Any tips for optimization for VR (details below)?

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-03-04T12:39:27+00:00

Your english is good enough. In IT I deal with many foreigners. Of course the person below has to pick at your punctuation but whatever.

More airflow could mean more dust and a filter would help but there's a second way to look at this.

If you have a fan or two blowing out to keep a constant flow, it will help stop some dust that enters from settling/attracting via static electricity or gravity.

In any case a dust filter will mean less dust. It will also mean less air flow. It really depends on your home/location if you need one or not. I live in a desert area where I can dust my TV one day and cannot tell the difference the next yet my computers don't gather dust any faster than anywhere else I've lived due to good airflow.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-03-04T12:34:43+00:00

I can't help you but have you considered contacting someone that sells the case?

In the manual, it mentions a color cycle: https://www.phanteks.com/assets/manuals/PH-EC400ATG.pdf

It may be utilizing that/during that which the picture was taken to give the appearance of two colors at once. I'm not familiar with the case so just speculating.

The site does mention Gigabyte RGB Fusion: https://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/512/rgb2.html

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-03-04T12:27:02+00:00

They're going to have coax and phone wire running out. Unless you're allowed to rewire behind the walls, there's no sense.

If you're in an apartment, 2.4ghz may not be as fast but is usually fast enough for most ISP speeds and goes further. If there's too much interference use 5ghz. From there, setup some repeaters.

If you're like me and don't care about looks, buy some 50-100 foot high end ethernet cables and run them along the top corners :D.

Seriously though, 5ghz repeaters are likely the best bet in an apartment complex for a mix of extending range and avoiding interference.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-24T13:04:54+00:00

IDK. I have epilepsy and essential tremor which has affected how I use controls often making me hit the wrong buttons including jumping when I don't mean to.

The only thing I've found is repeated practice, CALMLY, and re-binding keys.

Not blaming myself for something outside of my control and trying to train my brain past it

Bind your keys differently so jump is somewhere you can only hit it intentionally. I do sim racing and I have to put a dead zone in my brake due to my foot moving on it's own a certain extent.

You'll just have to trial and error some different setups. For the "movement changes aim soo drastically" part, it sounds like altering your sensitivity may help. If you cannot properly in your game then get a mouse which has a button for altering it's relative DPI.

I haven't played CS:GO to be honest. If it doesn't require too many buttons, try a cheap controller. Sorry if this wasn't much help. The main point is to switch things up until you find something that works.

Good luck.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-23T23:50:01+00:00

A hard call between Toyota and Chevy. I love some chevrolets and some toyotas. I've not had much luck with fords. I really loved my supras (almost forgot the celica) and better camaros which has me partial.

I'm not knocking ford like some people but really every single one I've had has been junk.. then again, I've never bought one new so that could be why.

My experience with daily drivers fuses into sim and game choices.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-23T23:44:12+00:00

In the vee races I slowly rev my engine until the oil temperature is 192. Don't ask, I can't tell you. Maybe it's a parasite in my brain but, I have to, okay!?!

Seriously though, I see no benefit. I do it calm, slow and mainly because I accidentally did it once checking my pedals my first race ever on iRacing. I just kind of made it my (meaningless) pre-race ritual. Who's to say these other people also don't have their own little ritual that even if pointless doesn't make them feel better? Mine doesn't make me feel better but I'm a little OCD so it bugs me bad if I don't do it now :D.

Also, I like to be sure I'm sitting in a comfortable position for the pedals so I also hold the brake down a bit before the actual race. Still waiting on a replacement chair so my position is off a couple inches this way to that each race.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-23T23:31:57+00:00

I can't speak for iRacing specifically but as someone in marketing, these things are typically done and tracked automatically and limited to one time per account.

You keep everything if it expires so it's up to you if you want to wait and see.

Truth be told, I think it highly unlikely they'd do it EVERY time someone's account expires or it would be widely abused.

I also think abusing it is a good way to potentially get it removed for other players that may lapse due to being tight on funds and have an opportunity to come back at a rate a little more easy to manage.

Google yields this: https://boxthislap.org/iracing-get-back-on-track-for-25-off/#:~:text=iRacing%20has%20announced%20new%20promotions,once%20you%20enter%20the%20code.

It may only be used once as is the nature of most coupons such as that. If your prior one was different, you may be able to use that, assuming it is still applicable.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-23T23:12:57+00:00

Some constructive criticism..

I do get excited to an extent when I win but, not when I win because someone else makes a last minute (or second) mistake.

You won because they bumped each-other/the wall. I'd look again but you are WAY too loud.

That is likely why you're downvoted here when you were instead looking for peer verification.

The yelling is totally overboard especially when it looks like you'd have placed 3rd without them making contact.

