Archive for the ‘New Build’ Category

Final Williams Video

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Here’s the final teaser video that iRacing are planning on releasing ahead of its release next week.

The iRacing Williams FW31 should be arriving on October 28th (possibly the 27th) along with a new build of iRacing.

A Slew of New iRacing Information

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Last week iRacing held an open day at their office, inviting members the chance to see where the majority of iRacing staff work and a rare insight into how the service is managed. The lucky visitors were treated to a great tour of the office and had the opportunity to sit with key iRacing staff as they discussed future developments on the horizon.

A huge quantity of media (both video and still photos) came out in the days following the open day and here is a selection of some of the footage that made it out.

Dave Kaemmer explains the highly anticipated tyre model

Video footage of the forthcoming tyre model in action

A general overview of the day with key insights from Dave Kaemmer & Ian Berwick, previews of the new shadow rendering methods and Spa track progress!

Race footage from the forthcoming F1 and MX5 vehicles

More footage from the Williams F1

Finally, an official iRacing preview video of the MX5 cup and roadster vehicles, arriving in time for season 4 (just a few weeks away)

Quite enough video footage for one post – season 4 can’t come soon enough!

Williams F1 getting ever closer…

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

A second iRacing Williams FW31 teaser video has been released with some exciting footage from a race at Road America. We can see what a typical race might look like with some cars using the official Williams livery and other cars in basic solid colour form. Subscribers will be able to design their own liveries too, so with time there should be enough creativity in the car skins to make the field look more interesting. I think I’ll be attempting to recreate an official Williams livery with alternative sponsors (to add a little bit of individuality).

Another interesting aspect of this teaser is that it showcases the new shadow effects that will be included in the next build. The start of the video shows the ‘soft shadows’ from the Road America trees and I’ll be looking forward to enabling them, as apparently they are very low cost (FPS-wise) to switch on.