One thing I learned was don’t force a pass. If you find someone who is close to you in pace but only slightly slower, don’t try to pass. Stay on his tail, but don’t ride his bumper. Now you are gaining rating for close racing without risking much. If he makes a mistake you can capitalize, just don’t be too close to get caught up in it. On the flip side if someone is faster than you, when it’s safe, let them past. A position is not worth a 4x and time in the pits.
Thanks, good video. I am new to iRacing and did a race at summit point this weekend and got DQ from too many incidents, and naturally none of it was my fault. Slept on it, took some responsibility, and finished my first race with zero incidents the next morning and felt way better about the whole situation afterwards. I finished last in my class that race but learned a lot on how to deal with cold tires and passing slower cars in other classes without incident.
I'm in Class B as of yesterday after joining on July 5 (14 days ago). Granted, I'm a SR-whore and unemployed so I don't have an excuse. I might cop the R3.5 ands take advantage of the small field and owned (Okayama) track.
From my experience starting at the front is better than the back because there's always that one guy who takes out the entire field behind me in gt3 ferrari's and I just coast away to a podium
Remember, the purpose of iRacing is to have fun. I personally hate using these techniques because I find it hard to have fun if you are just sitting behind people and being extremely cautious. I understand completely if you are just trying to get up a class because you want to do a certain series. Remember, classes aren’t everything, just go out there, race people hard, and have fun.
well youre right and also wrong, because personally I find it really fun to air on the side of caution and then overtake people who pushed that tiny bit too hard. if I was racing really hard right behind someone, then avoiding a collision is not possible
I just started about a month ago, so thanks for the video. I had no idea what week 13 was. Having said that, I think it’s STUPID!!! Why can’t there be a normal schedule of races? I’m waiting to get promoted from D to C but there are ZERO ranked open wheel races except for the really slow rookie class ones. If they want to wait a week before starting up the official schedule, fine but there is no reason not to have access to the same races . Why are there no Formula 4 or USF 2000 races this week? It makes no sense. I might as well play another game for a week.
Open wheel you are a bit screwed yeah! The porsche series is good because it is still ranked and a new track everyday so that can be neat. Might actually be a good idea to use it as a week off if you are a formula series fan
Week 13 is the best for sr and ir as they all see it as "run amok week" Just be careful. I am still D class cause I have not practiced the methods. I Like to drink beer :(
And also, we pay a f*ck ton of money for this game. Yes I expect them to sit thru a 45 minute race. Wtf else are they doing?? Get over yourself brother. You’re a bit hardcore. Let the developers work a little bit. Shit.
iRacing allows drivers with a higher class to race with lower class drivers? I assume that a higher class driver would have a higher IRating, so how does that matchmaking work? Isn't the whole point of classes and IRating is to groups similar drivers?
Matchmaking (or splits as I will refer to it) are not decided on what class you are in or your safety rating, but rather your iRating. Say you are in a rookie class race, and you are B class, and have 2k iRating. You will not be out with other people that are in or around B Class, but rather people that are closest to your iRating. So you could theoretically be racing someone in Rookies while you are in A Class. You can tell where your iRating ranks in your split by which number you are. #1 has the highest iRating and #20 has the lowest. If you are #8 in a race, you should aim for that position. Obviously if you are in a C Class minimum race, you won’t be seeing any Rookies or people in D Class. I’ve seen people in A Class with 500 iRating. To sum it all up, iRacing puts you in a split with people that have similar iRating to you, not what class they are in. I’ve found it to be the best out of any sim for matchmaking.
Oh yeah the formation hits are the real case of WTF haha. Always the mid pack heroes with the crazy tire warmups 😂 Top 6 or pits is my motto and it works well!
Just started back into iRacing with a new account and managed to get from Rookies to B lisence in just 1 week of grinding time trials, on to A class next then I'm kinda lost 🙈
@@wayfvl7604 can be done in about 3/4 races. Can be quicker if you are really clean, can take longer if you make little mistakes. It’s even possible in 1 race. It really depends.
