Australian circuit Mount Panorama is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour and Bathurst 1000, and it will soon be available to drivers around the world as the 4 mile road course is added to iRacing. Originally a dirt-track and tourist drive cared out of hills above the city of Bathurst in the 1930s, Mount Panorama now attracts upwards of 200,000 spectators to its most iconic … [Read more...]
iRacing add the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe to the roster
iRacing add the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe to the roster, as driven by Team Cadillac's Johnny O'Connell and Andy Pilgrim in the Pirelli World Challenge GT Series. “With Johnny O’Connell’s win in the opening round of the Pirelli World Challenge GT Series in St Petersburg and Andy Pilgrim’s win in Long Beach, the Cadillac CTS-V has already proven to be very a competitive proposition … [Read more...]
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iRacing at Autosport International Show in January
iRacing will be making an appearance at the Birmingham NEC for the Autosport International show on January 14-15, 2012, with two state-of-the-art VRX simulators loaded with all the current cars for anyone to try out. In addition to the full car list, the simulators will also offer the full range of 50 tracks, from Spa-Francorchamps to Brands Hatch. Kevin Bobbitt of … [Read more...]
Voting starts for iRacers of the Year 2011
Voting is now underway for the first ever iRacer of the Year Awards, with categories for Top Driver and Top Member. The voting continues until 23:59 GMT on December 31st, with the winners announced in early January. The nominees for iRacing Driver of the Year are: Ray Alfalla – NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship winner with 3 wins and 8 more top fives; also … [Read more...]
iRacing announces iRacing.com NVIDIA Series
The top championship in iRacing will now be known as the iRacing.com NVIDIA Series after securing the title sponsor who have already been involved in the iRacing.com NVIDIA Cup, which features the Mazda MX-5 and is open to all iRacing members. But this championship is the big one with an 18-round championship featuring th the top drivers competiting in replicas of the … [Read more...]
iRacing partners with McLaren Electronic Systems for F1 and NASCAR data
iRacing has partnered with McLaren Electronic Systems to incorporate ATLAS Express data analysis software, which means you'll now have similar data acquisition and telemetry software to that used by every F1 team since 2008, and on NASCAR's standard ECU in 2012, to give you the most amazing insights into how your virtual race car is performing. iRacing is also releasing an … [Read more...]
iRacing wants 2000 racers for QA event on May 14th, 2011
iRacing is looking to attract 2000 racers for a special one-off event to test some infrastructure changes in preparation for the iRacing.com Indy 500 on May 28th, and as an incentive, if 2000 people turn up, you'll all get a special 'iTested' award on the Awards page. The official event will feature the Mazda MX-5 and Okayama International Circuit (full) which is available to … [Read more...]
Major updates this summer for iRacing
Version 2.0 of iRacing has been announced for release this summer, based around an even more realistic and accurate tire model, which is the result of three years of work by by the iRacing team. The game has grown from 400 racers in its first month back in 2008 to over 25,000 members with 30 official series, over 60 tracks and more than 1,500 official races each week, with … [Read more...]
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iRacing 24 Hours of Racing to support Japan Relief Efforts
On March 22nd, iRacing.com will hold a dozen races over a 24-hour period as a special fund-raising event to support the Red Cross relief efforts following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, named 'Racing For Japan'. iRacing has more than 25,000 members in 87 countries, including more than 200 Japanese members, and all iRacing.com racers are eligible to participate and … [Read more...]
Greger Huttu wins iRacing.com Intel GP Series World Final
As a nation, Finland seems to have a special affinity for motorsport, and that's reinforced in online racing by the success of Greger Huttu, who beat seven of the world's top online racers to claim the Intel GP Series World Final. The final took place in Hannover, Germany, but the venue for the racing was Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, competing in Star Mazdas. Having qualified … [Read more...]
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Indycar and iRacing partner for new championship
Indycar and iRacing have teamed up for the new iRacing.com IZOD Indycar Premier Series, which is an 18-race, 36-week series hosted on many of the same tracks as the 2011 IZOD Indycar Series. Racers will compete for oval and road titles, as well as an overall series champion. Both the oval and road champions will win a cash award, but the overall series champion will also get … [Read more...]