iracing iRacing ci presenta la prossima VW Beetle GRC RallyCross

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A sorpresa, il team di iRacing annuncia con il video di anteprima visibile qui sotto, il prossimo arrivo in autunno, come contenuto gratuito, della divertente Volkswagen Beetle GRC in versione rallycross. La vettura ci viene presentata dall'esperto pilota Scott Speed, 2 volte campione rally cross che, come si vede dal trailer, si è anche portato con sè per un primo test in vettura persino Dave Kaemmer, CEO di iRacing, alquanto spaventato!

We're proud to announce that the Volkswagen Beetle GRC car will be included in iRacing's upcoming rallycross feature as free content - coming Fall 2017.

 

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We caught a glimpse of one of our staff members testing rallycross for the first time in the VW Beetle GRC car. Rallycross is currently in development on iRacing and is slated for release this year. This footage shows a work in progress.

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Scott Speed beta testing his virtual Volkswagen Beetle GRC car on iRacing - coming this fall to a PC near you.

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Tony Gardner ci parla di Rallycross e non solo...

Just an update. Our Rally Cross project is still coming along nicely. It is looking like the initial launch will be two cars and three or four circuits. Not sure on the exact timing but it should be this year. Probably within about a month, we can give a better window for the release. We also are making good progress on the much-requested feature, new license capability. For example, adding both a dirt oval and dirt road (rally cross) license including iRating & Safety Rating etc. It has taken a while as our whole system, database, license and skill structure was hard-coded for just road and oval licenses. However a good shot we will have the new licenses (dirt oval & dirt road) in our next season build. We also are working on heat racing functionality for both official racing and hosted racing. Much more on this soon but this new functionality also has a good chance of rolling out this year.

We are ideally rolling this capability out with Rally Cross racing for example. We would also set up some dirt oval and short track pavement series with this new functionality! (When the timing is right, for example at the start of a new season). Although each series does things a little differently, heat racing generally would work very similar to the way it works in the real world and includes some nice functional flexibility. Heat racing, for those not familiar, is short races leading up to the main feature race (A-Main) or the consolation race (B-Main). In iRacing, the mini-tournament would all be part of a single session and the whole thing might last for example 45 minutes. For official racing, it would still be part of an overall series. There also are much more really great projects in development obviously (more on those later) besides the LMP1 Cars we announced today but I thought I would update on rally cross and a couple projects that are related.

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Il team di iRacing ha annunciato la nuova partnership con il campionato Red Bull Global Rallycross, che permetterà quindi di riprodurre la versione virtuale del campionato nel simulatore americano. Qui di seguito i dettagli nel comunicato stampa, con immagini e trailer di anteprima. Il Red Bull GRC sarà disponibile in iRacing entro la fine del 2017.

iRacing and Red Bull Global Rallycross today announced a partnership that will bring official Red Bull GRC racing to the premier online eSport racing game. Rallycross’s unique style of combined dirt and asphalt racing and tight, fender-to-fender racing will complement iRacing’s vast offering of motorsport formats including NASCAR, IndyCar, sportscars, dirt oval and more. Expected to be available later this year, iRacing’s Red Bull GRC will debut with multiple cars and tracks as well as an exciting new race format – heat racing. Just as in the real world series, the heat format combines multiple short races where competitors battle to qualify for the final.

iRacing previously announced that the Volkswagen Beetle GRC car will be available in iRacing – free to all members. In addition to the VW, iRacing has also licensed and built the Ford Fiesta RS WRC racecar which will be available for purchase when Rallycross becomes available in the online racing service. Initially there will be four GRC tracks with five separate configurations available to iRacing members – Daytona International Raceway (x2), Iowa Speedway, Gateway Motorsports Park and Lucas Oil Raceway. These purpose built tracks replicate the challenges Red Bull Rallycross drivers face – multiple track surfaces, jumps, hairpin turns and more. iRacing’s dynamic tracks surfaces change lap after lap, just like in the real world and the dirt surface model replicates the ever changing conditions of a rallycross track.

“This is a really exciting announcement for iRacing fans all around the world,” said Steve Myers, executive vice president and executive producer. “Being able to combine dirt and asphalt racing, plus the changing tracks conditions is something we have been working on for quite a while now and to see it come alive with Red Bull Global Rallycross is amazing.” “We have been working with iRacing for some time now, collaborating to develop the tracks and working with drivers to ensure the cars perform just as they do in the real world,” said Chip Pankow, founder and COO, Red Bull Global Rallycross. “iRacing will be a great way for our fans to experience Red Bull Global Rallycross in way they have never before – getting on track and racing. I know our fans will love it!”

A number of top Red Bull Global Rallycross drivers are already iRacing members and have collaborated to help develop the project. Multi-time Supercar champion Scott Speed was an integral part of the development process, offering feedback to developers to help refine the simulation. Red Bull GRC drivers have competed in numerous top-tier iRacing events, including the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series and the iRacing Pro Race of Champions. iRacing and Red Bull Global Rallycross also plan to make full use of the partnership and development tools iRacing has available. Designing, setting up and testing course configurations in iRacing will be a useful tool that will save both time and money for the series in the coming years.

iRacing plans to release Red Bull Global Rallycross later this year.

 

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Il pilota professionista Scott Speed ci presenta la nuova modalità Red Bull Global Rallycross, che sarà disponibile in iRacing a partire dal 5 Dicembre. Grazie alla nuova partnership ufficiale con il campionato Red Bull Global Rallycross, potremo godere della riproduzione della versione virtuale del torneo nel simulatore americano.

Scott Speed shows us how to conquer Red Bull Global Rallycross. Redbull GRC launches on iRacing Decemebr 5th.

 

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iRacing: il pilota Scott Speed "impazzito" viene sospeso!