iRacing - The Underdog

[@barsorrro]

Probably the best race I've seen on your channel so far, Jimmy! Absolutely fantastic, not a moment to blink an eye! I don't know how it looks from your position (I can imagine it being frustrating quite often), but I don't mind them all going Merc against your underperforming Bimmer -- the underdog racing makes for immense thrills and really shows your quality as a driver! Way to go, Jimmer!

[@jmcrofts]

Well raced Jimmy, that was intense!

[@TheMick200]

Just found Jimmy's channel and have to say great content! Edge of the seat stuff mate

[@mrRTvids]

TheMick200 Same here. Found the channel few weeks back. Great content

[@futhamucka]

TheMick200 tell your friends, he is awesome and deserves our support :)

[@Larshjort]

The Audi was aggressive on the kerbs @22:13

[@haydenlewis9599]

I like your self role playing with the BMW. I do the same kind of things for the fun of it. Nice driving today.

[@glynpaton3062]

Great fighting finish for Jimmy and the wee Z4, such an intense race.

[@ravex24]

First time I've watched your vids and this is the best iRacing commentary I have ever seen. Great job!

[@ale-lp]

Great race! Well deserved top 10. That dive for P11 was really nice, just risky enough. I was hoping for a dive bomb in the Bus Stop but karma rewarded you with a gift just before the line :P

[@canertwo]

Hey Jimmy, I recently discovered your channel and I'm loving the content you are currently producing. Great stuff, keep it up!

[@waynecummins9155]

Your unreal Jimmy, how you talk and race. But i love it. Keep it up, as you have real passion, no matter the result !!!!!

[@woud3404]

Stay strong Jimmer, you're great!

[@bryanmurray8011]

Your awesome into the bus stop! Great racing from all around you.

[@doublej937]

That was great to race with you and Patrik! ;-)

[@allaboutthegyro]

That pass in Pouhon was well executed!

[@TheDanielsliekmanis]

uhh it was about time already, thanks for some iRacing content!

[@daltonbedore8396]

Terror he makes an iracing video like at least once a week my guy

[@gdoggcasey]

Even more than that recently it feels like. I do love me some iRacing so I feel like I have been watching a lot more recently.

[@davidlopez2363]

Awesome effort, Jimmy! Congrats!

[@janrdoh]

Great race to watch thanks Jimmy.

[@bmoney2011]

I think the worst thing about this Z4 is that it sounds so much faster than it is. I love listening to it, but where is all the bite behind that bark! :( your iRacing videos are, as always, a joy.

[@hawkertyphoon4537]

Yes !! Firetruck! i could not believe my eyes when you managed to pull between Jean and Patrick. When two fight, number 3 wins. One foot in the door,,, and then someone ran out of gas. Done! Yes! Flippin´YES! Strugglebus for the Win!

[@jonesynet]

Great race Jimmy. You would have definitely been a BRM racer back in the GPL days! ;-)

[@xiaobaozha]

Just found your channel...love your channel!

[@arccrenshaw8391]

nice end there. good race

[@thomasconway95]

Glad I watched to the very last corner!

[@Amemyarz]

What a finish!

[@Braindead24]

nice action! so tense. Thanks 😃

[@FastMav347]

Great race!

[@ryost18]

Really enjoy your channel man, you and SouthPaw Racer really have great content! I'm relatively new to your channel, but have you done a tour/show-and-tell of your rig setup? Would really like some insight into your thoughts about what you look for when setting up a rig. Thanks, and keep it up!

[@whirinakii]

Good top ten at the end though you were going to end up his his rear he must have run out of fuel well done so realistic great racing with other like minded professional racers

[@itsya_boi4135]

1:39 thats an angry jimmer right there

[@heathen455]

I know I’m a year behind on this Jimmy, you said you were running very little aero, but have you tried playing with the gearing? A little longer gearing would give you the top end on the straights, you’d just have to adjust your line so that you’re able to hold higher speed through the corners

[@wergilius]

Find it very strange that iRacing that should be "so close to the real thing", don't lock your car when you have entered an series (or at least limit the number of changes to 1). Almost every online league apply this rule in AC and rF2. Should not be an limit in software, sounds more like an cheap "pay to win" feature if it is correct. Great race and video Jimmy, keep em coming :)

[@Cragified]

Means they sell all the cars in a series. They do it for the money. Money above immersion and realism.

[@nicht1337]

22:13 wth?

[@Frost_Saber]

I'm actually surprised a sim doesn't require use of the same car throughout a season, seems a bit silly most people picking flavour of the track cars.

[@Marc98338]

Yh absolutely insane.

[@thetalkingelement]

I guess money speaks louder than words.

[@tonypbeck]

Me and you too Jimmy, i've been hovering around 2k for what seems like an eternity, you think your on a run of points and then you get slapped back down again.

[@cosmic_drew]

When is your dashboard coming in? Also do you plan to add on paddle shifters?

[@chrissevert527]

22:13 Did that audi just try to do a barrel roll?

[@II_Hylander]

May I ask why your using an SQ shifter for the Z4? When it uses shift paddles in real life? Do you prefer having the shifter instead or something?

