iRacing Announces Launch Date of August 26
“This is a big moment in the history of iRacing," said John Henry, co-founder and co-owner of the company. “We completed our beta phase in June, but for the last couple of months membership has been ‘by invitation only’ because we wanted to be certain that we could maintain the highest level of quality and customer service as we expanded. We’re there now, and in less than two weeks, the doors will be wide open."
Dave Kaemmer, company co-founder and leader of the iRacing development team, noted that the ramp-up in membership since June 11, when the service went live, has gone remarkably smoothly. “We know the simulation itself is in great shape (and we’re going to keep on adding features and content over time), but there’s so much more to the service than just the simulation. All of the factors that are critical to our members’ overall experience – organization and scheduling of races, collection of statistics, driver licensing, processing of actual financial transactions, the list just goes on and on – needed real-world validation with several thousand members to ensure the system’s performance with the large membership rolls we eventually expect to have."