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iRacing Arcade Game Announced – New Casual Racing Title

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iRacing Original Fire

Get ready for a thrilling new addition to the arcade racing world. iRacing has just announced a partnership with Original Fire Games to develop and publish a fresh “racing game aimed at the broader casual racing market.”

Tentatively titled “iRacing Arcade,” this highly anticipated game is set to launch in 2025 for both PC and consoles. According to the announcement, this new title will leverage the infrastructure of Circuit Superstars, the popular game from Original Fire Games, to deliver an enhanced driving experience.

“iRacing has long been interested in expanding into other niches in the race gaming market, and we’re thrilled to be doing that with Original Fire Games,” said Tony Gardner, president of iRacing. “We have a lot of respect for what they’ve done with Circuit Superstars, as a lot of our team have played and loved the game. Their existing game is fun, very high quality, and the driving is great, three of the things we insist all our games have. Teaming up with them is the perfect opportunity for us to enter this space with a strong foundation that we can build upon.”

Original Fire Games co-founder Carolina Mastretta shared her excitement: “What we created with Circuit Superstars showed us that there is a hunger for arcade-like racing experiences that are true to motorsport. As an industry leader in the sim racing space for nearly two decades, iRacing has the talent, expertise, and technology that can help us catalyze the potential of the foundation we’ve built so far.”

The development of iRacing Arcade will be spearheaded by Original Fire Games, with iRacing providing various technologies and development resources. The game promises to feature a career mode and other in-depth gameplay elements to enhance the arcade racing experience.

But that’s not all—iRacing has a busy schedule ahead! This month, they are launching ExoCross, and next year, they plan to release their first NASCAR game.

Stay tuned for more updates on iRacing Arcade and other exciting releases from iRacing and Original Fire Games!

SLR Nation Introduces Hot Shot Small Block 358 Modified Series

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SLR Nation, known primarily for hosting Big Block Modified Races all day every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, has intruduced a Small Block 358 Modified Series for drivers who have less experience in the iRacing simulation. Requirements for the SLR Hot Shot Small Block Modified series are:

  • Minimum D 3.0 license
  • Maximum 2500 iRating

In addition to Big Block and Small Block racing, SLR also frequently hosts Dirt Super Late Models and UMP Modified cars. Peter Neuder colors and calls all the action as it is broadcast live on the SLR Twitch channel. All of the hosted events are overseen by at least one live admin, making the racing some of the cleanest on the iRacing simulator. You can find the SLR races under Hosted sessions in the iRacing UI. Look for sessions hosted by SLR or John Salada. Join the SLR Community Discord here.

Josh Berry Picks Up iRacing Sponsorship

Josh Berry's JR Motorsports Late Model Stock Car
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Josh Berry's JR Motorsports Late Model Stock Car

JR Motorsports Late Model driver Josh Berry has added the iRacing colors to his Late Model Stock Car for the 2020 season.

The iRacing logo will be on the hood of number 88 Chevrolet Monte Carlo as Berry tries for another CARS Racing Tour championship. Berry leads the series in many areas wins, races led, poles, and money won.

The iRacing partnership involves Josh Berry as well as team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt has been a huge supporter and proponent of iRacing from its inception.

“iRacing is something I’ve done for a long time and it really was what connected me with Dale,” Berry said. “It led to me ultimately driving the Late Model for JR Motorsports. It’s important to me, and I greatly appreciate them coming on board to be part of the program. I’m equally appreciative of Mark (Thomas, owner of All Things Automotive) for allowing us to do this. It’s a great partnership among all of us and will help to make us better.”

Berry was one of many drivers who competed with Earnhardt Jr. online in the earlier days of iRacing.

iRacing Signs Short Term Sponsorship Deal with Ty Majeski and Ross Chastain of Niece Motorsports

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The world’s leading race simulation has signed on to sponsor Ty Majeski’s Chevrolet Silverado for four races during the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.

I can’t thank iRacing enough for their support as we move into the Truck Series this year.  They’ve been a long-time partner of mine, and I’m thrilled to continue that this season.  The entire organization has been working incredibly hard this offseason to make sure that we have trucks capable of taking our partners to Victory Lane.

