Saw this thread on iRacing and figured it might help some people reading RaceDepartment, who don't have access to iRacing's forums.
Most wouldn't need 100% content for either road or oval... I raced 400 races in the Skip Barber over the course of about 2 years before I ever moved on to another series. It was that challenging and that much fun. :thumbup:
There is no need to buy all the content for everything. You can be kept busy in a few cars and tracks for years, but people always want to know, "What is the most you can pay...". Not the right question, IMO.
The first D series is the one that's expensive. You'll probably need about 6-8 new tracks to complete a D series and one new car. After that you re-use tracks, so C and above become less as you often already own some of the needed tracks.
Plus, you buy things over time. The first D series you compete in will cost less than 2 Xbox games. After that each series probably about the cost of 1 Xbox game. Each series takes 12 weeks and many people run those series for many series, so you get your money's worth if you enjoy it.
Hope this helps anyone wondering about the costs.
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After seeing so many iRacing "haters" complain about it costing so much to play iRacing (I've even heard numbers like "$1000/year") I decided to sit down and do the math to see what it REALLY costs.
$583 - Total spent to buy ALL cars and tracks including the 3 new ones (Iowa, Ford GT, and HPD) if you take advantage of the 25% discount by buying all content. (it would be $621.68 if you bought everything in packs of 6, $777 if you bought it all separately)
$24 - 1-year subscription. I calculated this by taking the regular cost for a 1-year sub ($99), subtracting Participation Credits and Anniversary Credits ($45 total), then subtracting $30 if you take advantage of the deal they frequently have where you get $30 credit for re-upping for one year.
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=$607 - Grand total for 1 year of iRacing including all content. That comes out to $50 per month for that first 1-year period.
If you want to continue after that, you'd only have to pay for subscription fees which comes out to a whopping $2 per month using the figure above (with credits/discounts.)
If you played for 3 years with all content, you'd average $18/month over that time period (assuming the prices stay the same and you don't buy any new tracks/cars when they are released)
Most wouldn't need 100% content for either road or oval... I raced 400 races in the Skip Barber over the course of about 2 years before I ever moved on to another series. It was that challenging and that much fun. :thumbup:
There is no need to buy all the content for everything. You can be kept busy in a few cars and tracks for years, but people always want to know, "What is the most you can pay...". Not the right question, IMO.
The first D series is the one that's expensive. You'll probably need about 6-8 new tracks to complete a D series and one new car. After that you re-use tracks, so C and above become less as you often already own some of the needed tracks.
Plus, you buy things over time. The first D series you compete in will cost less than 2 Xbox games. After that each series probably about the cost of 1 Xbox game. Each series takes 12 weeks and many people run those series for many series, so you get your money's worth if you enjoy it.
Hope this helps anyone wondering about the costs.
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After seeing so many iRacing "haters" complain about it costing so much to play iRacing (I've even heard numbers like "$1000/year") I decided to sit down and do the math to see what it REALLY costs.
$583 - Total spent to buy ALL cars and tracks including the 3 new ones (Iowa, Ford GT, and HPD) if you take advantage of the 25% discount by buying all content. (it would be $621.68 if you bought everything in packs of 6, $777 if you bought it all separately)
$24 - 1-year subscription. I calculated this by taking the regular cost for a 1-year sub ($99), subtracting Participation Credits and Anniversary Credits ($45 total), then subtracting $30 if you take advantage of the deal they frequently have where you get $30 credit for re-upping for one year.
__________
=$607 - Grand total for 1 year of iRacing including all content. That comes out to $50 per month for that first 1-year period.
If you want to continue after that, you'd only have to pay for subscription fees which comes out to a whopping $2 per month using the figure above (with credits/discounts.)
If you played for 3 years with all content, you'd average $18/month over that time period (assuming the prices stay the same and you don't buy any new tracks/cars when they are released)