I think, if this forum had genuinely been uninterested in the prospect of a new and good racing sim, this thread would be on page 10 or older of the Off Topic section's list of threads, rather than page 31 of its own thread.
Reading the thread, as I have.. closely, the resistance I'm seeing isn't to iRacing's sim at all, but resistance to its business model of renting permissions to use paid-for, virtual content. Seems reasonable to me.
Moose arrived at LFS via nKPro, IIRC. I am left with little doubt, reading Moose's post history, that if the iR package appealed, he'd be the first outta this forum like a bullet. He arrived here seeking the ultimate racing sim, and he'll be leaving when it arrives (if it isn't LFS).