maxs:
this conversation is useless i know to much about politics, which you dont, mostly gaming industries politics.

Wow, appart from being a modder, you’re also into politics!

Comon. what mods have you done, and what do you know about politics, that people here don’t. Tells us man, tells us all that priceless knowledge of yours!!

Just find one of those $25 for three months deals and try.

I don’t really dig the system. But the quality of the content is great.

maxs:
yes i even know , its making something from nothing and doesnt charging the money for it …. this conversation is useless i know to much about politics, which you dont, mostly gaming industries politics.

iRacing doesn’t support modding, and is not going to, so how can they be earning money “for modding”.

But thank you for confirming that you don’t know what modding means.

jux:

Do you even know what modding means?

yes i even know , its making something from nothing and doesnt charging the money for it …. this conversation is useless i know to much about politics, which you dont, mostly gaming industries politics.

maxs:
2. they want to earn money for modding

Do you even know what modding means?

maxs:
but this game really sucks for me like i said graphics ugly ,tracks i see better in rfactor and i would propobly make better by myself, cars ridiculous …

you either have NOT tried IRacing or your computer is not able to run the thing.

I’ve just gone back to GTR Evo to make a few laps on Zandvoort and it made me laugh that only 3 month ago I was overwhelmed by this game, now it just don’t feels right… appart from the fantastic sound of the vette!

maxs:
1. they want to keep noobs out of their game
2. they want to earn money for modding

Man, wake up this is not a conspiracy, why do you think that you need to pay monthly for your phone, internet, tv, electricity, etc?

a dedicated server would cost you more than 300$ a month just to have it in a datacenter,
bandwidth costs probably more 100$ pr 1TB
then you’ll need to pay a guy to be there is something is wrong.
not to mention all the software licenses.

and they got (IBM WebSphere I think it is) server farms in US and AUS to please over 10.000 active members. maybe this would tell you some about the seriousness.

after 3 month I’m yet to be disconnected from the server and experience unplanned downtime on their website.

this is not some kids playing with notepad, and “trial/student” version of 3D max, while using their dad’s PC as game server.

And sure they want to make money, thats should be the nr. 1 goal of any business.

and if you got all the way to here, thanks for taking the time and reading the whole comment

One thing, imo Rfactor-iRacing cant be compared..
we can’t judge a book by its cover right

I think you completely underestimate the costs of content-creation.

iRacing aren’t modders that work from home in their free time. They have to aquire licenses (costs money), do their laser-scanning and on-site works (even more money) and finish the tracks.

If I remember correctly, creating a single track costs them like a pretty high five-figure sum. They have around 14.000 members so you can do the math how often they have to sell one single track just to get their costs back in.

Plus, why does the pricing keep out the “noobs”? Are skilled sim racers automaticly rich? Just because you have lots of disposable income doesn’t mean you´re a good sim racer or vice versa.

i can make for them tracks and cars if they will give me the money which people pay for that models and tracks !!

this is a fortune when you see their accounts

this politics really not makes sense if the game would be good like rfactor they would earn a lot of money in normal way

but this game really sucks for me like i said graphics ugly ,tracks i see better in rfactor and i would propobly make better by myself, cars ridiculous …

for modding they want fee ‘s

but what i would really want to know if the game is worth even those money which is way to high

THIS IS POLITICS nothing more or less

i see 2 ways :

1. they want to keep noobs out of their game

2. they want to earn money for modding

my opinion :

if this game was really good they could earn money like ISI, but they have made from their game a luxury which makes that every one want to try this because when something is out of your reach for ELITES everyone thinks its the best …..

but for me laser scanned tracks are useless unless you are a real driver and i am not , so this game is for real drivers right ?

because no other standard player cant afford it , like me

politics are stupid .

maxs: because you are thieves .

same as lame-slobs like VKT’s

Stay with Ken & Barbie Girls, this is way out of your league

GeraArg:
iRacing is a game not the reality…………….May be the best simulator for the PC, but very far from reality.

Imagine if it was, no 1 could afford it!
I think they did a very awesome job, compared to Rfactor LFS etc..
But nothing is perfect!

Mayb now we can stop the negatives and add something nice 4 a change

GeraArg:

iRacing is a game not the reality…………….
May be the best simulator for the PC, but very far from reality.

True, but he was just responding to maxs’s comparison of the costs of iRacing and real-world driving. Although I understand very well that someone might not have read through that rant.

nakke: maxs: Do you think you can do very much with $156 in real-world racing? :)
It makes sense though, that iRacing doesn’t appeal to those whose full source of income is the $5 weekly allowance they get.

iRacing is a game not the reality…………….
May be the best simulator for the PC, but very far from reality.

It makes sense though, that iRacing doesn’t appeal to those whose full source of income is the $5 weekly allowance they get.

for that money i would expect a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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better

because if i had that money i would rahter spend to real racing than this crappy game , and when i say crappy i mean crappy, why ?

because this game is like ARCA Simracing if i were Dale Earnhardt Junior i would propobly like this game but IAMNOT and i will never be .

the game graphics poor like HELL rfactor 2 beats it 4 times ahead

Nascar racing WTF anyone even race those stupid ovals with cars which can turn only LEFT ?!?!

summary : ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY
>license ( monthly ) +
>one car per month not worth any money THEY SHOULD BE FREE if there is a monthly payment
>tracks one per month SHOULD BE FREE if ……. payment

after few years of this stupid virtual adventure which really sucks in every single aspect graphics , cars , tracks you will find that you could buy a nice car for fun so this is really STEALLING FOR ME

yes its STEALLING

only for hardcore gamers or guys which earns 00,000 per month but i ask again

IS IT F WORTH ?!?!?!?! – FOR ME NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

Six cars an six (road) tracks would be nice.

I’ve read on forums of people who hated iRacing because they didn’t like the feel of the Solstice. But I’m sure they would love the feel of the more advanced cars because the physics and FFB are really good in iRacing. You HAVE to drive some of the cars you don’t like to get to race a car you do like.
In MMO terms that’s called a GRIND. And I won’t pay for a grind.

I’d probably prefer if you could pay for the content once and could drive it anytime offline without cost. And if you want to race online you’d get a subscription.

I’ll probable be called a n00b for not wanting to grind my way to a goal. But whatever iRacing says, or however serious simracers take themselves, no matter how great the skill involved: It is still a game. People do it for fun, not because it’s some kind of uncontrollable spiritual desire. (At least I hope not, that would be weird.)