While it's always been seen as the leader in competitive online sim racing, the single player AI experience has always been pretty good in iRacing. But it's about to get a lot more interesting as Adaptive AI opponents arrive with iRacing 2025 Season 2. AI racers were first introduced towards the end of 2019 and start of 2020, and since then more cars and tracks have been … [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.
NASCAR 25 Will Include The Truck And ARCA Series
As iRacing take over publishing the standalone NASCAR franchise, it's been announced that NASCAR 25 will include the truck and ARCA series. Due out in Autumn, and developed by Monster Games, who previously developed NASCAR Heat up to, and including Heat 4, the four championships which will appear in NASCAR 25 are the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR … [Read more...]
iRacing Introduces Two New Yearlong Dirt Oval Series
If you're a dirt track sim racer, then you'll probably be pleased as iRacing introduces two new yearlong Dirt Oval series. The new Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour and Dirt Super Late Model Tour will run from January until November each year, with more than 35 weeks of racing. Both series are modelled after real-world events, with finales at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. And it puts … [Read more...]
2025 iRacing Daytona 24 Is Spoiled By A Ferrari Controversy
Plenty of sim racers will be celebrating the first big special event of the 2025 iRacing calendar, with more than 23,000 drivers competing across all splits. But the 2025 iRacing Daytona 24 is spoiled by a Ferrari controversy following a suspicious disconnection just under eight hours from the finish. The early stages of the race saw a battle in the GTP class between the BMW … [Read more...]
Introducing The First Team ORD Social Night On iRacing
We're ramping things up a bit when it comes to sim racing in 2025, and as part of that, our first Team ORD Social Night will take place on iRacing tomorrow, Wednesday January 15th, from 7pm. Anyone is welcome to come and join us, and for our first public hangout, we're going back to our roots with the free VW Jetta TDI, and the free Snetterton circuit. You can come along for … [Read more...]
Craig’s Setup Shop Will Close In December 2024
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...]
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...]