O custo real do iRacing

[Gil A.]

Nunca tinha visto alguém fazer esta conta; mas achei-a muito interessante!

After seeing so many iRacing "haters" complain about it costing so much to play iRacing (I've even heard numbers like "$1000/year") I decided to sit down and do the math to see what it REALLY costs.

$583 - Total spent to buy ALL cars and tracks including the 3 new ones (Iowa, Ford GT, and HPD) if you take advantage of the 25% discount by buying all content. (it would be $621.68 if you bought everything in packs of 6, $777 if you bought it all separately)

$24 - 1-year subscription. I calculated this by taking the regular cost for a 1-year sub ($99), subtracting Participation Credits and Anniversary Credits ($45 total), then subtracting $30 if you take advantage of the deal they frequently have where you get $30 credit for re-upping for one year.
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=$607 - Grand total for 1 year of iRacing including all content. That comes out to $50 per month for that first 1-year period.

If you want to continue after that, you'd only have to pay for subscription fees which comes out to a whopping $2 per month using the figure above (with credits/discounts.)

If you played for 3 years with all content, you'd average $18/month over that time period (assuming the prices stay the same and you don't buy any new tracks/cars when they are released)

Usando o câmbio EUR/USD do dia de hoje (€ 1 = USD 1.4510), os custos acima indicados a negrito são os seguintes (arredondei sempre para cima):

Conteúdo total: € 402
Anualidade: € 17 (beneficiando de todos os bónus e créditos por participação)
Custo total para um ano (incluindo todos os conteúdos): € 419 (a partir daqui os custos vão sendo sucessivamente menores, porque o custa é o investimento inicial)
Custo médio mensal considerando 3 anos e que não são adquiridos novos conteúdos : € 13



De acordo com a minha experiência, quem se quiser iniciar no iRacing deverá contar com cerca de € 150/200 de investimento inicial nos conteúdos (não é necessário comprar tudo - longe disso - porque poucos são aqueles que possuem a totalidade das pistas e viaturas) e uma anualidade a rondar os € 75, o qual inclui a compra todos os anos de 3 pistas/carros adicionais.