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Hot and Tired

July 3rd, 2010 by

I have always been confused by sim racers who complain about the tire temperatures being meaningless and wrong in iRacing, as I have always had the opposite experience since they tweaked the tire model last year. In fact, I find that reading the tire temperatures is vital when trying to tweak a setup. There are … Read the Rest »

A Rare Breed

July 2nd, 2010 by

You know what they say about NFL placekickers:  they’re a rare breed.  That’s understandable, given it’s a sport where anyone who checks-in under 6’2” and 250 lbs is considered petit and the fate of a team – and the hopes of millions of fans — often rests on one man’s ability to kick an ellipsoid … Read the Rest »

Tips from a Human Sim-Racer

July 1st, 2010 by

Welcome to tips from a human sim-racer.  Unlike the alien iRacers I only have two eyes, two hands and two feet.  I don’t have eyes in the back of my head and my reflexes are only slightly better than average.  This article is designed to help you increase your iRating and lower your lap times.  … Read the Rest »

A Question of Balance

June 30th, 2010 by

After missing race six of the 2010 iRacing World Tour (the Indianapolis 500) due to me actually attending the real thing for work I managed to make Race Seven (aka the iRacing.com Road America 200) having had enough practice to where I felt I could at least handle myself around Road America in a Class … Read the Rest »

Gorlinsky Breaks Through at Daytona

June 30th, 2010 by

John Gorlinsky drove his way to the front of the field, and eventually into victory lane at Daytona International Speedway last night in Round Eleven of the NASCAR iRacing World Championship Series (NiWCS). Pit stops were key in the one stop online race.  Pit road closed the door for some and opened it for others, … Read the Rest »

Mitlehner takes Road Atlanta

June 29th, 2010 by

Sven Mitlehner took the top honors in online Indy car racing this week at Road Atlanta, providing another successful week for Club DE-AT-CH, which also took the top two positions in last week’s iRacing IZOD IndyCar Series at Sebring. Mitlehner collected 153 points for winning his sole sim race of the week on Thursday evening … Read the Rest »

New Hampshire Surprise

June 29th, 2010 by

New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the site for this week’s NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) action. Door-to-door, fender-to-fender online racing action was the theme all week as the sim racing pros tackled their first flat track of the season. Some new faces found the winners circle, along with multiple top NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series … Read the Rest »

A Perfect 10 for Huttu

June 28th, 2010 by

Overcoming a mid-race collision in his Dallara IndyCar, Greger Huttu scored his tenth iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) victory from as many starts to head the title standings by 84 points. The only sim racer to have iDWCRR pole positions and wins to his name, Huttu executed a two-stop strategy for the 60 … Read the Rest »

Role Reversal

June 25th, 2010 by

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and spotter TJ Majors stopped by the iRacing offices in Bedford, MA yesterday en route to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Race #17 on the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule.  Earnhardt and Majors took some time to do some roll reversal with Majors running some laps … Read the Rest »

School’s In for Summer!

June 25th, 2010 by

iRacing.com Offers Online Racing Instruction for Racing Game Enthusiasts There are books on how to drive a racing car and schools in the physical world where aspiring drivers can get hands-on instruction.  Now drivers who race in the virtual world have the iRacing.com Driving School, a modular 16-unit online race-driving instructional package.  Nearly two years … Read the Rest »