When I hear the name Cosworth I immediately think of fast Fords and legendary DFV engine used in Formula One across three decades. But obviously times have changed as iRacing and Cosworth partner on a free telemetry system available to all active subscribers. The multi-year agreement means Cosworth are an official data analysis partner, and their PI Toolbox software will be … [Read more...]
iRacing Studios Launches As A New Racing Game Brand
Having added console and more simple racing games alongside the core motorsport simulation, there's some business restructing as iRacing Studios launches as a new racing game brand. Now iRacing will sit within iRacing Studios, alongside NASCAR 25, the World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing series, ExoCross, iRacing Arcade and all future titles. Which is probably more about doing some … [Read more...]
iRacing 2025 Season 3 Patch 3 Released
A third update has arrived with iRacing 2025 Season 3 Patch 3 released with changes including an adustment of how driver divisions have been separated out. Not every pays attention to their division championships, but the splits were changed for the start of Season 3 and apparently it didn't have the desired effect. So now they're being adjusted a bit more. Most notable … [Read more...]
Race For Your Country In The 2025 Four Nations Esports Cup
Sim racers from the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand can race for your country in the 2025 Four Nations Esports Cup, which is organised by Motorsport UK (along with the corresponding Motorsport organisations in each country), and takes place on iRacing. After starting in 2022 as a competition between the UK and Australia, it became a three-way battle with New … [Read more...]
iRacing Partners With The NASCAR Euro Series
There's one sim racing platform that has dominated oval series for years, and that's expanding as iRacing partners with the NASCAR Euro Series. The combination of V8 stock cars and European circuits has been around since 2008 under various names, becoming an officially sanctioned series in 2012. EuroNASCAR cars and engines are built by Team FJ badged as various … [Read more...]
iRacing 2025 Season 3 Patch 1 Released
With the big Season 3 update launched on June 10th during the start of Week 13, further fixes and improvements have already arrived with iRacing 2025 Season 3 Patch 1 released. General changes include enabling the Connection Black Flag for hosted sessions, so you can enable an automatic return to the pits for people with intermittent and unstable server issues. There was … [Read more...]
Adaptive AI Opponents Arrive With iRacing 2025 Season 2
While it's always been seen as the leader in competitive online sim racing, the single player AI experience has always been pretty good in iRacing. But it's about to get a lot more interesting as Adaptive AI opponents arrive with iRacing 2025 Season 2. AI racers were first introduced towards the end of 2019 and start of 2020, and since then more cars and tracks have been … [Read more...]
World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Adds Huset’s Speedway
World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 adds Huset's Speedway as part of the Gold Edition for PC and consoles and the original Season Pass for the game. The circuit is also available as standalone DLC if you've purchase the base game on Xbox or PlayStation joining Oswego as optional DLC. The 3/8 mile dirt oval track opened in 1954, carved out of a soybean field by farmer and … [Read more...]
Latest NASCAR 25 Developer Diary Looks At Career Mode
Due for release in Autumn 2025, more details are being shared about the licensed oval racing game as the latest NASCAR 25 Developer Diary looks at career mode. It's also now confirmed that NASCAR 25 will be released on PC as well as consoles. The video features a variety of staff from iRacing and Monster Games, including Dale Earnhardt Jr, along with NASCAR Craftsman Truck … [Read more...]
World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Gold Edition Now On Steam
After iRacing moved into publishing console racing games with the original World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing back in 2022, you can play the sequel on your PC with World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Gold Edition now on Steam. The obvious question is why you'd buy a separate title when iRacing is available on the PC and includes dirt racing with the same cars and tracks? One key … [Read more...]
NASCAR 25 Will Include The Truck And ARCA Series
As iRacing take over publishing the standalone NASCAR franchise, it's been announced that NASCAR 25 will include the truck and ARCA series. Due out in Autumn, and developed by Monster Games, who previously developed NASCAR Heat up to, and including Heat 4, the four championships which will appear in NASCAR 25 are the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR … [Read more...]
iRacing Introduces Two New Yearlong Dirt Oval Series
If you're a dirt track sim racer, then you'll probably be pleased as iRacing introduces two new yearlong Dirt Oval series. The new Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour and Dirt Super Late Model Tour will run from January until November each year, with more than 35 weeks of racing. Both series are modelled after real-world events, with finales at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. And it puts … [Read more...]
2025 iRacing Daytona 24 Is Spoiled By A Ferrari Controversy
Plenty of sim racers will be celebrating the first big special event of the 2025 iRacing calendar, with more than 23,000 drivers competing across all splits. But the 2025 iRacing Daytona 24 is spoiled by a Ferrari controversy following a suspicious disconnection just under eight hours from the finish. The early stages of the race saw a battle in the GTP class between the BMW … [Read more...]
Introducing The First Team ORD Social Night On iRacing
We're ramping things up a bit when it comes to sim racing in 2025, and as part of that, our first Team ORD Social Night will take place on iRacing tomorrow, Wednesday January 15th, from 7pm. Anyone is welcome to come and join us, and for our first public hangout, we're going back to our roots with the free VW Jetta TDI, and the free Snetterton circuit. You can come along for … [Read more...]
Craig’s Setup Shop Will Close In December 2024
Anyone that has been simracing for a while will have either played around with tuning options, or found somewhere to provide them. And one of the most popular options will be ending their service soon, as Craig's Setup Shop will close in December 2024. Founder Craig A Williams announced that operations will end when iRacing Season 4, 2024 comes to a conclusion. It marks the … [Read more...]