When iRacing MX-5 Rookies Turns into a Destruction Derby

[@Ermz]

Kept calling T1, T2. That's Australian summer life. Every brain cell working overtime just to survive the heat.

[@officernotthestig8840]

mm yes, the aussie live is the way to go. furthest from every one, no interference lol

[@RedbeardMaximus]

Looks like Ermin's hit the most frustrating part of being an experienced sim racer coming through iRacing rookies. Coming up against drivers who have worked out how to be reasonably quick, but still don't understand how to actuall race other people properly. It's a slog but worth pushing through it.

[@dedge12858]

Yeah but that was 2nd split and nobody in it was actually a rookie. 3 A class, 2 B and a C. The rest were Ds. Top 4 finishers all had iRating of 2K plus, including the guy who bumped Ermin. As a further illustration that iRating isn't everything, in a race last night I was hit from behind while in 2nd place at the same corner - but the the guy just kept his foot down until he'd looped me. Ruined my race, naturally. He had an iRating of over 2K too. TBH, I was thinking of reporting it.

[@John-ok8ts]

Funny because I think it's the other way around. Once you race against real people for a while you learn not to move across them in the braking zone after leaving them a gap on the inside. Technically they may be at fault but you are still asking for trouble.

[@mattalford3932]

That's 100% on Iracing. People have to start somewhere. The sim racing community is one of the most vial disrespectful groups in gaming.

[@Nymblys]

Fastest way out of rookies: Skip qualifications, start from the pit, avoid everyone and just bring the car home with 0 incidents. 5-6 races max and you're out of rookies. In D, depending on the car class you take its a bit more of the same. D class open wheel is something else... Ferrari 488s are very popular in D class and I find a lot of people are carrying bad habits from rookies mixed with much more speed. C class is where I found the field is more in control and there is less stupid driving. C class Mx5 races are so much fun.

[@John-ok8ts]

@@mattalford3932 what nonsense are you speaking. What is 100% on iracing?

[@dodgeneon.]

A crash comp at the end would be great, just like how Dave does his incident recaps at the end of his vids

[@SebHUK]

For higher ranked racing I agree… For this it may be longer than the actual video 😅

[@mattalford3932]

Some rookies aren't trying to wreck people. They are trying to learn.

[@skev303uk]

Oulton Park & MX5s are a great combo, lots of fun this week, carnage & a few wins!

[@allanweede2599]

HONESTLY..

[@ingihrannar8781]

Picked up a win in Formula Vee and the MX5 ayyyy

[@PresidentScrooge]

The Cadillac is even more fun on Oulton.

[@_hanz73]

I'm so happy that you keep using that gorgeous livery!! You should keep using it for the whole series

[@janaxer4823]

I love you joined us in iRacing people - I enjoy it 😻 Greez from Germany 🇩🇪

[@cmbaileytstc]

I mean no-holds barred racing could be a cool thing in BeamNG, not so much other sims. Idea for a NHB “death race”: 1. Everyone gets the same standardized engine. 2. Player decides how much or how little steel to attach to it.

[@NikoKyunKyun]

i can feel half the grid wouldn't finish because of bad structural integrity

[@tomsterbg8130]

This sounds like Wreckfest, but with realistic physics

[@alibabesccfc]

Oulton Park is in Cheshire mate. North West England. My local track, spent many many many weekends there as a kid, grandparents lived a literal stones throw away, love this circuit

[@jericosha2842]

That's so cool. It's my favorite track and I'm in the US.

[@JoshTT2]

Oulton is in the North West of England. It's a fantastic circuit and a really picturesque place to watch all kinds of irl racing. I'm lucky enough to only be about an hour away and should really go more often 😅 got there last year to see Jimmer in the Praga.

[@th3orist]

brace yourself for the Ferrari Series in D-License. I found that there were many people who could not handle that car in that license. and if its a tight track on the schedule, best to stay away from it.

