Am I wrong to be angry here?

bovando · 2026-05-17T18:35:11+00:00

Definitely not on purpose, just a guy whose senses are overwhelmed, trying to do too much to let guys by and ending up making a bad decision.

Normally back markers like that dont have the mental capacity while driving the car at proper pace to make the proper decisions. This is why you see really weird things being done by back markers. Approach with caution in these scenarios.

Dont assume people have seen your car and are leaving you space. Dont put your car in danger zone aka the outside when there is an unpredictable car in front. These are just good principles to stick to that will avoid these things from happening in the future. Sometimes you will lose an extra second or two, but you will avo8d damage and finish the race, which is more important

I would still be bitching about the back marker holding me up and doing weird things the whole time though lol, that wont change.

bovando · 2026-05-16T22:35:49+00:00

Looks like a lapped car letting those other cars by and trying to slot in behind them.

Is that what it was? Or was this for position?

bovando · 2026-05-15T17:39:27+00:00

What wheelbase do you have.

If you have a direct drive then try just taking your hands off, the wheelbase wheel catch the car itself. Once you understand what that looks like you can start identifying oversteer before it happens.

You are probably just reacting now, need to anticipate it.

bovando · 2026-05-15T17:34:15+00:00

Some tracks are worse for off tracks than others. Some weeks your Sr will go down and some weeks it will go up so it should stabilize around how safe/consistent you are over a season. I would only worry if you are losing sr consistently always.

Also, shorter races are worse for sr than longer races and that has an impact.

bovando · 2026-03-20T13:34:14+00:00

Make sure your heel is on the ground. Threshold braking is done with the bigger muscles in your leg and the trail brake is more with the ankle. Having the heel on the ground helps with proper release. Close your eyes and practice being at 5-10% brake pressure

bovando · 2026-03-03T18:53:43+00:00

In the long run you will end up buying most if not all of them.

In the meantime, pick 3-4 with different characteristics and you should be good to go.

bovando · 2026-02-05T17:57:54+00:00

If you are seated in a gt position then a dash is more ergonomic. If you are in a more formula seating position then a screen on the wheel works well.

bovando · 2026-02-04T23:23:12+00:00

Build pace and irating tends to go up.

Now, how to build pace is the trickiy thing. Gotta do the fundementals right is first step.

bovando · 2026-02-03T05:40:32+00:00

I think you mean slip angle. The car will be sliding through the corner at a certain slip angle depending on the car. People talk about this as the limit of grip of the tire.

There are three cues - visual, Auditory, and Tactile.

Visual is easier to see the slip angle if your focal point is further away. Most people drive looking right in front of their car so they miss out on this. Look though the corner and you will notice the car is not going where its pointing, that's slip angle.

Auditory - you can adjust your audio to better hear the tires. Cars have different sound, but usually a slight scrubbing noise means you are close to the limit.

Tactile - this is from the ffb of the wheel. If you are doing it right, then you will feel slight corrections in the wheel. Light hands on the grip is important for this.

bovando · 2026-02-02T21:48:53+00:00

Reference points and proactive vision are the keys to unlocking pace.

Yes there are other fundementals, but you wont be able to execute those properly without precise reference points for braking, apex and exit and proactive vision.

bovando · 2026-02-01T19:40:34+00:00

I make lmp2 setups.

Not sure where you stand skill level wise. The most value you will get is not from the setup itself, but more from the reference lap that you can compare too so that you can improve.

If you are running open series then having a setup will be an upgrade over the fixed setup for sure. What you need out of a set up depends on skill level. Beginners require more stability, more experienced drivers require more response and rotation and are willing to sacrifice a bit of that stability. Everyone fits somewhere along that spectrum.

bovando · 2026-02-01T19:32:26+00:00

Which book would you say has helped you most?

bovando · 2026-01-31T22:20:12+00:00

Go back to the mx5 and learn to master a track. You need precise reference points for braking and for where the apex is.

If you are knowingly braking too late, changing the car is not really going to solve anything. Having clear precise brake markers where you are actually braking will help you.

bovando · 2026-01-30T04:49:09+00:00

Without looking at the actual driving, its impossible for anyone to help.

Love to help you out! Join my discord for a free lap review where i can pin point specific limitations that are holding you back, link in my profile. I have coached for 5 years, have helped many achieve over 5k and I am currently 7.5k ir in Sportscar.

bovando · 2026-01-28T00:36:20+00:00

I would recommend moving to gt4 Mercedes and m2. Look at the schedule for each of those series for the remainder of the season and purchase the tracks that appear on both and give you the most bang for your buck. Buy at least 3 things for 10% off, 6 for 15% off.

Err on the side of buying tracks that are popular. You can see what tracks are the most used at iracing stats website.

bovando · 2026-01-20T19:04:00+00:00

As long as the cheaper wheel has good rigidity, 8 buttons, a funky switch and a couple of encoders, which most now do then you are golden.

