AZDavid

I signed up for an account a few months back and have mostly been racing ovals. Today I decided to do some road course racing for the first time. So far I have been extremely impressed with the realism of this simulation. It blows all others, including rFactor, out of the water. The only major downside that I have come across is the cost. At $14 a month including only rookie series cars and tracks it can get expensive quickly.

Anyone else signed up and interested in doing some racing?


http://www.iracing.com/

dat boi

I'm on LFS (Live For Speed) 50 bucks for full unlock + LFSTweak. Really fun simulator with a wheel.

manuelisfun

How do these compare to Gran Turismo?

AZDavid

I am not sure about Live For Speed but iRacing physics and track realism far eclipse those of Gran Turismo. iRacing makes Gran Turismo feel like an arcade game and not a true simulation. The one area Gran Turismo outdoes iRacing is in graphics. iRacing's graphics look like those from the early 2000s.

If interested, sign up this month and try it out. For $14 you get three months of racing (both oval and road course). All you need is a good internet connection and a steering wheel.

I am down to 1:51.660 at Laguna Seca in the Rookie Pontiac Solstice after racing some more this afternoon. Still need to find about 2 seconds to really be competitive.

Let me know if you sign up so we can do some racing.

dat boi

lfs.com try the demo for free. It's plenty fun, but there aren't many cars to choose from. Hmm maybe I'll try that iRacing. I want to get a G25 first though

j0oftheworld

Live for Speed is the real deal man..
Grand tourismo is for 6yo girls!

AZDavid

iRacing has a promotion going on where new signups can get a month of racing for free!

http://iracing.com/sbrs/

Promotion expires 2/28/11.

sdueced

Does this run off of the computer and can you operate with a steering wheel? Prolly a dumb question but my racing game are on ps3 and xbox.

NVM found the what you need tutorial lol.

AZDavid

The sim runs only on a PC and a steering wheel is mandatory to be competitive and make laps.

The physics are so much more realistic than any other racing game/simulation. Where else can you complete with top drivers from around the world? I was chatting with Scott Speed (The real SS) last weekend as we were waiting for a race to start at Laguna Seca.