sim racing history

  • An Anniversary Adventure

    An Anniversary Adventure

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    Fourteen years ago, I started a ride to satisfy a sim racing craving. After racing online and offline with games like…

  • My Perfect Circuit

    My Perfect Circuit

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    It’s a remedy to the modern road course. A return to racing circuit greatness by combining some of the greatest corners…

  • The Son Also Races

    The Son Also Races

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    My dad was the first sim racing alien I ever knew. Granted, in those early days of racing video games just…

  • Ten Best Drives, Part 6: The Time of My Life

    Ten Best Drives, Part 6: The Time of My Life

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    Endurance racing is all about time. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy, and sometimes both within the…

  • Ten Best Drives, Part 5: On the Button

    Ten Best Drives, Part 5: On the Button

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    The classic knock against sim racing is that it’s all too easy to hit the reset button. Whether it’s recovering from…

  • Ten Best Drives, Part 4: Doing Left Turns Right

    Ten Best Drives, Part 4: Doing Left Turns Right

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    Thinking back on my iRacing oval career, it sometimes feels like an out-of-body experience. Or perhaps more aptly, that some other,…

  • Ten Best Drives, Part 3: Special Events, Special Performances

    Ten Best Drives, Part 3: Special Events, Special Performances

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    As I was growing up, NASCAR races glowed across my family’s TV screen thirty-some weekends per year. They were standard fare…

  • Ten Best Drives, Part 2: Endurance Under Pressure

    Ten Best Drives, Part 2: Endurance Under Pressure

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    As my iRacing career progressed, I came to find my niche and I discovered it was endurance racing. Rewarding patience and…

  • Ten Best Drives, Part 1: Going Full Circle

    Ten Best Drives, Part 1: Going Full Circle

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    Ten years ago this summer, I joined iRacing, partially out of curiosity to see how far sim racing had come during…

  • A Letter to My Dad

    A Letter to My Dad

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    Dear Dad, Little did you know that a few small actions ignited a passion within me and made me who I…