It´s the only choice if you want to do the American Racing like Indycar/Nascar in Multiplayer i think. The Multiplayer System/Ratings is good, the population in this sim is also very good. The prices, however, bring tears to one's eyes ......
I reactivated my old iRacing account yesterday for 3 months, just to test their Cup Porsche and Spa (my favourites in Raceroom and Assetto). 32,10 US$ for just one car and one track is pretty heavy - and people here complain about the "high prices" for Raceroom content...). The sound of the Porsche was quite nice, as was the outside model. Driving wise it has very little in common with neither the Cup Porsches in AC or Raceroom. There was just no mechanical grip and it felt like driving a road car. But what is bothering more is the track - lifeless, sterile, wrong colors (kerbs, astroturf and green areas). I certainly will not prolong the subscription.
with the wrong colors its really strange, I saw it on Nicki Thiim's stream. No clue why its not red and yellow. I don't think that iRacing is that expensive by the way. Compared to other sims you get so much more features and they are running servers for us that costs money.
Since those tracks are laser scanned, you have to think about it a bit differently. In essence, they are taking a snapshot of the track at the moment in time that the scan data was created. Since that is the case, the track you are racing on isnt the same as it currently is in 2018. It was created years ago, and represents how it was at that point in time. And as i recall, a number of years ago Spa had different colored kerbs. Bit funny about the Laguna Seca thoughts though. IR's version is absolutely ancient. I have no idea how you think AC's version would rank last Personally, it is easily the best LS available right now. Now if there was some more appropriate content to race there...
32$ for one track and 1 car (without skins) is not expensive? The same combo is less than 9 Euros in Raceroom and people complain how expensive RR is?! For the servers they already ask a solid subscription fee. And unlike any other sim, once you do not prolong your subscription, all the paid content is lost. Yes, iRacing is the best sim in regards of online racing - no doubt about it. But what other features do they offer? No single player mode, no AI, very limited variety of road racing cars, limited number of non-US tracks. But I agree that it is the go-to sim for US racing.
AC might be more uptodate, but I meant the whole packet, experience is the best for me in iRacing. It looks so good. The textures are good, the sky looks photo realistic etc. Costs are always relative. A PS4 pro account is about 60€ a year. Nobody is forced to buy something I spent 17€ to see Star Wars in a cinema, just one session its the endless discussion about what is expensive.
I hate iRacing and their broken software and staggering prices as much as the next nerd, but that's not really true. If your sub lapses, and you then start paying again, you still have all the stuff you bought.
broken software? perhaps only for developers like you a normal customer dont see it I guess. No issues at all so far, no stuttering like in raceroom at all. The whole interface is a bit too much old school but it works
well it took them months to even admit that iRacing no longer works with HTC Vive, and you don't need to be a developer to notice when the head tracking stops working for a few seconds every lap
http://www.isrtv.com/iracing/iracing-plans-2018-reveal-ai-development/ sound interesting, I am new to iRacing and pretty much enjoy it until now
I used iRacing for a few months, it is good, but you need time to make it worth your money... It's a great hobby...
Can anyone explain to me why my two races from yesterday evening are not listed in my list of last 10 races. ( Global Mazda MX-5 Cup ) Normally, the last race will appear in the list shortly after the race. Currently I miss the last two races and more than 8 hours have passed. But my license status and iRating has been updated.
I don't know what I should say.... It's sooo sad... Cause the LMP1 (Audi and Porsche) is coming for season 2 in 2018 iRacing will do a little adjustment in the IMSA series. From the season 2 the IMSA will only have the DPs and GT3 cars. A new series the iRacing Endurance Series will be created with the new LMP1 cars and the two GTEs... A series with longer and team races. But no driver changes are required. I hope that the most iRacers are hate this change and the IMSA stay as it is! #saveIMSA Whats your opinion about this?
So iRacing listened to all members.. IMSA will stay as it is. There is a new series coming which names "iRacing LeMans Series" with LMP1, LMP2 (HPD), GTE and a iRacing LeMans Endurance Series with distance over 2h, 4h, 6h, 8h, etc. The ProtoGT will change there name to GT Challenge Series with the GT1 and GT2 cars
I swear to God that people respecting the rules and their opponents much more in R3E than in iRacing... Probably you know, it is Week 13 in iRacing, which is a "fun" week, but ahh...I can't believe the stupidy of people! So keep it going Sector3, R3E has a good & fair community
I don' think they have a week 13 series for the porche cup. Will be back to normal next week though when the new season starts. What series do you normally run? Cause I know that some series are better or worse then others when it comes to clean racing. I normally run in the Gran Touring Cup and that is generally clean. Ofcourse things happen from time to time but it's racing, it comes from driving on the limit.
Well, this time it was the Week 13 Mazda Cup. I know what comes with racing, but this defintely not. When people drive like a blind dumbd divebombing from impossible distances and braking stopping their cars on their opponents' car. This last thing happened twice just yesterday.
AI COMING to iRACING Tony Gardner was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to answer my questions below. (cut and pasted from the iRacing Forums) 1/ How is it going to be Implemented?...Do we sign in as usual and go to another part of the Website to access the AI component? Yes you would just sign up/join as usual. AI will be on the Beta UI. You will see a section that right now says "Race Against AI", just like you see for Official Races, Hosted, Time Attack etc. Click on Race Agaisnt AI . Then you will click on button Create a Race/Season. Click That. You will then be the admin to select your options, settings and various choices. Then hit the Big Race button like you always do. Simple as that. I wish it was simple as that to develop. 2/ Can iRacers use their existing purchased content with AI or do iRacers have to repurchase the content they want to use with AI? Yes you can use your existing content. There is no extra charge for AI. Just added value as part of your membership. 3/ What Car Series and Tracks will be available with AI?...All eventually or just a selected amount. All eventually I hope, it certainly is looking that way. Certainly, some special case bugs to work on, however. Right now for example the AI does not like going over jumps with the GRC cars but we do have all the cars "working" now in various states. I was just watching 40 completely different cars go around Bristol at once. It was pretty funny seeing F1 car out there flying around legends car, dirt cars and things like that. You won't be able to do that however but you will be able have multi-class AI like IMSA for example. 4/ Will the AI component be updated / improved as per the existing iRacing procedures ie' Updates Required' Yes, will update the same way and same time as everything else. 5/ Will AI be used to fill up a Grid in Human races? No. If a strong demand we could consider doing for hosted/private only someday but that will not be in the initial release. [ 6/ Can the AI component of iRacing be played 'OFF LINE' without having to sign in or be connected to the internet? No. Think of it like testing currently. That is essentially off-line but you still need the Internet and to login for various reasons. We do have a commercial version of iRacing we call the Trade Show Version which has a different Interface and works completely without the Internet, we would have AI available for that as well. That is purchased as a commercial license. 7/ How is the OVAL racing going to work?...Full flag, pit stops etc much like the other Nascar games. Yes there will be pit stops, cautions, flags, etc. all that fun stuff. These are just a few Questions and I am sure many more can be added. I am personally excited about the inclusion of AI into iRacing and will purchase missing content to make good use of the AI component when it gets here....exciting times ahead.