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?

Greg Carr · Feb 17, 2012

William Levesque said:
The Cadillac is great, *sigh*, Europeans !

(Just kidding )

But the CST was tested on the ring doesn't that make it European

I wish manufactures would sell the European models here in the states instead of the cheap models.

Bjorn de Haas · Feb 19, 2012

I basicly stopped with iracing for a while.. Where is the formula renault, where is formula 3?? gp2???
DTM?? I mean its a great sim but its getting more borring each month

Hampus Andersson · Feb 19, 2012

Bjorn de Haas said:
I basicly stopped with iracing for a while.. Where is the formula renault, where is formula 3?? gp2???
DTM?? I mean its a great sim but its getting more borring each month

Amen.

I will let my year-sub run out and if there´s no big brands in the game by then, then i´ll call it quits.

Bjorn de Haas · Feb 19, 2012

And where is the dynamic weather etc

Oliver Amos · Feb 19, 2012

Sean Siff told me at Autosport International (Jan 2012) that they were beginning to focus on bringing more European content

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 19, 2012

Oliver Amos said:
Sean Siff told me at Autosport International (Jan 2012) that they were beginning to focus on bringing more European content

Doesn't get more vague than that

Whats "beginning to focus" means?

Hampus Andersson · Feb 19, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
Doesn't get more vague than that Whats "beginning to focus" means?

SOON.
Standard answer to anything iRacing related. Probably trademarked by now.

Bjorn de Haas said:
And where is the dynamic weather etc

Yea rain would be awesome!!

That is the brilliant thing with laserscanned tracks, you will get puddles in the same location as the real track.

Hampus Andersson · Feb 19, 2012

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

Greg Carr · Feb 19, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
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

Thats my real life car, well not the cup version but the street TDI is! If they sold a quattro A4 TDI here in the states I wouldn't hesitate to trade in my car.

Hampus Andersson · Feb 19, 2012

Greg Carr said:
Thats my real life car, well not the cup version but the street TDI is! If they sold a quattro A4 TDI here in the states I wouldn't hesitate to trade in my car.

Do you live in snowy areas?

Greg Carr · Feb 19, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
Do you live in snowy areas?

Yes I do, although this winter has been pretty mild. We do have the TDI Q7 and Touareg but they are so expensive

Hampus Andersson · Feb 19, 2012

Greg Carr said:
Yes I do, although this winter has been pretty mild. We do have the TDI Q7 and Touareg but they are so expensive

Mmm Diesel V12

Torque must be insane!

Sell both of them and buy a 430 Scud, apparently they are great as winter-cars according to a guy on Ferrarichat.com

Greg Carr · Feb 19, 2012

Sorry I misspoke I don't own the q7 or touareg I ment in the US I could buy them that was what I ment by "we" ,we Americans.

Ya the Scud looks like it would do nicely in the snow :eek:.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 19, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
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

Without the trunk its called a Golf here

Hampus Andersson · Feb 19, 2012

Greg Carr said:
Sorry I misspoke I don't own the q7 or touareg I ment in the US I could buy them that was what I ment by "we" ,we Americans.

Ya the Scud looks like it would do nicely in the snow :eek:.

aha ok

Good cars for winter nonetheless!

Yea

Bram Hengeveld said:
Without the trunk its called a Golf here

Shhh!!

Yoeri Gijsen · Feb 20, 2012

The Jetta is actually an existing model right now both in the EU and the US. The Jetta is old and newer models were called Vento and Bora in EU, but retained the Jetta name in the US. There's a relatively new Jetta in both areas right now that iRacing probably based their car upon. Frankly it's not the kind of car to draw the attention.

Hampus Andersson · Feb 20, 2012

Yoeri Gijsen said:
The Jetta is actually an existing model right now both in the EU and the US. The Jetta is old and newer models were called Vento and Bora in EU, but retained the Jetta name in the US. There's a relatively new Jetta in both areas right now that iRacing probably based their car upon. Frankly it's not the kind of car to draw the attention.

Yes i know it´s sold here in sweden as well. I was trying to make a joke but none got it

Greg Carr · Feb 20, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
Yes i know it´s sold here in sweden as well. I was trying to make a joke but none got it

Oh I got it

. It falls under the cars I am sure the Europeans don't want, so sell them to the Americans. I can't complain about gas prices here compared to what you guys pay, but as far as cheap diesel cars in the states VW is all there is. BMW and Mercedes have one car each but they are out of my price range. I have about a 50 mile round trip each day for work and wanted something with good fuel mileage. I am not going to buy a hybrid yet untill they get 75+ mpg. Mt jetta gets the same as a Prius with a little more power as well

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Hampus Andersson · Feb 20, 2012

Greg Carr said:
Oh I got it . It falls under the cars I am sure the Europeans don't want, so sell them to the Americans. I can't complain about gas prices here compared to what you guys pay, but as far as cheap diesel cars in the states VW is all there is. BMW and Mercedes have one car each but they are out of my price range. I have about a 50 mile round trip each day for work and wanted something with good fuel mileage. I am not going to buy a hybrid yet untill they get 75+ mpg. Mt jetta gets the same as a Prius with a little more power as well .

Let´s just say the Jetta isn´t considered one of the finest pieces of cars we make over seas

If BMW and Mercedes is out of your price-range then VW is the next best thing i think.
Really good cars for what they are.

If you are after something that is clean but also fun to drive i would suggest the BMW i3.

Mid-engined and RWD

170 electric horses and 250Nm /184 lb ft of torque.
carbon chassis so weight is extremely low in the car which adds to handling.

Range is 80-100 miles so should work for most people living in cities.

Seems fun to drive judging by the testing