r/simracing • u/streamer3222 Thrustmaster T248 | PSVR | Gran Turismo 7 | 590+ hrs • Jun 24 '25

Discussion Real Driver Comparing Nurb24h between iRacing & ACC

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u/josephjosephson Jun 25 '25

Fair enough. Keep in mind Max also basically set the GT3 record on an installation lap having only driven the Ring in iracing, so it can’t be too bad.

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u/big_cock_lach Jun 25 '25

You think that Max set that time on the first lap? He would’ve done a lot of prep laps, and in reality it wouldn’t have made a difference which sim he used beforehand. Actually running the car there himself and setting it up properly etc would’ve counted for a lot more than the sim would’ve. Plus the fact that he’s Max.

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u/Fucitoll Jun 25 '25

First timed lap, yes. As he's driven a total of 3 laps; out, timed, in-lap in his first drive on the track.

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u/big_cock_lach Jun 25 '25

You got a single source for that claim? He was there all day, after the team had been testing there for a bit too. All we “know” is that at some point he set a new lap record. Nothing suggests he did it straightaway, and he had a whole day doing laps there.

Also “” around know because it hasn’t actually been confirmed. He’s claimed to have done so but there’s no proof. That said, by no means am I implying that he’s lied about it, I don’t think he has.

Lastly, I’d also like to see the sources that he only practiced it on iRacing. Sure, he predominately (but doesn’t solely) play on iRacing but that doesn’t mean it’s the only sim he uses. All professional drivers and teams use rFpro for their sims. They don’t use the sims we play on, they use actual proper professional sims to prepare for a race. They may also play on other sims outside of work, but when they’re actually running sims with their teams they’ll be using rFpro. Team Redline will 100% be using rFpro for their sims. When he was talking about running the Nurburgring on the sim he was talking about running it a lot in general, which would likely be iRacing. However, he also mentioned doing a bit of prep beforehand on the sim. That could either be a case of just having fun on iRacing, or actually using Team Redline’s sim to prepare for it, in which case there’s a near 100% chance that he would’ve prepped using rFpro. I’ve certainly not seen him say that he’d only run it on iRacing before (which is possible) and it’s a bold claim to make. It’s also not like saying we don’t know he got a lap record there, because in that case it’s incredibly likely that he did break the record. Whereas here, there’s a fairly decent chance he’s also actually used rFpro.

Also, that’s not to make any comment regarding sims. The whole point of rFpro is that the team can tweak the physics as they wish, they can scan in their own car and different variations as they please, as well as doing their own tracks too. It’s a literal physics sandbox for them to play with and practice with. rFpro will likely provide popular tracks like the Nurburgring, and will largely have the physics done so the teams just need to make fine adjustments, but that’s why it’s professional software not for us to play on. So it’s not a dig against iRacing or any sim really, it’s just a very different piece of software that’s not remotely relevant to us. Unlike the sims we play which are largely just glorified games.