iRacing: Music to Florian Godard’s Ears

June 9th, 2010 by

Florian Godard lives life in the allegro lane.  A world-class double bassist in the Orchestre d’Ile de France, Godard is one of just five sim racers regularly competing in both the NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series (NiWCS) and the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR).  But beautiful music and fast cars have long been vital … Read the Rest »

Saving the world one race at a time

June 7th, 2010 by

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 … Read the Rest »

Sim Racing Setup Advice from a Blockhead

June 5th, 2010 by

William Blake said that only blockheads copy each other, but obviously he’s never tried to set up a racecar, real or simulated. While working on setting-up the Dallara for the iRacing.com Indy 500 event, I was struck by some of the detailed advice Dale Jr had made on the iRacing forums about setting up the … Read the Rest »

Jimmie Johnson Preps with iRacing.com for Watkins Glen GRAND-AM Debut

June 4th, 2010 by

With Limited Practice Time on Double-Duty Weekend, Four-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Learns Glen Long Course in Simulator In addition to competing in Sunday’s Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pennsylvania’s Pocono International Raceway, four-time series champion Jimmie Johnson is also joining reigning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series … Read the Rest »

iRacing Driving School Intro

June 2nd, 2010 by

Towler’s Back (to Back)

June 2nd, 2010 by

Hard on the heels of his NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series (NiCWS) triumph at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Towler made it back-to-back wins on Tuesday evening at Michigan International Speedway. MIS showed us some of the best online racing to date, as the yellow flag that has so often slowed the NiCWS stayed away this week … Read the Rest »

Towler's Back (to Back)

June 2nd, 2010 by

Hard on the heels of his NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series (NiCWS) triumph at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Towler made it back-to-back wins on Tuesday evening at Michigan International Speedway. MIS showed us some of the best online racing to date, as the yellow flag that has so often slowed the NiCWS stayed away this week … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Protest System

June 2nd, 2010 by Tony Gardner

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 … Read the Rest »

Big points day for Labati at the Glen

June 2nd, 2010 by

The fourth week of iRacing’s IZOD IndyCar Series at Watkins Glen saw a frantic online race on Monday evening (7.30 GMT) in a split that produced six lead changes and some good rewards for the participating sim racers. Italy’s Carlo Labati came out victorious in the race after having fought off Jannis Koopmann and Sven Mitlehner of club DE-AT-CH. … Read the Rest »

Huttu Heads Redline's Road Atlanta Sweep

June 1st, 2010 by

Continuing his flawless record of eight wins from eight races, Greger Huttu took the top honours from the virtual Road Atlanta to sustain his relentless charge to the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) title. Starting from pole position, the Finn powered into an early lead that he never relinquished, and was never … Read the Rest »