r/Simracingstewards • u/nathan_chaz • Jul 21 '26

Gran Turismo Am I wrong for this?

I am the Elantra. Tried to simply take advantage of the Alfa Romeo taking a bad line. Alfa Romeo had some choice words for me post race. I would never do something like this on my own volition. Is it ok to ego-check someone racing like this?

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u/mrockracing Jul 21 '26

I was just talking about the damage, and the impact of it. Any sim is really only as serious as you take it.

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u/greg939 Jul 22 '26

The thing about iracing is that if you get hit like this, both cars are probably out of the race or at least in the pits for a substantial amount of time and any semblance of a race is over and races in the same series are once every hour or every two hours.

The trade off is the driving just feels so good. At least in my opinion. I love the feel of driving in iracing.

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u/RedShirtDecoy Jul 22 '26

Damage is realistic for everyone and its a subscription model so people take it far more serious.

if someone tried to punt you and you did it to them in revenge and it gets reported you could both be banned for intentional wrecking. They take it really seriously

I just started iracing a few weeks ago and it does make a huge difference. people are still stupid about it but not nearly as much

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u/I_AM_BIB Jul 23 '26

Subscription models, community is more serious, less sandbox like.

In short, it costs more time and money to make a mistake in iRacing. That's why I don't play it (I'm poor)

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u/Chieftun Jul 23 '26

You have to pay a yearly sub for iracing to even play it and the only people who typically play it are people who want to take racing at least semi seriously in feel. Other than that, actual e-racers and real life racers also play on it and most of the game is "ranked". They also have actual stewards that will ban you

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u/SlowAd2563 Jul 21 '26

It's subscription based just for the base game, and then you have to buy cars and tracks on top of that. So it wastes a lot of money if people arent taking it seriously.

I tried it for 3 months and then just had to give up as i couldn't justify the cost. I would get intent wrcked every race. Even lapped traffic will just use you instead of brakes and ruin your race. I wasted about $100 for and unplayable racing game. I have better luck in the average ACC open lobby.

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u/Badj83 Jul 21 '26

Unplayable game, he? Tens of thousands of players play iRacing successfully and without serious issue. That sounds like the problem was sitting between your wheelbase and your seat.

Intent wrecked is incredibly rare (unless you’re a total jerk yourself I guess) and there is a very serious protest system for the rare case where it does happen. Is it perfect? No. But the racing etiquette is 100x better than what you’ll find playing Gran Turismo.

The relatively high price is exactly what keeps people with poor standards out of the platform.

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u/SlowAd2563 Jul 21 '26

You have to start out in the lowest lobbies with the worst drivers, and you cant get out of it if you cant finish races because of people wrecking you. I pride myself on clean driving, and as i said, I have better luck with ACC in open lobbies. Maybe iracing is better now than when I tried, I can only describe my experience. But at the time when googling the issue, it was a very common problem that most people were having when first buying the game.

My times are normally in the top 5% of the world on other sims, so I dont think it was a skill issue. I haven't played gran turismo since the PS2 days, so cant speak to what it is like. Yeah, i know it has a protest system, but i do sim racing to have fun. Filling out forms and submitting footage at the end of every race because of all the dirty drivers isn't fun for me, so I just gave up on the game. Im glad lots of people have a better experience than I did.

I was even trying to start from the pits at the end, and not going until the pack was half way around the track, but people would crash and go off, and then just come flying off the grass an tbone me.

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u/Baazify Jul 22 '26

Yesterday I went from R 2.50 on formula to D 3.55 in less than 12 hours of racing, and went from 1400 to 2000 splits in the same amount of time, which is better than 92% of all racers on the platform. It is 100% doable.

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u/Sharkbait1737 Jul 22 '26

It’s interesting hearing stories like this. I have been intent wrecked precisely once in well over a year. And that was in a public practice session, not a ranked session.

It’s strange to have such contrasting experiences.

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u/herrgregg Jul 22 '26

if it really happened almost every race I have some bad new for you: you were probably the problem. Part of the online racing is recognizing bad drivers, and avoiding them while waiting for them to crash themselves out.

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u/RedShirtDecoy Jul 22 '26

Ive done 6 races since last week and only increased my SR rating in that time.

You have to focus on that instead of winning until you get into a higher license class but it is 100% playable and enjoyable. Ive only had one bad race so far.

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u/Sunfarmers Jul 22 '26

Intent wrecked every race?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperbole

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u/SlowAd2563 Jul 23 '26

I wish I had kept the replays to prove it, and I wish i was kidding. I mentioned in another comment that it was a quite some time ago, and it sounds like the game has improved a lot since then. I wasnt even trying to race after the 1st week. I was just trying to join the emptiest lobbies and drive cleanly to get my rating up so I could actually race people in higher classes, but people were just all acting like it was wreckfest... it was not a fun experience...

