Thanks, Ben! We had a lot of fun this morning.

I really appreciate the kind words, thank you!

Such a fun track, tough to race on.

@@chrisstewarttv It's not my favorite, but my last GT4 race there was awesome until I got murdered. LOL! We had some races together during Week 13. I didn't catch it until the races were over.

Yeah, it's just a pain to get through single file, much less trying to maintain two lines. 😂

HYB! 🙌

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Much appreciated, thanks for watching!

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LFG! 💪

It hurt, it hurt! Some say I'm still sitting in the rig wondering where it all went wrong. 😂

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Lol, you aren't kidding. I feel like between Le Mans and Sunset, I have so much time to gain.

Much appreciated!

Appreciate the recommendation. 👍

Hell yeah brother! 💪

Yeah, it's a tough thing to capture sometimes. Often the cars are on the side monitors altogether, but I think it still captures the idea well enough with text and audio. 🤷‍♂️

​@chrisstewarttv Shows how you have to trust the spotter. Even with triples 3 wide, you still have to stare at apexes and exits. Chris shows a great example of having his head on a swivel without moving it 😆

Lol, very true!

Hell yeah brother!

That's the line in iRacing, no off track or slowdown there. If you cut it much more, there's a slowdown on the left.

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it is user error just not for that reason he saw the guy sliding right and still chose the right. the left is risker but the only way to get around clean

@@Youcantdothatbud nah I was thinking he chose right bc his right hand was the one on the wheel. Easier to pull down then try to fight one of those cars with one hand. Learn that lesson trying to smoke and play at the same time. Left DEF looked safer

You’re f’d if you think that was avoidable 🤦‍♂️

Yeah, that sounds like a week at Zolder. 😂

You know that meme with the little kid who has his armed crossed with an angry face? Yeah, I'm super happy for you. 🤣 I'm kidding, of course, glad you had an epic race. I hope I have a few of those this coming week.

Oh hey, welcome to the party! ☺️

It's incredible. I'd like to try more wheels to compare, but no reason to buy anything for me.

Yes, that's effectively how it went down. In the end, regardless of whether he lost 1 or 2, he was likely going to either way. Fighting it makes us both so much slower through that section and gives those behind a great opportunity. Not fighting it would have created more side by side behind, as you mentioned. Not a great outcome either way, I suppose. As for space in the chicane, I thought he'd have braked a bit earlier / harder into the first apex to let the pass complete by the second apex and therefore I took it more normally. I still left some space, but yeah, not enough to get two through there without a slowdown for him. Tough to gauge in the moment there, with no clear lines for where those limits are. Once I realized he was still there after the second apex, I tried to give space again getting through the third apex. Good analysis on your part. Tough situation I think, all around.

@@chrisstewarttv I agree, very tough situation for both. It was hard skillful racing and these things happen. Surviving chicanes like that, two-wide, is epic racing. The space at second apex was not mentioned is why I posed the question as an alternate angle for discussion. Your assessment is still quite fair, conceding the position would have likely avoided any contact/slowdown then he could have been closer for immediate attack instead of having to serve a slowdown; 9/10 the wiser choice is to concede the spot. Anyway, I appreciate the reply and look forward to more videos!

and by that i mean with a fixed race im slower than others, im relatively fast for my irating with a setup i make, just havent figured out how to improve past a certain point

I wish I had that skill set. I should invest the time at some point.

It can be, assuming they're free. I almost always have time for one, sometimes two. Fresh rubber for even a few laps can help with a hard braking zone or a drive off. Appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching!

I tend to agree with you. I've enjoyed hot lapping and learning the track, but racing has been a nightmare. People worry that Monaco would be a snooze fest. I don't see how Zolder is any different, tbh.

🫠 of a week

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! I'm using Racelabs for the overlays in OBS.

It's been an absolute week, no doubt.

LFG! 💪🏻

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It's going to depend on a number of factors; size, FOV setup, distance from display, etc. I'd say most likely yes, it will. Personally, I don't run with any car mirrors. I just use the virtual rear view. I find the performance much better that way.

Excellent, thanks for watching!

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I bounce around from VRS, HYMO, and p1doks. Currently on p1doks.

@@chrisstewarttv How much faster are those setups compared to the baseline?

It'd be hard to give you a lap time delta. Maybe that would make for a good video. I can say it's significant. A good setup that fits your driving style gives you benefits everywhere. Competing in Open with the Fixed setup is just asking for a bad time, assuming the field is relatively level in skill/pace.

@@chrisstewarttv Great to know. I'm on the baseline setup and on zolder I can just about hit a 1:29. Thanks for the information.

Yeah, I'm pretty much packing it up until next week. I've got some league and charity races to prepare for.

Oof, that's a rough week. At some point I just stop the bleeding and prep for the next week. Lots of good tracks coming up soon.

Thanks man, appreciate the viewership!

Never! 😅

It was just so frustrating to lose that much iR in one race. Lesson to me, stay out of single split IMSA. Aw, who am I kidding, I'll be back in that shit show tomorrow. 😂

I fully think you should have to be min 2k irating to even drive them. I am 2.1 and do not feel confident enough to drive them in a race. I was winning last lap @ Monza with low SOF and got smashed to bits by 1. Lost 98 irating. The worst

Merry Christmas! I use Racelabs for my overlays.

Yeah, I was able to get this sorted yesterday. It looks much better now. 👍