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Title: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: JazzGreenway on July 20, 2011, 10:38:30 PM +0100 Hey guys,
I stumbled upon the RaceDepartment Le Mans Series (http://www.racedepartment.com/rd-iracing-le-mans-series/ (http://www.racedepartment.com/rd-iracing-le-mans-series/)), they plan on doing full race length (A)LMS races when iRacing releases their driver swap feature. Now this got me very interested, is anyone planning on participating in this? Or even better, are there any plans for SROUK to do something like this? Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Darren Seal on July 20, 2011, 10:41:52 PM +0100 Quote are there any plans for SROUK to do something like this? Oh yes we do! ;D Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Adam Parle on July 20, 2011, 11:49:23 PM +0100 Yes - for sure. Obviously such an event every other week isn't really practical - but we'll definately get somethign done I'm sure.
Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: JazzGreenway on July 21, 2011, 12:25:52 AM +0100 Sweet, I've never done such lengthy races before in other sims. Most I've done so far is 2,5 hours around Spa and Daytona. Should be awesome!
Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: picnic on July 21, 2011, 08:33:20 AM +0100 Count me in :)
We did try this once in rFactor (way back when) but it didn't really attract anybody. I think there were 3 or 4 pairs. It was only a test but I don't think ever got followed up. Can't wait to try again. Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: popabawa on July 21, 2011, 09:01:28 AM +0100 As long as I don't get lumbered with Adam as a co-driver this will be awesome :)
Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Adam Parle on July 21, 2011, 09:05:41 AM +0100 As long as I don't get lumbered with Adam as a co-driver this will be awesome :) Right back at you Pops. Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Fred Basset on July 21, 2011, 12:15:32 PM +0100 As long as I don't get lumbered with Adam as a co-driver this will be awesome :) Right back at you Pops. Teamwork is such a beautiful thing to behold ;D Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Adam Parle on July 21, 2011, 12:21:55 PM +0100 Teamwork is such a beautiful thing to behold ;D Sorry Gary, you lost me at "Teamwork" :D Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Moose on July 25, 2011, 09:11:43 AM +0100 Driver swaps is the number one feature I've been waiting for.
Doing 24 hour races in LFS was probably the most fun I've had in sim racing Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Simon Gymer on July 25, 2011, 06:22:46 PM +0100 It sounds on paper like a great idea and I would love it but I'm guessing you have to agree upon a setup and that's where the problem is. Given iRacing's hell bent view for faux realism I'm guessing they wouldn't think it to be very realistic if you didn't both (or more) have to drive with the same setup. And given the difference in people's setups and whether people can actually drive each other's setups it starts to taste a bit worse. We'll see, if they stuff the realism and say you can each have a setup then great or if you can find someone to team up with that likes your setup or driving style then great. ;)
Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: picnic on July 25, 2011, 06:44:15 PM +0100 There are several fixed setup series on iR they could use that as a basis. Failing that I often use your setups Shark, I'm just not as quick ;)
Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Simon Gymer on July 25, 2011, 07:20:58 PM +0100 You and me then Pete. A formidable pairing. 8)
Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Moose on July 26, 2011, 08:08:44 AM +0100 It sounds on paper like a great idea and I would love it but I'm guessing you have to agree upon a setup and that's where the problem is. I don't see that as a problem. That's part of endurance racing. That how it is in real life, finding a compromise that all the teams drivers can drive. Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: popabawa on July 26, 2011, 08:48:52 AM +0100 Yeah, I like the idea that the drivers will have to work together pre race so they are both familiar and comfortable with the set up.
I'm pretty sure this would be a big advantage for me, I can quickly adapt to being really slow with ANY setup :) Title: Re: Endurance racing with driver swaps Post by: Simon Gymer on July 26, 2011, 09:21:23 AM +0100 I don't see that as a problem. That's part of endurance racing. That how it is in real life, finding a compromise that all the teams drivers can drive. All I would ask is that they provide the facility to choose individual setups for each driver then it's up to individuals as to whether they choose to use it or not. It's these little details that make the game more accessible. If they go too far down the "hard-core" route they alienate people. If you want to run the same setup as your team mate, that's fine, but why remove the flexibility for those that don't have much time to work on a common setup. This is a game after all, one which most of us have very little time to play. |