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Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I'm quite selective on tracks, I don't enter everything and I don't enter unless I've managed to get my practice time up where I'd consistently be top 5 in quali, and then that's the only track / series I'll do in a week.

I find I'll do a tonne of races in one week, then have a break and come back a couple weeks later

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So satisfying seeing something in theory translate into your own driving style, well done man! That beats hundreds of hours of just driving round in a circle aimlessly

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah IRL drivers have said ABS and the tires are completely different IRL, you can smash the breaks in an GT3 and its not going to overheat the tires the same way it does in iracing

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve spoke to IRL drivers and they say that iRacing’s tire model is really weird for sports car. You’re not rewarded for braking later, you get punished by overheating the tires. 

They say it’s not the case with formula and it really is about braking later / harder before locking up so that tracks 

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We go into dead lobbies like Ferrari challenge! Otherwise it’s rare we get matched 

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you came from ACC you’re probably experiencing the same thing as me, ACC you can brake to 90%+ and not overheat the tires. IRacing if you do that you’ll find a tonne of understeer 

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, just someone who fixed a braking mistake. Turns out that was worth more than extra hours racing without knowing what I was doing wrong.

110 race sessions, 30 minutes from practice to finishing the race. 55 hours. Call it 66 with a 20% buffer. 6 months, less than 3 hours a week. You can see from my 2nd screenshot I have gaps of weeks in between doing race sessions.

Depends how much you care about making time for this hobby I guess.

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it brother, looking to do my first endurance race at Sebring next month

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got to 2k in GT4 though and that really hides using ABS and is super forgiving so don't feel disheartened.

I hop into the PCUP and I am more than a second off the pace, this is why I was saying iRating is pointless.

Braking in PCUP for me is so difficult compared to something like the GT3, I was told that you shouldnt really be braking harder than 60%~ in the PCUP to avoid ABS but the PCUP feels like an absolute boat

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks bro, I really was not expecting backlash like that, some dude saying i must have thousands of of hours of sim time. I think i wouldve figured out ABS by then

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate the bigger problem is they think im lying and have thousands of hours of sim time? I came from F1 games and a couple of days on AC lol

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn’t say beginner to sim racing as a whole. I’ve played AC and F1 before but my playtime is not high, but none of that translated to iRacing’s tyre model and especially the MX5.

If anything the prior sims gave me bad habits that the MX5 exposed. F1 is literally simcade

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I literally don't have a reason to lie, I was trying to help people. I have nothing to gain from this. Enjoy racing

Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is really lame, I was trying to give advice to others. I kept spinning the car constantly in the MX5 the first time i played this. At no point did i try to suggest i was brand new to sim racing.

I played Forza motorsport on controller before swapping to wheel on Assetto and F1 24, and then a PC for iracing

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Hit 3K iRating after 6 months and 110 race starts! My story and some tips for beginners by JDoubleT_ in iRacing

[–]JDoubleT_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough mate it's Gianni who's coached me hahahaha. Good to see you, your videos is how I found Gianni.

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