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The fact that people actually care about racing clean and safety rating playing such a large role makes it worth it if you’re after that true racing experience where most people doesn’t treat it like a game where you can just hit respawn or leave and try again. Makes it penalizing but extremely rewarding
I’m sure as you climb the ranks that’s true, from what I’ve seen in rookies, you can get a mix of people who are still relatively new and make mistakes (myself included) and drivers who clearly know the track/car combo well.
@@heenix5803 I’d have to agree with this. I think it’s the most well rounded sim on the market. Don’t get me wrong, iracing has its share of issues, but its experience as a whole is the best as of now.
Iracing straight up teaches you fundamentals, it is designed to make you a better race car driver with RACECRAFT , It still has its drivers that really some just don't care, and spoil it for everyone sometimes, it's,just something we have to deal with , but those drivers , those drivers can make you better because seeing them be stupid gives you incentive to not follow the path of stupidity and be better
@@heenix5803 man...how can people say they are clean racers? In 7races i did on 2days,i got Taken out on 4of Them...One of the races i was P2 on the final straight on the last Lap and the guy did me a pit maneuver and took me out
As a member for 13 years for me it is great value. You reach a point where you have many tracks/cars and you effectively race with very little additional outlay. It is difficult to get going but the value is there. In addition if you complete 8 races in a season you get $7 so that adds to $28 per year. Can be $10 pers season if you race 2 series. Timing this with special deals/multi year it s great value. I cannot count the hours I have in Iracing so the cost per hour is extremely low.
14 year member here, it seems expensive at first but in reality there is incredible value to the service and simulation. if you get into this seriously and end up with a 1K sim rig, a 1300 wheel and pedal set, 3 screens and a computer to actually run it, iracing is very much the cheap part of the big picture.
This is a fantastically detailed video and you covered every point that could be made. It definitely is costly..but for the ability to race 24/7 and at least have one full split(with some exceptions) even at the most awkward of times, it is worth it to me. I held out for a year or so fiddling with AC,RF2,AMS2, and a LOT of time in ACC. I caved about 9 months ago and haven't touched another sim since. Today I went from a IMSA muticlass race, to a super forula race, to a mx5, all with little downtime, and good racing all arond. There's a LOT to explore, and definitely can be costly. I've probably spend somewhere in the 5-600 range at this point, but I have almost every road course(especially for the disciplines I drive), and all of the cars I enjoy competing in.
Thanks Scott! I've tried ACC & AMS2 multiplayer and it's a bit of a mixed bag... I've only been sim racing for less than a year but I'm glad I caved too, nothing beats it!
I drove 3 seasons in the Formula Vee rookie series and the monthly fee was absolutely worth it. iRacing even keeps adding more free content along with the paid content so the value for a membership keeps getting better and better. I enjoy nearly all the driving simulations available; while the feeling of driving or the graphics may be subjective, objectively nothing beats iRacing's matchmaking system.
I started iRacing in season 3. I do debate the costs and haven't ventured outside the rookies. I'm currently evaluating a little longer. All other games mentioned in my opinion are better driving games, better graphics etc. What iRacing does alone is the competition. It's not just the scale, but also the user experience where you click on a series, select a race and sign up then join the server. It's that easy. I don't need a computer science degree to do it. Whether I keep at it I'm uncertain, but I'm still here for now
I started sim racing in 2010 and jumped straight into iRacing. It's expensive af, but every other sim I tried after it felt worthless, so it is what it is.
It would be good for us simracers if iRenting would get some competition. Other massive online games costs roughly the same each month, but in Iracing you also have to pay for the tracks and cars. And single car/track costs almost the same as other racing games full DLCs. There is no guarantee that the cars/tracks will be relevant further down the line. Would be better with just a subscription and no extra costs. Lets hope that the new Assetto Corsa have some good multiplayer or Automobilistsa 2 upcoming integration with LowFuelMotorsport will be good
I would clarify the subs is OK but as you say buying circuits and cars is the deal breaker but rather than just give them free have them unlock able so no money needed byt def needs effort and or commitment.
I’ve been on iracing for about 4 years and I have loved ever minute of it iracing is hard and lots of running like you said just hitting a fast clean lap makes you feel really good knowing you put everything thing in to it glad to see other enjoying it as much as me
@@LajtowyWedkarz Well, none of these two is really any better than Logi Gs, but what they are is way way waaaaay less durable. (source: I managed to break them all xD well, haven't had a TX but I don't think it'd bear much better)
At the end of the day, Iracing is one of the most expensive racing service and buying extra content will burn a hole in your pocket. But the development is constant, the multiplayer base is massive (this is coming from an Australian, who usually get screwed by participants) the special events and having a paid service usually means we don't have people ramming us and ruining our races constantly. There is always ACC if you don't wanna pay
I think one plus point is that most D-class series use free content at least partially, so sticking to them means you can save a lot of money. Also, you get an update every 3 months, often a significant one. And every few up[dates you get a free car or track, which is also nice. Compared to something like ACC, which might get an update once a year if at all, this is a huge improvement (which you pay for, of course).
