Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

The new defending system is awful, it allows people who were useless at defending on the previous game to just hold one button and let it do the work for you. Personally I don't use it, but I was already good at defending in FIFA 11.

I think you're getting confused, in Fifa 11 you only had to hold in X and your player ran and tackled. In this one you actually have to time your tackles. The old system sucked, holding in 1 button meant everyone could defend.

Quote from anttt69 :

Would you recommend the GT2 or 3 as am upgrade from a g25? Mine is about to expire.

Absolutely 100%, the Alcantara is worth it alone, compared to the G25 the GT3 is soo smooth, and so much better FFB. Build quality isn't as good as Logitech, but support have been absolutely brilliant for me, my postage to send the wheel back is refunded into my account already.

The F1 car feels amazing and MDF is actually a legit choice again, I try and drive with as little downforce as possible simply because it's more fun, and it's good that I can again. I can't wait to get my wheel back.

Does anyone have Fifa 12 on the PC? It was cheaper and the graphics were better so I got it on PC, not many of my mates have it though. I'm up in Division 1 just now in the head-head seasons, but I'm getting relegated back to div 2 shortly. If anyone plays, give me a shout and I'l add you on Origin.

My Fanatec wheel has been sent back for repair (hopefully a new wheel altogether, my Alcantara was showing it's age a little ) so now I'm stuck with my old G25 with no buttons. It feels so terrible using the old wheel now and I'm well off the pace I was on with my GT3, so hopefully it's not away for too long.

Indycar feels really good to me, I only tried it on the really tight fixed set, but it feels a lot better than the NTM.

Klouczech, Motion Cockpit View (search on iR forums) will let you move the driver around in the cockpit, you just need to turn off the motion stuff (or leave it on, you might like it).

Also, www.dwarehouse.com has a Jimmie Johnson spotter pack, it will be updated in a few weeks. I recommend you use the Dale Jr + TJ Majors spotter which is included, you just need to change to it from the default. It's well better.

HPD felt terrible in the few laps I did of Motegi, understeer city.

Thinking about it though, I didn't even attempt to heat the tyres up, maybe cold tyres actually act like cold tyres now?

WTF, HPD Fuel Efficiency has been reduced, even though it was already far lower than it should have been.


Edit: no point in having 2 sets of notes. Not exactly the best update ever.

Last edited by DeKo, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 15:53.

It's balls not having access to any forums at all, especially when the new build is out, all the setups are changed etc.. all because one of the staff members didn't like a fact I posted about one of his mates. Nim is a wank.

The only forum I have access to is Staff Announcements, no release notes. Are they posted somewhere else?

Can update now. Say they're running late, 11EDT which is 4pm BST.

http://members.iracing.com/download/member/home.jsp

1GB download, good job they let us update now.

500 server error for the past while anyway. I just expect everything to go wrong with iRacing updates, it always does, I'm half expecting it to come back on with no updates and a week delay.

No-one knows yet, for some shitty reason they don't release build notes before the maintenance like they used to.

Quote from AstroBoy :

I wish they would release Oran Park already. I mean it was being released what Two years ago? Now they just pick new tracks or more ovals. They clearly dont care about Aussies.

Also:

Quote from carfetish :

At virtualr.net someone commented that the NTM update includes, other than the compound/vulcanization improvements, "higher low speed stiffness." Could anybody quote here what iR staff posted about this?

I'm fairly sure it was Eric Hudec that said that. Right enough, he also asked for the members to give him aero data about the HPD and then went in a cream puff when people realised how ridiculous this was, so maybe he talks shit.

Any idea when the build notes will be out, tomorrow before the maintenance probably?

Quote from AstroBoy :

I wish they would release Oran Park already. I mean it was being released what Two years ago? Now they just pick new tracks or more ovals. They clearly dont care about Aussies.

