Comments on: iRacing.com – First Lotus 79 Preview Video

By: moppenheimer

moppenheimer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:10:47 +0000

Diswanio: “replicating being inside the helmet” What, something like that Race.. Game?!I think, imo that the drivers-eye view is to high..Sitting in a real seat, you view is very very limited..just a bit over your wheel right? Imo you’re a Lucky-owner Tim, !Is it a Us car or imported from Europe?24th Silverstone Classics Live on MotorsTV Im brought up with Classic racing cars, love ‘mIm a proud reader of the Green Motorsport magazine!

it depends on how tall you are, and the car they scanned is from the states

By: carbonfibre

carbonfibre — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:27:01 +0000

I’ll certainly take another look at iRacing if you make those sound improvements a reality. I wasn’t surprised with the results on both the videos posted here when I saw them, but it would have been irrelevant to comment on sound when it’s clear the majority of what iRacing fans prioritize isn’t the same as my list.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:17:08 +0000

very nice seems to have lots of grip…

just one thing open throttle and changing gears

By: GeraArg

GeraArg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:12:06 +0000

The Lotus can be enter a stall?

In the setup options of iRacing, there is a section showing the changes in height of the chassis at different speeds?, if they have a correct simulation of the Lotus, this will be essential, since the difference in height between front and rear makes THE difference if that is not calculated correctly.

I hope surprised when to release this car. ;)

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:38:45 +0000

“replicating being inside the helmet”

What, something like that Race.. Game?!
I think, imo that the drivers-eye view is to high..
Sitting in a real seat, you view is very very limited..
just a bit over your wheel right?

Imo you’re a Lucky-owner Tim, !
Is it a Us car or imported from Europe?
24th Silverstone Classics Live on MotorsTV

Im brought up with Classic racing cars, love ‘m
Im a proud reader of the Green Motorsport magazine!

By: Tim Wheatley (iRacing)

Tim Wheatley (iRacing) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:49 +0000

I wasn’t annoyed, hardly ever am these days, just pointing out. :)

Yes the driver in the official videos (on YT) was me. The 79 is fun under braking. ;)

It depends on the car and the access, not sure what was possible with the dyno. There’s a lot of work to do on the out of cockpit sounds with the sim, for sure, but we’re replicating being inside the helmet primarily, not on the rollbar behind a tv camera. :)

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:56:33 +0000

Dont get me wrong Tim, im hooked on iRacing!
its easy b*tching about others hard work ino!
Its your car (Lotus) isnt it Tim!

Btw, how do you guys create/make recordings, on a Dyno?!

By: Tim Wheatley (iRacing)

Tim Wheatley (iRacing) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:47:07 +0000

Most of that recorded audio is not the car itself and is obviously not the way the car sounds in cockpit. iRacing doesn’t *yet* model the reverb and echo produced by trackside objects and the car (exhausts, etc) itself, which is what you’re actually listening to in the video.

As has been stated many times, iRacing is an evolving product and you have to lay the right groundwork, with the right recordings, so that you get the right reaction when you plugin everything that works with the sound. Saying that though, with the right equipment, the in-cockpit experience is fairly accurate. Try turning down any of your Lotus videos to 10% and see how it sounds. Amazing what a difference the volume makes. :)

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:11:56 +0000

And this

http://vodpod.com/watch/1004035-lotus-79-anderstorp-2008-ronnie-peterson-revival

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:10:53 +0000

Just found this;

http://www.true2ourselves.com/video/viewing/827/Lotus-79-F-1-Car

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:56:26 +0000

No sound??

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J07O31JY

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:49:27 +0000

DP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLZxhK7ef9M&hl=nl

Lotus Type 79

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwEQkLGgRIg

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:36:25 +0000

Looking Good!

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:34:01 +0000

Scooters, hahaha! Nice one.. A vespa DFV, odd.. lol

By: Diswanio

Diswanio — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:31:20 +0000

Very cool vid!

Why are racingcars referred to as “Baby”?
Personally, i find that a bit weird? …

By: aj_1986

aj_1986 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:37:16 +0000

Go to the Silverstone Classic in 10 days’ time, there’ll be whole fields of DFV-engined cars. I’ll be there. It’ll be awesome. And the cars won’t sound like scooters.

Start this at 0:56 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBr5u1uQKg&fmt=18

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:59:19 +0000

I just heared a DFV Cosworth (ok that wasn’t on a Lotus 79, but 81) last week end at Magny Cours, it was faaaar from “that”

By: navalhawkeye

navalhawkeye — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:55:16 +0000

They recorded it from an actual Lotus 79, so it must be semi close.

By: jux

jux — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:46:19 +0000

That sound is recorded from the actual Lotus 79. To get a proper idea of the sound you really need to crank it very loud on a good sound system, but that Youtube clip has obvious compression issues, and I wouldn’t judge the sound based on that.

By: Sensekhmet

Sensekhmet — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:32:34 +0000

Actually, I think there are still quite a few DFV’s left running to record sound from.