I mean if you have some triple screen motion rig with a dd wheel and 10 spare rims and upgrade your computer every year then sure But just getting the content id want would roughly cost me as much (unless they have mass discounts or whatever, but even then theres always the subscription thatll come on top of just the content) as ive spent on hardware over the past 10 years, wouldnt exactly call that peanuts
It doesn't really work like that though. You can get away with having very little content and just build up as you go along. Commit to a car/series (or two) and go from there
Sure you can "get away with that" as you say, but i sure as hell aint paying 100 bucks a year for a subscription just to be limited to a couple cars and a handful of tracks. Iracings just not happening for me
For me, at the moment, it definitely isnt. But theyre doing quite well so therell be plenty of people whod agree with you there
Yeah sure, each to their own. It's just a reply to the "iracing is expensive" comment that comes up everywhere. It isn't. It's more expensive than something that's free, for sure, but if it's a service you want you use multiple times per week then it's great value. People pay for way more for netflix and similar and 99% of the time they aren't using it.
Guess it ultimately comes down to how you look at iracing/ what you compare it to. If you look at it as a racing sim among other racing sims (as i do) then it sure as hell is a lot more expensive than any of the others. If you look at it as a service thatll get you multiplayer sim races at any time then there isnt really anything to compare it to and so its price doesnt stand out like that and everybody just has to decide if theyre willing to pay whatever they charge. But thats about as kindly as i can look at their pricing
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