During a remarkable career that saw him win four Indianapolis 500s and six Indy 500 poles, Rick Mears deservedly earned the title of “ovalmeister.” As indomitable a force as he was on the race track, Mears was equally renowned for his uncomplicated and gracious manner outside the cockpit of his Penske race cars. [...]

It’s pretty amazing to think that this small band of merry men and women has been hard at work on this product for over six years now and our doors have been open to the public for the past two! I think its remarkable how much we have accomplished over this time period, but I [...]

What a perfect real world sport to simulate utilizing the amazing power of the Internet – Motorsport Racing.
I may be a slightly biased but, in my opinion, of all the sports out there racing is the best-suited for the transition to a simulation. Lucky for us sim racers, race gamers, real world racers and [...]

It’s the nature of the beast that racing competition is rarely (if ever) a matter of  comparing apples to apples.  In the case of race drivers, someone (or two or three) always has an advantage, or at least the potential for an advantage:  a better team, a bigger development budget, a stronger engine, a better [...]

Let us explore together the setting for all the fun we have at iRacing: the racetrack!  At iRacing.com, we painstakingly build a digital replica of each racetrack in our service so that our members have an opportunity to race on a certified and licensed version of the real place.  
What can’t our artists create yet?  The [...]

A couple of months ago I was so persuaded by a trailer video of Battlefield 2: Bad Company that I simply had to go out and buy the game -  it was video a coworker forwarded to me following a discussion about running a video contest here at iRacing. I hadn’t played a FPS game [...]

One subject that I read about quite often on the forum pages involves the protest system at iRacing.com. I frequently see comments questioning the effectiveness of the system, not to mention suggesting that we are often too soft in administering penalties for members who violate a sporting code rule. In fact, I was on the [...]

Tires are perhaps the least well understood parts of road-going vehicles, despite the fact that they are one of the most studied. Obviously, since they are typically the only part of a car in contact with the ground (if everything is working right), their behavior is critical in determining how a car handles, how [...]

“Never had a doubt in the beginning
Never a doubt
Trusted you true in the beginning
I loved you right through
On and on we laughed like kids
At all the silly things we did
You made me promises, promises
Knowing I’d believe
Promises, promises
You knew you’d never keep
Second time around, I’m still believing
The words that you said”
“Promises Promises” [...]

I have been painting race car paint schemes for online racing games for most of my adult life now. Ever since I picked up a steering wheel and attached it to my desk to compete with my friends in online sim racing, I’ve wanted to have a custom scheme to help put some of my [...]