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The fact that people actually care about racing clean and safety rating playing such a large role makes it worth it if you’re after that true racing experience where most people doesn’t treat it like a game where you can just hit respawn or leave and try again. Makes it penalizing but extremely rewarding
I’m sure as you climb the ranks that’s true, from what I’ve seen in rookies, you can get a mix of people who are still relatively new and make mistakes (myself included) and drivers who clearly know the track/car combo well.
@@heenix5803 I’d have to agree with this. I think it’s the most well rounded sim on the market. Don’t get me wrong, iracing has its share of issues, but its experience as a whole is the best as of now.
Iracing straight up teaches you fundamentals, it is designed to make you a better race car driver with RACECRAFT , It still has its drivers that really some just don't care, and spoil it for everyone sometimes, it's,just something we have to deal with , but those drivers , those drivers can make you better because seeing them be stupid gives you incentive to not follow the path of stupidity and be better
@@heenix5803 man...how can people say they are clean racers? In 7races i did on 2days,i got Taken out on 4of Them...One of the races i was P2 on the final straight on the last Lap and the guy did me a pit maneuver and took me out
It would be good for us simracers if iRenting would get some competition. Other massive online games costs roughly the same each month, but in Iracing you also have to pay for the tracks and cars. And single car/track costs almost the same as other racing games full DLCs. There is no guarantee that the cars/tracks will be relevant further down the line. Would be better with just a subscription and no extra costs. Lets hope that the new Assetto Corsa have some good multiplayer or Automobilistsa 2 upcoming integration with LowFuelMotorsport will be good
I would clarify the subs is OK but as you say buying circuits and cars is the deal breaker but rather than just give them free have them unlock able so no money needed byt def needs effort and or commitment.
This is a fantastically detailed video and you covered every point that could be made. It definitely is costly..but for the ability to race 24/7 and at least have one full split(with some exceptions) even at the most awkward of times, it is worth it to me. I held out for a year or so fiddling with AC,RF2,AMS2, and a LOT of time in ACC. I caved about 9 months ago and haven't touched another sim since. Today I went from a IMSA muticlass race, to a super forula race, to a mx5, all with little downtime, and good racing all arond. There's a LOT to explore, and definitely can be costly. I've probably spend somewhere in the 5-600 range at this point, but I have almost every road course(especially for the disciplines I drive), and all of the cars I enjoy competing in.
Thanks Scott! I've tried ACC & AMS2 multiplayer and it's a bit of a mixed bag... I've only been sim racing for less than a year but I'm glad I caved too, nothing beats it!
As a member for 13 years for me it is great value. You reach a point where you have many tracks/cars and you effectively race with very little additional outlay. It is difficult to get going but the value is there. In addition if you complete 8 races in a season you get $7 so that adds to $28 per year. Can be $10 pers season if you race 2 series. Timing this with special deals/multi year it s great value. I cannot count the hours I have in Iracing so the cost per hour is extremely low.
14 year member here, it seems expensive at first but in reality there is incredible value to the service and simulation. if you get into this seriously and end up with a 1K sim rig, a 1300 wheel and pedal set, 3 screens and a computer to actually run it, iracing is very much the cheap part of the big picture.
At the end of the day, Iracing is one of the most expensive racing service and buying extra content will burn a hole in your pocket. But the development is constant, the multiplayer base is massive (this is coming from an Australian, who usually get screwed by participants) the special events and having a paid service usually means we don't have people ramming us and ruining our races constantly. There is always ACC if you don't wanna pay
It's great as a tool. You can make yourself a better driver on track and around the city. You learn a lot. You also get to drive with so many real drivers and get to interact with them. As just a "game" it's still great to be able to have that "real feel" of how a car would act. I know it's not perfect but yea it's nice. One thing I wish they would do is update graphics.
I drove 3 seasons in the Formula Vee rookie series and the monthly fee was absolutely worth it. iRacing even keeps adding more free content along with the paid content so the value for a membership keeps getting better and better. I enjoy nearly all the driving simulations available; while the feeling of driving or the graphics may be subjective, objectively nothing beats iRacing's matchmaking system.
The subscription is fine but it is the fact you still have to pay for tracks and cars on top that has put me off all these years and will continue to do so.
Get yourself a GT3 Car, GT4 Car & a Formula Car such as F4. Aswell as a few popular circuits like Nordschleife/Nurburgring, Redbullring, Hungaroring, Spa and you will have a couple really good races to choose from each and every week of the year. All of that equates to around $100, but it will keep you enteratined for an entire year, thousands of hours.
I don't know how many people remember what sim racing was like in 2008 but when iracing came around they changed the whole game. The PC racing sim genre was pretty dead for a couple years at that point but there was still a ton of user created mod support for what we had. It's was nice but still a lot of work to set everything up manually so it created a bit of a barrier. IRacing promised us excellent laser scanned tracks and cutting edge physics model with an expanding library of tracks and cars and now almost 20 years later I would say they have delivered that on all levels. IRacing isn't a subscription, you're paying membership dues on an international racing club. We get to play in an open and fair field with some of the best sim racers in the world and to me that's priceless. If you think it's too expensive then you're probably right, luckily now we have many other options with fantastic and easy to use mod support.
If you're into Oval racing iRacing is the game of choice. Most sims, and I own quite a few, concentrate on Road racing. With limited options for Ovals. iRacing has oval racing all day in multiple series. That's what hooked me
Just started IRacing this past weekend. Went and picked up the NASCAR ZL1 Next Gen and been running laps by myself. Thought it would be boring but it’s actually entertaining trying to improve your lap times.
I think one plus point is that most D-class series use free content at least partially, so sticking to them means you can save a lot of money. Also, you get an update every 3 months, often a significant one. And every few up[dates you get a free car or track, which is also nice. Compared to something like ACC, which might get an update once a year if at all, this is a huge improvement (which you pay for, of course).
I started sim racing in 2010 and jumped straight into iRacing. It's expensive af, but every other sim I tried after it felt worthless, so it is what it is.
I'm 18 years old, currently studying a degree in university, and I really don't think I would be able to balance that and iRacing, but I am very passionate about this so I will try to get it once I am more settled
I’ve been on iracing for about 4 years and I have loved ever minute of it iracing is hard and lots of running like you said just hitting a fast clean lap makes you feel really good knowing you put everything thing in to it glad to see other enjoying it as much as me
Joined iracing this year and no other sim comes close to what they offer. The price is high but it's justified for the most part. If you're smart with purchases, then over time the average monthly price is very affordable.
@@LajtowyWedkarz Well, none of these two is really any better than Logi Gs, but what they are is way way waaaaay less durable. (source: I managed to break them all xD well, haven't had a TX but I don't think it'd bear much better)
For me it has been worth it, but I'm biased have been here for 9 years and haven't needed to got for content shopping spree to fill schedule for ages, so it doesn't feel that expensive anymore.
