iRacing vs real life

[team_v]

Geek, rebooted - BBC Top Gear

TopGear takes the worlds best iRacing player and puts him through Road Atlanta to see if the virtual skills are transferable to real life.

[funkamedic]

wow. interested read. thanks dude. i'm a big fan of that sim and older David Kaemmer sims, although i have hardly played it as i just don't have the time. my little bro was hard at it for a few months and was ranked pretty high and got to race against the likes of Dale Earnhardt Jr... sweet.

[flyingfridge]

i'd never heard of iracing before now, will have to look into that, sounds awesome!!

[team_v]

It is an awesome simulator, their scanning techniques take a track offline for a few days just so they can get everything about it perfect.

The only problem is that i don't have a big enough monitor or a steering wheel so it would be a bit bland.
Plus i prefer forza as it is more arcadey which is really why i play games (to escape reality)

But it is interesting to see how realistic a game can be to the point where a guy who has never raced in a real car before can make a lap within 3 seconds of a top time for a course as variable as Road Atlanta.

[kaanage]

Finns aren't 'normal', though, as their driver's test basically requires them to learn how to rally drive.

Still, it is very impressive but I seriously doubt most of the top iRacers, who weren't already involved in motorsports, could get anywhere near the class lap record of a race track.

[The_Hawk]

wow! I'm impressed that he was so quick and confident out of the box.

Personally I have never been into the deathly accurate sims... more of a bash racer myself