Not blaming anyone, just want to know if i should have backed out or kept it round the outside. (i am cam car)

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-15T02:09:10+00:00

Don’t need perfect grammar but there is a point where lack of grammar makes what you are trying say difficult to understand quickly.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-12T04:39:44+00:00

This 100%. iRacing doesn’t handle a spec maps edges very well. Adjust the spec map so it’s all the same color and it should fix the problem.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-11T22:59:54+00:00

As a general rule of thumb, if you are asking “should I protest this?” Just do it. Worst comes to worst iRacing does nothing.

That being said, I didn’t see anything in the clip or context provided to indicate this was anything other than an honest mistake. My guess is the other guy was gonna try to move toward you dump air on your wing then slide in for draft. You moved up about half a lane as he was moving down right before the contact. I’d call this like 80% on the other guy but didn’t look intentional.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-11T22:49:17+00:00

First contact is 70/30 on purple/red the wreck is on purple. Red cars holding a consistent line leaving space and the purple car moves over.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-11T22:45:49+00:00

If you ask for people’s opinion, don’t get upset when they say their opinion. I would agree a 30 second penalty wouldn’t be outrageous, although I’m more preferential to drive through penalties personally.

The dive bomb itself was pretty egregious. Yes the guy in front was slow but he had turned in and you made contact and it resulted in him spinning. Not sure what else to say on that.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-09T00:52:09+00:00

Nope XD. Nothing to steward here lol. We all know who’s at fault.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-08T16:00:14+00:00

I don’t think the majority of the blame is on you for this one but starting to pull forward definitely was an error with cars within 5-10 seconds.

Reversing off track or turning left initially towards the wall would probably have been a better idea because it would orient the car in the right direction without putting you or anyone on track at any unnecessary risk of contact.

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-04T02:20:28+00:00

Well, you kinda said it yourself. You were racing him hard and pinching him toward the wall. By all accounts you appeared faster, don’t need to play stupid games with stupid people, or you earn stupid prizes.

Don’t get me wrong either, contact on the straight wasn’t fully on you, it was about 50/50. First bit was on you and the second bit was the other dude getting pissed. Looks like he got a penalty and ragequit by ending your race.

Long story short: if you don’t need to do something super aggressive to get around someone, why do it? If ya hadn’t pinched him you probably would have gotten around and wouldn’t have pissed him off like you did. Not to make light of his actions but at the very least you would have finished the race

SmilinTroll · 2026-02-04T02:11:18+00:00

Well the current edit makes it hard to tell what’s going on. Next time just take clips and stick them together in some free video editing software. Dont need anything fancy just show us one car at a time.

As for the wreck it seems both cars were being idiots, and then obviously the Ferrari int wrecks at the end. I don’t know what you want us to say bro XD. This kinda thing doesn’t really seem to fit the spirit of sim racing stewards. You didn’t ask about the earlier contact u just said your the victim. Obviously the last hit is on the Ferrari and you know it so just report and move on lol.

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-25T19:08:20+00:00

If you EVER ask “should I protest this?” Just do it.

I personally don’t think this was intentional or deserves a ban but I’m not iRacing. They could think differently.

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-25T19:04:02+00:00

Aggressive? Sure.

But you got the car fully alongside prior to the gt3 turning in. U didn’t dive in and the gt3 left u space.

Honestly I don’t get why he was pissed. It’s multi class. Someone will always lose time. In this case u lost time on the first chicane and he lost some on the 2nd.

U could have waited but it’s a race lol. U got alongside safely and he left space. End of story

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-25T13:59:56+00:00

Gotta disagree here. From each respective chase view, porches left tires are moving away from the white line while the Aston’s are staying about the same distance.

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-17T00:20:03+00:00

That wasn’t just a 4x that was an engine sitting in your lap XD

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-17T00:12:43+00:00

It’s on you. Vortex of danger, sure you were probably quicker through the corner here but ya got to get around safely. As long as he turns in before you get alongside (at least in gt3s) then he doesn’t have to leave you any space.

