We spent 100$ on every Sim Racing Game - here's what happened!

[@maxversthappening8166]

iRacing: “Yeah that’ll get you maybe a year of the basic subscription” Assetto Corsa: “So you can get the base game and all the DLC for like $20 on sale”

[@Yes-fl1cq]

nah its actually $8 if u wait for the 90% off sale

[@interstellardumbassery7514]

@@Yes-fl1cq thats what i did both times i bought ac lmaooo.

[@abrotherinchrist]

​@@Yes-fl1cq Yep. I got Ultimate for under $7 a week ago and already have 44 tracks (some of which are free roam), and I don't even know how many cars. The rain/weather FX with CSP and Sol are really immersive. There's so many mods available and many more being built even to this day. For a game that was released in 2014, I think that's extraordinary, and its graphics, although are not necessarily amazing by today's standards, with all the mods they are certainly on par with most sims. You can even change/upgrade engine sounds, damage FX and billboards/banners. For spending $11 and a weekend learning how to mod, I think I got a steal.

[@abrotherinchrist]

@@interstellardumbassery7514 I actually thought I was buying ACC, and when I noticed I bought AC I was disappointed. Then I saw a video about modding AC and my eyes were opened to the value I just bought in to.

[@DobieMeltfire]

If I can put my modded AC hard drive on that list, it would be close to 300+ tracks and 400+ cars for the price of a McDonald's meal during a Steam summer sale.

[@abrotherinchrist]

Yep. I'm really blown away by that. And people complain that they have to "jump through hoops" to mod AC when they can just buy another sim. Well, go ahead then, y'all! But you'll be spending a lot more money in the long run. I think AC is the perfect intro to sim racing. I probably won't buy anything else until AC2 comes out.

[@heyace4323]

AC is the best buy for bucks

[@derekbancarz4530]

Awesome vid! Never even considered this as a topic but cool to see. I saw Assetto corsa on sale for 4 dollars and ALL DLC on sale for 12 dollars... throw in some graphics mods and content mods and its a masterpiece (And super optimized frame rate in triples/VR) Cheers!

[@WromWrom]

AC Ultimate is regularly on sale for around 7-9 EUR/USD. That's AC with all the DLCs. If you then consider the innumerable amount of mods - the most any Racing Sim has to offer - and it's the best bargain ever.

[@zethyuen8859]

@@WromWrom AC Ultimate in my country on sale goes for 4 euros, it's so cheap and so good. Add another 4 euros to get RSS Formula Hybrid and get all the cool mods and you're done. It's too good.

[@gattopazzo80]

rFactor 2 actually has a twist: to join a server you have to own all contents in the server. So if you want to race your 911 you must also buy all other cars and tracks that are present in the server, even if nobody is using them or you won´t race on the other tracks! iRacing and rFactor are surely the best sims.... when it comes to robbing...

[@SW20Turbo]

AC is the only real value for those on a budget. You get a realistic sim, and it can be modded. Personally, I think it’s great because I don’t feel like I’m stuck with the cars the developers like. I really couldn’t care less about F1 and other purpose built track only race cars. Not to mention circuit racing is about as bland as it gets. AC has enough touge to make every initial D weebs dreams come true. It also supports VR. I have no idea why anyone would pay a subscription for something they have to buy DLC for. That’s absolutely ridiculous.

[@asdgeorge7]

Ac its not just a racing game . With all this mods its a full simulation for .....cars !!! Every cars , drive them everywhere !

[@Scientist-exe]

One thing not mentioned here is multiplayer. Almost all sims have empty lobbies or you have to join leagues except for ACC n iRacing. I prefer ACC.

[@mrtakeaminute6815]

Assetto corsa is constantly full of lobbies

[@ADHD_RID3R]

iRacing has full lobbies, i race in the IMSA series and can get races anytime of the day, now for the niche series like the lotus 49/79 Kamel GT etc yes you have maybe a few races a week, but saying you need to race leagues in iRacing to have races is false

[@seebl3273]

"A Million Bytes" is actually 1MB. :D

[@Scientist-exe]

1MB = 1 Mega Byte. Unless you were going for a joke then I m stoopid.