You forgot to mention that you can actually make a little money even as a rookie to help pay for the cars and tracks. It’s not much, but if you race in enough races each quarter, they give you $10 in credit. That’s $40 per year. That could buy a few cars or tracks.
My issue is as a rookie joining into iRacing the cost of stuff on top of the subscription is a massive barrier. Furthermore we know vehicles are thrown into legacy at some point. So my money won't even keep me racing in an official series forever. I wish they simply offered a more expensive membership that is all access. They've over complicated it imo. We know a person can only race X hours... So why limit people to a single series or two in costs. I'm still feeling it out tbh. I may buy tracks and cars for a specific series. It just feels so limiting. I enjoy variety.
I understand iRacing has so many races going on, and those servers aren't free to run, I just find it ridiculous to pay a monthly subscription to access the game and such high prices per car and per track, surely it should one or the other, either a one time payment to own the game and charge for every piece of content in it or give us everything for the subscription, either way it's still tempting me, I've dabbled in it a bit before
Tbh at the start, the feeling of spending so much money isn't great, but after 1 year you'll barely buy anything because you settled on your favorite series, last two seasons i didn't buy a single track to complete all the races in imsa, and in this season I'm racing in loke 7 series and there's no tracks missing from my side. So yeah, it's worth it in the long run
iRacing has a huge momentum right now. You mention a few other titles, but let's be honest. LMU and rF2 are in big trouble, Rennsport was a huge flop, AMS and other titles are too unpopular to actually compete in the same segment. ACC is valid though, but seems like everyone is just anticipating Kunos to release AC Evo. iRacing has continuity, which seems to be a major driving factor. They have a solid product that gets massive updates through the year, and they keep on gathering licenses and expertise. Therefore, committing to iRacing is currently appealing, and you can see that in their numbers. The Covid-run of simracing is settling, meaning that creating a new niche will be ever harder.
For having the best sim racing equipment it costs a fortune, I have pasture land that I have made into a large track, and had rebuilt Two Volkswagens into dune buggies that are standard shifting, and my friends come to race and have fun on weekends
If you are in to Oval Track racing then iRacing is the best for sure, so if you like Stock Car racing & IndyCar racing then iRacing will be perfect for you, wish I joined the service sooner than I did.
If you’re like me…and never made it out of the Rookie class, then it’s very affordable. iRacing never gave me a reason to purchase any content as I was not allowed to run any official races outside of Rookie’s.
I honestly think that iracing isnt competing with other sims, its competing with real life racing. Compare the pricing of iracing to buying and maintaining a hobby stock or street stock and you'll realize how affordable it really is
I just wanna bring up one thing that wasn’t mentioned, paying attention to your iRating is just as important if not more important to find cleaner races. I just started in July and didn’t pay attention to my iRating and only on Safety Rating so my iRating dropped down to 900 I’ve gotten it back up to 1500 now but I really wish I paid attention to iRating when I started I would probably by in the mid 2000 by now. Great video on everything else though.
after you own 40 bits of add on content you will then be given a permanent discount on all content after, also if you buy 2 or 3 bits of content at at one time they always give a slight discount so try never to buy one bit of content at a time always buy in bulk to save some cash.
The price is definitely an investment. The more you play, the less you notice needing to buy content and it gets to the point where you rarely need to buy things to compete
one hidden note, once you have purchased a car, yes you "own it" but as the game progresses and they update the vehicles, some of your purchased cars wil become obsolete and depending on when you purchased it you may need to buy the new model
@@TheDirtyLime the old BMW was demoted to a lower series(production car challenge), so its still in use but as a result, for the BMW fans racing in the GT4 series had to purchase the vehicle again. iRacing did give out credit though for those who have purchased the vehicle withing 12 months but outside of that you need to buy again. GT3's: Ferrarri, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes have all had upgrades over the years, so while i have a bunch of cars that i can use, they are not IN use on the current online servers(still good for Ai racing though)
Yeah but they also need to keep the sim updated. If you race GT3 for example you wan't to race the current cars which are also on track in real life right now. At some point cars just retire and new ones come along. You can still race the old cars in lobbies and what not, there are just no official races with them any more. They kept the M4 for example for the production car challenge, which is grate and if you purchased the old one within 6 months or so, you got a full refund, even though you still can use it. There are already over 140 Series on iRacing. They can't keep every car alive.
Looking to get my 5 year old into IRacing, we have F1 2024 but I think IRacing based on your video would be a better way for him to learn. What you guys think ?
3 years ago I had a free 3 month trial for iRacing, and I was lucky if I put in more than 10 hours. Even right now, I am lucky if I get 10 hours in every 4 months due to my work schedule. The money vs time does.not warrant the cost, especially when considering the exchange to Canadian $$$. I'll continue with the everything I get.on discount from Steam until I have more time to dedicate to sim racing. (That also includes upgrading from my Thrustmaster T300 to a direct drive.)
Nice video. In my opinion, I’ve been doing sim racing for years and tried pretty much every sim and simcade in the last two years. I don’t think Iracing is worth it. I personally don’t care about the cost, and as others have said, they do a great job with the online ranked series. Lots of options and people to race against at every time of the day. That being said, every time I try to get back to Iracing, I end up uninstalling it before my membership is up. I always get excited when I see so many people signing up for races, but after I start driving, my excitement goes away very fast. The Iracing tire model is not good at all and makes the driving experience underwhelming and frustrating. I’m not going to get into the realistic or not realistic topic because it doesn’t really matter, it’s simply just not an enjoyable driving experience. If they were to fix this aspect, this would probably be the sim I’d play 90% of the time
When you go on raceroom, you'll be lucky to see more than 40 people online. That's my experience of it, where i can get a competitive race on iracing right now.
Theres a wreck in lap 1 80% of the time, majority being within the first 3 turns. Id like to say this is isolated but it happens all the way up to 2k iR. What a joke!
My method to keep costs low and get bang for buck is to look at all tracks and what series they run and when. If some match up to what I whant to run i add them to my list of about 80 bucks at once at the start of the season.
As an oval racer, iracing is pretty much my only option but to me it’s worth it because to me it feels more realistic than anything that’s out there especially seeing as how many pro drivers literally use iracing for race prep
IRacing price is okay, however fact the payment operates in USA adds extra taxes for people in Europe…so a track which is tagged as 15 bucks, actually ends up being 17-18 bucks, for being active every week in same tier, for my first Ferrari championship, would be about 90 bucks. I’m not sure if this cost gets stable as you have tracks enough in your profile, however it’s scary for anyone who is aiming for eventual weekends races
My first 3 years on iRacing were VERY expensive. but the costs do level off as you build your library. I stopped racing compeititively at a league level which helped, but I'm otherwise only buying content I want to race rather than what's on the series schedule. You can do how you wish, but Going at a steady pace helps a lot. Especially if you'd rather focus on upgrading your driving hardware first
@@morgfarm1 that's where I am right now, still building my hardware rig..so the IRacing cost is kind of a no go for me now..I played for a month and could see why everyone calls it top level online experience, the match making is literally unbeatable. However since I'm casual racer and spending a lot on hardware now, I've decided to step back and stick to ACC for now with LFM to emulate similar experience, but I can say IRacing was more playful as a rookie since match making and number of people playing was able to set me in races where people have similar level, so I was able to be competitive. In LFM I'm happy when I finish not in last 😅. Thank you for sharing your experience, I can see now that I can expect going back to IRacing as soon as I'm satisfied with the hardware.
