Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in iRacing
Official Release article for Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in iRacing.
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Lucas Oil Raceway will be next oval on iRacing
iRacing has begun production of Lucas Oil Raceway aka Indianapolis Raceway Park. This track had been scanned some time ago, and was believed to be in production at some point. Lucas Oil Raceway is located in Brownsburg, Indiana. It has a 0.686-mile oval and a 2.5-mile road course. It also has a 4,400 foot drag…
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iRacing releases Auto Club Speedway
With the addition of Auto Club Speedway, iRacers can now own a laser-scanned version of each and every track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup calendar. We’ve got you covered from Daytona to Dover, Sonoma to Homestead and now, finally, Fontana. What’s more, Auto Club Speedway comes with four configurations including the 2 mile superspeedway along with three different road course layouts. About…
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iRacing adds Monza to virtual track lineup
via iRacing.com iRacing.com is proud to announce it plans to add Autodromo Nazionale Monza to its catalogue of laser-scanned versions of the world’s great race tracks. One of the world’s most historic motorsports venues, Monza will be the seventh current Formula One track available on iRacing, rated as “the top auto racing game of all time”…
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iRacing adds IMOLA to its “to do” list
via iRacing.com iRacing.com, the world’s premier online motosports simulation service, announced today it has reached an agreement with Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (aka Imola) to build a laser-scanned version of the famed Italian circuit. The announcement caps a remarkable week for iRacing, during which it released Auto Club Speedway to its members (completing iRacing’s…
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Circuit of the Americas (COTA) will be next road racing track
Circuit of the Americas, often abbreviated as COTA, is a 3.427 mile motor racing circuit in Austin, Texas. The track broke ground on January 2, 2011 and opened on October 21, 2012. It has hosted the Formula One United States Grand Prix in 2012 and 2013. December 19, 2013 Kevin Bobbit posted on the iRacing…
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Video: HotLaps #17 – Dover International Speedway
iRacing.com HotLaps Episode #17 – Dover International Speedway
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Video: HotLaps #6 – Darlington Raceway
iRacing.com HotLaps Episode #6 – The Lady in Black typically causes a few black stripes during the real NASCAR races, and the same is usually true in the virtual world of NASCAR racing as well. Known as “Too Tough to Tame,” Darlington Raceway will be discussed in this episode.
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GlacierTV Track Guide – Phillip Island
GlacierTV Track Guide – Phillip Island
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Background: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)
Interlagos (or as it is officially known, Autódromo José Carlos Pace in memory of the Brazilian driver who perished in a 1977 plane crash) is among the most celebrated of all Formula One circuits. Known for its serpentine layout and dramatic elevation changes, the circuit has been the home of the Brazilian Grand Prix since…
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Screenshots: Bristol Motor Speedway
Screenshots of iRacing.com’s virtual Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Background: Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway bills itself as the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile” race track, and despite straightaways barely 200 yards long, it is a very fast racetrack. The secret is in the variable banking in the 300-yard wide-open corners – you may not have much room to accelerate off one corner before shutting down for the next,…
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Centripetal Circuit
Some say it is located deep in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Others believe it is close enough to Germany’s famous Nurburgring to hear race engines echoing through the Eifel forests. We all know it’s called Centripetal Circuit – and it’s available to all iRacing members FREE. Without divulging too much, we can say that…
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Screenshots: Concord Speedway
Check out these screenshots of iRacing.com’s virtual Concord Speedway.
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Configuration: Chicagoland Speedway
It’s easy to lump Chicagoland Speedway’s 1.5 mile (2.41 km) oval with the bevy of so-called “intermediate” ovals across the country, but Chicagoland’s layout is unique. It’s an oval that never truly straightens out thanks to a couple of kinds on the front stretch and a backstretch that is one long, continuous curve. Chicagoland Speedway…
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Background: Chicagoland Speedway
With the possible exception of New York City, no American market has been more coveted – or more underserved – by the auto racing industry than Chicago. After the Meadowlands International Raceway road course and its fiercesome “Monza Wall” closed in 1968, sanctioning bodies from CART and IMSA to Formula One attempted to organize auto…
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Background: Oran Park
One of Australia’s most historic race tracks, Oran Park lives forever on iRacing.com even though it fell to the wreckers’ ball and bulldozers in 2010 to make way for a housing development. Shortly before this unique track went the way of Riverside Raceway and Trenton Speedway, iRacing’s laser-scanning crew mapped Oran Park’s different configurations, thus…
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Configurations: Oran Park
iRacing.com’s virtual Oran Park has six different configurations. [divider] The Grand Prix Circuit is a 1.62 mile (2.61 km) course with 12 turns. [divider] The North Circuit is a 0.66 mile (1.06 km) course with six turns. [divider] The South Course is a 1.218 mile (1.96 km) circuit with eight turns. [divider] The North A…
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Screenshots: Oran Park
Check out these screenshots from iRacing.com’s virtual Oran Park.
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Configurations: Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway bills itself as the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile” race track, and despite straightaways barely 200 yards long, it is a very fast racetrack. The track is 0.533 miles (.0858 km) in length with a steep 30 degrees of banking in the corners.
