How much worse is the car handling/physics?

Msportdan · Sep 9, 2015

**CAR** not AR...

was watching motorstv last nite, and some iracing action at montreal in a touring car series. Looked really fun and i am tempted to start a trial 3 months. I have the usual sims (gsc, rf2 AC, rre, pcars).

So how does the physics stack up to say the best of the above.?

cheers.

MoerasGrizzly · Sep 27, 2015

Yeah, iRating is not that important at all. It's mainly a matchmaking tool: If it's lower then it should be, you just get races which are easier to win

It's a bit like that adaptive AI in Raceroom.

Eckhart von Glan · Sep 28, 2015

spot on. my oval iRating is pretty unimpressive, around 1,000, and this helps me to have huge fun with the other slow chaps in the lowest grid (though sometimes i get to experience firsthand why some have even less impressive iRatings ...). yesterday we finished a dallara oval race in the lowest grid with four guys between pos. 4-7 within less than 0.5 secs. after a fifteen lap clean battle. that is the fun bit about iRating. if you trick yourself into a higher rating all you get is races where you are not evenly matched and have little fun.

Patrick Moore · Oct 1, 2015

Msportdan said:
**CAR** not AR...

was watching motorstv last nite, and some iracing action at montreal in a touring car series. Looked really fun and i am tempted to start a trial 3 months. I have the usual sims (gsc, rf2 AC, rre, pcars).

So how does the physics stack up to say the best of the above.?

cheers.

have and play same games and I find the iracing physics on par with your list (but I consider rrre and pcars below par).

I find the rf2 and AC FFB systems provide more information to what the card is doing when compared to iracing. I believe that is why some refer to iracing as iceRacing?

IMHO,YMMV

if you want the best online pickup racing then you must try iracing.

Włodek Traczyk · Oct 1, 2015

A long time ago I was racing in iRacing, now I do not have a subscription

. In iRacing are great statistics, etc. iRacing is the best races online. I do not have a subscription and I can not see their account, how to check what my tracks and cars?

Eckhart von Glan · Oct 1, 2015

can one not login even if the account is currently not active? i actually wouldn't know how to activate it from outside of iRacing. have you tried simply loging in with your old account name and passowrd?

Włodek Traczyk · Oct 1, 2015

I have a message

It looks like you need to renew your iRacing.com membership before you can login to the site.

snyperal · Oct 1, 2015

I've had an e-mail about a year's discounted subscription for renewing membershp or some such....

Włodek Traczyk · Oct 1, 2015

Also I got an email 49 $ per year. But I can not afford. Can I give the code.

Włodek Traczyk · Oct 8, 2015

iRacing buy only can be by Paypal or credit card?

Lorenzo Bonder · Oct 8, 2015

both.

Włodek Traczyk · Oct 8, 2015

I do not have a credit card, it is only paypal.

T2TB · Oct 16, 2015

Eckhart von Glan · Oct 16, 2015

T2TB said:
... That's about it.

no, that's the only thing that counts. i want to play an online game. if i want to drive a car, i go to my garage.

T2TB · Oct 17, 2015

muscimol · Oct 17, 2015

T2TB said:
The fast guys at iRacing most certainly, while good there will or would have real world bad habits.

Seeing Max Verstappen preparing in iRacing with Atze Kerkhof for his real F1 races contradicts with what you said.

There are many examples of iRacers coming to real world racing and doing pretty competitive as well as real world racers who are training in iRacing for their races.

T2TB · Oct 17, 2015

muscimol · Oct 17, 2015

T2TB said:
In iRacing for example, many cars require you to keep some slight bit of throttle in the car even in corner situations while braking just to keep the car stable or balanced.

It is simply not true. There are many alien fast drivers who are using heel'n'toe technique so no throttle on breaking is required to go fast.
I'm not saying iRacing is perfect, but you definitely exaggerating it's shortcomings.

You're saying that using iRacing will hurt your driving skills, while many real world racers are using iRacing and although the inputs won't be 100% the same, you can really benefit from it and quickly adapt to real cars what you have learned from the sim.

T2TB · Oct 18, 2015

snyperal · Oct 20, 2015

I'm glad you have a well written argument, I've enjoyed reading it.

I don't have enough experience in iracing or real world racing to comment on its realism or exploiting, I will say however that in my month or so there I've had a blast!

Tight racing, wheel to wheel action, a respect for track space (for the most part) and acknowledging blue flags. Not to mention polite friendly racers even helpful are just some of highlights.

IRacing's online racing & community is the best I've experienced, sure it's system isn't perfect and may well be open to exploits but it's a.country mile ahead of its competition.

Patrick Moore · Oct 20, 2015

gawd, that guy really hates iracing! Chill out, go and play the driving games you enjoy, or you are going to get an aneurysm. He reminds me of those blokes always having a go at BMW; "it is not the ultimate driving machine!!!!!!!!"
; )