I don't think the high cost is such a big problem tbh. If something is really good, i don't mind spending more money over competitors. The problem is that iracing as a total experience, is only ok. It's not really better than what competitors offer. That's the reason it's kind of hard to justify the really high price. The statement that other sims can't offer the same level of competitive racing is not true. League racing is very popular and easy to get in to. Atleast in Europe. Can't comment on other regions.
Great video and keep up the good work dude. Would you say it's worth buying if you're not so much into online racing, but prefer racing against the AI instead? I ask because people have mentioned that iracing's AI is top in its class and is considered the best among other sims.
If you're not into online racing then NO, absolutely not worth buying!!! Online racing is what iRacing is all about. That's why people pay for it. If you're not into online racing, go for something else honestly, and I say this as a real iRacing fan.
Most rookies are terrible ive been dive bombed spun round taken out, And not by a driving mistake, When you get hit you lose points and that sucks when itd not your fault, However i have met other respectful drivers that have made a great race to the line. As said you either qualify at the front or sit at the back because lap one you will 90% get hit staying out of trouble is so hard with some poor driving on the track Im not perfect but dont go out my way to rekt someone elses race ive just started out.
I was thinkin about getting iracing. I wanted to get into sim racing and get competitive with it. I was gonna go for F1 or onroad cars. Is it worth it ?
@@nathanc6450 I started going down the formula route because I already had the F4 car from a deal. I’ve not switched to road cars and prefer it a lot more
The main and only iRacing aspect that beats Assetto Corsa is the iRating. Everything else in terms of feedback and server refresh rate and lack of detail on road/tires is seriously lacking. I dont think AC Evo will get ahead sadly. Both games are still fun tho. Especially as a rookie who only pays for monthly subscription.
My advice 4 years in, is to buy tracks you like, but dont buy loads of cars. Buy one and commit to the series. There is so much choice in cars, but they take them away after a while, the tracks rarely get retired, especially the big ones like Laguna Seca etc.
I was supposed to get iRacing after much cajoling from friends, but decided against it the last minute when I discovered that GR86 Cup and Spec Miata MX-5 Cup cars are on sequential and not on H-pattern. It may not be as realistic as iRacing but at least Assetto Corsa still has their MX-5 Cup cars in manual H-pattern, so I'm sticking with it via LFM and WSS
iRacing does go with whatever gearbox is natural to the car. GR86 is indeed a sequential, but last I drove, the MX5 could be configured as an H-Pattern. Though it's been awhile - I may have only driven the classic MX5 for that
0:30 It's crazy that we live in a society, in which RaceRoom has barely any relevance. I love RaceRoom, I don't know why it's unpolpular in the state it's at right now
I just started iRacing, cost is high but at least with the discount and compared to the cost of my computer and wheel/pedals/etc I found it's not that expensive addition to the already expended money. In my experience Rookies is just as the name suggest, people send it every corner and spins a lot, 0 racecraft but just in a couple of days got out of Rookie and trying to upgrade my License and iRating in other classes like F4 or GT4 it's really really fun to play. Some races are an absolute blast with clean races and competitiveness and my iRating is just 1300, I think in order to have a good multiplayer race you need to be patient and drive defensively specially if you qualify in a lower position. You will slowly learn how to drive the car/track combo and improve your driving skills and as you improve the drivers you face online will improve as well. Final comment: Doesn't feel like a game and feels like you are competing and that makes it for me.
Do you think 10-20 euros per month is worth it for your hobby? if so - then yes If not - then no. Its basicly that simple. the game itself is worth it. Buts it more the question how much you value simracing.
the only thing that has got me stuck on not playing iracing is that I feel that there is no "career mode" in order to start getting some order to what to do, I feel lost are there any daily tasks (no time trials) other than the normal races for the week?
I guess the whole sim is your career if that makes sense? You can choose different series like road, oval or formula and you try work your way up the licenses.
@@TheDirtyLime yeah I like road and I'm going to try formula Vee as well as the mx 5, the thing is that other than practicing and you can only officially race one track over and over until the week ends no? that's what I'm kind of like lost on...
@@Cuervo79 I'm the opposite, when I joined iracing I knew I wanted to go down the formula route so career path was already chosen for me, I'm 3 years in now. I race every day, I absolutely love the platform. I've met some great people in races, lots of regulars in the same series, the banter is great, the racing is usually very clean and fair. I must admit the lower ranks races are wild, it really does help a lot gaining safety rating and more importantly iracing. This puts you in splits with people are are far less prone to crashing.
Pay for everything and get unpleasant driving with plastic tires model... I like competitive in iRacing, but the driving model is far from realistic in my opinion. It's hard, yes, but not realistic (unless you simulating driving Mazda on cheapest Chinese tires...)
@LajtowyWedkarz I hate it. My wife bought me a yrs worth. Now I looked i played 3 times and just absolutely hate it. Graphics horrible, sounds horrible and physics horrible. The only thing I see that people sign up is only for the 24/7 racing. What's the point when it doesn't look real at all. Or feel real. Nothing. Don't get it
On one hand when you consider the cost of even low(ish) to mid-range simracing equipment (load cell pedals, DD, maybe an ultrawide display) then the cost of basic iRacing with some tracks you like and you favourite car is not that expensive. But on the other hand people are throwin €€€ at the game and yet the tire model is cringe at best, sound/graphics imersion is even worse (even though I don't care that much for graphics in a racing sim - but still) and netcode compared to any modern game is also laughable.
Considering how insanely expensive this game is compared to literally every other racing game, no its not, and it will never be. Tbh its kinda stupid that ppl actually pay the money u need to pay for having somewhat of a complete racing game with iRacing.
I tried i-racing during the summer sale when it was 4 euro and the AI in thar first formula race was diabolical so that made it frustrating. Then it was some of the community that just got too much and i just refunded after about 4 days 😔
Sorry to hear that 😔 most of the people I’ve raced against have been good apart from the occasional bad apple. The good thing is you can report them and from what I’ve heard iRacing are pretty responsive.
