All News: New Tire Model

Stergios Goes Back-To-Back at USA

November 13th, 2014 by

Following a dramatic and frantic Week 1 at Phoenix, the iRacing Sprint Car Cup entered the virtual plains of Florida for a heated 50-lap sim race at the 3/4mi. USA International Speedway. After a dominant Week 1 performance, PJ Stergios carried the momentum east, as he started from pole position, followed by Ronald Williams and … Read the Rest »

New Tires, New Contenders, Same Winners

August 11th, 2014 by

Portuguese translation below The third season of this year has come to iRacing and with it, many new features. The newest version of the NTM5 has come to the majority of the virtual vehicles and some of them had their physics redone to get ready for the new tire including the Lotus 79, which is … Read the Rest »

Pocono NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Preview

May 5th, 2014 by

Finding speed during a period of familiarity is hard in itself; NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series race teams spend countless hours between races searching for that ever-so-important tenth (or even hundredth) of a second. With new builds coming every twelve weeks, these teams enjoy a period in which car physics are static and the tire model … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series

April 29th, 2014 by

New Build, New Challenges, New Toys I’ve been a member of the iRacing service since July of 2008, and not since the “2.0” build can I remember a time when the entire service was turned on its ear just because of a build release.  If you haven’t done so in a while, go check out … Read the Rest »

NiS Open Garage: Richmond

April 24th, 2014 by

This week’s column might have been titled “Changes” as we have seen a few changes in iRacing’s sim model to replicate the recent rules changes in NASCAR. Changes to the spoiler, ride height and — most importantly — the tire model have some cheering while others are scratching their heads wondering how they are going … Read the Rest »

Kim & Dario Top iRacing.com Production Car Challenge

November 12th, 2013 by

Those iRacing sim-drivers looking to run their Mazda Roadster or Pontiac Solstice in the inRacing News Challenge will notice this series has been overhauled in several ways.  First-off the name has been changed to the “iRacing Production Car Challenge” and, secondly, the release of iRacing’s new tire model which has provided uniform racing between both … Read the Rest »

Expanded NTMv5, New League Features, Bathurst Highlight New Build

October 23rd, 2013 by

The 2013 Season 4 build introduces a variety of new league features, equips more cars with the NTMv5 and introduces the Nationwide Ford Mustang along with a couple of tracks, including Australia’s legendary Bathurst.

Lingvist Extends Lead; Lotus Take a Stranglehold

March 11th, 2013 by

Round 4 of the Lotus 79 Classic Teams Championship saw the field visit the perennial favourite, Watkins Glen. This classic race track generally sees a peak in participation but for some reason that didn’t materialize this season, although the participation remained consistent as 17 starts took place over the course of the week. Nicklas Lindqvist … Read the Rest »

Ehnström Storms to CTC Crown

January 22nd, 2013 by

Roland  Ehnström stormed to an emphatic overall drivers crown in the 2012 Season 4 Classic Teams Championship series.  The Swedish sim-racer won all but one of his races throughout the season and was a deserving champion as outgoing champion, Gernot Fritsche, struggled to come to terms with the heavily-revised Lotus 79. With a couple of … Read the Rest »

Ferrari Snatches CTC Title; Fritsche takes Sixth CTC Drivers Crown

October 25th, 2012 by

The 2012 Season 3 Classic Teams Championship drew to a close with drama as Ferrari stormed to the title at the last gasp as Williams failed at the last hurdle. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca formed the backdrop to this titanic finale in what was probably the best CTC yet as 90 drivers battled for everything … Read the Rest »