As you know I've had loads of connection strife since January this year, which is still ongoing. As I don't see Virgin Media fixing it in the immediate future, I've ordered a Be ADSL connection on a shortish term contract which should go live before this race, so I'm hoping to make it. The reason that isn't a permanent solution is because I live 2.1 miles from my ADSL exchange, so the most I can get is around ~6MBit - bit of a step down from the 50MBit I get with VM; it's just that the pings have gone to pot this year and it's not a simple fix.
I'll be going for a full refund on 6 months worth of VM bills, so that ought to cover the cost. It's been bloody crap not being able to race with any peace of mind for that long.
Jamie, I have been going through the same nightmare with Virgin Media. 10mb connection but whenever I am on iRacing I keep blinking all the time, recently went to phase 2 where my car bounces aswell and sort of flies lol.
I do download regularly but also work around it, so during weekdays I download my TV series most of the time while weekends is dedicated to just gaming where the cap doesnt and shouldnt kick in.
After speaking to Virgin Media they said it was due to my downloads but all along I figured this was the case. I'll be calling them soon and they better not act like a virgin this time.
As for the race, I will be on the grid, however if my blinking and bouncing kicks in I'll be sitting in the garage. Last thing I want to do for my first official UKiR race is to be blinking during the race.