Anyone that has been simracing for a while will have either played around with tuning options, or found somewhere to provide them. And one of the most popular options will be ending their service soon, as Craig's Setup Shop will close in December 2024. Founder Craig A Williams announced that operations will end when iRacing Season 4, 2024 comes to a conclusion. It marks the … [Read more...]
Originally launched in 2008, the subscription-based iRacing service has always focused on being the most accurate sim racing representation of motorsport competition, with a license and safety rating system for access to specific cars and series, and iRating for skill-based splits in official races.
Membership gives you access to a selection of cars and circuits, with many more available to purchase individually.
The iRacing Black Friday 2024 Sale Is Live Until December
The annual opportunity to save on subscriptions has arrived, as the iRacing Black Friday 2024 Sale is live until December 2nd. You can save on new memberships, reactivating an expired account, or extending your current access. If you're currently an active iRacing member, you can buy 12 or 24 months now, and the time will be added onto your current subscription. So it's a … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 4 Will Add The McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
A new choice for the most popular category of sim racing will appear in September, as iRacing 2024 Season 4 will add the McLaren 720S GT3 EVO to the available car choices. The sim has featured the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 since 2013, so it's great to see the new model arrive, with the EVO version launched in the real world in 2023 on top, following the 720S GT3 in 2018. It was … [Read more...]
The 2024 UK FF1600 Esports Cup Begins In August
Introduced in 2023 as a feeder series by Motorsports UK for non-professional drivers to progress into the British F4 Esports Championship, the 2024 UK FF1600 Esports Cup beings in August with a Time Attack pre-qualification on iRacing. It's open to all nationalities, and you don't need Motosport UK Esports membership or an entry fee to test your skills when the pre-qualifier … [Read more...]
iRacing And FIA Launch The First F4 Esports Global Series
There's a new professional eSports championship starting soon, as iRacing and FIA launch the first F4 eSports global series. It will take place over four events and eight rounds, starting in September 2024, and with a $25,000 prize pool, along with live broadcasts. Drivers can qualify for the F4 FIA Esports Global Championship by competing in the iRacing FIA F4 Regional Tour … [Read more...]
iRacing Scans 2003 NASCAR Cup Cars
After previously launching the NASCAR Legends series featuring oval racers from 1987 a couple of years ago, it seems we might be going back to another era, as iRacing scans 2003 NASCAR Cup Cars, suggesting some future releases for the sim racing service. Some images have been teased by iRacing executive director and third placed driver that year, Dale Earnhardt Jr, with … [Read more...]
iRacing Has Added New Free Dirt Outlaw Micro Sprint Cars
The Dirt Micro Sprint cars have obviously been popular after being introduced with the 2024 Season 2 Build, as now iRacing has added new free Dirt Outlaw Micro Sprint cars in both winged and non-winged versions. The Dirt Micro Sprints now feature a lower 120 horsepower output to make them more manageable to drive in two Rookie level series, with one for the Winged version … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 and 2 Released
It's not surprising to see further refinements and improvements following the introduction of the new Tempest weather system. But the Epic Online Services (EOS) version of AntiCheat software has also created some issues, which is why we've seen iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 Hotfix 1 and 2 released over the past week. A significant proportion of sim racers found that they … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 Released
More improvements to the new iRacing Tempest weather system have arrived with iRacing 2024 Season 2 Patch 1 released, including more visible rear rain lights to help you spot other cars, and server optimisation when lots of wet races are taking place. These two tweaks should help you see other cars more easily, and reduce recent issues with disconnects from online races. A … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Hotfix 1 Released
With the huge new Season 2 update bringing the Tempest weather system among other changes, it's not surprising that a few glitches occurred for sim racers on Tuesday night. But there's been a quick response to the major problems with iRacing 2024 Season 2 Hotfix 1 released within around 24 hours. Problems included many sim racers being unable to access the download or load … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 2 Update Released
Accompanied by some technical problems and news of a hotfix being published in response on Wednesday, March 6th, we've now seen the long-awaited arrival of rain in the racing sim with the iRacing 2024 Season 2 Update released. Following the usual schedule of a release on the Tuesday for Week 13 testing, many sim racers encountered issues downloading the update, and then … [Read more...]
Four More Circuits To Join The iRacing Membership Package
While I'd debate the popular opinion that iRacing is too expensive for most people, it's about to become better value in 2024 Season 2, with four more circuits to join the iRacing membership package. You already get around 33 circuits included in a standard subscription, including the Centripetal test track and some legancy versions of venues including Silverstone, Texas … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 Hotfix 1 Released
A global bug causing phantom collisions (often referred to as netcode contacts by sim racers) will hopefully be fixed with iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 Hotfix 1 released. Netcode refers to an issue with all online games, where the time it takes for your PC or console to communicate with the servers can mean your position or that of other cars is different to what's on your … [Read more...]
iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 Released
The art and textures of the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars has been updated to match the new season with iRacing 2024 Season 1 Patch 4 released. Not only does the real world Cup Series kicking off on Sunday 4th February at the LA Memorial Coliseum for the pre-season exhibition race, but the revamped eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series starts on January 30th, 2024 at Daytona … [Read more...]
2024 iRacing Daytona 24 Winners and Statistics
It's one of the biggest endurance events in sim racing, and the 2024 iRacing Daytona 24 winners and statistics demonstrate an impressive start to the year. In the top split, the GTP victory went to Atte Kaupinen, Moreno Sirica, INDYCAR driver Agustin Canapine and Carl E Jansson in the #6 Williams Esports Playseat, winning by 6.375 seconds after 24 hours of racing. The #69 … [Read more...]