Anunciados novos veículos para os apreciadores de ovais

[Francisco Suarez]

Notícia aqui:
http://www.iracing.com/newsEvents/article.php?id=82

O truck não é uma surpresa porque já existiam imagens dele, mas julgo que o anúncio do carro da series A (COT) vai surpreender e sobretudo agradar a muitos. Eu não sou gande fâ de ovais porque só começei a apreciar o desafio verdadeiramente com os Legends, mas a crowd do N2003 já deve estar a esfregar as mãos de contentamento.

Para quem não está a par desta disciplina, isto significa que as 3 top series da iRacing nas ovais vão ter precisamente as 3 categorias do NASCAR.

ArrayBEDFORD, MA (September 25, 2008) - iRacing.com has licensed and is in the process of building three of Chevrolet's primary stock car racing vehicles, the Silverado truck, Monte Carlo SS and Impala SS. The Silverado will be available to iRacing members beginning October 15. The racing versions of the Monte Carlo SS and Impala SS will follow in 2009.

"Our relationship with GM Racing is exciting for us, and it's great news for many of our members, including those who are also stock car racing stars in the physical world," said Scott McKee, iRacing's vice president of marketing. "They've known that most of the tracks where these vehicles race are either already in our inventory or in the process of being built. So, it was only a matter of time before we added the headliner vehicles that have made these tracks famous."

In addition to its training benefits to the active real-world racers among the iRacing membership, the Silverado will play a major role in the competition side of iRacing's online service, the structure of which calls for members to begin their internet racing career with slower, entry-level racecars and progress to faster ones as they demonstrate their ability to race safely through the course of successive 12-week seasons.

"Our members can test with any of the vehicles in our inventory," said McKee. "But for our members who use the service for more than just training, the Silverado will be the basis for an advanced level of oval track competition " and the Impala SS will slot in above that when it's released early next year."

Ian Berwick, iRacing's vehicle dynamics engineer, thanked the Chevrolet teams and drivers whose input has helped the virtual Silverado's performance accurately match that of its physical counterpart. "Having access to the race truck itself, as well as the performance data, has been critical to producing a virtual-world duplicate," he said. "Our testers, who are drawn both from the simracing and real-world racing communities, are pleased with the developmental version we're running now internally. Our members can be confident that the Silverado they'll be driving in the simulation will be just like the real-world one."[/quote]

[Luis Nabais]

:sad::sad:
Só vêm carros da treta:sad:É pena. Espero por melhoras.

[Francisco Suarez]

Deixa-me adivinhar, não gostas de ovais? :bigsmile:

Eu não sou certamente um dos maiores apreciadores porque prefiro road racing, nem sou sequer grande conhecedor, mas julgo que sobretudo o COT é considerado uma grande adição pelos fãs de esquerda-esquerda-esquerda.

Admito que o meu contentamento é mais com o número de pessoas que estes carros vão atrair ao serviço do que pela minha preferência de condução.

[Luis Nabais]

Pois, odeio ovais. Nunca tive um pingo de pachorra para isso. Para os fãs de ovais isto é ouro sobre azul.

[Berto Carvalho]

Bah... também não gosto... MAS continua a sair novo conteúdo, o que é bom. Pode ser que mais cedo ou mais tarde venham carros deste lado do Atlântico.