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Towler and Purdy Neck & Neck in Pro Road Racing

September 22nd, 2009 by

With Week 7 of the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing action rapidly receding in the rear view mirrors, Richard Towler and Shawn Purdy are threatening to make the inaugural iPSRR a two man show.   While Towler maintains a narrow 22 point lead on Purdy, the young Canadian has opened-up a (comparatively) sizable margin over the … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Announces Further Plans to Increase Race Participation and Size of Race Fields

September 11th, 2009 by

iRacing.com has announced plans to increase the size of the race fields across the breadth of its online race simulation service. The revisions within the service are part of a long-term plan to make race registration and scheduling simpler and more convenient for members which will increase the size of race fields and the service overall

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Now Available at iRacing.com

September 10th, 2009 by

It’s perhaps the most famous race track in the world, and today an exact digital version of the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway becomes available to members of iRacing.com’s virtual racing service. iRacing’s millimeter-accurate reproduction of The Brickyard (or just “the Speedway” as motorsports veterans often refer to it) is priced for iRacing members at $25.00.

Ford V8 Supercar and Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit to Join iRacing.com Service

September 10th, 2009 by

The L & H 500 at Phillip Island, ninth round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series – top auto-racing attraction in motorsport-mad Australia – kicks off this Friday at the eponymous race track on the popular Australian island tourist destination. In celebration of the event, iRacing.com has announced agreements to include both the historic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and the 2009 Ford Falcon “FG01” V8 Supercar in iRacing’s internet-based motorsport simulation service. “One of our initiatives this year has been to expand our list of tracks and cars to reflect the international nature of our membership,” said Steve Myers, iRacing’s executive producer, noting that earlier this year the company had begun work on England’s Brands Hatch and Oulton Park and Circuit Club Zandvoort in the Netherlands

Skidpadman – Effect of the Rear Anti-Roll Bar

September 5th, 2009 by

When iRacing threw in the free skidpad to the list of goodies in the recent update, I decided it was time to learn things about car handling systematically starting with a car with only a few setup variables – the Skip Barber F2000. I checked four different rear anti-roll bar (RARB) settings, and at least … Read the Rest »

Virtually Indy

September 4th, 2009 by

It didn’t take long for Indy car drivers past, present and future to get their hands on iRacing’s virtual Dallara IndyCar or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at Infineon Raceway last month.  Even before the August 22nd announcement of iRacing.com’s partnership with the IndyCar Series, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Dallara Automobili, Justin Wilson took a development version of the Dallara out for a few laps around the Brickyard. Wilson remarked on the authenticity of the experience even before he left the virtual pits

Editor's Welcome

September 2nd, 2009 by

Welcome to inRacingNews, the first publication to bring you all the news from the world’s foremost race simulation service together with the latest developments from Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar, ALMS, Grand-Am and other top professional racing series. Race simulation has become increasingly sophisticated and popular in the past twenty years, evolving from primitive video games … Read the Rest »

Lotus (79) Stew

August 28th, 2009 by

I had an embarrassing start in the Lotus 79 and was far off the pace in my first online practice at the Glen. It was due to a couple of reasons – I’d never tried Watkins Glen in iRacing, and I was using the baseline setup. I was doing okay in the fast sections but … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Co-Sponsors Aflac Dallara in Grand-Am at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

August 27th, 2009 by

Hard on the heels of last weekend’s third-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol, TN, and a second-place at Watkins Glen earlier in the month, iRacing’s Marcos Ambrose makes his first-ever start in the Daytona Prototype class of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

iRacing Announces Partnership with Indy Racing League, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Dallara

August 22nd, 2009 by

iRacing.com to Put IndyCar Series Fans in the Driver’s Seat: Virtual Indy 500 Next May Highlights Partnership with Indy Racing League, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Dallara Sonoma, CA (August 22, 2009) – IndyCar Series racing fans won’t just be able to attend the Indianapolis 500 in person next year, or watch the broadcast at home – on the 2010 Memorial Day weekend anyone in the world who has a PC and a broadband internet connection will be able to drive in a stunningly realistic virtual version of the race. It's not just the sleek lines of the Dallara I 09 IndyCar that are precisely captured in iRacing.com's virtual version, the digital race car's mechanical elements are all modeled with the highest possible level of fidelity such that the digital car's performance is essentially identical to its real-world counterpart. Under the terms of a multi-year partnership with the Indy Racing League, iRacing.com’s motorsport simulation service will offer fans the opportunity to compete in virtual versions of IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights races on a variety of tracks, including Indianapolis Motor Speedway, beginning this fall