iRacing | YOUR HELP Made Me Faster! GT4 @ Hockenheim

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  • @davidontherailroad
    @davidontherailroad หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was fairly similar to my experience in the GT4 this week. I don't know what's got into everyone, but the aggression is through the roof.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah it’s crazy out there, isn’t it? I really feel like I’ve got a good result in me at this combo, but I’m honestly not sure it’s worth the hassle to go back and keep trying!

  • @Ben_LaBroca
    @Ben_LaBroca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Holy moly - not for the faint of heart this one! Super aggressive stuff, also a track with a bunch of corners that do invite lunges, and boy we saw some there! Enjoying seeing you back on iRacing chief, nice work!

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you lad, it was pretty rough out there! I used to pride myself on self preservation, and the ability to anticipate danger behind or around me. I needed those skills to be at their most razor sharp for this one. And sadly, they weren’t 🤣

  • @MrMiniPilote
    @MrMiniPilote หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Talk about a battle of survival. Both of those races were rough. Thanks for the content.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure. If I have a rough day on track, the least I can do is share my misery 🤣 haha to be fair, I still enjoyed these races, despite the carnage.

  • @raynorton5920
    @raynorton5920 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another excellent video Chris, good to see you are happier with your pace😁

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you Ray, yes very much so. Cheers mate 😃

  • @johnreilly4722
    @johnreilly4722 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Shame about some of the incidents you got caught up in there Chris but that improvement in your relative pace was brilliant and puts you in a much better position for your next GT4 outing. Your vids are always a win for me regardless how well your races go 👍👍

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you John! Yes, I felt far happier after this week’s race than I did at Laguna last week! Optimistic of continuing the improvement next week 🤞

  • @sssss4644
    @sssss4644 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That lobby feels like LFM MX-5 Cup, chaos everywhere 😂

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha yeah totally! It was exactly like that 🤣

  • @firstjayjay
    @firstjayjay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    NO WORDS 😩

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Haha. I can think of a few, but they’d get my channel demonetised 🤣

  • @Tomo-bm5lw
    @Tomo-bm5lw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unlucky on both races Chris, pretty tough and hard racing

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers Tomo, yeah it was brutal. But despite that, I came out of it feeling much more positive, because I knew my pace was so competitive. Just got to figure out a way not to get obliterated 🤣

  • @MiPDarnok
    @MiPDarnok 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would argue that you shouldn't turn that much in ACC as well - same with brakes (ACC just has better abs and less crazy tyre temperature calculations) BUT I see great improvement compared to last videos, nice job!
    Hint - if you look at your videos (both ACC and iRacing), like for instance in 7:04 - you will see, that your front wheels already gave up and you understeer, yet you still turn your wheel more. Instead of turning it more - turn it less so you can "fish" for more traction. You will regain grip faster that way

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you mate. So I’m planning to get back on ACC this weekend, and I’ll try to take some of these improvements and use them in ACC too. We’ll see how that goes! Thanks for the extra tip too… that makes sense, and I’d like to say I knew it already, but it’s the type of thing I always forget when the blood is pumping in the middle of the race. Cheers!

    • @Django45
      @Django45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chrisrogerssimracing when understeering, the answer is to slow down more, not steer more. Waiting in turns is passive driving, passive driving means understeer. Always try to work the car to get more rotation, never just wait for it to finish turning. Decent improvement.

  • @alexpritchard4554
    @alexpritchard4554 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is amazing! I was the no.11 car. Have seen a few of your videos and love your irl racing commentary style. It was a really messy race.T1 put me backwards. I then got turned again by Tobias. He apologised after the race. It was a shame as I felt I had pretty good pace.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice one. I’m sorry it took a mass T1 pile-up for you to appear in one of my videos! Certainly was a crazy one out there, mere survival seemed to be a pretty good result! Hopefully see you on the track again soon

    • @alexpritchard4554
      @alexpritchard4554 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was well worth it. This has made my day. Had another go this evening. Started on pole and managed to make it to turn 2 this time, 50/50 on me this time as I could have left more space. But it was a bit of a dive. Ended up at the back but managed to crawl back to 6th!

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alexpritchard4554 Nice one! Yeah I’m keen to try this again at the weekend, as I definitely feel I’ve got a good finish in me. But like you say, surviving the first lap is half the battle.

