Season 3 - Starts 30/07/12

HWKII wrote:

SpecMiata-JSW wrote:I believe the big gains come from moving up a license level.

You get a 0.4 SR bump when you cross the 1.X, 2.X, 3.X and 4.X thresholds. So if you had an SR of 2.85, got +0.15 SR from a race, you'd hit 3.0 SR, and immediately get 0.4 SR bump so that you end up with a little cushion for races which require that 3.0 or higher SR (for example). Total gain, as I recall, would display as +0.55 SR on the race that you caught the bump.

FWIW, this happens when you drop from 3.0 to 2.99 as well.

Ah, that's it then. So on my second race, which I didn't think should've been awarded as much, I went from 3.98 -> 4.52 (or something like that), so it was really only a .14 gain, and then an extra .4 added on top. Thanks for solving the puzzle!

I think I'm going to start running GT Challenge (Ford GT + C6R) along with the Mustang. There's a pretty good overlap on tracks, and I need a C class series to run so that I can continue progressing.

RackAttack wrote:

HWKII wrote:

SpecMiata-JSW wrote:I believe the big gains come from moving up a license level.

You get a 0.4 SR bump when you cross the 1.X, 2.X, 3.X and 4.X thresholds. So if you had an SR of 2.85, got +0.15 SR from a race, you'd hit 3.0 SR, and immediately get 0.4 SR bump so that you end up with a little cushion for races which require that 3.0 or higher SR (for example). Total gain, as I recall, would display as +0.55 SR on the race that you caught the bump.

FWIW, this happens when you drop from 3.0 to 2.99 as well.

Ah, that's it then. So on my second race, which I didn't think should've been awarded as much, I went from 3.98 -> 4.52 (or something like that), so it was really only a .14 gain, and then an extra .4 added on top. Thanks for solving the puzzle!

No worries!

Also: ZOLDER INCOMING!

Eeeeeek!

My laptops is in! They're open 'till 9 tonight!

Forgetful wrote:Eeeeeek!

My laptops is in! They're open 'till 9 tonight!

Go, go, go!

Forgetful wrote:Eeeeeek!

My laptops is in! They're open 'till 9 tonight!

So????? Is it spectacular???

In other news, I did my first Spec Racer Ford race last night. Man that car is unforgiving. It has huge throttle-lift oversteer, but that's really the only way you can get the thing to turn, so you have to do it in every corrner. However, if you wait too long and it oversteers too much there's just no way to catch it.

My safety rating took some hits when I Qualified and attempted (unsuccessfully) a Time Trial, I don't think I ever got more than 2 complete laps in a row. But somehow I managed a full 14 lap race without incident and finished right on the bumper of the guy who won. Watkins Glen is fun, it's crazy how much speed you carry through T2-T3-T4.

RackAttack wrote:

Forgetful wrote:Eeeeeek!

My laptops is in! They're open 'till 9 tonight!

So????? Is it spectacular???

In other news, I did my first Spec Racer Ford race last night. Man that car is unforgiving. It has huge throttle-lift oversteer, but that's really the only way you can get the thing to turn, so you have to do it in every corrner. However, if you wait too long and it oversteers too much there's just no way to catch it.

My safety rating took some hits when I Qualified and attempted (unsuccessfully) a Time Trial, I don't think I ever got more than 2 complete laps in a row. But somehow I managed a full 14 lap race without incident and finished right on the bumper of the guy who won. Watkins Glen is fun, it's crazy how much speed you carry through T2-T3-T4.

1) Seeeriously, Forgetful, spill the beans!
2) Mmmmm Watkins Glen...

HWKII wrote:
2) Mmmmm Watkins Glen...

Oh, the "bus stop" at the end of the back straight: soooo much more enjoyable than the bus stop at Daytona. It's a lot tighter, really satisfying if you get it just right, and I love how it leads immediately into the long right-hander.

Edit: Also, interesting tid-bit - the let you use all of the concrete runoff on the exit of T1 without penalty, so it seemed, at least from the race I was in, that that was the standard practice.

RackAttack wrote:

HWKII wrote:
2) Mmmmm Watkins Glen...

Oh, the "bus stop" at the end of the back straight: soooo much more enjoyable than the bus stop at Daytona. It's a lot tighter, really satisfying if you get it just right, and I love how it leads immediately into the long right-hander.

Edit: Also, interesting tid-bit - the let you use all of the concrete runoff on the exit of T1 without penalty, so it seemed, at least from the race I was in, that that was the standard practice.

Yeah, I noticed that in the TurnLefts during an open practice session. None of that runoff area counts as an 'Off-Track (x1)' incident. I thought the exit of the final turn at Limerock was generous...

Sorry guys, spent most of last night getting things configured and setup properly. I'm happy to report that after finding the right video card settings I am now running iRacing at its absolute maximum settings, all the shadows and er'thing, at over 100FPS.

Forgetful wrote:Sorry guys, spent most of last night getting things configured and setup properly. I'm happy to report that after finding the right video card settings I am now running iRacing at its absolute maximum settings, all the shadows and er'thing, at over 100FPS.

Smokin'

Out of curiosity, what bits were you fiddlin' with?

I had to get the settings for the video card right. In the control panel for the NVIDIA there is a list of common programs. iRacing is on there, so I don't exactly know what needed to be changed with that, but it got me from 45 FPS on class 2 up to 100+ on custom maxed out settings.

I also followed this video to get all of my cores running all of the time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3u9eiskM4

Forgetful wrote:I had to get the settings for the video card right. In the control panel for the NVIDIA there is a list of common programs. iRacing is on there, so I don't exactly know what needed to be changed with that, but it got me from 45 FPS on class 2 up to 100+ on custom maxed out settings.

I also followed this video to get all of my cores running all of the time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3u9eiskM4

Betting iRacing was trying to run off the integrated graphics chipset instead of the NVidia card. Always a good idea to check for anyone with a laptop with a proper graphics card in it. Very good catch!

Regarding second thing: hmmmmmmmmmmm....

HWKII wrote:

Regarding second thing: hmmmmmmmmmmm....

This was my source for that video, it's a stickied thread about NVIDIA optimization, under Hardware.

http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/1455588.page

I’m using a Nvidia Card too, I think I got
lucky because with my measly desktop I’m able to average 120-130fps at most
tracks and will dip occasionally to 85fps at starts or in congested areas.
There are a few tricks to maximize fps and not lose too much quality, for
example be sure to max cars on track to 12, that was a biggie for me.





I often wonder if my setting are all good
though, because even though I run good fps the picture just doesn’t look smooth
and clean, like it does in the GT series (this is in both the sim and on the
browser). I think that my Vizio TV has a weird resolution and that I’m
compressing my screen to a strange aspect ratio that the tv doesn’t like. I had
the same grainy effect with my laptop on a VGA cord as I do with my desktop
with updated graphic card and HDMI cable. Does any of that make sense? Oh, and
I’ve either got the anti-alias on or off, which ever settings reduce the
jaggies, so that isn’t it.





Any thoughts?





I’ve read the threads on the forums and tried
to figure the best settings, but have just succumbed to think this is what it
looks like. I think it’s the TV more than the video card since that graininess
was the same with two different computers.





Cheers!