iRacing released a new video today giving us our first look at their version of the Nurburgring. Ok, at this point there isn’t too much to show, but its still interesting to hear iRacing’s development process.
Due to the shear size of the track, four employees were sent over to Germany for a whole week to scan and take pictures. Interesting enough, the nearby town of Adenau was also scanned and will be rendered in-game. Wonder if iRacing is looking to push out the distance of what they render around the track?
The video also really shows off the rugged terrain of the track and surrounding areas. iRacing says it has developed some new technology for the track to better pick up the terrain and typography and it will be interesting to see if we can notice the improvements. With the new iRacing laser scanner picking up enough points that you could balance a quarter (24.26 mm in diameter for those outside the U.S.) on them, the accuracy and density of points is both awesome and kind of pretty.
While its clear that iRacing’s version of the Nurburgring still has plenty of work to go – it is 4x the size of any of their previous projects – they seem bullish on a Fall 2015 release for the 15.18 mile, 170 corner (according to iRacing…others have it in the 70’s) track. I’m rooting for them to be right.
Yeah, this is a track that I am looking forward to. The iRacing engine may be slightly outdated, but they are still the class of the class. Be fun to compare to Assetto Corsa and of course soon Project Cars…
…and R3E as well.
It looks like it will be Great! The way they’re showing the topography for it looks awesome as well. I can’t wait for it to come out. There will be some Awesome racing coming to iRacing when it does show up.
Say goodbye to your safety rating after a few laps on this one during competition. LOL
Wikipedia states the combined circuit has 170 turns so… >_> yeah. Shows how much other sim makers know
Two weeks after it’s release everyone will be back at Daytona, Talladega and at Lime Rock with the mx5.
Everyone you know, maybe. But there are others of us who like the challenge of longer road tracks.
Having driven the 24 Hour Nurburgring 3 times, I can tell you the learning curve never, just never, flattens out.
To those who love a challenge beyond repetition the Nordschleife is a gift from above.
The accuracy of iRacing’s rendition will make this track come alive like never before.