Pay for everything and get unpleasant driving with plastic tires model... I like competitive in iRacing, but the driving model is far from realistic in my opinion. It's hard, yes, but not realistic (unless you simulating driving Mazda on cheapest Chinese tires...)
@LajtowyWedkarz I hate it. My wife bought me a yrs worth. Now I looked i played 3 times and just absolutely hate it. Graphics horrible, sounds horrible and physics horrible. The only thing I see that people sign up is only for the 24/7 racing. What's the point when it doesn't look real at all. Or feel real. Nothing. Don't get it
My issue is as a rookie joining into iRacing the cost of stuff on top of the subscription is a massive barrier. Furthermore we know vehicles are thrown into legacy at some point. So my money won't even keep me racing in an official series forever. I wish they simply offered a more expensive membership that is all access. They've over complicated it imo. We know a person can only race X hours... So why limit people to a single series or two in costs. I'm still feeling it out tbh. I may buy tracks and cars for a specific series. It just feels so limiting. I enjoy variety.
one hidden note, once you have purchased a car, yes you "own it" but as the game progresses and they update the vehicles, some of your purchased cars wil become obsolete and depending on when you purchased it you may need to buy the new model
@@TheDirtyLime the old BMW was demoted to a lower series(production car challenge), so its still in use but as a result, for the BMW fans racing in the GT4 series had to purchase the vehicle again. iRacing did give out credit though for those who have purchased the vehicle withing 12 months but outside of that you need to buy again. GT3's: Ferrarri, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes have all had upgrades over the years, so while i have a bunch of cars that i can use, they are not IN use on the current online servers(still good for Ai racing though)
after you own 40 bits of add on content you will then be given a permanent discount on all content after, also if you buy 2 or 3 bits of content at at one time they always give a slight discount so try never to buy one bit of content at a time always buy in bulk to save some cash.
If you are in to Oval Track racing then iRacing is the best for sure, so if you like Stock Car racing & IndyCar racing then iRacing will be perfect for you, wish I joined the service sooner than I did.
For having the best sim racing equipment it costs a fortune, I have pasture land that I have made into a large track, and had rebuilt Two Volkswagens into dune buggies that are standard shifting, and my friends come to race and have fun on weekends
For me it has been worth it, but I'm biased have been here for 9 years and haven't needed to got for content shopping spree to fill schedule for ages, so it doesn't feel that expensive anymore.
I just wanna bring up one thing that wasn’t mentioned, paying attention to your iRating is just as important if not more important to find cleaner races. I just started in July and didn’t pay attention to my iRating and only on Safety Rating so my iRating dropped down to 900 I’ve gotten it back up to 1500 now but I really wish I paid attention to iRating when I started I would probably by in the mid 2000 by now. Great video on everything else though.
3 years ago I had a free 3 month trial for iRacing, and I was lucky if I put in more than 10 hours. Even right now, I am lucky if I get 10 hours in every 4 months due to my work schedule. The money vs time does.not warrant the cost, especially when considering the exchange to Canadian $$$. I'll continue with the everything I get.on discount from Steam until I have more time to dedicate to sim racing. (That also includes upgrading from my Thrustmaster T300 to a direct drive.)
If you're into Oval racing iRacing is the game of choice. Most sims, and I own quite a few, concentrate on Road racing. With limited options for Ovals. iRacing has oval racing all day in multiple series. That's what hooked me
From my understanding, there was a LOT of things going south at exactly that time. Pro4/2 Trucks are already very niche and hard to support. and RallyCross went under shortly after iRacing implemented it. Hard to do anything with a discipline when the top series aren't even getting by.
I'm with you on every point but I still think it's unnecessarily expensive. You literally pay for everything. Subscription to own the game plus tracks plus cars plus private servers. I enjoy the game but it's almost an insult to pay that much on top of a monthly sub. Cars should be 5 dollars tracks 8 and private lobbies should be free.
My method to keep costs low and get bang for buck is to look at all tracks and what series they run and when. If some match up to what I whant to run i add them to my list of about 80 bucks at once at the start of the season.
