Any of you cats do iRacing?

[kid325e]

I would be down for a weekly Open Lapping/Track Day in the Mazda's with you guys. Thursday nights would work fine for me.

I think the issue may be that it's great for drifting but we arent' looking to drift. We are looking to race, and practice.

LFS was ok, I started playing some SimBin Titles and personally I liked those better. I found RF MUCH better then LFS.

[Jb325is]

What track? My favorites are Lime Rock, Road Atl, and Mosport

[MX339]

Jb and I run together occasionally. I'm going to try to at least do a full season of one series this time around. I'm thinking GT1 and then running some GT3 for participation credits. I have to say though, I really love the Lotus 79 and the V8 Supercar. Those are probably my favorite on service, but participation is just too low to be able to jump in and run a race whenever you've got time.

[R3Z3N]

I'll host a practice session this Thurs at 6:30 PM Pacific, spec miata, same track of the week so those practicing for the series get more time in. Maybe we can do a short 10-15 min hosted race as well at the end.

IMO the next best series is either SRF or Star Mazda, but those without setups can easily be left behind.

[z31maniac]

Drifting feels exactly like real life.

Wong thread.

I'll host a practice session this Thurs at 6:30 PM Pacific, spec miata, same track of the week so those practicing for the series get more time in. Maybe we can do a short 10-15 min hosted race as well at the end.

IMO the next best series is either SRF or Star Mazda, but those without setups can easily be left behind.

Cool, I got mine setup over the weekend, still have a bit of tweaking to get everything back exactly how I had it, but I'll jump in on the practice session.



Also, it looks like they released a new tire model for this season. The MX-5 cars feel radically different, the rear end wants to come around MUCH easier than in previous seasons. I ran about 10-15 laps at Lime Rock Friday night. Definitely going to have to change my driving style to fit the new tires.

[agent]

it looks like they released a new tire model for this season. The MX-5 cars feel radically different, the rear end wants to come around MUCH easier than in previous seasons. I ran about 10-15 laps at Lime Rock Friday night. Definitely going to have to change my driving style to fit the new tires.

That's not good news. The MX-5 cars were already borderline unrealistically loose.

[R3Z3N]

I felt the Miata to push in almost all situations unless you muscled it around.

[z31maniac]

That's not good news. The MX-5 cars were already borderline unrealistically loose.

No, it was an understeering pig on the last few tire iterations. You must have a very different driving style because basically everyone complained about it being hard to turn-in on the fixed setup in the rookie series.

I'm going to have to way readjust how I trail brake to keep the rear end from swapping on me.

[z31maniac]

But to be fair, they changed a bunch on the MX-5 for the new build:

Mazda MX-5 Cup

- Now has the new V6 tires.

- Made dampers linear to get rid of the weirdness in force changes from low to mid speed. Also linearized the click settings and degree sweeps - now each adjustment produces an even level of damping change throughout adjuster range.

- Increased wheel inertia.

- Adjusted the center of gravity height a little lower and re-tuned the chassis mass distribution angle a little lower at the front.

- Updated setup for the new season.

[agent]

My recollection was that it understeered in high speed corners and was loose in tight low speed corners. It's been at least six months since I've been in it though...

[z31maniac]

OH geez, the Esses at toward the end of the lap at Summit Point are interesting, also have to be much earlier on the brakes on the big straights.

Much different. Ugh.

[R3Z3N]

I'll be in the general practice rooms tonight in spec miata. Handle is Justin Ooms

[z31maniac]

It's weird, I ran some laps at Summit point and the car felt very different.

Then did a few races at Okayama and the car didn't feel as "off." Strange.

[kid325e]

Should be on tonight in the Open Practices..

Is it possible to run 900degrees in the Mazda Cup Car?

[R3Z3N]

Should be on tonight in the Open Practices..

Is it possible to run 900degrees in the Mazda Cup Car?

I am with my Fanatec CSW v2....