@TheDirtyLime I've heard the people are good but when most of your friends call you stupid because you prefer F1 24 and whatnot to i-racing and insult you all the time while playing both isn't really the best experience and they are like hardcore i-racing fanboys
I started iRacing in season 3. I do debate the costs and haven't ventured outside the rookies. I'm currently evaluating a little longer. All other games mentioned in my opinion are better driving games, better graphics etc. What iRacing does alone is the competition. It's not just the scale, but also the user experience where you click on a series, select a race and sign up then join the server. It's that easy. I don't need a computer science degree to do it. Whether I keep at it I'm uncertain, but I'm still here for now
From my understanding, there was a LOT of things going south at exactly that time. Pro4/2 Trucks are already very niche and hard to support. and RallyCross went under shortly after iRacing implemented it. Hard to do anything with a discipline when the top series aren't even getting by.
My problem is that they charge a SUBSCRIPTION and each car and track costs. Now, I like the sim and everything. For the MONEY they charge, they need to steward official races. The continued excuse they throw out that "cream rises" and stick with it will get you out of the trash ratings. Some people don't have endless hours to overcome losing 2 weeks worth of rating gains that you loose in one race to some raging dude screaming on comms. When you only have time to race a couple races a day max, iRacing is NOT fun. For the Money they charge, official races need to have live stewards to keep the ragers from destroying peoples races. I should NOT have to PAY a SUB to play hall monitor with post race protests for people being complete childish clowns.
I'm with you on every point but I still think it's unnecessarily expensive. You literally pay for everything. Subscription to own the game plus tracks plus cars plus private servers. I enjoy the game but it's almost an insult to pay that much on top of a monthly sub. Cars should be 5 dollars tracks 8 and private lobbies should be free.
I re-new every black Friday and it's about $80 which is about $6,90 a month. It's worth it alone for the included "rookie" series, even if I wouldn't by anything else.
LowFuelMotorsport, Just Race and Racecraft online curating races for AC( with free mods), ACC and AMS2 have made the iracing model obsolete and obscenely expensive. Safety ratings work the same as does the cleaner racing as you progress. If you like to pay alot and get very little as far as graphics, physics and sound by all means stay in iracing. If you want great racing, better physics, graphics, sound and VR support get AC,ACC or AMS2 and join LFM, JR or RCO. If your a bell end go race GT7 or Forza (not sims).
On Friday afternoon, I went on LFM and there were 313 people online. I looked at my iRacing UI and there were 7.490 people online. I think you're not really in touch with reality, when you say obsolete.
Wut? I think you need to give more info on the specs of your PC. iRacing is among the least demanding sims out there. That said, If you bought a low end system 14 years ago, then yeah, maybe you wont be able to run it today, since the iRacing graphics have been constantly updated.
My pc is also from 2010 (not a low end at that time). Upgraded my graphics card in 2012 but iRacing still needs higher sys reqs. Raceroom needs alot less and runs smoothly on a 2010 pc while RR is from 2013.
@@DarkLordAzagthoth Buddy, I ran iRacing on a 2070 and a i5 6600k on medium graphics settings and it ran just fine. You get an outdated system like that for under $300. iRacing will literally run on a potato on lowest settings. Like what are you even complaining about? that you can't run it with a 12 year old GPU? Again, what are your PC specs? iRacing had so many Graphical updates since it was released that it's hardly the same game anymore. Raceroom might be the only sim with even lower requirements than iRacing but if you cant run iRacing at all, you wont have a good experience with raceroom either.
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*sharp inhale*
Tempting…
Great video man. I have been on the fence about this one, But I am going to grab it now end of the month & I will use your affiliate code ! Could you do me a favor & answer me this, Is there prize pools or prizes to be won for the average player ? Or is that only for the upper echelon ? Subbed ! Check out my channel if you don't mind, I am doing a sim racing series to try and encourage others to get into the hobby but do it properly, It is called wannabe to competitive sim racer, Check it out !
The fact that people actually care about racing clean and safety rating playing such a large role makes it worth it if you’re after that true racing experience where most people doesn’t treat it like a game where you can just hit respawn or leave and try again. Makes it penalizing but extremely rewarding
I’m sure as you climb the ranks that’s true, from what I’ve seen in rookies, you can get a mix of people who are still relatively new and make mistakes (myself included) and drivers who clearly know the track/car combo well.
@@heenix5803 I’d have to agree with this. I think it’s the most well rounded sim on the market. Don’t get me wrong, iracing has its share of issues, but its experience as a whole is the best as of now.
Iracing straight up teaches you fundamentals, it is designed to make you a better race car driver with RACECRAFT , It still has its drivers that really some just don't care, and spoil it for everyone sometimes, it's,just something we have to deal with , but those drivers , those drivers can make you better because seeing them be stupid gives you incentive to not follow the path of stupidity and be better
@@heenix5803 man...how can people say they are clean racers? In 7races i did on 2days,i got Taken out on 4of Them...One of the races i was P2 on the final straight on the last Lap and the guy did me a pit maneuver and took me out
@@antoniogodinho3360 Cleanliness depends highly on your iRating. If you have a somewhat low iRating then it isn't always clean yes.
It would be good for us simracers if iRenting would get some competition.
Other massive online games costs roughly the same each month, but in Iracing you also have to pay for the tracks and cars. And single car/track costs almost the same as other racing games full DLCs.
There is no guarantee that the cars/tracks will be relevant further down the line. Would be better with just a subscription and no extra costs.
Lets hope that the new Assetto Corsa have some good multiplayer or Automobilistsa 2 upcoming integration with LowFuelMotorsport will be good
I would clarify the subs is OK but as you say buying circuits and cars is the deal breaker but rather than just give them free have them unlock able so no money needed byt def needs effort and or commitment.
This is a fantastically detailed video and you covered every point that could be made. It definitely is costly..but for the ability to race 24/7 and at least have one full split(with some exceptions) even at the most awkward of times, it is worth it to me. I held out for a year or so fiddling with AC,RF2,AMS2, and a LOT of time in ACC. I caved about 9 months ago and haven't touched another sim since. Today I went from a IMSA muticlass race, to a super forula race, to a mx5, all with little downtime, and good racing all arond. There's a LOT to explore, and definitely can be costly. I've probably spend somewhere in the 5-600 range at this point, but I have almost every road course(especially for the disciplines I drive), and all of the cars I enjoy competing in.
Thanks Scott! I've tried ACC & AMS2 multiplayer and it's a bit of a mixed bag... I've only been sim racing for less than a year but I'm glad I caved too, nothing beats it!
Not quite every point one key point that was left out. Iracing has Licensing that other games don't and will never have which is part of the cost
As a member for 13 years for me it is great value. You reach a point where you have many tracks/cars and you effectively race with very little additional outlay. It is difficult to get going but the value is there. In addition if you complete 8 races in a season you get $7 so that adds to $28 per year. Can be $10 pers season if you race 2 series. Timing this with special deals/multi year it s great value. I cannot count the hours I have in Iracing so the cost per hour is extremely low.
