Series and Sessions
Official series and sessions are explained in the video below. There are many ways to join an official series. From the iRacing UI (aka deskto...
Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 11:16 AM
Testing Testing is done alone, with no official scoring of times. Laps are timed within the simulation, but the results of testing are unofficial and are n...
Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 8:33 AM
Qualifying times are used to determine the starting order of each race. When the races are split, the grid order for each race is determined by the quickest...
Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:42 AM
With the iRacing Race Participation Credit Program, it is important to note that the Race Participation Credits are awarded per series, so for multiclass se...
Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:40 AM
Team Driving: We now have the ability to have multi-driver teams in iRacing! Some official iRacing series and special events like the Dayto...
Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:33 AM
Historically, when we have increased the number of car types we have run into compatibility issues with customer’s systems. Each additional car type in a s...
Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 3:07 PM
Using ghost racing to prepare for the real thing iRacing offers a neat feature commonly referred to as "ghost mode" that's unfortun...
Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:22 PM
When large numbers of participants have all registered to race at the same time, the field is split. In short, you don't have to do anything. Which ra...
Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 9:38 AM
Almost every series has integrated qualifying. This means when you join the race session you will you will qualify immediately after the warm-up. When qua...
Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:48 AM
No, you can elect not to qualify for a race week. All drivers who elect not to qualify are gridded in order of iRating behind all drivers that have posted a...
Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:50 AM