Great video and keep up the good work dude. Would you say it's worth buying if you're not so much into online racing, but prefer racing against the AI instead? I ask because people have mentioned that iracing's AI is top in its class and is considered the best among other sims.
Tbh at the start, the feeling of spending so much money isn't great, but after 1 year you'll barely buy anything because you settled on your favorite series, last two seasons i didn't buy a single track to complete all the races in imsa, and in this season I'm racing in loke 7 series and there's no tracks missing from my side. So yeah, it's worth it in the long run
When you go on raceroom, you'll be lucky to see more than 40 people online. That's my experience of it, where i can get a competitive race on iracing right now.
Theres a wreck in lap 1 80% of the time, majority being within the first 3 turns. Id like to say this is isolated but it happens all the way up to 2k iR. What a joke!
IRacing price is okay, however fact the payment operates in USA adds extra taxes for people in Europe…so a track which is tagged as 15 bucks, actually ends up being 17-18 bucks, for being active every week in same tier, for my first Ferrari championship, would be about 90 bucks. I’m not sure if this cost gets stable as you have tracks enough in your profile, however it’s scary for anyone who is aiming for eventual weekends races
My first 3 years on iRacing were VERY expensive. but the costs do level off as you build your library. I stopped racing compeititively at a league level which helped, but I'm otherwise only buying content I want to race rather than what's on the series schedule. You can do how you wish, but Going at a steady pace helps a lot. Especially if you'd rather focus on upgrading your driving hardware first
@@morgfarm1 that's where I am right now, still building my hardware rig..so the IRacing cost is kind of a no go for me now..I played for a month and could see why everyone calls it top level online experience, the match making is literally unbeatable. However since I'm casual racer and spending a lot on hardware now, I've decided to step back and stick to ACC for now with LFM to emulate similar experience, but I can say IRacing was more playful as a rookie since match making and number of people playing was able to set me in races where people have similar level, so I was able to be competitive. In LFM I'm happy when I finish not in last 😅. Thank you for sharing your experience, I can see now that I can expect going back to IRacing as soon as I'm satisfied with the hardware.
LowFuelMotorsport, Just Race and Racecraft online curating races for AC( with free mods), ACC and AMS2 have made the iracing model obsolete and obscenely expensive. Safety ratings work the same as does the cleaner racing as you progress. If you like to pay alot and get very little as far as graphics, physics and sound by all means stay in iracing. If you want great racing, better physics, graphics, sound and VR support get AC,ACC or AMS2 and join LFM, JR or RCO. If your a bell end go race GT7 or Forza (not sims).
I was supposed to get iRacing after much cajoling from friends, but decided against it the last minute when I discovered that GR86 Cup and Spec Miata MX-5 Cup cars are on sequential and not on H-pattern. It may not be as realistic as iRacing but at least Assetto Corsa still has their MX-5 Cup cars in manual H-pattern, so I'm sticking with it via LFM and WSS
iRacing does go with whatever gearbox is natural to the car. GR86 is indeed a sequential, but last I drove, the MX5 could be configured as an H-Pattern. Though it's been awhile - I may have only driven the classic MX5 for that
The main and only iRacing aspect that beats Assetto Corsa is the iRating. Everything else in terms of feedback and server refresh rate and lack of detail on road/tires is seriously lacking. I dont think AC Evo will get ahead sadly. Both games are still fun tho. Especially as a rookie who only pays for monthly subscription.
Nice video. In my opinion, I’ve been doing sim racing for years and tried pretty much every sim and simcade in the last two years. I don’t think Iracing is worth it. I personally don’t care about the cost, and as others have said, they do a great job with the online ranked series. Lots of options and people to race against at every time of the day. That being said, every time I try to get back to Iracing, I end up uninstalling it before my membership is up. I always get excited when I see so many people signing up for races, but after I start driving, my excitement goes away very fast. The Iracing tire model is not good at all and makes the driving experience underwhelming and frustrating. I’m not going to get into the realistic or not realistic topic because it doesn’t really matter, it’s simply just not an enjoyable driving experience. If they were to fix this aspect, this would probably be the sim I’d play 90% of the time
My problem is that they charge a SUBSCRIPTION and each car and track costs. Now, I like the sim and everything. For the MONEY they charge, they need to steward official races. The continued excuse they throw out that "cream rises" and stick with it will get you out of the trash ratings. Some people don't have endless hours to overcome losing 2 weeks worth of rating gains that you loose in one race to some raging dude screaming on comms. When you only have time to race a couple races a day max, iRacing is NOT fun. For the Money they charge, official races need to have live stewards to keep the ragers from destroying peoples races. I should NOT have to PAY a SUB to play hall monitor with post race protests for people being complete childish clowns.