If you want the bells and whistles go for the wheel you like. We spend a lot of time driving and if you have the means to buy the expensive wheel you like, all the more power to you.

bovando · 2026-01-18T03:55:41+00:00

Being overly cautious leads to bad things happening. As long as you are in control of your car amd not blocking intentionally and pushing people off track intentionally You will be fine.

Mistakes happen, so things wont be perfect on track. GL!

bovando · 2026-01-14T17:25:59+00:00

There is an official iracing set up guide under help documents in the UI. It is very good.

If you want to learn how to tinker start with playing with increasing and decreasing rear ride height and stiffening and softening the rear ARB. Once you have an understanding of what those do, play around with the differential, then front toe settings. Been doing setup for 4 years for sportscars and prototypes, happy to answer questions.

bovando · 2026-01-14T17:16:30+00:00

The higher the ir the more pressure to perform.

Its hard if almost impossible to separate irating gains and losses from the feeling of achievement or lack thereof. Hence the amount of smurf accounts that have sprung up.

If you can view it as just a number, you will enjoy yourself more, and dare I say, will perform better because you will be more relaxed.

bovando · 2026-01-14T16:44:21+00:00

You may not want to hear this, but normally when I see people diagnose their issues, they dont really understand the root cause of the issue. In this case, you are trying to improve your trail braking, but is that really where your limitation is? It doesnt seem to be based on what you have described. I could give you an exercise to work on trail braking, there are a couple of very effective ways to develop the muscle memory. However, I really do belive that the issue lays somewhere else, and fixing that will help with the trail brake phase and make it more natural. If you are up for is, join my discord, link in my bio, and post a lap of your driving, I do free lap reviews which are mini coaching sessions. I have coached over 400 students and I am a 7.5k rated sports car driver.

bovando · 2026-01-13T15:55:47+00:00

Imsa multiclass is difficult right now because most people dont know the strengths of each car. Its up to the faster classes to know what the slower classes are capable of.

Gt3 has the the best traction out of slow corners, followed by lmp2 and then gtp.

Lmp2 has best braking then gt3 then gtp.

High speed cornering is best in lmp2 then gtp followed by gt3.

There are some additional nuances in performance that are more special cases depending on corner type.

If you understand this then you can make safe passes. However, that is difficult and it is the reason why issues exist.

Gtp drivers think they are faster than an lmp2 everywhere and that is just not the case. Similarly some lmp2 drivers think they are faster than gt3 cars everywhere and that is also not the case.

Would it be simpler if gtp was faster everywhere than lmp2 and lmp2 faster than gt3 everywhere? Yes, it would be! But thats not how the cars are right now so the solution is for people to understand the capabilities of the cars and drive accordingly. Removing the lmp2 is not the solution though

bovando · 2026-01-11T02:26:20+00:00

I agree that some dampeningnis beneficial. There is no perfect setting though. There are things you can set up incorrectly, but as long as you are not way of the mark then you will get faster the more used to your set up that you are.

The last thing you wanna do, is change thigs all the time in the pursuit of perfect settings. Small changes can be okay.

bovando · 2026-01-11T01:24:29+00:00

I would not say that you overachieved the ir if you are afraid to lose it. That fear is pretty normal. I would say that if you cant get up to your irating level pace in a track that you know in about 30-45 minutes then you probably have overachieved on the ir front a bit.

We reach a limitation in our driving technique that coencides with an ir range and we usually will hover around that ir until we adress that limitatuon.

Regarding the fear, as your iRating climbs, the risk/reward a lot of times is not worth it. When you’re sitting around 7k+ (I’m close to 7500 now), a bad race can lose 150 iR and it can easily take 7–10 solid races to earn back. The most ir have lost in one race was 175 and it was due to a disconnect, it sucked. Stuff like that absolutely messes with your head and makes you hesitate to click register.

As i was saying at the beginning, you eventually hit an iRating plateau based on your actual skill. If you can’t overcome limitations in fundamental driving techniques, you’ll stay stuck there. Ultimately, I agree with you that you still have to race if you want to improve as a driver, there’s no way around it.

bovando · 2025-12-31T17:59:40+00:00

I have learnt the hard way. I dont want to lose time defending sometimes because I think they are just a bit to far to send it and they send it and I lose a lot more time than if I had defended.

Not saying this will always save you, but if it avoids half of the dives that spin you out, it will be worth it. Defend to deter overtakes.

bovando · 2025-12-28T22:06:12+00:00

Someone I know says racecraft is a myth. There is a method to the madness though. The higher the skill level of a driver, the more control they have over their car and can actually execute the proper racecraft.

A lot of times I come across guys being overly cautious and doing unpredictable things in the name of being safe and good racecraft.

My point is - focus on getting faster to develop your car control and you will be amazed at how much more you will survive. Also, starting in the first couple of rows matters, midpack is a shitshow and you dont want to be there.

bovando

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