Posted on August 30th, 2008 in iRacing
After the popular Nordschleife video comparison, here is another video to compare real life and virtual tracks.
Alexease has composed the following video, showing a lap around the Virginia International Raceway in the Skip Barber Racing School car both in iRacing and real life. Do the iRacing tracks live up to their reputation? Find out by watching the video below.
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scope
August 30th, 2008 at 18:31
Yes it definately live up to expectations!
Bjorn
August 30th, 2008 at 19:18
Nice headmovements
Good video though :)
F1Racer
August 30th, 2008 at 20:03
Looks like you get what you pay for. That’s the closest sim vs real comparison I’ve seen yet.
In fact at that resolution, the grass and trees from the IRacing one looked more real :)
I mean that at least the colours aren’t garish and bright like we see so often in our sims.
These are nicely toned down and desaturated to give a more realistic look. That’s from what I can make out from that video anyway.
Yep, impressive.
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August 30th, 2008 at 20:06
which ones ingame? :razz:
its seriously that good it looks spot on.
Bravo iRacing it seems the Laser Scanning really does give 100% accurate tracks…
….Still wont pay for it atm though :D
anonymouse
August 31st, 2008 at 03:06
looks boring
Slowest
August 31st, 2008 at 03:18
Impressive, but still soooo expensive…
anonymouse
August 31st, 2008 at 05:32
pay each cars and each tracks still reasonable but paying for subcribtion and monthly fee is not my option so this will never be my sim and i swear to god i’ll never touch this
lol
August 31st, 2008 at 05:54
the head on iRacing don’t have any movement lol
:mrgreen:
6e66o
August 31st, 2008 at 10:32
Great technology,
but content is boring.
Bring on the ALMS Cars and i´ll buy it though
JJ
August 31st, 2008 at 17:26
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iRicerFan
September 1st, 2008 at 01:19
iRicer >>>>>>> Reality
iRicer >>>>>>> McLaren simulator
iRicer >>>>>>> PacMan.
ermax18
September 1st, 2008 at 06:26
6e66o, I agree. I still haven’t used my sub. I just got my third invoice. Some GT cars or historic cars would encourage my to spend more time with it. Between a league I run with HistorX and real life, I just haven’t had the time to work my SR up.
UncleBoogie
September 1st, 2008 at 08:56
Then why the hell are you paying for it then?
Sim version, several corners look tighter than the real one. Game looks pedestrian and dull. Monthly fee? I wouldn’t even play that if it was a one time payment to be honest. Looks bland and uninspired.
Crazy Bored
September 2nd, 2008 at 00:06
The corners look tighter? The FOV is not the same in both videos, and neither is the driver’s line in all the turns.
How is it bland and uninspired if it looks the same as real life? Another thing this video hides is all the details and great textures.