How do I link my IRacing account to Steam?

[Mouldy Sandwich™]

How do I link my Iracing account from their website to Steam?

[Octavarium]

- Existing iRacing users who didn't sign up using Steam may now generate a steam key to link their iRacing & Steam accounts. Here's how:

1) Go to "My Account", and at the bottom of the page there's a button to generate a Steam Key - click it.

2) Open Steam, and in the top-level menu, click Games, and then click Activate a Product on Steam...

3) Follow the steps on-screen until you're asked for a Steam Key. Type in your Steam Key, then submit it. If you already have iRacing installed on your system, you don't need to install it again via Steam in the steps following activation.

4) Finally, enable the Steam Overlay in iRacing by doing any one of these:

· Click the "Click here to enable it" button on account home once you've generated your key. This will automatically enable the Steam Overlay.

· Opening your settings dashboard on any page within the main membersite and turn Steam Overlay on under the section marked "Use Steam Overlay."

· Open or create "_use64bit.txt" in the iRacing installation directory, type the number 1 into it, and save it.

[Mouldy Sandwich™]

Originally posted by DivineEmu:

- Existing iRacing users who didn't sign up using Steam may now generate a steam key to link their iRacing & Steam accounts. Here's how:

1) Go to "My Account", and at the bottom of the page there's a button to generate a Steam Key - click it.

2) Open Steam, and in the top-level menu, click Games, and then click Activate a Product on Steam...

3) Follow the steps on-screen until you're asked for a Steam Key. Type in your Steam Key, then submit it. If you already have iRacing installed on your system, you don't need to install it again via Steam in the steps following activation.

4) Finally, enable the Steam Overlay in iRacing by doing any one of these:

· Click the "Click here to enable it" button on account home once you've generated your key. This will automatically enable the Steam Overlay.

· Opening your settings dashboard on any page within the main membersite and turn Steam Overlay on under the section marked "Use Steam Overlay."

· Open or create "_use64bit.txt" in the iRacing installation directory, type the number 1 into it, and save it.

Thanks a million!

[FRITOSPORTRACING.COM]

yes thanks DivineEMU!!! gonna test it out

[Octavarium]

No problem guys :)

[Packy]

slightly different version in iracing forum. steam overlay is turned on automatically with this method.
: )


http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3303485.page

1. Go to your My Accounts Page on iRacing: https://members.iracing.com/membersite/account/Home.do
2. Scroll down until you see a section called "Steam Key"
3. There is a button there to generate a one time key. Click the button. This will generate a Steam Key.
4. Open Steam.
5. On the TOP bar (not in the Browser, but the application bar), Click on Games --> Activate Product on Steam.
6. Click Next --> I Agree --> Enter the Steam Key you generated from (2) into the "Product Code" area, and hit Next.
7. Finish (6), and this will download a 98M iRacing executable and add iRacing to your Library
8. Wherever you have iRacing installed, in the top level iRacing directory, there is a file called "_useSteam". It contains only 1 character -- a "0" or a "1". You want this to be a "1". Use notepad to edit this. Example
Go to C > program files 86 > iRacing > _useSteam
Change value from 0 > 1
9. Now, any time a race is launched, Steam will show you are in "iRacing" . You will also have the Steam overlay, and can hit Shift + Tab to talk to friends + put in iRacing reviews + count iRacing time

[_jay]

I also noticed that you can turn on the Steam overlay from the settings on the membersite launch page.

[Packy]

Originally posted by _jay:

I also noticed that you can turn on the Steam overlay from the settings on the membersite launch page.

at least in my case, the steam overlay was turned on automatically when I followed the method in my post above.
: )