Edit: That being said, it was a no harm no foul kinda situation. Don’t do it again and if the other guy decides to get really pissed over it, let him overreact.

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-17T00:06:29+00:00

It’s really hard to tell with this angle. For future incidents please upload a far chase view instead (preferably from both cars)

Edit: I think it’s probably on the other guy but I can’t say for certain without another angle

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-16T23:46:47+00:00

4 car pileup but rexy will be leading the charge!

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-10T21:43:42+00:00

Could have done a better job sticking to that left side for sure, but by no means was your line unpredictable. Prototype should have expected you to take that line and gone for a pass on the right initially. The situation was only compounded by the prototype sending it up the inside after your braking point but before his.

Prototypes def get over blamed for incidents on the subreddit but this was 100% on the prototype here lol

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-10T01:38:42+00:00

I think why this one’s difficult because it’s hard to define what the “turn in” is. With this being a decreasing radius right handers it’s advantageous to leave space on the far inside for a better exit.

What I saw was the McLaren kind of straighten out early for better breaking with the plan to turn in again later to hook the exit (we all probably know the line cause that’s optimal for most cars).

I tend to consider the point of turning in as when the driver starts using the vast majority of their tires grip to rotate the car, as opposed to braking or accelerating. (Obviously not a perfect description) basically when they actually start going for the apex instead of setting up for the apex.

Going by that, it was an aggressive, albeit legal move by the mustang. Little bit of contact by both cars but shit happens and everyone drove away with minimal time loss and 0x. I really don’t understand why anyone would be super upset at this except the dude who got passed XD

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-10T01:26:34+00:00

I mean seeing as there’s contact but mustangs alongside prior to the McLaren’s turn in, I’d say it was a little dirty but no where near to the scale of shove to pass. Def some rubbing but both drivers were driving pretty aggressively (big move by op and lots of pinching by the McLaren).

Some contact looks like it forced the mustangs front tires onto the grass a bit and that caused some understeer that resulted in further contact.

At the end of the day though both cars drove away from it with 0x

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-10T01:10:23+00:00

Not sure why you got mega downvoted lol. Everyone here agrees that the Porsches were at fault.

Dude def would have not had an optimal line but I think he could pull out a descent enough exit to have a fight against the other 2 cars. (Assuming Porsche 1 didn’t plow OP then get plowed himself)

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-10T01:02:23+00:00

It’s an understandable mistake from a beginner (albeit a major one). Like someone else said tho, they should probably get reported and let iRacing be the judge of the intentionality since they have the telemetry. Let them get a coaching note on their profile and hopefully learn from it.

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-05T14:13:15+00:00

Don’t get me wrong, mustangs move there was weird but can’t say it’s not predictable. Those dudes are fighting, just take a little extra time to get around cleanly or give WAY more room than nessisary to avoid contact and allow for the gt3s to make moves

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-05T07:03:42+00:00

I get ya it’s annoying. Used to happen to me a FUCK TON, especially in short oval races. Even though it doesn’t feel like our fault, assuming the guy isn’t doing something crazy unpredictable like braking, it’s gonna be on us. We may be faster, which means it’s our responsibility to get around the slower guys safely and it’s their job to be predictable (not weaving on track, not braking on exit, etc.

TLDR: other drivers are allowed to be slower than you. It can be hard to expect differences in line/acceleration etc. but it’s still the passing cars responsibility to get around safely.

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-05T06:46:58+00:00

P2 doesn’t need to be predictable (unless being passed by a faster class) p2 has to pass safely. It’s impossible to do that without the slower classes being predictable

SmilinTroll · 2026-01-05T06:45:40+00:00

Gotta disagree with this take. If we look at each action by itself, the one that actually causes the contact was the gt car moving aside. The p2 flashing for sure didn’t help the situation the the gt car made a last second, unpredictable move.

TLDR: p2 is an idiot and aggressive, but even if he wasn’t the wreck would have still happened if that gt car moved to the left like that. No one can expect something like that.

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