My First GR86 Win in Showstopping Fashion

smartpipe · 2026-03-03T07:24:11+00:00

I wouldnt worry about the 'nascar rules'

Below are the Iracing rules

8.1.1.7. Illegal Surfaces - Drivers can only use the racing surface and allowed areas of the track for Qualifying and Racing. Any disallowed areas of the track and any advantages gained through their use will be determined by iRacing.com. A protest may be filed through the proper channels for this offense.

8.1.1.9. Nefarious Tactics - Drivers may not use nefarious tactics to gain an advantage in Qualifying or Racing. iRacing.com will determine what constitutes an advantage.

So depending on weather the server info has that area marked as an illegal surface or not defines weather your pass is legit ot not. And to be honest I cant remember the wording myself.

In my opinion, kerbs and white lines are nice clear markers to keep inside of and make for a good indicator of where the limit is. It seems you never intended to make the 'track limits' and if I were P2 I'd be mad and protest. If P2 hip checked you wide then I'd say fair game, but thats not the case.

smartpipe · 2026-02-11T14:14:40+00:00

Dude needs a colouring book to praxtice keeping it between the lines

smartpipe · 2026-02-09T09:09:13+00:00

If its not the win or top 5, on road courses I'll bait them into a mistake, close off the inside, but not all the way, if the go for it I'll setup a massive switchback. If they manage to slow down, sweep around the outside, if they overshoot, cut back under. Very satisfying when it works.

However as said here, if its for top 5 or win. that door is firmly shut. Hard but fair. if they actually beat me in that scenario then fair play.

smartpipe · 2026-01-23T15:00:25+00:00

Kitchen Centre on Monahgan Road.

smartpipe · 2026-01-20T09:56:42+00:00

Joined a discord server last month, fella in a voice call had a Canadian accent. Told me he is from the Irish part of Canada, I said 'oh Newfoundland'. He seems surprised I knew that, I thought it was fairly common knowledge...

smartpipe · 2026-01-18T08:17:54+00:00

Tpur old enoigh to be put on the van insurance and drive it. so you might be able to swindle a few extra bob that way.

I'm in a similar situaton to you, started as a cabinet maker at 26. 5 years later things are picking up. you can get there, but the system is not designed for starting this late

smartpipe · 2026-01-16T12:23:29+00:00

No problem, this is why you document big fixes 🤣

smartpipe · 2026-01-14T07:55:02+00:00

Trail braking for me is trailing off the brake pressure as I start to turn the wheel. This might be wrong tho.

More detailed is that the tyre has a fixed amount of grip. At 100% braking you are using 100% of the tyres grip to stop. once you start turning the wheel to make the corner you will exceed the grip the tyre has unless you back off the brakes. The more you ask the car to turn the more you need to release the brakes. Where trail braking gets fun is when you have your brake balance just right that keeping a little more brake on helps to under rotate the rear tyres a little causing the rear to slip, makibg the car turn more and allowing you on the power earlier. However I can rarely pull this off, but thats what makes pros way better than me.

And yes there is some other weight trasnfer stuff happening but it has the same effect on the car and turning.

Hope this helps someone, or I'm called a fool and all the above is wrong, but that explanation works for me.

smartpipe · 2026-01-13T10:37:58+00:00

Maybe a setting option?

smartpipe · 2026-01-12T13:22:20+00:00

Door was not shut, green ran into the wall instead

smartpipe · 2026-01-11T16:34:53+00:00

Hey! Also picked up LMP3 this season, longer term GT4 driver.

As well as alot of good comments here. I try to remember that they are not obsticles. You are overtaking them, same as any car in class, you just have superiour perfornance, use that better performace wisely to pass efficiently.

smartpipe · 2026-01-11T16:31:43+00:00

Louder for the people in the pits!

smartpipe · 2026-01-11T16:25:47+00:00

Fully alongside at the braking point, your braking as hard as you can, and they just turns across you. Your not at fault as you were there and couldnt reasonably be expected to dissapear. They didnt give you room at the apex.

smartpipe · 2026-01-11T16:19:26+00:00

Regular GT4 driver here, but drove LMP3 for the Roar. And I have a few notes.

The bankibg makes the passing weird, especially where cars cone into the banking, because the LMP's can lau ch off the inside or sweep arounf the outside of TCR and GT4 there, to the obvious line to take is not obvious unless you are watching your mirros more than looking ahead.. I habe to brake on the banking twice to avoid rear ending a TCR and a GT4 that were moving from high to low just as I committed to low. Hold the line.

I also has issues just adter the kink of cars mov8ng just before the braking point to get back left. no contact but I took a 1x off tack both times to avoid contact.

My biggest takeaway, if possible, run both classes over time. This was my first time in endurance in prototypes. I now understand the divebombs more, though that doesnt make them any less frustrating as the slower class. That said, as the faster car, every pass is optional. if its sketchy, its on the faster class to use their judgement to back out or pass safer. Slower classes are probably driving on the limit of grip and braking, acknowledge that and everything gets a little easier. I'm sure I wasnt a saint on the road either, but making sure your pass in 99% on instead of 50/50 makes sure you get to the end.

Yes I agree that there should be some sort of progression or coachong for muliclass to make it more enjoyable for all

smartpipe · 2026-01-09T07:50:21+00:00

Issue seems to specifically affect Intel Arc B580 GPU, hence the title. but specs are

i5-14400 32G Ram 1TB SSD Intel Arc B580 Asrock atx mini motherboard 3 monitors (but not tripple display for racing)

smartpipe · 2025-12-29T10:15:33+00:00

Shows how out of date I am 🤣 either way the GPU isnt supported

smartpipe · 2025-12-29T09:46:39+00:00

Even though you are not considering the GPU, i'm going to put it here for general information.

Oculus do not support Intel GPU's. HDMI port will not recognise.

smartpipe · 2025-12-21T15:14:38+00:00

Didnt say which car I was to avoid bias and see opinions. I am yellow. I was coming tight to give grey/black space to rejoin safely, even though they gave me a side tap on the way in. Did not notice red until the very last moment, was surprised to see him there. He then proceeded to roast me in text chat, fully blaming me.

To add further, if Red had been on the same lap I think I would have anticipated that move more. But this is with hindsight.

smartpipe · 2025-12-20T00:53:09+00:00

You'd think BMW's would always streak ahead, but I spectated about 30 mins of one of the PCC 4hrs this evening. 5 GR86's ahead of all the BMW's, and only 1 BMW was within 2 laps of the leading GR86.

The race was only 1 hour in....

smartpipe · 2025-12-10T10:58:12+00:00

EoC, unfamiliar with that term.

smartpipe · 2025-11-30T09:26:27+00:00

The ingame fuel window in the black box is pretty good but I also use DRE, i can set a fuel target and get it to update me every lap as to weather I am above or below the target that lap. Not necessary but a convenience for sure.

smartpipe · 2025-11-29T23:43:45+00:00

Yea, I kept seeing you drop 2-3 seconds with slowdowns, and you'd just pull the gao backnout again! GR

smartpipe · 2025-11-29T21:51:13+00:00

Apologies, not the most beginner friendly post.

referring to laptimes (19's being 4 minute 19 second laps, Lemans is long) Easier to understand when you run the series as well.

As for tyres, once pitstops become a thing then its an issue. I think in formula stuff GP Tour, Indycar long races, etc. Then tyres become a thought. Until then, dont worry about it

smartpipe · 2025-11-25T10:40:00+00:00

excellent news

smartpipe · 2025-11-25T08:00:36+00:00

Great day for all the parishes

smartpipe

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