[@bideomanlol]

@@Scientist-exe lool... A mega byte is also a million bytes and 1000 kilo bytes. So that means a kilo byte is 1000 bytes or should be, actually measured 1024 bytes for a kilo. It's not a joke. Storage has come a long way since back in the day.

[@math001]

@@Scientist-exe what? Mega = Million brother. That's what happens when you don't know your maths

[@johnnygreen37]

I don't see how people can justify the prices of iracing! You could literally buy almost all other Sim games on a sale for the price of a single year of iracing without considering the cars and tracks you NEED to buy if you want to play every week....

[@acticfl]

people pay for the service, not for the content. iRacing has the must structured, clean, competitive and rewarding racing in any sim

[@johnnygreen37]

@@acticfl I actually understand the "service" side of things... It is really well organized and balanced... But besides that, the content side still the most expensive of all games, besides not having the best quality.. And it fells like they organize the season in a way that you "need" to buy more and more packs to enjoy the game, otherwise it will get really repetitive and boring..

[@acticfl]

@@johnnygreen37 I agree. I used to be in the same boat, but seeing it as a hobby you're passionate about, it's money well spent. I can race at 7 in the morning if i wanted to - you can make it fit your lifestyle, unlike other sims where you're either bound to league schedules or open lobby monza and spa carnage.

[@johnnygreen37]

@@acticfl I really can't argue against that... This is one of the biggest problems with the Sim racing community... And iracing sort of "fixed" it... But yet. My problem is not with the way they monetize the service... I would totally pay for this kind of service in other games! But I don't know... Feels like a good service locked behind a not so great content and a really expensive pay wall.. I really wish I could get iracing services... But in the other plataforms! The best of all worlds... A man can dream....

[@indymodz177]

@@johnnygreen37 also outdated graphics and engine. and the racing is still full of idiots. once you pay for content its more than likely gonna be along time before you can use it again... AMS2 is working with 3rd party to get an online service going, it already destroys any game in the graphics dept..

[@XfarglesX]

Raceroom is the best value in sim racing $75 gets you all the currently available content and lets you race competitively online all the time. I barely use my iracing sub.

[@ab8jeh]

How are you getting on with the ffb though? I still can't get any feel from it compared to iracing.

[@XfarglesX]

@@ab8jeh I love it. It feels very similar to iracing (on my logitech G920). This is comparing since the FFB update a couple months ago, I didn’t play before it.

[@ab8jeh]

@@XfarglesX I must have my settings all mashed, feels like a wet sponge at times on my T300! Going to find a decent tutorial.

[@matthewjudge3763]

@@ab8jeh Have you played with the FFB multiplier? You have to map it to a button.

[@steelin666]

@@ab8jeh If you had your FFB set before the update last summer, it's best to start a completely fresh config.

[@Ivwin]

In the Ranking Assetto Corsa should be 1st. I think the mod factor is massively understated and not fair considering there is basically no one on PC that doesn’t use its modding capabilities

[@boogityboogity7633]

iRacing may be expensive but it’s the only game where I can wake up at 2 am and get a full grid in almost any racing series I want. No other sim title can offer that.

[@Leynad778]

Than you only want popular series, since for example all vintage series are empty all the time.

[@b.s.7693]

Simply not worth hundreds of dollars

[@boogityboogity7633]

@@b.s.7693 If you enjoy racing online yes it is very much worth it. I have no interest in driving against the AI so i play iRacing.

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

@@b.s.7693 iRacing has the cleanest online racing. People who wreck you on purpose get banned.

[@b.s.7693]

@@slowanddeliberate6893 thats right and a good thing.

[@jean-pierresarti7069]

Great video! I’m a fan of comparisons, please do more. For example, I’d love a comparison of one car and/or track as presented in different sims.

[@OverTake_gg]

Thanks for your input! 🙂

[@smoothwalrus9354]

I've poured hundreds of hours into Assetto Corsa mainly through Shutoko Expressway, Nordschleife and drifting on mod created tracks with modded cars. It's so fun jumping on a public server and mucking around.

[@ivanmakuljevic5297]

I got lucky and found assetto corsa ultimate edition on sale for only 7 euros! That's what I call value.

