How cheaply to build a computer to run iRacing?
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I enjoy it I wish I played more but been super busy. I have mostly just raced the miata in road racing and got out of being a complete noob. Take your time in practice and go slowly until you can make 10-30 laps without crashing before trying to play with other people.
It is fun to play in the series where you practice a certain track and then compete for points over a 12 week season. Each week is a new track. It has really helped me see similarities between turns on different tracks and cut down on the amount of practice I need to learn new tracks.
Bumping this four years later to see what’s out there and what’s changed as far as affordability. Any pre-built computers less than $500 that could do this?
Minimum System Requirements
***These are our minimum requirements, just meeting these will produce graphics at our minimum in test mode***
PC Computers:
**Note that in order to get the full dirt visual experience on iRacing you will need a computer that is capable of running graphics shaders at medium to high settings. Please contact our support team at [email protected]if you have questions about your PC.
Minimum System Requirements
***These are our minimum requirements, just meeting these will produce graphics at our minimum in test mode***
PC Computers:
- Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Windows 10 64-Bit
- 64-bit Windows
- 4 core CPU or better – Some examples (but not limited to): AMD FX-6300, Intel Core i5-4430, Intel Core i5-2320, AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- 8 GB of RAM
- A gaming graphics card with at least 2GB of DEDICATED memory – Some examples (but not limited to): Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 @ 2 GB / GTX 1050 or ATI Radeon HD 7850 @ 2GB / AMD RX 550 or better
- 10 GB of free disk space (40 GB for all cars and tracks)
- Microphone optional, required for voice chat
**Note that in order to get the full dirt visual experience on iRacing you will need a computer that is capable of running graphics shaders at medium to high settings. Please contact our support team at [email protected]if you have questions about your PC.
$550 Budget Gaming PC Build by TIK_GT - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm), GeForce GTX 1070, GAMDIAS Talos P1 ATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker
$550 Budget Gaming PC Build by TIK_GT - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm), GeForce GTX 1070, GAMDIAS Talos P1 ATX Mid Tower
Multiple people on the site can probably help you build one. Let me know if you are interested.
I run an I7-7700k and a 2070 card with 16gb of ram and get like 130 frames by myself on triple 24 inch monitors. I have the fanatec v3 pedals and 1.5 shifter and a super old CSR wheel
VR is the cheaper option vs monitors at this pointt I just have owned these now for like 6 years.
$550 Budget Gaming PC Build by TIK_GT - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm), GeForce GTX 1070, GAMDIAS Talos P1 ATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker
$550 Budget Gaming PC Build by TIK_GT - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm), GeForce GTX 1070, GAMDIAS Talos P1 ATX Mid Towerpcpartpicker.com
this is similar to what I just built. The ryzen 5 1600AF being only $85 right now allowed me to buy a 1650 SC GPU.
I have a super old steering wheel. I should check out iRacing.
Well, here we go. Thanks to
Intel for the tip. Picked it up on Facebook. One of those “too good to be true” deals so let’s see if it even works 
2017-ish Dell XPS 8920, 8 gig GTX 1070, i5 gen 7 3 ghz.
Intel for the tip. Picked it up on Facebook. One of those “too good to be true” deals so let’s see if it even works 2017-ish Dell XPS 8920, 8 gig GTX 1070, i5 gen 7 3 ghz. 
She’s a bit dusty, but fires up and all checks out. I don’t think there’s a boot SSD in there like stated, but for $250 I won’t complain. Will hopefully load up iRacing this weekend.
not bad. what is the service tag on it? You can look it up on dells website and it will give you the full build out specs when boughtWell, here we go. Thanks to
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