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Xtreme Road Excitement at Laguna, Monza

February 14th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

With grids packed full of Mustangs and MX-5s, the Laguna Seca and Monza GP road courses on iRacing.com provided two thrilling races and set up an exciting championship points race with one-third of the season complete. Week three in the XtremeMotorsports99.com Continental Tire series featured 60 minutes of sim-racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with … Read the Rest »

Hamlin Opens NASCAR Speedweeks with Win for Joe Gibbs Racing

February 14th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  The battle for on track supremacy took right back where it left off at the end of the last season during the 4th Annual Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. When the dust had settled in the 75 lap non-points race it was a side by side battle with Denny Hamlin’s Gibbs Toyota and … Read the Rest »

In Development: Animation

February 12th, 2016 by

We talked with David – our Senior Animator – about his plans for advancing animation in iRacing. We’ll look into what we have in store for our upcoming build, and what we have planned for the future – including pit crews.

Practice Makes Instinct: Applying Sim-Racing to Everyday Driving

February 12th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

Wyatt Gooden, Glen McGee, Ty Majeski… These are just a few sim-racers who took the experience they gained from the iRacing.com Motorsports Simulation software and successfully translated it to real-life racing. As a result, their names were catapulted to stardom in the sim-racing world and rightfully so as they’ve been able to do what few … Read the Rest »

First Medical Equipment Joins Lionheart IndyCar Series as Presenting Sponsor

February 11th, 2016 by Jason Galvin

The Lionheart IndyCar Series, the premier open-wheel fixed setup league on the iRacing.com service, made three giant announcements today. For the first time in series history, the league announced a series sponsor: The Lionheart IndyCar Series presented by First Medical Equipment is ready to go for season four. “When we started this league, I never … Read the Rest »

iRacing’s McGee Selected for JJ Racing Development Team

February 11th, 2016 by

JJ Racing Development (JJRD), an industry leader in coaching and driver development services among the junior and pro-levels of motorsports, has selected iRacer, turned professional Mazda race car driver, Glenn McGee to join their 2016 driver development program. In addition to JJRD’s full coaching services, designed to prepare drivers for the demands of a professional … Read the Rest »

The Mountain Hosts Blancpain Endurance

February 11th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

Coinciding with the world-famous motorsports spectacle known as the Bathurst 12-hour, iRacing’s Blancpain Endurance Series took to their digital counterpart of the iconic Mount Panorama for three-hours of sim-racing around the 3.8 mile road course. As the Bathurst 12-hour got underway, iRacing fans were also rewarded by seeing fellow iRacer Shane van Gisbergen set the … Read the Rest »

IMSA Reality Check: Daytona

February 10th, 2016 by Jared DePouw

2016 marked the 54th running of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and the second running of the iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona. Over 2,000 iRacers participated in this year’s event which for the first time was held the weekend before the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. In this inaugural edition of IMSA Reality Check, … Read the Rest »

Davis and Delk Duel for Milwaukee Mastery

February 10th, 2016 by Corey Dais

Since it was paved in 1954, the Milwaukee Mile has sat nearly unchanged at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, hosting everything from midget cars to IndyCars to stock cars and trucks. But in a rare first for the one-mile oval, its virtual version welcomed a new series when the ITSR Power Series visited. Overcast skies greeted … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Cody Thompson

February 9th, 2016 by David Ifeguni

For some racing fans, being able to spend a day or a weekend at a race track is a luxury. For Wisconsin’s Cody Thompson, it is just another Saturday. Thompson has been a staple at tracks across the Midwest since he was a young kid. Now, at the age of 24 years, he is a … Read the Rest »