iRacing Rain | Shocking REALISM? Review feat. @EmreeRacing

iRacing Rain launches tomorrow, and Emily has been testing the biggest update in years in an alpha preview. Here are her insights, driving impressions, real-life comparisons and tips!

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[FiftyRacing]

I can't wait to drive endurance races with this. Rain itself is fine, but what's so much more interesting is the way the track dynamically dries up depending on where the cars interact with the water. That's revolutionary for sim racing

[SquiggyWigginz]

Emily, did you ever try Project cars 2 rain or snow? Seems really similar here if not the exact same. Same menu system, etc. It's something that's been missing from iracing for years. Hopefully snow next in IRX. 😊

[Kultivater]

As far as performance goes, I'm a strict VR racer with an HP Reverb G2. I have a very powerful computer, with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and an ASRock Radeon RX 6900XT Phantom Gaming OC, which usually means, with the vrperfkit(VR performance kit) adjusted for performance, I can normally have my SteamVR resolution settings at around 140% and get maximum FPS when alone on a day time track, and no less than 65 FPS when on the grid with 20+ other cars around me. When I tested the rain, I was getting like 15-20 FPS by myself in a test session at Hockenheimring. I dropped my resolution to 0 super sampling(just 100%), and it brought it up to 65-80 FPS, depending on the part of the track I'm on, and again, I was alone in a test session. With my level of hardware, that should tell you just how intensive this shit is.

[Nick_Kearney]

I really need to see Emily's guide. I very quickly learnt that constantly avoiding the dry line can lose you a tonne of time.

[ThomasHarrisonLord]

A mind-boggling feature that has been worth the wait - great review Emily!

[DiariesOfABadDriver]

Just had a quick drive around at Lime Rock Park, wow, this is going to be a huge adjustment. It's going to BRUTAL during races. Looking forward to your video on how to find a wet racing line.

[wayneshephard]

Great video, enjoyed the delivery, very easy to listen to

[metagear]

Looks fun. One of the biggest disappointments in Gran Turismo is the "moisture meter" removing 90% of the skill involved in knowing when to switch over tyres, glad to see iRacing isn't letting their drivers off the hook in this way

[alphaorg]

Hey Emily! The thing I'm most curious about is, why are you using imperial units, fahrenheit and mph?

[lewisbloom]

End of this video that little s ippet encouraging people to give it a go is most important part of the entire video. Dont be scared get stuck in, its gonna be chaos for a while anyway no matter the splits.

[Real]

When the team really sets out to do something spectacular, they dont miss.

[Ar_Dee]

So what's the top 3 of wet weather sims?
Iracing
AMS2
ACC
Rfactor2
GT7?

[baccattack]

Does there come a point when enough rain has fallen to clean the track such that cars start migrating back to the conventional racing line?

[youngyingyang]

Is rain available on dirt tracks and turn them into a pure mud fest?

[Skipperthekitty]

For me the Benz is more controllable in the rain

[sander]

Imagine there were Red Flags and you could get a partial refund for your iracing subscription 🤓🤣

[rendrag]

AMS2 pretty much does all of this already. Having the crossover point for tyres really adds to the stress and immersion.

[andrewmoon]

Ayy, the good sim finally has rain. The major difference for me is it's very easy to see the wet spots on the track, where as visually immersive sims like Forza or asseto with mods it's just very wet everywhere and you kinda just need to know,

[sinra]

Acc has had that for a while, u get more grip off line..