  • @gavinmcshera
    @gavinmcshera 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Keep an eye on your mirrors. Could see those Merc's coming from a long way back. Hard luck Chris.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, with all my time in ACC and the like, I’ve become very reliant on radars, and have been poor in iRacing when it comes to awareness behind me, without a radar. I used to be really good at self-preservation in this sim. I’m sure it’ll come back with track time! 🤞

  • @Blownpistonmotorsport
    @Blownpistonmotorsport 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great racing chris, the T1 incident was just clumsy all round, that Mercs was driving into a wedge that was always going to disappear, nothing you could really do, and the incident at the hairpin was also the Mercs fault (a trend perhaps?) Came from 1000 miles back took a terrible line through the corner and was not even past 90 degrees of rotation when he hit you, good job sticking with it though, i tried laguna last week in GT4 and shagged it into the barrier after a monster start, getting my iRacing juices going again… this is bad for my wallet

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha yes, it’s not easy on the wallet! I’ve not fired it up for months and had decided to let my sub expire, but it looks like now I’m gonna have to fork out for another membership because I’m quite enjoying it again. Luckily my renewal date is Black Friday so I at least get the sale price 🤞

  • @colinboone9920
    @colinboone9920 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My god, this is so frustrating, Chris. There will always be idiots, but the difference in Etiquette from 1600ish to 2000 is HUGE.
    I started using Dave Cam's mentality: I don't care if I go backwards at the start; I just want to be safe and clean. Any spots you lose are usually regained by people wiping out in the first lap or two (this is especially true the lower the iRating). If you can manage to suck it up for a few days and just focus on consistently, I promise the SR will skyrockets, and the iRating will follow suit when you aren't even trying. Once you get a field of better drivers, it's safer to start fighting again. Sorry you got bullied so much here, made me mad for you!

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you Colin, yeah that’s definitely the best mentality to have. Couldn’t believe how aggressive everyone was… as soon as I saw the cars bashing doors behind me on the start, I knew it was going to be rough. Despite the chaos though, I’m actually feeling far more positive than this time last week! It was a real relief to find all that extra pace, and know that I’m competitive after all. Cheers for watching 😃

  • @studio9guy
    @studio9guy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sometimes it just doesn't matter if you're fast. There are so many things that can go wrong. And they usually do.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha, never a wiser word has been spoken! Cheers Dave

  • @backmarkerbob
    @backmarkerbob หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This split was HORRENDOUS. Man oh man I'm so glad they hired someone to redo the stewarding system because those jump starts and lane changes before the S/F line have got to go. It's these types of races that turn people off from officials, and the current stewarding system is wholly inadequate to the task of managing a race.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oooh, are they planning to overhaul the reporting system? That’s such an important thing for them to do. Having done so much racing in
      LFM, where every report gets published for you to read the verdict, it feels like a huge backward step coming to iRacing… where reports just generate an automated email reply and nothing further. Hope it improves 🤞

  • @meawayfromhome
    @meawayfromhome หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Chris, nice improvement from you. Please tell me this was bottom split😜

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha I’m afraid not! It was Split 3 out of 5 I think. So it was a split lower than last week at Laguna Seca. Now I’m getting a bit better with the car and the iRacing feel, hopefully I’ll be able to hold my own if I do get back up a split 🤞

  • @Teqqlesdoessimracing
    @Teqqlesdoessimracing 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who needs safety anyway? Some very clumsy driving from others in both races. You had some decent pace around the Hock 👏

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha. Yes, I need to refresh my self-preservation skills now I’m back in iRacing. Before, I was very good at sensing danger. Seems I’m not so good at it now 🤣

  • @ThomasRaceEngineering
    @ThomasRaceEngineering 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unlucky with T1 mate, not your fault. It's lap 1 and a tricky T1, if I was in his position I'd of backed off. The driving standards with alot of this races drivers are very questionable. You recovered well mate.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Joe, yeah it was pretty poor out there, wasn’t it! I’m exactly the same as you… I always put myself in the same position and think what I’d do, and there’s no way I’d have tried to squeeze up the inside there. I’d definitely have been backing out (but then again, I’m a known coward on the track) 🤣