[@vjollila96]

best car D class imo is skippy

[@jesse1086]

A lot of people enter iracing with a lot of Sim racing experience... So it's nice that it's an option. But for new racers... A good Ole fashioned gt3 is a lot of car for D license. Which can be achieved in less than a day if you have the time.

[@Ermz]

Yeah Class D took about 3 MX-5 races.

[@vjollila96]

@@Ermz yeh you should get skippy next wonderful little car

[@pedroramos4532]

yeah, I've been taken out from the track from behind on the last 5/6 Ferrari D license races and my iRating just went down the drain...it's frustrating. Might try the skippy so I can get away from the gt3 chaos and leave it for C license...

[@DG-wu7ke]

I love this series. It has the best side by side RACING. The cars performance is a shade short and the handling is as expected at the slower speeds but rewards car control. Once you get a couple of laps in and get some separation from the slower lap time cars you can get on with it.

[@CapnFlappyJaw42]

I just love the fact that you embraced the HamSandwich lmao

[@slky81]

I love the iracing rookie thumbnails

[@vjollila96]

stuff like this makes me miss times of getting out rookies and building up ir and safety ratings im now at 2k ir i feel like have hit my ceiling with A license

[@Marco-vp8wl]

Would it be possible to start over, without having to buy everything again / loosing the old stats?

[@vjollila96]

@@Marco-vp8wl nope you can probably create "smurf" account but you have to re-buy the content

[@Marco-vp8wl]

@@vjollila96Ok, that sucks 😅

[@kopfnuss53]

@@vjollila96 you probably could lose on purpose, right?

[@derblaue]

You probably think that you've hit your ceiling but you are most likely just not seeing rapid progress anymore, just like you don't see how you grow older day by day. Keep it up ^^

[@SRV]

Tis a rite of passage for all iRacers haha

[@93cutty]

I'm not the best racer but it is difficult racing against people that don't have a clue

[@Ajrmotorsportofficial]

I have raced a few of these guys a good number of times. The experience is always the same, so it is great to see they are learning. Instead of getting into it, I find waiting for them to make a mistake is better than going for positions, which is very frustrating when I'm racing at 70% potential.

[@dadfish3114]

Not me staying up till 2 am on a school night watching this

[@JustJanitor]

Last wreck was really funny

[@roneeee13]

crash compilation at the end sounds fun

[@glenwatkins732]

Definitely a crash compilation would be a good addition mate!

[@chococbz]

beautiful sportsmanship at the first half of the race! Salutes to the pro 👍

[@jordanivie7145]

Loving this series

[@Eddlm_v2]

You HAVE to include that crash compilation now. Sorry, you mentioned it!

[@dsmdarryl]

"he's surely not in his right mind" 😂😂😂😂

[@stephankuschewski4501]

Nice Video, I must say I love your reflecting comments, very funny very honestly, go on!

[@Adamtw-ws8my]

@17:57 I believe the word you're looking for is concertina. Great content, keep em coming! Edit: crash compilation at the end is always a good time. "Let's take a look at the carnage" tm

[@fredscratchet1355]

Yes crash comp would be good. Looking at some of those crashes I don't think many are deliberate, obviously a few are. I drive with a Logitech Driving Force Pro, at this time I don't have funds for something better. Back in the day it was a good wheel, now it's fairly well down the list so I don't have the precise feel of a New Thrustmaster or Fanatec. It's very easy to get a slight wobble or a weave on an undulating track such as Oulton so what looks like a punterino could in fact be down to poor control due to dated equipment. And being as this is a Rookie race setting a car up does not come easily to everyone.

[@allanmurray647]

i dont like the racelabs radar as it doesn't actually show the cars position. tried using it and found it was more of a distraction then something useful. i 100% agree tho that iracing needs to add there own radar where it shows the cars position like the one in ACC. its a must for sim racing games and can help clean up overtakes alot

[@neblolthecarnerd]

Yea. One like the one in GT sport, acc or the eutechnix NASCAR games would be cool for all Sims.