Rear-ending could be programmatically detected in braking zones. Ramming the car ahead off the track as it brakes normally for a turn is too easy a cheat.
It could be done yeah, I just try and give the benefit of the doubt to save myself getting frustrated LOL. Maybe it's something they work on in the future
@@swolabear Might be making it up but I think in SRS for the original AC they had an incident detection system that worked pretty well. If it was flat out not your fault then you got no penalty. But sometimes you both got penalised. In the heat of the moment in those times sometimes I thought "bullshit, it was their fault" but watching replay often it turned out I could have given more room etc. Actually that might not have been SRS but just a server side app they had on most servers. Recently started iRacing after racing AC and ACC in the past and have been gutted by a terrible run of dirty races. Like needing a tow to pits after being caught up in a formation lap problem. Both times because someone was wiggling side to side, went on the grass and caused a pileup. You stop and wait for it to clear but people just drive into the back of you. After spending money on this bag of wank I was ready to go back to ACC, where even the worst public races aren't this bad. Glad I came across your video as I'll start from the back or the pits for a while and restore my lost safety rating. Shame you have to do this but I guess once I get out of D class hopefully things get to be as good as ACC public. And might even be better with an A licence.
tl;dw: dont dwell on accidents, just carry on, start from the back or even pit lane(never mentioned) to avoid early accidents, watch video guides/real races how to drive on certain tracks. boom 18 minutes saved
I’m currently in d class and trying to drop back to rookies, what the best way to do that without destroying stats? I’ve been qualifying mid field, being somewhat aggressive, but still gaining sr :/ do I just intentionally run into walls and then quit, downside is that destroys your irating, so idk.
@@SpringfieldProductions lol yeah I figured that out, thanks tho! Btw do you know how we can be more likely to be on the same grid as friends in official races?
I cant get proper races. I mean, i started Iracing 3 weeks ago, im 1950 irating C class, and weither i start front or back, front i'm going to fight for positions and get incidents, on the back, stupid people do not practice and have 3/4 sec slower a lap, even when i start on IMSA from back, let 10 seconds or even start FROM PITS, i end top 7/5 BUT with more than 10 incidents most of the time. I cant resign myself to wait behind and drive like a fucking IA. I am very disapointed about this system because i end with only 2.9 SR on C class and i struggle to reach 4. I LITTERALY shot only 2 people in 60 races on braking zone, im sooo clean, i do some off tracks, depends on track(COTA atm is horrible for off tracks). I should be B class minimum atm but people are nuts. Fight like retards on 2nd lap of 45mins race, defend while they have 1 lap late... For me, IRacing should set up Pre Qualifying related to practice. Meaning your best time on practice is associated to your IRating to determine with who you race. Take my example(i dont feel im a big boss driver but i am very decent for a 3 weeks iracer): Last week, IMSA Road Atlanta. Pro and 6/7+k iracers where qualifying(no bmw racers, bm was so ahead) around 1.15.5. I practiced around 200 laps before my ever first race on IMSA, i was qualifiying on corvette with laps around 1.16.3/1.16.6 and doing race laps between 1.16.5 and 1.17.2. And still i was racing with RETARDS, crashing me with 1 lap late ending on 3 DNF over 8 races and 3 podiums. But on 8 races i lost 0.5 SR. With PRE QUALIFYING laps, it would force people to PRACTICE if they dont want to race with retards. Like in Real life, people that dont have the level, does not race at all or here, would not race with faster ones. If pre qualifying was associated to IR to set the splits, i feel i would have maybe a little less Irating over 3 weeks only, and i dont care about this, but i would be with FAST racers, which means alot more people that have practiced, and dont spin every 5 laps. There would be crazy people, but less than on 1500/2000 irating
Why is an A license so important unless you want to race in those few A class races. Maybe drivers should stop playing pretend driving f1 cars and learn how to race in formula vees or 1600s. I’m no legend in iracing but I have had plenty of top 5 finishes and even podiums starting from the pits, what’s that say?
