Iracing = empty pocket, dont buy into the "idea".

[Casual]

Don't buy into it, I have been a member before, bought plenty of content all for what? there is sim racing software that cuts this to shreads, such as Assetto corsa, pCars, RF2, and they dont charge by the month!
You will just about get to where you want to with it and then you'll have to buy another 6 months to carry on with your "Iracing career".
Having to pay just to race with your mates with a private server, with no way to start a dedi server of your own.

1 race per week
1 series per 6 weeks

average cost of content £20 per DLC = 1 car or 1 track

This GAME imo is too expensive, and too focused on oval racing. This one is for the yanks!

[Zorb]

Hey Casual, I found your iRacing stats. Oh wow man. You're good.

Your entire career stats are:

Oval = 10 Starts, 2 top 5's
Road = 22 Starts, 2 wins, 11 top 5's.

So 32 Official Races in total. Over a total of 4 years. 3 oval and 1 road start in 2013, 4 road and 3 oval in 2012 and 17 road and 4 oval in 2009.

You're opinion has thus been dilluted by the fact you haven't actually really given it a proper go. All of your official races have been in the rookie cars as your skill is at that level.

[Mosku[FIN]]

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Hey Casual, I found your iRacing stats. Oh wow man. You're good.

Your entire career stats are:

Oval = 10 Starts, 2 top 5's
Road = 22 Starts, 2 wins, 11 top 5's.

So 32 Official Races in total. Over a total of 4 years. 3 oval and 1 road start in 2013, 4 road and 3 oval in 2012 and 17 road and 4 oval in 2009.

You're opinion has thus been dilluted by the fact you haven't actually really given it a proper go. All of your official races have been in the rookie cars as your skill is at that level.

Nice1

[Casual]

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Im also enjoying it for close to 5 years now. For sure I invested good money in the first year but since then its only 50$ a year for the subscription (black friday deal). I get cars and tracks for 25% off which is peanuts for that quality. All tracks are laserscanned and graphics are good. The immersion factor is immense in iRacing. The new team racing feature is a blast now that they fixed the bugs it had. Added a whole new dimension for me.

I also play AC and I like it. The road car physics feel more realistic to me but on the race car side AC and iRacing are close especially on the GT car side.

iRacing is all about multiplayer. The races are clean and you dont play with noobs in the higher license levels. There are plenty of very well organised leagues which are free. No SR or iRating needed there. Just drive.

Now Monza, Imola, Nordschleife and Aston Martin are joining the service. Its a good time to join now. But before joining I would compare the prices on the iRacing website to the steam prices. There seems to be some "difference".

Now there is a better response thanks rocks :)

[Siitari]

With the existing promo codes you can get away with 3 months for only a few bucks. Doesn't sound too costly? Or am I really missing something here?

You only pay if you want to progress to other series and continue sub. And like many have said already there are deals to cheapen the costs!

[Zorb]

The cost of it on here is high. You are better off going through the site itself. Plenty of deals there.

[Siitari]

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The cost of it on here is high. You are better off going through the site itself. Plenty of deals there.

True.

[IndiEmo'S]

Postat inițial de 24rocks:

Im also enjoying it for close to 5 years now. For sure I invested good money in the first year but since then its only 50$ a year for the subscription (black friday deal). I get cars and tracks for 25% off which is peanuts for that quality. All tracks are laserscanned and graphics are good. The immersion factor is immense in iRacing. The new team racing feature is a blast now that they fixed the bugs it had. Added a whole new dimension for me.

I also play AC and I like it. The road car physics feel more realistic to me but on the race car side AC and iRacing are close especially on the GT car side.

iRacing is all about multiplayer. The races are clean and you dont play with noobs in the higher license levels. There are plenty of very well organised leagues which are free. No SR or iRating needed there. Just drive.

Now Monza, Imola, Nordschleife and Aston Martin are joining the service. Its a good time to join now. But before joining I would compare the prices on the iRacing website to the steam prices. There seems to be some "difference".

