Sorry for the lack of posting..... not that anyone is really reading this lol
I got to B Class, and I am now realizing how little of importance safety rating is. Don't get me wrong, it is important, but after a while, you start learning how to just simply play it safe. The iRating is the most important number, and right before and after getting to B class, I was slumping immensly on my irating, down to lower 700's from a high of 1600 . I think you start at 1500 in D class, so yeah.
Once your irating is down, you get put in races with others who are in the lower levels as well, and really, that is where the shit is. The lower splits are full of the guys who can't exit turns without turning, who make contact with other drivers on the regular , and have a incident per race number of at least 6. The super pros have a incident per race around or less than one. My biggest issue is running into others . I can't count on all of my fingers and toes how many times someone has cut me off in the turn to only lift suddenly ( cause they came in after passing outside ) and I slam into the back of them. That usually gives me 4x and then they spin and hit the wall giving me another 2x or 4x .
I think we are in week four of season 2, and I am learning to recognize my limits. When I first got to D class, I was so excited to race K&N that I think I ran the Richmond race some dozen times in the first two days. I was in way over my head, and I remember finishing near last some five or more laps down. I didn't know what I was doing.
I have only ran one NiS race, and I think I spun on the start and blew my engine.
I have learned that open races are the hardest, not just in length, but in survival . Racing can be a serious bitch and half. Progress can be measure though, and I am just now starting to get a grip again. Learning to stay where you can win, and only racing when you can compete is key. It is better to withdraw before the race actually begins if your practice time isn't top ten ( or close to ). Usually in open practice you can more easily see this ( though its a bit tougher to quit before it starts ).
In the rookies, it is easier to work soley on safety rating, but it takes a quite deal of patience to be safe and fast. I mean, that is the name of the game. Aggressively Cautious.
My irating is back above 1000 , and I intend to be more cautious about where I race and only do so if I can compete with my split. I am not that talented when it comes to this, but I can be aware of my competitiveness and race only when I can be competitive. This doesn't mean I am going to get into a race where I have no chance. It has happened before, it will happen again.
I have started making some videos on my replays. You can see them here.
This week the NASCAR series are at Texas. I have started a regimen of running a twenty to fourty lap time trial and then a race. I have ran two races in the trucks, and finished 2nd and today 3rd. Only 4x on the first race ( someone cut me in the middle of the turn and had to lift so I ended up hitting em ). This is progress.
At the end of last week, I finished two Xfinity races, finishing 4th and then 5th. Doing much better
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNYrjIpqvdWwZHVuZtO9O7A
