.5 hours down, 16.5 to go!

I'm going to go for a nap as my next stint is at midnight.
Author:  myp [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:07 ]
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And my race is done. Three double stints, 76 laps, five and a quarter hours, 3 spins and no damage! Best lap time 3:59.2.

Will see where we are in the morning.
Author:  myp [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:15 ]
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Last hour! Corvette is in 4th chasing Canada in 3rd, eight seconds a lap faster, but needs to be double that to catch them I reckon.

Our Aston tangled with what must have been a drunk driver or someone who had let their toddler have a go, because they were driving at 60km/h and weaving all over the road. Blown engine again! Luckily Asia also blew their engine so became a race to see who could swap their engine quickest. Looks like we're going to hold onto P11.
Author:  myp [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:23 ]
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We finished 4th and 11th. Not bad considering we were all driving the wrong cars!
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 13:12 ]
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Good work. Who won?
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 13:14 ]
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Wait. How many teams where there?
Author:  myp [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 14:50 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Wait. How many teams where there?

16. DEATCH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) won, Northwest A (USA) 2nd, and Canada A 3rd.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 15:17 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Been roped into the World Cup of iRacing Enduro Cup this weekend. A 24-hour race around Le Mans in the GT1 class cars. There's seven of us in my team running the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, so I'll have to do 2-3 double stints, which are about 1.5 hours each. And we're going to get destroyed by Finland anyway.

I've just seen the rota and I'm running the 2nd and 4th stints (roughly starting at 13:30 and 16:30 BST), and am on standby for the 1st and 3rd should there be any problems with our starting driver. RaceSpotTV is broadcasting the first 6 hours, so you might get to see me commentated on! Let's hope I don't stack it at Mulsanne or something...

Race starts at midday tomorrow.

I don't work this hard at my job.
Author:  myp [ Sun Oct 23, 2016 15:23 ]
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Nor do I. I was on call for work as well this weekend! :D
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 0:08 ]
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iRacing World Cup Intimidator East Qualifying race being broadcast very shortly (psst I'm in it):
Author:  lasermink [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 0:47 ]
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Is it you in the 26 car?
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:20 ]
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lasermink wrote:
Is it you in the 26 car?

Yes :'(
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:49 ]
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Well, that wasn't personallly good for me, but we had a strong team finish and I still got 100-odd points for qualifying in the top split. We should be in the final next Friday. Just need to find out if I'll be picked now...
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 18:08 ]
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Qualified for the final in first place with 1529 points (I scored 149). DEATCH join us in 2nd with 1217.

West qualifier is tonight.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 0:57 ]
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Lol
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Author:  devilman [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:19 ]
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You're certainly getting your money's worth at least. :)

I try not to look at my Steam stats. I don't play an awful lot of games, but I do tend to get hooked on stuff.
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Author:  Grim... [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:32 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Lol
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How much has that cost per hour?
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:52 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Lol
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How much has that cost per hour?

I had to update my spreadsheet!

£1.35 per hour of track time if you don't include the PC or Oculus Rift. ~£5 if you do.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 13:03 ]
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£5.42 per hour to be precise.

£1,624.93 in hardware
£58.37 in membership subs
£31.50 in car licencing
£453.67 in track licencing

£2,168.47 in total since 13th July 2012.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 13:05 ]
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You haven't just played iRacing with the rift though, have you?
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 13:08 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
You haven't just played iRacing with the rift though, have you?

~250 hours in iRacing with the Rift - it was definitely my primary use case. I've dabbled with some other things but nothing of any substance except perhaps Lucky's Tale. I've been waiting for the touch controllers.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 13:46 ]
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In other news, images have been released of the new dirt models. Hopefully these will be put into place for 2017 S1! I can't wait to drive the Late Model!

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Street Stock

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Winged Sprint Car

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Late Model
Author:  devilman [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 13:57 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
You haven't just played iRacing with the rift though, have you?

~250 hours in iRacing with the Rift - it was definitely my primary use case. I've dabbled with some other things but nothing of any substance except perhaps Lucky's Tale. I've been waiting for the touch controllers.


After playing it with the Rift, do you ever play it now without? Or is it so much of a game changer (god, I hate that phrase, but it's at least appropriate here)?
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 13:58 ]
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devilman wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
You haven't just played iRacing with the rift though, have you?

~250 hours in iRacing with the Rift - it was definitely my primary use case. I've dabbled with some other things but nothing of any substance except perhaps Lucky's Tale. I've been waiting for the touch controllers.


After playing it with the Rift, do you ever play it now without? Or is it so much of a game changer (god, I hate that phrase, but it's at least appropriate here)?

Oh god no. It is a total game changer. It might be different had I gone from triples to VR, but I doubt it.