14 year member here, it seems expensive at first but in reality there is incredible value to the service and simulation. if you get into this seriously and end up with a 1K sim rig, a 1300 wheel and pedal set, 3 screens and a computer to actually run it, iracing is very much the cheap part of the big picture.
correct you also forgot the 40% club tooo
Without iRacing, I would have never discovered NASCAR.
I joined because of the Australian V8 Community, but ended up loving Prototypes and Stock Cars
15 dollar track? Expensive… 15 dollar Gin Tonic? Give me two 😅
Exactly, I would compare buying a track to the cost of my McDonalds order
You are coping hard my guy. Its a rip off.
@@michahund4879 This is how all Iracing fanboys cope with how expensive is to RENT cars and tracks.
@@HDRGamingHub How long do you rent them for?
@@michahund4879Get a job. Can easily spent $70 in 10 seconds at bar on shots. For months of fun it’s worth it.
At the end of the day, Iracing is one of the most expensive racing service and buying extra content will burn a hole in your pocket.
But the development is constant, the multiplayer base is massive (this is coming from an Australian, who usually get screwed by participants) the special events and having a paid service usually means we don't have people ramming us and ruining our races constantly.
There is always ACC if you don't wanna pay
@@GrumpyPants572 constant dev? 10yr old stupid tire model, bad netcode? And 10yr graphics? Way to expensive
@@ducat7493I agree it's abysmal. The whole goal is simulation. This is the farthesr from simulation
@@ducat7493 And still better than ur fav sim
@@ducat7493 yep and it still alive and dominates any other sim
@@ducat7493graphics aren't even as bad as casuals think if they are for youbthem thats an equipment issue
It's great as a tool. You can make yourself a better driver on track and around the city. You learn a lot. You also get to drive with so many real drivers and get to interact with them. As just a "game" it's still great to be able to have that "real feel" of how a car would act. I know it's not perfect but yea it's nice. One thing I wish they would do is update graphics.
I drove 3 seasons in the Formula Vee rookie series and the monthly fee was absolutely worth it. iRacing even keeps adding more free content along with the paid content so the value for a membership keeps getting better and better. I enjoy nearly all the driving simulations available; while the feeling of driving or the graphics may be subjective, objectively nothing beats iRacing's matchmaking system.
The subscription is fine but it is the fact you still have to pay for tracks and cars on top that has put me off all these years and will continue to do so.
Get yourself a GT3 Car, GT4 Car & a Formula Car such as F4. Aswell as a few popular circuits like Nordschleife/Nurburgring, Redbullring, Hungaroring, Spa and you will have a couple really good races to choose from each and every week of the year. All of that equates to around $100, but it will keep you enteratined for an entire year, thousands of hours.
I don't know how many people remember what sim racing was like in 2008 but when iracing came around they changed the whole game. The PC racing sim genre was pretty dead for a couple years at that point but there was still a ton of user created mod support for what we had. It's was nice but still a lot of work to set everything up manually so it created a bit of a barrier. IRacing promised us excellent laser scanned tracks and cutting edge physics model with an expanding library of tracks and cars and now almost 20 years later I would say they have delivered that on all levels. IRacing isn't a subscription, you're paying membership dues on an international racing club. We get to play in an open and fair field with some of the best sim racers in the world and to me that's priceless. If you think it's too expensive then you're probably right, luckily now we have many other options with fantastic and easy to use mod support.
If you're into Oval racing iRacing is the game of choice. Most sims, and I own quite a few, concentrate on Road racing. With limited options for Ovals. iRacing has oval racing all day in multiple series. That's what hooked me
100%. There are other games that have oval racing but there are no real competitors to iRacing for ovals.
Just started IRacing this past weekend. Went and picked up the NASCAR ZL1 Next Gen and been running laps by myself. Thought it would be boring but it’s actually entertaining trying to improve your lap times.
I think one plus point is that most D-class series use free content at least partially, so sticking to them means you can save a lot of money. Also, you get an update every 3 months, often a significant one. And every few up[dates you get a free car or track, which is also nice. Compared to something like ACC, which might get an update once a year if at all, this is a huge improvement (which you pay for, of course).
Absolutely worth it. Every penny.
I joined iRacing
I started sim racing in 2010 and jumped straight into iRacing. It's expensive af, but every other sim I tried after it felt worthless, so it is what it is.
I'm 18 years old, currently studying a degree in university, and I really don't think I would be able to balance that and iRacing, but I am very passionate about this so I will try to get it once I am more settled
i dont usually comment, however. I’d to tell you keep on making this kind of content, eventually you will reach your goals! cheers brother
Thank you!
Every cent! For me it´s the best sim. Physic Information and VR support is the best by far.
with monthly cost of one movie ticket, it is well worth the money, provides me with hours of fun every month
I’ve been on iracing for about 4 years and I have loved ever minute of it iracing is hard and lots of running like you said just hitting a fast clean lap makes you feel really good knowing you put everything thing in to it glad to see other enjoying it as much as me
Joined iracing this year and no other sim comes close to what they offer. The price is high but it's justified for the most part. If you're smart with purchases, then over time the average monthly price is very affordable.
Oh great video by the way, exactly what I been trying to find, is it worth the $$. So thank you. 🙏 looking forward to more of your content. ❤
Great video. I'm planning to get into iRacing, and this is some great advice.
Lime… I don’t know how you do this but you literally are finding ways of WANTING to get a Logitec Steering Wheel and buy and download iRacing.
@@justagermangamer101 DO IT!
@@justagermangamer101 go for T300 or TX from Thrustmaster :P way better...
@@LajtowyWedkarz Well, none of these two is really any better than Logi Gs, but what they are is way way waaaaay less durable. (source: I managed to break them all xD well, haven't had a TX but I don't think it'd bear much better)
@@Paprikajlo say what you want, I had both Logi and stays with Thrustmaster TX unless I have founds for TS-PC
@@LajtowyWedkarz Well, since i chew through them, it's understandable why this is my preference. :) They just can take so much more abuse...
wait this is actually really informational, i might buy it
@@DapperGort as people say, all roads lead to iRacing
For me it has been worth it, but I'm biased have been here for 9 years and haven't needed to got for content shopping spree to fill schedule for ages, so it doesn't feel that expensive anymore.
Yeah, it’s a lot easier once you have a good selection of tracks. Best to chip away at it and not add it all up!
im at 00:01 into the video, id say its worth every penny! see you in the track guys!
If you're into oval racing, there are no alternatives to iRacing. So yes, it is worth it.
@@wabba67 exactly that 👍
Cant even make ot out the formation lap without some ding dong screwing it up... Not worth it!
You forgot to mention that you can actually make a little money even as a rookie to help pay for the cars and tracks. It’s not much, but if you race in enough races each quarter, they give you $10 in credit. That’s $40 per year. That could buy a few cars or tracks.
