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Bring back Group C. Both as endurance cars and the Australian Touring Car class
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Bring back canam you loving cowards
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Jun 8, 2020 13:23
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Spaced God posted:Bring back canam you loving cowards people would bitch as soon as Porsche showed up and won races by two laps.
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Jun 8, 2020 13:47
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Bring back the Chaparral 2E you cowards
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Jun 8, 2020 20:15
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can't wait until 10 years from now where the 24 hours of le mans is an imsa race through and through with a few guest euros running gt-am
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Jun 9, 2020 02:59
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Would like to mention that iRacing is now doing the prestigious Virtual Multiclass Racing In The French Countryside on June 20th.
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Jun 9, 2020 04:21
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njsykora posted:Would like to mention that iRacing is now doing the prestigious Virtual Multiclass Racing In The French Countryside on June 20th. The best part about this is that rFactor 2 has a horrendous record running 24 hours events. One big league even dumped them after an event last year, because it was 'red flagged' (poo poo itself) twice. The chances of this event going well are slim.
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Jun 9, 2020 13:02
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iRacing has done 24 hour races before so it should turn out ok although I'm not sure if it was actually mixed class on track or just run at the same time
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Jun 10, 2020 02:44
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net work error posted:iRacing has done 24 hour races before so it should turn out ok although I'm not sure if it was actually mixed class on track or just run at the same time Multi-class often, they've been doing Daytona 24h for years.
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Jun 10, 2020 03:30
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net work error posted:iRacing has done 24 hour races before so it should turn out ok although I'm not sure if it was actually mixed class on track or just run at the same time iRacing is fine, it's rF2 that has small issues like "everyone gets locked out from joining the car" or "cars warp through the field skittling everyone in their path" and other very helpful things.
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Jun 10, 2020 08:38
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They should just have the drivers play Mario Kart. I’m not even kidding. Virtual races are barely tolerable without danger and actual stakes. At least MK8 would lead to fully grown adults screaming at each other in Portuguese about lightning bolts and only getting bananas in item boxes. I would watch just to see whether Pipo Derani might actually kill a man over a blue shell
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Jun 10, 2020 15:15
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Yeah honestly these virtual races are absolute cringe. I mean, I sim race too - but its a computer game. It's a computer game. Stop pretending these things are serious or important.
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Jun 10, 2020 15:26
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People don't race cars because they might crash and die, they race cars to beat the other guy and prove you're fastest, I don't see how because it's "without danger" (wtf?) it's suddenly not a competition?
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Jun 10, 2020 16:46
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The problem isn't the lack of danger in and of itself, it's that the drivers don't give a poo poo about the races and don't take them seriously, which makes them completely unentertaining and wholly without value.
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Jun 10, 2020 16:58
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your friend wicka posted:The problem isn't the lack of danger in and of itself, it's that the drivers don't give a poo poo about the races and don't take them seriously, which makes them completely unentertaining and wholly without value. Did you not see Charles Leclerc having a massive tanty about sucking hard in the Baku race? They def take it seriously, although I reckon the F1 approach of only having drivers who want to do it works way better than Indy and Formula E forcing everyone to race and having the ones who don't want to be there piss around.
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Jun 10, 2020 17:08
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Vando posted:Did you not see Charles Leclerc having a massive tanty about sucking hard in the Baku race? They def take it seriously, although I reckon the F1 approach of only having drivers who want to do it works way better than Indy and Formula E forcing everyone to race and having the ones who don't want to be there piss around. I watched one of the F1 races where there was a big crash on the start and they all started laughing and decided to restart. It's garbage.
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Jun 10, 2020 17:09
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your friend wicka posted:I watched one of the F1 races where there was a big crash on the start and they all started laughing and decided to restart. It's garbage. Wasn't that the charity race where they were 100% pissing about the entire time? It's not the same is it. e: like fair point though it does look incredibly amateurish that there are a million different simracing events with wildly different driver seriousness levels and there's poo poo all way for the casual viewer to know the difference, especially when they're all billed as 'REAL LIFE DRIVERS RACING!!' and no further info.
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Jun 10, 2020 17:16
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I’m not saying it needs to be dangerous or people need to risk death, but the reality of racing is a constant battle with high stakes. Disregarding entirely the risk of bodily harm, wrecking a race car costs your team a fortune, may make tons of extra work for your mechanics that will affect your ability to use that time for more testing and setup, or possibly put you at risk of not being able to compete at all for one or more future races until you rebuild or replace the wrecked car. Even a small collision or off track excursion might have consequences; maybe your pit crew heroically patches it up and you come back, or maybe you doom your whole effort. Virtual racing doesn’t have any of that. The worst thing that can happen when something goes wrong is that you lose the race. That sucks sure, especially for a competitive racer, but it’s nothing like what can happen in real life. It robs the whole experience of a lot of gravity and the drivers treat it as such.
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Jun 10, 2020 17:34
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fuckin lmao have you never seen a BTCC race? just say you don't like simracing, you don't have to make up some weird justification why it's Objectively Bad
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Jun 10, 2020 17:36
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harperdc posted:pretty sure all LMDh (the IMSA formula that the ACO/WEC are also going to let in) are going to use a standardized hybrid unit and will be faster than the P2s. They'll be faster than the P2s because they're slowing the P2 field down.
