I watched some of it this past weekend. It was more interesting than the actual races.
I like it much more than the NASCAR running today. NASCAR commented rules suicide and I’m not so sure that NASCAR deep state has not actively tried to kill the sport to break up the conservative base.
I need to add that to my Bucket List.
I have been a subscriber at iRacing off and on for about eight years. It is pretty much (one of the) most accurate consumer-level simulations for auto racing that’s available. Some of the NASCAR drivers are running in five-digit full-motion setups with three huge wraparound monitors and super-powerful brand-new computers, but honestly you can do just as well with a force-feedback steering wheel controller clamped to your desk (about $200 and up) and a reasonably decent gaming PC built in the past six years.
I haven’t played in years, I don’t think my wheel works any more, but I might be thinking about spending a little of my “virus stimulus” on getting a new one and getting back into it. The main downsides are that (a) it is a subscription service, $13/month or $99/year, and you also have to purchase many of the tracks and cars at between $8 and $15 each; and (b) it is VERY competitive and serious and people don’t always extend newbies much grace.
That having been said, it’s as close as most of us will ever get to dicing in a pack at Talladega or hammering through Eau Rouge at Spa in an F1 car. Pro drivers have been using it for years as a learning tool because iRacing laser-scans the tracks they add, meaning they are millimeter-perfect in terms of the layout. Every bump, seam, camber, curb, everything. Even the Nordschliefe, as huge as it is. The physical modeling is obviously not 100% to real life but it’s about as close as possible on consumer-grade PCs, and it’s good enough that drivers use it to learn new tracks without spending money on seat time and risking real cars.
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i watched it- pretty dang cool- I also race online in iracing- it’s surprisingly ‘realistic’ - ie, tires wear, you will lose traction on corners- if set up is wrong, you will slide into walls- you alwaysh ave to tweak the car ot get best traction- car damage will affect aerodynamics, track temp affects traction on and on and on it goes- the developers have done a really good job
And the tracks in iracing are very ‘lifelike’ inthat they have all the bumps practically that the real tracks do- for isntance, the old daytona track has bumps in corner 1 that will send your car uptrack if you hit them wrong- and watching the old clips of daytona real races- sure enough you could see them hit those same bumps-
Watchign the pros race in iracing was pretty cool- not quite as good as real thing, but still fun to watch
Like Boyer said at the end “Phew, I’m worn out- this was a lot of work” (They usually have steering wheels that have direct drive force feedback built into the wheels- which will tire you out after 100 laps or more-
The pros were able to try things they won’t in real races because of course there’s no risk factor- but it was cool watching them try lines that they usually wouldn’t during a real race-
during hte shutdown it’s the ‘next best thing’ and it is pretty cool-
I watch and like it because Jr’s back.
My wife and I have been watching and love it. Clint Boyer steals the show; he’s hilarious.
Not that he would do it, but could they recreate the #3 car and have Dale Jr. drive it ??