[@mikcampbell1098]

Crash cam is always a fun addition to the end

[@billbaggins1688]

MX-5 is carnage for me at the moment. I dread that first corner at Laguna Seca.

[@basic086]

Sandwichovic strikes again! Nice one mate, loving your video quality

[@Yin7094]

hey i was spectating that very race and noticed your name hahaha can't believe it was really you, man!

[@lcsper]

You should try the Ferrari GT3 challenge. I have yet to have a single clean race where I haven't been spun or crashed into on the formation lap.

[@titolieb2689]

So a new iracing UI is confirmed to be coming, but with kapps and racelabs doing the work for them is not a priorority. Also, the racelab radar doesn’t show how far away is from you, just if there’s someone by your side. In another note, to be fast in the mx5 you need to push the tyres more, you want to really throw the car around the corner, don’t be afraid to engage that slip point.

[@John-ok8ts]

That Italian was a real dirty driver. Yea no idea why there's no radar.

[@Nedo164]

Crash compilation? Yes please.

[@stupidrainbo]

23:52 I definitely enjoyed the undulating pendulum

[@Nick_Kearney]

I'd love to know more about the iRacing tyre and damage model. It seems really easy to change the feeling of the car by having an incident like Ermin did.

[@Marco-vp8wl]

Love these iracing career videos ^^

[@jamwil200]

'Maybe not so much around Oulton Park' Tell that to Ash Sutton!

[@badmarvin901]

Loving the racing content and looking forward to more. Just got into iracing and it’s nice to see your experiences too

[@WilGreen13]

Oulton Park is an utterly amazing track IRL. I had some great races there. Thumbnail of my only video on my channel is a big crash at the banked corner. Yeah, it’s North West UK 🙂

[@ThislsYusuf]

Appreciated the Gran Turismo music 😁

[@laurentderrien]

you're way too enthusiastic about a MLP livery. It was funny when it started years ago but no one gaf now m8 :) Great comments as usual

[@willstearns3603]

WELCOME TO iWreaking

[@morris65875]

The amount the visual first impression of iracing has improved in 2years is amazing and more is prob to come with the new developers they purchased hopefully raytracing and new tree mesh

[@morris65875]

In some ways it looks nicer than what i would consider past gen sims like raceroom ac ams1 and pc2 LFS they sorta have "made it" but are still bottom of the barrel but its ok used to be of no interest to me Beacuse of the looks mostly tbh

[@RiddleTime]

Finally more MX-5 content!

[@joshuahill3618]

I assume iRacing's stance on a radar is it's a sim and you don't have one in real life. They do give you a spotter :)

[@CheshireCarpers]

Oulton park is North-West uk in Cheshire literally 5 minutes from where I live! lol awesome track! Great video 👍

[@andysm1th25]

The MX5 is at the Nordschleife this week in Production Car Challenge.

[@squishy_princess]

That MLP Livery is Magma.

[@chadsugden411]

im keen to watch this as im just getting into sim racing. and want to see how the iracing goes from day dot

[@MaverickRNG]

One of my fav content creators on my favourite track. What possibly could go wrong 😛 Based in the wonderful county of Cheshire BTW. Been there for a car show a couple of times. Not had a chance to spectate there yet but defo a mini nurburgring.

[@Armageddon_71]

21:55 In the words of the Lord of the eyebrows "KARMA"

[@larrywax8260]

+1 for the Italian honorary citizenship!

[@noahhaynes1917]

That backside tap was just him miss braking. If it looked like netcode or not, It was just him totally misjudging his braking and he was always gonna hit your rear end personally. The radar is most likely not in it for realism purposes. They are redesigning the UI so they might add it in then. It seemed like a well behaved lobby for rookies. Things happen, that's racing sometimes 😄 "Turkey Timeline" would be awesome at the end for just a good laugh

[@RedbeardMaximus]

I do understand the radar not being a thing for realism, but I think with the number of people playing iRacing on such varied rigs/FOVs where peripheral vision might be super limited, it would be a nice option to have just to be able to keep clear of someone who is out of your line of sight. I guess we wait and see if it comes along at some point. Agree that overall it was a pretty well behaved rookies lobby.

