What's the Best IndyCar Game?

Its that time of the year, the Indianapolis 500 is on the horizon we all want to impersonate our heros and have some fun 240mph action. But what is the best way to do it? Sadly there is no "official" IndyCar game and I wouldn't hold your breath for the 2023 title. So lets take a look at what's out there today in the sim racing world and if any title can really be called an IndyCar game!

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0:00 Intro
1:08 Assetto Corsa
5:02 rFactor 2
8:52 iRacing
15:18 Pricing
19:28 Final Thoughts

[mr.kittee]

5:52 are we gonna ignore how the ai had an incident, and the fact that a pretty sizeable part, probably a wheel, went into the grand stands?

[TechnoRacerX]

Indy deserves a dedicated Sim. So much history.

[cliffdavis]

10:42 Man, I can't even enjoy an IndyCar Sim related video without Rossi crashing out in the middle of the action! Way to capture the realism!

[B-A-L]

Indianapolis 500: The Simulation from 1989 by Papyrus was the game that got me seriously into gaming in the first place. Up until that point I wasn't really into the platform type games that seemed to dominate the games world and the first time I saw it on a PC in a computer shop window I was blown away and knew that one day I would have to buy a PC just to play it! A couple of years later I had a bit of a stroke of luck that enabled me to spend... wait for it... £2, 000 on a brand new PC (a 386 40MHz cpu with 4Mb ram, 120Mb hard drive and a 125Kb video card I think... the hottest pc specs you could get at the time!) and it was the first game I bought and I've never looked back! Thank you Indycar for turning me into a gamer!

[brandonlong]

This editing is amazingly well done! I've been really wanting an Indy game with all the tracks, but thankfully mods have done that well enough. I always look forward to seeing your uploads, they're informative and always consistently well made.

[Sleepy.Time.]

its cool seeing how popular Indy cars are becoming again, i remember the CART era when the Indy 500 was up there with the superbowl as a big name sporting event

[jedlin]

You forgot about Project Cars 2. They had fully licensed roster for the 2016 season.

[thecsr]

In Assetto Corsa, RF2 and IRacing we can drive with classic cars from the 80s, 90s and 2000s, that is the same thing that I look for in Indy car or Cart game or mod, cars from the 80s and 90s, which inexplicably does not exist, saturated only with the new era. For me the mid-late 80s and early 90s are the best era ever.

[worldofradiocontrol]

The IR18 is my favorite car in iRacing, and probably all of sim racing. 2 years ago it was only fit for ovals though. It's amazing how far it has came after receiving professional criticism.

[benwalter]

The Indy Evolution game that came out in 2011 is the best Indycar game. It includes the 1961-1971 tracks, cars, and drivers which is pretty cool.

[fingers]

Your an unsung giant of sim racing, I should know, I've watch more than a few.
I never blow smoke up peoples arse's, but it has to be said, your sim racing knowledge is unparalleled on YT or Twitch. Not to mention your extensive real life race history knowledge.
All delivered in a very enjoyable tone, an ambassador to the once bitten by the joy of sim racing/driving.
So pleased you got recognition from Heusinkveld.
Good on you.

[charliepalmer]

I personally love still playing two of the old CART league games. "Flag to Flag" for the Dreamcast, made my Sega Sports, has some great tracks like RA, Ohio, LB, Laguna, and Portland to name a few. It's "more realistic" as you have to break. My personal favorite is "CART Fury", a pure arcade game by Midway, you leave it all out with no need to break, with a damn near perfect PS2 port. This one is high speed and very unrealistic, but FUN! I own both of these games with their original systems, and play them to this day. Great video!

[LucasGonzalezA]

I really hope Reiza gives us a modern IndyCar with its ovals

[MrPens]

I’ve tried to make this video for years. Life always got in the way. But this was so much better than I could have ever have even imagined. As a diehard INDYCAR fan born and raised in Indianapolis, this captures the passion of the Indy fan base. Thank you for this

[bobmcl]

Always a pleasure to listen to a GPLaps deep dive. Your depth of knowledge and breadth of experience make your views so valuable. Indy was just about the first form of racing that hooked me, way back in 1967 (the year of the first incredible STP Turbine Car), and my interest has never faded. I will be sitting watching again this year, hoping for yet another stand-up-and-yell final lap. Helio for five? Who

[ShineStreet]

Although it might not be the ultimate, best-of-the-best simulator, Project CARS 2 has decent IndyCar content. You have tracks like Cota, Daytona, Indianapolis, Laguna Seca, Road America, Watkins Glen - heck, even Long Beach. And you have the IR12 in Speedway and Road Course configurations. (and you've got all the official teams as well!)

[samsonsshutter]

are we just gonna ignore GPLaps predicting Colton Herta's Carb Day crash at 2:23

[jenscee]

Online racing in Indycar in iracing is just incredible. It’s at Detroit from Tuesday. Using the PTP, fuel maps and different tyres is excellent

[mikea]

Would be curious how you would rate Automobilista 2 on this list now, with all the amazing updates of the last year.

[mbas]

RFACTOR 2 indycar - dont waste time, is the best by far