You could say the same about any other country on the planet that isn't the US. They've ignored Italy, Spain, France, Germany (nordy), South America completely (Brazil technically not their fault), Every Asian country apart from Japan. The fact that Philip Island and the V8 Supercar are already there shows that they care, and the fact that they scanned Oran before it got ripped up shows they care. From what I've seen of Oran it's a good track, but it's gone, so it can't really be a priority over popular tracks which are still open.

The grass I think is what's impressing me most. I'm running 120fps just now, I think I have a few spare for this, the more I look at it the better it looks. It really reminds me more of RF2, which looks great once it's up and running.

Wow that does look good, wonder how hard a hit it is to the FPS though. It almost makes the track and the surfaces look 'dirty', I always think sims are too sterile (LFS is the worst for this), but this makes it look just that little but grimy.

Cheers, but you only posted links to the pictures on the forums, anyone that isn't logged into iRacing can't see them, which kinda defeats the point of re-posting them.

Look like I'l have to put my $5 towards Motegi, has anyone driven any of the road courses in any other sims? Are they any good?

Also, post the screenshots .

Yeah I got $5 yesterday, woohoo

What does this post say, something about new shaders? Screenshots?

http://members.iracing.com/jfo ... list/1938869.page#4375054

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

Now I know what some of you are thinking, you're thinking "Hey Mackie....why quote a post from almost 2 years back...have you gone mad"

Well not quite. First of all I've been tested and called crazy... not mad (there is a little difference, being mad gets you locked up, being crazy gets you put in goals) but secondly is that until tonight, this was the best day I had supporting County. Back then we where going to a national final, a small team in the north of Scotland was going to fight for one of the oldest cup competitions in the UK. As it turned out we lost 3-0 that day, but the feeling stayed with me and with it what I thought was as good as it got.

Tonight however,that feeling came back. Due to the season we have being having and results that have gone our way...Ross County are now in the SPL. 20 years ago, the club nearly folded while in the Highland league playing away games to the likes of Wick Academy and Fort William. We are the first ex-Highland League side to make it to the top leagues and will now face the likes of Rangers (if they are still here) Celtic, Heart, Hibs, Aberdeen and more importantly Caley. I can't really explain what it's like, but it feels sooooooo good.

Saturday will be a very very drunk day up in the Highlands. I make my apologies now in case I get PC access later on in the weekend.

Congrats Mackie, I bet all 6 of you are over the moon

Yeah that was me, it wasn't a completely fair move though, I went in a little deep and slightly locked a wheel. Stiill, was a bit of an extreme reaction from him for a racing accident, he could have given me a little room, but was my fault.

Ha, you can see me sneaking up the inside before he gets a chance to come back across the track. Still unbelievable.

If only the Indy and K&N are getting the NTM, surely there must be something pretty good coming?

Cheers Mate. I'm having problems with my Fanatec wheel anyway, today I ran an updater they told me to run which has buggered it up, leaving me with more problems than I had when I contacted them in the first place. Fanatec support were good the last time I used them though, hopefully they are this time aswell, the guy seems pretty good. No racing for me for a while though.

This is pretty much the only time I want to be able to get on the iRacing forums and can't. Can someone do me a huge favour and make this post for me, see if anyone knows what I can do to give me a wheel which works again?

Quote :

Hi, I have been having some problems with my Fanatec GT3 RS V2 and have been in touch with support. I was recommended to run the new 2.1 updater to flash my wheel to 681. Upon flashing, this introduced a new problem for me, when the wheel was moved to the left extreme, it started vibrating and shaking, as can be seen in this video:

http://www.mediafire.com/?568nlbh5r7fgd87

Anyway, I tried again to update my wheel incase it was a dodgy upgrade, but the updater crashed halfway through flashing my wheel, and it's now left me in no-mans land. The updater keeps crashing as the "Flashing" point, and I now have a £200 bright orange paper weight, it won't turn on, the PC won't recognise it and it can't be updated.

Help!

Last edited by DeKo, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 15:14.