5 and a half minutes in and I still have no idea on getting an A class if I follow this video. Been sitting here over 5 mins of this footage and I know not 1 thing that pertains to the video title. Tons and tons of waffle justifying the iRacing penalty system but that it so far. I'm board and going to look for another video for the info. Waffle waffle waffle waste of time.
Hard to come by at the moment man! Just keep your eye on second hand websites and you will see one any day now. I have seen more and more coming up for sale :)
One thing I learned was don’t force a pass. If you find someone who is close to you in pace but only slightly slower, don’t try to pass. Stay on his tail, but don’t ride his bumper. Now you are gaining rating for close racing without risking much. If he makes a mistake you can capitalize, just don’t be too close to get caught up in it. On the flip side if someone is faster than you, when it’s safe, let them past. A position is not worth a 4x and time in the pits.
Too true ! smart thinking
Thanks, good video. I am new to iRacing and did a race at summit point this weekend and got DQ from too many incidents, and naturally none of it was my fault. Slept on it, took some responsibility, and finished my first race with zero incidents the next morning and felt way better about the whole situation afterwards. I finished last in my class that race but learned a lot on how to deal with cold tires and passing slower cars in other classes without incident.
That's exactly how it should be done! cool to hear
i got the A lic in 46 days so its very reachable ... keeping it is the next challenge
I'm in Class B as of yesterday after joining on July 5 (14 days ago). Granted, I'm a SR-whore and unemployed so I don't have an excuse. I might cop the R3.5 ands take advantage of the small field and owned (Okayama) track.
Yup, I joined less than three months ago and will be getting my A license once week 13 is done. Plus I still had fun. It can be done 😁
Hope the licenses have been keeping strong fellas!
From my experience starting at the front is better than the back because there's always that one guy who takes out the entire field behind me in gt3 ferrari's and I just coast away to a podium
Yep! hard to do though. My rule most of the time is first 3 rows and you are good
@@swolabear same
I’ve started at the back during a Nascar arca race and I actually won it at Watkins glen
Happens all the time, the hotshots can be at the front and wreck themself out haha
How do you start at the back in a rolling nascar start? Just not hit grid?
Lol I love this video. Good stuff bro!
Glad to hear it! Means a lot Ace !
Thanks for the video mate, great help
No problem 👍
Hairpins are all up to the driver though. Different classes take em differently. I usually take the F1 line, brake late, cut in sharp and fast out
Solid strat! All the formula cars would love that style
Remember, the purpose of iRacing is to have fun. I personally hate using these techniques because I find it hard to have fun if you are just sitting behind people and being extremely cautious. I understand completely if you are just trying to get up a class because you want to do a certain series. Remember, classes aren’t everything, just go out there, race people hard, and have fun.
well youre right and also wrong, because personally I find it really fun to air on the side of caution and then overtake people who pushed that tiny bit too hard. if I was racing really hard right behind someone, then avoiding a collision is not possible
balancing act of both fun and keeping safe isn't it! Both great comments
If you do start in the back, please dont jump in and take it 3 wide in turn 1
I just started about a month ago, so thanks for the video. I had no idea what week 13 was. Having said that, I think it’s STUPID!!! Why can’t there be a normal schedule of races? I’m waiting to get promoted from D to C but there are ZERO ranked open wheel races except for the really slow rookie class ones. If they want to wait a week before starting up the official schedule, fine but there is no reason not to have access to the same races . Why are there no Formula 4 or USF 2000 races this week? It makes no sense. I might as well play another game for a week.
Open wheel you are a bit screwed yeah! The porsche series is good because it is still ranked and a new track everyday so that can be neat. Might actually be a good idea to use it as a week off if you are a formula series fan
What good does the safety rating do? It’s utter chaos lobby racing.
"Just treat em like their on meth..." lol
Works a treat! haha
Got A license in 2 months but that was ovals using these techniques
Ovals can be even harder! Thanks for letting us know it works there too
Excellent tips thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Great vid thanks for sharing.
