IRACING iRacing General

ASUS ATI HD 6950 user here. Only notice stutters after running iRacing for about 4 hours (heat gets high around than)

The weather the way it's been lately doesn't help either, I actually had to watercool my graphics card recently to avoid overheating, the way my case fans were set up was perfect for CPU cooling, unfortunately when I installed the GTX 690, with it's cooler blowing hot air into my case instead of just exhausting out the back like my old 5970, everything started getting too hot, plus the GPU was pushing hot air straight at the front intake fan on my case which usually feeds the cool air to the CPU cooler, so I had hot air going through my CPU cooler as well as the ability of the 690's cooler to exhaust hot air out the front being hindered by my front case intake fan, result, hotter than usual CPU and an overheating core on the 690.

Hundreds of $ later and everything is running cooler and quieter than ever, haha, watercooling is expensive but very effective, especially if you're in a warm climate or do a bit of overclocking.

I was actually looking at watercooling just because it gets way too hot with the fans blowing out such hot air and no aircon in the room. Can you suggest any good brands or setups? I don't really have a clue what I am looking at with that stuff.

Looks like I'm one of the few that has nvidia around here

ah KoAStR had my race last night bit the bullet and tried but spent more time in the pits than on the track haha need more practice
kept spinning out on corners
was a track i have had no practice on in the nyviada cup

Bad idea racing without practice.

Sorry Koastr, last post on this mate.

Basilenco, if anything mate, watercooling will make your room even warmer, obviously the water carries the heat in a waterloop right? Once that water passes through the radiator, the attached fan's blow air over the radiators fins and thus sap the heat from the water and disperse it into the air, it's much more efficient than straight-up air cooled systems, thus your pc will more than likely disperse even more of the heat it generates into your room increasing ambient temperature along the way.

Think of it this way, if you set up a waterloop, your pc will run cooler, that heat has to end up somewhere, right? The answer, your room. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news mate.

sorry i missed you last nite KoAStR had a race spent most of time in pits

I'm kicking my self for forgetting a real important feature of iRacing. The clutch. I started my first race in maybe 6 months and forgot that the race starts in neutral. Then in a panic hit gears only to go to 2nd then wildly hit downshift to reverse. Big DOH! Poor B class guy behind me just gets the rear quarter panel. While I apologize,in pit for repairs, the other guy patiently waits in my blind spot for me to leave pits so he can ram me into the wall. He rage quits and I limp it home.
I start again 1 hour later and bingo, he's in it too. The race begins and I make an average start but find him on my outside of turn 1. I gave him room and he got good drive out of the corner so he's in front. I follow him for about 10 laps before making my cautious move. Gapped him by 5 seconds at the end, expecting a divebomb every corner while we were close. Glad he got it out of his system in race 1.

He just a tool by the looks of it, if some one doesn't move off the line it's obviously a mistake and doesnt deserve any aggressive revenge Sh*t. Glad he had cooled down and even gladder you got to show him you can drive and kicked his butt.

http://www.v8sonline.com.au/ V8s live if you want to see the big boys go at it.

Yer was a great race early on too, Mitch and Scott (real v8 driver this year) had a great battle that ended in tears for both, nothing much in it but iracing doesn't account for little bump and rub the real v8's can handle. I run with Nick rainbird a bit and he dropped a few spots right at the end.

had my first race last night early in the CARBORETER CUP against the americans
30 in the field and finished 7th i was quite pleased with myself
because they pushed me off the track twice and still managed 7th

good job colin

When I was using the g27 I mapped these functions to the 6 buttons on the wheel.
Look left
Look right
Push to talk teamspeak
Pit lane speed limiter
Cycle black boxes
Cycle split delta.

As for the shifter. I used it for brake bias and enter/exit/tow car. Plus a few others.