[@daltonbedore8396]

Adam Hyland his flappypaddle wheel is getting a repair i believe. so all he has is this setup right now

[@loganroth1745]

it's impressive how you can race so well, but still be able to just keep rattling off facts and strategies the whole time +1

[@W3ST_YT]

this Bimma is like Mclaren Honda in F1 just ussless on the straights. :)

[@the_dankest_in_all_the_lan5104]

I got rfactor 2 a few months ago and I think I wanna get more into sim racing. I'm really into oval racing and stock cars but I like racing GT3 stuff as well. Should I get a wheel and Iracing? Or is Iracing not really that good.

[@Framer_Mike]

I'm driving using my accelerating foot for both acceleration & brake.. Should I be using my clutch foot for braking?? Am I losing time by not?

[@DavyJonesSimRacing]

Blank-pain? I think it sounds more like blonk-pah :) You pronounced the name of the the start section at Spa correct though...

[@dawids4559]

Great video.

[@d1paintball630]

I challenge Jimmy to do 1 lap in complete silence, no talking allowed!! LOL

[@Jimmy_Broadbent]

I did that on the quali lap :)

[@Uberlight2]

Hi jimmy!

[@coldclaws2479]

why dont you use the clutch pedal

[@Baker_7498]

Z4 has a sequential gearbox, no clutch required

[@jackedrussell]

It seems a bit unfair that you lost some iRating in a crash that had literally nothing to do with and was impossible to avoid.

[@joeysukhi6889]

andrews2547 he could've braked harder but that's it tbh

[@jackedrussell]

Joey sukhi He wouldn't have avoided the crash, he just would have hit the car slightly slower.

[@the1sH0]

the last time another car lost controll in the pit entry and got on track ... NO way for him to evade and he lost rating... thats just bullshit... i mean no points because no finish but this was even for a system way to easy to detect that there is no fault at jimmys side in that case..... shure for a algorythm its hard sometimes so deside things like that, but it seams that iracing doesnt even try - i got into a crash = lose points, u it something = lose points.......

[@BrKnOblivion]

Not to be rude, but it's more a misunderstanding of the SR system. If the system was based off fault then yes it would be overly harsh from a penalty point of view, however it's not. It's an incident recording system it records participation in incidents not fault in incidents, which is actually very similar to real life. Even if you aren't at fault if you are involved in an incident at a race track you'll get a record of that incident on your license history. The other factor is that the SR system is historical. It has a weighting based off the last X number of races (number is thought to be 20 but is still unknown to me). Which means if you had a bad race 20 races ago and a slightly less bad race that race you'll actually gain SR relative, however if you get 2 incident points and the race being knocked off the list was a 0 incident race then you'll still lose SR even if it wasn't really worth it. There's a much better breakdown of it on the forum's but that's the gist of it at least. It's one of the things that nearly all new drivers complain about (I did too!) as it's a misunderstanding of how the system works, brought about by the name of the system. I should be called something like your Incident Record or something like that instead of Safety Rating. Really though SR evens out if you are a smooth driver anyway, bad races are offset by good ones and you'll naturally end up with an SR of what you should have. TBH Jimmy worries about the offtracks a little too much IMO and could even use them more tactically at the end of races like this one.

[@swapode]

TrixX PC Gaming You are right about the basic misunderstanding. Just to clarify: SR is a derivate of CPI (corners per incident) which keeps track of your incidents during your last 1000 corners or so -- a single long but clean race can massivly boost your SR, in the le mans 24 hours I went from something like A2.5 to A4.99 because there are not many off track opportunities and after a few hours the field tends to spread out so there aren't many close battles going on (and people tend to be a bit more careful and forgiving than in a sprint race). SR and thus the license are calculated from that CPI value and is basically a representation of how statistically safe you are which is pretty much all that can be hoped for from an automated system. An improvement might be possible with some kind of machine learning though.

[@tezatmezat]

i levye jimmy

[@pnkrally]

360p(unt)

[@vikeightEsix]

29:13

[@wolfsbane123]

29:13 what the actual fuck lmao

[@tonypbeck]

Come on iRacing, make people pick one car per season.

[@Tomtown007]

i'm early jimmy love me

[@1xRacer]

Fernando Jimmy Alonso

[@thephoking1]

Not BMW Z4, BMW SAD4.

[@deandre1988]

100+ ping. wow..

[@Daniel-we2kw]

iRaging

[@ricktapio4834]

Drive an audi atleast

[@GameOfFava]

Hahaha 420 views and 42 likes!

[@joeysukhi6889]

Why doesnt he use the AMG? z4 is so slow

[@Broomy88]

iracing need to sort BOP thats for sure

[@StephenBailey87]

Because he doesn't just want to take whatever the fastest car is for a given track.

[@Fanaz10]

MajorHobbit , why?

[@katrinapaton5283]

@@StephenBailey87 *Pours herself a hot cuppa tea* Thank you sir.

[@marcelohmed]

Man, release your foot of a brake pedal on the straights

[@wahaba2938]

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