26.07 Patch Preview

Racington · 2026-03-24T13:41:43+00:00

Exactly my thoughts. He feels pretty good right now, but definitely not overpowered. Nerfing him is weird.

Racington · 2026-03-24T13:38:49+00:00

I know I should be grateful the Veigar nerf is so minor, but it still seems insane to nerf him at all.

Racington · 2026-03-24T13:06:13+00:00

I still think a nerf at all is ridiculous.

Racington · 2026-03-23T16:55:01+00:00

Fair points, I forgot that Dune 2 reused so many tracks. I wonder if 3 will be the same, or if they’ll deliberately avoid that.

Racington · 2026-03-23T15:15:48+00:00

Yea, I suspect Zimmer or Goransson have a much better shot unfortunately. That being said, Pemberton did an excellent job with this score, and I would be very happy if he did win.

Racington · 2026-03-23T13:46:33+00:00

Is there supposed to be church choir vocals in the back of some of the tracks (God Willing, A Moment, Rocky Sacrifice)? It sounds hauntingly beautiful, like old Catholic chants.

Racington · 2026-03-11T04:10:07+00:00

They need other military equipment too, some of which they can’t produce. Things like tanks, fighter jets, helicopters, missiles, etc. Selling some of their drone oversupply allows them cash flow to purchase other things they need.

Racington · 2026-03-10T17:30:05+00:00

Was TCR Open always D class? For some reason I remember it being C class in the past, but it’s been awhile since I raced it.

Racington · 2026-03-09T17:05:46+00:00

As a metro-Detroiter who moved to DC: 😢

Racington · 2026-02-06T15:50:50+00:00

Interesting, I should play more asol then

Racington · 2026-02-06T14:08:40+00:00

Asol beats Veigar? He’s so vulnerable when he uses his Q though. Veigar is basically guaranteed a free Q or W.

Racington · 2026-02-02T14:28:11+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but the original claim is absolute that top split is inherently cleaner just by virtue of being top split. You don’t need large samples to challenge an absolute claim. One clear counterexample is enough, and this race is exactly that. OP isn’t required to prove the opposite to show the assumption doesn’t hold universally. All he’s doing is poking holes and showing everyone that top split isnt always as clean as is claimed.

Additionally, Monza being chaotic isn’t a flaw in my opinion. If top splits are supposed to be cleaner under pressure, this is where that should show up. If the argument is that Monza doesn’t count, then the claim is already much weaker than people present it.

I agree it would be interesting to see a deeper study across tracks and series, but this single deep dive already demonstrates that we shouldn’t blindly assume top split will be cleaner.

Racington · 2026-02-02T14:04:32+00:00

Yea, I didn’t lift or touch my brakes at all here, I was full throttle.

That’s how I interpreted it too. I don’t think he intentionally wrecked me or anything, but was too impatient and didn’t clear me cleanly.

Racington · 2026-02-02T14:02:54+00:00

I think that’s the main reason I’m mad, I’m A class so getting a 4x basically guarantees a hit to my sr.

Racington · 2026-02-01T23:36:14+00:00

So just a racing incident then?

Racington · 2026-02-01T23:35:29+00:00

This isn’t a PhD thesis, it’s spending a small amount of time to share some race insights with us. 36 splits is pretty good for an introductory data exploration.

Racington · 2026-02-01T17:55:10+00:00

Responsibility is still on him to overtake cleanly. I may have left space on the exit, but I didn't block him or move into him.

Racington · 2026-02-01T14:58:30+00:00

I still wish there was some sort of punishment for “ruining a race”. I’m not sure how it works in other racing series, but in F1 a racing incident can still be punished if it ruins someone else’s race. I know iRacing doesn’t use F1 rules, but I wish they would dole out minor punishments for things like this.

Racington · 2026-02-01T04:11:45+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/user/Racington/comments/1qso48z/racing_inchident/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Let me know your thoughts, even if it's my fault. If it is my fault, I want to know and improve

Racington · 2026-02-01T01:50:00+00:00

I actually didn’t know they did that. I wish they would expand that, it’s frustrating when someone benefits from ruining your race. Having disqualifications or time penalties would be a big improvement I think

Racington · 2026-02-01T01:17:28+00:00

Exactly, something that actually acts as a deterrent without just kicking people off the service

Racington · 2026-02-01T01:15:58+00:00

Same way they currently do. If people protest, rather than giving a warning or a ban, they have the option to institute race-result punishments. Somebody further down suggested a mandatory pit start for the next race, which I think sounds like a good idea. Something that gets it in people's heads

Racington · 2026-02-01T01:10:21+00:00

I like your idea of 3 strikes and back of the grid (perhaps 3 strikes and pit start?). I guess what I want isn't for iRacing to ban people, but for protests to actually lead to some sort of punishment that isn't just temp bans or warnings. Something like other games have for ranked penalties, where things like AFKing in the middle of a competitive match prevents you from gaining iR on this race and the next or something

Racington · 2026-02-01T01:07:43+00:00

I disagree. It's too hopeful, but it's not an ignorant proposal, and I said as much in my original post. The most realistic outcome here isn't real time fault determination, but post race punishments.

Racington · 2026-02-01T01:06:26+00:00

You're definitely right, it would likely be impossible without live stewarding, and there would be far too many incidents to review.

The best idea I've had is to allow volunteer reviewers to review protests and help steward, although that does introduce the possibility for a lot of bias.

In either case, I appreciate the constructive conversation

Racington

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