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Thinking Big Down Under

September 25th, 2010 by

Rex Hall is a man who thinks big.  How big?  Consider the size of the sign he installed above the home of his RaceSimCentre in Melbourne, Australia: 14 metres by 3 metres (that’s roughly 50 x 10 feet to us in America). Hall has equally big plans for RaceSimCentre.  He opened his doors for business … Read the Rest »

Huttu Resumes His Winning Ways

September 21st, 2010 by

With the inaugural iRacing World Championship Road Racing crown safely tucked into his kit-bag, Greger Huttu’s flag-to-flag victory on the Watkins Glen’s classic boot configuration reaffirmed his status as the global leader in sim-racing. Having returned to his native Finland following a recent trip to the United States, Huttu was back on familiar ground, with … Read the Rest »

Richmond Storm

September 21st, 2010 by

The NASCAR iRacing Pro Series stormed into Richmond International Raceway for Week Ten, under the lights for the first time in series history. Richmond has always provided some of the best racing the series has to offer, and this week did not disappoint. Justin Trombley played his strategy right, and was able to take the … Read the Rest »

1° raduno ufficiale iRacing in Lombardia

September 20th, 2010 by

In tredici, a dispetto della sfiga, tutti piloti. Riuniti in una serata che ha portato degli appassionati dalla pista alla tavola, passando attraverso l’anonimato di una connessione. L’occasione, il primo raduno lombardo targato iRacing, ha permesso a chi si conosceva già di ritrovarsi e a chi non si conosceva di incontrare gente nuova, altrettanto appassionata, … Read the Rest »

My Netflix Queue is ‘Going Faster’

September 18th, 2010 by

I’m in the doghouse at home. Perhaps I deserve it. I convinced the family we needed to subscribe to Netflix because of the streaming movies we could watch on our new DVD player, and also get a steady stream of DVD’s sent to the house to watch at will. Of course I had an ulterior … 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 »

Gooden Tops Intel GP Series USA/Canada Regionals

September 16th, 2010 by

Wyatt Gooden took some time off from his pursuit of the SCCA Pro Racing VW Jetta TDI Cup championship to top the USA/Canada Regional competition in the Intel GP Series last week.  The Ohioan bested nearly 400 iRacers in the weeklong competition featuring Star Mazdas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, collecting six wins and eight … Read the Rest »

Egger Takes iPSRR Week 10 Honours

September 14th, 2010 by

Claiming his third win of the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing (iPSRR), Matthias Egger took maximum points in his Ford Falcon V8 on the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in Round Ten of series. The Italian bounced back from a collision with Vincent Staal to claim the victory in his second race of the week. “I … Read the Rest »

I’ll be Carl, you be Brad…

September 11th, 2010 by

Back when I was a kid, Minis were still made by British Leyland, Norman “Bites Yer Legs” Hunter played soccer for Leeds United and James Hunt generally behaved badly and would punch the lights out of any poor unsuspecting marshall standing between his stricken car and the route to the nearest bar! Looking back with … Read the Rest »