Posts by nielhekkens

Quote from mediometrus

A new YF record is to be stablished. And we`re not done yet. This season should have its own diploma.

Some nuance for Class C:

The grids have been much bigger than before, with a bigger variety of VO experience. Also for Class C, we may have had the worst possible beginning of the calendar with 4 short-track type tracks. Richmond, Milwaukee*, Lucas Oil, Bristol. Those four and Phoenix increased the average.

* Milwaukee and New Hampshire drive and race the same as Martinsville, only a bit bigger.

Sorry again to Petr. When you passed me, I wanted to tuck behind you. I knew you were on newer tires but you were a bit slower than I anticipated.

For other yellows, I notice there are quite some netcode incidents lately... Not only this race.

I have made a mistake this morning when sending the emails. Some people who didn't register for the race may have received the password.

To the drivers who didn't register: please disregard that email and do not join the session tonight.

Quick reminder to register for the race if you want to participate.

Abmeldung für heute. Have to work on something else tonight.

I may have lost connection with this car. My pace was too slow, it seemed. I was slow on every line and could not do anything about it.

P10 was the best possible result, but I hoped for more at the start.

Don't forget to register for the race.
The deadline is Tuesday (15th) at 18:00.

I need new pedals. My HE Pro's are showing their age and the brake pedal is rubbing/screeching when pressing it. And guess where you apply only 10 to 20% brake force on this track? Almost everywhere. It drove me crazy and I could not focus. I made a lot of mistakes. I also missed a lot of pace on the infield.

P5 is nice, but I didn't feel good about my performance. Though, I don't think there was a lot more in it. It was a good fight at the end with Michael. I tried to pressure him into the last chicane. I managed but he defended the exit perfectly.

Of all road courses, this is the least enjoyable one for me and I usually love road courses with these cars.

That was a great race! I was able to get to the right places at the right time. Too bad the guys behind me made all the wrong decisions in the last lap for the outside line to have a shot.

Congratulations Gabriel! Good win with the team!

Is this a Wendy's? Because we got beef!

I am happy with the P10 because it was a tough race. My first stint was okay, but the others were bad. I overdrove the car because of the (great!) battles and pressure. I managed to slip by the crashes in the first half but couldn't in the second half. Luckily, it was minor damage and I could stay in the lead lap.

For some reason, I restarted on the inside for the majority of the restarts and it was very frustrating. The top lane was strong, much stronger than last week in the trucks. By staying out of, relative, problems I was able to get into the top 10.

Thanks again to the cars I had battles with!
Sorry to Roland for scaring you somewhere at the end of the race.

That was a fun and intense race for me. I had to work hard for a top-10 position but ended just short. P11 in the end but I am happy with the result, given I lacked a bit of speed.

Thanks to the various people for the great and clean racing!

I didn't expect the race to be the way it was and that is a good thing! It was not really the mini super speedway they advertise it to be on TV. The car was very loose in the draft, which made it harder. Because the track is smaller and the car is on edge in the corners, there was no time to relax in the pack. It was very difficult to set up my pit stops during the green flag runs.

I am happy with my result, with a solid top 10 finish. A couple of laps before the end, we were in a group. Suddenly I almost pushed Erik around and gave the position back because that was not the way I wanted to pass him. Erik managed to save it in a great way. Looking at the replay, I noticed Erik got loose and lost speed in the second half of the corner. That was not a place I expected someone to slow down. So it wasn't really necessary but it felt the right thing to do. 9th or 10th doesn't really matter.

Quote from Greg West

The 2024 Season 4 build features a simple update to the Xfinity cars to eliminate coil-binding from the front suspension: The adjustment for the Main Spring Rate has been removed and the rate locked at a constant 250lb/in as well as the spring being lengthened slightly to allow for more travel. This both corrects the issue of hard-binding the front springs and makes the front of the car easier to keep down.

The adjustment itself was removed due to the vast majority of setups using the lowest available values for main spring (300 or 325), meaning a variable setting wasn't necessary, and keeps the car in-line with the system currently in use for the NASCAR Trucks. Unlike the Trucks, however, the Xfinity car will still use a separate bump spring option as in the past which will still operate differently than the Truck's dual-rate progressive spring.

Other aspects of the car have gone unchanged for ovals, however small tweaks have been made to the Road Course package to alleviate rear tire overheating and reduce the tire's long-term "memory" to sliding. We discovered situations where the car could be driving completely normally yet overheat the rear tires without major slides or wheelspin events, a condition that could remain and even worsen through the tire set's life. Small changes to the tire parameters, as well as some adjustments to how far forward the aerodynamic center of pressure can move, have been made to the Road Course cars only to reduce the chance of this happening and, if it does happen, reduce the likelihood of the issue building and building as the run goes on. Many will perceive these changes as a slight increase in rear-end grip on Road Courses.

The manual for the Xfinity cars has been updated to reflect the suspension changes and can be found here: https://s100.iracing.com/wp-content/upl…y-Manual-V5.pdf

More details about the changes to the Xfinity cars. That is good news for the Charlotte road course race, later.

Does anyone have the replay for us? Alexander wasn't there and I ended early.

Thanks in advance.

I think the new damage modal makes it easier to push now because the body is softer than before. I also remember it was very difficult to push and you had to be super precise when pushing. It was even possible to go wrong on the straights when not aligned correctly.

The draft modal, for this type of racing at least, is horrible in this car indeed. It’s just a high speed traffic jam. There is nothing you can do.

Anyway.. I decided to chill in the rear during the first stint. Michael Bock gave me a heart attack with one of his blinking moments. Suddenly I heard a loud bang and saw a car flying through my screen. Can’t remember whenever I had such a moment recently. 😄

Then the caution came out, where I just missed the carnage. After the caution I found myself in the top 10 on the outside. Passed someone who kept going to the high line in T3. At the end, my plan was to push Erik to the finish. Someone blew up coming out of T4 of the last lap and a crash happened. Just got clipped on the corner but still ended 13th or so. Not great, not terrible.

Can’t wait for this class to get updated physics as well.

14 yellows is less than 18.

That was a challenging race track. My race went up and down with some scary moments. I am happy to finish P15 in the end with some luck.

Luciano, sorry for that touch in T1! You braked a lot earlier than the others and it surprised me. That was a good save, though! Then sorry you couldn't avoid me when I was stuck in the wall. There seems to be some magnet there.