As seen at SimHQ.com, the folks behind iRacing, the end-all-be-all racing sim that nobody knows much of anything about, is now a little less mysterious, announcing a partnership of sorts with Radical, makers of some of the hottest street-legal cars in the world.
Just like real-world racing, the iRacing.com simulation will include a selection of ladders with a succession of different vehicles, each faster, more powerful and more demanding of the driver than the last. With the quality and breadth of Radical's product line, we're not only opening up a ladder for sports-racing cars, but adding several rungs to that ladder all at once.
So, we now know the game will have at least some licensed cars and some licensed tracks, and has a strong focus on training as well as just plain 'ol having fun. With any luck we'll be learning a lot more about this game soon.
iRacing.com Announces Partnership with Radical Sportscars: "World's Fastest Track-Day Car" to be Included in Sophisticated Racing Simulation
BEDFORD, MA (15 August 2006) — iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations today announced Radical Sportscars as its newest partner in the development of the world's most comprehensive and sophisticated racing simulation. The British racecar constructor's acclaimed products establish a new racing ladder for the Web-based iRacing.com simulation, which will offer racers the opportunity to advance from beginner to expert in various competitive disciplines, including oval-track and road racing in stock cars, sedans and formula cars.
"Just like real-world racing, the iRacing.com simulation will include a selection of ladders with a succession of different vehicles, each faster, more powerful and more demanding of the driver than the last," said Brett Roubinek, vice president, marketing for iRacing.com. "With the quality and breadth of Radical's product line, we're not only opening up a ladder for sports-racing cars, but adding several rungs to that ladder all at once."
A Radical SR8, driven by racer Michael Vergers, smashed the production car lap record for the Nurburgring's famed Nordschleife.
Sports-racing cars are purpose-built competition machines that retain some relationship to road-going vehicles. They trace their origins back to the earliest days of endurance racing, when a passenger seat for a ride-along mechanic was necessary as the cars raced over hundreds of miles of open roads. Today, the category includes various classes, headed by the exotic prototypes that compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Grand American Road Racing Association's Daytona Prototypes that contest the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
An iRacing.com laser scan of the Radical SR4, EVO magazine's "Track-Day Car of the Year" for 2004 and 2005
Radical's line-up of sports-racing cars ranges from club-level vehicles powered by 1100-cc motorcycle engines to a V8-powered LMP2-class Le Mans racer, and they are the car of choice for many drivers around the world, appearing in Sports Car Club of America competition, the American Le Mans Series, the European Le Mans Series and countless other regional championships across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
All five Radical model lines feature light, nimble chassis driven by highly efficient power plants, resulting in performance that has been lauded by automotive and motorsports journalists worldwide, including Britain's EVO magazine, which named the Radical SR4 its "Track-Day Car of the Year" in 2004 and 2005. Headquartered in Peterborough, England, Radical has 16 distributors around the globe.
About iRacing.com
iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, headquartered in Bedford, MA, was founded in September of 2004 by David Kaemmer, co-founder of Papyrus Racing Games, and John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox. iRacing.com's mission is to create the world's most authentic, most sophisticated, most accurate PC-based racing simulations and advance a new branch of motorsport — known as simracing — through globally sanctioned, real-time, online competition.
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