The iRacing Thread

[Jay]

Going a few years without playing racing games to iRacing is brutal.

Gearbox != Warp Core. Do not eject.

[rec]

The sounds of iRacing:

iRacing Laser Scanning:

Some slow-mo Mustang footage:

- Added in a ticker bar when spectating with the UI hidden (you can hide the UI with the space bar). You can enable the tickers in the app.ini [Overlay] EnableTicker=1

[rec]

A cool battle I had in the Skip Barber:

[grandinferno]

That was awesome.

Did you get done for the tap at 3.07?

[rec]

Nope - amazingly we knocked wheels without a contact penalty for our safety rating.

[Milenko]

Nice driving there rec.
Also; I can't believe the accuracey of their environments.

[rec]

For anyone living in Melbourne:

Race SimCentre is offering free rides in iRacing?s sensational new Williams-Toyota FW31 on the weekend of October 30-31. Race Sim Centre?s Rex Hall invites anyone and everyone to stop by the facility at 127 Westall Road between Midday and Midnight next Saturday and Sunday for a free test drive of iRacing?s newest and most exciting car.

The Race SimCentre features four Gamers Cockpits equipped with Logitech G27 steering wheels, CST pedals and 46? Samsung HD monitors

Race Sim Centre

[rec]

Williams FW31 and Mazda MX-5 are now available and driveable in shared practice sessions until the new season starts officially next week.

For thsoe that want to race the FW31 F1 car, but are far off the A-class license requirement, don't fret; there is a "fun" series that can be driven in by anyone. The tracks include Zandvoort, Laguna Seca, Lime Rock and Silverstone.

The graphics engine has also been updated with an improved illumination model and volumetric shadows. For a big list of all the little changes, view this thread: Log in | iRacing.com? Motorsport Simulations

[rec]

http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/1610

[Jay]

?We?ve developed a special half-price package that includes a three-month subscription, with all of our basic content and grand prix racing series open to everyone, plus the Williams-Toyota FW31 and two of the world?s legendary grand prix circuits ? Silverstone and Zandvoort ? for US$35.00.?

[rec]

You won't pay $35 a month, just the first payment. That'll give you the FW31 and two F1 tracks. When your 3 months access is up, you'll only pay $12 a month thereafter - but you'll always own your cars and tracks. Even if you don't renew and come back a year later.

I've already dropped around $200 on iRacing cars and tracks (everything except oval-racing crap). And it's worth every cent.

[Jay]

It's just there's so much to buy.

Anyway starting to get a hang of the SRF. A good setup is like night and day - trying this one atm: RaceSetups.com - Upload, Download, and Share Sim Racing Setups for iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations

[rec]

Yeah there is, but only if plan to race everything. And unlike me, you don't have to buy everything at once.

You're in Rookie at the moment, so there's no need to buy anything at all.

Then just buy the cars and tracks you need to compete in whatever series you decide upon as you progress through the license levels.

[rec]

User created FW31 lap vid:

And another, on the MX-5:

[rec]

Geek, rebooted - BBC Top Gear

On a normal Thursday, Greger Huttu sits in the blue glow of a computer screen, in his bedroom in the teeny town of Vaasa on the west coast of Finland. In the afternoons, he joins his fisherman father to land a catch of perch netted from Arctic waters. But not today. Instead, he's wedged into the cockpit of a single-seater race car, in the boiling heat of Road Atlanta raceway, Georgia. He's never driven anything like this before - his regular drive is an old Ford Sierra - yet an empty track awaits him, a full race team is at his service and he has full permission to drive as fast as he pleases. Slippery fish suddenly seem a million miles away.

Words: Dan Read
Photography: Daniel Byrne

This article was originally published in the November issue of Top Gear magazine