Comments on: Wheatley’s Rolex 2.4

By: Ben Kincey

Ben Kincey — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:32:29 +0000

The major difficulty now is.

By: Tim Wheatley

Tim Wheatley — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:46:39 +0000

Here’s my highlights video:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4FBAFE20717CD84F

By: Tim Wheatley

Tim Wheatley — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:16:37 +0000

I have 8GB and got the whole race. My replay file was 800MB.

By: Matei Beratco

Matei Beratco — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:05:20 +0000

I saved the replay, but it’s only from lap 35 and is 511MB. It seems the client will not hold the data forever. I guess it will only record close to 2h, not 2h 40min. Disappointment…. I would have liked to save it directly on the HDD and ask at the end for “save or discard”. And I have 4GB on XP64, so I don’t think RAM is an issue, except that a 32-bit application cannot have more than 2GB by itself (3GB if windows is started with a certain switch). Hopefully this is on iRacing’s todo list. Or maybe the buffers can be adjusted in the .ini files ?!?!?!?

By: Daniel Buck

Daniel Buck — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:04:24 +0000

Awesome stuff, Tim!!! Great racing, man!!
Share that replay with us, will ya?! =D

By: Sam Hazim

Sam Hazim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:00:19 +0000

What a great story.

I had such a buzz after finishing this race. Then I went into the RACC Finals race which was even more exciting. When I finished that I was bouncing off walls for hours….!

By: Matei Beratco

Matei Beratco — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:35:25 +0000

Ooops…sorry…Related to the 2nd part of my post, the accident was not that spectacular. I just reviewd the replay. There was a small lift on impact, but the car stayed on the ground. I did see an overlapping of our cars (back ends), but I did not get 4x. And I was close to the wall.

By: Matei Beratco

Matei Beratco — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:13:31 +0000

Nice job! I actually was in the same split as you, however I was racing just to finish. It was a real test for me and my bottom (I’m 100kg/220 pounds last time I checked). I actually went to search for a pillow during my first stop (lap ~43), so ~1/2 a lap I lost there. I really need a different chair. I broke my concentration a couple of times but I managed to end with just 8 incidents (no 4x). Sum it up….it was my longest race by more than twice.

Oh yeah, I don’t remember what lap, but it was in the last quarter, I think I almost got UNDER a car in the pit entrance area. I just know that there was an accident and I saw one of the cars fly. It was high in the air when I passed. The car was on the low lane while I went on the mid-lane. I just though: “Well 2 more positions in 2 more laps! If I survive!” Of course I was passed by someone else so I gained only 1 position.

By: Lincoln Miner

Lincoln Miner — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:57:07 +0000

Great write up Tim! I was in your race. Glad I didn’t wreck you! I started on pole with a 1:40.001. I’m the British Racing green car with the two yellow stripes in your first photo. I was way too cautious in the early going and slowly dropped back letting others pass trying to be “smart” and stay clean. Unfortunately, I still had a about 2 or 3 slow spins of death in the infield. Those were killers. I lost about 20 seconds on each spin. I did a two stopper and my best stint was my last. It seemed to get easier as the race went on . Too little to late though I finished 8th a couple laps back of the leaders.

I also had more fun this week than any other sim racing. The practice servers were packed and it was an “event”. Can’t wait for the 12 Hours of Sebring!

By: John Hren

John Hren — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:05:08 +0000

Nice job Tim! I thought it was very cool too how everyone in my split was very careful and communicated intentions very well. For the most part, the drivers on Iracing a top notch group who know how to give and take. Thanks for a great event all.

By: Andy Kirschetorte

Andy Kirschetorte — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:27:27 +0000

great writeup Tim. I couldn’t agree more with what you said. The butterflies at the start, seeing 950 people listed was quite something! Remembering that I better have gone to the loo as I was going to be planted on my seat for 2.4 hours! loved it! Was a truly brilliant time.