NASCAR iRacing Drivers World Championship - Michigan

iRacing TV has released a video recap of the 9th round 2010 NASCAR iRacing Drivers World Championship at Michigan International Speedway.

iRacing.com - Laser Scanning

iRacing.tv has posted a new video that goes over laser scanning. Vice President of Arts & Production Greg Hill talks how they scan a track.

Why does iRacing laser scan race tracks with meticulous detail and how does it put that scan data into action? How does the laser scanning process help real-world drivers? How does the laser scanning process make iRacing's tracks feel more 'alive' with detail?

Not only does this video answer those questions (and many others), it's also an excellent piece you should share with everyone you know to show them how iRacing.com is different to anything else they may have tried.

iRacing.com - Josh Berry talks about iRacing.com

iRacing TV has released a video with Josh Berry. He talks about his experiences getting into the JR Motorsports late model after being 'discovered' through iRacing.com.

iRacing.com - Dale Jr talks about his simracing

iRacing TV has released a video with Dale Earnhardt Jr. He takes some time to explain how he has used iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations and other simulations for work and play.

F1 2010 - Extended Developer Diary #3

A few weeks ago, Codemasters released the 3rd dev diary that focused on weather. Today they have released the extended version of that video.

Codemasters will bring the F1 2010 to PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in September 2010.

iRacing.com - Protest System

 

Tony Gardner, the president of iRacing.com, has posted an article in iRacing blog about protest system.

One subject that I read about quite often on the forum pages involves the protest system at iRacing.com. I frequently see comments questioning the effectiveness of the system, not to mention suggesting that we are often too soft in administering penalties for members who violate a sporting code rule. In fact, I was on the service recently in an open practice session and a member was driving recklessly.

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iRacing.com - Get $30 iRacing Credits

iRacing.com has sent a newsletter ...

Renew your membership for a year and we’ll send you $30 iRacing credits. Think of it as a little thank you for being a member of iRacing. You can use your free credits to purchase cars or tracks, extend your membership further or even some hosted sessions.

Whether your membership expires this month or next year, you can still take advantage of this great deal. When you purchase another year it will be added to the length of your subscription so don’t worry about losing time. Feel free to extend by two or three years as well, you’ll get $30 iRacing credits for each year you extend.
   
With so much going on at iRacing.com and the $30 iRacing credits offer, now is the perfect time to extend your membership. Here is a quick look at what is coming soon to iRacing.com:

    * The iRacing.com Driving School
    * Fixed Setup Racing
    * Street Stock racecar
    * Spectator Mode and Visual Enhancements
    * Williams FW31 Formula One racecar
    * Thompson Speedway
    * Several International tracks including Okayama in Japan

Offer valid for existing accounts only. Offer expires June 30, 2010.

InsideSimRacing: Episode 67

InsideSimRacing.tv has released a new episode 67. In this episode Darin and Shaun review the new Superbike World Championship title SBK-X for the PC thats developed by Milestone and published by Black Bean Games. Shaun and Tommy take a look at the alpha build of GP Bikes for the PC. They also discuss the type of controllers used to play these motorcycle simulations. In the segment "Top Sim Cars of All Time" they present Porsche Fabcar Mod for rFactor.