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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jan 31, 2020 19:54:05 GMT
Rolling starts? If so and if it has a formation lap, the pole has a Huge disadvantage. So don't feel bad about it. No, standing starts. Its F1. Karl I have a clutch pedal which helps immensely with starts in Project Cars. I don't have a clutch but I tend to get decent starts in the voyage series.
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Post by hurtmagurt on Jan 31, 2020 20:08:52 GMT
I actually recently got the Ricmotech sequential shifter adapter for the Thrustmaster shifter. It's great and such a better / stronger shift than the stock option. In fact it's so strong it has broke the weld where my shifter has been for 4+ years. I used it during the Group C Le Mans event but broke it practicing for Bathurst. I need to completely disconnect everything electronic from my rig and move it down stairs to re-weld that plate stronger, which sucks. Probably have to wait a few more weeks to be in between iRacing seasons to do that.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Jan 31, 2020 20:37:05 GMT
Jesus. Some serious business when the welder has to be brought in lol
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Post by hurtmagurt on Jan 31, 2020 21:20:07 GMT
Jesus. Some serious business when the welder has to be brought in lol Haha, my whole rig is something i sketched up and designed myself. I actually taught myself to weld for this project. It's all 1" square steel tubing. My welding held up for years where I had a small flat plate where my shifter bolts to, however the new sequential requires so much more force that it tore the weld seam. I just need to hit it a bit more. Literally 1 minute worth of weld work and an hour of taking off everything and putting it all back on (theres like 50 zip ties holding all the wires on that thing, and the seat / wheel / pedals / shifter / speakers / button box / tablet to unbolt).
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Post by Dale Rossi on Jan 31, 2020 21:41:49 GMT
Makes sense, especially with something as custom/personal as something like that. Anything bought has to be put together anyway. Hopefully it didn't require too much trial and error, or stacks upon stacks of tubes. lol My stepson actually welds, but that never even occured to me. That would have helped me when I was trying to secure the handbrake.
Regarding a custom built rig, have you looked into triple monitors or wide screens for iRacing? Curious because I may move to a permanent rig soon (been saying that for too long, though). The Xbox doesn't support triple screens, but I wonder if the new one will. Just wondering how much they are worth the extra expense for not just the screens, but upgrade to the PC etc to handle them.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jan 31, 2020 23:59:32 GMT
Absolutely! Do you use the clutch in these cars? I will for fun with the H shifter, but if not, I'll turn on Auto clutch. Or can you still use the clutch for stats even if Auto clutch is on? I try and make it close to as real as I can depending on the class. I use the clutch pedal and H-pattern shifter for these old cars so I have my auto clutch set to 'Off'. For modern cars like Indy and our GTE I use the paddle shifters and have the auto clutch on. My lower back could feel it yesterday and my left leg is still a little stiff today from using the clutch Wednesday night. You can still use clutch whenever you want if auto is on, it just means that you don't need to press the pedal everytime that you change gears.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 1, 2020 0:15:36 GMT
Absolutely! Do you use the clutch in these cars? I will for fun with the H shifter, but if not, I'll turn on Auto clutch. Or can you still use the clutch for stats even if Auto clutch is on? I try and make it close to as real as I can depending on the class. I use the clutch pedal and H-pattern shifter for these old cars so I have my auto clutch set to 'Off'. For modern cars like Indy and our GTE I use the paddle shifters and have the auto clutch on. My lower back could feel it yesterday and my left leg is still a little stiff today from using the clutch Wednesday night. You can still use clutch whenever you want if auto is on, it just means that you don't need to press the pedal everytime that you change gears. Man, I've been looking for others with H shifters.. Had no clue you had one. (The soreness is why God created Ibuprofen lol) I set my VF1 ghost in the Assetto thread with an H shifter and tried auto clutch to beat Peter's ghost, but it wasn't an ounce of help. With or without, I'm still 2 seconds off.lol Good to know you can still use clutch for starts. Next time you try GTE, try it without the auto clutch. It seems to shift quicker, but you have to be careful of engine damage if you downshift too aggressively in the revs
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 1, 2020 1:58:09 GMT
Here is my onboard of the first lap and a half or so, you can see me using the H-pattern. I changed the default knob with a Pokèball one Here's the highlights vid with some overtakes and crashes:
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 1, 2020 4:35:12 GMT
