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That should get me enough time to get my safety rating up to 4.0 before the season ends. (I was worried it was ending this weekend!) I'm at Rookie 3.61 now and really want to get a D license for the next season. Then I'll have an excuse to buy more cars and tracks!pk500 wrote:Week 13 races start Tuesday, Oct. 27.
I did take a look at the contents of it though. A couple download code cards for the extra collectors edition downloads (13 extra tracks!) plus the 2gb memory stick and the keychain (which is fairly heavy for its size, a nice little trinket which I'll use.) I'll be excited to jump into it next week. Between this and now that I've gotten the iRacing bug again I'm a racing fool.Grant, the rookie promotions are Monday, October 26th at 8:00pm EDTGurantsu wrote:That should get me enough time to get my safety rating up to 4.0 before the season ends. (I was worried it was ending this weekend!) I'm at Rookie 3.61 now and really want to get a D license for the next season. Then I'll have an excuse to buy more cars and tracks!
iRacers with High Safety Ratings Get In-Season Upgrades
No one likes to wait, and beginning next month with the start of 2009 Season 4 iRacers who achieve a safety rating of 4.0 and fulfill minimum participation requirements will no longer have to wait for the end of a 12-week season to be promoted to the next higher license level – they’ll be automatically promoted immediately and eligible for all the benefits of their new license.
“It seems fair that drivers who demonstrate a really superior ability to race safely should be able to advance their licenses at a faster rate,” said Dave Kaemmer, iRacing’s CEO. “We’ll maintain our standard end-of-season promotion schedule for racers who have at least a 3.0 safety rating, but less than 4.0. This new FastTrack option provides additional incentive for clean driving.”
Kaemmer noted that new automated program also provides for a swifter penalty for drivers who exhibited really bad driving habits, including in iRacing’s Pro series.
“The incentives for good driving are both positive and negative,” Kaemmer noted. “Drivers whose safety ratings drop below 1.0 at any point during a season, including participants in the Pro Series, will be demoted a lower license level. This is a pretty serious penalty for a Pro license holder; they will have to improve their A level license to a 4.0 safety rating and only then will be automatically reinstated.” Moreover, if they drop below an A level license, they will have to meet the requirements to work their way back up to an A level and the 4.0 safety rating.
Holders of C, B, and Pro licenses are eligible for mid-season promotion and demotion under the FastTrack program. Rookies and D license holders may be promoted but are not subject to demotion, while A license holders are subject only to the demotion part of the program.
Complete details of the FastTrack license promotion program will be added to the Sporting Code prior to the program’s implementation at the start of 2009 Season 4.
Grant, would you say the collectors edition is worth the extra $20? Normally, I never would fall for those bundles, but this one appears it may be worth it. The gamestop website does not say anything about extra tracks, it just mentions extra car liveries and VIP access (whatever that means). Could you confirm what all is in the collectors edition. Thanks!!Gurantsu wrote:An an Xbox note, it stinks working this weekend and seeing my copy of Forza 3 sitting in our back room without me being able to play it!
Grant, i've got that beat. While you guys will be playing Forza 3 i'll be waiting another 4-5 days for my copy to show up from Amazon.comGurantsu wrote:
An an Xbox note, it stinks working this weekend and seeing my copy of Forza 3 sitting in our back room without me being able to play it!
Thanks for the additional info Grant. I can't get better than 1:30.898 at Summit. Paul, can you email me that Spec Racer setup as well. Thanks!Gurantsu wrote:......And thanks to PK for the setup. I ran some laps with it this morning and was faster after a few laps. The car felt much more stable to me and before I logged off I was consistently getting 1:29's at Summit Point. Probably not the fastest, but the greater confidence in the cars handling will make a huge difference in races.
The Motorsports Legend Car Pack, along with the proving grounds and high speed ring tracks are free DLC for all buyers. The download token for them included with every new copy of the game, not just limited edition.Gurantsu wrote:OK, I looked at my Forza stuff (even took a picture so I could make sure to get it right), and the one download card has all of the stuff we've already seen on it. But the other one says this on it:
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Motorsport Legends Car Pack: 10 legendary cars handpicked by Turn 10 from worldwide classic car shows.
