oh god that would have been so much longer if the iRacing message thing didn't have a character limit I had to take out my dumb Simpsons joke and also some of the sentences would have been more fancy

@slowbird: So is the VW event something that we register for before hand or is it something you just show up for, I don't specifically see this as an event on the league calender. First league though so I might just be completely missing where it is. I haven't driven the VW yet either but I'll definitely grab it and give it a go! Also, is there any way to just spectate events like the Charlotte race coming up?

Looking forward to some racing this weekend =)

@hawk767: It will show up on the "League Sessions" tab, but it looks like it hasn't actually been scheduled yet. I assumed @khann was gonna do it :P

Yep, it'll show up there. Just join when the session starts. I'll be setting up all the races this afternoon.

You should be able to spectate any of the races.

sorry i havent been around for the past few weeks. life has been treating me terrible the past while. ive been at work every weekend for the past month trying to get shit done because thats the only time i could book the scope in our imaging facility :x

hopeful about this weekend. i hear theres gonna be some jetta action. it was the first car i bought in the sim so many ages ago, and gave me my first win (in the VW jetta TDI cup championship), so i have a big affection for the large fwd diesel shoebox. i remember it being a massive handful (this was on the OLD tire model, not the old new tire model, the OLD old tire model) and did a few laps and its a totally different animal now. you can go into corners so much faster than you think you should be able to and it just tracks right through completely neutral till you get on the throttle at which point you are handed bucket loads of understeer, so it handles really nice now. should be good fun

@davyc412: no need to apologize :) seems like real life gets in the way for most of us at some point or another.

@hawk767: Just to note: you can spectate any session as long as you own the track. No need to join our races as a spectator though, just jump in. That way you can practice with us on track, and if you feel hesitant about racing, you can simply watch.

All the sessions are now up on the league page, too. Can't wait to run them! :D

@mouse: Ya sounds like a good time. I'll definitely hop into the Jetta cup, plan on grabbing the car and tracks here today and getting some practice in.

Welcome @hawk767! You should definitely join us Friday if you're into oval racing. We're at the tail end of our Nascar season, but feel free to join all the same. We can always use more cars on the track. Prior to most races, we have a two hour practice session that's open to anyone. That won't show up on the league page though, you'll have to just check the Hosted Sessions tab for it.

@maxx77: I'll consider giving it a go. I've not done at oval racing yet besides the road course at Charlotte.

Oh there's a race tonight and it's at Charlotte? I can do this! Yeah!

Setups for tonight shared here!

Last year when I was brand new to iRacing, I liked to spectate races a lot. I just so happened to spectate a rookie Street Stock event at Charlotte one night. The entire race was practically incident free. Nearly every car was racing in a tight pack from start to finish. Pretty impressive considering all the red and orange bumper stickers.

And then this happened on the final lap...

You can see how the leader tried to avoid him, and how he in turn tried to avoid everyone about to run him over, which only made things worse. I've never heard a more livid group of people before. So many voices, so much cussing! They were all so incredibly pissed. The #18 car didn't really say much in defense.

I swore to myself, never be that guy.

And then in tonight's race I exited the pits exactly like he did, nearly wrecking Slowbird who'd pitted a lap earlier. Luckily there was no contact, but what an incredibly ignorant thing to do. And at Charlotte of all places! I became the thing I despised! So stupid.

Anyway, sorry Slowbird. I'm glad you at least got around me. I actually didn't cause anyone to have an incident all race, which is kinda rare (I'm improving!). But that pit exit might as well have been an incident, there's no reason for that kind of driving.

GG Khann, GG.

http://www.danlisa.com/scoring/season_standings.php?season_id=3408

@slowbird: Well, at least we now have the confirmation that we went full NASCAR. Out of the running in the regular season, Chase will probably get the championship.

Don't forget: the Jetta Cup starts in an hour! We're at the short Okayama layout, so no track purchase necessary.

whew, that was some proper FWD racing! :D

Hopefully we get a good turnout for next week too, because it's the Daytona short layout! With only 5 turns and 2 braking points, and it being only a mile long (compared to Okayama's 1.3 miles), it's going to be a really close race!

Short PSA: No two hour open practice for the DW12 oval races as well. They're fixed setup so there's not much to practice for more than the 30-40min of league practice we get. HOWEVER, we will have the regular two hour open practice for the road races, since the setups are open and it's generally a bit more difficult to get around the track (okay, maybe a lot). Hope to see at least as many people as in the Jetta race today! The DW12 is fun and you get an oval and road car for the price of one! Also Charlotte is free, so come and race with us!

Had a lot of fun in the Jetta today. That thing is so easy to race door-to-door.

