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Williams joins forces with iRacing

By Pablo Elizalde Thursday, January 14th 2010, 10:19 GMT


The Williams Formula 1 team has announced a deal with online racing simulation company iRacing to bring its FW31 into the service.

The agreement was announced at the AUTOSPORT International show, which kicks off today.

"Our members range from full-time professional racing drivers to fans who may never sit in a racing car in the physical world," said Divina Galica, iRacing's director of client relations.

"We're excited by the prospect of producing an exact digital duplicate of the AT&T Williams FW31 and very pleased to be able to make the announcement here in the UK, the home of Williams F1 and to the second largest national contingent of iRacers."

Galica said iRacing will begin working on the FW31, last year's car, this week at Williams's headquarters in Grove and that the car is expected to join iRacing's line-up later this year.

"We've been well aware of the superb quality and extreme degree of accuracy of iRacing's simulation," said Tom Potter, Williams F1's Commercial Alliances Manager. "More people travel into space than are afforded the opportunity to drive a current Formula 1 car.

"The annual Philips global promotion with AT&T Williams uniquely offers that opportunity and iRacing has already shown it is a superb form of preparation to stand the best chance of winning the competition - Rob Tarlton, who won last autumn, as well as the runner-up, Thomas Christensen, are both dedicated iRacers."

We haven't seen you in a while! You may have let you membership lapse for any number of reasons, but we wanted to let you know about all the new features we have introduced recently. There's something for everyone, so come on back and give iRacing another try. We have put together a special offer just for returning members:

Renew your membership by March 20, 2010 and you will get a 3-month membership for half price!

if that's not enough, here is a sample of what's new:

Official NASCAR iRacing Series launched
NASCAR is so excited about this that they are reporting our results on NASCAR.com

Custom paint schemes now available
Now you can paint your cars anyway you want to. Make up something original or emulate your favorite driver or team. The choices are unlimited.

Private league functionality
Through our hosted sessions you can now run your own league, in any car, on any track - at anytime!

Price reductions in October 2009
Memberships, tracks and cars all cost less now!

New Cars and Tracks
Brands Hatch is now available

Williams FW 31 Formula One car is under development, available later this year
Mid-Ohio, Zandvoort and Phillip Island are under development and will be available later this year
Check out iRacing.com for a full listing of current cars and tracks as well as what's coming next

Roy schreef:En toch blijf ik het jammer vinden dat je niet offline kan racen. Anders had ik het account verlengd. Dan kon je tenminste op Zandvoort rijden wanneer je wilt en met een auto naar keuze.

Roy schreef:Thanks voor je pm Macboy

Ik bedoelde er meer op dat je single races offline kan doen. Zoals WTCC of GTR zegmaar. Die functie heb ik namelijk nooit gevonden.

Wat ik wel tof vind zijn die custom leagues. Houd dus in dat we met DF rondjes op Zandvoort kunnen tuffen? Dat lijkt me erg leuk namelijk!

DG schreef:

Roy schreef:Thanks voor je pm Macboy

Ik bedoelde er meer op dat je single races offline kan doen. Zoals WTCC of GTR zegmaar. Die functie heb ik namelijk nooit gevonden.

Wat ik wel tof vind zijn die custom leagues. Houd dus in dat we met DF rondjes op Zandvoort kunnen tuffen? Dat lijkt me erg leuk namelijk!

"iRacing.com is an online, subscription-based racing simulation service for Microsoft Windows created by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations." Overigens heeft iracing (nog) geen AI.