Honestly loving the iRacing grind thats going with you and Mercedes. Its so much fun to watch.

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Glad you're liking it man!

There are sheets floating around discord channels prior to each special event which gives you an idea of top split cut offs. Good to have in your pocket so you dont get the surprise you did. This one had 8.3k avg cut off for top split. Good racing you guys here though, we were proud to be 2nd to you, quality race!

@alistairkirk771

4 ай бұрын

Mercedes fan boy? 😉

@exediron188

4 ай бұрын

Was this the highest LMP2 cutoff ever? I assume a lot of people who would usually be driving GTP went LMP2 out of concerns about the rain.

@andydawson6674

4 ай бұрын

@@exediron188 Since the GTP's were introduced, yes definitely the highest cut off. But it's mostly down to iRating inflation and also the best teams differentiating their approach so they have more cars in varying classes of the top split.

@WaskiLP

4 ай бұрын

Which DC channels?

@andydawson6674

4 ай бұрын

@@WaskiLP PGZ mostly, although it's typically the same 2 or 3 people who do them

LMP2 class was stacked so getting split #1 probably was very difficult. We won LMP2 and overall in split 23 where we still had 2.6k average for LMP2 while we had some 0.9k GTP missiles to avoid on the track. GT3 was still 3k average in split 23 and we had Jimmy and Steve to look out for on the track. Didn't want to get in any accident highlights :D

@your_bus_driver9527

4 ай бұрын

i think we were in the same split as you driving the GT3 class. we were talking about how big the difference was. also the GTP's commited mass murder that race.

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Congrats on the dub!

@MrArtis89

4 ай бұрын

@@Jaaames thanks mate!

OGs know Bono Huis is a FormulaSimRacing LEGEND

7k average iRating, and still ended up in the second split as number 18, that's insane! you'll probably need an average in the high 8k to be guaranteed top split in every event

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Yep, irating inflation is definitely a thing. Will need to keep grinding I guess

Amazing James great Race big hug from Portugal

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

🤝

What a race, what a dominance, gg

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

🤝

15:01 Most important part of the video XD

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

another great video, i love the content lately. 2022 will be your year if you continue like this!

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

2022 was a pretty good year😉 Haha, thanks tho🙂

@siebevdc9403

4 ай бұрын

typo hahah 2024** good luck!@@Jaaames

Congrats on your P1 in class and P4 overall. Great job!

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Thank you sir🤝

I really want to see Benz coming back to endurance racing! Would be cool.

Great Job..That makes for a long day of Racing. 👍

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

It was a long day indeed, cheers🤝

Need to see you in top split for the next one. deffo got the pace

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

We think so🙂

Baldwin & Huis Lord have mercy 🙏🏻

Loved it grate racing James.

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

🤝

8:30 YOUR REACTION 😂

8:28 I legit thought that was edited lmaooo

great racing! 👍

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

🤝

Keep up the good vids!

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Yes sir😃

Finally a James Video.

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Every Friday bro

Epic race what domination. Will u guys do 24hrs of Nords iracing special event?

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Unlikely as no LMP2

Hi James Loving your content from New Zealand. I have a question regarding wheel weight in GT 3 cars ... How heavy are they in real life I play alot of ACC and wondered how much force is required to turn the wheel or does modern steering make it easier besides the dynamic force into the corners at high speed Trying to get that balance of more gain in wheel settings or not

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

The GT3's I've driven have power steering, so it wasn't crazy difficult to turn the wheel when driving. It wasn't 'easy' either tho. I have my wheel profiler at 100%, then in-game it's at 28% gain. I use a Simucube Ultimate.🙂

GGs! Next time Top Split👀

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Definitely

Missed you in top split for this one, maybe n24 we meet again 😎

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

👀

When you talked about the iR grind I didnt think about 6.7k. Dont get me wrong. Its a lot of rating and definitely not your personal max you can achieve....but its way too low for TopSplit nowadays. Was pretty clear there wasnt a possibility to get in there like you thought. Put another 1.5k on top and we can think about it. Its crazy nowadays 😅

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

My teammates were both at 8.4k, so our average was around 7.8k. We thought that would be enough, usually it would be, but this event had the highest LMP2 sof ever lol

will you be doing the lemans virtual?

does anyone know why you spam 1st and 2nd coming into the pit lane? i dont see the point in it and would like to know why

@oldmangaming1297

4 ай бұрын

pit limiter is a bit below the actual speed limit in the pits, swapping gears allows a slight bump in speed without exceeding the pit speed limit. I'd like to have shifting into second turn off the pit limiter so this practice stops.

@officernotthestig8840

4 ай бұрын

@oldmangaming1297 aaahhhh that makes perfect sense. Cheers for the explanation 👍

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

@@oldmangaming1297 this^^

whats up with the 80% limit/deadzone on your brake?