My advice 4 years in, is to buy tracks you like, but dont buy loads of cars. Buy one and commit to the series. There is so much choice in cars, but they take them away after a while, the tracks rarely get retired, especially the big ones like Laguna Seca etc.
the only thing that has got me stuck on not playing iracing is that I feel that there is no "career mode" in order to start getting some order to what to do, I feel lost are there any daily tasks (no time trials) other than the normal races for the week?
I guess the whole sim is your career if that makes sense? You can choose different series like road, oval or formula and you try work your way up the licenses.
@@TheDirtyLime yeah I like road and I'm going to try formula Vee as well as the mx 5, the thing is that other than practicing and you can only officially race one track over and over until the week ends no? that's what I'm kind of like lost on...
@@Cuervo79 I'm the opposite, when I joined iracing I knew I wanted to go down the formula route so career path was already chosen for me, I'm 3 years in now. I race every day, I absolutely love the platform. I've met some great people in races, lots of regulars in the same series, the banter is great, the racing is usually very clean and fair. I must admit the lower ranks races are wild, it really does help a lot gaining safety rating and more importantly iracing. This puts you in splits with people are are far less prone to crashing.
I tried i-racing during the summer sale when it was 4 euro and the AI in thar first formula race was diabolical so that made it frustrating. Then it was some of the community that just got too much and i just refunded after about 4 days 😔
Sorry to hear that 😔 most of the people I’ve raced against have been good apart from the occasional bad apple. The good thing is you can report them and from what I’ve heard iRacing are pretty responsive.
@TheDirtyLime I've heard the people are good but when most of your friends call you stupid because you prefer F1 24 and whatnot to i-racing and insult you all the time while playing both isn't really the best experience and they are like hardcore i-racing fanboys
Their SR system is ass and if you think people drive safe because of it.. Not true, the game is full of forza racers taking it as a game and not a Sim sadly 😂😢
defenetly not "worth" it, in terms of how they basicly rip off people, but people spent theyr money anyways in vanity items. If u want to be part of iracing community/religion it costs a lot. All dependes on ypur values and needs
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*sharp inhale*
Tempting…
The fact that people actually care about racing clean and safety rating playing such a large role makes it worth it if you’re after that true racing experience where most people doesn’t treat it like a game where you can just hit respawn or leave and try again. Makes it penalizing but extremely rewarding
I’m sure as you climb the ranks that’s true, from what I’ve seen in rookies, you can get a mix of people who are still relatively new and make mistakes (myself included) and drivers who clearly know the track/car combo well.
@@heenix5803 I’d have to agree with this. I think it’s the most well rounded sim on the market. Don’t get me wrong, iracing has its share of issues, but its experience as a whole is the best as of now.
Iracing straight up teaches you fundamentals, it is designed to make you a better race car driver with RACECRAFT , It still has its drivers that really some just don't care, and spoil it for everyone sometimes, it's,just something we have to deal with , but those drivers , those drivers can make you better because seeing them be stupid gives you incentive to not follow the path of stupidity and be better
@@heenix5803 man...how can people say they are clean racers? In 7races i did on 2days,i got Taken out on 4of Them...One of the races i was P2 on the final straight on the last Lap and the guy did me a pit maneuver and took me out
@@antoniogodinho3360 Cleanliness depends highly on your iRating. If you have a somewhat low iRating then it isn't always clean yes.
As a member for 13 years for me it is great value. You reach a point where you have many tracks/cars and you effectively race with very little additional outlay. It is difficult to get going but the value is there. In addition if you complete 8 races in a season you get $7 so that adds to $28 per year. Can be $10 pers season if you race 2 series. Timing this with special deals/multi year it s great value. I cannot count the hours I have in Iracing so the cost per hour is extremely low.
14 year member here, it seems expensive at first but in reality there is incredible value to the service and simulation. if you get into this seriously and end up with a 1K sim rig, a 1300 wheel and pedal set, 3 screens and a computer to actually run it, iracing is very much the cheap part of the big picture.
Without iRacing, I would have never discovered NASCAR.
I joined because of the Australian V8 Community, but ended up loving Prototypes and Stock Cars
15 dollar track? Expensive… 15 dollar Gin Tonic? Give me two 😅
Exactly, I would compare buying a track to the cost of my McDonalds order
You are coping hard my guy. Its a rip off.
@@michahund4879 This is how all Iracing fanboys cope with how expensive is to RENT cars and tracks.
