RD iRacing Oval Series

Yoeri Gijsen · Apr 27, 2012

RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012 (RDINDY'12) | Intro & Info

Introduction

Welcome to the the second running of the RaceDepartment Indy 500 in iRacing. Last season saw a huge turn-out of drivers that gathered to pick up the virtual bottle of milk. Lots of crashes painted the picture of the first half of the race; close fighting dominated the second half. This year we're looking to go bigger and better than last year, so go get that FREE RaceDepartment Licensed Membership and sign-up for this annual high-speed thrill!

OFFICIAL RESULTS
REPLAY - Complete
REPLAY - Part 1
REPLAY - Part 2
Event schedule

Date: Sunday 20 May 2012
Open practice: 15:00 GMT (80 minutes)
Qualification: 16:20 GMT, 1 lap, lone qualifyer (10 minutes)
Race: 16:30 GMT, 200 laps, 500 miles (270 minutes)
Car: Dallara IndyCar
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Indy Oval
Server farm: NL-Ams
Starting type: standing
Fast tows: Unlimited
Cautions: full course cautions on
Restarts: single file
Racers/server: 33 (possibly extended to 55)
Hardcore level: Disable all driving aids (but clutch assist ok)

How to join?

Important links

Yoeri Gijsen · May 19, 2012

A practical tip:

Map the following functions to a key (Options > In car). Make sure you can access them on track.

Front Antiroll Bar Inc
Front Antiroll Bar Dec
Rear Antiroll Bar Inc
Rear Antiroll Bar Dec
Right Weight Jacker Inc
Right Weight Jacker Dec

You can adjust the antirolls to play with the stability of your car. It's advisable to test before use. The settings are displayed on the left hand side of the steering wheel display.

The same goes for the weight jacker. Use the weight jacker in the draft by going +. This will left the rear end up a big, countering the understeer you get from losing downforce (aero push effect). Don't forget to reset it once you're out of the draft!

Jon Goke · May 19, 2012

I want to sign up for the RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012 and I have read, understood and agreed to the RaceDepartment League Regulations.

#08 Jonathan Goke

Joe Hubbard · May 20, 2012

I want to sign up for the RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012and I have read, understood and agreed to the RaceDepartment League Regulations.

Its been a good while since I have ran anything with RD due to life and other junk... Sign me up please!

Rick Pedersen · May 20, 2012

I want to sign up for the RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012and I have read, understood and agreed to the RaceDepartment League Regulations
Ric97

Renato Dornelles · May 20, 2012

Hey guys, sorry I wont be able to make the race since I wont be at home for the beggining.

Good race...

Yoeri Gijsen · May 20, 2012

Ric 97 said:
I want to sign up for the RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012and I have read, understood and agreed to the RaceDepartment League Regulations
Ric97

Read the top post.

Yoeri Gijsen · May 20, 2012

Joe Hubbard said:
I want to sign up for the RaceDepartment Indy 500 2012and I have read, understood and agreed to the RaceDepartment League Regulations.

Its been a good while since I have ran anything with RD due to life and other junk... Sign me up please!

Don't forget to pick a start number.

Yoeri Gijsen · May 20, 2012

Results of the first two sessions linked!

Randy Crossno · May 20, 2012

Hi Yoeri,
I have not been accepted yet? Did I miss the deadline when I submitted last Thursday?

Alan Wilson · May 20, 2012

Yoeri what is the password to get into practice session if you have sent by email i dont seem to have it

Dan Coldrick · May 20, 2012

This:

http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/rdindy12-password.50392/

Rick Pedersen · May 20, 2012

Sorry I forgot to put in the required information. Its in there now.

Yoeri Gijsen · May 20, 2012

Late sign-ups have received a private message on this forum. Check your conversations.

From this point on no entries will be accepted.

Abdul Al-Amry · May 20, 2012

Good luck all especially myself to retain the cup hehe. It wont be an easy race. Tyre management after half a tank of fuel starts to get tricky. I am going conservative with my strategy.

Also when pitting under green I would recommend using the pitlane from T3 as stopping this car under race condition using T4 entrance is lethal. I've done a few tests to know that if you gamble shaving a few seconds you might regret it.

Lets have a race. It really is a great experience to just race for a stint without yellows.

Overtaking as stated by Yoeri should be calculated and not rushed. If by the turn you are not atleast half a car in then patience should kick in as another lap awaits instead of a TOW.

Looking forward to this.

Bram Hengeveld · May 20, 2012

See you all in a bit

Nathan Robinson · May 20, 2012

Good luck everyone, unfortunately the wife has other plans for me today so I'm going to have to resign. Was hoping to have two successful days in a row and had done a bit of practice for this, but she had a few things planned that I wasn't aware of. Thats married life I guess, Give a little and recieve a lot in the end

Wish I could be there.

Eric Estes · May 20, 2012

Going to miss this as well. Currently a couple hours from home so cannot make it. Go get'em Abdul!

Bram Hengeveld · May 20, 2012

9 are missing, come on guys.. if you sign up be present.

Dan Coldrick · May 20, 2012

Was causing a few yellows, thought I should leave. Need to practice more with these cars.

Mate Lorinczy · May 20, 2012

Omg i was the slowest car on the field, I had the worst setup but i could keep a relatively good pace without any mistakes. But my computers said "haha you just thought that you can finnish this race" and i had a terrible lag and after that my computer crashed (thank you Windows), just for fun. :S