The Skip Barber Formula 2000 is one of iRacing’s most iconic training cars. With its lightweight frame, modest power, and reputation as a momentum car, it has shaped the development of countless sim racers since the early days of the service. The 2019 revamp brought its handling and visuals up to modern standards, ensuring it…
In 2019, iRacing breathed new life into one of its most iconic cars: the Skip Barber Formula 2000. Long regarded as the training ground for aspiring open-wheel racers in both the real world and the sim, the Skip Barber had shown its age over the years. The 2019 revamp gave it a much-needed update, modernizing…
If you’re climbing into the Skip Barber for the first time, think of it less as a car and more as a teacher. It’s not about who’s fastest in the first session — it’s about who’s smoothest and most consistent. Setup TipsStart with the baseline setup. The Skip Barber doesn’t demand much tinkering to be…
The Skip Barber Formula 2000 is the definition of a “momentum car.” With roughly 150 horsepower, a lightweight frame, and a five-speed H-pattern gearbox, it might not impress on raw numbers alone, but in the right hands it delivers some of the most rewarding racing on iRacing. Specs Handling CharacteristicsThe Skip Barber teaches control above…
iRacing.com and Skip Barber Racing Schools announced today that they have extended a partnership that marries the premier online motorsports simulation service with the world’s foremost racing school. Initiated in 2007, the association with Skip Barber Racing Schools is the longest continuing partnership on the iRacing service. The renewal of the partnership insures the popular…
Check out these screenshots of iRacing.com’s virtual Skip Barber Formula 2000 [divider] Screenshots
Designed around a classic open-wheel, single-seat formula car layout, but built with a bit more room to accommodate all sizes of drivers and added strength to withstand the rigors of racing schools, the SBF2000 is used in all six Skip Barber Race Series Championships. The list of drivers who have advanced their careers behind the…
Constructor Skip Barber Chassis Mild-Steel Space Frame Tires BF Goodrich g-Force Engine 20 SOHC 4-Cylinder Transaxle Hewland LJS 5-Speed Sequential Bodywork Composite Front Track 61.5″ Rear Track 61.5″ Length 144″ Height 41″ Top Speed 135 Front Wing Single Element Rear Wing Dual Element