@@HDRGamingHub How long do you rent them for?
@@michahund4879Get a job. Can easily spent $70 in 10 seconds at bar on shots. For months of fun it’s worth it.
This is a fantastically detailed video and you covered every point that could be made. It definitely is costly..but for the ability to race 24/7 and at least have one full split(with some exceptions) even at the most awkward of times, it is worth it to me. I held out for a year or so fiddling with AC,RF2,AMS2, and a LOT of time in ACC. I caved about 9 months ago and haven't touched another sim since. Today I went from a IMSA muticlass race, to a super forula race, to a mx5, all with little downtime, and good racing all arond. There's a LOT to explore, and definitely can be costly. I've probably spend somewhere in the 5-600 range at this point, but I have almost every road course(especially for the disciplines I drive), and all of the cars I enjoy competing in.
Thanks Scott! I've tried ACC & AMS2 multiplayer and it's a bit of a mixed bag... I've only been sim racing for less than a year but I'm glad I caved too, nothing beats it!
Not quite every point one key point that was left out. Iracing has Licensing that other games don't and will never have which is part of the cost
I drove 3 seasons in the Formula Vee rookie series and the monthly fee was absolutely worth it. iRacing even keeps adding more free content along with the paid content so the value for a membership keeps getting better and better. I enjoy nearly all the driving simulations available; while the feeling of driving or the graphics may be subjective, objectively nothing beats iRacing's matchmaking system.
I started iRacing in season 3. I do debate the costs and haven't ventured outside the rookies. I'm currently evaluating a little longer. All other games mentioned in my opinion are better driving games, better graphics etc. What iRacing does alone is the competition. It's not just the scale, but also the user experience where you click on a series, select a race and sign up then join the server. It's that easy. I don't need a computer science degree to do it. Whether I keep at it I'm uncertain, but I'm still here for now
I started sim racing in 2010 and jumped straight into iRacing. It's expensive af, but every other sim I tried after it felt worthless, so it is what it is.
If you're into oval racing, there are no alternatives to iRacing. So yes, it is worth it.
@@wabba67 exactly that 👍
Cant even make ot out the formation lap without some ding dong screwing it up... Not worth it!
Absolutely worth it. Every penny.
It would be good for us simracers if iRenting would get some competition.
Other massive online games costs roughly the same each month, but in Iracing you also have to pay for the tracks and cars. And single car/track costs almost the same as other racing games full DLCs.
There is no guarantee that the cars/tracks will be relevant further down the line. Would be better with just a subscription and no extra costs.
Lets hope that the new Assetto Corsa have some good multiplayer or Automobilistsa 2 upcoming integration with LowFuelMotorsport will be good
I would clarify the subs is OK but as you say buying circuits and cars is the deal breaker but rather than just give them free have them unlock able so no money needed byt def needs effort and or commitment.
I’ve been on iracing for about 4 years and I have loved ever minute of it iracing is hard and lots of running like you said just hitting a fast clean lap makes you feel really good knowing you put everything thing in to it glad to see other enjoying it as much as me
Lime… I don’t know how you do this but you literally are finding ways of WANTING to get a Logitec Steering Wheel and buy and download iRacing.
@@justagermangamer101 DO IT!
@@justagermangamer101 go for T300 or TX from Thrustmaster :P way better...
@@LajtowyWedkarz Well, none of these two is really any better than Logi Gs, but what they are is way way waaaaay less durable. (source: I managed to break them all xD well, haven't had a TX but I don't think it'd bear much better)
@@Paprikajlo say what you want, I had both Logi and stays with Thrustmaster TX unless I have founds for TS-PC
@@LajtowyWedkarz Well, since i chew through them, it's understandable why this is my preference. :) They just can take so much more abuse...
At the end of the day, Iracing is one of the most expensive racing service and buying extra content will burn a hole in your pocket.
But the development is constant, the multiplayer base is massive (this is coming from an Australian, who usually get screwed by participants) the special events and having a paid service usually means we don't have people ramming us and ruining our races constantly.
There is always ACC if you don't wanna pay
@@GrumpyPants572 constant dev? 10yr old stupid tire model, bad netcode? And 10yr graphics? Way to expensive
@@ducat7493I agree it's abysmal. The whole goal is simulation. This is the farthesr from simulation
I think one plus point is that most D-class series use free content at least partially, so sticking to them means you can save a lot of money. Also, you get an update every 3 months, often a significant one. And every few up[dates you get a free car or track, which is also nice. Compared to something like ACC, which might get an update once a year if at all, this is a huge improvement (which you pay for, of course).
