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The problem with sim racing is…

July 19th, 2010 by

The lack of excuses! When I look at the lap records for a given track, I am usually in the top quarter, quite often in the top ten percent. Yet the gap to the top drivers seems positively cavernous and, quite simply, unachievable, even if I sold the wife and kids and devoted the remainder … Read the Rest »

Jimmie Johnson Preps with iRacing.com for Watkins Glen GRAND-AM Debut

June 4th, 2010 by

With Limited Practice Time on Double-Duty Weekend, Four-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Learns Glen Long Course in Simulator In addition to competing in Sunday’s Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pennsylvania’s Pocono International Raceway, four-time series champion Jimmie Johnson is also joining reigning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series … Read the Rest »

Big points day for Labati at the Glen

June 2nd, 2010 by

The fourth week of iRacing’s IZOD IndyCar Series at Watkins Glen saw a frantic online race on Monday evening (7.30 GMT) in a split that produced six lead changes and some good rewards for the participating sim racers. Italy’s Carlo Labati came out victorious in the race after having fought off Jannis Koopmann and Sven Mitlehner of club DE-AT-CH. … Read the Rest »

Huttu In A Class Of His Own at Road America

April 19th, 2010 by

With five races in the inaugural the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) series complete, only one name graces the list of winners:  Greger Huttu.  With another flag-to-flag victory this week at Road America, the Finnish sim racer continued to tighten his stranglehold on his championship title claim and now enjoys a 52 point … Read the Rest »

Huttu’s Online Racing Grand Slam

April 5th, 2010 by

Greger Huttu made it four-for-four in iRacing Drivers World Championship competition with a flag-to-flag victory at Watkins Glen, coming home 21.6s clear of Ben Cornett with Luke McLean taking the final podium spot a half second adrift of Cornett.  The victory not only kept Huttu’s virtually perfect iDWC record intact (the only laps he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

Huttu's Online Racing Grand Slam

April 5th, 2010 by

Greger Huttu made it four-for-four in iRacing Drivers World Championship competition with a flag-to-flag victory at Watkins Glen, coming home 21.6s clear of Ben Cornett with Luke McLean taking the final podium spot a half second adrift of Cornett.  The victory not only kept Huttu’s virtually perfect iDWC record intact (the only laps he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

Zen-Like Huttu Wins at Zany Zandvoort

March 22nd, 2010 by

Following a late change to the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing schedule, Week Three of the series moved to iRacing’s most recent addition to its track catalogue, Circuit Park Zandvoort.  The slight curve ball didn’t seem to affect iWDCRR leader Greger Huttu, however, as he drove to his third win in as many outings, … Read the Rest »

Pro Road Racing at Sebring: The Fight for the Top 50 Intensifies

December 16th, 2009 by

This week saw the beginning of a run home that features purpose-built road courses exclusively and this was accompanied by an increase in driver numbers. Amongst the extra drivers were the likes of Greger Huttu and Bastien Bartsch, both of whom would star this week for various reasons. Mixed fortunes came for many of the … Read the Rest »

V-Sunk

November 15th, 2009 by

In the past, when I configured my video each time I upgraded my system, I made sure to check-off the box for V-Sync under the graphics options because the resulting effect on the sim was quite smooth and produced the best moving image quality with little or no stutters or “artifacts”. So I have been … Read the Rest »