[@noahhaynes1917]

@@RedbeardMaximus The UI was done in 2008 also and it might not have been a big addition needed for them. I would think the new UI would include this

[@RedbeardMaximus]

@@noahhaynes1917 oh yeah I totally get that. The UI is in such a desperate need of an overhaul and I'm keen to see how they bring it up to date.

[@DracoSilverscar]

Still some great racing despite the minor offs and at least you didn't get an unexpected SpaceX membership! Also I'd love to see an incident compilation at the end!

[@tommynott4310]

No radar as IR don't add stuff which is unrelastic for the car. Hence why you don't get live tyre data unless the car has sensors. They don't add radar is the car does not have it ect. It's just for the realism I believe

[@chrisparry4461]

My favourite track and only 20 mins away from me! Track day booked there as well.

[@thomashuckz4274]

Plot Twist: Ermin is joining the Italian Mafia!

[@tadge-rico]

I can't believe you missed out on crying out, " GIVE ME THE POOONNIIEEESSSS!!!!!!"

[@ab8jeh]

I think the guy just outbraked himself, didn't seem malicious but what I can't stand is when someone punts you like that you get contact points and penalty points. On a dirt race recently I got punted into the Joker zone at the start and got a 20 second penalty for taking the Joker on lap 1!

[@ZheikoNileth]

Hello Ermin! Are you looking for a good iRacing Content? If your iRating is less than 1500 you HAVE to go ahead and try Formula Renault 2.0! D licence is all you need, and I guarantee you, you will have so much fun content for your channel for the rest of season! The races there are absolutely BONKERS!

[@Dutch_Chucky]

Legends say hes still rolling down the track Btw the gran Turismo radar is good too

[@constantorca8145]

This is always the two leading cars on like lap 4 of a 20 lap stock car race.

[@Marauder1981]

Before I started with sim driving I was a local Nordschleife tracknerd. I made mods for GTR Evolution and some skins fpr Assetto Corsa. I always liked Assetto Corsas FFB best but I tried IRacing at a buddy´s rig and I have to say this week I will get my first subscribtions. Iracing is the first sims, apart from AC, that realistically depicts the sense of speed and the understeer feeling. The worst sim I tested so far was Assetto Corsa Competizione. The FFB give barely any usable info. And I have driven such cars in real life. They are not THAT bad in real life. Quite the opposite XD

[@Ruftinator]

Looks like a lot of fun. Not a huge fan of paying a monthly fee to play a game but if I can afford it in the future I'd love to give this game (and other sims) a try! :D

[@viperion_nz]

Renato is a very aggressive defender...which is fine, you can take advantage of that, but he needs to learn that he can't move over when the other car is *already there*

[@mattalford3932]

He overshot his breaking point right when you turned in. It's a difficult part of the learning process.

[@jericosha2842]

I guess the only way to not do that is to recognize when someone is setting up to turn in?

[@w0nt0n71]

Frendship is magic!

[@ryanw1284ryansrants]

Great video!!

[@dylanchapgier9504]

Ermie! If you’re D rated safety rating, you should check out the multi class race series with the Mx5s and Mustangs. It’s at the nords this week, and just doing Mx5 through nords is hella fun!

[@Ermz]

Dang, are they 15 minute laps?

