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[Bram Hengeveld]

iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations check it out

 

[Simon Trendell]

That would suggest you're using far too much rotation to get round corners... Only at really tight turns do I ever need to use much more than 180 degrees in either direction where it would become an issue to use paddles. But then I use the H-Shifter now..

 

[Brian Venable]

Well...I'd like to say I drive perfect lines and never put myself in a spot.:rotfl:

 

[Dave Stephenson]

main benefit of mac is only seen if you want to oadd dedicated hardware for music production etc... studio grade tackle and then it doesnt go in the laptops. id say as above save the dollars and go the pc route. probably wont look as nice but you can alwasy do one of those *cough*legal*cough* OSX dual boots if the missus want software only available on apples. which is rare these days anyways.

definately better to have 2 small drive than 1 large for multimedia tasks and gaming.

 

[shiny side up!]

So getting deadly serious about these two ASUS laptops... One of them is likely to end up on order this weekend.

Still struggling to choose...

Screens are same size/resolution (17", 1920x1200). Both have the same processor and graphics card (2.53GHz, GeForce 9650M GS).

The main difference is that the less expensive one has a "Super DVD" drive and a 5400rpm 320GB hard drive, whilst the more expensive one has a BD Combo drive and 2x 250GB 5400rpm hard drives.

Newegg dropped the price on the more expensive model by $100USD (rebate, actually) so the price delta is now $300USD/£205. The extra storage space is not really important to me - I am more interested in processor/graphics performance for iRacing and SimBin titles, streaming video, and general "Office" type of applications. The BD drive is an interesting feature, but not sure how much utility I will get out of it... I won't likely watch feature-length films on the laptop, and my 65" HDTV does 1080i not 1080p and only has component and VGA inputs, so I would not get BD quality if I hooked up to my TV via VGA.

I was considering spending $100 to buy a 7200rpm 320GB hard drive for the cheaper one... that would make the price delta $200/£140. Which would perform better for racing sims - having 1 7200rpm hard drive, or 2x 5400rpm? Maybe I should by the more expensive one and replace one hard drive with a 7200rpm drive... :sinister: would it be worth the money?

Thanks in advance for help...

 

[Ollie Flint]

Sounds like the cheaper model is the one for you. Than get a solid state drive to replace the 5400rpm drive. :sinister:

 

[Brian Venable]

Sander,

I noticed you're having a lot of success in iRacing...so how do like the sim?

 

[Simon Trendell]

No surprise to me there

4/5 Wins.

 

[Sander Hogendoorn]

I love it

The Solstice needs a very different technique to drive fast with than I'm used to in Evo f.e. (duh it's a road car )

The races I did are all very clean, except for people ignoring blue flags which happened in 3 out of 5 races I did.

 

[Ricky Willox]

The races I did are all very clean, except for people ignoring blue flags which happened in 3 out of 5 races I did.

Glad your liking it.

But blue flags as far as I know dont exist for road courses yet. Unless they added them and i just never noticed.
And according to the iRacing rules they are only informational not an order to let people past. American flag rules i believe not like in Europe where its more like an order.

 

[Márcio Campos]

Márcio Campos

 

[shiny side up!]

Uh-oh, a new contender that might take the prize:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117831

Slightly slower processor (2.40 vs. 2.53)
Larger screen (18" vs 17")
Faster HDD (7200 vs 5400)
Slighly weaker Graphics Card
BD Drive
Same RAM
1 pound lighter despite larger screen
$1399 vs. $1550(with 7200rpm HDD purchased to upgrade)

 

[Ollie Flint]

!!! Nice find !!!

Get the Vaio!

 

[Ricky Willox]

Information about end of season update

From the iRacing forum some info about what updates will be in next patch.
Originally posted by a member of iRacing staff

Fresh out of a development meeting and here are some of the items that are currently in QA and look real good to be in the development build at the end of this month (roughly) and ready for start of next season. Further detail will be available in release notes or other informational releases but just thought I would provide a high level briefing.

Open Practice Server Sessions! Will be able to see who is in practice sessions and jump in out of sessions. More detail to follow.

Replays! All races will be recorded and available to save. We have also optimized the memory usage.

Informational local yellows and informational blue flags for road courses!

Spotter!

Chevy Impala!

DP car not quite in QA yet but working on it.

Suspension improvements for Truck. Will require redo of spring perch on setups. We will provide some new baseline setups.

We have changed license progression math. Moving up license class will be easier.

New rollout of club structure - 36 clubs rolling into 7 regions. More exciting news on that next week!

Host of other Web and reporting enhancements

I'm guessing there could be a new track or two as well!

 

[Samu Palomäki]

Samu Palomäki, been a while since i last played. Now waiting 2 monitors and Maxtor Triple Head 2 Go and then...

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Couldnt resist and subscribed for one month as well now! iBram on its way lol

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Since my name had to match my credit card (weird) i drive under the name:

G.J.A. Hengeveld

See you on track guys (Solstice for the win, lol)

 

[Simon Trendell]

You can request your name to be changed if you contact support
Obviously it has to still be real, but shortned names should be ok i'd guess.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

DNF in first race

Lol, without any experience i joined my first race on Limerock and it resulted in a DNF, nice career start eh?

Good close racing and the first laps i could keep up in midfield pretty nicely. See when race 2 comes up!

First impression: really nice handling and a very slow Solstice

 

[Brian Venable]

Practice a lot before racing....that is a must in iRacing.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Practice a lot before racing....that is a must in iRacing.

I wish i had the time