iRacing Adds More Free Content

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The most expensive service in the motor simulation universe will strengthen its base content with three pieces: one car and two tracks.

iRacing has announced part of its new content for the upcoming update of the new season. Starting next week, users can enjoy a whole new car from Toyota. The GR86 Cup is the latest star on the North America Gazoo Racing schedule and takes place on seven of the most iconic tracks ariybd the country. The car has modifications from its base model, detailed on the GR Cup website.

"The GR86 Cup car modifications include Bosch engine management, custom Borla exhaust, SADEV 6-speed sequential transmission, Alcon brakes, JRI adjustable shocks, OMP safety equipment, roll cage, carbon fiber rear wing, 22-gallon fuel cell, TGRNA designed MacPherson strut, Stratasys custom bodywork, a TGRNA designed splitter, and more."

Virginia International Raceway will get some love as well. The track will be updated with the latest data and technologies and will also be part of the base content. Users who purchased the track in the last three months will have a full refund.

On the Dirt Road category, there is news too. Wild West Motorsports Park will enrich the base content (with a full refund for the last three months' buyers) and two more legacy free tracks will have Dirt Road configurations. Daytona and Phoenix will make the Rookie level much more accessible and coherent eliminating Joker Laps from the rallycross tracks.

iRacing will be deploying these and more S1 2023 updates next week, popularly known as the 13th week when the service tests the new features and content before the official beginning.

What do you think about this release? Let us know in the comments down below!
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You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content. iRacing does not recognize any virtual property transfers executed outside of the Service or the purported sale, gift or trade in the "real world" of anything related to the Service. Accordingly, you may not sell items for "real" money or otherwise exchange items for value outside of the Service.
ok so that jsut says offically they dont recognise it, but persumably i create a new email adrress, change my account detail to represent it, and pass ownership of the email address to new owner, and faix accomplii.
 
ok so that jsut says offically they dont recognise it, but persumably i create a new email adrress, change my account detail to represent it, and pass ownership of the email address to new owner, and faix accomplii.
There's a little more to it than that. iRacing knows exactly which hardware you are running, where you are located, and how you connect to the service. Unless you sell your rig to somebody who lives close by it's likely not going to work for you...
 
Wish the "free" content was free to try for everyone... so people can then decide whether to subscribe or not. One single combo car and track, where people who signed up can also challenge each other in a race weekend for free. My two cents.
 
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Iracing: I will look for you, I will find you and I will subscribe you.

Btt: VIR updates are appreciated, the current version looks extremely dated.

Curious about the Toyota and what it will drive like. Probably not enough horsepower for my taste but i'll give it a try.
 
I really wish they at least had a very small demo just to get a feel for it.

It's one case in which a pirated demo is justified. I did and then signed up for a period. No moral issue.

OTOH, try it on a deal? It isn't that expensive to just try it. It's very good, as you'd expect. But it doesn't take long to really feel all those negatives you mention about it being 'a service'. And the costs!! You can't race much of interest with the base content and you can't do much (for long) even with purchasing a few tracks and cars. AND I have to keep paying rent to even access my paid-up licenced content? Sheesh!

Or I can stick to AC Ultimate for one $5 payment and access thousands of cars and tracks and multiplayer servers? Pffft. No brainer.

It's a shame because IR is good. Wouldn't we almost all signup if it the content was 'free' bar the subscription? As it is it feels relatively extortionate to have subscription and licencing - and all only 'a service' (which could disappear tomorrow).
 
As we say in the Netherlands "only the sun rises for free". But I agree this is just a misleading header. If I was the topic author I would indeed use the quotes here, instead of coming in a minute to complain the discussion is not on topic and positive :).
 
I would love to come back to iRacing. The monthly fee is really affordable to me because the price is localized to my country by steam. BUT, the big problem is content price that is not localized to my currency and this makes tracks and cars prohibitively expensive because of exchange and the difference between USA and my country wages. Theres a HUGE market here that I think iRacing just choose to not explore because the lack of localized prices for tracks and cars. Until there, I spend on other games.
 
I occasionally renew my iRacing sub for 1-3 months (every other year or so) now that there is AI for some of the content, at least. The online service doesn't work for my limited schedule but, I mostly like the sim (FFB is meh - even with irffb, though).

Unfortunately, much of the content I purchased long ago is now legacy and I don't want to invest more into new content - especially when it's inaccessible most of the time.

In the end for me, iRacing is a bit like a decadent desert that is best savored for rare occasions but, still comes with a certain amount of resentment at having given into temptation. :p:D
 
ok so that jsut says offically they dont recognise it, but persumably i create a new email adrress, change my account detail to represent it, and pass ownership of the email address to new owner, and faix accomplii.
Absolutely. Or you could just give them your login information. You're violating the agreement, but chances are you'll get away with it.
 
What I find even more funny is that people don't see a difference between a product you buy and you own for good and a service you pay for every month. That one slipped under the radar, eh? :)
I'm not sure I see how that difference ends up being significant. Are you saying that if iRacing had an option for a lifetime ownership price of $1500 or $2000 or some other high number that works out to the same revenue for iRacing, your issues with their pricing scheme would be resolved? I kind of doubt that. I don't think, as I read it, people's primary complaint is that it's a monthly fee versus a one time payment, their primary complaint ends up being that it's expensive.


You need to pay for both hardware and software; the software ends up being vastly cheaper for the overwhelming majority of people even if you add it up over a long time period. And of course, hardware has a lifespan as well.
 
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Why are they mad? Why are they vocal about something they KNEW was going to happen? Its iRacing's business strategy to charge for new content, plain and simple.

By the way, netflix and prime havent stayed at the same membership pricing either ;)

Because the base content you get with the base subscription is really low on substance and engagement?

Membership pricing over time, or pricing changes, is not relevant to my point, I don't understand what you are talking about ;)
 
But the Amazon Prime comparison seems to be a good comparison. You get some stuff for the basic membership, but you have to pay for premium content.

At the end of the day, iRacing is completely open about how their pricing works. If it's worth it to you, then go for it. If not, then don't. Nobody is obligated to provide consumers with a product/service at the exact price that the consumer wants.

Base content on iRacing is lacking in comparisson.

Exactly, and that's why I ended my subscription.
 
Base content on iRacing is lacking in comparisson.

Exactly, and that's why I ended my subscription.
Eh, Amazon Prime's base video contact is kind of lacking as well. There's the Grand Tour and.... shows about British narrow boats?

Of course, I think most people subscribe for the delivery service, not the video/music service.
 
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Because the base content you get with the base subscription is really low on substance and engagement?

Membership pricing over time, or pricing changes, is not relevant to my point, I don't understand what you are talking about ;)
The feeling is mutual....

But none of this is hidden, is it? I can find out exactly what I'll get with the membership, and how much all the addons cost.
 

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