iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations

[Bram Hengeveld]

iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations check it out

 

[Ricky Willox]

iRacing Pro series News

Posted at the iRacing members site today.

Will you make the cut I know I wont

June 02,2009 - iRacing Pro Series Qualifying Snapshot - Who will make the cut?
Professional-level road and oval competition comes to the world of iRacing beginning on August 4, with the kick-off of the 25-week 2009 iRacing Pro Series (iPS). And iRacers with aspirations to be part of the 2010 iRacing Drivers World Championship (iDWC) for Road Racing and Ovals – which promise to be the top virtual racing series in the world, complete with broadcast coverage, cash and prizes – know that the only way to qualify is to be in the top 50 in the respective 2009 iPS, which serve as the steppingstones to the iDWC.

But first you’ve got to get your Pro License. That’s the ticket to the pros, and they’ll only be issued to the top 250 iRacers (Class C and above for this inaugural iPS season) in each category at the end of 2009 Season 2. With Pro License eligibility rating based on a 70/30 weighted average of iRating and Safety Rating, to qualify a driver will need to be both safe and fast – very fast.

Competition to earn a Pro License promises to be intense, so every two weeks between now and the beginning of the 2009 iPS, a rank-ordered, searchable current standing for road racing and oval racing will be posted along with an update story, letting you know who’s in, who’s out and who’s on the bubble as of that date. Final standings will be posted following the conclusion of this season.

Top qualifiers get bragging rights of course – right now, NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and virtual racing legend Greger Huttu lead the oval and road categories respectively – but the real action and interest will be further down the rankings as drivers tussle for the last few spots on the eligibility list. Bill Malicoat, Tyler Price, Wes Propst, Milos Miljkovic and Brett Stephens hold down the final five spots in the oval rankings. With less than nine points separating 246th and 255th, how hard do you think the next five in line, Bryan Marchant, Michael Watson, David Holzwarth, Dave Long and Aaron Markham, will be trying to up their rankings and be among the select Pro License holders? Even the 300th-rated racer, currently, Otis Aldridge, is just 52 points from making the cut – not out of it by a long shot.

In road-racing the ten bubble racers (those currently rated between 246 and 255) – Roberto Betori, Ryan Hieronymus, Duane Burns, Barry Blocker, Sandeep Banerjee (#250), Kari Nyman, Russell Daly, Istvan Pasztor, Wolfgang Koch and Kurt Krumm – are covered by an eight-point blanket. Just qualifying for a Pro License will be a significant accomplishment.

Complete details of the iPS and iDWC are available in the Reference section.

 

[Jamie R]

Actually.. I tried an oval race in the Legends cars last night and actually quite enjoyed myself despite the fact I normally hate it! There's deffinetly more door to door racing and crashes, makes it more interesting. Still road racing for me though.

 

[shenken]

The higher you get with your SR and TT Rating, you will highly likely race against higher skilled race drivers. The rookie races are just that, rookie races, thus the quality not always enjoyable for those who have skill and those who don´t have any and wreck others

I´m on iRacing only for oval racing and nothing else

 

[Sander Hogendoorn]

Corvette C6R - Expected to be released before the Le Mans 24 Hour Race on the 13th of June.

Unfortunately it's not gonna make it.

Tim Wheatley:
"Thanks for your patience everyone. I asked yesterday after seeing this thread, but didn't get a response in time to post before I had to leave for the evening.

Unfortunately, the Corvette is unlikely to make the new build coming at seasons end as we are waiting on some data. The time of the people who would be building it has been spent elsewhere while they were unable to do this and as soon as they can do it, they'll be back on it.

Current estimate is now late summer.

I'm going to close this thread because of how it has degraded, you are welcome to start a new thread discussing the new information I have given you."

 

[Barry Blocker]

Oh no, I'm on the bubble

 

[David Barry]

Brands Hatch and Oulton Park coming to iRacing

Virtual Versions of Classic British Circuits Join Silverstone as iRacing Opens Tracks Initiative for the UK, Europe, Australia & Asia

BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA (June 12, 2009) – Brands Hatch, home for many years to the British Grand Prix and today host to A1GP and many other open-wheel and touring-car series, and Oulton Park, a hill-and-dale circuit named by drivers as one of the world’s most challenging, will join Silverstone as the second and third British motorsport facilities to be represented in the iRacing.com motorsport simulation service. The announcement was made jointly today by iRacing and MotorSport Vision, the owner of the two circuits.

“I’m particularly pleased that these two facilities are going to be the leading edge of the expansion of iRacing’s circuit inventory into the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia,” said Divina Galica, iRacing’s director of partner relations. Galica, a four-time member of the British Olympic ski team and former holder of the women’s downhill speed record, had a second successful career as an auto racer. “Oulton Park was the first place I ever drove a race car, and I worked for Brands Hatch for several years. I consider Brands my home track in the UK.”

Data collection at the two tracks will begin in July, utilizing survey-quality laser-scanning and iRacing’s proprietary interpretive software that produces millimeter-accurate virtual renditions of the physical facility. The finished circuits are expected to be available early next year to members of the service for practice and racing.

