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Rhyne earns first Red Sox Racing Victory at Mid Ohio

September 29th, 2010 by

Lexington, Ohio was the host city for this week’s Red Sox race at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course.  This is one of the toughest tracks on the RSR 2010 Season 3 schedule.  The 2.25 mile, 13 turn configuration includes blind hill crests and off-camber corners, which makes it virtually impossible to see or react … Read the Rest »

Italian Shut-out at Philip Island

September 29th, 2010 by

It was three Italians dominating the standings for Round 11 of the iRacing Pro Road Racing series at Philip Island, with the likes of Luca Masier, Matthias Egger and Carlo Labati securing the highest points total of the week. Maintaining his stranglehold on the Championship, Masier made it ten wins from as many starts, with … 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 »

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 »