[@GrillerRohde]

Unbeatable

[@yaniel87]

If you want to race other people, $100 in iRacing is the best use of your money. With the current Black Friday deal you can get two years for $99.50. It doesn’t have a ton of cars for that price but you get a full season of Formula vee and Miata on the road side, full oval season, full dirt season, and a full dirt oval season. Plus random free cars on random free tracks every week. It might not be the biggest variety, but it’s the only one guaranteed to find you a quality race at any time of the day which extends the replay value further than any other option.

[@lasagneman5586]

I got AC for 10€ (8€ rn) with all of the DLCs a while back, great deal. And mods are priced very reasonably as well, the 2021 RSS Formula was 3.8€. Honourable mention to AMS2 which costs 75€ with all DLC right now during the Steam Summer Sale and RaceRoom with the season pass.

[@SolveGr]

think i got assetto corsa on a 90% discount. so 4 bucks for the entire thing.. definetly worth it

[@zethyuen8859]

Wow I'm early. Interesting video!

[@nortski78]

With rFactor 2 you also need to factor (pun intended) in the high quality of the laser scanned tracks, especially the Nurburgring, Le Mans, Monza and Spa circuits.

[@utkarshchaurasia2233]

Yeah in acc also every track is laser scanned except zandvoort. Quantity is good but quality matters too

[@abrotherinchrist]

@@utkarshchaurasia2233 AC has some laser scanned tracks as well.

[@skrillah6259]

Laser scanned tracks is the standard nowadays.

[@merginator]

This video is amazing! Thanks for doing the homework for us!

[@dathyr1]

For just the game alone, I still say the older Assetto Corsa for the PC gives you the most for your money. There are tons of free track and car mods and the mods you have to pay for are very cheap. The past years the game has been vastly improved with "SOL" and "BLMLighting" far as giving environmental, night lighting, rain, and 24 hour day/night racing which made Assetto Corsa into a new game. These are free 3rd party mods to install. New mods are being developed/improved all the time for the game. It is kind of my goto Sim Racing game. I also have most the other games you mention except for IRacing. I refuse to pay a monthly subscription for a SIM racing game even though IRacing is good. I feel you have to dedicate the time strictly to this game to get the moneys worth out of it. I dont have that time to spend. The other game I like for online racing is RaceRoom- no subscriptions. You just need to buy tracks and cars for racing. I wish they had more American tracks to offer, but it is fun for racing in leagues that support the game. Periodic new tracks/cars get added to the game.

[@RobertoOrtis]

Quantity is not everything. I prefer quality over quantity. What about, graphics, physics, track and car details, hardware compatibility, ease of use and configuration, level of difficulty, etc?

[@GrillerRohde]

Yea that’s true, but a sim racer that only has 7 cars and 3 tracks will get boring in a short time. It’s a mix of both.

[@RogerEriksson]

what 100 usd?...i just got AC ultimate edition for under 8 EUR

[@fabiangonzalez-cortes8894]

Yeah, if I was looking for quality content only the paid mods wouldn’t come out to an extra 92 dollars. The RSS stuff and URD and VRC stuff.

[@oogie-boogie]

for me its about the look to how real does it look,, then the rest you were talking about

[@coors17944]

RaceRoom all day!

[@nathanmcdowell7306]

You also forget to mention RF2 has a huge modding community on steam.

[@flat6simracing625]

I have 190+ cars and 50+ cars in rf2 (free mods via workshop).

[@sebastian_berlin]

I bought the AC Ultimate Edition on Steamsale for 9€.

[@elisteiger6909]

I am very new to sim racing, just started this year. I got AC Ultimate for $25 on steam during a sale. It has kept me plenty busy. I think iracing is next for me.

[@SONICBOOM-117]

Automobilista 2 is now getting indycars woo hoo \o/ My favorite is rf2

[@LudwigBeefoven]

What about Project Cars 1/2? If you have older games like Assetto Corsa, it would have made sense to include PC/PC2.

[@GrillerRohde]

Yes, but there are so many Sim racer that they can’t fit in just one video.

[@wegpiraatjochem]

Raceroom is my favorite sim.

[@layingblacklines]

You didn't mention that iRacing is excluding tax. So while the others have tax included, you need to add 20% (or the rate in your country) to the cost of iRacing. Not a deal breaker and I still love iRacing, but I keep forgetting this fact. A track isn't $15, it's actually $18. Or your $94 total is actually $113 if you add it to cart and try to buy.

