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Opinion: iRacing Cars And Tracks That Should Become Base Content
The base content package on iRacing increased for 2024 Season 2 but Luca is wondering: Could there be more pre-existing cars and tracks that would be fitting additions for new subscribers to race? Whilst the majority of content on iRacing has to be paid for on top of the subscription to even...- Luca Munro
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Should Sim Racing Games Enforce Yellow Flags More?
Ploughing into clouds of smoke with yellow flags flying is no uncommon sight in sim racing. But to save racers from ourselves, should games put more effort into enforcing incident-affected areas? Should we be slowing down more? Let us know what you think in the comments. Image credit: Kunos...- Angus Martin
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Hahn Air Base: A Wonderful “What If” Track Mod
Hahn Air Base has an interesting history and an uncertain future. In Assetto Corsa, however, it stands out as an enormously creative track mod, thanks to RaceDepartment member christoph1954. Their peak has certainly passed these days, but airfield circuits used to be quite popular around the...- Yannik Haustein
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- Category: Assetto Corsa
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How to Adapt to GT2 Cars in Assetto Corsa Competizione
With the GT2 Car Pack releasing for Assetto Corsa Competizione a month ago on PC, the console versions now follow suit. We have put together a guide to help you adapt to the new cars. Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni When the GT2 cars were announced for Assetto Corsa Competizione, many players...- Luca Munro
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5 English Tracks That Could be Added to iRacing
In iRacing‘s latest developments update blog post, they mentioned that their scanning team would be making their way to the United Kingdom to scan two new tracks. Which ones could they be? With 2024 Season 2 of iRacing on the horizon, new tracks are inbound. The season will see the introduction...- Luca Munro
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- Comments: 15
- Category: iRacing
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2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards: Presenting Your Winners
With the 2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards, we wanted to honor the best of the best in sim racing. You voted for your favorites – here are your winners! 2023 was full of exciting updates, saw much-anticipated game releases and incredible mods being created. Of course, there was more – so we...- Yannik Haustein
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- Comments: 31
- Category: Misc
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Most Downloaded Assetto Corsa Rally Stages on RaceDepartment
EA Sports WRC may be the most recent rally game on the market. But Assetto Corsa and its modding scene sure try to compete thanks to these top rally stages on RaceDepartment. Which is your favourite? Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni In the most recent OverTake video, Emily Jones highlights just...- Angus Martin
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- Category: Assetto Corsa
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2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards: Vote For Your Favorites!
With a year of exciting releases in sim racing ahead, the 2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards take a look back at the best of last year. Now, it is time to vote - who are your favorites? 2024 is set to be an exciting year in sim racing, with titles like Le Mans Ultimate and Assetto Corsa 2...- Yannik Haustein
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5 Ideas For New iRacing Special Events
The iRacing Special Event year began with a ROAR, quite literally. Which got us wondering, what could make for some potential new Special Events? Image credit: VCO Esports Every year, iRacing host annual races called Special Events that anyone with a Class C licence or higher can compete in...- Luca Munro
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What is Happening to Sim Racing Esports?
A vast range of sim racing esports events are seemingly falling by the wayside. Our resident sim racing esports enthusiast Luca is saddened by it, and is pondering as to why. Image credit: Porsche Newsroom Rewind the clock back to early 2020 when the pandemic began, and it was a dark point for...- Luca Munro
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iRacing ROAR Special Event Preview
It is that time of the year, the Daytona 24 hours hype is high amongst motorsport fans. So to prepare those for an assault on the 24 hours in iRacing, the 2024 iRacing ROAR Special Event acts as preparation from January 12 to 14. With the iRacing Special Event of the 24 hours being held next...- Luca Munro
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Opinion: How to Improve the iRacing Weekly Challenge
Our writer Luca has been enjoying competing in iRacing‘s new variety series. However, there are not that many people taking part in it. Here is how he would improve the iRacing Weekly Challenge. Image credit: iRacing.com When iRacing announced the addition of the Weekly Challenge, I was...- Luca Munro
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Sim Racing Predictions 2024: Our Expectations and Wishes
As 2023 comes to a close, we can look ahead to 2024 and make our predictions and wishes for new bits of content coming to our favourite sim racing titles. We here at the OverTake.gg team wish you all a wonderful festive season. There have been many great moments in the racing games space this...- OverTake.gg
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Is The iRacing Indy 500 Returning?
A tweet by a reporter for Sports Business Journal claiming IndyCar is negotiating a fresh deal with iRacing has made the rounds after getting retweeted by iRacing themselves! Image credit: iRacing.com Remember this time last year? The iRacing oval racing community was understandably upset...- Luca Munro
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Rennsport Beta 1.7 Patch Notes: Physics Updates, UI Changes
The latest update to the Rennsport beta sees a slew of new additions and amendments, including the new community track Orchard Road. Image credit: Competition Company If you have access to the Rennsport beta, you can open up the Epic Games Launcher and find a new title update available to...- Luca Munro
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Will GT2 Cars in Assetto Corsa Competizione Be Popular?
The recently-announced GT2 pack will release in early-2024 for Assetto Corsa Competizione. But will the DLC get any use online? Have your say. Recently, Kunos Simulazioni announced the next DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione, a GT2 Car Pack. A relatively new category seeing increasing grid...- Angus Martin
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iRacing Season 2024 Week 1 Patch Notes
With the start of competitive events of the new season, iRacing Season 1 2024 Patch 1 has been deployed. Here is a rundown of what is new. Image credit: iRacing iRacing‘s latest content update arrived 5 December at the start of 2023 Season 4’s Week 13, with plenty of new additions coming both...- Luca Munro
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ACC Strategist: Helping Hand For Assetto Corsa Competizione
Our contributing editor Luca has been racing in a few Assetto Corsa Competizione leagues, and had a bit of help from an app called ‘ACC Strategist’. Here’s how the app can help you. Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni When I got into PC sim racing, I knew that I wanted to do some ACC competition...- Luca Munro
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Formula Easter in Assetto Corsa: A Peek Behind The Curtain
Despite the Cold War, Russia and the Eastern Bloc have a fascinating motorsport history. This Formula Easter mod for Assetto Corsa brilliantly showcases this era. After the Second World War, the world divided into two major groups. The West is best remembered for its easy-going lifestyle and...- Angus Martin
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Tutorial: How To Run Custom Liveries in ACC
Have you ever wanted to run your own custom livery in Assetto Corsa Competizione? Here is how you can not only apply livery files to the game, but have them seen by others as well! Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni With the news that Assetto Corsa Competizione was finally getting the...- Luca Munro
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- Category: Assetto Corsa Competizione