    • @ThomasRaceEngineering
      @ThomasRaceEngineering 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chrisrogerssimracing no cowardice mate, better to live and fight another corner than lose it all at T1

  • @rihardspurgailis1935
    @rihardspurgailis1935 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Started watching you like 6 months ago when i started to simrace now im a black amg that almost killed you at t1😅… atleast i won the race

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha 🤣 no don’t worry, I saw you in my mirror and saw what a fast start you’d had, so I knew exactly where you would be as you came around the outside. Congrats on the win! Particularly from all the way back on the grid, P9 to start? Very impressive! 😃

    • @rihardspurgailis1935
      @rihardspurgailis1935 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chrisrogerssimracing yea was my first time ever at hockeheimring and qualified at 9 was shocked that i won😅

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@rihardspurgailis1935 Yeah, very impressive! I wish I was able to follow you through T1, you could have pulled me along into the fight for the lead! Hopefully see you on track again soon 👍

  • @timbrown4928
    @timbrown4928 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He was never going to make that corner. Also, great community here!

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah it’s fantastic, I always get loads of help. After seeing how much more competitive I was, I really wanted to get the good result to complete the story. Sadly, this combo had other ideas!

  • @Ron_Lang
    @Ron_Lang หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Races like this really challenge my enthusiasm for online racing. There needs to be a much better way of identifying and punishing the aggressive drivers

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, the reporting/penalty system (or apparent lack of it) is the one thing that stands out to me, coming over from LFM, where they publish the findings of every report for us all to see. The couple of times I’ve filed a report in iracing, all I’ve ever had was an automated email to acknowledge receipt. Hopefully they can improve it.

  • @matthewbyrd398
    @matthewbyrd398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chris, does iRacing not have radar and track map?

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, sadly not. Unless you install a third party overlay. Which I’m always reluctant to do, as it sometimes causes me PC performance issues. I really miss the radar, big time.

    • @matthewbyrd398
      @matthewbyrd398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ yeah, it’s a must for single-screen users like me. I’ve started playing LMU a lot more since they got the radar.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matthewbyrd398Yeah likewise. On my last stint in iRacing, I got really good at watching my mirror and anticipating what would happen behind / alongside me. But I’m out of practice at that now, I’m tuned in to relying completely on a radar.

  • @Django45
    @Django45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can see some improvement, but especially the hairpin and some of the tight section and T1 you bleed off the brake before properly starting the turn in and then crank that wheel, still too fast and steering too much in some corners.
    Keep working on trailbraking and string theory. You steer too much to compensate for the understeer that you cause yourself with quick drop of brakes. I rarely use more than 90 degrees except the slowest and tightest sections like the hairpin. Steer with your feet. Trailbrake in this case.
    Hockenheim is notorious for crazy dives. Gotta work on placing your car in a way to discourage it and planning your attack and defense and escape routes well in advance. Hairpin is a regular spearfishing spot.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes definitely. I was actually far better at this in practice and qualifying. In the races, because the first laps were so bad, I was a touch more frustrated than I usually am, which forced me to slip into some of the bad habits. I was really hoping I’d have got a good rhythm going while chasing the front-runners, because I would have driven a lot smoother. But instead, I get stuck in the middle of all the mayhem and started to get sucked into the dogfights!

  • @ericjack3218
    @ericjack3218 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tough luck, Chris. That was a couple really harsh races. I feel like most of the grief you got wasn't your fault. Drivers in both those races seemed way to aggressive and not so gentlemanly.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, very much so. There wasn’t much I could do about any of those incident points, except for the occasional off-track I picked myself when riding the kerbs. Very chaotic!

  • @JimmySmithYT
    @JimmySmithYT หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are you from West Sussex? Facebook recommended me a friend that looks suspiciously like you 😂

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha not me mate, I’m from Cornwall and I’m not on Facebook 🤣

  • @MrDarrenw16
    @MrDarrenw16 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jesus the driving standards in those races where shocking.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, very bad. Mega aggressive in both races.