My issue is as a rookie joining into iRacing the cost of stuff on top of the subscription is a massive barrier. Furthermore we know vehicles are thrown into legacy at some point. So my money won't even keep me racing in an official series forever.
I wish they simply offered a more expensive membership that is all access. They've over complicated it imo. We know a person can only race X hours... So why limit people to a single series or two in costs.
I'm still feeling it out tbh. I may buy tracks and cars for a specific series. It just feels so limiting. I enjoy variety.
I understand iRacing has so many races going on, and those servers aren't free to run, I just find it ridiculous to pay a monthly subscription to access the game and such high prices per car and per track, surely it should one or the other, either a one time payment to own the game and charge for every piece of content in it or give us everything for the subscription, either way it's still tempting me, I've dabbled in it a bit before
Tbh at the start, the feeling of spending so much money isn't great, but after 1 year you'll barely buy anything because you settled on your favorite series, last two seasons i didn't buy a single track to complete all the races in imsa, and in this season I'm racing in loke 7 series and there's no tracks missing from my side. So yeah, it's worth it in the long run
iRacing has a huge momentum right now. You mention a few other titles, but let's be honest. LMU and rF2 are in big trouble, Rennsport was a huge flop, AMS and other titles are too unpopular to actually compete in the same segment. ACC is valid though, but seems like everyone is just anticipating Kunos to release AC Evo.
iRacing has continuity, which seems to be a major driving factor. They have a solid product that gets massive updates through the year, and they keep on gathering licenses and expertise. Therefore, committing to iRacing is currently appealing, and you can see that in their numbers. The Covid-run of simracing is settling, meaning that creating a new niche will be ever harder.
Yes, only if you're willing to have fun and learn.
If not, GT7 and ACC are there for you.
I think its great. i want to actually race and learn.
It is all about iRating. You need to either be in high splits in fairly open to drivers, or races restricted to higher licence levels.
For having the best sim racing equipment it costs a fortune, I have pasture land that I have made into a large track, and had rebuilt Two Volkswagens into dune buggies that are standard shifting, and my friends come to race and have fun on weekends
If you are in to Oval Track racing then iRacing is the best for sure, so if you like Stock Car racing & IndyCar racing then iRacing will be perfect for you, wish I joined the service sooner than I did.
If you’re like me…and never made it out of the Rookie class, then it’s very affordable. iRacing never gave me a reason to purchase any content as I was not allowed to run any official races outside of Rookie’s.
The single player AI racing should not be overlooked, its actually pretty good in iracing.
I honestly think that iracing isnt competing with other sims, its competing with real life racing. Compare the pricing of iracing to buying and maintaining a hobby stock or street stock and you'll realize how affordable it really is
I just wanna bring up one thing that wasn’t mentioned, paying attention to your iRating is just as important if not more important to find cleaner races. I just started in July and didn’t pay attention to my iRating and only on Safety Rating so my iRating dropped down to 900 I’ve gotten it back up to 1500 now but I really wish I paid attention to iRating when I started I would probably by in the mid 2000 by now. Great video on everything else though.
I started racing on iRacing as my main game lately. It’s absolutely worth it for the overall experience you get.
after you own 40 bits of add on content you will then be given a permanent discount on all content after, also if you buy 2 or 3 bits of content at at one time they always give a slight discount so try never to buy one bit of content at a time always buy in bulk to save some cash.
The price is definitely an investment. The more you play, the less you notice needing to buy content and it gets to the point where you rarely need to buy things to compete
one hidden note, once you have purchased a car, yes you "own it" but as the game progresses and they update the vehicles, some of your purchased cars wil become obsolete and depending on when you purchased it you may need to buy the new model
That's a good point, is that what happened with the BMW M4?
@@TheDirtyLime the old BMW was demoted to a lower series(production car challenge), so its still in use but as a result, for the BMW fans racing in the GT4 series had to purchase the vehicle again. iRacing did give out credit though for those who have purchased the vehicle withing 12 months but outside of that you need to buy again.
GT3's: Ferrarri, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes have all had upgrades over the years, so while i have a bunch of cars that i can use, they are not IN use on the current online servers(still good for Ai racing though)
Yeah but they also need to keep the sim updated. If you race GT3 for example you wan't to race the current cars which are also on track in real life right now. At some point cars just retire and new ones come along. You can still race the old cars in lobbies and what not, there are just no official races with them any more. They kept the M4 for example for the production car challenge, which is grate and if you purchased the old one within 6 months or so, you got a full refund, even though you still can use it. There are already over 140 Series on iRacing. They can't keep every car alive.
Looking to get my 5 year old into IRacing, we have F1 2024 but I think IRacing based on your video would be a better way for him to learn. What you guys think ?
3 years ago I had a free 3 month trial for iRacing, and I was lucky if I put in more than 10 hours. Even right now, I am lucky if I get 10 hours in every 4 months due to my work schedule. The money vs time does.not warrant the cost, especially when considering the exchange to Canadian $$$. I'll continue with the everything I get.on discount from Steam until I have more time to dedicate to sim racing. (That also includes upgrading from my Thrustmaster T300 to a direct drive.)
Do not upgrade the T300 to direct drive until you can get to 3k iRating.
Nice video. In my opinion, I’ve been doing sim racing for years and tried pretty much every sim and simcade in the last two years. I don’t think Iracing is worth it. I personally don’t care about the cost, and as others have said, they do a great job with the online ranked series. Lots of options and people to race against at every time of the day. That being said, every time I try to get back to Iracing, I end up uninstalling it before my membership is up. I always get excited when I see so many people signing up for races, but after I start driving, my excitement goes away very fast. The Iracing tire model is not good at all and makes the driving experience underwhelming and frustrating. I’m not going to get into the realistic or not realistic topic because it doesn’t really matter, it’s simply just not an enjoyable driving experience. If they were to fix this aspect, this would probably be the sim I’d play 90% of the time
Good video mate keep up the good work!!!
Why do these graphics look so much better than all the other footage of iracing I have ever seen. Is this how the game actually looks?
I know people mock the graphics but they’re not that bad in reality 👍
When you go on raceroom, you'll be lucky to see more than 40 people online. That's my experience of it, where i can get a competitive race on iracing right now.
But iRacing monthly subscription costs the same as a Chipotle meal
Theres a wreck in lap 1 80% of the time, majority being within the first 3 turns. Id like to say this is isolated but it happens all the way up to 2k iR. What a joke!
@@theonlylolking Exactly? For the price of one mid meal, you can get a whole month of racing sim content
best sim ever! worth every cent!
Yes
My method to keep costs low and get bang for buck is to look at all tracks and what series they run and when. If some match up to what I whant to run i add them to my list of about 80 bucks at once at the start of the season.
