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SwampYankee posted:some entertaining audio from the driver chat during the iRacing event: I really would love to have been able to join as a spectator.. would have been a reason to buy the track.
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Spaced God posted:https://twitter.com/JennaFryer/status/1242551501731573760 Forbes estimates that the France family is worth $5.7 billion by the way.
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Cygni posted:Forbes estimates that the France family is worth $5.7 billion by the way. So time to burn down a Applebee's?
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tater_salad posted:So time to burn down a Applebee's? When isn't it?
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The Indianapolis 500 has been moved to August. This is relevant because the Indy GP has also moved and appears it will now be a doubleheader with the Xfinity race on the 4th of July.
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kidcoelacanth posted:for now, sure. i doubt those happen either I don't know if you've heard but the virus will be beat by Easter. So races will go on.
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very important nascar content https://twitter.com/nascarcasm/status/1243643674422120449
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Hey if anyone's jonesing to watch left turns for an hour here's a 200 lap oval track bike race with fixies, no brakes, and some weird tag-team rule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDScj91sBQs shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Mar 28, 2020 |
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shame on an IGA posted:Hey if anyone's jonesing to watch left turns for an hour here's a 200 lap oval track bike race with fixies, no brakes, and some weird tag-team rule That's the Madison, where teams of two trade-off by touch (whipping is most effective) to try to win sprint points and a big point bonus for lapping the field. One rests while the other books it. It's dope as hell to see see an effective whip launch a teammate into a sprint. But this is the NASCAR thread. How about some tandem drafting in the derny race? (This is a loving legendary race, watch it all.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9mLS4jStBA&t=245s WindyMan fucked around with this message at 07:49 on Mar 29, 2020 |
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My dad took me to dirt tracks on weeknights when I was a kid. When I got to college I started to go watch Dale in person when I could. My last year in college was the good Daytona 500, the bad one was just after buying my first house. When Dale Jr was no longer in the #8 Budweiser car I left. Haven't seen more than 10 laps since that press conference, just whenever it was on in the sports bar. My dad was telling me the virtual racing was pretty interesting and has talked me into watching. So, ... I'm back? Let go *touches earpiece* Number 8 Mayonnaise Car?
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This iracing is kinda fun. Not as good as the real thing, though. Epic roast of Clint Bowyer: Clint: I can't get used to driving through other cars on pit road Larry: You're been driving through other cars your entire career, Clint.
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Dik Hz posted:This iracing is kinda fun. Not as good as the real thing, though. Epic roast of Clint Bowyer: (When trying to validate his pit strategy theory) Larry: "C'mon, Clint. Make me look like I know what the hell I'm talking about." Clint: "My concern is that you DON'T know what the hell you're talking about." Also: Larry: "That's about the worst attempt to wreck someone I've ever seen." Mike: "Well, Danica had one."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl_kFb2993Y
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The racing has been a complete novelty but yeah, bringing actual color and commentary guys in was what really put it over the top. Even the little stuff like flying the pit guys into random peoples game rooms was hilarious. Clint was trying very, very, very hard a few times today not to cuss on national television.
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mischief posted:Even the little stuff like flying the pit guys into random peoples game rooms was hilarious. tbf all these dudes live in charlotte or thereabouts so that part's probably pretty easy
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mischief posted:Even the little stuff
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I was pretty amused by how seriously Fox seemed to be taking it and I'm not entirely sure whether it was entirely earnest or not. Like the invocation and anthem before the race; why? Although I love that Timmy Hill won it with a set-up that would be the result of goons saying "what's the cheapest possible way I could get into iRacing?"
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my god what are their cost savings from not having to set up god knows how many cameras and airfare and lodging for all those techs this may be the most profitable motorsports coverage they've had in decades Just gotta pay the booth crew, the sound guy and half a dozen iracing subs for spectator mode at the director's console shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Mar 30, 2020 |
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shame on an IGA posted:my god what are their cost savings from not having to set up god knows how many cameras and airfare and lodging for all those techs this may be the most profitable motorsports coverage they've had in decades I think they said the feed is from iRacing devs, so just feeding in that feed with other driver's webcams so even cheaper to not have to pay iRacing for all the advertising they're doing for them right now.
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I couldn't help but notice the subtle fact that they're using what's basically NBC's graphics package on a FOX broadcast.skaboomizzy posted:Although I love that Timmy Hill won it with a set-up that would be the result of goons saying "what's the cheapest possible way I could get into iRacing?" I literally asked this during the race.
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CBJSprague24 posted:I couldn't help but notice the subtle fact that they're using what's basically NBC's graphics package on a FOX broadcast. It's iRacing's graphics they are using with a Fox logo posted over it, ha. Indycar used the same ones on Sat.
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Signed up for iRacing tonight. Holy poo poo I got a lot of work to do. This ain’t NR2003. That said, I couldn’t do cockpit view back then but it’s not that bad in iRacing.
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There's a thread... somewhere. I'll try to dig it up but your goal should be to actively avoid everyone else on the track and give no fucks for anything but safety rating until you get out of the rookie license. For the love of god get out of rookie license. And don't buy tracks yet. E: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3882411&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Mar 31, 2020 |
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iRacing thread What IGA said is pretty much spot on. Spend time practicing and worry about avoiding incidents more so than pace for now. Especially now, there's tons of free content, so make sure and try all the disciplines, I joined for oval and run mostly road races now.
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I spent a decent amount of time tonight in my first hours running street stock and legends on ovals like Thompson and South Boston, just to get the feeling down, rebuild the muscle memory with braking and throttle control and dial in my settings which are so loving far off. I plan to spend a week or so just doing solo practice sessions to re-acclimate myself. Not in a rush to race yet but I will probably join one tomorrow because what the hell. Need to get my wheel settings dialed in, it feels like I can’t steer worth a poo poo. Braking too seems odd.
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If people are getting into iRacing and want to yell about it to other goons... well the thread is pretty low traffic nowadays, most chat and organising of races is in discord: https://discord.gg/g4PDRhM
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Welcome to hell: the Gooncar Binston Cup! Saturdays 2240UTC!  This series uses the 'legacy' Chevy Silverado truck, which is part of the free content package. All tracks used are free except Iowa, and if you make it to Iowa you're probably invested enough to buy the best goddamn oval in the game. There's a 2 week break because on those dates 80% of the regulars will be running one of the road endurance events (Suzuka 12hrs, Nurburgring 24hrs respectively). Vando fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Mar 31, 2020 |
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Vando posted:If people are getting into iRacing and want to yell about it to other goons... well the thread is pretty low traffic nowadays, most chat and organising of races is in discord: https://discord.gg/g4PDRhM I've been meaning to make may way to this but just haven't yet so thanks for the link. Not sure how many I'll make, I mostly run in the afternoons but I'll try to get to a few. Gotta practice the legacy truck I guess.
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Over on Twitter, Steve Luvender discovered that there were more coloring books than just the infamous Joe Gibbs Racing one: https://twitter.com/steveluvender/status/1245015732808802305 https://twitter.com/steveluvender/status/1245011667358044160 https://twitter.com/steveluvender/status/1245003764110692354
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Vando posted:Welcome to hell: the Gooncar Binston Cup! Saturdays 2240UTC! Oh I am so in on this.
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