Not sure where I heard this or if its true but iRacing were contracting a euro based company to scan tracks here?. This could be a more cost effective solution.

About the price, I dont go on many other sim sites that have regular iracing discussions,so this is my only source of public opinion. Discounting the stupid troll comments, many negatives seem to be the price barrier alone but otherwise many including myself would join. So lowering the additional content price would mean more would become members, paying the subs, then even more tracks/cars are sold.

Timothy Wheatley said the other day on the forums that European tracks won’t necessarily be more expensive than U.S. tracks. The reason Silverstone was so expensive was poor weather while they were scanning it, and caused it to take much longer.

navalhawkeye:
The thing is, they can drop the price. There is no physical cost to selling another track. They don’t have to burn another CD, and pay shipping on every track that they sell. So, if they cut the price in half, and sell three times as many tracks, then that’s what they should do. Their cost of production is the same no matter how many they sell.

Yes and no. The cost of production of the actual media is minimal — server space — for digital downloads.

But the cost of actual production of the track is expensive due to the extensive laser scanning that iRacing performs at each facility. I doubt iRacing will drop the price of tracks when it starts building European circuits because it will cost an American-based company even more to fly staff and equipment across the pond to laser-scan those circuits than it does American circuits.

Just to keep facts straight…

in other words keep dreaming

BSR-WiX:
Raikku: very good point there . After the contenders have doubled, it would be nice and realistic to see a pricedrop.

Cars 10$ and tracks(all) 15$, or something like that…

(I’ve 9 cars and 12 tracks now)

Vkt
NASCAR is for a a bunch of backwards retarded rednecks. Nascar is just an excuse to watch T.V and get drunk. Why get drunk? because nobody sober would watch cars turn left for 4 hours. I guess it’s a way to get them out of their terrible life of drinking and making $30,000 a year. They are the autistic child of the North East U.S. They are as pathetic as a third world country. Its insane.

Of course, there’s absolutely NO drinking culture in worldwide football. And I don’t think a drop of alcohol EVER is consumed at Le Mans during June, either.

You’re doing a fine job of making yourself look like a jackass with your knowledge of NASCAR’s roots and geographical history. NASCAR was founded in the Southeast of the U.S., not the Northeast.

And using salary as an argument chip? Just a tad condescending, don’t you think? There’s more money in the NASCAR paddock than any other series in the United States, with ease.

Vkt:
oh dear god…
http://www.hoosiergazette.com/images/nascar.jpg

You made me sneeze red wine

It hurts

Every time there is an iRacing post up, some brainless idiot feels the urge to let us know how much he dislikes the sim. I still cant understand what drives people to do that. Nobody that is reading the post , is interested in knowing who hates it. i guess a serious reader wants to hear some feedback from the people who like it, so thet can get some idea about the contend.

- UncleChuckle: remarks about the pricing are also ridiculous. First of all, nobody holds a gun to your head and forces you to buy it. if you think it is overpriced , just don’t spend your money on it. Trying to point it out time after time does not make it cheaper.
My neigbour owns a Mercedes AMG.. its overpriced in my opinion, but you don’t see me put my view about that in his mailbox every morning. it would be silly , don’t you agree. Also… apart from the fact you might find it expencive, the price has usually a reason.. they would not be able to sell it for that price if it was crap.. . the man worships his car…so i guess for him the price is right… get my drift.

Common People .. its such a nice thing to have the VirtualR comment functions.. lets not rape them with verbal dictatorship.

Montoya:
Yes, everybody who enjoys NASCAR is a stupid redneck while all F1 fans are downright genious.
Wow, the world can be that simple. I seriously don’t think that you believe your own words. If you do, I have to feel sorry for you.
Again, I´m always amazed how the NASCAR-haters feel the need to bash everytime the series is mentioned while I know many NASCAR fans who also enjoy Formula One and other road racing.

I’m just amazed that you were able to translate the concept of turning right into the system of grunts that most NASCAR fans call a language.

Wow, the world can be that simple. I seriously don’t think that you believe your own words. If you do, I have to feel sorry for you.

Again, I´m always amazed how the NASCAR-haters feel the need to bash everytime the series is mentioned while I know many NASCAR fans who also enjoy Formula One and other road racing.

http://www.hoosiergazette.com/images/nascar.jpg