“Brands Hatch and Oulton Park are cornerstones of Britain’s motorsport heritage and critical to the sport today,” said David Scott, Race Operations Manager for MotorSport Vision Racing. “We’re delighted that virtual versions of Brands Hatch and Oulton Park are among the first British circuits that iRacing is building. We see this as a way to provide added value to long-time supporters of these tracks, both drivers and fans. Now the hundreds of competitors who race on these tracks every year will have the ability to tune up before they get on track. The many thousands of fans, who attend races in person or view them on television, will be able to see for themselves what it’s like to actually drive on these two spectacular race circuits at racing speeds; a unique chance to emulate their heroes.”

Galica noted that iRacing, which has its headquarters in America, outside of Boston, had for logistical reasons initially focused on North American facilities. The company, which opened its doors to the public in August, 2008, recently announced a partnership with NASCAR to organize and host NASCAR-sanctioned virtual racing series.

In addition to providing real-world racers with opportunities to learn new circuits and refreshing their knowledge of familiar ones, iRacing organizes and sanctions virtual series for motorsport enthusiasts of all skill levels. Membership in the service is by subscription, with annual fees as little as US$13.00 per month.

“Most of the major North American road-racing facilities and almost all of the NASCAR Sprint Cup tracks are currently either in inventory or under construction,” Galica said. “But our membership is global in nature – 40% are from outside North America and the England Club is the second most active of our regionally-based clubs – so it has always been our plan to eventually include tracks from all over the world.”

The first race at Brands Hatch pitted runners and bicyclists in a 1928 cross-country competition. An American-style one-mile oval was paved in 1950, and by 1956 the facility boasted a full road-racing circuit and that year organized a Formula 2 race. Between 1964 and 1986 Brands Hatch was host to 12 editions of the British Grand Prix. Both the 2.301-mile Grand Prix and the 1.198-mile Indy layouts will be included in the iRacing model.

Oulton Park in Cheshire is known for its challenging up-and-down terrain and blind corners. Home to the non-championship Gold Cup Formula One race in the 1950s and 1960s, Oulton’s major spectator attractions today include rounds of the British Touring Car, F3 and GT championships as well as club-racing meets. The 4.307-mile International, 3.616-mile Island and 2.656-mile fosters circuits will all be available to iRacing members.

Link: http://members.iracing.com/iforum/thread.jspa?threadID=39300&messageID=508835#508835

Awesome news, I can't wait for these 2 tracks, two of my favorites from the BTCC schedule.

 

[Jamie R]

Hmm.. Might start paying for iRacing if these come and a proper touring car comes in this game

 

[Simon Trendell]

Well we're getting a Jetta TDI which is half way there

But still I will be first in the queue, I hope Paddock Hill bend is as terrifying as it is in the real world

EDIT: Should mention of course, MSV also own Snetterton, Cadwell Park & Bedford Autodrome. Then also to Formula Palmer Audi (Push to Pass in this could be fun) and Formula 2 as well.

 

[Jamie Wilson]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sold, and sold. I absolutely cannot wait. Props to MSV.

 

[Ricky Willox]

All good news

Now all we need to do is get em to make the trip north for a morning to do Knockhill. Small track wont take em long

 

[James Yates]

Absolutely cannot wait for this.

 

[Sam Moss]

Shame they aren't including Donnington. Currently the building work has started, so it'll never be seen again on how it really was which is a shame, as the new propsal looks aweful.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Hmmm, a correct version of Brands Hatch, hmmm interesting, interesting..

(anybody have cheatcode to avoid the solstice )

 

[Jamie R]

Hmmm, a correct version of Brands Hatch, hmmm interesting, interesting..

(anybody have cheatcode to avoid the solstice )

I love the solstice! :O. Really helped me drive faster in all sorts of RWD cars :jump:

 

[James Yates]

I love the solstice! :O. Really helped me drive faster in all sorts of RWD cars :jump:

I like it too, great fun car - when you get bored you just pretend you are Japanese and go drifting instead

 

[Sander Hogendoorn]

Anyone going to race the radicals this week?

Anyone here going to race the Rads @ Laguna this week?

Have raced it last week at Infineon, never thought it would be as great to drive as the Star Mazda

 

[James Yates]

Anyone here going to race the Rads @ Laguna this week?

Have raced it last week at Infineon, never thought it would be as great to drive as the Star Mazda

I would love to, but I can't yet as my license isn't high enough. Got above 4 SR at Class D so I'm going to give the Mazda at Silverstone a good go

 

[Simon Trendell]

Well there is no way I'm touching the Jefferson Course in the Skippy

 

[David Barry]

Yeah, the skippy is my main car at the moment and I'm not really looking forward to jefferson. Sebring Modified was awesome, some of the best races i've had in a game, I can't wait for the full circuit. I'll probably race jefferson, but I feel so slow on that track, and it seems like there is very little overtaking opportunity except for the first and possibly last turns, and those still seem a bit iffy.

 

[Simon Trendell]

I raced Jefferson once in the Solstice..

Key word there is once, never again in any car.