Agree with ac comparison.
You also get participation credits, max 40 dollars over 1 year(correct)?
Wich you can then use to buy content or subscription= Free content

[Zorb]

And if you use that $40 participation credits, plus your yearly thank you $5 and buy a years subscription on Black Friday, then it works out at $4 PER YEAR.

I think I can then afford to spend another $30-$40 per year on content to get me up to the magical 100%. Once there, the cost is very minimal....the outlay to get there is high, no word of a lie there and can see why it is not for everyone.

But for someone with only 32 official races, all in rookie series to give a definitive opinion on the game, its a bit funny. I have been on there for coming up 3 years and have over 450 official race starts and another 400 or so unofficial starts in leagues with friends.

[Zorb]

AC is good but online its no where near as good. rFactor is the same. Clunky Online mode. If both of those sorted out their Online side of things then it would give iRacing a run for its money.

I like the official side of things, I like the friends side of things. I don't want to race AI...I want to race real people.

[Casual]

This aint about personal skill bellend. This is about the cost to casual players playing through steam.

[Zorb]

You don't have to buy it then Casual. Others can make their own minds up...not from someone who has 32 official starts to his name over 5 years.

Plenty of people enjoy it, and a SIM is not normally for the casual racer either, so I can see why you don't get on with it. iRacing is not something most people are quick at from the word go. I struggled in my first few months to get the hang of the car coming from Forza, Gran Turismo. Now though, I jump back on to those and other arcade/sim games and its all too easy, except for the usual kids wrecking every corner.

iRacing is about trying to simulate a real race. So if you intentionally wreck people, you will get a warning/suspension. If you rack up too many incidents in a race, not just a tire off as someone said in another thread, then you will lose safety rating.

Some times you have to push to get the iRating (your score higher) so you take risks and don't care about your saftey rating then. Once your iRating is higher, you then start to win more points by racing in higher ranked races.

Get good enough and you could be racing for $10k. I doubt I will get that high but there has to be some talanted people out there yet to try it. But like I say and you say, its not for the casual gamer, which is where you probably sit in terms of commitment to iRacing judging by your stats.

Enjoy AC and pCars etc, i'll be on there everynow and then.

I'll also be on iRacing for my series I am competing in, unofficial leagues which I partake and also the 24 hours of Daytona special in a couple of weeks.

Does AC have that?

[Fulysic]

I own all content plus still have two years left on my subscription i always do mine on black friday or one of the many other sales they have through out the year.......

Best racing sim out i have dedicated atleast 1000 hours money well spent if your into real sim racing

[g.florissen]

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I own all content plus still have two years left on my subscription i always do mine on black friday or one of the many other sales they have through out the year.......

Best racing sim out i have dedicated atleast 1000 hours money well spent if your into real sim racing

[g.florissen]

Well said. To many simhaters in here, who are misinformed, don`t have the money for a hobby nor the talent or dedication to become a good racedriver. Shame.

[Enzo]

My name is Enzo, go look me up.. whats yours?

There is no hiding place in iracing. Liars get found out all too quickly.

The costs. well sure, they may scare the casual gamer that are used to the gran turismo style of racing. but what people do not seem to realise.
Gran turismo makes a new title every year? 50 a year? I spend less then that on iracing.

Iracing is not aimed at the casual market. This is a hobby. if you think this is expensive. you should see the costs of the average steering and pedal setups people use.

When this title first released. only the hardcore sim racer knew about it. this built the solid community as the foundation it has today. you want to race against the best in the sim racing world. iracing is where its at.

If you want to race against AI on your own. there are better titles for that. AC for one.

If you have a love of racing. but dont have the time/money for the real thing. iracing is the next best thing.


ps: i know of a guy that won a championship in iracing. his prize was to race a season in the real life version of the series. he now has a career in motorsport.

If you think your good at driving. join in. if you are good. you can make money with the prize money that is available ;)