do not buy this game

[Gustavo Fring]

the title says it all. DONT buy it. you will pay for a game that doesnt have the proper tracks and cars so you have to additionally pay for that too? ok fine i will because i want to play a serious sim. np i ll grab my wallet and purchase a bunch of tracks and cars. it all starts well i rank up quite easily and drive pretty decent for a beginner, i have this in all games so there must be some talent somewhere right?

ok, i have license A after a couple of weeks, you begin with 1300 (irating that is) and i bumped mine up to around 1450. this is where the bullsh*t starts. from this point on, i always get hit from behind by people who litterally do not pay attention to what is happening on the pitch. once or twice in 6 races? ok no problem sh*t happens all good. but its litterally every single race from this point on. rolling start ? you know where you have to follow the pace car, even before we are at the last turn before the pit i have 2 randoms behind me hitting me giving me a total of 8 times contact (8 incs). race is done all i can go for is irating so i continue to race. i bump up a spot or 5 or 6, im now in the top 5, and the same moron who hit me @ the rolling start, is the same guy who litterally crashes into the back of my car, leaving me to spin go off track and hit the wall only to bounce back on track and get hit 4 more times. EDIT: i forgot to mention the horrors in turn 1 on every single race, where again people dont pay attention and just go twice as fast in the turn where you can not go faster than 60 KM p/h. this ♥♥♥♥ is unreal.

and the funniest thing is, im getting punished for this. so i report them all every race that it happens i report them, and i see them the next day racing as if nothing happened. LOL?

so next week, im in this practice session, there were a bunch of guys trolling and stuff, i did not pay any mind, its a practice session. so i joined in, appearantly people actually report you for a practice session. ok np go report me man , you ll def win the first spot with reporting someone in practice. this is the first time i have ever been reported , and immediatly i get 1 week suspension.

is this for real? i get hit by every single moron in the actual race, no one gets banned or suspended. i troll 1 time in my entire career, in a practice session ffs, and i get an immediat suspension? foh iracing rules/system is trash.

i am telling you, do NOT buy this, you ll end up paying a whole lot of ♥♥♥♥ing money on the game itself , then you have to buy cars and tracks if you want to race other races than the mazda cup and believe me you will want to because in that cup are the biggest noobs. then you tryhard and tryhard and it pays off, only to get wrecked by noobs who can not drive but aquired the same license you have, and i have license A LOL. the only incidents i cause are off tracks. i dont cause others to crash or spin or go off track . thats simply not how i race, but it always happens to me and i get punished for another one's inadequacy.

GG

[✪𝕮𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖗]

wow way to put a point out there

[Kartchamp86]

LOL, your irating is 1450. this tells me you're not that good and race in the bottom split with the rest of the inexperienced drivers. Get your Irating up if you want good racing.

[Léon Cleaner's]

because you believe that irating is necessarily synonymous with "good driver" ???
I stayed below 2000 for 2 years because I run to make a good result and not to avoid being crushed by idiots who take themselves for Senna (and there is a lot on iracing that masters much better the accelerator than the brake when it rolls in a compact pack!)
to go up to 4500, I mostly had to run by paying more attention to others rather than my own car to at least finish the race!
the last serie where I really wanted to make a good result on the 12 weeks was during the contest mazda cup where there was the stage to win for barcelona and I finished in the first 25 but for that, my irating has strongly to go down because of countless times when I was put out of action during a crash when the race was intense!

the irating can sometimes be a good indication of the level of a driver but not necessarily!

[Barricade]

It's not hard at ALL to get out of the rookie class. I did it in less than a month playing a few times a week. You just have to avoid / wait for the first laps wrecks. You can run in last place and still come out top 5 after the first few laps (you can even place higher if you're quick around the track). You don't play iRacing to win first place. You play iRacing for the experience of racing.

The battle for 5th place is just as intense as the battle for 1st- that's the beautiful thing about iRacing. The sim doesn't adjust to your skill levels- the players do.

