Quote from Jordan2007 :

Can it iRating decrease?

Yup, the better you finish in races the more it goes up, and the lower you finish the more it goes down.

If you're still a rookie, you can't actually see your iRating, but it is "there", just hidden.

Quote from brt900 :

so with this fast track promotion if im rookie 4.0 will i get promoted to class D

If you have done your 4 races/TT's, yes you get to go to class D.

Quote from Jordan2007 :

I Dont get it. I Won 3 races in a row. I now race with like 2 people from rookie and everyone else from A-D.

Last 3 races i've came basically last, And im just getting harder people

The better you do, the higher your iRating will be, which leads to you getting put in a higher split against better competition. That's how the system works.

Quote from Jordan2007 :

When is the Toyota competition going to end and also when are they going to put it on the car?

Competition ends in March I think, it won't be on the car until May 22nd at the All-Star race.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Close to none if Danica races the Nationwide race the day before.

Heyoooooo.

Its kind of sad that McMurray won the Daytona 500 and one of his comments afterwards was about how he thought it would still get over shadowed by Danica-mania.

Quote from Jordan2007 :

What's with the 'Gay car' with the 2nd amount of votes, Will they allow that?

Doubt it. I love how almost all the top cars are either rainbow or pink, they had to see that coming haha.

Reading the official rules, it looks like they take the top 10 and Toyota dudes get to pick one of those to actually use. So I'd say chances are good they are not going to pick one of these rainbow cars, unfortunately.

Try here:

http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/sponsafier.html

Also, everyone should go to the gallery, click on "most votes" and vote for "hugs n kittens". I really want to see Kyle Busch drive that car haha.

http://www.sponsafier.com/#/gallery

I have a feeling there is some sketchiness going on with the voting, there have been a ridiculous amount of votes cast since I looked this morning.

Quote from brt900 :

is the corvette any good i might buy it instead of the COT for a bit of fun when im bored of racing

Corvette sounds awesome and is fun to play around with, but I don't race it as I tend to spin it out under braking every couple of laps if I push it too hard. If you were just going to get the COT for "fun" then I would definitely get the Corvette instead. The COT is a beast at most tracks and is more work than fun to me. I keep saying I want to race it but I'm still racing Impala B for now, its a much more fun car to drive to me. The COT can feel satisfying when you figure it out for a track, it just seems to take longer than other cars.

Quote from PMD9409 :

When Jamie was in 6th before the first GWC I told my dad, "Watch Jamie, he's always good on the SS's"

Didn't know Jr would become Superman there at the end but Jamie got it in the end.

Shame on Kahne.

Same here, on that first GWC I told all my friends that Jamie's been fast so watch out, I really didn't expect him to pull it off though. I'm not a Junior fan but when I saw him burst through the middle of that pack I really wanted to see him get the epic win on the last lap.

Stewart didn't have a good car all day which was disappointing after he got second in his duel, just kept complaining about it being too tight.

And the "I'm on a horse" commercial was pretty hilarious, easily beats any Superbowl commercial from last weekend.

Pathetic, how could they not have stress tested the system before trying this? A ton of wasted time for people who practiced for this, and it looks pretty bad for any new people who signed up to take part in this.

It doesn't make sense to me that they can't figure out some way to keep a server up to allow people to launch a test session while they're performing maintenance. Doesn't it just have to verify you own the content?

Quote from DaveWS :

Just had to make this.

Hahaha, I'm at work now but that's exactly how I feel when I'm home and that happens. Make sure you post that up on the iRacing forums when they come back.

Quote from anttt69 :

Sure is a big step but its so much better, sobo with the legend is a nightmare. Cant believe you guys race on that in RL. I ran a 31 flat last night & looking to finish my first race tonight.
+ dodged my first wreck ! ,that was very satisfying. I let out a loud yesss! as i ducked under the mess, but it wasnt to be as my set got loose after 20 & i lost it going through the tri oval. .rpy up on ir forum

Yes, by big step up I meant more enjoyable as well. Yellow flags add a lot to the realism I feel, as well as pit stops, it was like the truck series was the first "real" oval racing in the ladder to me. Those tri-ovals are a pain at first but eventually you get the feel of it down and you'll laugh at yourself for ever spinning there. I hope the Legends don't turn too many people off from oval racing because it is nothing like the kind of racing you get once you move up the ladder.