Ty Majeski's iRacing TruckMajeski’s number 45 Chevy Silverado will wear the iRacing colors beginning this week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“We couldn’t help but notice Ty years ago, piling up wins and climbing to the highest oval skill rating on iRacing,” said iRacing president Tony Gardner.  “Not long after that, we got involved supporting his late model program and watched him stack up big wins in the real world as well.  It has been exciting for iRacing to be involved in his career progression, and we’re proud to be part of this next big step with Niece Motorsports.”

iRacing will also to sponsor Majeski’s ride at Martinsville Speedway, Richmond Raceway, and in the final race of the season at ISM Raceway.

Ty Majeski is one of iRacing’s most accomplished oval races.  In 2,535 starts, Majeski has earned 1,717 poles, 1,892 wins, 2,225 top-five finishes on the service.  As part of the partnership, iRacers will have the opportunity to race against Majeski throughout the season in a series of special events that will be announced at a later date.

Ross Chastain’s truck will also carry the iRacing colors and logo at Pocono Raceway this season.  Chastain led 54 of 60 laps on his way to victory lane at Pocono last season, and hopes to dominate once again.

Dirty Old Bastards League to Host 410 Winged Sprint Qualifier Series

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In order to help boost the car count for their next iRacing Winged 410 Sprint Car Series coming up in a few weeks, the venerable Dirty Old Bastards Racing League will be holding a four week qualifier series. This will be open to all drivers who would like a shot at by-passing the ladder system at DOB. Eligible drivers can try to earn their way right into the DOB 410 Series.

The series will run on Monday nights at 9:oo pm eastern time. The series will run, for the most part, just like the current World of Outlaws Wicked Energy Gum 410 Sprint Series runs with a couple of changes to the formats. The drivers that are currently in the DOB 410 series will be ineligible for this mini series.

Drivers will have to meet three requirements to be eligible for this series. They will have to be 18+ (or have prior DOB experience if under 18 ) with a B class 3.0+ license and 2500+ iRating to be eligible for the series. In order for you to be eligible for a league invitation at the end of the four weeks you will have had to run in at least three of the four races and have a maximum average incident limit of eight. Incident points are counted through the heats and all mains.

Points will be on the line and just because you finish well in points or just because you meet the requirements to be eligible, does not mean that you will be guaranteed a an invitation to the DOB 410 Sprint Series. The league will be looking to take a minimum of five drivers from this series and invite them into their Thursday Night 410 Sprint Car Series.

Dirty Old Bastards 410 Sprint Car iRacing League

The racing has been fantastic since the DOB League rebooted following a restructuring during the middle of 2019 Season Four. It’s nice to see 60 car servers get maxed out in less than two minutes sometimes, but the quality of racing kept falling off each season until it truly became no fun to run the shows anymore. The racing is now enjoyable again and the racing action is the best it’s been in Dirty Old Bastards League history.

The Dirty Old Bastards are looking for drivers who want to show up and take part in some fun and respectable racing. If that is the kind of racing you are looking for then DOB is the place for you. Each of the DOB Series will have a cap of 60-70 drivers as their goal is to focus on the quality of the drivers and racing instead of the quantity of drivers.

This mini qualifying series will be hosted from the DOB Special Events League. If you meet the requirements, you may go here to sign up for the series. This series will start Monday night, February 17. More info on the format and schedule is below.

Here are some basic details and rules:

  • Server open to 60 cars
  • Starting field will consist of up to 20 cars from the heat races if over 24 cars. The rest will come from the B-main to complete the 24 car field.
  • Race starts and restarts once the pace truck has pulled into the pits and the leader reaches the restart line.
  • No fast repairs available.
  • Open Setups
  • No black flags cleared
  • Single File restarts
  • May only exit the pits under a yellow flag after the field has lined up behind the pace truck.
  • Lap traffic is to hold their line and let the leaders work by.
  • Weather will be set to as close to the real life location as possible.

Race Day format:

  • Server Opens: Mondays at 9pm EST
  • Practice: ten minutes
  • Qualifying: two laps/ two minutes
  • Heats: Up to five ten lap heat races, top four advance, top two to redraw for Dash
  • C & B main if needed
  • Warmup: Six lap Dash consisting of the top two finishers from each heat race. After Dash is completed then there will be two minutes for warmup.
  • Feature: Anywhere from 25-50 laps.

410 Race Schedule:

  1. 2/17: Knoxville 35 laps
  2. 2/24: Charlotte 35 laps
  3. 3/2: Eldora 35 laps
  4. 3/9: Off DOB Speedweeks
  5. 3/16: Lanier 40 laps

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