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...]
Tuning your mind
As sim-racing technology expands, widens, and deepens the experience of what it is like to build, tune, and compete in a simulated car, issues of real world application begin to surface. A cross reference from one world to the other starts to take shape allowing certain questions to be asked, and repeatable tests to take place that can validate or invalidate our assumptions in … [Read more...]
GT5 – Not a test of endurance
Gran Turismo 5 has come in for much criticism regarding the amount of time and effort it takes to finish. To achieve 100% completion and a coveted Platinum PlayStation trophy, players must win every single race and time trial in the game, own a thousand cars, take a picture of a building and achieve the nigh-impossible task of winning a race by just one hundredth of a … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Update #3 Mugello Practice
Practice is well underway for the next round of the IFCA ALMS Season 3 series, and I've finally managed to get out on track. One way that professional racers can judge themselves during practice is to look back at times from previous seasons. Plus they're also normally involved in specific practice days which will see several teams all lapping the same circuit at the same … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Update #1
With just three days to go before the first race of the IFCA ALMS Series Season 3, I'm suddenly incredibly sympathetic to any racing team which misses testing. Signing up five days before the first event isn't ideal, and the fact I also run my own business and have a family to look after has meant that I've been struggling with practice time. Having signed up at the start of … [Read more...]
The ORD FM3 Community Choice Classics Project Car
The Community Choice Classics pack of downloadable content for Forza Motorsport 3 has now been released, for 400 points on Xbox Live. And like most people, we rushed online to download it - after all, it's probably the most interesting car pack released for the game, with the following cars included: 1971 AMC Javelin-AMX 1973 BMW Motorsport 2002 Turbo … [Read more...]