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== Forum Thread ==

OCAU has an active and collegiate group of iRacers, who you'll find discussing the sim [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=691575&goto=newpost here].  Its a good place to drop by and find out what categories are popular and when people are finding races in the local timezones.  There's some fairly experienced hands there who can also help you with wallet-emptying hardware decisions.

== Forum Group ==
There is also a forum group which can be used to help with organising race meets or for general chat which would otherwise fill up the dedicated thread: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/group.php?groupid=96 The OC.AU iRacer Stable (iRacers)]

== Referral System ==
iRacing has a referral system available when registering an account. The new user can put the email address of an existing iRacer in to the referral field and that iRacer will gain $10 of credit. If you're thinking of signing up and haven't got a referrer in mind, please check-in to the the iRacing thread and ask for one - or contact one of the OC.AU racers below - and someone will happily take you up on your offer!

== iRacers on OCAU ==

Feel free to add them to your myracers list and dont forget to say gday before you wreck them out at Daytona!


* Martin Haggas ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=85674 mshagg])

* Darrin Vouch ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=65142 Lincoln blitz])

* Craig Hunter ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=88078 poguemahone])

* Craig Sparke ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=25154 sparky206])

* James Stevenson ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=45594 portstevo])

* Mike Quayle ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=116504 Schumi275])

* Alex Lahm ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=45593 mojododo])

* Adam Hillier ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=6306 t rex])

* Andrew Russell2 ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=109921 AussieSausage])

* Michael Fabian ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=116969 HouseChampion])

* Matt Burgess ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=18432 Optimus.])

* Benn Cooper ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=9597 Coopz])

* Gervase Tuxworth ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=13951 Strik3r])

* Mark A Rayner ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=1318 mrayner])

* Luke Graham ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=116646 Caffeine Dealer])

* Daniel Bamford ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=63084 ZXR])

* Phillip Hambly ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=30265 manphill])

* David Watt ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=54736 the scotsman])

* Andrew J White ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=118804 Andywho])

* Mark de Corti ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=100119 summoner])

* Cameron Evans2 ([http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=65760 LogiK47])

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=65561 Narikki]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=11421 hsv2000]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=87176 Merudo]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=119705 Knight76]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=41408 Doggie2k]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=40220 Yoodaa]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=106667 BeanerSA]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=45161 Jawar]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=10230 Squeezer]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=23970 AthlonMan]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=77319 21337]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=33784 Ap0c]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=80511 DEFSTONE]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=678 Cyph]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=30016 flagger]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=95304 zoidbergmerc]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=7956 Anthonyl]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=116644 iJayforce]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=99987 baby_ute]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=49864 r8response]

* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=25852 dravyn]


... And more!

== Finding races with Statmonkey ==

A very valuable tool when it comes to deciding which series to race (and therefore which content to purchase) is what is known as [http://statmonkey.is-a-geek.net/ilom/whatWhen statmonkey].  Clicking on the "View by week" button will bring up a series of graphs.  Each graph represents a series in iRacing and the columns represent the number of racers that participated in that race.  Essentially - the more columns you see, the more races take place in that category.

For example, Skip Barber and the NVIDIA Cup enjoy very strong participation with plenty of official races - whereas the Sprint Car Cup has very few official races each week and almost none in evenings (Australian time).

== G25 Gearbox Repairs ==

If your G25 H-Pattern shifter is giving you troubles then it's probably caused by a reasonably common fault.  Referencing [http://chilicoke.com/mods/shifterresistance.htm Chillicoke's great tutorial], Optimus adds some valuable alternative thoughts on the process [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=13095428&postcount=2468 here].

== Racing News ==

Keep up to date on the latest racing news:

[http://www.v8supercars.com.au/onlineseries/latestnews/tabid/1035/default.aspx V8 Supercar Online Series News]

[http://www.inracingnews.com/ In Racing News]