"However the thing I still dislike most about iRacing is the fact that
it's completely isolated from the outside world. Open forums would at
least make me feel like I'm not hibernating from the real world outside."

I don't understand the private nature of the forums either. It seems to
me, if they would open them that the potential member could connect to
the iR community easier.

"Others would say it's a nice safe, warm cave, and it's very cold
outside... at least until rF2 arrives to warm things up a little. Hopefully"

I hope ISI takes their time and does rF2 right. You know, improve the
tire especially. In reality, ISI and iR should merge. Bring the best of
both worlds together which might also merge the SIM community.

iR desperately needs Spanish and Portuguese language portals for their
service.

Andrew MacPherson wrote:
> (rcgldr) wrote:
>
>> Last I recall it had increased from
>> around 10,000 to 14,000
>
> I think in excess of 20,000 have now tried the service. I believe there are
> something like 16,000 people (or at least accounts, as some people have several it
> seems) who've taken part in oval races, and about 15,500 for roads. And obviously
> many drivers will have at least tried both.
>
> But how many of those are still paying? And how many of those are driving regularly
> enough to help give the service momentum? It's very hard to be sure, and the guy
> who used to do a brilliant job of measuring weekly activity on the servers has
> given that up.
>
> However he did recently make a special appearance with some stats which seemed to
> show that active participation, after rising very significantly over the winter,
> has sunk down again as people's special offer periods come to an end. The hosted
> side of things also seems to be growing in popularity, but perhaps at the expense
> of the main service, effectively soaking up much of boost given by new membership.
>
> Overall the service is definitely busier than it was 6 months ago, but not that
> much in my experience outside the Rookie level where new members are earning their
> spurs. Numbers there have been very impressive over recent months, even off-peak
> when I race, though they've tailed off recently as people leave or graduate to the
> main classes.
>
> I rarely see peak hour racing though, and I think anyone racing in the evenings
> will be pretty happy with the choice of races and field sizes.
>
> Overall iRacing remains the best darned sim on the planet.... trapped within a
> structure which really annoys me much of the time. There are days when I wish I'd
> never joined, and there are others when I'd pay twice the price. Just not many of
> them. :-) Fortunately the England club is full of names I've "known" for many years,
> and the banter in there is good fun. However the thing I still dislike most about
> iRacing is the fact that it's completely isolated from the outside world. Open
> forums would at least make me feel like I'm not hibernating from the real world
> outside.
>
> Others would say it's a nice safe, warm cave, and it's very cold outside... at
> least until rF2 arrives to warm things up a little. Hopefully!
>
> Andrew McP
>
>