iRacing GT4 is a NIGHTMARE!!!

[@martinelliott9961]

Unbelievable driving there! No way you should have got 4x for that crash near the end at turn 1. Frustrating when that happens. Love that series!

[@dannyleeracing]

Great recap with the picture-in-picture replays, too!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@dannyleeracing thanks Danny!

[@andypang6416]

30 drivers in a 15min race! That is a definite recipe for a huge crashfest!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

😂😂 and lo it came to pass!

[@VandreBorba]

Omg! I have to try this! 😂

[@Stu-3845]

Wow, carnage but exciting to watch. I think there's a connection between short races and aggressive driving, with everyone seemingly desperate to snatch any half opportunities

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@Stu-3845 it’s a good point Stu - everyone was definitely in a big hurry!

[@DanCrossRacing]

100% agree with this, the standards in the GT4 / LMP3 multiclass event are loads better. I'm convinced it's because the races are double the length!

[@LDFR]

So much carnage! Great crash avoidance mate :)

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Haha cheers Lorenzo

[@rogsan_]

Baffling driving standards. Yet, great recovery drive, Ben! Well done!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@rogsan_ thank you buddy! It was definitely one where keeping it on track paid off! 😂

[@HudGillespie]

I have had great success this week here but I have seen huge shunts as well. Great content keep it up.

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@HudGillespie great to hear buddy - and thanks for the kind words!

[@DieserOdin]

was great to see you in the field!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@DieserOdin ah hey mate! Glad you found the video but so unfortunate you got collected in that massive shunt! Hope you had better luck in other races!

[@DieserOdin]

@@Ben_LaBroca indeed i had luck im on the road to 1,7k iRating at the moment

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@DieserOdin nice work! Might see you at Hungaroring next week!

[@DieserOdin]

@@Ben_LaBroca thank you mate!

[@JACKZERYT]

Absolute carnage!!!!!!! That mclaren looks really fun!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Haha aye it was madness, and yet I’m tempted to run the series at a wet Hungaroring this week!

[@davidpym9420]

Holy shadoobie Ben, there were some poor driving standards in that race! Racing is not guesstimating if you’re going to make the pass, or vainly hope that they just teleport out of your way. You did amazingly well considering how insane that race was. Guessing the 4x near the middle was typical netcode error as it looked like you’d made it past cleanly.

[@Walt1119]

Great recovery there Ben!!! When you got squeezed off the track before the start could you think you'd get back to the top 10!?!?!? Thanks for sharing with us!!

[@Teqqlesdoessimracing]

That safety rating got a huge slap. I had something similar, though managed to avoid most and come across the line with 2x only to be greeted with cars that decided to park the moment they crossed the finish line. I do enjoy the GT4 racing though!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@Teqqlesdoessimracing luckily I’d had a good run in the GT3, as I was on 1.4 not too long ago! 😬😬

[@30SRacer]

I love GT4 even over GT3

[@DanCrossRacing]

Literally one of my favourite series on the service but it comes with some shocking standards sometimes. I haven't seen this kind of mayhem in a long time. This track is terrible for it too, just like you said in the video - far too many people trying to stick their nose down gaps that are always going to close, especially climbing that hill and through the esses. Can't count the number of times I've been turned or had to flick out of the way because someone can't wait for turns 6 or 10!

[@FoxRob93]

I've gone back to GT4's from GT3's last season and they are more fun. Road Atlanta is tight and fast which makes it a challenge.

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Yeah I really enjoyed the driving experience. And despite the carnage it was good fun! 😅

[@FoxRob93]

@Ben_LaBroca working on a fe2 things with trying to rid myself of bad habits so dropping to the slower cars seems to force me to be better.

[@TheTrianim]

Great racing though, Ben! 😀

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Thank you buddy!

[@mblimbli1460]

It's getting impossible. The only option is to start from the pits and NOT fight for positions. 14 incident points in a 15 minutes race is outrageous.

[@moldysporks2233]

ive noticed throughout, gt4s have kinda of been very chaotic, most of my races in gt4s end in a either a 7x or a 8x which isnt very optimal

[@DC_F1]

Sometimes you just want to sit each driver down in an interview room and ask them "what the actual f was going through your head?" 😂

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@DC_F1 haha “if you no longer go for a gap…” 😂

[@KinGzeDK]

I don't really drive Gt4 but I sometimes drive the Falken tire challenge in lmp3 and it seems fairly clean. Perhaps you should do that series?

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Great shout yeah!

