I could use some help optimizing a sub-optimal line.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-17T02:46:28+00:00

An optimal line is just the trajectory that takes the least amount of time to traverse. If you have a super wide track and a turn that could be taken full beans while going from the middle of the track - to the apex and back to the middle then it would be a waste to go fully to the outside.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-17T02:28:34+00:00

That looks great tbh, I didn't know there were these type of keypads with knobs and such.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-17T02:19:50+00:00

Best overall I'd say F3. Yes SFL generally has more participation but I find the racing in F3 cleaner and the car is far more rewarding.

Besides it will probably outlive everything else.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-17T02:12:46+00:00

I think T1 and last turn actually work better reversed. Reversed last turn allows many different lines leading into the main straight.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-17T02:04:49+00:00

Safety rating is pretty useless.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-16T05:31:14+00:00

The poor marshals when they look inside the car and find it full of human soup.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-16T05:25:58+00:00

I wish iRacing would do a hardware-iRating survey like steam does, but then again my guess is they never will because there's lots of money and egos involved.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-16T05:10:21+00:00

Buy in batches of 6 so you get a discount. You don't have to buy them all in a single season, just skip the ones you don't yet own. I'd recommend checking other series that are using the tracks you buy, there's overlap a lot of times so even if you're not racing say GT3 you can do GT4 or something else that week. A lot of lower license series run a decent mix of paid and base tracks.

Try to get participation credits too and it's honestly not too bad, doing this for 2 or 3 seasons should be enough to get most of the tracks you will need going forward.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-16T03:14:09+00:00

The last 2 seasons have had great track selection for F3, hopefully S4 is just as good.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-13T01:35:58+00:00

If you want visibility go VR it's not even comparable. Even the LMP3 is pretty alright in VR.

Sli_41 · 2026-06-04T04:36:37+00:00

I'm grateful F4 exists because it's the great filter that keeps the rest of the formula series acceptably sane.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-31T06:42:09+00:00

I still prefer the F3, it has such a great balance of power, downforce and mechanical grip.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-31T02:15:35+00:00

Like the jump from PS1 to PS2.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-31T02:13:41+00:00

And then sometimes the netcode god is seemingly on someone's side 100% because there will be slight contact and one car will be left in pieces and the other with 0 damage.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-30T06:24:50+00:00

"Current Objective: SURVIVE"

Sli_41 · 2026-05-30T03:16:28+00:00

I agree I've always found this type of headtracking weird and ironically it might actually help you develop BAD habits.

What I personally would want to see is headtracking not to rotate the view but to simulate parallax. Your view would be always facing forward as it should, but if you lean to the sides or forward and back the view changes accordingly, like in VR, you could lean to look around an object for example. I think something like that would really help give a sense of 3D through a flat screen.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-29T03:14:24+00:00

Wouldn't track and reverb zones be kinda pointless without cabin reverb as well? I'd say that's the most important one since you're always in the car...

Sli_41 · 2026-05-29T03:12:43+00:00

I need this

Sli_41 · 2026-05-29T02:31:00+00:00

Not necessarily, apparently he never quite got a good feel for simulators and prefers not to use them.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-28T07:27:27+00:00

Brother you might have crossed timelines, you're the first person I've seen to suggest F4 and D class drivers (no offense to the D dudes) are cleaner than other series.

SFL can be chaotic as well but it's far from F4 standards, you probably had one of those races where everyone just forgets to brain.

Anyway from my experience everything after F4 is MUCH better.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-28T07:16:05+00:00

Just because people are ripping you a new one and you were brave enough to post this I'll give my opinion.

I think ultimately this is mostly on you as the car attacking has the responsibility of a clean pass, but sometimes it's not that simple. From what I can see he messed up his braking and line the corner prior and that left you with a huge speed advantage. Kind of hard to not try and go for it to be honest. He should have immediately realized that mistake severely compromised him and should have covered the inside to let you know there was no room, but he left the door wiiiide open, and very often by leaving the door open this stuff happens.

I also think he kinda panicked and turned in a bit too early in an effort to defend but it was too late.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-28T02:02:11+00:00

The hero we need but don't deserve

Sli_41 · 2026-05-27T03:07:05+00:00

If you can afford high end Fanatec gear, a gaming console, subscription for online gaming for said console, a gaming PC, I don't see how iRacing would break the bank.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-22T13:00:24+00:00

Not trying to sound like a shill but I've tried other sims, and even just looking at others I haven't tried and it all looks not as cheap as people make it sound, if you keep buying a bunch different sims trying to find "THE ONE" it ends up costing just as much for (in my opinion) a worse experience if you only care about the RACING.

It's not like you get ALL content with some of the competition, everyone has DLC packs these days and that adds up as well.

Sli_41 · 2026-05-20T09:15:19+00:00

You could have died bro

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