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[chrisrogerssimracing]

Thrilled to know my video resonated with you, and great job on expanding a very important point - and explaining it far more thoroughly and eloquently than I did! I actually never realised just how daft it sounded to deliberately NOT race through fear of an iRating drop, until I actually heard myself say it while recording my voiceover! It’s quite reassuring to read the comments there, and here, to know we’re definitely not alone!

[gianlucarisa]

"...iRating, a 4 digit number"
Well, it depends lmao

[alec]

iRacers: "Don't worry about your iRating. Just drive safe and have fun!"

Also iRacers: "Your iRating is so low you noob, get off my track."

[Self-Delusion]

I don't even play iRacing but I appreciate this video greatly. Seems there's a lot of people who forget the joy of sitting down and throwing a virtual car around for a bit after a long day. I can't even imagine getting stressed about a rating in any of the sims I play. I know I'm garbage but I'm having fun doing it. You earned a sub from me!

[jackr.]

Been there done that, got so frustrated that I not only quit iRacing but sim racing altogether for a few years, was scared of racing as to not kill off my precious points. I've been out of iRacing for roughly 8 years now and have no intentions of returning (the ridiculous expense is one of the reasons). What actually got me back in the seat is VR, I got into VR in the spring of 2017 and decided to try sim racing in VR, the sense of presence of being in the car and the sense of depth of field that VR gave me, got me back into it. Now I just race for the sheer fun of it (mostly against the AI) but I don't feel the pressure to do well that I did from iRacing. Now I just have fun, if I'm having a bad racing day, I can easily walk away to try again another day, I don't walk away wanting to hit something! LOL

[ravey]

Absolutely, and the same goes for rating in Raceroom. People get so caught up in number chasing that they forget why the simrace in the first place. It's all for enjoyment, when something is stopping the enjoyment you need to seriously reassess your thinking.

[AlessandroRomanelli]

I'm on Top2% according to the 1:50 histogram. I'm almost 5k IR in a series where your average SoF is 2.5k, which means a SINGLE DNF will result in approx -120 iR drop. I think that having 5k in such a series only means that I'm able to consistently finish Top5 and have little to no DNFs, doesn't say anything though about how "good" I am at the game and surely doesn't mean that I'm better than 98% of the people on iRacing, because I know of multiple drivers who are sick fast (much more than me) on most tracks but who are still stuck at 3k because they will get themselves in troubles too often.

[stuartelliott]

Just come across this video, absolutely spot on. I played iracing for about a year and a half during 2018-19 and got totally obsessed with trying to get my irating up, then feeling frustrated when I lost a lot. I eventually packed up...until a couple of months ago when I realised I was really missing it. This time I have gone into it with in a completely different way. My irating can do what it likes, I don't care if it goes up or if it comes down, I am just enjoying the racing! I am sitting in the 1.5k region at present but if it goes up or down it doesn't bother me anymore. I am never going to get up into the dizzy heights due to my lifestyle and only get to do two or three races a week if that. It's nice to hear someone giving advice that shows me I amnot wrong thinking the way I do. All the best.

[rpierrelouis]

What an interesting video and food for thought. I started iRacing after being on the mess that was Gran Tourismo sport and really was not prepared for the steep learning curve. I too fell into the trap of chasing IR and SR and the pursuit of it nearly put me off iRacing. I am retired and have tons of time to practice and do as many races as I want and have discovered a few things.
1. Nothing wrong with chasing IR and SR but nobody really cares what level you are at as long as you race clean.
2. Find a car/series you really enjoy driving/driving in.
3. Just accept the fact that there will always be races where things happen your fault or not that will potentially ruin your race. It happens in real life so why not in iRacing?
4. Focus on enjoying the racing....that's why we do it after all.

I am back in love with iRacing, I do set myself personal goals but at the start of every race I say to myself...what will be will be.
Hopefully you have a good you guys do too.

[Nixqy]

really interesting this get recommended to me right now, here I am right this second sitting here pissed off - was in a fixed ferrari race, got pole but I messed up on lap one and fell back to 6th, no biggy - I get back up to 2nd and run into lapped traffic, this lapped car will not move for the blue flag, is actively defending me and in a dangerous way, nearly clipping my nose twice, hitting me twice, and then finally on second to last lap when Im about to get around him, he just turns into me.

