Jerad
TS3 SA
Seeing as a 49 thread has been made and there has actually been interest in the 79 beyond myself running it I figured I should make a thread as well.
This week was my first week with the car outside of the Week 13 Nordschleife shenanigans and probably my favorite open wheeler in iracing if not my favorite car now. It's quite fast just like the 49 but instead of miles of braking and tyres made of 3 ply toilet paper you get slicks and gobs of down force to whip through corners at insane speeds. Basically an F1 car without the insane complexities of the new McLaren F1 car.
It seems that the larger grid times are Thursdays at 0230 GMT (we had a full 32 car grid last week) and SOF races on the weekend appear to have split so it is not exactly a dead series, just not super active as people plan more to race at the times posted to get bigger grids.
As far as the racing goes, it was fairly clean on Thursday, I started from the pits just in case and there wasn't a ton of accidents other than one racing incident involving 3 cars going up the toe in very close proximity and the odd driver going for a spin in the slower corners.
The community themselves is super welcoming and provides tonnes of different setups from planted and grippy to loose and slidy. Guys will also chat you up and help you out and offer setups in practice sessions as well, I think I ended the week at Watkins with 4 different setups given to me.
So far I think it's Myself, Peeble and Chris S that are interested in running the series. I will likely be looking at Thursday 230 GMT races and maybe weekend SOF races after the holidays have calmed down as well I will be spending some time Mon-Wed (or basically whenever I have time) in practice sessions.
I have also even created a paint for the car in the hopes that maybe we can get some peeps from the L79 community on here.
This week was my first week with the car outside of the Week 13 Nordschleife shenanigans and probably my favorite open wheeler in iracing if not my favorite car now. It's quite fast just like the 49 but instead of miles of braking and tyres made of 3 ply toilet paper you get slicks and gobs of down force to whip through corners at insane speeds. Basically an F1 car without the insane complexities of the new McLaren F1 car.
It seems that the larger grid times are Thursdays at 0230 GMT (we had a full 32 car grid last week) and SOF races on the weekend appear to have split so it is not exactly a dead series, just not super active as people plan more to race at the times posted to get bigger grids.
As far as the racing goes, it was fairly clean on Thursday, I started from the pits just in case and there wasn't a ton of accidents other than one racing incident involving 3 cars going up the toe in very close proximity and the odd driver going for a spin in the slower corners.
The community themselves is super welcoming and provides tonnes of different setups from planted and grippy to loose and slidy. Guys will also chat you up and help you out and offer setups in practice sessions as well, I think I ended the week at Watkins with 4 different setups given to me.
So far I think it's Myself, Peeble and Chris S that are interested in running the series. I will likely be looking at Thursday 230 GMT races and maybe weekend SOF races after the holidays have calmed down as well I will be spending some time Mon-Wed (or basically whenever I have time) in practice sessions.
I have also even created a paint for the car in the hopes that maybe we can get some peeps from the L79 community on here.
