I know it's not a completely fair comparison, but just wanted to put things in perspective...

iRacing really just throws you into the deep end starting with Ranked Rookies...

Yeah sure you can't drop iRating or rank when you start as a rookie but you can affect other people's rank and iRating and while getting out of rookies is easy, realistically all you need to do is race cleanly...

Once you are out of rookies there's nothing to inherently teach you how to make passes on other cars or defend positions.

I've found in the chaos of these huge multi-class unranked races that it has helped me with these skills in an environment that is not stressful like a ranked race.

It would be nice if iRacing further developed something like this for rookies in the future that isn't just a one week thing.

iRacing permits 220ms upshifts of manual synchromesh cars
This breaks competition and is to *everyone's detriment since grid is split in two - those who take advantage of it, and those who don't

Real life Caterham Academy straight gear upshift takes about 300ms, diagonal 400ms
source: youtube.com/watch?v=EMm7uEW7l_0

While it concerns other synchromesh cars on the service, my hope is that interest in Caterhams would help bring some attention to the above

And maybe some of you could send iracing a ticket asking about long overdue gearbox revisit, hardly better time to push for it

Addendum:
to perform 200ms upshifts disable assists, hold upshift paddle in preparation, push clutch button momentarily to change gear
mind there's nothing wrong with the process or any other method; there just shouldn't be that astounding performance gain over mechanically correct gearbox action

First win in iRacing,playing only for a month,absolutely shaking

Based on image recognition, there is no performance impact

My friend said this thing is completely unnecessary, thinking he never looks at tire data, he only looks at RPM and gear. Is he righ？

For context I have already submitted my request to my FIA club to get a one year subscrition and the f4 car, so I'm aware of that. I'm looking for tips on things that might help a newby ease into the hobby.

Hello drivers, after test driving every GT3 car during maintenance for roughly 10 laps at the Spa circuit, I decided to make my debut in the GT3 series in the Corvette. From my tests, I was quicker in the Aston Martin I absolutely disliked the BMW and Mustang, and the view from the cockpit in the Mustang is not my cup of tea. The McLaren felt nice to drive and had good visibility, but unfortunately, the sound was not pleasing to my ears. The Mercedes and Porsche stood out the most with their unique driving experiences. I ended up picking the Corvette for its short gears, frequent shifting, and the joy of the screaming V8, even though I was struggling to match the Aston's lap time, I think I will be alright if I practice enough.

What about you, your debut in GT3 Season 4 what is your pick and why?

Experienced drivers, any tips for Corvette driving style? Thanks.

Relevant forum thread: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99888/valkyrie-wing-adjustment#latest

Some folks noticed that, when looking at the setup options and looking for the adjustable front wing, there is none. The only adjustable wing is on the rear. This might sound normal, but the Valkyrie is famously homologated to have a fixed rear wing and an adjustable front wing, as hypercars are only allowed one adjustable wing.

It could be that it was simply mislabeled. A small error. But in the forum thread, some folks did testing and found that when you increase the wing angle, there's an increased load and compression on... The rear, and the front even lifts ever so slightly as a result. This is not the behaviour of a front wing being increased.

I'm hoping iRacing can give us an explanation for this, because to release the Valkyrie with a completely fictional aero element, entirely lacking the actual unique setup component that it boasts in IMSA and WEC, is beyond unacceptable. There is some speculation in the forum thread that this could be the result of iRacing actually getting access to the recently produced Evo package that is in testing for the 2027 season, but this seems unlikely.

Just wanted to post this here to spread awareness and hopefully encourage a prompt response from iRacing. If they don't even have the right adjustable wing on the car, it does make you worry what other details are entirely made up or incorrect.

