iRacing: New Damage Model Video (Preview)

Paul Jeffrey · Aug 10, 2019

iRacing have released a fresh video showing the current state of the work-in-progress damage model for the simulation.

Seemingly making great strides with the way the iRacing simulation represents damage when out on track, this latest preview video gives fans a very impressive demonstration of just how far things are progressing within the title - although we still don't yet know exactly when this new gameplay feature will be arriving to the popular racing simulation.

In the latest video, we once again see various cars in action out on the circuit, however be sure to check out a sneaky look at the yet to be released Audi TCR machine - a very welcome new piece of content set to arrive within the iRacing store in the reasonably near future...

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FeltHat · Aug 10, 2019

samprince053 · Aug 10, 2019

Looks awesome, same goes for the new lighting and Audi TCR previewed!

FeltHat · Aug 10, 2019

Is there a difference if i hit tyre wall or actual wall?

Rastas · Aug 10, 2019

I dont even have iRacing and love the damage model..and other things,a lesson for some devs here.

Jani1980 · Aug 10, 2019

Hey Raceroom, hey AC/C you see it...

Martin Vindis · Aug 10, 2019

FeltHat said:
Is there a difference if i hit tyre wall or actual wall?

~~Probably not, they're both solid objects behind the code.~~

EDIT: Guess I was wrong, always just felt the same to me.

Dr. Death · Aug 10, 2019

Didn't they announce this YEARS ago tho?

Lathander · Aug 10, 2019

Dr. Death said:
Didn't they announce this YEARS ago tho?

Nope it was just last year

samprince053 · Aug 10, 2019

FeltHat said:
Is there a difference if i hit tyre wall or actual wall?

Martin Vindis said:
Probably not, they're both solid objects behind the code.

Yes there is a difference, always has been in the sim in terms of damage

RCHeliguy · Aug 10, 2019

I just made the jump into iRacing a week ago and I've been nothing but impressed with it so far. While nothing is ever perfect, they have a lot of things very right!

I also hear they have a new tire model ( version 7 I believe) and the only feedback I've gotten on it has been very positive. It also runs great in VR!

Deleted member 113561 · Aug 10, 2019

Looks great, but tire model is still jack ****, they should really prioritize "fixing" it and improving netcode.

Anyone else saw Max Verstappen intentionally ramming others again? This guy is never going to learn. Ps. The video here, 16 secs in

Ryan Robbins · Aug 10, 2019

Looks very nice... Some cars feel much better to me than others in iRacing...for example F3.5 feels really good, Skip Barber feels bad.
Improve Netcode??? I have raced hundreds of races there and never lost connection and lag is extremely rare...at least for me.
I am really enjoying simracingsystem right now so I may have wasted my money...depends on how.much free time i get lol...The graphics in this video look better than iRacing looks for me? Gonna check all my settings

DND · Aug 10, 2019

Looks very impressive, it makes me wonder if there is thought to potential driver injury in leagues. Perhaps a concussion puts you out for a race, or a broken arm you miss 6 weeks. Now you have real consequences.

Sporadik · Aug 10, 2019

Looks impressive. Totally playing Wreckfest after work later!

RCHeliguy · Aug 10, 2019

neuer31 said:
Looks great, but tire model is still jack ****, they should really prioritize "fixing" it and improving netcode.

Anyone else saw Max Verstappen intentionally ramming others again? This guy is never going to learn.

I understand that they have only put out one car using NTM7 so far.

Deleted member 113561 · Aug 11, 2019

RCHeliguy said:
I understand that they have only put out one car using NTM7 so far.

Yep, the Skip Barber, funny enough, real life (Skip Barber) driver complained about it being totally different to real life.
At every new tire model update they promised in the past how realistic it would be, it remained to this date the worst of all active simracing titles.

Neils on Wheels · Aug 11, 2019

looks impressive. I was under the impression that many of these manufactures hated the idea of their cars getting trashed?

147852369 · Aug 11, 2019

neuer31 said:
At every new tire model update. they promised in the past how realistic the new tire model would be, it remained to this date the worst of all active simracing titles.

Based on what exactly? It has flaws like every tyre model but the driving feels realistic. I would only put ACC ahead of iRacing in terms of "tyre feel".