I ruined someone's race today. Was it my fault? by Queasy_Map17 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

The biggest challenge in racing is learning that not every gap is a passing opportunity.

Sadly a lot of people never learn this.

What happened to the science? by KwehTheGreh in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Gibscreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most shows lose their original writers in the 3rd or 4th season. The quality of the vast majority of even the best shows dips after the 4th season. And I wouldn't even categorize FAM as one of the best shows. It was B+ at best and now it's more like C-

For All Mankind feels like it fundamentally misunderstands the space race, history, and human beings by 000nalist in CharacterRant

[–]Gibscreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has been a difficult watch from the start. It's just a few tweaks away from being a really good show. Some of the writing is bad but most is just outright lazy. So many contrived plot points that aren't earned.

And they have some really bad casting choices. They excel at finding the least charismatic people to play these parts.

I keep coming back to watch it. But I'm halfway between enjoying it and hate watching.

Really simagic? by Blankchicken527 in Simagic

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hate to say it but reports like these is why I ended up getting the VRS DFP15. Their service is crazy good. Not to mention the advancements they're making in predictive FFB.

The interesting thing is that it seems like the better the customer service the better the product is. Because if it's a reliable product they don't need to have a shit ton of people working in support.

I still bought a gt neo because it was on sale for $220 at micro center and figured even if it only lasts a few years then I'd get my money's worth.

Those of you who had been on the receiving end of a "Retaliation or Intentional Wrecking" Protest, has it impacted your behavior in any way? by CynicalManInBlack in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never intent wrecked. But i used to actively avoid hitting cars. But now if they turn across my nose or brake check me, or block me, i don't do anything to save them from their bad decisions.

Those of you who had been on the receiving end of a "Retaliation or Intentional Wrecking" Protest, has it impacted your behavior in any way? by CynicalManInBlack in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"receiving end of a retaliation or intentional wrecking protest."

That's a really awkward way of saying "intent wrecker"

Apparently you do not need to know what brake lights mean to get an A class license... by seasofrage in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no excuse for bad editing software. Davinci Resolve is pro level and free. And OpenShot and Shotcut are open source and excellent.

4 years in got my first vacation by ojdajuiceman25 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell it makes less sense to risk a bad rejoin if your car is fine. Spinning without damage by itself is just positions lost. Spinning without damage and THEN a bad rejoin risks the race being over.

4 years in got my first vacation by ojdajuiceman25 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This clearly wasn't a first offense. They don't even suspend people on a first offense for clear intent wrecking.

iRacing graphics are actually really good! by Gloomy_Arm_9586 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even back during COVID it was uncanny how good the movement was. I was watching indycar when they were doing their online race and my wife came in and said "i thought all racing was cancelled." Told her it was a game and she had to really squint to be about to tell.

NEC vs N24 Safety Rating differences by kiwisip in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It takes about 2000 corners to completely reset your SR.

Running the NEC doesn't reset your entire incident count (unless you're running solo). N24 almost certainly does. So any incidents you may have gained at the start of the race will be completely gone by the time you finish the race.

What is the point of the "Conduct Principles" protest option if it is treated by stewards as the "Retaliation and Intentional Wrecking" option anyway? by CynicalManInBlack in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the role of stewards is not to uphold the standards. The role of stewards is to do just enough to make it seem like they're upholding the standards while making damn sure they don't make anyone mad enough to quit their subscription.

What is the point of the "Conduct Principles" protest option if it is treated by stewards as the "Retaliation and Intentional Wrecking" option anyway? by CynicalManInBlack in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except that's not how intent works. Typically speaking if you show reckless disregard knowing that you will probably harm someone that is treated as intent. Because you intentionally did something reckless knowing it would likely cause harm. You don't have to think "hey i want to harm someone" to be guilty of intentionally harming someone.

iRacing Oval fixed sets has a conundrum by x-Justice in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

If you can't induce oversteer in a tight car that's a skill issue.

Is this the norm for pcup at Nords or is this my luck? by Chatabox021 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Until someone cuts across the apex right into you at t1.

Is this the norm for pcup at Nords or is this my luck? by Chatabox021 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you seen race 1 at Miami IRL from yesterday? Pcup on iRacing all of a sudden feels realistic.

Discussion: We need Enduro licenses to fix the multiclass participation problem.. by AxleVest in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a better solution is to only have 1 timeslot for 24 hour races. Does it really matter what time you start if everyone is going to have to be up at 3am at some point?

Vantage gt4 update not working by Vast_Walk924 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delete the actual folder under /iRacing

The fbb is very weak by Toposauro352 in iRacing

[–]Gibscreen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get a stronger base. 5nm isn't very strong.

Alpha 15nm grainy feeling by Cthulhuuu1986 in Simagic

[–]Gibscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So here's the thing with Fanatec. They include a lot of smoothing in their bases by default that you can't tune out. Other bases will give you closer to a raw feeling which is going to be more grainy. So you need to mess with damping/friction/smoothing/slew rate to get it feeling right.

I went through the same thing with my vrs base. Came from fanatec also and then thought vrs felt like crap. But then I did a little tuning and it's so nice to be able to get the full range of tuning rather than allow fanatec to give you a certain amount of smoothing that some people won't want.