[@filipruml]

That's shitty

[@layingblacklines]

@@filipruml It's shitty if you are an international customer. In the UK prices have to include VAT by law, or very clearly show they are exclusive of VAT. In the states I think it is common practice because the actual tax rate will vary depending on which state you are in. So it looks shitty, but it's just the result of an American company following their own tax rules. Not their fault basically.

[@filipruml]

@@layingblacklines i guess you're right but in the Czech Republic the only stores that don't include VAT are wholesale stores. One seller actually got fined for not including VAT in their prices.

[@layingblacklines]

@@filipruml Yeah exactly the same in the UK. Even the wholesale stores have (excl. VAT) next to the prices. The USA is a weird place that in many ways feels a bit backwards. So just saying when looking at iRacing, don't forget VAT is not included. As probably everyone else in the world will assume it includes VAT. So their prices go from being 4-6x the price, to also including an additional 20%. I like the game, but it's worth bearing in mind when working out what you can buy

[@PacMan592]

Jesus christ why do people even play iracing the prices are triple what they should be 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@asherwiggin6456]

I am primarily an oval racer who is looking at getting a pc soon, so a lot of the sims don’t really work for me. Racing is the only sim that is actually designed for ovals, and Rfactor has a rudimentary oval dlc. Asset to and Beamng have decent oval mods, but if you want the real oval experience, you have to use iracing

[@karhu07]

Wow i never knew iracing was SOOO expensive

[@KoalaTContent]

0:52 I am genuinely surprised that they actually have the complete nerve to tell you that you get 16 cars and 22 tracks free, *if you *PAY* for a *SUBSCRIPTION.*

[@maxx375]

3:37 what?? does it literally say on that ass look at the m4 gts livery

[@superjarri]

We shouldn't judge a sim by the amount of cars and tracks it have. I prefer a sim with one single car and track perfectly simulated than a compilation of hundreds of unrealistic cars and tracks.

[@KoalaTContent]

3:00 the game is $40 as well, it's simply cheaper in USD vs Euro

[@discodan2265]

Ac is the 🐐

[@ADHD_RID3R]

you forgot to mention while the initial starting fee for iRacing is expensive, iRacing give you credits back for just racing, if you complete 8 out of the 12 weeks in a season you get credits back so you can spend on content, also how after so many purchases you get a permanent discount, black Friday sales on subs happen every year, i play other sims also but iRacing is the only 1 to give money back to the player base just for racing,

[@gattopazzo80]

"BACK" is the point here. It´s the only one to give money BACK because it´s also the only one that requires players to pay to race, i.e. to use the overpriced contents they have already bought...

[@victorcatorz5731]

You're missing all the free content in RF2 which can be downloaded from the steamworkshop or from other sites. It's not at the level of AC but it has more to offer than what this video is presenting.

[@gentakurniaadipermana4927]

AC THE BEST

[@whatupyo7260]

Just wait until the games go on sale on steam upto 60% off included discount dlc however I racing is the expensive option given the subscription fee

[@SkycladGames]

1st most games on steam go on sale very often, got all of the games with all dlc's for almost that amount. 2nd AC may have modes, but if you dont want to deal with downloading mods and settings is OK game... AC is one of the best games after modes same goes for rfactor 2 3rd unfortunately online racing for those that dont have the patient and time to look for a clean race lobby gets really fast annoying... you get lots of "you dont go for the gap, you no longer a racing driver" idiots

[@davidmowers9434]

Do these games have single player because im kinda lame and getting into sim racing but not against other players lol

[@tseikki8926]

Ac is just so good, and automobilista2 are beaty on vr. And have to say i use ac to drift and automob2 race. Rf2 are good but automob2 are more beaty and i like ffb there

[@mortythealien2783]

best sim is AC1 no doubt.

[@2Fast4Mellow]

Automobilista2 + Season 20-22 pack is currently on sale on steam with a 39% discount! Rfactor 2 is also currently on sale for only 7,50 and also several autumn packs. ACC is also currently on sale at steam with discount from 40 to 60%. Project Cars 3 (not mentioned in this video) is also on sale with a 70% discount on its base game and 50% on DLCs. These all seem to be black friday deals, so availability will end in a few days. But I'm sure many will appear in the steam xmax/winter sale...

