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- iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
- iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
- iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
- iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
iRacing
Released On: Aug 26, 2008
Metascore
Generally Favorable
79
6.6
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
79
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
79
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
So realistic it's almost a professional tool more than a game. Still the best realistic racing experience out there.
iRacing is one of the best racing games you can experience online: deep like no one else and full of contents, it will make every pro driver happy. It's not for anyone but it's still worth a try.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 111 User Ratings
6.6
59% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
13% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
29% Negative
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 111 User Ratings
6.6
59% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
13% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
29% Negative
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
Best Racing Simulation you can buy. Always full servers and the best physics you can get.
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My father and I raced go-karts and 410 sprint cars for years, and after being away from the sport this simulator has regrown our relationship from across the country. This simulator is amazing!! I would give it 20-10 stars if I could! I have no idea why anyone would rate this less than a 10 other than a kid that just wants to play an arcade game.
Love this simulator!
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An impressive game, but not one that will be to everyone's tastes, especially not those after a quick thrill. [Sept 2010, p.88]
iRacing is a very tough simulation and can only be recommended to gamers immune to frustration. Only real motoring fans should pay a monthly fee and even more for additional packs. The graphics give the impression of an unfinished beta, but at least the atmosphere between the players is always friendly.
iRacing is a cut above all other simulators. Sure the graphics aren't the best, it's expensive and the physics are a work in progress as they are in all sims. The thing is, the user base is what makes iRacing a simulator like no other. There is no other place where you can find other like minded people, who want to race and treat simulated racing like it's the real thing and find enough of those people 24/7 to have a race on the hour, every hour. I'm sorry, but pretty graphics just don't make it feel real. It is the competition that makes a game feel like motorsports.
Also, all the tracks are laser scanned and chintzy user generated mods are not relied upon to puff up the track count.
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One of the best sim racing games out there, hands down the best race organization so you'll always have something to race any time you log in, however it comes at a price, in my opinion too high, I would even call it price gouging. They know their competition is failing to provide the organization that is required to have a proper racing atmosphere and so they charge what they like about it. On top of that there are small **** issues that have been there since day one five years ago, like net code issues that often ruing races in combination with the overly sensitive damage system. Example you're are in a tight race with someone else you both do your best to give each other racing room yet the net code registers contact and bends the suspension geometry even though you had a full meter between the cars.
Overall if you're a die hard sim racer and shoddy business practices don't bother you, you'll enjoy iRacing. I myself find myself going back to it mostly because as I said above there is no competition in the organization of the races, in between those periods when I just want to lap I find rFactor 2 and Assetto Corsa more than adequate and even better especially with rFactor 2s live road feature.
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Some great stuff here, but let down by the payment system and having to race with gormless idiots initially that ruin the experience, unless of course, you pay.
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I know that iRacing is very popular. Having played it many hours, and having also played Project Cars in addition to racing real cars, I am sure I do not understand how iRacing stays in business.
I am using the Oculus Rift VR. Naturally, a VR "racing" experience is preferable to a flat screen, or any number of flat **** the user interface of the "game" actually is usable. In the fullness of time iRacing eventually did condescend to support VR, but compared to others, like Project Cars, they did a very poor job of it.
Project Cars (PC) and Steam have just about gotten the VR interface functionality figured out. The RIFT interface in PC allows the user to do just about everything without ever removing the head gear. The Steam VR interface even allows the seating position to be adjusted, as it should, and navigation through the various car set ups, tracks, options, etc. is fairly intuitive and fast, for Project Cars. You never have to remove the VR headset with PC using the Steam interface.
NONE of these statements applies to iRacing. Their VR implementation appears to have been done just to ensure that no one is ever tempted to buy VR. Let me say, I am a person who WILL NOT spend many days screwing with an interface that has NO instructions, going on line to forums, searching the web endlessly for clues about how to make something work. I buy it. It is supposed to work. The folks at iRacing have always been unaware of that concept. Even the flat screen version is an endless pain to get set up with cars that **** in VR...well...Just don't even think about it. There are no readable instruments, you cant tell what gear you're in, you can't tell your speed, information "windows" are strewn broadly around the field of view, and you will be made to remove the headset and readjust the VR sensor positioning anytime you change cars or boot up with the RIFT not on your head. There is no way to access VR controls from within iRacing. Maybe there will be someday, but not now....8/22/2016.
So I attempted to get iRacing running using Steam. Since Steam VR seems to work so well with Project Cars, I thought, maybe there is hope for iRacing. There is a way to get iRacing activated under steam. If you look around long enough you will find the secrets buried deeply under the "My Account" button on iRacing. Ultimately that involves them giving you a ONE TIME key...that you have to use TWICE. Now, I didn't write the key down, and that is a fatal mistake unless you have a photographic memory.
The first time you use the ONE TIME KEY Steam will download and install iRacing. After all that, you will be told that you are all ready to go, but you are not. When you attempt to 'PLAY" iRacing in Steam, you will asked for the ONE TIME KEY again. And without it, you go no where. It didn't cost you anything but time, but you are totally screwed if you lost that KEY. So, I will never know if the Stream VR interface makes iRacing usable. If you get it working, let others know what you think.
iRacing has a few US tracks that are free, and that makes it attractive, but everything else costs a lot. Project Cars has a lot of tracks and cars that are included in the purchase, but there is no way to add new tracks or cars until they build them up and offer a DLC package. They have a few DLCs, reasonably priced, and all of them work.
iRacing offers a lot of flexible racing choices that you can pay more for, but the cost just keeps adding up. Since I prefer the VR world for SIM Racing, I am completely disappointed with iRacing. It is too painful to use for VR. I generously gave it a score of 4 because I know a LOT of hard work went into producing what little they have. If they had managed to make all the nifty graphics and physics actually usable, if they had a VR interface that worked, if I didn't have to spend more and more and more money just to get an experience that is inferior to Project Cars...I might have given it 6 stars.
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Summary iRacing is a subscription-based racing simulator for the PC.
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Aug 26, 2008
Developer:
- iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
Publisher: iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
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