Only watched the first one so far, but curious what your FOV is? Starting to get serious about a monitor.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 1, 2020 14:32:38 GMT
I try and make it close to as real as I can depending on the class. I use the clutch pedal and H-pattern shifter for these old cars so I have my auto clutch set to 'Off'. For modern cars like Indy and our GTE I use the paddle shifters and have the auto clutch on. My lower back could feel it yesterday and my left leg is still a little stiff today from using the clutch Wednesday night. You can still use clutch whenever you want if auto is on, it just means that you don't need to press the pedal everytime that you change gears. Man, I've been looking for others with H shifters.. Had no clue you had one. (The soreness is why God created Ibuprofen lol) I set my VF1 ghost in the Assetto thread with an H shifter and tried auto clutch to beat Peter's ghost, but it wasn't an ounce of help. With or without, I'm still 2 seconds off.lol Good to know you can still use clutch for starts. Next time you try GTE, try it without the auto clutch. It seems to shift quicker, but you have to be careful of engine damage if you downshift too aggressively in the revs What track and car in Assetto was that Sean? I really want to give the H-shifter and clutch a go. If things settle later this year after the Summer probably I might be able give it a go. Well one at least, the shifter... don't think I'll be able to get both this year.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 1, 2020 16:56:33 GMT
That was actually the PCars/Assetto one at Red Bull Ring.
I have a set of original Clubsport pedals that are still good to go that I'll be happy to give you. It will need grease, but that is it.
My old H shifter is crap, unfortunately. Cheap plastic and a decade old. If you could swing for the Fanatec Seq shifter, it is H as well as Seq and then use the Clubsport v1 pedals and you'd be set for a long time. These pedals have load cell etc.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 1, 2020 18:15:33 GMT
Only watched the first one so far, but curious what your FOV is? Starting to get serious about a monitor. I want to say it's 82 or 83. I'll let you know what it is once I get on the game later.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 1, 2020 18:31:00 GMT
Damn wasn't expecting that. Does it ever hurt your eyes?
I'm able to move close to my 73" every now and then and I'm position it's not good for my eyes. But, "First World problems" lol
Not sure if Brightness,Contrast etc affect that at all. Hopefully I make the right choice because I want it to last for a long time, the better part of a decade.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 2, 2020 22:21:21 GMT
Damn wasn't expecting that. Does it ever hurt your eyes? I'm able to move close to my 73" every now and then and I'm position it's not good for my eyes. But, "First World problems" lol Not sure if Brightness,Contrast etc affect that at all. Hopefully I make the right choice because I want it to last for a long time, the better part of a decade. Sorry man, I didn't end up practicing last night so I still can't tell ya what my settings are. I need to go back and look at my speed sensitivity speeds anyway and adjust them to the 72D and Ferrari 488 which are very close pace wise. At first sitting so close was like 'whoaaaa' but I got used to it fast. You just can't think about it and pretent you're sitting in a real car. It's not vr so my eyes aren't forced to look at a screen constantly and I spend a decent amount looking at my wheel too so it's not bad at all. I haven't played with the contrast on my TV and barely touched any of that stuff in game but my TV was made more for playing video games too. It's the TCL Roku 65" which we got on sale a couple years ago at tax return time. It's a great all around smart TV and I haven't had any issues with it so far.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 3, 2020 5:14:11 GMT
Here are my FOV settings and a little about speed sensitivity:
Cockpit camera: 83
Field Of View Speed Sensitivity: YES (This gives you a decent sense of speed)
Minimum Speed Sensitivity: 81 (I set this a little lower than my fov which brings you closer to the dashboard and narrows your fov when going slow/braking)
Maximum Speed Sensitivity: 113 (I set this about 20-30 higher than my pov which moves you back and widens your fov as you go faster and faster)
Minimum Speed Sensitivity Speed: 95 (Set this to what your speed is around the slowest apex on any given circuit, my speeds are in Kilometers per hour) Maximum Speed Sensitivity Speed: 285 (Set this to what your car tops out at on the longest straight, mine is set a few notches lower than what I have maxed out on at Le Mans in the Ferrari 488 GTE)
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 3, 2020 8:59:08 GMT
Damn wasn't expecting that. Does it ever hurt your eyes? I'm able to move close to my 73" every now and then and I'm position it's not good for my eyes. But, "First World problems" lol Not sure if Brightness,Contrast etc affect that at all. Hopefully I make the right choice because I want it to last for a long time, the better part of a decade. Curious why it would hurt his eyes Sean... Am I missing something?