[@EmanHowells]

One thing that I've noticed after having an A license and car open wheel and Even oval now. Whenever you go back to c or lower grade races it become so bad because other guys may be faster than you, but they always think they can just drive through you just because they're going faster. They have no patience to Wait for a gap. I'm usually about 1 to 2 seconds off the pace, but I drive safe and will allow a faster driver to get in front of me when I get a chance but they always just try to drive through you

[@Myosos]

"I pay an Iracing subscribtion for the driving standards" The driving standards =>

[@erikj8892]

At least it was entertaining :D BTW: When and why did you stoped to show your qualy lap? ;)

[@Ben_LaBroca]

@@erikj8892 hey Erik! So it’s mainly to cut to the action as soon as possible - YT analytics suggest keeping people watching at the early part of the vid is important for viewership and how widely the video ends up being shared.

[@bananasnsushi]

Is there any series where the carnage isn’t high with the SoF being so low? We need to see you in some 2-3k SoF races!

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Hah inching closer in GT3 and low 2k in formula!

[@gibraltar1729]

Great content brother. New at iRacing, what's your overlay?

[@gibraltar1729]

Nevermind! Found the answer on your comments

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Ah good stuff! Hope you’re enjoying iracing!

[@chrisrogerssimracing]

Dear oh dear oh dear… and I thought I had a rough time of it with this combo! It’s like iRacing took all the reckless drivers from my race, and gave them crack. This was on whole other level of ridiculousness. So P30 to P9? I know you mate 2-3 great overtakes there, but was it like 17-18 freebies? Utter madness 🤣

[@Ben_LaBroca]

😂😂😂 got to be close to troubling the Guinness book of records!

[@SlightlyMisunderstood]

Crazy race… standard of driving very questionable from the other drivers. You did well to climb back up after being taken out T1.

[@davidslute9546]

Looks similar to my races the past two weeks. Seems like alot of decent hot lappers have joined the system of late but lack actual racing skills, etiquette and situational awareness.

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Hey buddy - yeah the spatial awareness and racecraft was not good! A shame as the combo is great fun!

[@fullayrton07]

Hi To be honest didn't race in iracing since 2 week ( already 4 Years more than 1000 races ) and found people became more and more aggressive No fair-play no sportsmanship Some allow them self to do ridiculous divebomb as they never do it in private league or discord league with live stewarding

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Aye some of these drivers wouldn’t be invited back to a league I think!!

[@naspotsev4658]

iRacing absolutely needs to do something about racing standards. It is appalling

[@BW_87]

I never understood why GT4 fixed races have a 30 car limit rather than 20 like GT3 fixed. 20 cars would help with the carnage I think.

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Ha good shout - big spread of ability and a very crowded track! Looks good though!

[@NathanW-u1x]

Where did u got the Hud/UI (idk hoe it's called)

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Hey buddy - it’s RaceLab Apps - you can Google it and there’s a free version, and a paid version with some more options

[@NathanW-u1x]

@@Ben_LaBroca thx man

[@markdomenie5453]

To be honest which popular series is not a carnage then? People say about Ferrari GT3 that it's the worst, about F4 and about Super Formula Lights. Doesn't leave much then. Which series do you usually race which is less chaotic? (I only drive GT4 at the moment).

[@Ben_LaBroca]

Hey buddy - so I think you’re right that almost all series have the potential to throw up races like this. In my experience (and that’s obv limited) GT3 is generally a bit better but much depends on the split you land in. Longer races can mean everyone is in less of a rush, and the field spreads out a bit meaning less chances for carnage. And of course car and track combos can make an otherwise relatively calm serious into a destruction derby!

[@markdomenie5453]

@@Ben_LaBroca Nice to hear that GT3 is generally a bit better. Yeah top split also matters because I did some driving as a ghost last week in GT4 Road Atlanta to learn new driving lines and it seemed less chaotic there for sure. Hungary in the rain is going well so far as well!

[@mikecroshaw9233]

I’m annoyed they ditched the gt4 30 min races they were a lot better . Now you get taken out by lmp3s.

[@davidontherailroad]

Jesus, that was bad even for the GT4s. I parked up a GT4 race a few weeks back because the driving was so aggressive.

[@tommo3190]

I hope this isn't a serious comment, but I fear it is.

[@davidontherailroad]

@@tommo3190 It was an especially bad race. I don't get enough time on track to waste on people who think passing is all about luck.

[@JohnnyGification]

And what blows my mind, everyone pays for this! Lol