Re: iRacing General Discussion

**Forgetful** Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:05 pm

Fernando is faster than you.

Can you confirm that you understood this message?

**HWKII** Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:33 pm

Forgetful wrote:Fernando is faster than you.

Can you confirm that you understood this message?

We can record that, so long as we also record: "Felipe baby stay cool , stay cool baby!" whenever you opt for a windshield tear off. Cool

**timneyb** Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:36 pm

You were wronged that corner mate. Try to hold back from calling the field a bag of dicks while the race is still on though mate.

(As you can see, I think keeping it Australian would be a good idea).

**Forgetful** Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:48 pm

I think there are two spotter packs here. One made up of soundbites, the other, 'Aussie Spotter 2.0'. Very Happy

**HWKII** Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:00 pm

Forgetful wrote:I think there are two spotter packs here. One made up of soundbites, the other, 'Aussie Spotter 2.0'.

Aussie Spotter 2.0 needs to be all of us recording using really bad Aussie accents though.

'ATS NAWT A NOIF! 'IS 'S A NOIF!

**timneyb** Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:11 pm

A bad kiwi accent would just be one unintelligible race long mumble: "offunncauufnuzfsivgurlsbwosefsva". Not good listening.

**group44** Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:26 pm

Brilliant! I love where this is going popcorn

**clacksman** Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:46 am

group44 wrote:Brilliant! I love where this is going

Hell in a handbasket? clown

No, seriously though; one pack called DriverSports (featuring someone who's not Ben), and DriverSports Antipodean (featuring Ben).

What a Face

I just like using 'antipodean' in a sentence.

**timneyb** Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:13 am

clacksman wrote:
I just like using 'antipodean' in a sentence.

I have noticed.

Unexpected career path: voice actor.

**Forgetful** Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:22 pm

Dem maths!
http://www.iracing.com/q-circles-the-crop-circles-of-iracing/

**group44** Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:25 pm

Forgetful wrote:Dem maths!
http://www.iracing.com/q-circles-the-crop-circles-of-iracing/

Scary when you get a glimpse of just how complicated it can be behind the scenes. Nerd in me is certainly impressed.

**HWKII** Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:53 pm

I have to head in to the office all night tonight but I don't suppose I could interest any of you in a Lotus 79 race around Watkins Glen or similar tomorrow afternoon? With it being Week 13, I've got a hankerin' for some Open Wheel racing and well, the Lotus 79 just feels like the most manly machine available. Cool

**Forgetful** Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:16 pm

I think I could talk myself in to it but I don't know how many of us even own the beast.

**clacksman** Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:21 pm

group44 wrote:
Forgetful wrote:Dem maths!
http://www.iracing.com/q-circles-the-crop-circles-of-iracing/

Scary when you get a glimpse of just how complicated it can be behind the scenes. Nerd in me is certainly impressed.

Now 'splain why GT5 rooms go different speeds. Oh, wait ... Laughing

**HWKII** Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:51 pm

Forgetful wrote:I think I could talk myself in to it but I don't know how many of us even own the beast.

What a cruel thing to call her; she's pretty to me! Sad

No, just.. no. The Lotus 79 is a monster but slap a high downforce setup on it and maybe pop in a click or two of front wing and I find she behaves nicely. I'm not saying I am fast, no no no, but I do feel like I have a good handle on the car.

If getting sideways while steering with 1 hand and man-handling your way through a very generous gearbox in a shouty fire-breathing dragon of a machine is your idea of fun, it's $14.95 extremely well spent.

**HWKII** Sun Apr 28, 2013 5:54 pm

Anyone up for a hosted session tonight? I was thinking 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern start? Something open wheel/ultra light? Someplace with character?

**clacksman** Sun May 05, 2013 8:22 am

Ahem. Reading another board, I happened across a post where iRacings talent groupings were described like this:

alien - good - how does I tire - people who are actually not good - this is not forza - this is not GRID - how does I wheel

Sounds about right to me.

**HWKII** Sun May 05, 2013 1:11 pm

clacksman wrote:Ahem. Reading another board, I happened across a post where iRacings talent groupings were described like this:

alien - good - how does I tire - people who are actually not good - this is not forza - this is not GRID - how does I wheel

Sounds about right to me.

Happily right in the middle with "people who are actually not good", occasionally reaching "how does I tire" status. Cool

For those in a similar situation, Jackie Stewart will now explain how he does tire:

**Forgetful** Mon May 06, 2013 12:47 pm

Some of you may be happy to know that we have been working on porting iRacing to run on Mac and Linux. By rough estimates Apple and Linux make up between 15% - 25% of the market space and as far as we can tell nothing like iRacing exists on those platforms. We are actually far enough along with this project that we have our first build to test. This is exciting for iRacing because we could see a nice jump in members with this port.

If you are a Mac or Linux user and want to get involved with testing we would appreciate the help. Please email chris.weidner@iracing.com with your system specifications and what controllers you have for these systems and he will get back to you if we would like your help.

**timneyb** Mon May 06, 2013 3:53 pm

Forgetful wrote:
Some of you may be happy to know that we have been working on porting iRacing to run on Mac and Linux. By rough estimates Apple and Linux make up between 15% - 25% of the market space and as far as we can tell nothing like iRacing exists on those platforms. We are actually far enough along with this project that we have our first build to test. This is exciting for iRacing because we could see a nice jump in members with this port.

If you are a Mac or Linux user and want to get involved with testing we would appreciate the help. Please email chris.weidner@iracing.com with your system specifications and what controllers you have for these systems and he will get back to you if we would like your help.

Interesting. I'll check it out, but I'm prepared to just race booted up into Windows. Macs generally run the same game faster as a PC than under OSX.

**Forgetful** Wed May 08, 2013 12:52 pm

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OMG, dat action :bitelip:

**group44** Wed May 08, 2013 1:09 pm

Forgetful wrote:
OMG, dat action :bitelip:

Err, sequential shifter?

**Forgetful** Wed May 08, 2013 1:10 pm

yeh, DSD

**HWKII** Wed May 08, 2013 2:17 pm

Forgetful wrote:

OMG, dat action :bitelip:

This, and shifting from 3rd to 4th on an H-pattern, are the most manly gestures in driving. Dat noise, dat action. Cool

**SpecMiata-JSW** Thu May 09, 2013 11:42 pm

Whoa, nice Forgetful!!!

Next time I'm in Kamloops, do you mind if I swing by to check out the shifter and button box? Very Happy

Seriously though, DSD lives only 2 hours away and I'm in his city a few times a year for work, I've often thought about emailing him to see if I could swing by to see his product and give them a test drive. Every time I get ready to email him I stop myself because I assume he'll think I'm some kind of punk weirdo.

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