iRacing Standing Starts: A Practical Guide to the Launch
Wheelspin, bogging, or first-corner contact in iRacing? Here is a practical plan for standing starts: clutch and throttle technique, cold tire management, and when not to fight for position.
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Your First iRacing Race: A Practical Plan
Nervous about your first iRacing race? Here is a practical plan covering qualifying, Lap 1, incident points, and what to review when it is done.
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Rolling Start Etiquette in iRacing
Rolling starts in iRacing are not always instinctive. Here is what the pole sitter controls, when the field can go, and how to avoid jump start penalties.
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What Is Diamonding in Oval Racing and When Should You Use It
Diamonding is an oval racing technique where you enter wide, cut to the inside, and exit wide to carry more speed through the corner. Here is when and how to use it in iRacing.
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Open Setup Racing in iRacing for New Drivers
Learn how iRacing open setup racing works, why the setup gap is smaller than it feels, and three adjustments new drivers can make without a setup sheet.
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How to Use Public Practice in iRacing
iRacing public practice is one of the most underused tools on the platform. This guide covers everything you need to know, from finding sessions to making the most of your time on track.
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iRacing Portimao 1000 Guide for August 14 and 15
The iRacing Portimao 1000 runs August 14 and 15. Here is what you need: car classes, minimum license, team rules, and how to find a session that works for your team.
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How to Catch the Leader in iRacing Pack Racing
If your tandem keeps losing ground to the leading pack, the problem is usually strategy, not speed. Here is how to organize a cooperative push that actually works in iRacing oval racing.
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SensitHaptics MTC-P Extreme 2: Seat Haptics for Sim Racing
SensitHaptics makes the MTC-P Extreme 2, a 14-actuator seat haptics insert that delivers chassis-level feedback through your seat in sim racing. Here is what it does and who it is for.
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iRacing Beginner Series Strategy for Your First Year
How you structure your series in year one shapes your iRating, Safety Rating, and how quickly you actually improve. Here is the framework.
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WhenRace.com: The iRacing Race Schedule Tool
WhenRace.com shows you exactly when your iRacing community series runs, all in one free schedule view. No more hunting through the iRacing UI for unofficial series session times.
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iRacing Formula Vees: Are the Paid Variants Worth Buying?
iRacing added two paid Formula Vee variants in Season 3 2026. The physics match the free car, but the differences raise a real question about whether they are worth buying.
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26 Free Races You Can Run in iRacing This Week
Season 3 Week 4 has 26 iRacing free races on offer this week, covering road, oval, dirt, and rallycross disciplines. Here are every series, the cars involved, and how to find them in the member site.
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iRacing Season 3: Series-Specific Pit Stop Rules Explained
iRacing Season 3 introduced series-specific pit stop rules. Here is which rulesets apply to which cars and what the differences mean for pit strategy.
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How to Get the Most Out of iRacing’s AI (A Practical, Tunable Playbook)
iRacing’s AI can be incredible once tuned right. This guide shows how to build a custom roster, balance aggression, optimism, and smoothness, and create realistic, story-driven races that feel like competing in a real championship.
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iRacers Love to Hate Rain: A Survival (and Speed) Guide for Wet Races
Rain in iRacing has split the community — some see it as a test of skill, others as SR’s worst enemy. This guide explains why wet races feel unpredictable, how to survive them, and how to finally make rain racing click at tracks like Red Bull Ring.
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Endurance Racing for Beginners: How to Run Your First Team Event in iRacing
New to endurance racing in iRacing? Here’s a beginner-friendly guide to setting up your team, performing driver swaps, managing pit stops, and understanding fair share rules — everything you need to finish your first endurance race with confidence.
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Surviving Monza in iRacing – A Practical Guide
Monza might feel like chaos, but it doesn’t have to be the end of your iRating. With the right approach, drivers can avoid the worst of the carnage and turn survival into strong results. Here’s a practical guide to racing smart at the Temple of Speed. Qualifying Is Critical Where you start at Monza heavily…
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Mastering the 992.2: Taming the New Porsche Cup
Mastering the Porsche 911 Cup 992.2 iRacing is the ultimate challenge for the 2026 Season 1 campaign. The 992.2 isn’t just a facelift; it is a fundamental shift in how the world’s most iconic one-make racer handles at the limit. While it retains the legendary 4.0L flat-six and rear-engine “pendulum” physics, the 2026 evolution introduces…
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NASCAR Cup (Gen 4 – 2003): Overview & Guide
The NASCAR Gen 4 Cup cars in iRacing represent a golden age of stock car racing. These are the cars that bridged the 1990s “aero wars” into the 2000s, setting the stage for some of NASCAR’s most competitive seasons. Specs Handling Characteristics The Gen 4 cars are known for being fast but aero-sensitive. Compared to…