  • @ewenblack4174
    @ewenblack4174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You Would have left him space if you saw him

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’d like to think so. I always do everything I can to leave space if I think I’m in danger. But in both races here, I’d already committed to the corner and it was too late to back out. Bit of a disastrous day all round 🤣

  • @Forest12896
    @Forest12896 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i dont understand why people try to win the race on L1 T1. like you have an ENTIRE race to gain posistion. calm down people lol. you did nothing particularly wrong everyone was in such a hurry to get to t1 for whatever reason instead of trying to survive

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, it was mayhem even before we got to T1… behind me, you can see multiple cars banging doors as they all try to switch lines and gain the advantage. WAY too aggressive for me to cope with 🤣

    • @TimothyRacing
      @TimothyRacing หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought iRacing is much better than Forza Motorsport in terms of clean racing but it seems the mayhem is similar i would say 😂

  • @Walt1119
    @Walt1119 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    First congrats on ur 2nd race finish now,,, What the he11 is going on!!! Absolutely crappy driving, I rac the Mazda today, in LFM and in WSS, 1 race each and it was just absolutely rediculous!!! The driving is terrible, no excuse for it at all,, I was even driven into on the straights more than once today! We will hope for better days...

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      There must be something in the air this week that’s making everyone so aggressive! Sorry to hear you couldn’t find any clean Mazda races. That’s a shame… I haven’t raced them for a few weeks now, but had some really decent ones when I did. I guess it really is just luck of the draw, who you end up in a split with. Keep at it!

  • @ConvexRook
    @ConvexRook 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No need to leave space. He should have slowed

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, yeah my initial thought was that it was an unwise move to try and squeeze up the inside there on lap one. Such a tight corner with a giant kerb to try and take it at that angle

  • @dogzero1
    @dogzero1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel for ya Chris. But that is multiplayer racing. I prefer offline racing these days and I make the AI much slower than me. That way I win everything. I love it. :)

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha yes, far safer and unlikely to get beaten up, like I did here 🤣 thank you

  • @firstjayjay
    @firstjayjay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God dammit. One hour late

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahh yeah, my publishing schedule is all over the place at the moment. Hard for you to keep track of!

  • @redshift1058
    @redshift1058 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I thought iracing was better than this. Racing standards were extremely poor here. Not from you but the field in general.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, it wasn’t great out there, was it. I’ve only recently returned to iRacing, but thankfully the others haven’t been quite as bad as this one! But I’d really appreciate a clean race next time!

    • @AdamEzraOfficial
      @AdamEzraOfficial 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah the general lobbies are a hit or miss tbh, better joining a community ran league for great fair racing.

    • @tezzabhoy1888
      @tezzabhoy1888 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chrisrogerssimracingjoin a league chris im very curious how you stack up to decent clean drivers mate! Great video shame about the incidents. I watch regardless what you do because you’re super entertaining! 👍🏻

    • @investmenttudor1659
      @investmenttudor1659 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was going to write the exact same comments. In real racing stewards will immediately give penalties and crashing is costly and avoided as much as possible. Perhaps a few dollars fine would help

    • @AdamEzraOfficial
      @AdamEzraOfficial หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@redshift1058 NXTGEN Racing have a great GT3 championship which I’m racing in for Quatermass Motorsport.

  • @logo8009
    @logo8009 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes, that's the biggest issues you'll have with lower rating races. What a crash fest.Once you move over 2k you may find better racing and make the top split more often. Even then it can be disappointing at times. Good luck

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Yeah, to be honest, it’s unlikely I’ll reach anywhere near 2k as I just don’t race in iRacing often enough. It’s crazy that the races are this rough though, I mean, these grids are 1.8k SoFs so they shouldn’t be bad by any means.

  • @daviddavies3637
    @daviddavies3637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Standard of racing was really poor. Think many of these would be better off putting their subs towards real world driving lessons. Mind you, not as bad as the one on LFM at Imola last week where only the front three got away at the start unscathed. Biggest pile up I'd ever seen. Even bigger than that one of yours at WG a little while ago.

    • @chrisrogerssimracing
      @chrisrogerssimracing  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Blimey! How did that happen? At the first chicane, or was it when the start-finish straight narrows and kinks, and squeezes cars together? I’ve seen a few wipe-outs caused by that.

    • @daviddavies3637
      @daviddavies3637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chrisrogerssimracing Yup. The latter. One guy getting a great start. P3 or 4 not paying attention or did see him and was trying to squeeze him not realising there was another car to the left, so the guy doing the overtaking had nowhere to go.