No problem 👍Thanks heaps
amen . im gladcwe are on the same page.4/10 ill end up in the mess when i start in the back
Week 13 is the best for sr and ir as they all see it as "run amok week"
Just be careful. I am still D class cause I have not practiced the methods. I Like to drink beer :(
Can be great since more than usual amounts of cars wreck out! haha. Beer always getting in the way of good progress!
I mean if it isn’t your fault and it’s a ghost car then idk what the problem with clipping that is
And also, we pay a f*ck ton of money for this game. Yes I expect them to sit thru a 45 minute race. Wtf else are they doing?? Get over yourself brother. You’re a bit hardcore. Let the developers work a little bit. Shit.
iRacing allows drivers with a higher class to race with lower class drivers? I assume that a higher class driver would have a higher IRating, so how does that matchmaking work? Isn't the whole point of classes and IRating is to groups similar drivers?
Matchmaking (or splits as I will refer to it) are not decided on what class you are in or your safety rating, but rather your iRating. Say you are in a rookie class race, and you are B class, and have 2k iRating. You will not be out with other people that are in or around B Class, but rather people that are closest to your iRating. So you could theoretically be racing someone in Rookies while you are in A Class. You can tell where your iRating ranks in your split by which number you are. #1 has the highest iRating and #20 has the lowest. If you are #8 in a race, you should aim for that position. Obviously if you are in a C Class minimum race, you won’t be seeing any Rookies or people in D Class. I’ve seen people in A Class with 500 iRating. To sum it all up, iRacing puts you in a split with people that have similar iRating to you, not what class they are in. I’ve found it to be the best out of any sim for matchmaking.
He's right on the money ^
Start from the pits, I have been hit in the back on the formation lap plenty of times and it’s no fun .
Oh yeah the formation hits are the real case of WTF haha. Always the mid pack heroes with the crazy tire warmups 😂 Top 6 or pits is my motto and it works well!
Just started back into iRacing with a new account and managed to get from Rookies to B lisence in just 1 week of grinding time trials, on to A class next then I'm kinda lost 🙈
You'll be able to enter any of the races you want now :) On to the grid!
how long did it take for you to get from 2.5sr to 3sr roughly?
@@wayfvl7604 can be done in about 3/4 races. Can be quicker if you are really clean, can take longer if you make little mistakes. It’s even possible in 1 race. It really depends.
Rear-ending could be programmatically detected in braking zones. Ramming the car ahead off the track as it brakes normally for a turn is too easy a cheat.
It could be done yeah, I just try and give the benefit of the doubt to save myself getting frustrated LOL. Maybe it's something they work on in the future
@@swolabear Might be making it up but I think in SRS for the original AC they had an incident detection system that worked pretty well. If it was flat out not your fault then you got no penalty. But sometimes you both got penalised. In the heat of the moment in those times sometimes I thought "bullshit, it was their fault" but watching replay often it turned out I could have given more room etc. Actually that might not have been SRS but just a server side app they had on most servers.
Recently started iRacing after racing AC and ACC in the past and have been gutted by a terrible run of dirty races. Like needing a tow to pits after being caught up in a formation lap problem. Both times because someone was wiggling side to side, went on the grass and caused a pileup. You stop and wait for it to clear but people just drive into the back of you. After spending money on this bag of wank I was ready to go back to ACC, where even the worst public races aren't this bad. Glad I came across your video as I'll start from the back or the pits for a while and restore my lost safety rating. Shame you have to do this but I guess once I get out of D class hopefully things get to be as good as ACC public. And might even be better with an A licence.
No it couldn't
tl;dw: dont dwell on accidents, just carry on, start from the back or even pit lane(never mentioned) to avoid early accidents, watch video guides/real races how to drive on certain tracks. boom 18 minutes saved
Starting from pits is something I definitely do in any F3 races these days!
I got you
Just don’t crash
Platinum Trophy Earned; Iracing.
I’m currently in d class and trying to drop back to rookies, what the best way to do that without destroying stats? I’ve been qualifying mid field, being somewhat aggressive, but still gaining sr :/ do I just intentionally run into walls and then quit, downside is that destroys your irating, so idk.
Racing vees when possible since they are more dangerous, but generally miatas, which are way too safe to lose any sr I think.
