Available for pre-order: Iowa / Suzuka / Ford GT / LMP ARX-01 C

Ramon van Rijn

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On the iRacing member pages under Tracks and Cars you can now Pre-order the upcoming cars.

The Cars are $11,95 each
The Tracks are $14,95 each

Text from the iRacing Four-for-All news item:
The release of iRacing 2.0 may still be a few weeks away, but iRacers can get a jump on some of the content thanks to iRacing’s first ever Four-for-All. That’s right, four exciting features of iRacing 2.0 –Iowa Speedway and Suzuka International Racing course, the Ford GT and LMP ARX 01c – are now available for pre-sale. That’s one of America’s finest new speedways, a world class road circuit, an iconic GT machine and one of the fastest sports prototypes ever built. In other words, something for everyone.

The Ford GT is a modern version of the car that defeated mighty Ferrari at Le Mans in the 1960s. How modern, you ask? The iRacing Ford GT is a digital version of the car that David and Andrea Robertson and David Murry piloted to third place in the GTE Am class in the 2011 24 Hour of Le Mans. Better yet, the LMP ARX 01c is based on the Strakka Racing entry that Nick Leventis, Danny Watts and Johnny Kane drove to first place in LMP2 at Le Mans last year.

Featuring iRacing’s first active overpass, Suzuka’s distinctive figure eight layout has been the scene of epic battles featuring the likes of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna (and Eddie Irvine), Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso in the Japanese Grand Prix. Iowa Speedway’s 7/8 mile oval annually plays host to the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Series, as well as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Nationwide Series, where Josh Wise will be racing his JR Motorsports Chevy in the special iRacing 2.0 livery designed by iRacer Kevin King on August 6.

All four cars and tracks are scheduled to be available in or shortly after the iRacing 2.0 release. But why wait? Take advantage of the iRacing Four-for All pre-sale now! And don’t forget, you receive an automatic 10% discount when purchasing any three pieces content, a discount that grows to 20% with the purchase of six pieces of content . . . and 25% when you purchase content that brings you to 100% of the available cars and tracks. See the Promotions page for full details.

Head on over to our CARS and TRACKS pages and pre-order now!
 
I got the four of them pre-ordered here... Now the long wait to get them on track... hehe

I thought the racing credits had a limit of $10 per season???

I think you may be right Joe.

My dollars/credits have come from things like re-subscruptions, racing series and other promotions iRacing have offered. In the 2 years I've been a member I had gained $160 dollars/credits (as I'd never spent them) but decided to use a chunk of it this time, to pre-order the new content plus the remaining tracks I needed to get to 100%.
 
Erik,

That depends really on how much you race @ iRacing, as because of the 'credits' you can earn from racing a pre-determined number of races in a series. Some folks I know of have earned say $40 from racing in series, and then put this towards buying content, effectively not costing them any extra to buy.

If you work on the average of $11.95 for each car and $14.95 for each venue (I know not all venues are this much, but we're going for ballpark numbers) you would be looking at in the region of........

18 cars @ $11.95 = $215.10
36 venues @ $14.95 = $538.20

Plus today's pre-order releases ($53.80) you're looking in the region of $807.10.

Also remember, that certain venues contain more than one track layout, so you are at times effectively buying 3 or 4 tracks when purchasing one venue.

You can earn credits when taking out subscriptions, so you can effectively reduce the overall price for the content if you're shrewd, when the iRacing offers come around. Over a period of time, through the offers that iRacing have made available when purchasing subscriptions, entering series etc. I currently have $160 of iRacing dollars/credits, which I can now put towards buying new content.

Also, when purchasing content in bulk, they generally offer certain percentage discounts. Have a read on the site pages and you should find all you need to know.

Subscription to Iracing $99

18 Cars $215.10

36 Tracks $538.20

Doing donuts afte your first ever win.... Priceless
 
Joined June 6 2008
Spent $886.54 over 3 years gradually and loved every minute of it! :)
Cars 26
Tracks 37 with multiple layouts. I'm guessing, but maybe 100 layouts total.

Average spent per month = $24.62

This includes every single road car and track. I don't have time to race them all, but I buy them anyway, because it's fun to try new stuff out. It also includes all but two of the oval cars and a few of the tracks.

$24.62 a month for an incredible online service (not just a sim or game) is a bargain, IMO. And the $24.62 could have easily been half that much, because I own a bunch of cars (especially the oval cars), that I just don't have the time to drive. Many of those I bought, just because they are cheap and it was fun to buy a new car and mess around with it for a few days. Even that is about the cost of going to a movie.

So, for me I buy every single piece of road content that comes out. Nowadays, that's maybe 4 cars and 4 tracks per year.

Also, if someone were to start today and do what I did, they wouldn't spend nearly that much. When I started 3 years ago, content was almost double the price as was the annual membership. Everything is much cheaper now. I think cars and some tracks were $25 when I joined. Now everything is $12-$15 and annual memberships are almost half with credits being thrown in for participation and all kinds of special promos.

It's really not very expensive over time, it just seems that way. If you add up all your cable tv, health club or internet bills over time it would be a big number too.
 
Pre orderd the stuff too.
Yep, its good value in my opinion. I have spent no time or money on any other sim since joining iracing at the end of last year.
Once you go iracing, why would you do anything else?
As my mates now say to our other mates
"you ve been driving the wrong sim mate!"
: )
George
 
I forgot to mention, that I didn't spend $24 a month just because I love the cars and tracks. I spent it partly, because I believe in the concept of a huge organized sim community with a constantly improving product.

I'm supporting iRacing and want to help fund their dream. I share the same dream. I've always wanted an organized online community like iRacing. It's amazing how it just keeps getting better.

I'll gladly keep buying every piece of content they can produce. :)
 
I was reading through the iRacing official forum a bit and came to the following conclusions

1) Both the Acura and the Ford will be B-class cars.
2) Both will run a fixed-setup and an open-setup series (it look a bit like how the Corvette series are now)
3) They will somehow be mixed with the Corvette in either one or multiple series (apart from fixed/open). Didn't quite get how, though.
 

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