iRacing Initial Impressions?

[Wells Racing Photos]

For those of you have the #DirtConfirmed on iRacing what is your initial impressions of the sim? Personally I suck at it, but think they have done a fantastic job so far. The damage is a little over the top for the late models, but that is something that can be fixed. I also can't wait until they get a few more tracks to choose from.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

For those of you have the #DirtConfirmed on iRacing what is your initial impressions of the sim? Personally I suck at it, but think they have done a fantastic job so far. The damage is a little over the top for the late models, but that is something that can be fixed. I also can't wait until they get a few more tracks to choose from.

Yeah. Smaller tracks. Haven't bought into it yet, but I will eventually. Gotta donate some cash to Logitech and get a new wheel.

[Lumpster1J]

I haven't been a huge fan of IRacing in the past, but they have done a great job on this. It is not perfect by any stretch, but it has exceeded my expectations for the initial release by a considerable margin.

Highly detailed car and track models, with very detailed car specific set up menus where the cars respond as they should to changes. The tracks look fantastic and evolve with the racing as they should as well. I haven't even raced anyone yet. I have just been testing cars and playing with set ups and I am having a ball with it.

I wish there were AI cars with IRacing, as I am generally not a fan of their format for racing. I don't have the time to devote to sitting around waiting for the races to develop and would much rather be able to jump right in and race at my leisure, but it is what it is.

Bravo IRacing for giving us what we in this community have been longing for for quite some time!!! Keep the content coming!

[WisWildManFan]

The little testing I did with terrible graphics and I bad wheel it felt like a lot of fun. Better than rfactor

[Bob Hubbard]

Years ago I ran a league for the nascar 03 game .... IMO... I-racing ruined the way people got together and had fun racing/gaming online .... Mostly because of the private servers we use to run .... I had alot of fun with meeting and racing with people all over the states ... The most fun was working on setups all week fine tuning for the league race ... I think online racing was a blast ... The Graphics were great on Iracing & im sure what ever needs tweaking will get done ... I also remember the game dying off in the summer months and coming alive during the winter ... I doubt if I would ever race for money but I can see why others like it .... Who knows ...Maybe if I had the JD/Bloomer race setup I just might have to think hard about it ....

[champion24]

Looking forward to trying it out. The Champions don't have a "real" computer, and some idiot spends too much $$ going to races to afford one! Maybe one of you will help a buddy out. I'll bring chips and dip to sweeten the deal! Wonder how many of us don't have the ability to use Iracing?

[reid boys]

The game is pretty cool. After watching a while does groove change for every race or is it the same? Like if a group of cars goes out a everyone runs the top will the top slick off first or will the bottom start first? Hope that make sense. Lol

[chupp n bloomer fan]

The game is pretty cool. After watching a while does groove change for every race or is it the same? Like if a group of cars goes out a everyone runs the top will the top slick off first or will the bottom start first? Hope that make sense. Lol

Best way to answer that is according to the developers, it'll start heavy and towards bottom I think they said. Then just keep widening out to a nice track. Oh, and by the third heat, take rubber and be one lane.

[Tireguy17]

Don't have a desktop computer or wheel setup. I'll stick to Dirt Trackin on my Iphone.

[a25rjr]

Whats the best steering wheel and pedal setup?

[00Hdmn]

Do any of you guys know if I can use my Keyboard to test the game to make sure my computer can handle the game before I go and buy a 400.00 steering wheel? Thanks In Advance

[Bob Hubbard]

They have them on ebay $ 249 .........http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-G29...sAAOSwepJXYsPq

[00Hdmn]

They have them on ebay $ 249 .........http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-G29...sAAOSwepJXYsPq

I figured if I was going to buy one I might as well buy a new one so its not ragged out in any way, thanks for the link. DO you know if I can test my computer by using the keyboard?

[Bob Hubbard]

Right click on you widows icon and look in your system ..... I just looked at mine and it says I-5 with 8 megs of ram .... So im good so farr ( They require at least an I-3 or better ....Next you look in your device manager and see what video card you have installed ....Mine says G-force 8800 .... Im good .... You need 4200 or better according to Iracing ....

[Bob Hubbard]

You can also run a speedtest ....Mine is 44 down - 9.5 up .... I have very good internet