iRacing - Dallara Indycar @ Watkins Glen (Boot) ENDURANCE - Dec 29

[Simon Gymer]

I just don't get what the gripes are with this car. The IndyCar is waaaaay easier to drive than the Skippy (which I still think is the hardest car in the game, no grip, no power, no brakes, that's hard!) or the Mazda, or the Vette, or the DP. It's got so much grip that it makes it so much easier. This I prefer cause instead of fighting the car to keep it on the track i can hone my lap times.

Just did a few laps in the Corvette at Sebring and not only can I not see where I'm going (sitting so far back in that ruddy thing), it's impossible to judge turn in or braking, horrible. IndyCar feels right as soon as you get in it, yeee haaw.

[Blunder]

I thought the same about the Indycar, very narrow 'edge' but to be honest this car / track combination is great!
There are a few places which can catch you out but you just have to drive accordingly!
May be I'm getting used to it a little because the back end on mine is moving around a lot so I'm getting lots more feedback for some strange reason!
Looking forward to it...

 

P.S Obviously I will be slow and at the back as usual!

[picnic]

Wasn't due to be around for this but the weather forecast persuaded me to come back earlier today rather than this evening. So I haven't done any practice but will be there to cruise around at the back, wait for others to fall off and to get an undeserved 3rd place again

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Just did a few laps in the Corvette at Sebring and not only can I not see where I'm going (sitting so far back in that ruddy thing), it's impossible to judge turn in or braking, horrible. IndyCar feels right as soon as you get in it, yeee haaw.

Any excuse for being 3s a lap slower than me in the 'Vette.

I still find the Skippy one of the easiest cars to drive 'cause it's soft and slow.

IndyCar + Road Atlanta = new kind of fear.

[ross.mcw]

Will be an 'arrive and drive' for me if I make it - not had any chance for practice here or for the Le Mans P&G event yet ;(

[Simon Gymer]

Any excuse for being 3s a lap slower than me in the 'Vette.

Not bad considering I only did about 3 full laps!

IndyCar + Road Atlanta = new kind of fear.

Road Atlanta - OMG! That place is hard in iRacing. The numerous blind crests are a new kind of torment for any unsuspecting useless fish like me. Doesn't have the stay away factor that Lime Rock's bumps do, but it's on the cliff edge of hard.

[popabawa]

The server is up guys

Bit of a minor family crisis here meant the Mrs has had to go out so I'm on my own with the little guy so I might be late in depending when I can persuade him to go to bed

[Ken Murray]

The numerous blind crests are a new kind of torment for any unsuspecting useless fish like me. Doesn't have the stay away factor that Lime Rock's bumps do, but it's on the cliff edge of hard.

I don't mind blind corners on any track, once I'm in the rythm the turn in's just seem to come naturely without thinking about them too much.

[Dan Minton]

Drive into pit lane. Stop in box. Wait for go. Go. You can fiddle with fuel load too but if you time your stop right you won't need to.

So it changes tires automatically ??..And does put in the same amount of fuel as you started with ??

[Simon Gymer]

And does put in the same amount of fuel as you started with ??

No, it puts in a full tank every time you stop if you don't fiddle with it.

[picnic]

That was a waste of an evening, do some practice, end up as usual at the tail end of the grid. Within 3 laps taken out by somebody who'd already spun deciding to over do the throttle and spin in to the path of those avoiding him. Might have been a public race with those standards and as usual I never saved my replay so no report going in Hey ho.

[Truetom]

Car jumped into the air like the Merc at Le Mans

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Going well until it washed out behind Blunder at the bus stop. Reset one.

Fought back to 6th until I just misjudged the exit of the Inner Loop and clipped the launch ramp - not a big launchbut no way to avoid the wall. Reset two.

Miles behind and in 8th, decide to go for qually laps. Reset three.

Enough.

I was enjoying that for the most part, but TBH the car is just a bit too fast for me to keep my concentration up for that length of time.

Skippy time!

[popabawa]

I agree with Pete, that wasn't the standard of driving I'd expect of an SRouk race in the first few laps

The rest of the race was brill though, 40 laps in I had some contact with Mark who kindly tried to let me through but I'd already tried to set myself up for a pass on the next straight so I was pretty close and got caught out by the move, was unable to get slowed enough to go inside so I went into him Just a misunderstanding I guess.

That dropped me from 4th to 7th but SBG kindly decided to park up on the last lap to give me 6th.

Lost a big chuck of time starting from the pits after I had no FF on the grid so had to jump out and come back in. I've never had that happen before

[spanner]

Was mostly consistent but for a few wayward moments which meant some time in the pits. Thankfully unlimited tows AND resets . Never quite felt happy going through  those last few turns and sadly early on went too wide onto the grass in the first part then was going too fast for the second bit and needed more track to slow down on but TT took the racing line so sorry there. Then seemed to spend most of it trying to get out of the way of everyone, well trying to, sorry Iain. I guess i was too used to letting people through as some just seemed to want to follow.