Every cent! For me it´s the best sim. Physic Information and VR support is the best by far.
i dont usually comment, however. I’d to tell you keep on making this kind of content, eventually you will reach your goals! cheers brother
Thank you!
Pay for everything and get unpleasant driving with plastic tires model... I like competitive in iRacing, but the driving model is far from realistic in my opinion. It's hard, yes, but not realistic (unless you simulating driving Mazda on cheapest Chinese tires...)
@LajtowyWedkarz I hate it. My wife bought me a yrs worth. Now I looked i played 3 times and just absolutely hate it. Graphics horrible, sounds horrible and physics horrible. The only thing I see that people sign up is only for the 24/7 racing. What's the point when it doesn't look real at all. Or feel real. Nothing. Don't get it
My issue is as a rookie joining into iRacing the cost of stuff on top of the subscription is a massive barrier. Furthermore we know vehicles are thrown into legacy at some point. So my money won't even keep me racing in an official series forever.
I wish they simply offered a more expensive membership that is all access. They've over complicated it imo. We know a person can only race X hours... So why limit people to a single series or two in costs.
I'm still feeling it out tbh. I may buy tracks and cars for a specific series. It just feels so limiting. I enjoy variety.
one hidden note, once you have purchased a car, yes you "own it" but as the game progresses and they update the vehicles, some of your purchased cars wil become obsolete and depending on when you purchased it you may need to buy the new model
That's a good point, is that what happened with the BMW M4?
@@TheDirtyLime the old BMW was demoted to a lower series(production car challenge), so its still in use but as a result, for the BMW fans racing in the GT4 series had to purchase the vehicle again. iRacing did give out credit though for those who have purchased the vehicle withing 12 months but outside of that you need to buy again.
GT3's: Ferrarri, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes have all had upgrades over the years, so while i have a bunch of cars that i can use, they are not IN use on the current online servers(still good for Ai racing though)
after you own 40 bits of add on content you will then be given a permanent discount on all content after, also if you buy 2 or 3 bits of content at at one time they always give a slight discount so try never to buy one bit of content at a time always buy in bulk to save some cash.
I joined iRacing
If you are in to Oval Track racing then iRacing is the best for sure, so if you like Stock Car racing & IndyCar racing then iRacing will be perfect for you, wish I joined the service sooner than I did.
For having the best sim racing equipment it costs a fortune, I have pasture land that I have made into a large track, and had rebuilt Two Volkswagens into dune buggies that are standard shifting, and my friends come to race and have fun on weekends
I think its great. i want to actually race and learn.
For me it has been worth it, but I'm biased have been here for 9 years and haven't needed to got for content shopping spree to fill schedule for ages, so it doesn't feel that expensive anymore.
Yeah, it’s a lot easier once you have a good selection of tracks. Best to chip away at it and not add it all up!
wait this is actually really informational, i might buy it
@@DapperGort as people say, all roads lead to iRacing
I just wanna bring up one thing that wasn’t mentioned, paying attention to your iRating is just as important if not more important to find cleaner races. I just started in July and didn’t pay attention to my iRating and only on Safety Rating so my iRating dropped down to 900 I’ve gotten it back up to 1500 now but I really wish I paid attention to iRating when I started I would probably by in the mid 2000 by now. Great video on everything else though.
Remember kids.....you get what you pay for.
Hey is it okay if I use some parts of the beggining of the video for a project of mine? Mainly just the racing background with text.
Sure go for it!
3 years ago I had a free 3 month trial for iRacing, and I was lucky if I put in more than 10 hours. Even right now, I am lucky if I get 10 hours in every 4 months due to my work schedule. The money vs time does.not warrant the cost, especially when considering the exchange to Canadian $$$. I'll continue with the everything I get.on discount from Steam until I have more time to dedicate to sim racing. (That also includes upgrading from my Thrustmaster T300 to a direct drive.)
Do not upgrade the T300 to direct drive until you can get to 3k iRating.
If you're into Oval racing iRacing is the game of choice. Most sims, and I own quite a few, concentrate on Road racing. With limited options for Ovals. iRacing has oval racing all day in multiple series. That's what hooked me
100%. There are other games that have oval racing but there are no real competitors to iRacing for ovals.
im at 00:01 into the video, id say its worth every penny! see you in the track guys!
Even though iRacing is from 2008, it doesn't run on my pc from 2010.
Yes, only if you're willing to have fun and learn.
If not, GT7 and ACC are there for you.
