Buying the game through the website VS Steam, any difference?

[iSolo]

I purchased the membership from iracing.com since they had a 40% off on a 1 year subscription. Steam was more expensive + you gotta pay $10.99CAD for the game other than the subscription fee. Is there any difference buying the game directly from the website versus getting it from Steam and paying for the game as well as the subscription? I am asking because I find it odd that there are 2 such different methods to acquire this title and it looks like there is no difference in the experience. Can anyone clear my confusion for me please? Thank you!

Btw I think their servers are down, I keep getting 502 Bad Gateway and 504 Gateway Time-Out pages every time I try to access the website for the first time since I just paid for it.

[KingMaddog]

Can't buy cars and tracks though Stream. So you did good with buying from the website.

[Che931]

You're getting 502/504 pages because Iracing has been updated today (Le Mans, HTC support....) and everyone is updating or/and purchasing content and servers may be a bit flooded.

@KingMaddog is right and best deals such as Black Friday are website only if I'm not wrong. You can get a Steam key from the website if you go to your account, add it and have Steam overlay.

PD: Welcome to Iracing

[iSolo]

Originally posted by KingMaddog:

Can't buy cars and tracks though Stream. So you did good with buying from the website.

So glad I made the right choice, thank you for clearing it up. All I gotta do to be an equal part of Steam is to link my account then.

[iSolo]

Originally posted by Che931:

You're getting 502/504 pages because Iracing has been updated today (Le Mans, HTC support....) and everyone is updating or/and purchasing content and servers may be a bit flooded.

@KingMaddog is right and best deals such as Black Friday are website only if I'm not wrong. You can get a Steam key from the website if you go to your account, add it and have Steam overlay.

PD: Welcome to Iracing

Thank you so much for seconding that. I really appreciate your help guys. Great community. Proud to be a new part of it now!

[Sir Luke]

Originally posted by Maverick:

Originally posted by Che931:

You're getting 502/504 pages because Iracing has been updated today (Le Mans, HTC support....) and everyone is updating or/and purchasing content and servers may be a bit flooded.

@KingMaddog is right and best deals such as Black Friday are website only if I'm not wrong. You can get a Steam key from the website if you go to your account, add it and have Steam overlay.

PD: Welcome to Iracing

Thank you so much for seconding that. I really appreciate your help guys. Great community. Proud to be a new part of it now!

Thank you sir, from other post lol

[iSolo]

Originally posted by christillman84:

Originally posted by Maverick:

Thank you so much for seconding that. I really appreciate your help guys. Great community. Proud to be a new part of it now!

Thank you sir, from other post lol

My pleasure, I really hope their servers stabilize soon because I can't download the updates or anything.

[Cappy]

Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggg finally got logged got the update page to load, then timeout on D/L now can't get back in to home page nooooo.

[iSolo]

Originally posted by Cappy:

Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggg finally got logged got the update page to load, then timeout on D/L now can't get back in to home page nooooo.

I am currently downloading 6.74 GB worth of updates, I am new so I guess I need to get some packages most of you already have. It dropped to a couple Bytes/Sec but then went back up to 2-5mbps. My regular download speed should be over 17mbps though.

[Cappy]

Originally posted by Maverick:

Originally posted by Cappy:

Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggg finally got logged got the update page to load, then timeout on D/L now can't get back in to home page nooooo.

I am currently downloading 6.74 GB worth of updates, I am new so I guess I need to get some packages most of you already have. It dropped to a couple Bytes/Sec but then went back up to 2-5mbps. My regular download speed should be over 17mbps though.

Finally got the updates loaded now can't back to home page, Just keep trying i'm almost there.

[iSolo]

Originally posted by Cappy:

Originally posted by Maverick:

I am currently downloading 6.74 GB worth of updates, I am new so I guess I need to get some packages most of you already have. It dropped to a couple Bytes/Sec but then went back up to 2-5mbps. My regular download speed should be over 17mbps though.

Finally got the updates loaded now can't back to home page, Just keep trying i'm almost there.

Same here, going on and off. I am almost done downloading the updates.

https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/773294350407180288

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/iracing.com.html

[Ancient Oldie]

Originally posted by iSolo:

Originally posted by KingMaddog:

Can't buy cars and tracks though Stream. So you did good with buying from the website.

So glad I made the right choice, thank you for clearing it up. All I gotta do to be an equal part of Steam is to link my account then.

You actually can buy cars / tracks and pay with a steamaccount.

Originally posted by A.Driver:

Just wondering if the thinking is still the same.
I got a cheap 1 month on Steam but iRacing website seems to be cheaper.

-Is there any advantage to buying on Steam?

For gaming I only use steam (I don't use other game-stores, because everything I want to play is on Steam) and find it convenient to be able to pay with steam, track my hours, and keep my gaming in 1 place.