Well chaps - the 4th season is about to start so this would be a good time to dip your toes in the water.
I have managed to find a couple of good free one month trials with extra content as follows - shamelessly cut & pasted :-
2 Good Free Month Offers
Road
1 Month Free - Skippy & Virginia International Raceway -
PR-GPL
Oval
1 Month Free - Late Model & Martinsville Speedway -
PR-NR2003
http://iracing.com/membership/subscriptions.php?lc=2
Due to end 31st December 2009 - Expected to be extended.
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Hi,
My name is Tim Wheatley and I work for iRacing. I've been a part of the sim racing community for many years and have created a couple of 'demos' of iRacing which may be of interest. Please do your best to let everybody who you think may be interested know about it's existence.
I originally posted this on my blog, hence the 'personal' tone to this text:
I’ve been trying to get a suitable ‘demo’ trial of iRacing put together for new members for a while and I finally managed to get it done. Until now, the only way to try iRacing without paying was with the Radical Sportscars promotion which gave you your first month of iRacing membership, Silverstone Circuit, the Radical SR8 sportscar along with the basic content you normally get with a 1-month subscription, but as I said, the Radical is Class B - it takes longer than the trial period to be able to race that.
The first, aimed primarily at Papyrus simulation users who are still running Grand Prix Legends, includes a free first month, the Skip Barber Formula 2000, Virginia International Raceway and of course, the basic content normally included with a 1-month subscription (Pontiac Solstice, Legends Ford ‘34 Coupe, SCCA Spec Racer Ford, Lanier National Speedway, Lime Rock Park, Oxford Plains Speedway, Summit Point Raceway, South Boston Speedway, Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca).
So, why did I choose the Skip Barber Formula 2000? Because it’s a lot of fun and out of all the iRacing cars it drives the most like a car from Grand Prix Legends. You can also reach a Rookie 4.0 license within a few hours of membership and this will allow you to drive this car in official races.
Why did I choose Virginia International Raceway? This track is like a cross between Spa-Francorchamps and the Nurburgring in Grand Prix Legends. This track needs to be tamed and it can give you that sense of exhilaration and achievement which you until now believed could only be gotten after lapping the ‘ring. It’s also a very important track for your career within iRacing (it is used all the way up the ladder) and comes with seven (yes, seven) track configurations.
Any Tips? Yes. The SB2000 is a school car, it is supposed to be driven in a technically correct manner. You need to either be on the throttle or brake at all times to keep it stable; If you lift off the throttle completely in the middle of a turn, it will likely spin out on you for example. Think about where the weight of the car is moving to, be smooth and try to keep even a little bit of throttle down in each turn to keep weight in the rear.
To claim your free first month new account ‘SB2000+VIR’ version, go here, use promo code:
PR-GPL
http://iracing.com/membership/subscriptions.php?lc=2
The second promo code allows Papyrus simulation users who are still running any of the NASCAR Racing simulations a free first month, the Chevy Monte-Carlo SS late model, Martinsville Speedway and of course, the basic content normally included with a 1-month subscription (Pontiac Solstice, Legends Ford ‘34 Coupe, SCCA Spec Racer Ford, Lanier National Speedway, Lime Rock Park, Oxford Plains Speedway, Summit Point Raceway, South Boston Speedway, Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca).
So, why did I choose the Chevy Monte-Carlo SS? Because it’s a lot of fun. Secondly, because it’s a lot of fun (and I do know I said it twice). This is my favorite stock car. It doesn’t require you to be so precise and you can drive this car the way you want to drive it - and it rewards you every way. I drive this car with what I call ‘happy hands’, as I am constantly working the wheel and the feel the car gives is just superb. This car will show you just how far things have come since NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. You can also reach a Rookie 4.0 license within a few hours of membership and this will allow you to drive this car in official races.
Why did I choose Martinsville Speedway? because who could say no to this paperclip-shaped beauty? It produces close side-by-side and bumper to nose racing every time. This track is one of the few tracks on the late model schedule in iRacing that isn’t already given to you with the basic subscription, and although my favorite track on the schedule is Concord (a three-turn oval) I thought it better to give you Martinsville Speedway, which is used later in your iRacing career all the way up the ladder.
Any Tips? The late model, as I said before, is very driveable. The best way to drive it technically will be as smooth as possible, but the car easily accepts being sideways and has enough feeling to allow you time to recover it. Many say the late model series in iRacing provides the best quality racing available…
To claim your free first month new account ‘LM+Marty’ version, go here, use promo code:
PR-NR2003
http://iracing.com/membership/subscriptions.php?lc=2
How the subscription works/things you need to know:
The promotion code creates a new account. Therefore, this cannot be used to add content to an existing account in any way.
A credit/debit card or Paypal account is required and will be needed to access the trial.
This is a free first month. You can cancel payment for the second (and onwards) months at any time. When logged into the members Web site, go to the My Account link, click cancel and cancel again. Regular monthly billing is $19 per month.
Some credit/debit cards (especially European banks) will not accept a $0 transaction. To get around this, we sometimes request $1 - which will show as pending, but this $1 will drop back into your account and will not be taken.
You can switch your trial to a 3-month, 6-month or 1-year subscription at any time. Go to the My Account link on the members Web site and renew the account. Any amount of time you purchase will be added to the time remaining on your trial.
If you buy any additional content on the trial account, but do not wish to continue the trial after the first month, the additional content will be waiting for you to re-subscribe at a later date along with all your racing stats and license.
At the moment there is no end-date for this promotion. But one is set in the system for 31st December, 2009.
If you have any questions about the trial, feel free to contact me by email or facebook.
Email Form « timwheatley.org Timothy Wheatley - Chicago, IL | Facebook
Feel free to share this iRacing trial information on any other Web site or forum.
All the best,
Tim.
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Back to me - SSB
I can`t recommend iRacing enough - I just fired it up again and can`t believe the feel of the force feedback - the cars just "feel" great. The racing is top notch too - good clean hard racing but people are a little careful not to be too rash or they will lose safety rating.
The prices for subscription have just been reduced as have the price of the cars / tracks. It is now possible to host private races with friends for $3 a time - so a 10 week season with 10 friends would only cost each of you $3 in total. The Corvette C6R GT1 car has just been released along with the official Dallara Indycar. For those into oval racing there is an official Nascar series in various power outputs including the official Nascar. Road racing for me at the moment - not to forget the fantastic Lotus 79.
If you have a half decent PC - the sim is quite spec friendly - and you are into sim racing then you owe it to yourself to give this a try - free too !
Cheers
29-05-2010, 8:44 PM
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