Quote from Cornys :

Eh, not really. Probation is basically just a warning.

Probation makes it sound like a absolutely final warning though... As in "You really should be suspended, but we'll be lenient this time. As long as you don't mess up again, even a little bit."

I don't understand why they don't call it a warning if that's all it actually is. Because in my mind at least, there can be multiple warnings before a suspension.

It's more entertaining to watch than WTCC... 2 Chevy 1-2-3s this weekend... yawn

Quote from BlueFlame :

It looks the dogs parts as low as it is!

is this good or bad? Can't tell

I'm surprised he didn't pick up another few points on his license, honestly.

He made it clear all the way down the straight that he had no intention of anything but using Shedden as a brake.

Link to video of the incident in question.

EDIT: I think probation is a little bit harsh.

Last edited by RiseAgainstMe!, Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:22.

Quote from Kid222 :

On another topic: anyone got some info about the other Hamilton guy with Skoda Octavia? From what i looked up it seems like they vanished.

Sponsor pulled out, not enough funds for him I believe. Not sure what state of completion the car got to.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Edit: never mind I see its from 2010. Could be legit, but I wouldn't know why he'd have a second account.

Yeah, that's why I'm questioning it.

Upon some searching, I find mentions of a gift subscription as his first account in 2009, which is a possible explanation.
http://jalopnik.com/5768561/ho ... or-to-win-the-daytona-500

Quote :

But this wasn't Bayne's first exposure to iRacing; in 2009 a friend bought the then aspiring NASCAR Nationwide driver a gift subscription to the iRacing service. According to Rocky Bayne, Trevor's dad, his son even has a full racing setup in his house.

So... how do I know if an account I just raced against is actually the real deal, or an imposter? Account named Trevor Bayne2... I know he has used iRacing in the past, before his Daytona 500 victory. Car was decked out in the Wood Brothers scheme, and he was pretty fast, worked his way up to 3rd behind me before getting DQ'd for ignoring damage I guess. It was a session full of brain-dead morons, I'm reasonably confident those 10 incidents were caused by other drivers out there... Not much history on the account, or the one named Trevor Bayne. Not a regular online racer at all.

but I just wanna know if it's a fake or not.

http://members.iracing.com/mem ... =5447618&custid=41365

Last edited by RiseAgainstMe!, Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:56.

haha I mean, all of that's basically what I've been trying to do... but sometimes there's just no hope of escaping. It's like they go out of their way to cause you incidents

I would like just one race where I am not crashed out, multiple times even. These races in the Mazdas at Lime Rock are more like a demolition derby than a race sometimes Really, really frustrating.

Last edited by RiseAgainstMe!, Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:09.

Webber: Red Bull Gives you wiiiiings!!

But seriously. That was kinda scary.

The only channel on my TV not working right now?

SPEED.

This is some bullshit. I missed the first 5 laps because I needed to find a stream.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Heck they need to go more East. I like watching these races at night. I'm not good at waking up early unless it is for Uni.

I do love night races, and staying up. I'm definitely a night owl. But it's pretty rough if you have obligations on Sunday mornings and end up with like 3 hours of sleep. Damn that real life thing.

Quote from Cornys :

Until 4 AM? I LOVE live races and hate recorded ones, but there's no way that I'm going to stay up that late to see it live.

You'll get there... the obsession becomes overwhelming when the season is good like it is right now If it was late in a season and someone had already run away with the championship (but I'm not sure that will happen this year), I'd probably skip it.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Exactly the same here!

This season is worth it, looking great so far.

I'll be happy when they move to Europe though, I tried to stay up through Malaysia and I ended up falling asleep by the end... poor timing for a red flagged race

Quote from Cornys :

I'm going to be watching the race recorded tomorrow morning . It'll be my 2nd F1 race.

I'm staying up

Quote from jrd.racer :

What car you in, and what controller you using?

Specifically the SRF was the worst... I tried to jump into that because it's a class I've loved watching since birth... didn't go so hot. The others weren't as bad.

As for controller, it's a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel. Nothing spectacular but it works I guess. Had some issues at first, it was coming un-calibrated in the middle of sessions. But then it stopped and I had no more issues soooo... I dunno.

Quote from anttt69 :

or you could have had a month for free @ Indycar.com

Oh well. It's only $12, I'm not gonna get too upset about it.

If I had to define my first day of iRacing... it would be lift-off oversteer and controller calibration issues.

Not my high point so far, but I'm sure I'll work it out eventually.

I'm about to give iRacing a whirl ... 3 months for $12 sounds agreeable to me.

It says if someone referred me, they get $10 credit. First PM that gives me an e-mail address (that's what I have to put in the box) can have it

No use in wasting free money they are trying to give out, might as well use it for someone

EDIT: PMD has claimed it.

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Quote from sinbad :

When you said that they'd jumped on super sports bikes I had to watch the video.
I think you're mis hearing stock as sport.

You are correct. It's less that I was mishearing it, than my memory being off a few minutes later when I was typing. Motorcycle racing has only caught my attention very recently... so I still know absolutely nothing about most of it

including many of the rules, classes, bikes, circuits... it's a whole different world in some respects

Nah, they were definitely riding a different class bike in the race... I guess they must have had a problem with their superbike, and also had a lower class bike available, so they had to ride it if they wanted to race.

I just watched this vid, and i ... d up one of my questions. Anstey wins from the second wave, so that is possible... I still don't know how the determine the waves though.

Also, Michael Dunlop's bike blows up, but then it's red-flagged immediately afterwards, so he jumps on a supersport bike for the restart, ends up finishing 7th... Farquhar is also referred to as being on a supersport bike at the beginning. I guess they are a class regulated to lower power, so they are still legal in this race, but not as competitive? But the gap doesn't seem to be that massive.

Since we don't get bike road racing coverage here... can someone explain a few things to me? Since every time I watch it it seems terribly exciting, I just have no idea what's going on

Why do they start in waves? How are the waves decided? It has sounded like it's still part of the same race in some other vids I've watched (not a lower class), can someone from the second wave win the race?

Also, I watched another vid just now from the related links... it was a superbike race I guess, but they were referring to some of the riders being on supersport bikes. What's the difference between the bikes, why can someone from a different class compete in the superbike race, and why are they actually able to maintain similar speeds?

Quote from anttt69 :

It is absolutely Communism. In China & North Korea if any one dare stands up against the regime they are arrested & put in jail. They basically take away your human right to freedom of speech.

That has nothing to do with Communism.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

I think i'll stick to the pub, but if you really get into this then I fully appreciate that it's a great dating site for furry's.

You could always try this though. http://pounced.org/

So you're a furry then?

Some Vees of the American persuasion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5khlaTXyM80

Part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... 6NI&feature=endscreen

To date, this is my favorite onboard vid I've ever seen. 15 minutes of non-stop action and passing from the driver's seat. And a photo finish, what more could one hope for? For added coolness, I know at least 3 of the racers in this vid built their cars on their own, engineering every aspect of it. If only the camera tilt was a little better.

Also helps I've watched most of the guys who make an appearance in this vid pretty much since I was born Even if you know nothing about the drivers or the class or the track, I'd say it's well worth the time.

Last edited by RiseAgainstMe!, Mon, 9 Apr 2012 05:59.

Quote :

WHOA! If I read this correctly, it means a driver who wins a race but fails post-race inspection (like Carl Edwards in the 2008 Las Vegas race) may not have it counted toward a wild card berth. I've never heard that before, but I'd say that's a pretty important part of the wild card rule, right?

Is he really surprised that surprised by this? It's just common sense that they aren't going to give you something you gained through an illegal car.