RD iRacing Oval Series

Yoeri Gijsen · Apr 27, 2012

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

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?

Important links

Eckhart von Glan · Jul 4, 2012

i'll try to drop by tonite as well, time? name? pass?

Niel Hekkens · Jul 4, 2012

Starts at 19:00 GMT
Name will probably be "RDiOS Practice session"

no pass

Niel Hekkens · Jul 4, 2012

I was wondering, are we running in day or night?

Yoeri Gijsen · Jul 4, 2012

I've set it to 'Day'.

Niel Hekkens · Jul 4, 2012

Okay thanks. I was planning the practice session for tonight and I was thinking are we racing during day or night?

For Iowa and Daytona, are we running in daylight too?

Yoeri Gijsen · Jul 4, 2012

This is the list of drivers that requested a spot on the RDiLMS 2012 ST grid. Note that many are active drivers while others are on the waiting list. The size and composition of the grid may vary per event.

Chevrolet Silverado

Yoeri Gijsen
Joey Gattina
Niel Hekkens
Eckhart von Glan
Rob Cuss
Sidney Thomas
Juen-Jen Wang
Niklas Hjelm
Philip Johansson
Linus Brostrm
Marcus Johansson
Onno Naber
Marc Heymann
David Ross
Eric Estes
Chris Preston
Morgan McColl
Joel Wraith
Trevor Forshaw
Mark Hewitt
Gerald Bowman-Brook
Peter Kiermeier
Nick Brown
Carl Abrams II
Silas Greiner
Steve J Richardson
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Regular driver (eligible to drive)
Waiting list

NOTE: Watch the event briefing for an up to date overview of what reserves from the waiting list are eligible to drive in the events.

View the current grid composition here

Yoeri Gijsen · Jul 4, 2012

I put them all to 'Day' as far as I know. If there is a strong Lobby for 'Night' I'm willing to do that.

Philip Johansson · Jul 4, 2012

Damit lol, i've only practiced for night

Eckhart von Glan · Jul 4, 2012

does it make much of a difference?
test server is up, thx niel, will drop by later, got a dallara event now.

Yoeri Gijsen · Jul 4, 2012

The nigth version has a cooler surface and atmosphere. In iRacing that means more grip.

Onno Naber · Jul 4, 2012

Thanks for hosting Niel,and thanks for the shared setups guys the are very good
(although a bit suicidal (lol) at the beginning, the are very fast)
looking forward to the race

Eckhart von Glan · Jul 4, 2012

thx for hosting, did a dozen laps with full tank, tested the sets you guys shared, whow, they are ultra-loose, way too demanding for me. got one from the iRacing home forum that feels safer, really looking forward to Saturday night. oh yes, times: did a 30.7 on my second lap out, so tanks basically full but tires nice and fresh. that's the time you gotta beat to not end up last

Philip Johansson · Jul 4, 2012

Thanks for the testing, really looking forward to my super saturday. Real life racing first, then this leauge race and later one nascar racing at daytona

Yoeri Gijsen · Jul 4, 2012

Eckhart von Glan said:
thx for hosting, did a dozen laps with full tank, tested the sets you guys shared, whow, they are ultra-loose, way too demanding for me. got one from the iRacing home forum that feels safer, really looking forward to Saturday night. oh yes, times: did a 30.7 on my second lap out, so tanks basically full but tires nice and fresh. that's the time you gotta beat to not end up last

It's all about taking it easy into the corners. Steer a little and lift. Then let the car settle and as you approach the middle of the corner slowly start to work on the throttle again. Do it all gently and you'll be able to deal with loose setups and manage your tyres.

Generally you need the setups to be loose the first couple of laps. What matters most is how it feels after those laps as it gets tighter (more understeerded)? Do you still like it at lap 5, 10 and 15? Then you have a good setup.

Morgan McColl · Jul 5, 2012

Hi Yoeri

I have registered for the league ......do i wait for your confirmation before i put my name on the entry list?

put my name on the list so long thx

regards

morgan

Rob Cuss · Jul 6, 2012

i popped a server up still got a hour or so left

Joel Wraith · Jul 6, 2012

Looking foward to this, hopefully we wont have a caution fest.

Yoeri Gijsen · Jul 6, 2012

Joel Wraith said:
Looking foward to this, hopefully we wont have a caution fest.

I have my fingers crossed as well, although I prefer to keep them warped around my wheel.

As long as we all do some practise I think we'll be fine!

Philip Johansson · Jul 6, 2012

Going green all the way can be abit boring, feels like cautions belongs to nascar racing.. but just hope it wont be like my homestead race the other day, didnt even get out of corner 2 untill lap 20..

Chris Preston · Jul 6, 2012

Philip Johansson said:
Going green all the way can be abit boring, feels like cautions belongs to nascar racing.. but just hope it wont be like my homestead race the other day, didnt even get out of corner 2 untill lap 20..

Actually I found this track to be alright for cations when I raced on it in the C class races. There's an odd cation here and there, which is nice because it gives you a chance to pit, but the track is actually easy to go two wide on safely all the way around because of the amount of grip in the corners.

Also if I'm not mistaken there's only like 10-15 of us that have signed up so there isn't too many people there to cause a wreck.