When will we see some European Sportscars?

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 15, 2012

Its seems were treated with yet another US V8 car soon: The Cadillac CTS

Will there ever be a European Sportscar coming? A BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Zonda, Ferrari or something else?

Hampus Andersson · Feb 20, 2012

William Levesque said:
It's ugly as **** ! :eek:

Which one are you talking about? The car in the video or the concept image?

Not that it matters as taste is subjective but i´ve seen people complain on the looks of testing cars which are camouflaged.

William Levesque · Feb 20, 2012

Both

Hampus Andersson · Feb 20, 2012

William Levesque said:
Both

Ok, one is camouflaged with taped on headlights etc just so you know.

William Levesque · Feb 20, 2012

I know -_-

The shape is still visible by the way...

Dazmaniac · Feb 20, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
Diagram on cars/tracks available vs how many active users there are in iRacing.
Should be noted that the inactive numbers are much closer between USA and Europe, which tells it´s own story really.

Greyed out area is what is coming. Only did it for the tracks because i can´t off the top of my head remember exactly what cars are coming. I know Lotus 49 and Mclaren though.

Should also mention that US tracks includes Rovals and Ovals with a racetrack.
They are considered road courses so had to be included. Pure ovals are not included.

Jetta is not included The Americans say it´s a european car but the euros are in denial saying they have never seen that car before

Not really surprising knowing the background of the guys who brought us iRacing and the titles they previously made.

Like Polyphony and their glut of Japanese cars in GT5 (or any other GT release).

Hampus Andersson · Feb 20, 2012

Daz Webb said:
Like Polyphony and their glut of Japanese cars in GT5 (or any other GT release).

They had plenty of other cars as well though.

Here´s the GT series sales by region.

All of Gran Turismo Series

William Levesque · Feb 21, 2012

Well, that could be explain by the fact that in general Japanese don't like racing as much as North/South Americans and Europeans...

Hampus Andersson · Feb 21, 2012

William Levesque said:
Well, that could be explain by the fact that in general Japanese don't like racing as much as North/South Americans and Europeans...

I think the numbers suggest the complete opposite.

They are only 130 million people so their number is actually pretty damn solid considering Americas has a population of over 800 million people.
Europe is at over 700 million people.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 21, 2012

@iRacing, Tip of the Day: Go get those TTA cars please: http://ttagroup.se/en/gallery/videos/#none

Hampus Andersson · Feb 21, 2012

God no.. random shells with no real affiliation with the cars the carmakers make.
Fun to watch but let´s first focus on getting some actual cars from the brands in Europe and not just a shell

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 21, 2012

I dont mind really

Same as DTM but a lot more cheaper for sure. If licensing costs are the problem this could be a good option for iRacing.

Would be nice to see a series with real cars instead of always a single make car.

Hampus Andersson · Feb 21, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
I dont mind really Same as DTM but a lot more cheaper for sure. If licensing costs are the problem this could be a good option for iRacing.

Would be nice to see a series with real cars instead of always a single make car.

Would that even work though, considering that the shell is a BMW, the team is a collaboration between WestCoastRacing and BMW etc.

Same with Volvo etc. (even though Volvo probably are a bit more down to earth in terms of license costs)

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 21, 2012

What makes you think its hard to get a BMW license?

Xosé Estrada · Feb 21, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
I dont mind really Same as DTM but a lot more cheaper for sure. If licensing costs are the problem this could be a good option for iRacing.

Would be nice to see a series with real cars instead of always a single make car.

That is against iRacing philosophy, they make single car series because they want to, you won't see a full series cars into iracing.

Hampus Andersson · Feb 21, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
What makes you think its hard to get a BMW license?

Harder...

BMW has a much more succesful history of motorsport and a higher status then let´s say Volvo.
Going by that you can assume BMW will demand more money (which ever way it comes) then most other companies.

Same with Ferrari. Good luck getting those in your game for free or pay for them as much as you pay for a Lada etc.

William Levesque · Feb 21, 2012

I'd rather get Volvos than Beemers to be honest

Yoeri Gijsen · Feb 22, 2012

Lada 110s for the win!

There been a lobby four tourings for quite a while now. It sounds awesome, but I can't seem to picture it correctly. All I can see is a streak of "4x".