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2011 World Tour of iRacing Schedule Announced

December 27th, 2010 by

Popular Series Samples Global Motorsport Variety With Tributes to Major Real-World Races Conceived a year ago as a way for iRacing.com’s 20,000+ members to sample the world’s wide range of oval-track and road-racing cars and circuits, the 2010 World Tour of iRacing proved to be an extremely popular artistic success among the global group of … Read the Rest »

Spa Treatment

December 19th, 2010 by

I’m living a motorsports fan’s dream:  Watching a race at Spa-Francorchamps from the window of my room at Auberge de la Source, the picturesque country inn overlooking the La Source hairpin which, of course, takes its name from the adjacent establishment. The amazing thing is that I’m actually nearly 4,000 miles west of Francorchamps, Belgium, … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com and the AT&T Williams Team Announce Arrival of Virtual Version of Williams-Toyota FW31

October 28th, 2010 by

World’s Premier Racing Game Launches Inaugural Grand Prix Series With today’ launch of the Williams-Toyota FW31 at iRacing.com anyone anywhere in the world with a PC, a broadband internet connection and an inexpensive driving game steering-wheel-and-pedal set can experience the thrill of driving a contemporary grand prix car.  The announcement, which has been highly anticipated … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com and the AT&T Williams Team Announce Arrival of Virtual Version of Williams-Toyota FW31

October 28th, 2010 by

World’s Premier Racing Game Launches Inaugural Grand Prix Series With today’ launch of the Williams-Toyota FW31 at iRacing.com anyone anywhere in the world with a PC, a broadband internet connection and an inexpensive driving game steering-wheel-and-pedal set can experience the thrill of driving a contemporary grand prix car.  The announcement, which has been highly anticipated … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM and iRacing.com in Sports Car Racing Partnership

October 22nd, 2010 by

iRacing.com’s newest partnership with a professional race sanctioning body will debut in 2010 Season 4 with the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series.  The multi-class series featuring the Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype and the production-based Ford Mustang FR500S will be sanctioned by GRAND-AM, the road-racing arm of NASCAR, and organized by iRacing.com.  The announcement … Read the Rest »

iRacing Open House

October 18th, 2010 by

iRacing.com held its first open house on Friday, October 15 and, if the enthusiasm and good times generated by the event are any indication, it won’t be the last time the Bedford, MA-based online racing service opens its doors to its membership.  The event attracted more than fifty members and, while most of the attendees … Read the Rest »

Monstrous News for iRacing.com

October 5th, 2010 by

iRacing.com has added Dover International Speedway to its ever growing catalogue of race tracks.  Known as The Monster Mile, Dover is a real beast of a race track, exactly one mile in length and featuring 24 degree banked turns – not to mention a 46 foot tall, muscle-bound, statue outside the gates named “Miles the … Read the Rest »

The Williams-Toyota F31 – More (and Less) Than Meets the Eye

September 29th, 2010 by

On the face of it, designing and building a virtual version of the Williams-Toyota FW31 figured to be the most formidable challenge yet faced by iRacing.com.  After all, Formula One is the technological pinnacle of the motorsports world, and it takes a virtual army of engineers, technicians and mechanics just to start a modern Grand … Read the Rest »

FW31 Envy

September 17th, 2010 by

If you ever envy motoring journalists who get to drive exotic machinery before it becomes available to the wealthy businessman and footballers (let alone the fact that most of us won’t ever get to drive them), then at least we can console ourselves with the knowledge that a virtual Grand Prix car costs the same … Read the Rest »

iRacing Continues Japanese Growth

September 17th, 2010 by

iRacing continued its Japanese expansion with today’s announcement that Twin Ring Motegi, Suzuka Circuit and Tsukuba Circuit will join Okayama International Circuit on its growing list of global racing facilities.  In addition, iRacing will also be augmenting its line-up of virtual race cars with the Mazda Roadster and MX-5 Cup racing cars.  The announcement was … Read the Rest »