Obviously this is very huge news.

This will bring more money, people, and more importance to iracing. Think of the publicity this is going to get. I think this is going to carry a lot of momentum behind it and really carry iracing to the next level. It won't be instantly, but hopefully this will show a shift in pace a little. Its going very quickly as it is...but more stuff = more fun :]

There was an iracing staff post that the Lotus is drivable and very fun. It should be out next season. None of it was official however...but I'd imagine he'd get in loads of trouble for saying something like that without it happening.

I'm A - licensed as well now...the fools

I'm kinda bummed about the oval side though. I went from 4.10 to 2.6 in promotion...B license.

I don't really oval race at all, but I want to get A licensed in both so I can do whatever I want. I don't race at all as it is...just testing and practice. I really don't see any way that I'm going to get a 2.6 SR to 4.0 to do time trials in the impala...and I don't have any desire to drive the B impala

Maybe I will just be a failure in the oval side

Run the SRF at watkins if you don't think close racing is possible. You can bump and rub and get really aggressive really close in these things and get nothing more than 0x contact. I slam drafted one guy pretty good down the back straight and it worked really well until he lifed for the guy in front of him I was goin about 4 mph quicker and really didn't want to lift

The biggest fear for close racing in iracing is the damage. It is so easy to damage your car to the point of being way out of control. The SRF finally gives you the ability to bump a little.

That being said...I've been a few inches away lap after lap in the skippy and the mazda. It just takes confidence in yourself AND the other person you're racing with.

because god hates you

hmm I was talking about gift certificates

Quote from hrtburnout :

FFFFFFFUUUUUUU-

I have a $20 iRAGING voucher, which I can finally use because it finally supports Paypal. For some reason however, it doesn't seem to work. I entered the code, but it doesn't lower the price of a subscription :mad:.

Don't put in the dashes, just numbers and letters. I've used two now and they work perfect

A couple vids from today :] Nose cam makes everything look way more exciting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaHhj-vHQIY&fmt=22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGv3A1oRRZQ&fmt=22

The riley is quite...exciting around RA

Scary as hell!

I thought I would know the track pretty well because I've ran so much in forza...however theres no blind spots in forza like there are in iRacing lol

My iracing folder is 2 gigs, but I've got a lot of stuff.

Cup car sounded the same when I tested my logos. The legend car sounds the same to me too.

The mazda has a lot of attitude...by that I mean it won't hesitate to throw you into the wall when you do something it doesn't like.

Its glued to the ground extremely well, but can let go very quickly and if you don't do everything perfect you're in trouble.

It is imo one of the hardest cars to drive in the sim, but very fast, fun, and rewarding.

It is very similar and yet extremely dissimilar to the skippy at the same time. You don't really want to slide this thing around. It has an open differential...and its effected even worse from it than the skippy is. I think the lack of power makes you unable to really hang a high speed slide in this thing. The first corner of Sebring I spun out every time until about the 10th lap.

It is very fun though! I think the skippy is way easier to drive. This car doesn't let you get away with as much nonsense as you can in the skippy. This car actually requires some precision whereas the skippy is just get it sideways and you'll be ok lol. I think they could switch the skippy to rookie class and the SRF to D class based on first impressions tbh...but its fine like this too.

People are definitely going to bitch when the fast guys put up their laps and they're never lifting off the gas

I got my SRF all painted...and now can't load a test session lol.

Also a bit bummed that RA is just a preorder.

Its back! And Road Atlanta is only $20! And I have a $25 Gift cert!!!!!

Love update day

Maintenance (est. 4 hours): 1155 GMT [0755 EDT] Tues, 28-APR-09

wooooooooooooooooooooooo

Quote from StableX :

I would have agreed until trying the DP and Radical in this week's madness thing..... they are a lot of fun, especially the radical the default setups really suck until you start with a decent one from the forums, then the understeer has gone and VRooooooooooooom..............

Man I've hated the Riley as well but man when you're just out having fun with other people instead of worrying about your time it is a BLAST!

Quote from Xaid0n :

Nope, it's Pay or gtfo with iracing.

Except for the free month, free track, and free car trial...

Go to the radical website, there should be a link to get a free trial.

Quote from Crommi :

But when you think of it, having it as Adv. Rookie car makes sense. Difference between locked and "open" setup Solstices were really small and it doesn't prepare you for Skippy. First time you get out on the track with Skippy, you exit pits and think "oh, this is kinda slow".... then you enter first corner and it kills you.

Spec Racer Ford should be much easier to drive and find the driving lines, power-steering in Solstice makes the feeling little numb and hard to figure out track characteristics.

It is a good progression, but it just goes to show that the system sucks for the higher licensed driver that still wants to race the slower cars.