Looking forward to the DW12 race tomorrow :D

Also, the DW12 is easily the most drivable car in iRacing, on ovals at least. On a track like Charlotte it's just pedal to the floor, don't ever touch the brakes or slow down. It's like driving on rails. Great handling, and it's one of the fastest cars you'll ever drive. Being able to drive it in traffic definitely takes skill though, especially since one mistake will send the car on a journey to the stars. But that's what makes racing it exciting. Definitely worth buying.

And as soon as you take it to a road course like Sonoma or Spa, it becomes one of the hardest cars to drive (at least in my amateur opinion)

@thesupernatural: I've avoided driving it on any road courses for that very reason. It's fantastic on ovals though. Just don't attempt any bump drafting.

Join us in around 50 minutes for some flat-out oval racing in the DW12!

according to the main page, it looks like iracing has just announced that, continuing with its partnership with the nurburgring, they will be adding both the nurburgring GP circuit as well as the nordschleife to iRacing. even though, im no big fan of the circuit with respect to sim racing due to small grids + large track = lame, but nevertheless, i find myself stoked as well as mind = blown.

@davyc412: GOOD! People are scared of the 'Ring being in iRacing though. I'm not one of those people, because I'm a real man who enjoys a challenge. :D

Seriously though, the Nordschleife is going to be really fun.

And now BOMBCAR is finished for the season.

Congratulations to @slowbird who just manages to defend his title by a single point!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I don't deserve it ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

but it feels so good to win :D

Congratulations @slowbird!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first successful title defense?

@iron1c: probably. It's a far cry from season 1 though! I feel like everyone has stepped up their oval game this season, and next season the title will be up for grabs!

Also it's not an actual racing game but it has a car and it's fun and has a lot of Giant Bomb in-jokes and you guys should play Dave Lang's Turnover Roundabout!

Don't forget: we're racing Jettas at Daytona in just under an hour!

was a good race. I had a little bit of a jorg bergmeister vs. jan magnussen alms 2009 @laguna seca moment at the end there, which i may have been a bit too agressive on defense, but was a good, super intense race. i dont think i was every more than 1 second either infront or behind someone the whole time.

After yesterday's attendance was a bit of a bummer, I hope y'all show up for today's IndyCar race! The Watkins layout we're using is really easy to drive and WE WILL HAVE THE 2 HOUR PRACTICE SESSION TODAY, so you can work on your setups and learn the track. As always, look for it under the hosted tab. See you there!

2 hours of open practice for the DW12 race at Watkins Glen is now live! Come join us right here!

hey...pssst...over here...sshhhhhhhhhhhh...click this link, it's cool I swear...

http://www.giantbomb.com/rfactor-2/3030-27298/forums/lets-race-rfactor-2-1495366/

Haven't done much racing lately, although I wish I hadn't been busy Sunday so I could have joined you guys at the Glen.

Did one GT3 race last week though, 75 minutes at Donnington. Had a spin early on but worked back to a 4th place finish out of 17 drivers overall. Definitely a lower split but still a lot of fun. The 30 minute races are a lot easier to get through but 75 minutes was a lot of fun. Can't wait for 75 minutes of Bathurst later this season

Any idea when next seasons schedule will be announced?

@connorpoz: Likely next weekend.

oops i guess i should figure out the bombcar schedule lol

@slowbird: Daytona. Talladega. Daytona. Talladega. Daytona. Talladega. Daytona. Talladega. Done.

@iron1c: If it's gonna be like that, then I'll just put Sonoma on the schedule 9 times.

I'm just curious, if Slowbird were to be convinced into switching cars, who would be down for racing the Silverado (truck)? Do most people here own it already? I think it'd be pretty excellent.

Oh, and if there's to be a new track on the BOMBCAR schedule, give Lucas Oil Raceway a thought again this time around. I still think we'd have a great race there. :)

I think the Nationwide car is good for another season, especially since that truck isn't a Camaro (at least it's a Chevy!) but whatever, I own the truck and wouldn't skip on it.

Sure, the Nationwide is fine, but it's nice to change things up. I have a few reasons why I think it'd make for better racing [for this league] but I don't want to start a debate or anything. Just raising an idea to see if people have the same feelings as me (same car again is boring). :)

I'm always interested in reasons and debates! They're two of my favorite things! If you don't wanna do it here, hit me with a Tweetstorm, if you like. I'm always interested in what other people are thinking about the races and maybe you got some points/reasons I haven't even considered yet.

is it just me or is everything an hour earlier now? some sort of daylight savings time thing maybe?

Still the same times for me. Do I need to change something?

I don't think we've hit DST yet.

Mouse, I'd definitely be interested in hearing your opinions on the truck. I own it, I like it, I've done surprisingly little driving in it though. I can only focus on so many different cars at once, and so far that one's been excluded from my time spent in iRacing lately. Nothing against it, just don't have time for them all. If there are reasons why we should switch to it for Bombcar, I'm all ears. I wouldn't mind having a reason to get more seat time with it.