I ran my first two DP races last week and they were extremely fun. I haven't done much road racing since I joined iRacing but I sure do miss it. I was literally shaking after I had followed the same guy for almost the entire races at Daytona and passed him on the last lap going into the bus stop, it was awesome analyzing exactly where I was faster than him and then nailing the move when it counted.

Possible new green-white-checkered rules:

http://www.scenedaily.com/news ... _a_green-flag_finish.html

Isn't this what the Indy Car series does already? I'm not as familiar with their rules as I should be.

Anyway, I don't know if I really like this. I applaud their efforts to try and finish under green, but I think this would be a mess in fuel mileage races if they have to try multiple restarts. I think the rule now is pretty good, give the drivers one chance, and if someone screws it up then too bad.

Quote from anttt69 :

Anyone running the trucks @ Charlotte this week? I thought i'd give it a go before my sub expires, despite not being a fan of oval it really is quite good.

I feel another addiction coming on .

I'm running the Impala B there. This kind of track can be boring to watch on TV some times but the speed and close racing really is a ton of fun when you're actually driving.

Have you not done ovals much? To me the trucks are a big step up from Rookie/Class D oval stuff.

I am not a karter, but I think you need to figure out WHERE you're going to race first, then you will know what classes of karts they run. After that you can start figuring out what kart you need. What if you pick a kart first and no one around you races that class?

Yup, like SilverArrows said its 200 laps, 500 miles. Main drawback I see for this thing is that unlike the real Daytona, the high line doesn't really work in iRacing and its just going to be a single file train most of the race. Once all the wreckers crash out of your server(first 20-30 laps probably) I feel like its going to go green for a while in the middle of the race, getting in and out of the pits as clean as possible so you don't lose the draft is going to be huge.

I can't wait to read all the "I got taken out in T1 of a 200 lap race" posts on the forums, hopefully I'm not writing one of them though.

Anyone else going to run the 500? I think its going to be a wreckfest but I'm going to try it, will be a SERIOUSLY long race if you don't get taken out, I'm thinking 3 hours minimum.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

This is exactly what they did.

Looking at the official race results now, I suppose that is what happened. That caution went to lap 74 which I guess would put them in G/W/CH territory already.

We did a shot of beer every time they came across the line, so we weren't exactly in the best condition to interpet rules by lap 74 haha.

Quote from greg_slideways :

Phil I totally agree, I am just saying, technically the green white checkered did happen.

"Caution with two laps remaining
If a caution period starts, or continues, any time with two laps remaining in the scheduled distance, NASCAR allows one attempt to finish the race under green flag conditions."

They blatantly did not follow this rule. They are supposed to make one extra attempt at the green flag finish if there is a caution with 2 to go, and they didn't do that. So I think you're wrong saying that technically it did happen, since it didn't.

Whatever though, it was just the shootout so not a big deal, they better not let this happen during the season though.

As far as Danica-mania goes, I guess I'm glad we're just getting this over with now, it had to happen at some point. I don't really care what she does in the Nationwide race at Daytona, I want to see how she does on a real track before I pass judgment. I was not exactly impressed with her interview after the ARCA race though. The kink? Where the hell is the kink at Daytona?

Last edited by UncleBenny, Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:12.

Quote from PMD9409 :

And who else saw the graphic when the Bud Shootout started that said "Race must end under green"? That should imply that they do a green/white/checkered until the race ends under green, but by the looks of it they didn't even give an attempt.

I was pretty pissed about that. Right when the crash happened me and my brother were both just like, OK here comes the green-white-checkers but then the race just ended. Someone from Nascar screwed that up because they never made their one attempt at a green finish.

Why the hell are they in maintenance, all I want to do is hop on and run some laps offline.

Quote from NickC :

It's a tough sport sometimes

Full jealousy kicked in right about here.

Awesome post though, I would love to drive just ONE of those cars some time in my life.

Quote from greg_slideways :

I will be at daytona for the 500. I am excited many women to see :P

Awesome man have fun. You going to the shootout tomorrow?

Quote from logitekg25 :

google search speed vision, or speed channel

It was a joke, SPEED doesn't show enough actual racing.

Definitely still racing, couple links I found quickly:

http://www.ulhra.org/

http://www.gold-cup.com/

The Gold Cup isn't terribly far away from me, I might have to look into it because they'd probably be cool to see in person. Only thing is I'm already trying to get to 2-3 Nascar races, the Red Bull Air Race in NYC, NHRA supernationals in NJ, and various other local races this summer haha.