Once it loaded up on my monitor instead of the Rift as I'd accidentally unplugged it, and it looked so flat and wrong (title). Like controlling someone driving a car as you watch through a window, rather than 'being' in the car.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 17:12 ]
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Oh yeah, the World Cup Intimidator Finals is on tomorrow night, 11pm. http://www.iracing.com/live. UK and I, DEATCH, Northwest and Carolina all submit ten drivers each. I'm hoping to be picked for it.
Author:  MaliA [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 17:16 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
£5.42 per hour to be precise.

£1,624.93 in hardware
£58.37 in membership subs
£31.50 in car licencing
£453.67 in track licencing

£2,168.47 in total since 13th July 2012.


Very good value, i think.
Author:  KovacsC [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 17:22 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
£5.42 per hour to be precise.

£1,624.93 in hardware
£58.37 in membership subs
£31.50 in car licencing
£453.67 in track licencing

£2,168.47 in total since 13th July 2012.


Very good value, i think.


Hobbies are subjective, I am sure I have spent more on sports kit etc. As long as you like it and enjoy it, it is good value.
Author:  markg [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 17:26 ]
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Well a things worth whatever people will pay for it. But £450 on tracks, Jesus! Is that mostly just ovals as well?
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 10, 2016 17:42 ]
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markg wrote:
Well a things worth whatever people will pay for it. But £450 on tracks, Jesus! Is that mostly just ovals as well?

No, I've got quite a number of road courses too: Spa, Le Mans, Nürburgring (GP and Nords), Silverstone, Bathurst, Suzuka, Laguna Seca, Monza etc. I've been racing GT3 and V8 Supercars on and off this season. I know they're expensive, but they're all laser-scanned in great detail by a small team.

There's also a great UK&I club community and I race every Sunday nights with some of the the best oval racers in the country - getting involved in the World Cup has helped getting my name known and improved my driving too.

Saying that I've just had to shell out another £68 for subs. Last year I paid £33 as they had 50% off in the Black Friday sale. Just 25% off this year, plus the £ tanking. :S
Author:  myp [ Fri Nov 11, 2016 23:21 ]
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Well I just got the pole and win in the practice race we've just done so fingers crossed that'll secure me a place in the team for tonight!

Will be going live at 11pm at http://www.iracing.com/live
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 1:32 ]
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I qualified 11th and finished 9th, on the lead lap! More importantly we finished with five in the top ten and looking at the provisional results it looks like we won overall. :D

I went over the line backwards. :S
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 1:42 ]
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Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 14:27 ]
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Final points total. UK&I retains their title!
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Author:  MaliA [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 14:29 ]
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Good work!
Author:  KovacsC [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 17:12 ]
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were you carrying Carl?
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 17:17 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
were you carrying Carl?

He's one of our best drivers. Just got tangled up in an incident and blew his engine. Took 30 mins to repair and by that point he was 50 laps down.
Author:  Trooper [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 18:32 ]
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I was mucking around trying to sort of chromecasting to my tv properly last night, and chose your race as the guinea pig, worked really well and in good quality.

Good job on getting back onto the lead lap, bad job on the restart ;)

It was actually quite interesting to have on in the background!
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 18:37 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Good job on getting back onto the lead lap, bad job on the restart ;)

The reason I got back on the lead lap is because I stayed out to get the wave-around (which is what my engineer told me to do). So I was on really old tyres and everyone else around me had fresh. I had to start in 3rd gear to avoid spinning out. :D
Author:  myp [ Sun Nov 13, 2016 14:32 ]
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First time in ages I'd been able to compete in the Euro V8 Supercars Championship yesterday (Saturdays aren't usually great for me). Two-hour endurance race at Road Atlanta. I managed to complete 81 laps to finish 10th out of 16, which is an improvement on when we raced at Silverstone earlier in the season and I was 16/17 in both races.
Author:  myp [ Mon Nov 21, 2016 23:58 ]
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I really got the team racing bug after the World Cup Enduro event and have somehow managed to get a team to take me on for the 24 hours of Daytona in January! Had our first practice tonight in the AMG GT3. I was slowest out of the six of us, but not by a great deal. Should be fun!
Author:  myp [ Sat Nov 26, 2016 17:10 ]
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This evening I'm participating in "Back Behind the Wheel", a charity V8 Supercars event at Road America to raise money for customised equipment for an ex-race driver/instructor with a major disability in order for him to be able to get involved with iRacing. The target was £1500 and we've just reached it!

Sprint race is at 6:15pm and the feature race is at 7:30pm. You can stream them here if you are so inclined:


If you like you can also donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding ... -the-wheel. Even though the target has been reached, any excess will be used to help other sim racers with physical disabilities.
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