Anyone else purchased I racing? After being relentlessly hounded by my son I finally succumbed and got it. I actually probably wanted it just as much as he did obviously only because of the sprint cars and the dirt tracks. Just curious about others thoughts and opinions about the program.

I've been racing on iRacing about a year. It's fun. Some guys take it ENTIRELY too seriously, but as long as you remember it is a SIM and therefore has limitations it's a lot of fun. The dirt is pretty good, it still needs some more development (which they are doing) and IMO the physics for the sprint cars is a little funky (in other word, some setup changes that should have big impact on handling don't, while some changes that shouldn't, do) but gain, they are working on refining the software. The pavement side is much more fine tuned, but it is four or five years older than the dirt side. Enjoy it for what it is and you'll have a ball!

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I race dirt sprints on it. Lot of fun

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Winged sprint cars are a riot. You just have to be ready for some goofy set-up stuff. I win most of my 305 sprint stuff, and I am getting better with the 360 and 410. I usually qualify horrible, but can pull off a top 5 most races. Couple wins in the 360's, and only one 410 win.

Non wing stuff, I am getting better. You have to be real smooth on the throttle, and the steering wheel. Plus I have no clue what to do with set-ups, lol.

Dirt late models, I am horrid. It is very hard to get in and practice them, as I know I have a lot of work to do in those.

I have not tried any pavement stuff, I just have not purchased it yet. Not sure if there are enough racers online to justify it or not.

Knoxville is coming out next, but I have not seen anyone talk about when.

dirtracer74, there are a LOT of racers that race pavement. There are a bunch of racers in SK Modifieds, Late Models and NASCAR Trucks. Not trying to get you to buy the pavement stuff, but I started in pavement, and trust me, there are many pavement racers on iRacing.

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The pavement legends are lots of fun. I actually enjoyed the pavement street stocks, when I could run them. Now I am class A, and I can not even run them anymore.

I will have to look at more pavement stuff. The SK modifieds have my interest, and I was curious about the sprint car and silver crown cars. I will keep an eye on it. Most of my real life friends on IRacing run pavement stuff also. Holy cow, just looking, silver crown in an hour has 17 people staged for Iowa Speedway, and sprint cars have 15 staged for Bristol. Still almost a full hour away from race time. Well damn, wife is gonna hate me again, lol.

How much does it cost to get started into Iracing? What would I need to buy? And just a general price. I have a decent PC at home but that is it.

It's roughly $11 per car and $11 per track, membership has different lengths from one month all the way to two years. Then you'll need a steering wheel and pedals, which is not cheap, If you can find a Logitech g27, that's one of the best wheels you can get. The g29 wheel is the newest model and more expensive

Around $ 2,000. I have a G27 wheel and pedal combo with a simulator seat. I have a 2 year membership and have all oval tracks and cars including all the new dirt stuff (Wing and Non Wing Sprints, LM and dirt tracks) and then what ever road racing stuff that comes with a membership.I did have to buy a faster computer with stronger graphics card to run the dirt stuff correctly.

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I have been on iRacing for over 5 years. For the best experience, I would highly recommend joining a league. With a league, you generally race with the same people be it nightly, weekly, whatever. With this comes more respect from other drivers which leads to cleaner racing than with total strangers in official races.

You can spend as little or as much as you want on iRacing. If you are just starting out and don't want to invest a lot of money into it I would recommend finding a Logitech Driving Force GT. If you want to spend a little more, go with a Logitech G27 or G29 as others have suggested. The iRacing forums have a lot of information, especially in the Hardware section about other options if you feel like upgrading in the future. The resell value on sim racing equipment is pretty high and items tend to sell pretty fast on the forums is you ever decide it's not for you.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Thanks for the info guys.

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I just recently got Iracing after the dirt stuff came out and I got started relatively cheap and have since spent more money. I bought a refurbished computer off newegg.com for $250, spent another $250 on a graphics card and bigger power supply. I bought a logitech g27 for $150 and then built a simulator seat out of pvc for less than $100. Add in your membership and tracks and your probably looking at a little over a grand. However you could do without the graphics card and simulator seat while your just getting started and have roughly $800 in it. If you have a computer at home go to IRacing and run the test to see if your computer is has the minimum hardware required to run it and you may be able to just upgrade what you have and save more money.

For those of you interested starting out on iRacing and looking for a steering wheel and pedal setup, watch eBay. Logitech G27 and G29 units can be found there pretty regularly for reasonable dollars. Craigslist has some too, but be VERY careul buying electronics off of Craigslist. Lots of scammers and phonies there.

Any set up suggestions on the sprint cars. I drove winged sprint cars for 15 years. And so far I have yet to find a set up that makes the cars happy. Thanks