There are a number of third party software tools that integrate with iRacing to improve your simracing experience or to aid you in your driving practice or racing. If you are part of a team, there are some nifty tools for team communication and sharing files such as setup or replays. And if you want to record your races and/or stream them on e.g. YouTube, there is software to help you with that as well. Let’s dive in.
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1.4.3: Hardware, summary
In the following series of blog posts we’re trying to shed some light on the various hardware parts you need to have or – for some parts – should have. To make the chunks of information a little smaller and easier to digest, this is split into the multiple posts. See also ‘the PC & screens‘, and ‘steering wheel, pedals & rig‘.
1.3: Set correct expectations for simracing
Simracing is harsh, and if you expect things to come easily, you’ll be quickly demotivated. Getting good is a long term project that requires time, money and focus. Here are four key areas to keep in mind as you plot your way towards all those simracing victories, which all four have to do with setting correct expectations.
1.1: Introduction
Simracing is brutal. You may think of yourself as a real racing driver, having raced in the likes of Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport, only to be proven utterly wrong while racing on similar tracks in similar cars in a full-bred racing simulator. Here’s what help you can expect from us.