RD iRacing Oval Series

[Yoeri Gijsen]

RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012 (RDINDY'12) | Intro & Info​

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Introduction

Welcome to the the second running of the RaceDepartment Indy 500 in iRacing. Last season saw a huge turn-out of drivers that gathered to pick up the virtual bottle of milk. Lots of crashes painted the picture of the first half of the race; close fighting dominated the second half. This year we're looking to go bigger and better than last year, so go get that FREE RaceDepartment Licensed Membership and sign-up for this annual high-speed thrill!

OFFICIAL RESULTS
REPLAY - Complete
REPLAY - Part 1
REPLAY - Part 2
Event schedule

• Date: Sunday 20 May 2012
• Open practice: 15:00 GMT (80 minutes)
• Qualification: 16:20 GMT, 1 lap, lone qualifyer (10 minutes)
• Race: 16:30 GMT, 200 laps, 500 miles (270 minutes)
• Car: Dallara IndyCar
• Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Indy Oval
• Server farm: NL-Ams
• Starting type: standing
• Fast tows: Unlimited
• Cautions: full course cautions on
• Restarts: single file
• Racers/server: 33 (possibly extended to 55)
• Hardcore level: Disable all driving aids (but clutch assist ok)

How to join?

1. Apply for a free RaceDepartment Licensed Membership here
2. Sign up for the RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012 here

Important links

• Entry List
• Share & Download Setups
• Password

 

[Philip Johansson]

Recent i practiced on this, in the beginning of S2 i think i hitted 29.7 in race trim.

 

[Onno Naber]

I cant beat that Philip,the more I push to slower I go (turn 2)

 

[Niel Hekkens]

Then I will take a look when I have time too.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

I will probably skip qualification since it collides with dinner time. I'd be last or second to last anyway, so no worries btw, will I still be starting on grid or will the game put me in pit lane if I skip quali?

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

You should be ok if you enter the server before gridding time is over.

I'm in the low 30's, but I'm trying to make the set last. That's still difficult for me.

 

[Bjorn de Haas]

Guys you can sign me out of this league. My heart lies with another simrace game. It does not feel right for me iracing atm.

 

[Philip Johansson]

I think it more depends on driving than the setup on tires lasting, very easy to overdrive the tires..

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

I think it more depends on driving than the setup on tires lasting, very easy to overdrive the tires..

True, but if you don't even touch the 29's, then surely something's missing.

 

[Eric Estes]

Bjorn! Just where else are you getting oval racing?

 

[Bjorn de Haas]

I know Eric but atm im racing other sims

 

[Chris Bull]

I have just got Iracing and must say its better than I first thought, I had a couple of Races at Charlotte, started 14th in pit lane and finished 8th out of 20, second race got tagged and put into a wall....end of race for me lol.

I would like but you ask for experienced racers....
I will keep an eye out for your races in the future.

Add Me Chris Bull

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

I'm probably going to have to settle for 30's and hoping to fine tune the car into to sticking with those laptimes. A nice mission for this week.

 

[Chris Bull]

Yoeri, How do you do setup? I am new to Iracing and only signed up 30th june, had 2 races so far but only doing 37's....Love the realism and feel and antisipation....

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

I started with fixed and drove enough laps to know how to do it fast. Then I checked out the oval thread in the RD's iRacing forum and did some learning.

If you're in 37's you don't have to worry about the setup, but you need to work on your lines. The setup is really just the last couple of tenths on a fast lap and the drivability of the car at the end of the stint. The rest is lines. First get down to those 30s with fixed and then start worrying about setups.

 

[Niel Hekkens]

Who is up for a practice session on Wednesday evening starting at 19:00 GMT?

 

[Philip Johansson]

Im up for that Niel

And Chris, u sure u aint talking about the street stocks? we are running the chevrolet silverado here.

 

[Niel Hekkens]

Okay, then I will host a practice session on Wednesday

 

[Onno Naber]

Yep you can ad me to

 

[Chris Bull]

Yes sorry....Street stocks. Least I got go and practice and read up a bit more.
Im New to this Iracing and Im so used to F1 2010 & 11. Thats my normal racing but wanted something more.

 

[Philip Johansson]

Then u made a smart move to go to iracing, it's a freaking blast in the trucks etc