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Tim Wheatley's Brickyard 400 Benefiting LIVESTRONG

July 26th, 2010 by

I felt very, very confident heading into the iRacing.com Brickyard 400 Benefiting LIVESTRONG. I had done very little testing but felt comfortable with the iRacing Advanced setup almost immediately. I knew I could keep the car on the track and also knew that if I needed to push I could put out some decent lap … Read the Rest »

Indy's tough in real, virtual life

July 21st, 2010 by

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — My No. 64 Sprint Cup Car approaches the Yard of Bricks, that famous piece of real estate on the front straightaway at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that race car drivers yearn to kiss. I’m going 170 mph. “Stay on the gas,” says the voice in my ear. 180. “You ain’t going to get … Read the Rest »

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 »

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 »

Prelude to the Dream

June 30th, 2010 by

It’s the nature of the beast that racing competition is rarely (if ever) a matter of  comparing apples to apples.  In the case of race drivers, someone (or two or three) always has an advantage, or at least the potential for an advantage:  a better team, a bigger development budget, a stronger engine, a better … 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 »

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 in the making, the school is available free to all members of the iRacing.com racing simulation service.  The school is now live on the iRacing.com member Web site .  The first module of the iRacing.com Driving School is currently available to non-members on www.iRacing.com .

Q&A With Byron Daley

June 24th, 2010 by

As 2010 Season Two enters the home stretch, Byron Daley finds himself leading the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series standings, while running in the top twenty in the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series in his rookie pro campaign.  Not bad for an 18 year old from the Bronx, a locale more commonly associated with the New … Read the Rest »

Early Christmas

June 18th, 2010 by

Christmas is coming early for iRacers, whether they’ve been naughty or nice. iRacing.com is adding a sleigh-load of free cars and tracks  to its base package of online racing in the weeks and months ahead.  You read that right — Free! Rookie or veteran, iRacers will be able to take advantage of the enhanced base package beginning in early July with the release of legendary Thompson International Speedway, the high-banked Connecticut bull ring that has been synonymous with New England motorsports for more than half a century

Professional Sim Racing (for non-Aliens)

June 18th, 2010 by

In November of 2009 iRacing.com introduced a feature that enables members to host their own races.  A session does cost $3 for the host, but he or she can have as many people join as they want for free as long as there is a stall for them on pit road. The most significant advantage to hosting your own race (compared to participating in an official iRacing event) is the ability to write your own rules.  This gives the host some great tools to create some really exciting events.  Some sites even run their own series complete with prizes for the winners.  Among the best examples of this feature are fantastic events like the STPC (Short Track Pro Cup) Thunder presented by ONeil PC systems ( http://www.stprocup.com ; http://www.oneilpcsystems.com ).  These events are hosted by the STPC series and broadcast by WRN, the web racing network ( http://www.webracingnetwork.com/Default.aspx ). (1) STPC's Thunder at Irwindale is just one of many hosted events on iRacing.com Special events like these are made possible by the hosted racing feature.  As someone who participated in the most recent STPC race, I was blown away by how much fun I had.  It was just like going to my local short track and watching a race