I also didn't care for racing other people. I just couldn't get around the nasty language and attitudes I was met with. I just wanted to have fun on a great racing sim!
For racing online with other people, and in the Cup series, you will only need to pour the money if you want to race at tracks that you don't own. iRacing has a series called the Carburetor Cup and ALL license levels can race. Link here: https://www.iracing.com/series/carburetor-cup/
The current schedule is this (note that as of writing this, iRacing is on Week 6 at Michigan):
So, to run the ENTIRE Carb Cup schedule, you would want to buy:
- (obviously) A Monster Energy Cup car (either Chevy, Ford, or Toyota; you don't need all three, just one)
- Talladega
- Daytona (the version used in race 3, not race 7)
- Monza
All of the other tracks come with your subscription.
With those things you're looking at around $50, however with your specific situation (simply wanting to run the Cup Series), with the Carb Cup you don't have to upgrade licenses or buy extra content! Say they're running at Talladega this week and you don't have Talladega, no big deal! Just take a week off. You don't have to own every single piece of content to enjoy iRacing! ... That's something I wish someone would have explained to me when I started!
As for AI, it's a total game changer for iRacing, however not very many tracks (especially oval tracks) are AI enabled. If you're like me and want to iRace offline, it's like I told Bill above: it would be best for you to wait in buying a subscription; it's just not worth it at the moment.
For racing online with other people, and in the Cup series, you will only need to pour the money if you want to race at tracks that you don't own. iRacing has a series called the Carburetor Cup and ALL license levels can race. Link here: https://www.iracing.com/series/carburetor-cup/
The current schedule is this (note that as of writing this, iRacing is on Week 6 at Michigan):
1 | Talladega Superspeedway |
2 | Charlotte Motor Speedway - Oval - 2018 |
3 | Daytona International Speedway - Oval |
4 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza - Oval - Left turning |
5 | Talladega Superspeedway |
6 | Michigan International Speedway - 2014 |
7 | Daytona International Speedway - 2007 - Oval |
8 | Pocono Raceway - 2011 - Oval |
9 | Talladega Superspeedway |
10 | Charlotte Motor Speedway - Oval - 2018 |
11 | Michigan International Speedway - 2014 |
12 | Pocono Raceway - 2011 - Oval |
13 | Talladega Superspeedway |
So, to run the ENTIRE Carb Cup schedule, you would want to buy:
- (obviously) A Monster Energy Cup car (either Chevy, Ford, or Toyota; you don't need all three, just one)
- Talladega
- Daytona (the version used in race 3, not race 7)
- Monza
All of the other tracks come with your subscription.
With those things you're looking at around $50, however with your specific situation (simply wanting to run the Cup Series), with the Carb Cup you don't have to upgrade licenses or buy extra content! Say they're running at Talladega this week and you don't have Talladega, no big deal! Just take a week off. You don't have to own every single piece of content to enjoy iRacing! ... That's something I wish someone would have explained to me when I started!
As for AI, it's a total game changer for iRacing, however not very many tracks (especially oval tracks) are AI enabled. If you're like me and want to iRace offline, it's like I told Bill above: it would be best for you to wait in buying a subscription; it's just not worth it at the moment.
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