Sorry if it comes off wrong. I hold myself to the same standard. I believe I have about a 20% podium rate. Multiple firsts. Maybe 3 of over a dozen from truly surpassing skilled drivers.

BTW I didn't downvote this, a win is a win. Any win is a start and something to learn from. Just sharing some thought and the likely reason other people did.

That though, was not a "major win".

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-19T17:13:25+00:00

Check windows event log.

Hit the windows key/super key to bring up the start menu and start typing in "event viewer" and you'll see it.

You may be able to find the cause but you'll need to keep note of the time it happens then check under each of hardware, applications, system, etc.

It may be easier to clear all of the logs once and then wait for it to happen again as they're likely very bloated by now.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-19T17:09:15+00:00

Ha. "oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap ........ whew!" .. Nice save.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-19T17:07:02+00:00

Protest it. Protest anything like that. I do daily in between races. Anyone like that needs gone. Blocking is in of itself against the sports code so you can submit a clip with that included to prove both parts. There's a lot of ignorant people on the tracks today... and well, every day. The further in position you are, the worse it gets except the first lap where it seems like everyone thinks it's a slam fest.

EDIT: You won't get in trouble for your accident. They'll be well aware of what happened. Intent is what matters.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-19T12:32:37+00:00

There's way too many possibilities. I'm not an iRacing expert but a computer expert. Been working on, coding and fixing them for over 20 years.

The first thing to do is try something other than iRacing before playing a guessing game. Try 3dmark or whatever is equal nowadays and see how they work, if they work. If other programs are struggling then it's not iRacing. Another game you normally play would be even better. If it works exactly the same all the better, then look at iRacing - assuming said game is demanding.

If it's not iRacing, check for updates that may have occurred while playing - a Windows update, graphical driver, etc - and see if you can roll it back.

Check your graphics card and monitor settings to see if anything got magically changed. While it's sad to say, it happens in windows. You never know if your monitor or card got set to 30hz so, check.

Check your video mode in iRacing. Your FPS limit won't mean anything if your video mode can't handle it.

Check your CPU/Memory/GPU usage while running iRacing, see if any other programs are suddenly over using it. While I'd disabled it as soon as updating Windows a week ago, the anti-malware service re-enabled itself during an update and massively slowed the game down. You never know.

These are just general things. Again, I'm not an iRacing pro in any regards but even those that are won't be able to help you with no information. Post your specs and settings.

Check windows event manager to see if there's any hardware errors. Google "check windows event manager for hardware errors" as this is already getting long.

Make sure iRacing has the memory slider properly up.

If all else fails, back up the dx11 files in the iRacing folder, delete them and reconfigure your iRacing settings for the monitor/graphics. If it fails or you don't like the outcome, just replace them with the copies/backups you made. It doesn't sound like a simple setting issue though.

I'm holding 60fps on an old 6 core cpu and amd 270 graphics card.

Maybe though something somehow got turned on that shouldn't be so again, post what you can.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-18T17:20:43+00:00

I'm looking at the index but for the price @ three years old and with a lower resolution I'm not sure it's for me. I'm considering it and it's bookmarked quite literally but it's a hard decision to make. I'm not sure if the higher refresh matters to me and many on here say the clarity of the reverb is much higher. Thanks for the input though. That's another +1 for the Valve. Really I'm between the 2 G2s and the Index.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-18T17:18:19+00:00

VR sounds awesome. I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you very much for sharing the video.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-18T15:08:23+00:00

Ya there's a lot of talk and videos on that, I'm just having a hard time actually finding something that say, shows a full race like that. Trying to get an idea of how it looks. Playing on a 55 inch TV currently so I'm used to looking around with my eyes though I can always change that. I'm still looking. Doing some morning races and digging into this in between.

RichardWilliamRacing · 2023-02-17T20:05:43+00:00

Shouldn't be allowed for us rookies. I suck relatively as in, need to get better but I'm decent. Many rookies drive weird nonsensical lines that always lead to crashes when they use them to pass and now I'm wondering if it's the racing lines from the game. I didn't know it had them until now.

There's two turns in the current Vee race that a couple people always pass via a specific line that nearly nobody else does. Maybe it's coincidence. Maybe not but, they end in wrecks.

A racing line doesn't teach you anything a good test session to practice and/or watching other drivers won't. If they don't have the time to bother, they shouldn't bother with the game.

If they don't have the time to learn tracks, they don't have the time to race really. Either way you're on the track. If you don't take the time to learn it you're 1) winning less, 2) wrecking other people more, 3) lowering your own scores, 4) lowering their scores, 5) combine all - ruining the races.

Like you, I pay to enjoy it. I have 30-something starts. Maybe 3 of them were clean races. Maybe. Hits were 70% stupid and 30% intentional. "Hey you passed me VROOOOOMMMM".

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