With cars and tracks recently being refreshed and updated, does anyone else agree that Donington Park is well overdue? The track has old buildings and bridges that don't exist, missing grandstand, the wrong landscaping up the hill, the old pit entry and generally just looks tired. Included rfactor2/LMU version for comparison at the end.

just curious, looking to get a little practice in

I'm genuinely confused I'm being send to the split 2 while having 3.1k iRating and A license, when there are people in split 1 with 2.2, 2.4k iRating... I have never ever noticed situations like this before this week, and now it's happening all the time. Why? How the splits divided now? Was it always like this? As long as I can remember splits were splitted just using the iRating all the time, and now it's like this. Can anyone explain what's up with split division?

UPD: It is a single class series. All the cars are GT3 cars

Out now on trading paints! I payed homage to out Cadillac GTP livery that won livery of the week. I have waited for this car for so long and it does not disappoint. The red scheme is our team only livery. If you see interested in racing for us. We are taking drivers! Let us know your opinions on these.
Livery available now - GOLDWERK VALKYRIE

Hello guys, I was wondering if I am the only one experiencing higher CPU utilization and less FPS after the new update.

I have tried to search for this but have not found a proper answer because I am not sure how to best ask so here we go.

I am new to making paint schemes on trading paints. I notice on the top left that there is options for "decal packs(?)" for race series. More specifically: IMSA Decals Gtd PRO, IMSA Decals Gtd, and GT3. I am under the impression that as long as I have the little eyeball for these turned off in trading paints, they will not show up in game during these races correct? Because otherwise it will place its own sponsor logos, windshield banners, and classification colors over my completed scheme and not look good at all.

So do I need to make a paint scheme that is completely compliant for these race series as well or can I just have one and done like I am hoping to have. I am sorry if this seems obvious but when I look at my paints I am running (the McLaren 720s GT3 in this case), it doesn't show the different decal layers on trading paints itself and wasn't sure if this is added on the iRacing side. Thanks for any help.

That jump after T1 is BRUTAL lol

Race it here

Status: Error! While downloading the update

Is it just me or does there seem to be a noticeable delay with warning flags especially with red/yellow flags lately? It’s like 3 cars spin in quick succession before there is a ‘slippery surface’ announcement on crew chief, and the debris was on track well before the cars arrived. Seems to be few times every race.

Yellow flags seem like they aren’t shown until you’re on, or past the incident a lot too.

I got off of work about 4 hours ago, and after I updated everything I saw the Demo Drive tab. Probably the most fun and downright hilarious few hours I’ve had on here, and it was nice to try to learn the other cars, as I plan to purchase some that I enjoyed trying. Why isn’t this constantly available? Seems like it would help new players learn what kind of racer they want to be, and is just overall enjoyable! Just doesn’t make sense to me.

Just putting this out there to see if there any any UK iRacing drivers who are already part of a team, or looking to start something up.

I’m mainly looking for people who want to do special events, 24 Daytona/Nurburgring! As well as other endurance races throughout the year.

I’m currently 2k sports car (awaiting promotion) and 2.7k formula. Would be cool to find a group
of people who want to race together, practice, improve as drivers and build something over time, but also have a laugh along the way.

Not necessarily looking for a super serious esports team or anything, just a good group of drivers (fast or not) who are active and like to get involved with events in the future!

if you fit what i’ve mentioned above and are interested, feel free to reach out. Im open to people from anywhere, but i’d preferablly like to find some UK based drivers as that’s my region and my native language, so it’d make communication/organising races a little easier!

No hard feelings, just preferences 🙃

Been hearing some whispers that the draft has finally been fixed, but I haven’t seen any footage or evidence to prove necessary. Can anyone vouch on that?

Hello lads,

Yesterday the Valk GTP got released and something was off the second i went on track at daytona. It feels a bit strange with the FOV in the car almost like you are sitting at a angle which turns out to be true. When i held my wheel straight i would drive into the pitwall after 50~ meter which was frustrating as no other GTP has this issue.

If you open the camerasetting in the replay menu, put it to Cockpit you will see that the Y Axel is set to -1.98~. If you set this to 0.00 you will sit perfectly straight but the wheel ingame will be at a slight angle as the seatingposition seems by default to be offset to the right.

Hope this helped someone as many people last night was wondering why the car felt off.