Endurance racing is all about time. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy, and sometimes both within the same race. It can make or break a strategy. It can show how nail-bitingly close or frustratingly far you came from that next position or, in a championship series, a few more valuable points. Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 6: The Time of My Life[…]
The classic knock against sim racing is that it’s all too easy to hit the reset button. Whether it’s recovering from a crash without a damage bill, instantly getting a new car with fresh tires already fastened (for free!), or expediting a return to the garage to tune a setup with a few clicks of Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 5: On the Button[…]
Whether driving in the real world or in a simulator, racers are used to making snap decisions behind the wheel. In the car, it could be choosing when to make a pass or which strategy seems best. Out of the car, it could be changing courses in your driving career, even if it’s in the Read more about Decisions, Decisions[…]
Last month, the ITSR league — my exclusive home for oval iRacing competition over the past three years — shut its doors. Ultimately, it was the victim of struggling attendance amid a sea of similar competition and a summer season when participation always tends to sag a bit. I’ve written previously about my memorable championship battles in ITSR, Read more about A New Season, a New Direction[…]
Professional race car drivers leave little doubt about how challenging the Nurburgring Nordschleife truly is. Three-time German Grand Prix winner Jackie Stewart famously called it the “Green Hell”. “A real driver’s circuit,” according to 1961 grand prix winner Stirling Moss. Maro Engel, the winner of this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours for Mercedes, described the event Read more about A King at the Ring[…]