After a less than stellar performance in the Daytona 90-minute race, the series is heading to Japan for a sprint race at Suzuka Circuit. Here’s what the folks at iRacing have to say about Suzuka: “One of the world’s truly great race tracks, Suzuka has been the home of the Japanese Grand Prix since the […]
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Special Event: 90-Minutes of Daytona
This is going to be an unusually detailed race report. One thing I learned in this race is that my video capture device will not record for 90 minutes. I’m not sure why. I hope to have it figured out before the next endurance race, but I’m afraid that I just won’t be able to […]
90-Minutes of Daytona
I love Daytona, even though it really isn’t a very interesting track, and even though last season, my car was too underpowered to be overly competitive. I guess it’s because I have so many real life memories at Daytona, and having a higher powered car for this race doesn’t hurt either. This season, I’ll be […]
Yas Marina Circuit (Season 2 Race 2)
The race at Yas Marina Circuit was not what I had hoped for. My BMW M4 drove horribly. In practice yesterday, the car felt solid and predictable. It was a joy to drive. For whatever reason, today, it understeered in one corner and oversteered in the next. I made an adjustment to the front anti-sway […]
Next Stop: Yas Marina
After a good showing at Dubai Circuit of the Emirates, the racing season moves on to UAE and the Yas Marina Circuit. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the track, never even having glanced it, but was looking forward to giving it a go. Yas Marina is an odd racetrack to my eye. It […]
Dubai Circuit of the Emirates (Season 2 Race1)
Let’s start with the good news. I started 13th and finished 4th. By any measure, that’s a good day’s work. For most of the race, I drove well, and I had the fastest lap of the race. All of that is great. But as usual, I’m more focused on the bad news, so let’s take […]
Racing in the Desert
Welcome to Season Two of Vagabond Racer. This season, we’re going to visit a variety of international tracks, and we’re going to mix in sprint races, doubleheaders, and endurance races. The first track we’ll visit is Circuit of the Emirates in Dubai. I was surprised to learn that Circuit of the Emirates is not a […]
Looking Back, Moving Forward
When I started this sim racing journey several months ago, I did so kind of as an experiment. I had heard of Forza Motorsport 7, Asseto Corso Competizion, and iRacing, but I had never played any of them. Several years ago, I played around with Forza Motorsports 5, but that was the extent of my […]
Sebring International Raceway – Race #2
For only the fourth time this season, I finished out of the points in race #2 at Sebring. It was really a pretty uneventful race for the first eight laps. I started Q15 and gained a couple of spots in the first few turns on lap one, only to lose them again on lap two. […]
Sebring International Raceway – Race #1
Race #1 at Sebring was what I would refer to as a solid, unspectacular race. Nothing great happened, and nothing too bad happened. That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a challenging race. To be sure, it was. But I didn’t make an big mistakes, and I didn’t make any big moves. To be honest, from […]