@@mj6463 Funny thing is, you cannot actually get demoted back to rookies because once you get to D class thats the lowest you can go.
@@SpringfieldProductions lol yeah I figured that out, thanks tho! Btw do you know how we can be more likely to be on the same grid as friends in official races?
@@mj6463 you could probably try to get around the same irating and bomb your practice laps to get into the lowest split.
You are playing the wrong game my friend.. just play something else with your friend ffs..
In real world racing both drivers damage their cars and have a bad race, it doesn't matter who's fault it is. Just like iRacing.
I cant get proper races. I mean, i started Iracing 3 weeks ago, im 1950 irating C class, and weither i start front or back, front i'm going to fight for positions and get incidents, on the back, stupid people do not practice and have 3/4 sec slower a lap, even when i start on IMSA from back, let 10 seconds or even start FROM PITS, i end top 7/5 BUT with more than 10 incidents most of the time. I cant resign myself to wait behind and drive like a fucking IA.
I am very disapointed about this system because i end with only 2.9 SR on C class and i struggle to reach 4.
I LITTERALY shot only 2 people in 60 races on braking zone, im sooo clean, i do some off tracks, depends on track(COTA atm is horrible for off tracks). I should be B class minimum atm but people are nuts. Fight like retards on 2nd lap of 45mins race, defend while they have 1 lap late...
For me, IRacing should set up Pre Qualifying related to practice. Meaning your best time on practice is associated to your IRating to determine with who you race.
Take my example(i dont feel im a big boss driver but i am very decent for a 3 weeks iracer):
Last week, IMSA Road Atlanta. Pro and 6/7+k iracers where qualifying(no bmw racers, bm was so ahead) around 1.15.5. I practiced around 200 laps before my ever first race on IMSA, i was qualifiying on corvette with laps around 1.16.3/1.16.6 and doing race laps between 1.16.5 and 1.17.2. And still i was racing with RETARDS, crashing me with 1 lap late ending on 3 DNF over 8 races and 3 podiums. But on 8 races i lost 0.5 SR.
With PRE QUALIFYING laps, it would force people to PRACTICE if they dont want to race with retards. Like in Real life, people that dont have the level, does not race at all or here, would not race with faster ones.
If pre qualifying was associated to IR to set the splits, i feel i would have maybe a little less Irating over 3 weeks only, and i dont care about this, but i would be with FAST racers, which means alot more people that have practiced, and dont spin every 5 laps. There would be crazy people, but less than on 1500/2000 irating
Why is an A license so important unless you want to race in those few A class races. Maybe drivers should stop playing pretend driving f1 cars and learn how to race in formula vees or 1600s. I’m no legend in iracing but I have had plenty of top 5 finishes and even podiums starting from the pits, what’s that say?
They do have some cool race series, my Porsche RSR is only used in a B and A class these days. But some people like to chase the badge hah
@@swolabear I quit iracing and sold my setup, too many clowns on the platform ruined my fun
There will always be plenty of them! So I get it. Sim racing ain't going anywhere @@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV
@@swolabearno doubt, I just have better things to do that are fun then deal with people who just are out to ruin the experience.
Treat them like they’re on meth 😆 love it
Only other thing to recommend is to spectate a race in Iracing and watch cockpit view of leaders. Works a treat.
Watching some live action is always fun too! Sometimes funny, or can learn some neat things they are doing
6 months ? Lol holy fucking shit.
5 and a half minutes in and I still have no idea on getting an A class if I follow this video. Been sitting here over 5 mins of this footage and I know not 1 thing that pertains to the video title. Tons and tons of waffle justifying the iRacing penalty system but that it so far. I'm board and going to look for another video for the info. Waffle waffle waffle waste of time.
Help if possible you have a wheel and pedal kit that you can sell me on a low price point I'd be very thankful sir.
Hard to come by at the moment man! Just keep your eye on second hand websites and you will see one any day now. I have seen more and more coming up for sale :)
IRacing is not a very good sim racer. None of them are really
We need a new player to the sim racing scene to show them all up!