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 3, 2020 13:24:54 GMT
Here are my FOV settings and a little about speed sensitivity: Cockpit camera: 83 Field Of View Speed Sensitivity: YES (This gives you a decent sense of speed) Minimum Speed Sensitivity: 81 (I set this a little lower than my fov which brings you closer to the dashboard and narrows your fov when going slow/braking) Maximum Speed Sensitivity: 113 (I set this about 20-30 higher than my pov which moves you back and widens your fov as you go faster and faster) Minimum Speed Sensitivity Speed: 95 (Set this to what your speed is around the slowest apex on any given circuit, my speeds are in Kilometers per hour) Maximum Speed Sensitivity Speed: 285 (Set this to what your car tops out at on the longest straight, mine is set a few notches lower than what I have maxed out on at Le Mans in the Ferrari 488 GTE) 83! Holy crap. That would be really damn nice. I'm at 58 when my seat is moved all the way up, but that's because my wheel stand cannot go under the TV. Never thought about moving the FOV speed sensitive that high. I have never been able to get it to work well. One thing I did that helps "feel" the Gs is I turned the Camera leaning on the next page all the way to 100. If you have the actual helmet on, then that would be 100. The speed sensitive FOV is a really cool feature and I note you and Shelton have it working well.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 3, 2020 13:32:19 GMT
Damn wasn't expecting that. Does it ever hurt your eyes? I'm able to move close to my 73" every now and then and I'm position it's not good for my eyes. But, "First World problems" lol Not sure if Brightness,Contrast etc affect that at all. Hopefully I make the right choice because I want it to last for a long time, the better part of a decade. Curious why it would hurt his eyes Sean... Am I missing something? Just sitting close to a rather large screen can be hard on your eyes. I take it with some salt, but still..we only get one set of eyes.lol Tyler, regarding screen calibration, one thing to look at is a lot (maybe all) TVs come out of the box with very very high contrast. That's to help it when in bright rooms, show rooms, etc. Tweak TV used to be a good site, but I think it isn't around any more. There are others out there and with a search from AV forums etc, someone likely will have posted calibration settings for just about every tv the past 20 years. It makes a difference. Avia makes a really good calibration disc that you play in your dvd/bluray player, too. Generally, TVs just need contrast and sharpness turned down (50 to 75%) to soften it up a little bit.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 3, 2020 19:18:11 GMT
Tyler: " Maximum Speed Sensitivity: 113 (I set this about 20-30 higher than my pov which moves you back and widens your fov as you go faster and faster)"
Is that just a personal preference you found or is it based on some sort of calculation? Just wondering what I should set it at. Guessing 15 to 25 since mine is lower.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 3, 2020 21:37:30 GMT
Tyler: " Maximum Speed Sensitivity: 113 (I set this about 20-30 higher than my pov which moves you back and widens your fov as you go faster and faster)" Is that just a personal preference you found or is it based on some sort of calculation? Just wondering what I should set it at. Guessing 15 to 25 since mine is lower. Yeah just personal preference, and it's not even really my own lol. I went based on this video and it seems to help with my braking points. I do make small adjustments here and there but this is a great starting point: And here is the full version of the song at the beginning of the video:
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