2014 season 1

[Jarhead]

I had a decent season for my first full season after the accident. My leg is doing much better and I can do the longer races now.

When the RUF came out I gave it a try and really liked it. It has become my favorite car for road racing. I ran 92 races in the GT3 Challenge series. I was in Division 4 where I finished 2nd of 764. For the overall championship, I finished 138th of 4285 who ran at least 1 race.

What the car reall did though was bring my road iRating way up. I started the season around 1700 and now it is 3569. Much higher than I ever thought it would be on the road side.

For the oval side, I stuck with what I know, the IndyCar. I got on a team last summer, so I get decent setups to run the open series now. My best finish for the season in a high SOF race was 2nd at Pocono and I even led a few laps in that race.

I also did some IndyCar fixed oval races on select weeks where I really liked the track or could do really well. I ran 38 races there and got 17 wins. Most were at Texas and Indianapolis.

Texas is all about qualifying if you want to win. It is really a terrible track for the Indy fixed series. The leader can run flat out holding the bottom line all the way around the track and is impossible to pass. I am very good at qualifying there and had the #1 qualifying time in the world that week. I ran 7 races starting on the pole and winning every one of them leading every lap. Very boring, but it helped my iRating.

I also found a good line at Indianapolis. I didn't have the fastest qualifying time, but I always started very close to the front. Passing is possible at Indianapolis though and makes for some very good racing. The weather was a little tricky which created a lot of wrecks though, mostly in turns 2 and 3. I ran 11 races and won 7 at Indianapolis.

My best achievement was in the IndyCar fixed time trial championship. It was a very close competition which came down to the last day of the season. I ended up winning the overall championship by 1 point. I won 6 of the weeks I raced which is the most I ever won in a single season. My wins were at Motegi, Texas, Richmond, Kentucky, Michigan, and Indianapolis. I ended up with 798 out of 800 possible points. 2nd place had 797. 3rd place had 776 so it was really only a fight with 2nd place. It is my first overall season win on iRacing.

[zero7159]

Nicely done Troy. Glad to hear the leg is doing better. I will post some thoughts about my Season 1 later.

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[zero7159]

My Season 1 was positive. The most positive results came in the NASCAR iRacing Fixed series, which tracks the real life NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. I got a win at Vegas, which Troy knows about quite well, and pulled in a total of 4 top 5 finishes. I am currently 14th in my division. Work and real life were overwhelming last week and so I was not able to do a single race at Richmond. I hope that will not come back to haunt me.

I also did the Global Challenge, with the Cadillac, of course. I ended up finishing 16th in my division, Division 3, with a couple of wins and 27 Top 5 finishes. This was the first season with the NTM v5 and it made a difference. The Caddy is driving better than ever.

The other series that I heavily participated in was the A Fixed, which uses the Gen 6 Cup car. I only had 7 top 5 finishes, with no wins, but the races are nonetheless fun because they are clean and the car is just sublime to drive. It also is great practice for the NASCAR iRacing series.

I also ran the B Fixed (Nationwide car), C Fixed and the C Open (Camping World truck), but the results are hardly worth sharing, and I did not place much emphasis on them. I did have a great week in the truck at Atlanta, which is one of my favorite tracks. I regularly ended up in the top split with decent finishes.

Both my road and oval iRatings went above 2000 during Season 1. My road iRating has since slipped below. I got my oval iRating above 2400, briefly and then it slipped back down.

[oldslowfred]

This is good news Troy, sounds like making very good progress with your leg.
Doing a full season of iRacing, especially long iRaces is definetly an endurance test.
When you can pull that off you know it is getting better

I keep meaning to do a full season in at least one series in iRacing.
Unfortunately my best intentions keep getting messed up by other time commitments...
But since iRacing keeps getting better eventually I will get it done

[Deleted]

Nice one mate, congratulations!
Good to hear the leg is getting there.
What do you make of the RUF after the new build?

[Jarhead]

May 3, 2014 13:28:06 GMT -8 @tartanspecial said:

Nice one mate, congratulations!
Good to hear the leg is getting there.
What do you make of the RUF after the new build?

I haven't tried the RUF since the new build. I tried the BMW and liked it so I am going with that this season. I see a lot of complaining in the forums that the BMW is faster than the RUF and McLaren at most of the tracks. If you check the race results, most people are running the BMW which is to be expected since it is new. I expect there will be some tweaks to all three GT3 cars to balance them out at the end of the season.

[zero7159]

I have run three GT3 Challenge races in the BMW, including one last night at Mosport, and I am loving it. It reminds me of the Cadillac, except it is faster and has better grip. I even got a top 10 finish last night, in the top split. I think I am going to try and do all 12 races in the series this season.

[Deleted]

Nice comparison Zero
Ive been testing the Mclearen for this series and iam just way off the pace, 2.5 secs at watkins and struggled at mosport the rear just gets so unstable in t2.....tho it feels pretty good overall i might try and jump in and run the season if i can find the time, but need to put more time in and re familarize myself with the game again before entering any races.
Will see if if I can get back into it before my subscription ends at the end of the month and ill possibly renew it. Iam finding the gt cars are feeling very simalar to Assetto corsa which I quit enjoy so things have changed for the better with the new tm

[F1Fan07]

Good job, Troy. You certainly have found a home in the Indycars.

I gotta get my ass back into iRacing especially now that there is multi-car GT racing which is my favourite. The problem is that I also want to be outside enjoying the weather on nights I'm not racing here or efnet.