iRacing 2.0 preview video: HPD ARX-01C and Ford GT at Suzuka

[Joe Hubbard]

Steve Myers has posted an update on the iRacing members forums regarding changes to the planned roll out of cars with the new tyre model. A small change to last week where the Corvette was listed, thats been delayed slightly but in its place they will release the Skip Barber Formula 2000. Steve went on to say that they now have the new tyre model on all the cars which is fantastic news as it seems they are right on schedule for their planned release this August for iRacing 2.0. Along with the laser scanning technology used in iRacing this new tyre model promises to be another step forward in racing simulation. Greg Hill also released a teaser video of the HPD ARX-01C and the Ford GT taking in a few laps of Suzuka along with Williams Toyota FW31 Formula 1 car.

I updated you guys last Wednesday about the cars we are targeting for release this week and I wanted to give you more current information.

I said that we had the Vette on our target list but we have decided to focus on the Skip Barber car instead of the Vette as it is looking to be further along in development. Don't worry about the Prototype and GT series having a car with the old tire model in it, there will be no issues with that.

So as of right now we are looking to release:

Impala A
Impala B
Silverado
Ford GT
HPD ARX-01C
Skip Barber Formula 2000

We have an awesome teaser video for the LMP2, Ford GT and Suzuka going up this afternoon so stay tuned to our iRacing youtube channel. Terrific work by Christian Braun! And yes, we do realize that the opening frame says the content is available now but we did this because it will be in a few days making it more relevant instead of "soon"....

Steve

We have the new tire model on all of the cars at this point and some are already
very good but some need more tuning. We expected that the Vette was going to be
good to go but we are not happy with the balance and suspect that their is
something deeper that is off in the aero or chassis and don't have time to find
it for a release this week.

Honestly, release notes have not even been
worked on yet and will come out probably the evening before or day of the build.
Everyone is flat out right now and many worked through the weekend to get this
build done this week. We are probably looking at Wednesday or Thursday for the
build at this point.

 

[Kevin Watts]

We have an event planned for this Sunday using the Chevrolet Silverado truck at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Silverado should be getting the new tyre model this week. Event details can be found here: http://www.racedepartment.com/iracing-club/60631-rdir-nascar-event-sunday-july-31st-2011-a.html