whats the best racing game

[alairellis23]

I am enjoying my time in iRacing now. Getting nice and consistent and gaining my ratings nicely.I think the best thing for me is I can join anytime of the day and get a race. I miss a lot of races here at RD as I go to work at night here and often leave b4 races are finished

[Darin Gangi]

Fanofthebox, while you certainly don't need to be a computer wiz, you should be a) reasonably proficient and confident enough to manipulate files on your machine, and b) be familiar with rFactor's file structure. Some mods are available with installers, some require manually copying the files and/or manipulating configuration files.

Defcon, now that iRacing is pretty much done with at least securing rights to just about every major race track in the U.S., the international content is sure to follow. With the Williams F1 car on the way, you can bet that permanent F1 facilities will be high on their list. Add to that the recent Japanese agreement, and you can be sure that there will be more cars (aside from the MX-5) and more Japanese tracks to follow. You want more Int'l content? You'll get it!

Check out www.rfactorcentral.com for THE place to get rFactor mods. They're rated and sorted nicely and they now have the one click install feature there free to members 3 times as a trial, or for $4.95 a month, you can one click install up to 25 a week. Or there's public servers for every mod to download and manually install.

You can rate and comment on them as well .

They also now have free racing at rFactorcentral again.

[cepwin]

No...rFactorCentral.com has a 1 click install for mods now without a paid subscription. The only issue is sometimes the mod can be a little challenging to find. Basically you click on the mod you want and it puts the files in the specified directories (although they're pretty self-explanatory.)

I am assuming mods are modifications to the game and cars? My question is do you have to be a computer wiz to take advantage of mods? I just started playing iracing and must say it is very enjoyable, its only been 2 days but looks like it could be addicting.

[isamu]

From everything I've read it appears rFactor will not be able to match what iRacing has and will have to offer. iRacing it seems, is poised to take the sim community to new heights with all kinds of new features being planned. The announcement of Spa and Zolder took me by surprise. If they can get those, who knows what's next? The Ring? Monaco? Monza? Who knows which cars they'll end up getting down the road....Japanese drift cars? Lowriders? Monster Trucks? The possibilities are endless. iRacing is definitely the sim I plan on getting into once my finances are in order. It looks amazing.

[The_DAWGFATHER]

personal preferance has been and will be rF cause of the fact that once ya buy it its urs and ya dont have to keep paying for it or pay through the exhaust pipe for addons...now reading info it says that iR will smoke things..but again..its all about what ya want..monthly subscription or...one price gets all

[BB Vette]

If I'm not mistaking some of the top F1 teams use the rFactor engine for their training simulators, so that might speak volumes in terms of who actually has the most realistic physics. But, even if rFactor does have better physics their online setup just seemed too dated for my liking, iRacing by far provides the best MP experience compared to anything else that's out there IMO.

What sets it apart is that the MP seems official, or legitimate, it doesn't have that gamey feel or experience to it. So I think that's really cool.

The only downfall would be how well the cars handle at the limit. It's a bit disheartening to see the amount of drivers who are able to drift their cars and still put down top times. The amount of drifting in general in any given race is just too much for a simulation. But, there is a new tire model on the way and it sounds like it will address this issue. Unfortunately it probably won't be released till the end of year I'm guessing. We'll see, as is it certainly has the best potential of the bunch.

[The_DAWGFATHER]

BB got a point about the user interface on rF seeming a bit dated..but..alot of ppl once they get in a leauge already know what to look for..with iR i cant tell you how many times ive seen a guy get crossed up bring it back and still lay a nasty time..and not only do the F1 teams use the rF ISI game engine for their sims but we actually see it in pre race shows for F1 when ur watching on a outside-the-US channel

[flustered]

Thanks everyone for ur support still going to wait to see rfactor 2 it seems really enjoyable with the mods and not limited to only the cars iracing wants u to race. Also the personal licensing on iracing just doesn't feel right for what it cost with rfactor u can race anything and still have the fun racing a family sedan to and all out race car....Thanks again

[The_DAWGFATHER]

we a community dawg..its what we do