You’re among the best of the best, and everyone WANTS to be there. Sure, some people make boneheaded decisions and can end a lot of people’s races quickly, but it still takes talent to get around the track on here. Everyone genuinely cares about having a good race, and the ones that mistakenly clicked “RACE NOW” instead of “DestructionDerby2.exe” are promptly removed.
God I’d love to play that again.Ī: You are in a community full of die-hard race fans, not just people buying into the latest video game trend. I don’t even road race a whole lot, but I’ve known the layout of it since that old Bethesda game X-Car Experimental Racing.
As for the 2009 Impala B Stock Car, I love running the National Series because it reminds me of playing NASCAR 3, when Papyrus included the Busch Series drivers in game, as well a TON of short tracks.Īs for tracks, it’s easily Mid-Ohio. However, after I started running them on iRacing, I grew to like them so much that it’s become my most raced car on here. I never even liked Ind圜ars in real life, I’d always hate on them whenever the Indy would come to town because the event was constantly losing money, and the races were often boring. Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks?Ī: For cars, it’s a toss-up between the Dallara Indy Car and Impala B 2009 Stock Car. On iRacing, you have a 30 page forum thread discussing the physics behind a certain kind of save.
On the 360, when you’re gridded against seven other cars in DiRT 3, you’re lucky if one other driver in the session knows what an apex is. The organization and centralized community full of diehard race fans is what drew me in. I actually remember playing F1 2011 online with one of my buddies last December, getting wrecked out by some idiot in Turn One, Lap One, at Valencia, and yelled over the mic “**** it, I’m getting iRacing, this is retarded!” and signing off. I told myself when Call of Duty games got stale, and every single racing game on the 360 was populated by wreckers, that would be the day I would subscribe to iRacing. I’ve literally been playing racing games, especially sims, since I was five.Ī: I’ve always known about iRacing but never really thought it would be worth my time as long as console gaming was keeping me entertained.
My parents were never too strict with what I did on the computer, even back in 1998 when viruses were a legit problem, and I can remember hours spent after school downloading every demo I could find after my dad showed me how to browse Gamespot.
Oh and did we mention Ogonoski’s true racing passion? Drag racing.Ī: Honestly, since the original NASCAR Racing days… Maybe N2… So I’d say 1997? First wheel was a Thrustmaster T2 (the one with the paddle shifters configured to be used as gas & brake), and my first two games were Monster Truck Madness and NASCAR Racing. He’s enjoying similar success in the NASCAR National Series, witness the fact that his four wins and six top fives in eight races places him right behind Brandon Buchberger, Todd Laribee and Matthew Wright2 in the standings. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.Ī hard-core racing fan who couldn’t be bothered with the Ind圜ar race in his home town, Ogonoski currently occupies fourth spot in the IZOD Ind圜ar oval series behind Aaron Likens, Dave Judson and Eric Vanek with two wins and six top five finishes in eight starts to his credit. It only follows then that his favorite iRacing track is. The Edmonton resident has nearly six times as many oval (581) as road racing (97) starts on his iRacing resume. When it comes to his sim-racing preferences for ovals or road courses, it’s no contest. One would be well-advised not to attempt to pigeon-hole Austin Ogonoski. World of Outlaws ButtKicker Late Model Series.World of Outlaws CARQUEST Auto Parts Sprint Car Series.Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship.Keyboard Shortcuts: Replay / Camera Controls.