That is a good point ☝️ I’ve just reached D in formula so I need to workout which tracks are best for F4 now.
As an oval racer, iracing is pretty much my only option but to me it’s worth it because to me it feels more realistic than anything that’s out there especially seeing as how many pro drivers literally use iracing for race prep
Yeah and the grate thing about Oval is, you just need to buy one Track!
Rookies is a one month subscription of a few dolarrs. If you dont like it cancel it.
IRacing price is okay, however fact the payment operates in USA adds extra taxes for people in Europe…so a track which is tagged as 15 bucks, actually ends up being 17-18 bucks, for being active every week in same tier, for my first Ferrari championship, would be about 90 bucks. I’m not sure if this cost gets stable as you have tracks enough in your profile, however it’s scary for anyone who is aiming for eventual weekends races
Maybe you should tell the Socialists to f off?
My first 3 years on iRacing were VERY expensive. but the costs do level off as you build your library. I stopped racing compeititively at a league level which helped, but I'm otherwise only buying content I want to race rather than what's on the series schedule. You can do how you wish, but Going at a steady pace helps a lot. Especially if you'd rather focus on upgrading your driving hardware first
@@morgfarm1 that's where I am right now, still building my hardware rig..so the IRacing cost is kind of a no go for me now..I played for a month and could see why everyone calls it top level online experience, the match making is literally unbeatable. However since I'm casual racer and spending a lot on hardware now, I've decided to step back and stick to ACC for now with LFM to emulate similar experience, but I can say IRacing was more playful as a rookie since match making and number of people playing was able to set me in races where people have similar level, so I was able to be competitive. In LFM I'm happy when I finish not in last 😅. Thank you for sharing your experience, I can see now that I can expect going back to IRacing as soon as I'm satisfied with the hardware.
I don't think the high cost is such a big problem tbh. If something is really good, i don't mind spending more money over competitors. The problem is that iracing as a total experience, is only ok. It's not really better than what competitors offer. That's the reason it's kind of hard to justify the really high price.
The statement that other sims can't offer the same level of competitive racing is not true. League racing is very popular and easy to get in to. Atleast in Europe. Can't comment on other regions.
Great video and keep up the good work dude. Would you say it's worth buying if you're not so much into online racing, but prefer racing against the AI instead? I ask because people have mentioned that iracing's AI is top in its class and is considered the best among other sims.
I’ll be honest I’ve not tried the AI races yet, I bought it for the online/multiplayer 😅 maybe someone else can chime in if they see this.
If you're not into online racing then NO, absolutely not worth buying!!! Online racing is what iRacing is all about. That's why people pay for it. If you're not into online racing, go for something else honestly, and I say this as a real iRacing fan.
Is it worth: in my opinion it depends what you are looking for. THANK YOU
Most rookies are terrible ive been dive bombed spun round taken out, And not by a driving mistake, When you get hit you lose points and that sucks when itd not your fault, However i have met other respectful drivers that have made a great race to the line. As said you either qualify at the front or sit at the back because lap one you will 90% get hit staying out of trouble is so hard with some poor driving on the track Im not perfect but dont go out my way to rekt someone elses race ive just started out.
I was thinkin about getting iracing. I wanted to get into sim racing and get competitive with it. I was gonna go for F1 or onroad cars. Is it worth it ?
@@nathanc6450 I started going down the formula route because I already had the F4 car from a deal. I’ve not switched to road cars and prefer it a lot more
Hey is it okay if I use some parts of the beggining of the video for a project of mine? Mainly just the racing background with text.
Sure go for it!
Remember kids.....you get what you pay for.
Idk buying ps5 + gt7 + vr looks like a better deal…
The main and only iRacing aspect that beats Assetto Corsa is the iRating. Everything else in terms of feedback and server refresh rate and lack of detail on road/tires is seriously lacking. I dont think AC Evo will get ahead sadly. Both games are still fun tho. Especially as a rookie who only pays for monthly subscription.
I think you loose all of your additionally purchased DLC if you let your membership expire. Am I wrong?
Yes you are wrong. Why do people think that? You can pause for years and as soon as you re-new your subscription, your content is available.
Lfm is free for assetto corsa and acc
My advice 4 years in, is to buy tracks you like, but dont buy loads of cars. Buy one and commit to the series. There is so much choice in cars, but they take them away after a while, the tracks rarely get retired, especially the big ones like Laguna Seca etc.
I was supposed to get iRacing after much cajoling from friends, but decided against it the last minute when I discovered that GR86 Cup and Spec Miata MX-5 Cup cars are on sequential and not on H-pattern.
It may not be as realistic as iRacing but at least Assetto Corsa still has their MX-5 Cup cars in manual H-pattern, so I'm sticking with it via LFM and WSS
Are you good in the head? You can use h-pattern on those Cars...its a matter of going to "options"
@@antoniogodinho3360 Not possible if the car has a sequential gearbox.
@@antoniogodinho3360 are YOU good in the head? if it was an option, I wouldn't have commented.
improve your reading comprehension, please.
iRacing does go with whatever gearbox is natural to the car. GR86 is indeed a sequential, but last I drove, the MX5 could be configured as an H-Pattern. Though it's been awhile - I may have only driven the classic MX5 for that
@@morgfarm1 The MX5 was updated to current IRL spec a while ago. It uses a sequential box now.
Can also earn iracing credits by racing consistently
If you love open wheelers then theres no competition as its epic
0:30 It's crazy that we live in a society, in which RaceRoom has barely any relevance. I love RaceRoom, I don't know why it's unpolpular in the state it's at right now
I’d love to try RaceRoom but I thought I was too late to the party. Maybe that’s not the case 🤔
I just started iRacing, cost is high but at least with the discount and compared to the cost of my computer and wheel/pedals/etc I found it's not that expensive addition to the already expended money.
In my experience Rookies is just as the name suggest, people send it every corner and spins a lot, 0 racecraft but just in a couple of days got out of Rookie and trying to upgrade my License and iRating in other classes like F4 or GT4 it's really really fun to play. Some races are an absolute blast with clean races and competitiveness and my iRating is just 1300, I think in order to have a good multiplayer race you need to be patient and drive defensively specially if you qualify in a lower position. You will slowly learn how to drive the car/track combo and improve your driving skills and as you improve the drivers you face online will improve as well.
Final comment: Doesn't feel like a game and feels like you are competing and that makes it for me.
I love racing and cars but I’m not paying such ridiculous prices to play my favorite cars💀 I’m good with acc and gt7
The thing is..iRacing is away fun than the other racing games. It's expensive? Yeap. But...
110 for 2 years right?
Do you think 10-20 euros per month is worth it for your hobby?
if so - then yes
If not - then no.
Its basicly that simple. the game itself is worth it. Buts it more the question how much you value simracing.
the only thing that has got me stuck on not playing iracing is that I feel that there is no "career mode" in order to start getting some order to what to do, I feel lost are there any daily tasks (no time trials) other than the normal races for the week?