Nkt when your discipline is dirt road and they dont do jack shit for it
From my understanding, there was a LOT of things going south at exactly that time. Pro4/2 Trucks are already very niche and hard to support. and RallyCross went under shortly after iRacing implemented it. Hard to do anything with a discipline when the top series aren't even getting by.
I'm with you on every point but I still think it's unnecessarily expensive. You literally pay for everything. Subscription to own the game plus tracks plus cars plus private servers. I enjoy the game but it's almost an insult to pay that much on top of a monthly sub. Cars should be 5 dollars tracks 8 and private lobbies should be free.
My method to keep costs low and get bang for buck is to look at all tracks and what series they run and when. If some match up to what I whant to run i add them to my list of about 80 bucks at once at the start of the season.
That is a good point ☝️ I’ve just reached D in formula so I need to workout which tracks are best for F4 now.
Great video and keep up the good work dude. Would you say it's worth buying if you're not so much into online racing, but prefer racing against the AI instead? I ask because people have mentioned that iracing's AI is top in its class and is considered the best among other sims.
I’ll be honest I’ve not tried the AI races yet, I bought it for the online/multiplayer 😅 maybe someone else can chime in if they see this.
Tbh at the start, the feeling of spending so much money isn't great, but after 1 year you'll barely buy anything because you settled on your favorite series, last two seasons i didn't buy a single track to complete all the races in imsa, and in this season I'm racing in loke 7 series and there's no tracks missing from my side. So yeah, it's worth it in the long run
The single player AI racing should not be overlooked, its actually pretty good in iracing.
When you go on raceroom, you'll be lucky to see more than 40 people online. That's my experience of it, where i can get a competitive race on iracing right now.
But iRacing monthly subscription costs the same as a Chipotle meal
Theres a wreck in lap 1 80% of the time, majority being within the first 3 turns. Id like to say this is isolated but it happens all the way up to 2k iR. What a joke!
Yes
IRacing price is okay, however fact the payment operates in USA adds extra taxes for people in Europe…so a track which is tagged as 15 bucks, actually ends up being 17-18 bucks, for being active every week in same tier, for my first Ferrari championship, would be about 90 bucks. I’m not sure if this cost gets stable as you have tracks enough in your profile, however it’s scary for anyone who is aiming for eventual weekends races
Maybe you should tell the Socialists to f off?
My first 3 years on iRacing were VERY expensive. but the costs do level off as you build your library. I stopped racing compeititively at a league level which helped, but I'm otherwise only buying content I want to race rather than what's on the series schedule. You can do how you wish, but Going at a steady pace helps a lot. Especially if you'd rather focus on upgrading your driving hardware first
@@morgfarm1 that's where I am right now, still building my hardware rig..so the IRacing cost is kind of a no go for me now..I played for a month and could see why everyone calls it top level online experience, the match making is literally unbeatable. However since I'm casual racer and spending a lot on hardware now, I've decided to step back and stick to ACC for now with LFM to emulate similar experience, but I can say IRacing was more playful as a rookie since match making and number of people playing was able to set me in races where people have similar level, so I was able to be competitive. In LFM I'm happy when I finish not in last 😅. Thank you for sharing your experience, I can see now that I can expect going back to IRacing as soon as I'm satisfied with the hardware.
LowFuelMotorsport, Just Race and Racecraft online curating races for AC( with free mods), ACC and AMS2 have made the iracing model obsolete and obscenely expensive. Safety ratings work the same as does the cleaner racing as you progress.
If you like to pay alot and get very little as far as graphics, physics and sound by all means stay in iracing. If you want great racing, better physics, graphics, sound and VR support get AC,ACC or AMS2 and join LFM, JR or RCO. If your a bell end go race GT7 or Forza (not sims).
I was supposed to get iRacing after much cajoling from friends, but decided against it the last minute when I discovered that GR86 Cup and Spec Miata MX-5 Cup cars are on sequential and not on H-pattern.
It may not be as realistic as iRacing but at least Assetto Corsa still has their MX-5 Cup cars in manual H-pattern, so I'm sticking with it via LFM and WSS
Are you good in the head? You can use h-pattern on those Cars...its a matter of going to "options"
@@antoniogodinho3360 Not possible if the car has a sequential gearbox.
@@antoniogodinho3360 are YOU good in the head? if it was an option, I wouldn't have commented.
improve your reading comprehension, please.
iRacing does go with whatever gearbox is natural to the car. GR86 is indeed a sequential, but last I drove, the MX5 could be configured as an H-Pattern. Though it's been awhile - I may have only driven the classic MX5 for that
@@morgfarm1 The MX5 was updated to current IRL spec a while ago. It uses a sequential box now.
