[PC] iRacing

[Garrett67]

You're not far behind. I'm at 2.87. I'll hit 3.0 today which will give me the .40 bonus.

Tomorrow is rookie promotion and I don't know when the next one is.


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[Swarley]

3.49 sir


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2.49. When you move up, it goes down 1 point. A 3.00 SR in Rookie is worth 2.00 in D license and so on.

 

[PepperNY]

Just qualified and ran my fastest lap of 1:51, I know thats nothing for you guys lol but I am seeing improvement. Up to 2.71 SR now

 

[Swarley]

We should run a private race in the league some time in the next few days. Obviously Forza stuff is tonight, but what would you guys think about running Monday or Tuesday night? We could run the Cadillacs at Summit Point or Okayama. Would be fun to change it up a little bit.

 

[Garrett67]

Id say that is about my average time. I had several 1:49's in my last race but general I'm around 1:50.


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[Garrett67]

It would be fun, and probably funny too.

I see what you're saying about points. You would have to get back up to 3.0 to advance to the next class.


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[PepperNY]

We should run a private race in the league some time in the next few days. Obviously Forza stuff is tonight, but what would you guys think about running Monday or Tuesday night? We could run the Cadillacs at Summit Point or Okayama. Would be fun to change it up a little bit.

I could do Tuesday but Monday I can't. Monday nights are reserved for 24 my favorite show lol.


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[Swarley]

Alright, we'll shoot for Tuesday night. We'll set up some details tonight during Forza.

 

[JBauerisGod]

I'm free whenever.

 

[Garrett67]

I'm in baby. That sure was a long week of Laguna. I think I could drive that in my sleep now.


D License 5.25.14 by garrett82967, on Flickr


5.25.14 4pm by garrett82967, on Flickr

 

[Swarley]

So after some looking around on the iRacing forums last night, it seems a lot more people run the Global Challenge than the Mustang Cup.

 

[Garrett67]

I like the looks of that Kia. Although, I haven't driven the Caddy yet.

 

[Garrett67]

I didn't know this about placement in a race vs iRating.

http://membersmedia.iracing.com/pdfs/Beginners_Guide_100909.pdf

3.1– iRating
iRacing has developed a rating system called iRating which tracks how you perform
against other drivers. iRating is a “zero sum” system which means for every value
someone gains, someone else has to lose the same amount. iRating is used to divide each
race into different “splits” of difficulty, represented by the “Strength of Field” box in the
results page. Splits are determined by the iRating of every driver signed up for the race. If
there are 100 drivers registered with ten cars in each race, the highest ten drivers will be
in the first race, and the lowest ten rated drivers will be in the last race. In theory, the
more drivers registered for a race, the more equal each split will be in terms of iRating
based skill because each race will have closely rated drivers grouped together.

As a rookie, your iRating will not be visible; however it is always being calculated.
iRating starts out at 1600, and will increase or decrease even though it can’t be seen yet.
Once you receive your D license, your iRating will become visible, and you will be able
to see how it changes after each race on the results page. In general, finishing in the top
half of the race will result in an increase in iRating and a finish in the bottom half will
result in a decrease. The higher the Strength of Field, the more iRating you will gain for a
better finish.

It also divides racers into one of ten divisions for each series (there are really 11, but the
last one is a rookie only series, and rookies can’t race in any of the other division). This
will be explained in section 3.4.

The car numbers in each race are determined by iRating. The highest rated driver will
have the #1, the lowest rated driver will have the highest number (depends on how many
people are in the race as to which number that is). In general, your car number is a
reference to your expected finishing position in the race. Finishing way ahead or below
your car number will have a bigger impact on your iRating after the race. If the #1 car
finished last in a race, they can expect to lose a lot of iRating. If the lowest rated car won
the race, they can expect to gain a lot of iRating. A good rule of thumb: finishing in the
top half of a race will result in an iRating gain, finishing in the bottom half will result in a
loss of iRating.

The Strength of Field also plays a role in how much iRating can be gained or lost. If a
high rated driver finishes poorly in a low rated race (loses to people with much lower
iRating), they can expect to lose more than a low rated driver who finishes poorly in a
high rated race. This also works the other way. If a low rated driver finishes very well in a high rated race, they will gain more iRating than a high rated driver finishing in well in the same race. This is because the lower rated driver has exceeded the game’s
expectations and finished above where the rating system thought they should. The high
rated driver did what was expected of them and isn’t rewarded as much.

 

[Swarley]

So that's why the game keeps changing my number during a race. That's quite annoying. I WANT MY NUMBER!

 

[Garrett67]

I suggest reading that .pdf I linked. There is interesting stuff in there, including section 3.2 (Safety Ratings).
I wonder if the promotion dates factors into that section. I haven't read about the promo dates yet.

Also, found that running an odd number of races is pointless. If you run an even number , that will only help you.

 

3.4.2 – Points There are always a ton of questions about points. Don’t people who race all the
time have a big advantage? Why did I just lose points? What are drop weeks?
Let’s get the basics out of the way now. We know that each season has twelve
championship weeks. Of those twelve weeks, your eight best weeks are counted
for your season total. To get the eight best weeks, the top 50% of your races are
counted each week and averaged together. Now I will go more in depth and give
some examples.
3.4.2.1 – Weeks
Each week, your top 50% point scoring races are averaged together to get
your total points for the week. This final total gets tallied for your season
total.
- Run 1 race, the points for that race are taken for your weekly
points
- Run 2 races, the best of those races are taken for your weekly
points
- Run 3 races, the best two races are taken and averaged for your
weekly points
- Run 4 races, the best two races are taken and averaged for your
weekly points
- Run 5 races, the best three races are taken and averaged for
your weekly points
As you can see, stopping with an odd number of races is pointless.
Running one more race will result in the same number of races being
counted and can only help your points for the week. So let’s see how this
actually works.

I think you only get your number in a private race or league.

 

[Swarley]

So I'm running some hot laps at Lime Rock in the Caddy since that's where the Global Challenge goes to on Tuesday. Dear lord, a multiclass race there is going to be terrifying.

 

[Garrett67]

Great! I was over my fear at Laguna, in comes a new fear.


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[Swarley]

Great! I was over my fear at Laguna, in comes a new fear.


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I think it would be less stressful to be in the Kia there and be in the slower class. But of course, I'll be all about the Caddy in that series.

 

[PepperNY]

well miracles do happen

 

[Swarley]

What a fucking nightmare of a race this is. Doing Mustang Cup at Watkins Glen. 3 cars crash going into the bus stop on lap 1. I swerve way down low but can't avoid it. Go a lap down while getting repairs. Then I'm back out and I'm right behind the guy who had crashed and I hit trying to avoid. Coming out of the bus stop he spins his tires and gets loose, so trying to avoid him I get loose and come down and smack the inside wall. Had to get ANOTHER tow. Now I'm just sitting in my pit box as 2 minutes of repairs gets done.