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

in iracing 100% is not always best 80% is optimal so he just limits his brake to it to be more consistent a lot of people dont do it so just preference on if you set the limit or not but to be faster only braking to around 80% is optimal ;)

@divinasi0n

4 ай бұрын

​@@bryant.p1215What about if you're going into a compression braking zone in iRacing? Is going over 80% not going to improve lap time..?

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

@@divinasi0n it really all depends but most likely you will start locking up

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

For me it's better, a bit quicker & easier to be consistent. Doesn't work for everyone tho

@divinasi0n

4 ай бұрын

I see. It makes sense that it would be better for James, coming from ACC where you smash 100% and hold it there. I would love to see a comparison of iRacing vs ACC braking - is ACC braking truly as unrealistic as Daniel Morad says?

Question. Why don’t you have motion on your sim rig?

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

its quite annoying for esports competition maybe for fun its okay but besides that no

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

I find it's harder to be fast when you get motion involved. It's more enjoyable for sure if you get the right motion system, but for my 'job' it's not necessary.

9:05 get me out. I'm hanging here like a cow.

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

🤣

iRacing lack of stewarding is puzzling especially for a special event

@dunnock343

4 ай бұрын

Stewarding is after the race. There’s nothing puzzling about it. What’s truly puzzling is how he is just now getting into iRacing.

@ElMoShApPiNeSs

4 ай бұрын

@@dunnock343 Just because it's normal doesn't mean it's right. iRacing could absolutely hire live stewards for these events.

@willhammesfahr5954

4 ай бұрын

@@ElMoShApPiNeSs There's no way they could hire stewards for every split of every special event. You're talking potentially 40-70 splits throughout the entire weekend depending on the special event, of which depending on length all of them would overlap. Would need a whole team for each one as well. I'd imagine at minimum 3 people per event but even then that doesn't feel like enough to make good decisions. There's no way iRacing could ever cover every split. Sure you could do maybe the top 5 splits, but I don't think that's fair to allow a couple splits live stewarding but not the rest of the platform.

@xaviermaczko

4 ай бұрын

@@willhammesfahr5954 not every but atleast the top 3

why did james shift up and down in pits?

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Slightly quicker

Le Mans ultimate content????

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Not planned anything for LMU at the minute, I'm sure I'll get back on it at some point.

@adrianprado7981

4 ай бұрын

@@Jaaames:))

why do you shift up in the box?

@DLR_SC

4 ай бұрын

I'd assume it's for fuel saving

@fantasy7285

4 ай бұрын

⁠ very very slightly faster

@vincekussy9364

4 ай бұрын

allows the car to be slightly closer to the true pit speed because iracing pit limiter is usually 1 or 2 below the stated pit speed

@alistairkirk771

4 ай бұрын

To try and be as close to the max speed as possible (like Vince said). But if you take the limiter off and modulate throttle so you stay at 60/61k’s for example then you will gain probably a tenth in the pits.

@vincekussy9364

4 ай бұрын

@@alistairkirk771 you just always have to try and one up me don’t you alistair?

7.8k average and not making top split is crazy

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Ikr

Pirate ship ahhhhh subscribe reminder bell sound

jarno wheres he

@sirnato5218

4 ай бұрын

Jarno is not as experienced in iRacing as these guys, he mains f1 esports.

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

He was busy prepping for F1 stuff I believe

You looked disappointed to win in class.

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

he said earlier in the video that he thinks they had the pace to win in split and seeing how much more faster they were hed be right. so its a win but knowing you could have done better is a bit dissapointing

@jefdamen2977

4 ай бұрын

After so many hours u’d be tired too.

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

@@jefdamen2977 I doubt he was really tired it was only a 12hr race and he only drove for about 4 hours of it

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

@@bryant.p1215 exactly

iRacing "Physics" lol

I really do get sick of pro teams hiding everything.. if you are so good proove it.. proove its not just gaming the setup and tyres

Hmmm James can’t win without jarno hmmmmmmmmmmmm

@sirnato5218

4 ай бұрын

Did you even watch the video? Also, this game isn’t Jarno’s forte. He’s an f1 esports specialist

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

We won?

need to have your teammates being able to be heard, makes for very boring content tbh. there's no prizes for special events to my knowledge so hiding their voices for strategic purposes is a bit dumb imo

@Jaaames

4 ай бұрын

Fairplay, I appreciate the honesty. I'll let the team I know, I agree it must be confusing hearing me talk & not hearing their responses.

way not jarno as team mate

@AmbientMike

4 ай бұрын

its a 12hr event

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

i think max drivers per team was 3 if not im sure its because he was busy with F1

@TechSalvager

4 ай бұрын

@@bryant.p1215 16 max per team

@bryant.p1215

4 ай бұрын

@@TechSalvager 16 drivers per team? That’s wrong

@TechSalvager

4 ай бұрын

@@bryant.p1215 16 is the max