[@WilsonTheArchitect]

project cars 3 is not a sim!

[@nicololorenzon3291]

I gotta get raceroom

[@jesse1086]

I racing, while I know it's doing fine, really are shooting themselves in the foot. A monthly subscription is more than enough money. They should give you everything if you pay monthly... You don't see Netflix charging for new movies right? I really think the surge of the new racers would cover what they think they would lose in dlc "sales". I think about I racing all the time and always refuse based on the idea of 10 dollar cars and tracks plus a subscription. It's just too much. I think if they changed their model they would grow even more...

[@bsmracing6592]

8:25 rf2 also has infinite mods like AC1 and has far far better AI

[@poko-zv1xb]

I buy iracing for a month , it is great but it is too expansive to students.I am still thinking should I play continues.

[@travislandsman]

AC rules

[@indymodz177]

acc is overhyped, iracing is wayyyyyy overpriced.. AMS2 has had the best online racing lately. I also pay for iracing and am A class but still would rather race almost any other game than iracing, its gone stale on me..

[@pokiou]

rFactor 2 > Race Room > Assetto Corsa > Assetto Corsa Comp > and the rest.

[@miglara]

Man, RaceU is a online multiplayer for Assetto Corsa.

[@miglara]

Up

[@shorty808100]

I dunno if my wheel supports AC I know it will support ACC

[@LostCodex2013]

But what about the quality of the sim???? Noob here

[@mattijh3324]

Where is gran turismo

[@GrillerRohde]

It’s impossible to make just one video for every single sim racing game

[@mikeroerig2499]

Excuse my opposing view.. I am retired and building my first sim rig using Fanatec and SR2 motion. I have no sim racing experience but it looks like fun and hopefully fills my excessive spare time. When I consider what sim rig components cost, the cash outlay for the games is insignificant. Even if I were young with a very limited budget, the cost of hardware will always be much more than the cost of the game. For what these games do, they are a bargain!

[@lemmy546]

If you where to buy all iRacing content, and a subscription for let's say a year, you would need to have hardware worth of like $1500+ for that statement to be valid, which gives you a round cost of $3000 in total, and if you stop paying your subscription you own no software at all, which in my view is not exactly student friendly pricing. But for the other sims I would agree with you.

[@Ruypbf99]

Just my opinion. I started iRacing less then a month ago. This video is useful, but what I value the most in racing games is fair clean and close racing. And in that aspect iRacing beats every sim by miles

[@AbizW97]

Not really, people are very toxic in higher splits. They want to win no matter what.

[@thegersonmania]

League races is as good as iracing. Some, like simracing604 community, has amazing fair races.

[@illiteratethug3305]

LMFAO, iRacing has a worse playerbase than GTS, its a toilet. 5 races yesterday, everyone wrecked by divebombs and idiot rejoins. iRacing has NOTHING going for it, I'm saving my renewal money and finally going ACC

[@JNeal916]

@@illiteratethug3305 ACC is AMAZING but I would recommend joining a league. Clean racing with people who want to win, but don't act like assholes.

[@ErwinLiszkowicz]

@@illiteratethug3305 Interesting. Last time I got wrecked was 30 races ago. It's easy to say that people are the problem and not you. And even when people are driving silly there's a lot you can do as a driver. There's zero doubt that even in CP races driver stardards in ACC are nowhere near what you encounter in iRacing higher splits. ACC has only some sense when you're league racing, and as cool as league racing is - at best you'll get to race once a week in a given league and that sucks.

[@simulationstimulation961]

Hahahahah you lost me at the part where you say "The downsides of AC, since it's older, is not having enough online competition as the other sims"... Yeah LOL. It's literally the 2nd most played sim after iRacing. Anytime you jump online you find HUNDREDS of servers ranging from trackdays to races, let alone specific ranked multiplayer racing like "simracing system" or "RaceU" and many others etc...

[@R3DCODE]

simracing system is basically dead. RaceU is struggling to get traction, if you want competition in AC you are better off looking for leagues. ACC is somewhere there too, better off with leagues. The best online unfortunately is on iRacing, with ACC at the second place. Having played both, I stuck with ACC and I just race in leagues (while I also race on AC leagues with mods).