Can I Race Alone Against Bots?

[★BigShot★]

Can all (or any) of the disciplines be raced alone, against only computer opponents?

...or is PvP forced?

[Fivecorr]

At the moment the AI is in kinda a beta stage.
The following content is available for AI races:

Cars
Audi RS3 LMS TCR
BMW M4 GT4
Dallara F3
Dallara P217
Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
Indy Pro 2000 PM-18
Kia Optima
NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
NASCAR Cup Ford Mustang
NASCAR Cup Toyota Camry
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Chevrolet Silverado
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Ford F150
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro
NASCAR Xfinity Ford Mustang
NASCAR Xfinity Toyota Supra
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
SCCA Spec Racer Ford
Skip Barber Formula 2000
USF 2000
VW Jetta TDI Cup

Tracks
Atlanta Motor Speedway - Oval
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari - Grand Prix
Autódromo José Carlos Pace - Grand Prix
Barber Motorsports Park
Brands Hatch Circuit
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Chicagoland Speedway
Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Grand Prix Pits, Classic Pits, Endurance
Daytona International Speedway - Oval, Road Course
Daytona International Speedway [Legacy]
Donington Park Racing Circuit
Dover International Speedway
Homestead Miami Speedway - Oval
Iowa Speedway - Oval
Iracing Superspeedway
Kansas Speedway
Kentucky Speedway - Oval
Kentucky Speedway [Legacy]
Lime Rock Park - Grand Prix, Classic
Martinsville Speedway
Michigan International Speedway
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
North Wilkesboro Speedway
Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke
Nürburgring Combined - Gesamtstrecke Long
Okayama International Circuit
Phoenix Raceway - Oval w/open Dogleg
Richmond Raceway
Road America
Road Atlanta
Rockingham Speedway - Oval
Sebring International Raceway - International, Club
Summit Point Raceway
Talladega Superspeedway
Tsukuba Circuit - 2000 - Full
USA International Speedway - Asphalt
Watkins Glen International - Cup, Boot, Classic, Classic Boot
WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca - Full

[★BigShot★]

Wow, thanks VERY much for that list...very helpful!

So I'm wondering then, for the Nascar fans among the players here... when it comes to racing the NASCAR content....is the gameplay (player car physics and AI behavior) good enough to call this a NR2003 replacement...or are we not there yet do you think?

[Fivecorr]

I think wikipedia has a good anweser to that question:
"The company behind iRacing was established in Bedford, Massachusetts in September 2004 by David Kaemmer and John W. Henry after the demise of Papyrus Design Group, which Kaemmer had also co-founded. The iRacing service has been in development since then, using code from Papyrus' NASCAR Racing 2003 Season as a starting point."

[Collywobbles]

If you don't plan to race online then paying a monthly fee for iRacing would be a waste of your money since the fee is basically for access to the excellent online racing servers. Pretty much any other racing game out there has better AI bots and there's no monthly fee to play them.

[★BigShot★]

There is no decent nascar sim racer on the market today which has solid physics and solid AI. The last one we had which was any good was NR2003...so don't say it's not worth it if someone simply doesn't use it to run it in PvP mode.

PvP mode is only 1 aspect of a sim, and for some...the ability to run with AI and excellent physics may be worth paying for.

[i4Gott]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198247413800/recommended/266410/

[Collywobbles]

Цитата допису ★BigShot★:

There is no decent nascar sim racer on the market today which has solid physics and solid AI. The last one we had which was any good was NR2003...so don't say it's not worth it if someone simply doesn't use it to run it in PvP mode.

PvP mode is only 1 aspect of a sim, and for some...the ability to run with AI and excellent physics may be worth paying for.

Paying $80 - $130 every year (excluding buying the required content) to play an offline NASCAR game vs bots seems excessive. But maybe that's just me.

If you plan doing some PvP as well then yeah, it's probably worth it.

[Collywobbles]

Цитата допису Collywobbles:

Цитата допису ★BigShot★:

There is no decent nascar sim racer on the market today which has solid physics and solid AI. The last one we had which was any good was NR2003...so don't say it's not worth it if someone simply doesn't use it to run it in PvP mode.

PvP mode is only 1 aspect of a sim, and for some...the ability to run with AI and excellent physics may be worth paying for.

Paying $80 - $130 every year (excluding buying the required content which could cost another $150 - $200 for all required tracks and cars) to play an offline NASCAR game vs bots seems excessive. But maybe that's just me.

If you plan doing some PvP as well then yeah, it's probably worth it. Don't get me wrong, I ran the iRacing ARCA Menard's Series for 2 years and enjoyed it immensely. I just wouldn't pay that much money to race offline vs bots.