It's not as fun any more but it drives more like the real thing. The NTM is half finished rubbish i cant believe they can release shit like that. Im so glad i haven't bought any of the new content.
iRacing 2.0 - ripping you off on an entirely different level.
I do enjoy a good rant but i think your both clutching at straws here. (The facts/truth do matter, in fact thats what usually triggers half of my rants tbh. )
What's the difference between the two deals? Your gona spend the money on content anyway?
I looked at the old $30 content offer as a $70 membership. The new offer is a $75 membership. AKA they are lying to their customers.
I guess its open to interpretation, but you have to admit they do like to stretch the truth from time to time.
Just a reminder that this is actually a lie. IT IS NOT THE BEST RENEWAL PRICE OF THE YEAR. iR already gave us $30 off renewal price earlier this year. Bunch of idiots don't know their arse from their elbow. iRacing maybe on the verge of something big but jeez they're full oshit.
That is disappointing for sure. Coupled with wasting there time on gimmicks like driver aids & racing line, iRacing is taking to long to improve the core sim.
They make a big thing over NTM but most people forget that only one man was working on it out of the 30 strong team (+ beta testers).
So the question has to be asked what the heck do the rest of them do?
They must have a list of improvements as long as my arm but all we get build after build is tiny little things here & there. To claim that driver swaps was a big complicated project was an absolute joke & that wasted time & money in Brazil shows how organised they are.
It will cost an extra $36 just to race in it. Thats whats wrong.
Lets say you only like the LMP2 & you want to race it, well you cant unless you buy all the other cars in the class.
Can you remember where they said that? I'd love to quote that back at them & watch them squirm. The multi-class thing better be temporary or else.
Yeah about as big as writing a simple webpage/database that displays/logs information. A few hours of code to allow another player to jump into your car during a pit stop. Maybe a few hours interface work on top of that.
These features are a million miles away from being "complicated"!.
Not only that but you create it once & paste it over its not like he will have to start from scratch just to add the same feature to hosted races.
This is the biggest load of bul!sh&t i have ever read from iRacing. (Blatant Lies!) They pissed everyone off with the ntm delay. 2.0 is sounding more & more like a load of marketing B.S. & hype than actual product. I bet the ntm is not on all cars in August. They will come up with more & more excuses as they fail to deliver over & over again.
A lot of people are complaining about how they force (blackmail) you to buy extra content just so you can continue to race a car that you have already paid for. iRacing refuse to comment on this. They are so busy raking in the cash they have not updated their local road course lime rock which was resurfaced in 2008. They do not have plans to update it this year.
So a sim which claims to have the most accurate tracks (bar none) will gladly let you drive around on tracks which ceased to exist more than three years ago. Further more they dont even label them correctly.
I hope the law catches up with them. You cant sell battery eggs as free range, there are laws which protect consumers from being mislead. I have a feeling that its all about to go horribly wrong at iRacing. I for one will not be renewing or buying any new content untill they treat their customers with some respect & stop trying to rip them off.
Rouse fault imo, he tries to push Hoy to the middle of the track when he should really be backing down & slotting in behind. Hoy has the inside so Rouse has no chance of passing him with only half a cars overlap as the next corner is another fast right hander. Rouse had the red mist no doubt.
Yes existing members do get some small promos, but if you only have the standard content i.e. you didn't purchase any extra stuff then just start a new account when the next good promo comes up.
Some of the promos have been so good i wish i'd have waited. The F1 one included $30 of content when you signed up.
The Zandy + 1 month for $5 was also a steal.
I'd guess with the upcoming release of the LMP2 & GT40 + Suzuka there will be another promo in the pipeline. Just bide your time.
Existing members sometimes get $3 off new pieces of content, the $70 annual deal & the participation bonus. If your good, you could run money races for some doe.