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. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:33:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back when sanctioned multiplayer online competition at iRacing was still just a plan brewing, we faced a difficult question: How do we keep people from overdriving their virtual cars and wrecking everyone else (or at least minimize it), in order to make online racing more like real world on-track time? Our answers ... http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/safety-ratings-a-cure-for-the-mayhem-in-online-racing-games/ Same-Day Tribute to 58th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Revisits Legendary GT1 Corvette C6.R The 120 Minutes of Sebring, a tribute to America’s oldest sports car race, is slated to run concurrently with this year’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 20.  The third stop on ... http://www.iracing.com/news/2010-iracing-com-world-tour-features-120-minutes-of-online-racing-at-sebring/ Virtual Version of Historic European Circuit Open to Online Racers World-Wide Circuit Park Zandvoort, one of Europe’s most historic motorsports venues, is now available to online racers around the world through iRacing.com’s internet-based virtual-racing service.  iRacing’s first offering on the European continent is a millimeter-precise rendering of the undulating Dutch seaside ... http://www.iracing.com/news/circuit-park-zandvoort-now-available-to-iracing-members/ [caption id="attachment_2629" align="alignright" width="300" caption="One of the most breath-taking facilities in the world"][/caption] This fall’s trip to Australia has so far been one of the most enjoyable trips in my five year tenure as the Laser Scan Project Manager for iRacing.com. After getting over the six hour flight from Boston to ... http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/bringing-back-the-thunder-from-down-under/ It’s always very exciting to me, living in the Northeast, to hit February with the prospect of heading south for the NASCAR Super Bowl at Daytona International Speedway.  This year was no different, only I was greeted on my arrival with colder temperatures than what I left in Boston.  Thankfully, ... http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cat-herder-xii/ I love cars. As long as I can remember, I’ve loved them. As a boy of 14 I purchased my first car, long before I had a driver’s license and I had my 2nd car, a 1971 Firebird, the very next year. Even though I never got to drive either ... http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/i-love-cars/ History of Women in Auto Racing Documented in Five-Year Traveling Interactive Exhibition iRacing.com is joining the Lyn St. James Foundation in support of “Women in the Winner’s Circle,” a five-year traveling exhibition that recognizes the past history, the growing achievements, and the future growth of women in racing.  iRacing.com’s support of ... http://www.iracing.com/news/iracing-com-expands-partnership-with-lyn-st-james-foundation-through-%e2%80%9cwomen-in-the-winner%e2%80%99s-circle%e2%80%9d-exhibit/ What makes a game a simulation or a simulation a game or are they the same thing? Is it all just marketing or is there a real difference? To me there are a few distinct differences between a game and a simulation. First and most importantly to be a simulation the ... http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/game-or-simulation/ iRacing's Dave Kaemmer gets ready for his turn on camera. Dave Kaemmer and I spent a few days in Indianapolis last week filming portions of the soon to be released iRacing Driving School. The shoot was great, the weather, not-so-much. I could have driven back to Boston in less time ... http://www.iracing.com/news/coming-soon-the-iracing-driving-school/ Welcome to the iRacing blog. It’s a forum for those of us at iRacing to share our ideas and experiences with you and, we hope, stimulate some lively and thoughtful discussion. It’s not quite spring, but this is surely a time of exciting growth and anticipation. In the racing ... http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/welcome-to-the-iracing-blog/