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Jun 10, 2020 17:45
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every racing thread on SA reminds me that nobody actually likes racing
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Jun 10, 2020 17:47
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Vando posted:fuckin lmao have you never seen a BTCC race? just say you don't like simracing, you don't have to make up some weird justification why it's Objectively Bad
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Jun 10, 2020 18:23
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All racing sucks don't @ me (God I miss racing)
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Jun 10, 2020 18:25
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OhsH posted:every racing thread on SA reminds me that nobody actually likes racing No racing fan likes racing. We get hooked when we're young and spend the rest of them time until death chasing that high, which never comes because This Sucks Now, It Was Better When ___.
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Jun 10, 2020 18:26
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iwentdoodie posted:This Sucks Now, It Was Better When It Was Even Worse.
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Jun 10, 2020 18:34
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I mean it was better when I was like 5 and up against the 5ft high chain link fence at Road Atlanta at turn 3 entering the esses and my dad flying tackled me to the ground as a car hit the bank and a large number of car parts soared overhead(there was no catch fencing back before the remodel) Thanks dad, I'd probably be dead if you didn't do that
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Jun 10, 2020 19:22
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OhsH posted:every racing thread on SA reminds me that nobody actually likes racing I only like one type of racing which isn't really racing and most racing fans don't care about it. I think there's at least like one other rally fan here somewhere. Most of the season has already been cancelled for logistic reasons, and what few rallies haven't been cancelled should be cancelled soon as well. Hellyear consumes all.
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Jun 10, 2020 19:26
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Just watch SX. In the final run of races (3 to go) with racing really heating up all around. Great racing Sunday with lovely track conditions, should be great racing tonight again. 450 extended highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4diW3-18I9s 250 extended highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnhI0Yx1sA
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Jun 10, 2020 20:49
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OhsH posted:every racing thread on SA reminds me that nobody actually likes racing I think everyone in these threads love car racing, they just don't like the corporations that organize and set the rules for car racing
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Jun 10, 2020 21:30
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it was neat hearing from Robert Wickens on the latest Broadbent stream, all the stuff about the hand control dev etc. think this is the kind of thing I like about what the sim events enable, more time for just hearing the drivers talk about stuff
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Jun 10, 2020 22:27
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Jehde posted:I only like one type of racing which isn't really racing and most racing fans don't care about it. the reality for a lot of these sports is that the restrictions on international travel are going to crush all the hopes and dreams of getting anything below the F1 calendar done with properly. Series that were organized around globe-trotting and getting cars and equipment there with just enough wiggle room for delayed shipping, or drivers (like the fleet of Porsche factory drivers) who are used to flying all over to go from race to race. Formula 1 and the WEC will center around Europe and the Middle East (because shipping shouldn't be too bad and the countries will make things happen for them), but the GT3 series and the 2020-21 Asian Le Mans Series have both decided on being in two countries at most because of the travel and transport restrictions. Stuff inside Europe may be able to hop from track to track this fall, and the U.S. should be fine so IMSA should have some kind of season, but other international series are kinda boned until travel restrictions are lifted and in that regard things return to normal.
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Jun 11, 2020 03:04
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Vando posted:it was neat hearing from Robert Wickens on the latest Broadbent stream, all the stuff about the hand control dev etc. think this is the kind of thing I like about what the sim events enable, more time for just hearing the drivers talk about stuff I can't wait for the inevitable "chat asks Ferdinand Habsburg about his unibrow" moment of the race stream, probably about 3am British time
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Jun 11, 2020 06:45
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Jehde posted:I only like one type of racing which isn't really racing and most racing fans don't care about it. Yeap ts not a race ... rallying is a time trial. And cool AF esp when your in a no name national team having a lark in Rally Australia and the actual WRC mechs you are in the service park with are yelling and urging you on to fix the scrap that was the suspension and subframe that was a 07 STI within the utterly improbable 30 minute time limit. And then after the car os sent out with 4 seconds to spare and you are just struggling to even get off the patch of tarpalun you are that mentally and physically hosed you get a beer and congrats from the Hyundai team.... well poo poo what a sport. Can you imagine Ferrari F1 slumming with Team Koala Fuckers out the back of a muddy oval?
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Jun 12, 2020 07:11
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You know you're living in a virtual world when you see the words "ByKolles on pole": https://www.endurance-info.com/fr/24h-virtuelles-qualifs-bykolles-et-porsche-en-pole/
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Jun 12, 2020 19:15
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Vando posted:You know you're living in a virtual world when you see the words "ByKolles on pole": https://www.endurance-info.com/fr/24h-virtuelles-qualifs-bykolles-et-porsche-en-pole/ Virtual cars don't spontaneously combust as easily I guess.
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Jun 12, 2020 19:53
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That's usually what the servers do
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Jun 13, 2020 02:29
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spotters guide for virtual 24H of le mans
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Jun 13, 2020 03:52
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Yeap ts not a race ... rallying is a time trial. And cool AF esp when your in a no name national team having a lark in Rally Australia and the actual WRC mechs you are in the service park with are yelling and urging you on to fix the scrap that was the suspension and subframe that was a 07 STI within the utterly improbable 30 minute time limit. nobody asked but ok
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Jun 13, 2020 09:44
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Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual is set to start about 3 hours from this post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4d1DujrXc
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If a 24H virtual car race is too high brow for you, the 24H series is also holding an actual automobile race at Portimao for 24h starting soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1_yjx3_kk8
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