Sidewinder Proving Grounds Track Pack: This true test of skill includes 18 tracks made famous from Forza Motorsport 1 and 2.
Benchmark High Speed Ring Track Pack: This ultimate physics playground of open concrete includes 12 tracks.
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So according to that we're looking at an additional 10 cars and 30 tracks. I think thats worth $20!
Little things like that separate the driving model of iRacing from all other sims. There's so much subtlety that only can be picked up with seat time. You're not held hostage by quirks in the physics model; you're limited only by your skill and lack of seat time.Gurantsu wrote:Seat time does make a difference, as I'm learning more about the Spec Racer every time I drive it. I discovered today that instead of trying to slow down to catch the back end if it starts to get loose, I need to hit the accelerator. The weight shift gives me the traction I need to stay on the track, and I'm going faster to boot.
Nice job, Grant!Gurantsu wrote:I did a race this morning with 1 other guy, and the majority of my laps were in the 1:28 range, with my fastest being a 1:27.811. The guy I was racing was hitting 1:23's, so I saved the replay to see where he was getting so much speed on me. (Seemed like he was getting a lot through the esses before the final turn on to the front straight). I then did a qualifying session, and got a 1:27.071. So my lap times are slowly shrinking.
Monday, November 2nd - License promotions,
iRacers who meet their MPR requirements are promoted to the next license level.
The two official series in Week 13 are continuations of the rookie road racing and oval series, the SpecRacer Ford Challenge and the Legends Cup. As official series, both the Safety Ratings and iRatings count. Thus competitors have the opportunity to increase their license ratings prior to the official license promotions at the end of the week prior to Season 4. Likewise, rookies who have yet to complete the category-specific minimum participation requirements necessary for graduation (two official races or four time trials in each category) have one last chance to do so...............
And the moment they’re suitable for prime time, we’ll add Bad Boys in Canada (the Corvette C6.R at Mosport International Raceway) and the Indianapolis 100 (the Dallara Indy car at the Brickyard) to what already promises to be a great Week 13.
Saw that the other day and immediately pre-ordered them all. Don, have you not had an email from them yet? iRacing emailed me the code for my rebate at the end of last week, $9.00 of credit for something I can't remember buying that might possibly be Indy.DChaps wrote:Plus, it appears the Vette, Indycar, and Mosport will in fact be out sometime this week as Paul mentioned. Should make for a fun week if I can get them to give me my iRacing credits for all the content I bought in the last 60 days.
I would say you should definitely get Indy if you don't already have it. I also love VIR, Barber Motorsports Park and Sebring. However, I just saw a post in the iRacing forums from Steve Meyers that states we will only have a selection of tracks to choose from each week for Hosted Racing. I guess not too big of a deal, but obviously it would be nice to be able to pick any track and configuration we want. Actually, maybe it will be a nice way to force some variety. Anyway here are the details below:Gurantsu wrote: What other track should I grab for when we race together, so I can get the volume discount? May as well grab them all at once.
Attached you will find a document that lists the track configurations that are available in a given week for use in Hosted iRacing. You will need to create your schedules based on what is loaded each week if you want to run a “private league”.
The way our system works is that a specific track configuration needs to be loaded into memory by our race servers to be available in Hosted iRacing. It is not possible to load every track and configuration into memory on these machines due to the massive amount of data this would represent. If the community is looking for a core group of tracks that should be present at all times for Hosted iRacing we can try and make some changes to provide this. We also have a much longer term project on our plate that would allow us to expand our track offering.
"None, none more black"..."What's wrong with being sexy"......"Well, she should be made to smell it"...Classicpk500 wrote:I feel like Derek Smalls in "This is Spinal Tap" when Tap's new album arrives at rehearsal and he says, "David ... 'Smell the Glove' is here."
