Mate this looks absolutely awesome!
Tell me more!!!!
Mate this looks absolutely awesome!
Tell me more!!!!
Ok
1. The software is called Iracing, its for PC only.
2. Its a hardcore simulator that is so in depth that real life drivers use it for training. It makes GT5 and Forza look like Mario Kart.
3. Its only online, there is no AI to race against. There are also no aids such as TC/ABS etc and you HAVE to use cockpit view and shift manually.
4. Its split up into Oval and Road Racing, with various series available within both categories (both tin top and open wheel)
5. It has a system involving licenses and something called Safety Rating. In order to move up licenses and race the faster cars you need to maintain a good safety rating, you do this by avoiding collisions, not going off track etc.... if your SR falls below a certain level you get demoted down a license. it basically makes everyone drive how they would if they were racing in real life (clean !)
6. It's pretty expensive. The base monthly membership is about £6 and you get a few free tracks and cars with it but if you want the full experience you will need to buy the extra cars/tracks needed to run in the various online series. Each car costs about $11 and each track $14. In total i've been on the service for about 2 and a half years now and own all the content (34 cars, 60+ tracks). Its not hard to work out how much i've spent... most people on the service don't see it as a video game they see it as a cheaper replacement for real life motorsports which they can't afford to do on a regular basis !
7. The tracks are expensive because they are laser scanned to within 1mm accuracy, every little bump in the road surface is modelled accurately and will be felt via force feedback effects through your wheel. The tracks are even more accurate than the ones F1 teams use in their simulators (due to a higher resolution of laser scanning being used). These highly accurate tracks are the reason lots of real life drivers use the sim for training to get to know tracks before they race on them for real.
8. 99% of people on the service use a wheel and pedals, the userbase is very hardcore... you can use a joypad but you will be at a big disadvantage.
9. Most of the time you will race against similarly skilled drivers, races happen at specific times of the day (rookie series races are always on the hour), if 150 people sign up for one race/time slot it will split everyone into say 10 different races (called splits) based on skill level.
10. Its highly competitive, people get properly vexed if you wreck them out even if its by accident and people will sometimes protest bad driving which can result in you getting a week ban (or more) from the service if you purposely wrecked someone or cussed them down or whatever.
11. Every 12 weeks a new build is released with new features as well as new cars/tracks to purchase.
Thats just scratching the surface, its the most in depth racing sim ever made...
Few more vids for you
[video=youtube;y_WbYGuR90E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_WbYGuR90E[/video]
