iRacing 2.0

[Supracentral]

So who is also on iRacing? Jared (Raven97990) got me interested in iRacing again and I'm really impressed with the system. 2.0. will be out in August and looks promising.

I just picked up a Thrustmaster Ferrari F430 Force Feedback wheel and pedals to replace my old worn out rig. I'm pretty happy with it.

So that makes at least two of us on here who are on iracing. Anyone else? And what are you using for a wheel?

 

[DreamerTheresa]

So now that I'm an iRacing widow.... ::shrug::

 

[Poodles]

I'll keep you company :naughty:















don't ban me

 

[Murd]

I haven't tried iRacing but it looks pretty good. When I had a wheel I played Live for Speed alot. Which looks similar, just not as high of a budget or online leagues and such. This does make me want to go out and get a new racing wheel for my PC though! (old one is bolted to my sons book case so he can pretend he's driving in his room).

 

[te72]

So now that I'm an iRacing widow.... ::shrug::

Heh, my girlfiend seems to think she'll become one every time I eyeball my setup... Sadly, my G27 and chair-frame-thing have hardly seen any use.

As for iRacing, I remember looking into it at one point (think a demo came with my wheel), I dunno how well my PC would hold up to such a thing. Seems to be a pretty physics heavy game, and my rig was built mostly for server duty back in 2006...

 

[DreamerTheresa]

Actually, it works out well. Mike plays his game, I make arts.

 

[Raven97990]

Yea- It was great, I posted a race and next thing I knew I had a referral reward from Mike. I got it to practice the Atlanta Motorspeedway road course, and I love it. I've had it just over a week and am finding myself slowly getting better at it. The most important key is to remember this: It's not a game. It's intended to be a sim, with slow development and racing leagues as you get better.

 

[Supracentral]

The most important key is to remember this: It's not a game. It's intended to be a sim, with slow development and racing leagues as you get better.

I'll second that. This is most definitely not a game, this takes a good bit more commitment than a game. Hell, some of the pro's are using it for training.

 

[te72]

Actually, it works out well. Mike plays his game, I make arts.

Always good to have a hobby. I read comics while the old lady is reading books or magazines.

The most important key is to remember this: It's not a game. It's intended to be a sim, with slow development and racing leagues as you get better.

I think that's what kinda scared me away a bit. How much of a PC do you have to run something like this anyway? I'm interested, got the hardware for it (not 100% of the pc requirements), but the commitment scared me off. I LOVE the idea, but I think a game like GT5 is more my pace for all the more time I allow for gaming these days.

 

[Raven97990]

I think that's what kinda scared me away a bit. How much of a PC do you have to run something like this anyway? I'm interested, got the hardware for it (not 100% of the pc requirements), but the commitment scared me off. I LOVE the idea, but I think a game like GT5 is more my pace for all the more time I allow for gaming these days.

You can always buy the extra content and run in hosted sessions- they have the official racing leagues and then get a friend to host a custom race with whatever you want-

The software is pretty flexible, I'd check to see what their minimum requirements are but they seemed really minor compared to most games. You get the best experience with a high end PC, but with everything you can still have fun without.

Right now its $12 for 3 months as well which is a great deal to try it out- PM mike and get his email so he can get a $10 referral credit, I got several already =D

 

[Supracentral]

The software is pretty flexible, I'd check to see what their minimum requirements are but they seemed really minor compared to most games. You get the best experience with a high end PC, but with everything you can still have fun without.

Just about any Pentium 4 with at least a GeForce 8600 or better should work.

Right now its $12 for 3 months as well which is a great deal to try it out- PM mike and get his email so he can get a $10 referral credit, I got several already =D

Anyone who wants to give me referral credit can use nightmare@bard.net - I'd appreciate it.

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[Raven97990]

Well then, we should start a referral circle taking turns at the top lol!

 

[te72]

I'll keep it in mind gentlemen, it does sound like fun, and I'm bound to get bored of GT5 at some point.