[@fullnuclearbreakfast]

@@Ermz I was racing in that series, was running about 8:13-8:15s. Heck of a lot of fun

[@luminescentfish2963]

that's a NICE sub count

[@Matty.Hill_87]

Just found your channel. while you're not as good as Jimmy broadbent, this was a nice race race 😉😂

[@guby5simracing425]

Hope to see you doing some touring car races when you get to D Class! :D

[@malikmartin]

Looked fun

[@magnusnielsen4345]

I have a 3k rating and have turned the radar off because i feel it misleading compared to just "knowing" where they are. You get the feeling after a while. And if im in a drag race down a straight i use z and x to look to the side before the next corner.

[@fartvader84yearsago8]

Oulton park is my second favorite UK track after Cadwell Park

[@sadbeard4790]

Crashes are never a bad idea

[@Five_y_kay]

nice nice, i race alot too!

[@Pursuit918]

Based as fuck bro

[@Eibu.]

Don't be harsh on these guys, they just thought MX-5 was an abbreviation of rally cross's distant cousin, murder cross, with the 5 signifying the maximum number of survivors allowed.

[@MarkaAtoxGmod]

If you decide to go a bit further in iracing, i'd recommend you to try the USF on oulton park it's a super combo

[@Vincio003]

Renato the driver killer just an Italian thing i guess.. love my country ahahah🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@MotorSeb]

This track is just awesome, it's one of my favourite too ! With GT4 it's really great !

[@heeltoeautomotive4962]

Only issue with Oulton Park is that iRacing’s track limits are way too aggressive

[@PieZello]

Hey ermin what did you think of the le mans virtual series that took place a few days ago on rf2?

[@rickymorcus8962]

I love when people from other countries give old joe a quick jab.

[@Blu3Cruiz3r]

For me it was the reason to finally unsubscribe. The world is lucky that the orange douchebag is no longer and never again will be in power…

[@rickymorcus8962]

@@Blu3Cruiz3r lol your first mistake is taking American politics seriously and if you’re going to unsubscribe because of a couple of clever one liners youre quite the loser. You’re still on his page too haha.

[@anakondase]

This is exactly what's making me frustrated with iracing. So many drivers that are quick but don't know how to race. I try my best to avoid contact but it's so difficult to predict what the inexperienced ones are gonna do. I've been punted from the side more times than I can count because they don't realise I'm there or just don't care.

[@Marauder1981]

That goes for every sim.

[@anakondase]

@@Marauder1981 True. But they risk less in iracing due to the tedious report system.

[@ukrje]

allways remember: Iracing rookies, is a Idiot test.

[@radurotaru9778]

Hi, I was wondering what gear are you using to record your videos? Thank you!

[@krdjmtc]

This guy's making videos like Super GT

[@Ermz]

Except with 1/10th the views. Hooray.

[@BigDuke6ixx]

I've driven a real cup car and there''s no way you get into 1st at a corner like Lodge, the 6-speed gearbox just won't have it unless you give it a massive blip and end up with terminal engine braking. So feck knows what's going on with the physics of iRacing there.

[@richardsracingmad]

Ermine, your Odo must be running backwards, as it was showing 200 miles @13 minutes, then a lap later 150 miles.

[@jackmakackov7077]

rookies is no different than ACC open lobbies. After you get to B license you will never want to go back to any other sim for online. Public races are much cleaner than any ACC league I have tried.

[@jericosha2842]

That's good to hear. I'm excited to get through it and have great races.

[@DashieTM]

Ah yes the pony car again :)

[@timjohnun4297]

Noob here, first impressions are, the whole series is a crash-fest! Already lost count how many people have deliberately taken me out, and then sworn at me like it was my fault :D

[@Hasardi]

i dont know if its true but ive noticed that if you do a relatively long slide or spin etc your tires will never be good again if you dont just change them. now i really dont have anything to back it up but thats how ive felt when spinning or sliding. rest of the race is just under and or oversteer

[@Hasardi]

could also be that im just too agressive when driving on overheated tires

[@titolieb2689]

Once you overheat your tyres it’s really hard to bring them back to a good point, but it is possible, just take it easy for 1 or 2 laps and tyres will come back.