As Tim mentioned, anyone new signing up please use one of our names as we all benefit from it.

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Brian
VP, AMP
#51 Vantage Motorsports

I used Scott, and I think Scott used Paul.
We should try to spread it around.... $15 is a car and/or track!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

who wants my referral?

making a new account shortly

Me! Paul M and Scott both have gotten them already.. spread the wealth!

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Tim G
Halifax, NS

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

i forgot i promised my referral to jason.

just registered and did some mx5 practice on laguna seca. it's going to take me a few days to get back in the groove of this game!

Well, iRacing makes me feel better about my real world driving, anyway.

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

Thanks for the referral Jon!
I think I'm going to buy a Mustang with it!

So Paul, Tim, McIntyre, and myself all have had referrals.

Brian Gay, Jon LS and Gord I don't think have received any yet.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Nate got mine.

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

When are we starting a race night?

I say we use all the defualt cars/tracks as we go, so Miata at Laguna one night, Legends at Lime Rock, Street Stock at Oxford, etc.
Switch between oval and road courses.

There will be a practice, qualifying, and race.

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Paul

I'm in on this, depending on the night

No referral for me.. yet?

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Tim G
Halifax, NS

Sorry my mistake... Tim is next in line!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Ok...I have yet to sign up...just waiting on paypal account to fill with money...who do I use?

Hey Tim,

PM me the email you used for your membership .......and I am sure it was not heffener@gmail.com, in the hope that you would recieve alot of auditionning images!!!

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

I don't know if it's my OCD, but ever since I joined iRacing I can't stop paying it every free moment. In the 5 weeks I've been a member, I've put in close to 3000 official laps and likely just as many practice / test laps as well.

Looking forward to a hosted "ARMS" tournament. It'll be fun to race with people we know.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

..." he has left the PS3 family...we will leave a seat open at the table for his return..."

I haven't had a chance to touch it since Saturday. Still need to be able to do a lap without pointing the wrong way before I'm ready to hop on the track with others.

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

Nah, no reason why a person can't do both. Just have less time to practice beforehand. But honestly, I think my time spent in iRacing has made me a better GT5 driver.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Brian, welcome to the site! See you at AMP this summer?

I just joined Iracing and used Brian G as the sponsor.....

Nice!

Now add me as a friend... you too Gord, Varga and Shawn!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Brad Sellars is now in iRacing as well, he picked up a used G27 and Playseat from someone here online.

People can look for him under the name: Brad Sellars2

Thanks Kevin for the sponsor!

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Brian
VP, AMP
#51 Vantage Motorsports

..."So much for working on the Talon this winter" !!

I essentially haven't touched the Talon since it blew the turbo early last September. It's been sitting on jack stands since.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

It more than just speed. It's also about steering / brake / throttle application, even at lower speeds.

I struggled a lot in the beginning (and still do with each new car / track I try), but it'll come in time. Just keep churning out those laps!

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

That's the thing, I know this is supposed to be more realistic, but either my perception of speed is way off or those cars spin/understeer at WAY lower speeds than even the most aggressively setup car on sh!t tires. Things did get better when I twaked the steering to be be a wider range and a bit less binary, but this ends up feeling like I'm trying to learn a game, not a car.

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

I found perception of speed is a big part of the problem. The physics could be 100% accurate but you don't sense you're going that fast without the real life seat-of-pants feel, hence don't know where the limits of adhesion are.

The only physical feedback you get is through the force-feedback of the wheel, so you need to learn to associate what each sensation means. That can only come with time & experience (i.e lots of laps).

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

...it's a bummer when your middle ear is not allowed to give you the feel of balance and the lack of G forces won't allow your body to sense the cars behavior...

Part of the reason I purchased the Thrustmaster wheel/pedal/shifter system was that almost all of the "Feel" of the car comes thru these components and I wanted to get the most accurate I could. The triple monitors give you a bit of extra vision and sense of rotation that you can interpret as speed.

now if I can just get as good as the equipment I'm using....OK...I suck at the moment but I will get better...I think!

Scott...take a break and get back to the Talon...don't want to be making excuses this season...just making new FTD's would be better!


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To fix it properly, I need to rebuild the engine (it's worn out; lots of blow-by), and buy a new turbo. I don't have the money, especially since we're planning to build a house this Spring / Summer. So the car might not make it out next season.

I do still have BIG plans for the car, it just might not happen until after it takes residence in a nice new spacious garage.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR