A whole host of new venues have been announced, with lots of new Dirt Tracks coming to iRacing in 2022. It's already the sim racing choice for short ovals and longer speedway tracks, and the ramping up of releases could be tied to the recent acquisition of developers Orontes Games. So it's great news if you enjoy racing dirt ovals across the various car classes in iRacing, … [Read more...]
R8G Win The 2021 VCO 24H Series ESports Round 3
It's a third consecutive podium and the first victory of the season as R8G win the 2021 VCO 24H Series Esports Round 3 at the Red Bull Ring. The six hour race saw Vlad Khimichev and Racim Fezoui take the chequered flag with a 14 second lead in their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO. Second place was taken by the Williams Esports BMW M4 GT3, with third going to the MAHLE Racing … [Read more...]
iRacing 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 Released
There are some changes to popular cars, and some important fixes for Daytona International Speedway, with iRacing 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 released to download now for the weekend. The 175MB download also tackles a tyre issue which could have had serious implications on your race performance. With the Daytona 24 Hour event coming up, and the 2.4 hour solo endurance … [Read more...]
New iRacing Videos Highlight Daytona Updates
Two new iRacing videos highlight Daytona updates included in the 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 release. The latest 2021 laser scan data has been used to tweak and change Daytona International Speedway, replicating it as close as possible to the real thing. Big changes you'll notice include the Bus Stop curbing changing and new gain-time checkpoints, meaning you might have to change … [Read more...]
iRacing 2022 Season 1 Patch 1 Released
The first big update of the year has arrived with iRacing 2022 Season1 Patch 1 released now to download as a 1.07GB file if you select everything available. And while most people will probably be interested in the tweaks to the new Honda Civic Type R and McLaren-AMG F1 W12 E Performance, the big news is that the VW Jetta TDI will take more damage. In all seriousness, the … [Read more...]
iRacing Acquires Monster Games
If picking up one racing game developer before Christmas wasn't enough, then why not grab two, as iRacing acquires Monster Games just days after they announced the acquisition of Orontes Games. The plan for both developers is for them to continue as standalone development studios working on their own projects, while the iRacing dev team remains focused on their own racing … [Read more...]
iRacing Acquires DRAG Developers Orontes Games
Announced just before the festive break, iRacing acquires DRAG developers Orontes Games in an interesting move for the sim racing organisation. We've seen a number of acquisitions over recent years, but this is the first announced by iRacing. Orontes Games was founded in 2016 by Christian and Thorsten Folkers. And the German developers had built their own propriety game … [Read more...]
Team Germany Win The 2021 Cup of Nations
Maximilian Benecke, Patrik Holzmann, Christopoher Dambietz and Alexander Thiebe are victories as Team Germany win the 2021 Cup of Nations. The BenQ MOBIUZ Cup of Nations presented by VCO challenges sim racers to compete across a range of discplines, from rallycross and NASCAR to GT and F1 cars on iRacing in order to claim the win for their nation. This year saw 16 countries … [Read more...]
2021 BMW SIM Live Winners and News
With the German manufacturer so heavily involved in sim racing at all levels, from running Esports teams to developing hardware, there's plenty to cover with the 2021 BMW SIM Live winners and news. The event took place last weekend for the third year in a row and featured the finals of three sim racing competitions running across three different platforms. And featured … [Read more...]
BS+Competition Take A VCO 24H Series Sebring Win
The second race of the championship has seen BS+Competition take a VCO 24H Series Sebring win as the duo of Rainer Talvar and Ryan Barneveld won the GT3 class and took overall victory. Running on iRacing, the 2021 VCO 24H Series Esports series begain in October with six hours at the Hockenheimring with a GT3 win for Alejandro Sanchez and Salva Talens, before the drivers … [Read more...]
Team VRS Win VCO ProSim Series Season 2 Round 3
Reigning champions Josh Rogers and Ayhancan Güven have taken their first victory of the season as Team VRS win VCO ProSIM Series Season 2 Round 3. The penultimate round of the championship saw heat race success for Team Redline and BS+Competition, but it was the Team VRS duo who finished first in the Bonus Race. 148 drivers and 74 teams made their way to the virtual Road … [Read more...]
VCO ProSIM Series Season 2 Round Two
A trio of teams and drivers were able to celebrate victories at the Hockenheimring for the VCO ProSIM Series Season 2 Round Two. Compared to the dominance of Team Redline at the opening round, the wins were shared between three different teams, although Maximilian Benecke and Chris Lulham still managed to extend their championship lead. In the first race it was the Coanda … [Read more...]
The 2021 iRacing 10h Suzuka Goes to Biela Racing
The fourth and final of the VCO Grand Slam events saw a different team on top of the podium, as the 2021 iRacing 10h Suzuka goes to Biela Racing Team Euronics. The duo of Sven Haase and Michael Neumeier had qualified outside the top ten with their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO, but battled through the field in the even powered by VCO. And the drama coninuted even as the … [Read more...]
Team Redline Dominate The VCO ProSIM Series Season 2 Opener
Considering they took all three classes at the 2021 iRacing Petit Le Mans last month, it's not entirely surprising to see Team Redline dominate the VCO ProSIM Series Season 2 opener at the Red Bull Ring. More than 30 teams competed in the two heat races, which saw drivers racing the Dallara P217 LMP2 around the Austrian circuit for 20 minutes of competition. With the top 15 … [Read more...]
iRacing 2021 Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 Released
Following on from the most recent update at the start of October, iRacing 2021 Season 4 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 has now been released to download at a relatively small size of 96MB for everything available. The big news is that the meatball flag will not be served to any of the dirt oval racing cars. You'll still suffer damage, but whether or not to continue will be down to the … [Read more...]