After spending the weekend getting destroyed by people im questioning renewal
Weekends seem to be chaos, I didn’t have much luck last night either…
The main and only iRacing aspect that beats Assetto Corsa is the iRating. Everything else in terms of feedback and server refresh rate and lack of detail on road/tires is seriously lacking. I dont think AC Evo will get ahead sadly. Both games are still fun tho. Especially as a rookie who only pays for monthly subscription.
Nice video. In my opinion, I’ve been doing sim racing for years and tried pretty much every sim and simcade in the last two years. I don’t think Iracing is worth it. I personally don’t care about the cost, and as others have said, they do a great job with the online ranked series. Lots of options and people to race against at every time of the day. That being said, every time I try to get back to Iracing, I end up uninstalling it before my membership is up. I always get excited when I see so many people signing up for races, but after I start driving, my excitement goes away very fast. The Iracing tire model is not good at all and makes the driving experience underwhelming and frustrating. I’m not going to get into the realistic or not realistic topic because it doesn’t really matter, it’s simply just not an enjoyable driving experience. If they were to fix this aspect, this would probably be the sim I’d play 90% of the time
My problem is that they charge a SUBSCRIPTION and each car and track costs. Now, I like the sim and everything. For the MONEY they charge, they need to steward official races. The continued excuse they throw out that "cream rises" and stick with it will get you out of the trash ratings. Some people don't have endless hours to overcome losing 2 weeks worth of rating gains that you loose in one race to some raging dude screaming on comms. When you only have time to race a couple races a day max, iRacing is NOT fun. For the Money they charge, official races need to have live stewards to keep the ragers from destroying peoples races. I should NOT have to PAY a SUB to play hall monitor with post race protests for people being complete childish clowns.
Is it worth: in my opinion it depends what you are looking for. THANK YOU
My advice 4 years in, is to buy tracks you like, but dont buy loads of cars. Buy one and commit to the series. There is so much choice in cars, but they take them away after a while, the tracks rarely get retired, especially the big ones like Laguna Seca etc.
I dont like paying for everything like that but I will say it has the best online multiplayer out of all of them so its whatever
the only thing that has got me stuck on not playing iracing is that I feel that there is no "career mode" in order to start getting some order to what to do, I feel lost are there any daily tasks (no time trials) other than the normal races for the week?
I guess the whole sim is your career if that makes sense? You can choose different series like road, oval or formula and you try work your way up the licenses.
@@TheDirtyLime yeah I like road and I'm going to try formula Vee as well as the mx 5, the thing is that other than practicing and you can only officially race one track over and over until the week ends no? that's what I'm kind of like lost on...
@@Cuervo79 the track for the MX5s is terrible this week in my opinion VIR is good for formula this week.
They added a type of single player Career mode recently
@@Cuervo79 I'm the opposite, when I joined iracing I knew I wanted to go down the formula route so career path was already chosen for me, I'm 3 years in now. I race every day, I absolutely love the platform. I've met some great people in races, lots of regulars in the same series, the banter is great, the racing is usually very clean and fair.
I must admit the lower ranks races are wild, it really does help a lot gaining safety rating and more importantly iracing. This puts you in splits with people are are far less prone to crashing.
I tried i-racing during the summer sale when it was 4 euro and the AI in thar first formula race was diabolical so that made it frustrating. Then it was some of the community that just got too much and i just refunded after about 4 days 😔
Sorry to hear that 😔 most of the people I’ve raced against have been good apart from the occasional bad apple. The good thing is you can report them and from what I’ve heard iRacing are pretty responsive.
@TheDirtyLime I've heard the people are good but when most of your friends call you stupid because you prefer F1 24 and whatnot to i-racing and insult you all the time while playing both isn't really the best experience and they are like hardcore i-racing fanboys
Its that good it has its own idiot of the week video every week you don't get that with other driving sim games..
Rookies is a one month subscription of a few dolarrs. If you dont like it cancel it.
Yes I think android is better than iphone, iOS is amazing and the cameras, but very pricey, for half the price I get a good android!
Their SR system is ass and if you think people drive safe because of it.. Not true, the game is full of forza racers taking it as a game and not a Sim sadly 😂😢
If I had money, but even then likely no
SCAM! Triple dipping mofos! Pay for cars, pay for tracks, and then pay to play on those cars and tracks! Absolute BS
short answer: no
long answer: its not worth it in 2024 or any other year that starts with a 2
defenetly not "worth" it, in terms of how they basicly rip off people, but people spent theyr money anyways in vanity items. If u want to be part of iracing community/religion it costs a lot. All dependes on ypur values and needs