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MadCat360 said:
There's been a lot of whining about that for the past 2 seasons. I'd expect more of a change for season 3. Season 2's Skippy schedule only changed by one track from season 1.
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Being that this is my first season, you would think they would release the schedule about a month in advance.

How many series do yall typically do at a time?
 
Shentar said:
Being that this is my first season, you would think they would release the schedule about a month in advance.

How many series do yall typically do at a time?
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They'll probably release the schedule in week 12 of the current season.

For a normal person, one is probably enough. I drive about an hour to two hours every day and I'd struggle to be genuinely competitive in two series'. Next season I will probably focus on the Mustang while running one other, either the Skippy or the Star Mazda, for fun and when it suits me (my pre-order credits plus my participation credits will give me a free car at the end of this season and I'll probably end up with the Mazda).
 
Just did an SRF race on Summit Point.

6 laps to the end, I'm in 5th and I have a spin at Turn 4, and the 6th place guy, who I had passed at the previous Turn 2, got to go back around me along with a couple other cars. Cut to the final lap, and I'm on the same guy's tail. I get slightly more speed then him out of the final turn and we drag race to the finish line. I end up in 5th place ahead of him with a time difference of 0.002 seconds. I bet he was pissed.
 
SpitfireMK461 said:
Just did an SRF race on Summit Point.

6 laps to the end, I'm in 5th and I have a spin at Turn 4, and the 6th place guy, who I had passed at the previous Turn 2, got to go back around me along with a couple other cars. Cut to the final lap, and I'm on the same guy's tail. I get slightly more speed then him out of the final turn and we drag race to the finish line. I end up in 5th place ahead of him with a time difference of 0.002 seconds. I bet he was pissed.
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I just did a race at 8:30 PST. I wonder if we were in the same race. I started 2nd, but had a wreck at the end of the first lap. Ended up 8th, although I swore I was in 10th.
 
^ What times do you guys get on Summit Point with the SRF? I can't get below 1.26.200
 
Jens said:
^ What times do you guys get on Summit Point with the SRF? I can't get below 1.26.200
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I dropped into the mid 1:25s last night after I did a suspension tweak. I had set up the car so that it wouldn't oversteer, especially on throttle. Now that I've comfortable with it, I'm backing down on some settings so it will have a little more oversteer. Mostly I want a touch of lift-off oversteer, and some throttle oversteer as well. Before, coming out of the corners, it would plow ahead. Great for not spinning, but not so much on the getting-low-lap-times endeavor.
I'll probably do another practice sessions or two before I make it more unstable. I mostly just gave it more negative front toe and upped the spring perch in the front as well.
 
My best time is around 1:25.2, but I tend to average around 1:27 during a race. And Shentar, I think we were. I had to dodge two cars (I think 2nd and 3rd place) spinning out at the end of the first lap.

EDIT: Just posted a 1:24.968
 
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SpitfireMK461 said:
My best time is around 1:25.2, but I tend to average around 1:27 during a race. And Shentar, I think we were. I had to dodge two cars (I think 2nd and 3rd place) spinning out at the end of the first lap.

EDIT: Just posted a 1:24.968
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It wasn't a good race. We collided, although watching the replay, the other guy pulled out and took out a couple of others cars. I just sat there, offline, but on track, and let everyone pass. I start well at all the SRF races, but I haven't made it through a first lap without being taken out. In some ways, this is worse than the Solstice races. I looked at all the races, and thankfully, its not all me thats at fault.
 
I find the quality of racing much higher in SRF. There are situations that would take out half a Solstice field that seem to go quite smoothly in SRF. Of course there is bound to be incidents. Because of this, I tend to be quite timid around other cars. If I don't have a clear lead on someone else's line, I back off. If I am faster than the driver in front of me but don't have an obviously clear lane to overtake, I just stay where I am.

The problem I'm having now (at least tonight) is not my driving ability, but my racing ability. I find myself unable to react effectively when presented with a situation occurring in front of me, resulting in spinning myself out. Amazingly I've yet to crash out of an SRF race, but I'm losing top 5 position for mistakes in this situations. It isn't all bad news though. Trying to climb my way back up the positions gives me some great lap times. I just got a 1:24.583. I still can't comprehend how some people get 22s though.

Fun fact. The real Summit Point track record in an SRF is a 1:24.68.
 
Question: do you guys use the paddle shifters in the SRF (if you have any)? I tried it (since the SRF has a sequential box) but preferred the shifter by far. It seemed like the paddles had really bad reaction times.
 
I use paddles for every car.. No issues with reaction times? I'm only using a DFP. She gets the job done though! I wanna upgrade to a G27... Just can't justify it!
 
Never will I use a shifter for a race sim until I find one that works like a car's...Paddles all the way.
 
Jens said:
Question: do you guys use the paddle shifters in the SRF (if you have any)? I tried it (since the SRF has a sequential box) but preferred the shifter by far. It seemed like the paddles had really bad reaction times.
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The SRF has an H-pattern my good sir. It's a car from the 80's don't ya know.
 
Yeah. Speaking from expirence with the actual cars, its an H-pattern. It looks like a sequential because there isn't a gate around it, but it is an H-pattern.

I use the paddles. I have tried the shifter and just can't get used to it.
 
^Ahah I stand corrected, I assumed it was sequential because of the lack of a gate.
And I hope iRacing will soon introduce a good transmission and clutch model.

I'll try the shifter again, it might lower my times a bit :)
 
How could you even enjoy using the shifter especially on the g25/27?? It's rubbish.
 
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