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Well I went to the trouble of getting some lovely heusinkveld pedals and havenāt simmed at all since. I gave up on KK since itās basically dead and waiting for the lights to be turned off. There isnāt really any reason to believe it will survive.
IRacing sort of annoys me in that itās a lot of work, time spent, and to me, the cars feel crappy under braking. Itās amazing overall, but somehow I always seem to tire of it. It just feels numb in most cars. But donāt let my biases turn you awayā¦ iracing is the best out there, and certainly the most complete sim.
Also, the racing lacks something hard to put a finger on. Perhaps itās the lack of irl consequences. I feel more stress and less agency if that makes sense. When I hop into a kart, I feel very attuned, confident. Itās an extension of me, in a way, and itās seamless. Whereas in iracing, that missing āsomethingā feel wise makes me feel very aware that Iām in a sim. Unlike KK, I donāt get lost in the experience and want, need to pound out hundreds of laps, chasing laptimes and sector improvements. The Stig doesnāt live here, in iracing, for me.
I seem to have found a similar vibe with my indoor electric league as kartkraft. Itās similarly weird and quirky. We race on painted plywood that behaves oddly as it and the tires temp changes. The kart wants to move around and you have to finesse it, sometimes, but itās just plain old fun and engaging. For now, it will do.
Itās like a video game and, full of pretty chill regular folks who are just happy to be doing it, which is nice. Itās also like a game in that thereās no real commitment, financially or time wise. Itās in and out and works well for working folks who can spare a couple hours a week for the heats. Itās enough for me.
I dunno if Iāll ever reengage with sim like I did with KK. I kind of doubt it. I got a ton out of it, as a driver, and it was a great sandbox, for me. I was able to enjoy it in a way that few did, and for that I am grateful!
I came across this beamng video and I found it amusing and also compelling. The cool thing with sim is the way the cars sound and feel, and the fact that you can play with powerful toys and, well, break stuff. Enjoy!
The safety system in iRacing I dislike. The physics I dislike. I canāt even really watch streams of it because thereās something funky about the way the cars move that makes my brain hurt. I come from the days of Live For Speed with 20 races a night, massive grids, and a good laugh. The cars felt natural.
Obviously iRacing is the #1 sim, but I always stayed well clear. I put enough time in it to see if I could make it feel alright, but I just couldnāt.
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LFS deserves so much more love. What it lacks in graphics it more than makes up for it in physics/feel. As a bonus, because of the lower detail graphics, itāll run on almost anything. Even without a dedicated GPU.
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LFS had the weird quality of being an ultra realistic while still having the the feeling of being transported to another world. This is partially due to the fact has very little real world content. When we booted it up at GTS RS it was by far the best sim Iād ever used at the place. Driving round Westhillās backroads with the RWD was so good
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Hey @speedcraft,
This seems like a great way to explore the intricacies of rotation and slip angleā¦with our faces.
No metal chassis to bend. I can imagine that a t1 wreck looks like a game of twister, relatively speaking.
Now hear me out on this oneā¦ what if we combined disciplines into something like a triathlonā¦
Karting first leg, off road motorcycle 2nd leg, and rally stage third leg?
Alternatively we could combine your respect for the martial arts with your love of carsā¦
One does not prepare for carjitsuā¦ says its creator. We could just send it and hope for the best.
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Ha; I donāt think there is a need to add another combatant inside the car because there is already a three-dimensional cage match going on:
- Intellect/conscious battling intuition/unconscious for control.
- Both of them battling the car/kart to get it to submit.
- While evading, trapping, attacking, and submitting your honorable, or not so honorable, opponents on track.
Eventually Iām gonna run out of this stuff. But so far, Iāve been pleasantly surprised by human ingenuity when it comes to doing dumb stuff with motors.
Rate my rig. Since Iām depressed from what a shit show the ice track has beenā¦ figured Iād fire up the wheel as a pick me up.
TCL 4k TV at 60hz
G25 wheel (I think itās a G25)
@speedcraft generously donated wheel stand.
Random POS chair.
Lenovo X1 extreme carbon gen 4. (i7, 32gb, Nvidia RTX3060)
Barbie dreamhouse as laptop stand.
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If it fits I sits. Seems like my starter rig.
Nice one! Looks like simlab with a fanatec big direct drive wheel. Have you tried it?
Tried it last night it was damn hard to steer it
Did it feel really heavy? The Direct drives can be very hard/heavy if you set them high. Most people reduce the weight.
Have rig? Automatic 10/10! I would maybe suggest you add some extra structural supports to that dream house to bring it up to local structural sim rig code. 
Upon closer inspection it would appear that James ran into the guardrail.
nb. have not fact checkedā¦
āThe main thing is that on all the simulator platforms, I race non-Formula 1 cars,ā he told the Washington Post.
āSo, you have to be adaptive and change your driving style, since every car demands something else as far as steering input, throttle and driving lines. Iām constantly learning and adapting to what I need to do in each car to go as quick as possible.
āAt the end of the day, that helps you when you go back to Formula 1, because you have all of this experience in the back of your mind.