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iRacing Expands into Asia through Collaboration with Interush

February 5th, 2010 by

iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC have completed a collaborative marketing agreement with Interush, Inc. for the introduction and marketing of its online motorsport simulations program into some of the world’s fastest growing gaming markets: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Through this agreement, Interush will provide Japanese and Chinese translations of the website and gaming content, iRacing.com will use these to create Japanese and Chinese websites, and Interush will market the online gaming program through their extensive marketing affiliate organizations throughout Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.  Interush will also market iRacing.com through their portal websites and through ongoing promotional and public relations activities in these same countries

Wheatley's Rolex 2.4

February 1st, 2010 by

I’ve been around simracing for quite some time and I can safely say that I’ve only felt the way I did during Saturday’s iRacing Rolex 2.4 at Daytona once before: It was back in 2003 when I tasked myself with re-installing Grand Prix Legends (one of the iRacing development team’s previous creations) and running a … Read the Rest »

Season Four's Close Finishes

January 27th, 2010 by

Season Four 2009 has drawn to a close and for a number of online racing drivers there is a welcome opportunity to draw breath after some nail-biting climaxes to the season. The first to catch the eye is Division Seven in the IndyCar Series. This saw JD Babbitt from the Plains Club beat International Club … Read the Rest »

Towler's 1-2 Knockout

January 26th, 2010 by

Richard Towler Takes Pro Online Racing Title at Road America The iRacing Pro Series Road Racing  finally reached its grand finale this week at Road America. The aftermath of last week’s racing meant Australia’s Luke McLean trailed England’s Richard Towler by a mere nine points (after drops).  So if they raced together on Sunday (in … Read the Rest »

Official NASCAR Online Racing Begins

January 21st, 2010 by

iRacing.com Is Home To Five NASCAR Series A vision that Bill France Jr. articulated more than fifteen years ago will become reality this season with the formation of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series, an official NASCAR racing series. On February 9th online racing competition commences with the first event of the inaugural 18-race, 39-week NASCAR iRacing Drivers World Championship.

Williams F1 and iRacing Announce Virtual Version of AT&T Williams FW31

January 14th, 2010 by

Digital Duplicate of Current-Era Grand Prix Car Will Be Available in 2010 iRacing.com will build a virtual version of the 2009 AT&T Williams FW31 and make it available to members of its internet-based global motorsport simulation service.  The announcement at the Autosport International show in Birmingham, UK was made jointly by Williams F1 and iRacing.com … Read the Rest »

Williams F1 and iRacing Announce Virtual Version of AT&T Williams FW31

January 14th, 2010 by

Digital Duplicate of Current-Era Grand Prix Car Will Be Available in 2010 iRacing.com will build a virtual version of the 2009 AT&T Williams FW31 and make it available to members of its internet-based global motorsport simulation service.  The announcement at the Autosport International show in Birmingham, UK was made jointly by Williams F1 and iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation, LLC. “Our members range from full-time professional racing drivers to fans who may never sit in a racing car in the physical world,” said Divina Galica, MBE, iRacing’s director of client relations and a former world-class racer in cars and on skis, where she represented Britain in the Olympics on four occasions.

iRacing's Corvette: Good Enough is Not Good Enough

January 8th, 2010 by

We’ve gotten approval to build the Pratt & Miller Corvette C6.R GT1 car!  SWEEEEET!  OK, what’s first?  Hmmmm. Dyno sheets.  That’s the most important thing, right?  That beautiful sounding motor, deep and rumbling, with earth-moving torque and acceleration.  Now that sounds like fun! Getting the power to the ground is next, so what gearbox does … Read the Rest »

What's in a Name?

December 28th, 2009 by

“The Lady in Black” lived up to her name during Week 21 of the iRacing Pro Series Oval. Many of iRacing’s top drivers received her infamous “Black Stripe” early and often. Although this was the iPSO’s second trip to the tricky Darlington Raceway, many pros still found themselves searching for the secret of how to … Read the Rest »

Something You Don't See Every Day

December 23rd, 2009 by

This week marks the beginning of drivers dropping their worst results from their season points score in the case they have run every iRacing Pro Series Road Racing event to date.  This means over the remaining five weeks of the iPSRR we could see quite a lot of movement in the top 50.  However, this … Read the Rest »