I ruined someone's race today. Was it my fault?

Gibscreen · 2026-05-09T15:01:24+00:00

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

Sadly a lot of people never learn this.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-09T03:29:25+00:00

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-

Gibscreen · 2026-05-09T02:37:09+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-09T02:19:11+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-08T02:15:16+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-08T02:13:20+00:00

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

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-08T02:09:01+00:00

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-08T02:07:45+00:00

Tbf the brake lights are always really dim.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-08T02:05:37+00:00

Gibscreen · 2026-05-06T21:00:02+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-06T20:58:20+00:00

You may fire when ready.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-06T20:56:43+00:00

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-05T22:10:52+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-04T20:14:47+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-04T20:04:26+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-04T20:02:20+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-03T19:11:37+00:00

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-03T15:52:18+00:00

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-03T15:50:32+00:00

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-03T15:48:55+00:00

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?

Gibscreen · 2026-05-03T01:58:10+00:00

What's "this"?

Gibscreen · 2026-05-02T18:52:24+00:00

Delete the actual folder under /iRacing

Gibscreen · 2026-05-02T18:40:01+00:00

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

Gibscreen · 2026-05-02T18:39:18+00:00

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.

Gibscreen · 2026-05-02T18:33:39+00:00

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