I just don't know what to do, i cant climb cause of shit like this constantly - it makes it feel pointless to try, I don't want to get into races cause of stuff like this - 2 of the last 3 races I've been in, I've been hit by someone not even in contention, i know you mention the rating and it hurts to watch that fall but what hurts more is watching the safety rating fall, i just want to get out of C license, drive with safer drivers, learn from them, continue improving. But it just feels impossible man, thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[TonyTurbo]

Here from Steedies live stream yesterday. Hit the nail mate. I too like many others got totally consumed by the need to gain irating and was getting increasingly despondent and enraged when losing it. Every race I focused on those numbers, both SR and IR, I now have very lose iRating goals if you wanna call it that. With work, a 3 month old baby girl, other IRL priorities, the quest for 4k is a much more laid back one now. It don't matter as long as I enjoy that 1 or 2 races I have, even if I finish low but have a great clean race is all I care about now.

[jeffwertz]

Just discovered your channel, Ben. Thank you so much for this info. As an ACC driver for a while, I'm just considering iRacing so this really helps. In ACC it's all about the safety rating and it can be so discouraging when you work so hard to build it up just for some guy to punt you off the track on the first corner and you get penalized. Ugh! Going to give iRacing a try!

[yaswdk]

The best thing I did was to cut down on all the HUDs from Racelabs. By default it shows your iRating gain/loss depending on position. That was just stressful. I now run with almost no HUD and just basic crew chief. I would lie if I said I don't care at all about my results or rating. Good results still feel better overall, but just focusing on racing and not so much your current position is way more relaxing.

[barsikkeglya]

Speaking from my experience:

Top splits in gt3 are exceptionally boring. I've hit 3.3k easy and then every race was a top split. My avg sof was at some point above 4k and highest sof was like 5.9k. And it is boring as ****. That was the main reason I just don't race as much anymore. If you want to be above 4k in popular classes you need to much faster than 4k. The most fun you get either in lower splits or if you are as fast as them (it's impossible if you are not putting a ton of time into it)

Don't bother about irating

[kerosinecircus]

This is so well timed for me. Absolutely struggled my way to 1600 only to lose 200+ in one evening and completely become disillusioned with the game....will definitely try and use a different approach going forward

[metalgearbas]

Totally agree with the sentiment. I used to want to grind up that score, but the higher I got, the less fun I had..
I'm now at a pretty decent level, and I'm having fantastic races all the time.
The only problem I have now, is that I'm good at some cars (GT3, GTE, GT4) and not at others (F3, F4, WTCR, etc.), so I have to stick to 'my' classes, or be horribly off pace in the other series.
I imagine that problem will solve itself in due time, as I put more time in those other classes and get more proficient at them, but for now it's a definite limiting factor.

Good video though man, it's an important thing to realize if you really want to have fun in iRacing!

[JRO]

I always view my goal in every race whether it's a oval or road course race to try and finish in the top half. 2nd goal is to get through the race with as little incident points as possible. The most fun I have had on iRacing was where I was not the best but I was competitive. I don't stress about my irating I just like to see if I can get into the top half and feel that is a reasonable goal most of the time.

[Sele]

I was in the tunnel when I started iRacing and made it quickly to 3300 ish with the skip barber but then it got more and more frustrating and I dropped and got stuck at 2400-2500. Then I stopped SIM racing for 6 years because of other stuff happening in my life. Now I am back and the positive iRating I have from the past is a burden since iRacing always drops me in the top tier races where I can not keep up the pace and mostly finish very bad. After couple races I am down to 2300 already. I would feel way better in 2nd tier races so if my iRating drops to 1800 or lower at least I will be in the lower tiers. I see it positive lol.

[joemcdonald]

I just got iracing and your video really inspired me. I’ve decided that I’m gonna obsess of over this silly little number. I’m writing a script right now that if my irating stays the same or drops within a 6 hour period it orders a pallet of bricks to my front door.

[dathyr]

Well, competitive online racing is tough when we strive to get to the upper Ratings in any racing game. Sometimes we try too hard and like you said get burnt out and frustrated. There are always going to be incidents when doing close side by side or bumper to bumper racing. It is the nature of the beast.
Best way as you mentioned, don't pay any attention to the stupid Ratings and just do the best you can for each race and stay out of trouble. Things unexpected will happen and there is nothing we can do about it.
One problem I see with Rating systems, is we get dinged (points dropped) even when the incident is not our fault.
Take care.