Read the good and bad there. It's not for everyone due to the pricing structure and the fact it is still in development, but for those who do enjoy it the game quickly becomes the de facto standard - and makes it very hard to go back to anything else.
You can get a free one month trial (that includes the Radical and Silverstone) by entering this promotion code; PR-RADICAL-ONE-MONTHon this part of the website. Don't forget you need a wheel and pedals setup.
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Its 156$ subscription for a year that includes three cars and eight oval tracks.
Not exactly. iRacing have a few subscription models available;
$19 a month
$50 every three months
$90 every six months
$156 every year (which works out at $13 a month) and comes with $60 free iRacing credit.
With each package you get an additional amount of free iRacing credit either to put towards your next renewal, or to spend on additional cars and tracks. It's expensive, at least in the short term, but it's worth it. If you're patient and plan your purchases you can save a lot of money down the line as well.
You also don't get 8 oval tracks, I think you get about 4. It depends on what promotion code you give when you sign up but at one point you could get tracks like Silverstone free (and that includes many configurations within so its not just one track). The base subscription itself comes free with famous road courses like Lime Rock Park, Laguna Seca, and Summit Point, whilst many of the ovals themselves have infield road courses. Again, you do end up having to buy tracks to play in the higher series but once you've bought them that's it.
You get just three cars to begin with, but they are all you need to get up to speed and two of them are road cars.
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iRacing actually goes to the tracks in question and laser scans each section of the track to a very high fidelity - and it has a huge impact upon the dynamics of the simulation. There is no other game out there with that kind of detail and they don't stop at the track surface, if you look at the video comparisons on youtube for example you can see how precise they are in terms of trackside details. They model the whole circuit and its surroundings as well - just check out some of the blimp cameras on youtube.
Same deal with the cars, but you really don't have to buy every car and track. In fact it'd be a waste of money and time because you'll never have enough of it to race them all. The game is built on something of a ladder system where you work you way up through separate oval and road racing licenses. So depending on whether you are interested in oval/road racing there is only ever 1 or 2 cars you should be focusing on. Working your way up gradually, buying what you need and only what you need... it's really not that bad. No question it's expensive in the short term, but for me it's well worth the outlay in comparison to other games.
Its still highly more expensive than anything near. You can't even race your bought cars on your bought tracks unless you pay monthly subscription. And while physics model is very good their management are pricks, threatening to sue modders and pull stuff like this: http://forums.speedgeezers.net/index.php?showtopic=28858
ps. correction. Not threatening to sue, but they actually sued him.
Yes, but it's also better than anything else and the tracks, cars - the whole service - is constantly updated so it doesn't stay static and each component is consistent with the same high level of quality.
There's nobody affiliated with iRacing in there apart from one member who just so happens to have a bad reputation on the official iRacing forums for being confrontational and holier than thou. As for the guy wronged by auto-renewal... If you subscribe to something then you are subscribed to something. You can't turn around and say; oh but I lost interest and never used it and demand a refund. It's a shame iRacing didn't see it differently and make an exception in this one instance... but hey I don't have the facts to hand. If you're worried about this sort of thing you go into 'my account' and set it up differently. It's not rocket science.
It would be easy for someone to subscribe, not use the service for a considerable amount of time, realise he has renewed and then think... oh shit, what a waste, and bung an email to iRacing asking for a refund. That seems more disingenuous than the last in my opinion. It is a business after all.
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ps. correction. Not threatening to sue, but they actually sued him.
It doesn't say that. He wasn't sued. Some guy unaffiliated with iRacing got his panties in a twist and suggested that he could be.
I think he means, why do the rims look so flat, sprites?
Really? They look alright to me, especially considering you have around ~30 cars on track! It would be nice if they eventually moved to a system where they could spruce the graphics up in replays (as in GT and FORZA) but that's going to be low on their list of priorities unfortunately...
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iRacing is the best sim since Gran Prix Legends. Period. If you're serious about simming, then you have to play it.
...and with the free trial given above there's no excuse not to
Its still highly more expensive than anything near. You can't even race your bought cars on your bought tracks unless you pay monthly subscription. And while physics model is very good their management are pricks, threatening to sue modders and pull stuff like this: http://forums.speedgeezers.net/index.php?showtopic=28858
ps. correction. Not threatening to sue, but they actually sued him.
The dude was too lazy to uncheck the "autorenew" box. If he can't manage a simple process such as that he shouldn't be using any subscription based services.
Blizzard takes the same steps if you dispute a renewal. I agree it sucks though as they should at least settle for payment of 1 month, but I'm fairly sure its written in the EULA under the FU clause
Anyway, as far as iRacing: its very nice IF thats the format of racing you are looking for. I have no problem with their subscription price, but charging for cars and tracks is too excessive for me.
Read the good and bad there. It's not for everyone due to the pricing structure and the fact it is still in development, but for those who do enjoy it the game quickly becomes the de facto standard - and makes it very hard to go back to anything else.
You can get a free one month trial (that includes the Radical and Silverstone) by entering this promotion code; PR-RADICAL-ONE-MONTHon this part of the website. Don't forget you need a wheel and pedals setup.
Quote:
Its 156$ subscription for a year that includes three cars and eight oval tracks.
Not exactly. iRacing have a few subscription models available;
$19 a month
$50 every three months
$90 every six months
$156 every year (which works out at $13 a month) and comes with $60 free iRacing credit.
With each package you get an additional amount of free iRacing credit either to put towards your next renewal, or to spend on additional cars and tracks. It's expensive, at least in the short term, but it's worth it. If you're patient and plan your purchases you can save a lot of money down the line as well.
You also don't get 8 oval tracks, I think you get about 4. It depends on what promotion code you give when you sign up but at one point you could get tracks like Silverstone free (and that includes many configurations within so its not just one track). The base subscription itself comes free with famous road courses like Lime Rock Park, Laguna Seca, and Summit Point, whilst many of the ovals themselves have infield road courses. Again, you do end up having to buy tracks to play in the higher series but once you've bought them that's it.
You get just three cars to begin with, but they are all you need to get up to speed and two of them are road cars.
mmorpgs is buy the game + monthly subscription. Here its no price for game + monthly subscription + buy a car + buy a track. And you start with lowest racing licence so if you only want to play nascar races you'll have to spend a lot of time in begginers car and buy some required oval tracks. Then you'll move to next licence level and you'll have to buy next car and some new tracks. And so on untill you get finally get to nascar cars.
Mmorpgs only cost much the first 5-6 months (for the actual game) then they usually fall down to very good prices which still includes 1months game time.
Example. Warhammer cost like new game when it was released and included 1 month of game time. Now the game cost less than 1 month of gametime and still include that free month.
You get the box+dvds+manual+1 free month for less than 1 month cost
Anyway, sorry for going OT
Edit: Oh, and you need a steering wheel for the racing game too apparently...and thats not free.
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
The guys here take everything very seriously, whole career mode is made so you race like in real life, so when you get to those nascar cars, you can't just drive them on quick-races, you must drive them in long races that usually take an hour. Theres penalty for crashing and it is NOT easy to get to higher licences.
Like I said, simulation side of the game is great. Financial and racing structure on other hand is bad.
Just a heads up that they have a black friday deal which means you (new and existing users alike) can get a years subscription for just £45/$75 as opposed to £60/$99.
They also recently knocked the prices down for regular subscriptions and content as well - so some of the posts above are not accurate anymore. You can get the full details on the site; http://www.iracing.com/ but they now offer credits for racing in series - which I guess is a sort of symbiotic relationship between the driver and service.
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Anyone on the fence should snap this deal up. It's the best simulation, and more than that it is the best service for online racing.
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