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Back on beating the dead horse, $2500 will get you a seat, firesuit and helmet, almost. TBH, even if you decide to race UCAR, buy that level of safety equipment. You're more likely to need it too, especially the fire suit. I was in a race at Potomac where a guy got life flighted out of the place after playing WoO sprintcar in a Neon. JKing might have been there that night too. That was scary Chit.
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Guerilla Racing Junkies.
Shovel on a little more coal, then when we cross white oak mountain, watch 97 roll!
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You don't need $2500 for an iRacing setup. I built my pc for $600, it's a pure gaming PC that handles all I can throw at it and supports triple monitors. A Logitech G29 wheel is $350-500 depending on the day on Amazon and you're up and running. Yes, you can spend a ton more just like the rest of this post, but it doesn't help you on the track/sim.
I also agree that it doesn't go all the way, but if you did it a bit and plain suck at it then I would venture to bet you probably will suck in a real car too.Comment
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I'm not saying they're are no parallels but I've done both and i see no real similarities other than hand/feet eye coordination. I know people get adrenaline rushed from i racing but it's not real and nothing like being in a real car. I would not recommend anyone who is thinking of driving a dirt car to go iracing first. I'm not trying to be negative here but have you ever driven a dirt latemodel Motomatt ?Originally posted by MotoMatt View PostComment
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j-QHzEUt168 I was using Iracing numbers based on this YouTube video.Comment
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Originally posted by Jking24 View Post
No, only wrenched on them. I agree that it isn't the same, you don't have a lot of the touch/feel/space etc. of it. I was just saying that I think it's useful to see if you can even handle the eye/hand/foot coordination of it all to begin with. If you can't figure that out where there is no chance of hurting you or someone else you have no chance in hell of doing it with cars around you in real life.Comment
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Even if you went all in with iRacing at $2,500, that will last you a minimum of 5 years and probably up to 10 years before you need to upgrade hardware again. Whereas that $2,500 won't get you far with day to day expenses of a real car and replacing parts.
I haven't driven a late model, but I have raced modifieds and I think iRacing is mostly beneficial with the hand/foot/eye coordination and learning to learn how to drive. I think doing sim racing for ten years shortened my learning curve when I jumped into a real car.Comment
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Racing is cheap, winning is expensive. If your just looking to have some fun on the weekend or tell people that you drive a race car you can find an early 2000's GRT (make sure it has the original style spindles and not some later models ones, they don't work trust me) for real cheap, put whatever engine you have or can afford in it and go make laps. If you find yourself still having fun after several weeks then you will probably still be enjoying it as you upgrade to better stuff. Those are the type of people we need in this sport right now. The ones that show up every week to a regular night event, not a special show, pay the money for that nights entertainment have some fun load up and do it all over again the next week.Comment
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I agree racing can be cheaper. 602 is the key>>>>>>>>>>>>Comment
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10 cars entered into a Late Model event. My mind then goes to 602, you can"t lose. Even if u lose u win....onn Money...........And then u had fun.......which is the reason for the season...............a c mon........manComment
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The winner of the race could lose more than a guy running 5th............ what is fun to u... Many questions to be answered.Comment
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For the majority of the dirt racing world it's still a hobby. When is the last time anyone went hunting or fishing and expected to make money unless your doing it for a living. Last I looked a new bass boat is 40-70 grand for top of the line stuff but people still spend it just to go have fun. So not far off for what we spend on top of the line stuff in our hobby. For what people are spending on a weekend hobby nowadays since a large percentage can't make or fix anything on the car but they can just order a new one how can most people expect to make money at this especially for the local weekend racer. There can only be one guy holding the big check at the end of the night. Go into racing like entering into a casino, only take as much in as you plan to lose. It all comes down to how much do you want to spend to have a good time.Comment
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Yep, after an 8 year hiatus, we decided to get a 602 dlm due to the fact there are plenty of those type of cars in our area and usually a race every week at various tracks, and oh yeah....the cost! lolOriginally posted by Waldo View Post
Here is a list of how much we've spent so far:
2015 Rocket bg, 3 race old Hendren 602, new Bilstein shocks, nice raceready car , $16,000
2007 S&S 30' enclosed trailer, had to build rampovers, $7,000
New sides on body, garage accessories, trailer accessories, pit accessories, spare parts, $5,000
Definitely not cheap, but for a dlm pretty realistic!Comment
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