I've never really been in favor of leagues, and never really had any complaints about the system they've got until now. I'm just not sure if its going to keep everyone happy long term.

You keep partial throttle in the skippy because it has an open diff. Take your favorite road race set in LFS and throw in an open diff, or set the preload to 0 and enjoy spinning out under braking and turn in.

The miata and solstice are very different. The miata is flat, stiff, and bouncy. The solstice is like a barge...sorta like an old caddilac.

A free SRF is kind of not that great for me. I was already planning on buying it...so getting it for free is nice, but the schedule absolutely sucks now. Its just the same tracks we've been racing since the beginning...and most importantly no Road Atlanta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAVSYkah_XU

This thing is going to be a blast. The sound is pretty spot on as well. I hate the sound of those low reving fords ughhh

I think the spec racer ford would be awesome, but we'll have to wait to see how it drives.

SRF and road atlanta gahhh cannot wait.

Quote from Jertje :

Getting a bit tired of all the "this sim isn't realistic because of the way aliens drive, and if it were realistic they wouldn't be able to keep up with me" posts in the forums. It's just...

Are people seriously that naive?

Don't forget the ones who think they're better than everyone else (and let us know it frequently) because they drive more realistically and everyone else is cheating and exploiting the sim.

That would be pretty great. I'd love to see 30 - 40 cars on the track at once. Its a bit lame to get to 20 cars and split the field (whatever the numbers are now). It gets boring running by yourself in the skippy, 20 more drivers on the track would liven it up, even if they weren't in the same car.

FYeeeeeeeaaaaaa!

Ford is far from my favorite, but some more real cars finally!

Quote :

Mustang FR500S and Ford GT First to be Added

BEDFORD, MA (April 14, 2009) –iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC announced today that it is developing digital versions of a series of Ford competition cars for use in the iRacing simulation service.

The first two vehicles announced as part of this new digital line-up of Ford race cars are emblematic of Ford’s storied racing history, the Mustang and the Ford GT. iRacing engineers have begun the process of gathering the data necessary to produce digital duplicates of the Mustang FR500S and the Doran Ford GT-R.

“It seems fitting that among the first Fords we’ll produce are the current racing versions of a pair of 21st century production cars that trace their lineage back to the 1960s,” said Scott McKee, iRacing’s vice president of marketing. “The private Ford teams that campaign these cars in the American Le Mans Series GT2 class and Grand-Am’s Ford Racing Mustang Challenge will find the simulation a useful tool as they prepare for races, and all iRacing members will enjoy having these cars available for our own internet racing series, and the thousands of enthusiasts who are already iRacing members – including pros, amateurs and fans – will have a lot of fun competing in these cars when they are added into our sanctioned racing series.”

The Mustang FR500S is an assembly-line produced high-performance version of the legendary Ford model that is literally race-ready when it is delivered to a customer by any Ford dealer. With the exception of a roll cage and other safety equipment – added at a nearby facility – every FR500S rolled off the line at Ford’s AutoAlliance International assembly plant in Flat Rock, MI ready to race. Ford Racing Mustang Challenge competitors will find that six of the eight tracks on the 2009 schedule are already in the iRacing circuit inventory or currently under construction, including Homestead-Miami Speedway, Barber Motorsports Park, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Mosport International Raceway and Miller Motorsports Park.

"We at Ford Racing are proud that iRacing selected the FR500S as one of the first two Ford race cars to be available to its subscribers, said Jamie Allison, Manager, Ford Racing Performance Group. “Our guys here are determined to help iRacing make sure the car is as realistic as it can be. We're also excited to have the opportunity to hone our own FR500S driving skills online against the pros already racing the real thing. It should be fun,"

The Ford GT is an ultra-high performance road car inspired by Ford’s legendary four-time Le Mans-winning prototype sports-racing car from the 1960s. So it’s not surprising, and it’s totally appropriate, that someone would take this street car and prepare it for the race track. That’s exactly what veteran race car builder and team owner Kevin Doran has done. The Doran Ford GT-R is eligible for the Le Mans GT-2 class, and is currently doing battle with entries from Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin in the American Le Mans Series.

If you pay attention the squeel is different at what level of grip you're at. Its very helpful to give you a better idea where you are in relation to the limit and how the car is going to react. Its exaggerated to help compensate for the lack of g forces.

One thing about live for speed cars is that you have infinite ways to adjust your car and make the "perfect" setup.

Driving a car like the skippy with massive flaws that are just there by the nature of the car...it makes it a bit more fun to just master the character of the vehicle then to tweak the differential 23 times to get the perfect preload so the rear end doesn't fly around on you on entry, but you don't understeer because you've tweaked 100 other things.