I guess the whole sim is your career if that makes sense? You can choose different series like road, oval or formula and you try work your way up the licenses.
@@TheDirtyLime yeah I like road and I'm going to try formula Vee as well as the mx 5, the thing is that other than practicing and you can only officially race one track over and over until the week ends no? that's what I'm kind of like lost on...
@@Cuervo79 the track for the MX5s is terrible this week in my opinion VIR is good for formula this week.
They added a type of single player Career mode recently
@@Cuervo79 I'm the opposite, when I joined iracing I knew I wanted to go down the formula route so career path was already chosen for me, I'm 3 years in now. I race every day, I absolutely love the platform. I've met some great people in races, lots of regulars in the same series, the banter is great, the racing is usually very clean and fair.
I must admit the lower ranks races are wild, it really does help a lot gaining safety rating and more importantly iracing. This puts you in splits with people are are far less prone to crashing.
Pay for everything and get unpleasant driving with plastic tires model... I like competitive in iRacing, but the driving model is far from realistic in my opinion. It's hard, yes, but not realistic (unless you simulating driving Mazda on cheapest Chinese tires...)
@LajtowyWedkarz I hate it. My wife bought me a yrs worth. Now I looked i played 3 times and just absolutely hate it. Graphics horrible, sounds horrible and physics horrible. The only thing I see that people sign up is only for the 24/7 racing. What's the point when it doesn't look real at all. Or feel real. Nothing. Don't get it
Physics are actually one of the best, said by Daniel Morad who is gt3 real driver. Go play Mario cart then...
@zuluagaco plenty of gt3 drivers say ACC is the realistic not iracing.
On one hand when you consider the cost of even low(ish) to mid-range simracing equipment (load cell pedals, DD, maybe an ultrawide display) then the cost of basic iRacing with some tracks you like and you favourite car is not that expensive. But on the other hand people are throwin €€€ at the game and yet the tire model is cringe at best, sound/graphics imersion is even worse (even though I don't care that much for graphics in a racing sim - but still) and netcode compared to any modern game is also laughable.
Considering how insanely expensive this game is compared to literally every other racing game, no its not, and it will never be. Tbh its kinda stupid that ppl actually pay the money u need to pay for having somewhat of a complete racing game with iRacing.
I tried i-racing during the summer sale when it was 4 euro and the AI in thar first formula race was diabolical so that made it frustrating. Then it was some of the community that just got too much and i just refunded after about 4 days 😔
Sorry to hear that 😔 most of the people I’ve raced against have been good apart from the occasional bad apple. The good thing is you can report them and from what I’ve heard iRacing are pretty responsive.
@TheDirtyLime I've heard the people are good but when most of your friends call you stupid because you prefer F1 24 and whatnot to i-racing and insult you all the time while playing both isn't really the best experience and they are like hardcore i-racing fanboys
I dont like paying for everything like that but I will say it has the best online multiplayer out of all of them so its whatever
I started iRacing in season 3. I do debate the costs and haven't ventured outside the rookies. I'm currently evaluating a little longer. All other games mentioned in my opinion are better driving games, better graphics etc. What iRacing does alone is the competition. It's not just the scale, but also the user experience where you click on a series, select a race and sign up then join the server. It's that easy. I don't need a computer science degree to do it. Whether I keep at it I'm uncertain, but I'm still here for now
Nkt when your discipline is dirt road and they dont do jack shit for it
From my understanding, there was a LOT of things going south at exactly that time. Pro4/2 Trucks are already very niche and hard to support. and RallyCross went under shortly after iRacing implemented it. Hard to do anything with a discipline when the top series aren't even getting by.
My problem is that they charge a SUBSCRIPTION and each car and track costs. Now, I like the sim and everything. For the MONEY they charge, they need to steward official races. The continued excuse they throw out that "cream rises" and stick with it will get you out of the trash ratings. Some people don't have endless hours to overcome losing 2 weeks worth of rating gains that you loose in one race to some raging dude screaming on comms. When you only have time to race a couple races a day max, iRacing is NOT fun. For the Money they charge, official races need to have live stewards to keep the ragers from destroying peoples races. I should NOT have to PAY a SUB to play hall monitor with post race protests for people being complete childish clowns.
Yes I think android is better than iphone, iOS is amazing and the cameras, but very pricey, for half the price I get a good android!
I tried it yesterday, it is meh
After spending the weekend getting destroyed by people im questioning renewal
Weekends seem to be chaos, I didn’t have much luck last night either…
Golden rule of thumb, take weekend evenings off, especially in the Rookie and D class series.
If I had money, but even then likely no
Its that good it has its own idiot of the week video every week you don't get that with other driving sim games..
I'm with you on every point but I still think it's unnecessarily expensive. You literally pay for everything. Subscription to own the game plus tracks plus cars plus private servers. I enjoy the game but it's almost an insult to pay that much on top of a monthly sub. Cars should be 5 dollars tracks 8 and private lobbies should be free.
I re-new every black Friday and it's about $80 which is about $6,90 a month. It's worth it alone for the included "rookie" series, even if I wouldn't by anything else.
LowFuelMotorsport, Just Race and Racecraft online curating races for AC( with free mods), ACC and AMS2 have made the iracing model obsolete and obscenely expensive. Safety ratings work the same as does the cleaner racing as you progress.
If you like to pay alot and get very little as far as graphics, physics and sound by all means stay in iracing. If you want great racing, better physics, graphics, sound and VR support get AC,ACC or AMS2 and join LFM, JR or RCO. If your a bell end go race GT7 or Forza (not sims).
On Friday afternoon, I went on LFM and there were 313 people online. I looked at my iRacing UI and there were 7.490 people online. I think you're not really in touch with reality, when you say obsolete.
Even though iRacing is from 2008, it doesn't run on my pc from 2010.
Wut? I think you need to give more info on the specs of your PC. iRacing is among the least demanding sims out there. That said, If you bought a low end system 14 years ago, then yeah, maybe you wont be able to run it today, since the iRacing graphics have been constantly updated.
My pc is also from 2010 (not a low end at that time). Upgraded my graphics card in 2012 but iRacing still needs higher sys reqs. Raceroom needs alot less and runs smoothly on a 2010 pc while RR is from 2013.
@@DarkLordAzagthoth Buddy, I ran iRacing on a 2070 and a i5 6600k on medium graphics settings and it ran just fine. You get an outdated system like that for under $300. iRacing will literally run on a potato on lowest settings. Like what are you even complaining about? that you can't run it with a 12 year old GPU? Again, what are your PC specs? iRacing had so many Graphical updates since it was released that it's hardly the same game anymore. Raceroom might be the only sim with even lower requirements than iRacing but if you cant run iRacing at all, you wont have a good experience with raceroom either.