I am ironically having more issues with the MX5! It has much more grip than the Solstice and you can really throw it into the corners but it is very easy to lock the fronts under heavy braking.

Try the Solstice again. It got some new tires with this build with more grip. They should be pretty similar now.

This car is so mentally challenging. I have to concentrate very hard but sometimes its like my brain cant keep up with whats happening and I'm starting to react delayed on things instead of acting in the friction of the moment, then its like I dont drive the car anymore, I'm more like a passenger. Everytime I'm surprised how late I could have braked, one really has to learn to THINK faster.

That's what makes a real F1 driver - they don't think about it...it's instinctive

I tried a torrent version of FVA when it came out and it was great fun. Is it worth buying it to have Mugello? And I still don't have iRacing...is there any cheap sub that gives me access to the FW31?

Oh and I'm now running a 13" MBP...will that run iRacing? It runs rFactor perfect but iRacing is a lot more graphically demanding from what I remember.

The onboard sound is horrible though, or is it just me? Steering ffb felt quite weak, but I'm sure you can dial that out. More testing later tonight and tomorrow.

Typical for most racecars, the front suspension includes conventional front corner springs (torsion bars as apposed to coil springs), and an anti-roll bar. However, the FW31 also includes a third spring, which we call a heave rate spring. This heave spring adds additional wheel rate stiffness in vertical heave or bounce motion only. Its primary function is to help control the chassis platform in order to keep consistent aerodynamic performance. High heave rate settings will result in less ride height change while the car rides over bumps and while downforce increases as vehicle speed go up versus softer heave rate settings. The key in adjusting this component is finding the appropriate amount of stiffness to help aide the aerodynamics while maintaining an adequate amount of front mechanical grip. At faster tracks the best compromise might be to use a very stiff heave rate and give up some mechanical grip in exchange for better aerodynamics control, whereas at much slower tracks where raw tire grip would take precedence, perhaps less heave rate would be required. The correct way to set the front heave spring is to choose the rate and adjust its perch offset until the spring is just slightly preloaded while the car has no fuel. This will ensure that, as fuel weight burns off, the heave spring will always be carrying vehicle load rather than 'floating' off of its perch, thus forcing the corner springs to do extra work to hold up the front of the car.
For the rear suspension no conventional corner springs are used at all. All of the lateral, or roll motion, is controlled by an anti-roll bar. The rear also uses a heave rate spring just as the front suspension does. While it doesn’t share vehicle load with any corner springs, unlike in the front, there need not be any concern with how much preload it requires. Set the rate and perch offset to the desired stiffness and height and go!

For this vehicle we have made available three brake pressure settings in order for drivers to reduce or increase braking force to their preference. These settings are scaled to downforce trim level, so the recommended setting aligns with which downforce trim has been selected.
Finally, in addition to brake pressure the FW31 also has an innovative way of changing front to rear braking bias percentage with pedal travel. Typically, at higher speeds more front brake bias would be advantageous to help decelerate the vehicle; however, as speeds decrease the optimal brake bias may need to be more rearward. Base, peak and begin bias ramping parameters allow the driver to set the minimum and maximum front brake bias, and ramping determines where the minimum value will start to ramp up towards the peak number. Play around with these settings at different race tracks and see which settings work best for you. While sitting in neutral in your pit box you can press the brake pedal and the digital readout will display the forward brake bias as determined by how much pedal displacement is currently present.

Dampers and Inerters

As per your average ordinary racecar, the FW31 has dampers for each corner. Along with them it also has third dampers, or heave dampers, in the front and the rear as well. These additional shock absorbers, similar to the additional third springs, only work with vertical heave or bounce motion.
All six dampers are 2-way adjustable, where adjusting compression and rebound separately is possible.
Other innovative tuning elements featured on the FW31 include front and rear devices called inerters. These inerters literally add inertial mass to the un-sprung suspension without actually adding weight to the wheels, thereby avoiding the pitfalls associated with extra weight. More inertia will reduce the ride frequency or response time of the suspension just like a heavier wheel would, and may be beneficial over different types of track surfaces. In some instances a lot of inerter mass will be beneficial and at other times no inertial mass will.
Engine and

It generally makes me feel like a racing god.

Oh and I'm now running a 13" MBP...will that run iRacing? It runs rFactor perfect but iRacing is a lot more graphically demanding from what I remember.

im definitely commiting myself to iracing, im on my way to buy all the content, as with my road license up to A, i plan on starting to work my way up the oval ladder. so i think next season it will be mostly F1, both official and fun series, star mazda and indycar ocassionally for me and i'll probably start driving the trucks or the tour modified somewhere along the way.

The f1 setup is the one thing that makes me want to stick to the fun/fixed series.

Ive never been much of a setup guy, dont have the time, patience or knowledge/desire. I can fiddle with wings, bars, pressures and suspension a bit but out side of that im just Ive obviously got weird taste in how I like a car coz most setups I steal are WAY under or oversteery. I can usually get it how I want on stuff like DP's or lower, but the dallara can be a bit tricky, and now theyre just throwing more options at me in the F1 lol

Feeling kind of emo....this is the first season I havent got some kind of certificate I struggled to make the top 10 in div 2.

is there any cheap sub that gives me access to the FW31?
Oh and I'm now running a 13" MBP...will that run iRacing?

**Also, just seen the site is down for maintenance. I saw the release notes before it went down and its just sorting out some bugs from the update yesterday.

pre-paid? That's what subscription is!

iRacing does not run on Macs.

I was thinking of trying iRacing with this promo, http://www.iracing.com//buy-1-get-2/, but I have a question, the car I want to race is not included, can I buy it in the game or am I limited to the cars and tracks included with this pack? Also I'm not looking to race online as I'm just to slow but just do some testing so my next question is how dose that work? Are you alone on the track or is it a online test session with other cars?

/Viktor

Hi Viktor,

The promo is just a discount on the normal starting pack and you can add any content to that as you normally would. Cars are typically $11.95, tracks a bit more, and you receive a 10% discount for buying 3 items at a time, 20% for 6 items.

You can practice any car offline (though it requires an internet connection to validate the game), or in online sessions with other drivers where incidents won't affect your licence and safety rating. Online races, qualifying and time trials all affect your safety score and licence level.

I highly recommend trying out online though. Even if you feel you are too slow there is always plenty of guys willing to help out and the racing is by far the cleanest of any online racing game. The grading system also helps to put you in races with people of a similar ability.

Have fun

I'll second all that. Don't be scared of going online against other people, you might annoy people in your first few f***-ups, but that's how you learn. The fun in iRacing is in the racing itself, it's at the core of the sim which can't be said for some others where that's not necessarily the focus...

Nobody really pays $99 a year either

I hope not too many people are going turned off by the Williams @ Lime Rock Park lol... Its properly ridiculous.

Poor choice they've made for the first Saturday with the car..

37 seconds laps, cars crashing and flying all over the place, its funny for 5 mins then it gets old..

I'll second all that. Don't be scared of going online against other people, you might annoy people in your first few f***-ups, but that's how you learn. The fun in iRacing is in the racing itself, it's at the core of the sim which can't be said for some others where that's not necessarily the focus...

Do iracing have plans to extend there F1 product any further in the near future? More cars, tracks etc...