[Von Pink]

^^^ yeah, if i remember right, it took only 4 races to hit D-road license at summit point. done in a single day after maybe 3 hours of running test to be able to stay on the track then roughly 30 minutes of practice then 4 races back to back. a bit longer for oval but that's where i started so i was still trying to "win" in every race.

[Léon Cleaner's]

barricade : who said it was hard to get out of the Rookie category?

[Barricade]

Léon Cleaner's a écrit :

barricade : who said it was hard to get out of the Rookie category?

Oh ok. So does the tip not apply to you then? Regardless if you're trying to get out of rookie or increase your iRating, you're going to want to do the same things I mentioned.

[Léon Cleaner's]

no , not exactly the same for SR ( go out rookie ), that you can earn if you finish last and just by no making fault ( 1X ) or just by making TT and for the irating,where after 3000-3500 , you need to make good result in race or you lose irating points.
personnally i don't really care to SR , i was in class A after few month but the irating was really different, i don't remember how many times i was in need to let pass a guy , because he was really to much dangerous and i prefer ensure for not lose irating because it finish always by a crash if i resist a lil to the driver
at the end my last solution for have clean race and have higher irating was to start first and make all the race alone lol

[Barricade]

Léon Cleaner's a écrit :

no , not exactly the same for SR ( go out rookie ), that you can earn if you finish last and just by no making fault ( 1X ) or just by making TT and for the irating,where after 3000-3500 , you need to make good result in race or you lose irating points.
personnally i don't really care to SR , i was in class A after few month but the irating was really different, i don't remember how many times i was in need to let pass a guy , because he was really to much dangerous and i prefer ensure for not lose irating because it finish always by a crash if i resist a lil to the driver
at the end my last solution for have clean race and have higher irating was to start first and make all the race alone lol

Yea- qualifying first and running ahead of everyone is the absolute best solution to both problems, but there are a lot of quick people out there.

If you're just starting out or you just aren't as fast though, you'll have to drive defensively with the pack. Most wrecks seem to occur at the beginning of the race- people get excited/anxious and they make a lot of stupid mistakes. Many of those people don't know how to race WITH other cars as well (ie: holding their line, leaving space, etc.). I'm usually quick enough to where I can let the crazies go ahead of me for the first few laps- then once the cars thin out and we're not all bunched up- I can go 1 on 1 with him and regain my position if I'm quick enough.

There are situations where the dummies can really ruin a good race for you and your iRating and SR take a huge hit. But it happens in real life races as well- and to me, it's still better than any other ranking system that I've played with in the other sims.

[kishman]

A license after a couple weeks eh? Bwaaaaahahahahahah.....eh!

[Hempster™]

OP this has not been my exp at all! you are either trolling or a whining little ♥♥♥♥♥.

Plus A License after a couple weeks? post ur Iracing name ur full of ♥♥♥♥.

[BaronVonHaggis]

Goodbye to bad rubbish, and don't let the door smack your ar5e on the way out.

[LithiumFox]

Gonna be honest, there is a "God Complex" on iRacing but it's also in sim racing as a whole.

For the most part, none of this has been my personal experience, however I've been out of the community for a few months due to major life changes.

Honestly, I disagree about your opinions but don't disagree with your experiences, because only you can tell us what you've been through. Sorry to hear that the case. Ultimately, I think iRacing provides an excellent service so long as you actively seek it instead of expecting it to be handed to you. Often most arguments and heated discussions can be headed off with a calm demeanor. Reporting people helps too.

And, I hate to say this, learn to predict other drivers. It takes a while but honestly you can tell who's gonna dive bomb you and who can hold their line pretty easily.

:) Anyways, hope you come back sometime. I always enjoyed the racing here and we need more people who see the faults in the community, not less. No point in being upset if you left on my end.

Enjoy your weekend!

[Messsucher]

I chose to not buy this when I listened how kids used foul language in oval races. I don't want to listen kids using foul language in my home.

[LithiumFox]

Messsucher a écrit :

I chose to not buy this when I listened how kids used foul language in oval races. I don't want to listen kids using foul language in my home.

You can turn off voice chat. In fact I recommend it.