http://www.iracing.com The world’s leading online race simulation service. Race the world’s fastest cars on the world’s coolest tracks against the world’s best sim-racers. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No Pain, No gain. Sounds like the title of an article in Runner’s or Fitness magazines. But it also applies to just about any form of motorsports when there’s a significant change in the regulations or a major advance in technology. IZOD IndyCar Series competitors are currently poised to begin testing brand new cars for [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/no-pain-no-gain/ Bedford, MA (August 1, 2011) – iRacing.com and V8 Supercars announced an agreement today that will see the organizers of the successful V8 Supercar Championship officially sanction the popular online racing service’s V8 Supercar series, which will be known as the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond.  V8 Supercars thus joins NASCAR, INDYCAR and [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/v8-supercars-to-sanction-iracing-com-series/ Bedford, MA (July 29, 2011) – iRacing.com today formally announced its most significant software release to date – Version 2.0. iRacing 2.0 features new race tracks, cars and enhancements across the board for the world’s leading  online, multi-player racing title. Version 2.0 comes out on the anniversary of iRacing’s initial launch three years ago.    “We [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/iracing-com-announces-release-of-2-0-world%e2%80%99s-leading-online-racing-game-gets-even-better/ http://www.iracing.com/iracing-com-nvidia-series-announced/ Joe Menzer from NASCAR.COM gets the low-down on iRacing from several Sprint Cup drivers including Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Carl Edwards.   Earnhardt worked on development of game long before it was available to public By Joe Menzer, NASCAR.COM July 06, 2011 1:51 PM, EDT The month of May was fast approaching when Marcus Smith, [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/iracing-featured-on-nascar-com/ While you’re all familiar with my rivals in the Australia V8 Supercar championship – names like Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes and Rick Kelly – you might be surprised to learn that some of my fiercest competition this year has come from guys named Down, McLeod and McLaughlin.  With the exception of my “junior” teammate at [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/iracing-2-update-with-shane-van-gisbergen/ Whether you’re coming from the oval or road course world of sim racing, the new tire model (NTM) –even in its early state — is going to be a game-changer. The most intense focus in testing thus far has been targeted towards oval racing, since the first car planned for release is the NASCAR Nationwide [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/the-iracing-stig-reviews-the-new-tire-model/ Whether you’re talking about concerts, plays, movies or any other kind of public performance, your experience with that performance is greatly influenced by the audience and the setting involved. I recall seeing Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines in a jam-packed cinema as a youth and, along with the rest of the audience, laughing [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/a-moving-experience/ BEDFORD, MA  (May 5, 2011) – iRacing.com, the world’s leading online motorsports simulation service, announced today it is partnering with McLaren Electronic Systems to incorporate the ATLAS Express data analysis software into its system.  As a result, iRacing’s more than 25,000 members will now have access to similar data acquisition and telemetry software used on [...]]]> http://www.iracing.com/iracing-partners-with-mclaren-electronic-systems-for-online-racing-data-analysis/ http://www.iracing.com/iracing-com-teams-with-jr-motorsports-to-announce-iracing-2-0/