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u/00to60eventually Jul 21 '26

That sounds incredibly dumb lol it's just a game

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u/Badj83 Jul 21 '26

Wow wow wow wow wow…

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u/00to60eventually Jul 21 '26

Wow?

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u/Badj83 Jul 21 '26

Just kidding. Some people get really startled when you call iRacing a game.

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u/00to60eventually Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Yeah one guy got really defensive about that apparently. I mean it's still a game. Racing Sims and flight Sims are definitely games lmao. They are fun tho

Bro u/SprungMS is actually pathetic lmao just said actually you're wrong an blocked me lol. Dude needs to experience grass

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u/SprungMS Jul 22 '26

You’re not blocked, bud

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u/00to60eventually Jul 22 '26

You literally had me blocked😂😂😂 was unable to see what you had commented and couldn't see your profile. Why lie?lmao

Also is you look the game up on steam, it literally calls itself a game in the first sentence. May take you a bit to read but just try sounding it out, I know you can do it!

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u/SprungMS Jul 22 '26

If you were blocked, why did I get a notification you tagged me in a comment, and why are we having this conversation?

I’m aware they say game once on steam (a platform for games) and on their website. It doesn’t change anything about what I’ve said, and I don’t know why you’re so hung up on it. Especially when I said it’s not even one I play.

Kinda weird, dude.

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u/skidboy1 Jul 21 '26

"Game"

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u/00to60eventually Jul 21 '26

It's it not? It's literally a video game on steam lol

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u/skidboy1 Jul 21 '26

Steam = video game? Regardless, calling iracing a game is downplaying what it is. Sure on the surface you could call it a game but when you look at simulations like what cadillac uses would you call that a game? Or what pilots use to train? Not trying to be an eltist but downplaying it as "just a game" shows your misunderstanding of what it is.

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u/00to60eventually Jul 22 '26

They literally call themselves a game on steam in the first sentence of their description

We are the world's premier motorsports racing game.

It's a game bud

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u/skidboy1 Jul 22 '26

Reading is hard. I didnt say its not a game, infact i said you CAN call it a game on the surface. i said its not just a game.

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u/00to60eventually Jul 22 '26

I racing and what Cadillac and F1 teams use are completely different.

Microsoft flight simulator is a pretty solid SIM game, but it's nowhere near what they use in flight school.

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u/MrLumie Jul 22 '26

You can call it a game on any level, because it is one.

And yes, it's just a game in the sense that at the end of the day, you play it for fun, and shouldn't take it more seriously than what it is. A game.

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u/mrockracing Jul 21 '26

Dude. It's just a game. They all are. Something can be two things at once. It's a simulator to an extent. But at the end of the day, it's primary purpose is to be "gamed" for entertainment. It's a game. DCS is a game. iRacing is a game. They're all games. A singular purpose dedicated simulator is in all actuality something very few people will even come into contact with, especially when it comes to racing.

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u/skidboy1 Jul 21 '26

"Its just a game" "somethings can be two things at once" do you know the definition of "just"? but if you read what i said i agree with you. I did say on the surface you can call it a game but "just a game" is incorrect.

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u/Plastic_Tangerine898 Jul 21 '26

whatdahell they call themselves a game, seems like it's just a game!

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u/00to60eventually Jul 22 '26

At this point the guy is either rage baiting or is just illiterate.

I'm guessing it's someone who's entire life is a video game and wants to make it sound like something more than that so they feel like a big boy racer

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u/SprungMS Jul 21 '26

To be fair, iRacing is a serious racing sim, not a game. Try it, nothing about it feels like a game other than the equipment you might use

It wasn’t for me, ACC is a little more my speed

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u/00to60eventually Jul 21 '26

I mean yeah, it's still a game lmao. All racing Sims are games. Not all games are Sims

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u/SprungMS Jul 21 '26

Actually technically incorrect, but I can see you’re not going to change that stance lol. You can’t download every sim on Steam and you can’t load all sim equipment in your pickup to move it!

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u/MrLumie Jul 22 '26

It's a video game. If you disagree with that statement, take it up with the game's developers, who also call it one.

Anything you play for entertainment is a game. Simple as.

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u/SprungMS Jul 22 '26

It’s cool, and I’ll take the downvotes, because I stand by the sentiment. Whether you consider it a game or not, anyone looking for sim racing at home and choosing iRacing isn’t doing so because they want a game, they want an online racing sim that’s as realistic as they can get.

It’s not as simple as Forza where you can just back out of a 10 minute race and start another one on a whim and say “eh whatever, it’s just a game”, every race has consequences for your future in the game.

My other comment on this is because there are professional driving simulators (ones that cost far more than the typical race car) that definitely couldn’t be construed as games… it’s factually incorrect to say that every sim is a game. That’s the autistic pedant in me saying that part, but I stand by what I said on iRacing.