Best-in-class physics and force feedback
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The physics are the best I've experienced playing any other sim, and the FFP is also the most responsive”
Steam review · 45.6 h played ↗
iRacing
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, iRacing2015Racing · Driving · Simulation
The verdict
A top-tier online racing sim with class-leading physics and force feedback, but costly: a subscription plus per-car and per-track purchases. Skip it if you're casual, on a budget, or lack a wheel.
Great for
Serious sim racers with a wheel who want structured, competitive online racing and can afford the cost
Main risk
Subscription plus per-car/track costs balloon, and careless drivers wreck you and tank your ratings
What players love
Excellent online multiplayer, races always available
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There's official races every 1-2 hours. There's endurance racing. There's league racing. There's self-hosted racing.”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Realistic, rewarding progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“The racing feels serious, the progression feels earned, and when you finally get a clean battle or a good finish, it actually means something.”
Steam review · 277.3 h played ↗
Huge variety of cars, tracks and disciplines
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Whether you enjoy road racing, oval racing, formula, dirt, endurance time trials or hill climbs”
Steam review · 1514.5 h played ↗
Clean-racing rules encourage better behaviour
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“this is the best route you can go for good fun clean racing with consistently filled grids”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Great VR support
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“brilliant vr support”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Subscription plus paid cars and tracks is very expensive
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“To progress is behind a paywall of $12 a car that you will race maybe 3 times before the schedule changes to a track you dont own so you buy that for $15”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Reckless drivers and weak moderation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Two thirds of lobbies are maniacs who crash into everything that moves.”
Steam review · translated · 35.5 h played ↗
Safety rating penalizes you for others' crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You may not be a bad driver, but the other incompetent drivers will drag your safety rating down drastically.”
Steam review · 95.1 h played ↗
Crashes, launch failures and login errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The game crashes all the time. Whe the qualification starts, during the race etc.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Dated graphics and clunky UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“its basically a bad windows app that requires full mouse support, which is really weird for a racing game”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Steam version causes subscription and update problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“giant f*cking headache with steam subscription every time I renew it, I cant play for days due to login issues”
Steam review · 50.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-Bit, Windows 11 64-Bit
Processor4 core CPU or better – Some Examples (but not limited to): Intel Core i5-6600, Intel Core i7-4790, AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsA gaming graphics card with at least 6GB of DEDICATED memory – Some examples (but not limited to): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, RX 5600XT
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-Bit, Windows 11 64-Bit
Processor8 core or more CPUSome Examples (but not limited to): Intel Core Ultra 7 and 9, Intel Core i7-14700, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsGaming graphics card with at least 8GB of DEDICATED memory (some examples but not limited to Nvidia 2080 TI or AMD Radeon VII)
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-Bit, Windows 11 64-Bit
Processor4 core CPU or better – Some Examples (but not limited to): Intel Core i5-6600, Intel Core i7-4790, AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsA gaming graphics card with at least 6GB of DEDICATED memory – Some examples (but not limited to): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, RX 5600XT
Storage25 GB available space
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