While it’s so good at simulating driving cars fast that it actually represents real-life conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic, subscription-based racing game iRacing has long been lacking a key factor that often affects real races – rain. Thankfully, this won’t last long, leaving players both excited and a little anxious.
Yes, a very realistic racing simulation game for competitive esports and regularly played by real drivers including current F1 world champion Max Verstappen, it hasn’t rained since its launch. Soon, though, that’s going to change with a big build update that’s going to get a lot of players wet and bring some precipitation.
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“The Tempest weather system is ready for release so you can race in the March rain,” reads iRacing’s latest development update post, which is very, very thick and informative. To be fair, quite a bit of money has been spent on rain, writes iRacing Senior Vice President and Executive Producer Greg Hill: Realizing the multiple physical and environmental factors experienced by racing in the rain Dynamic simulation of how water interacts with the track and racing tires. “
“While racing in the rain may be counter-intuitive at first, successfully racing in the wet will require unlearning habits you may have had in the dry,” he continued, adding: “As the rain releases we recommend iRacers is dipping its toe in the water first by testing or using our artificial intelligence before participating in online races.” It’s also worth noting that the feature looks to be deployed very carefully, so it won’t be available during Daytona’s oval race. Any slippery mess should appear.
What do hardcore racing sim players think about this? Well, both excited about the arrival of the long-awaited feature and terrified at the possibility of an idiot like me deciding to jump right into a soggy online match without any practice first.
In a Reddit thread on the subject, some people seemed not to be actively looking forward to the rain due to the chaos it could cause.On the other hand, some took a glass-half-full view, with one declaring: “Well, the rain won’t be as bad as people say. Those who will suck it will [at the] The end of the package consists of [the] At the end of the first or second lap, your chances are better as long as you can stay on track for the first lap. “
Personally, I really like the idea of having a few races filled with people with expensive racing wheels and gear that end up being a bit like the Wreckfest races I did, where the first player to cross the finish line Only two working wheels remain.
Slightly – okay, a lot – less hardcore racing sim Forza Motorsport also received a major development update last month, but that was mostly about annoying issues with the game rather than exciting new additions.
