Jay_W
Jay_W SuperDork
11/16/22 12:29 a.m.

So Elon finally sold us a starlink and I've wanted to give iracing a go since it first came out. In theory, we have enough bandwidth and low enough ping, but thought I'd check here and see if anyone has successfully run iracing on Elon's setup... 

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/16/22 8:18 a.m.

I have no direct experience with it but if you want to test it come join us in the (unofficial) GRM Assetto Corsa group.  

spacecadet (Forum Supporter)
spacecadet (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/18/22 6:41 p.m.

Whenever your connection lags or disconnects it may cause major race issues because you'll ghost out for a period of time on the server.

you can run iRacing reliably on a DSL connction, i ran iRacing with 38 megabit down and 10 up for over a year.

stability is king..

red_stapler
red_stapler SuperDork
11/19/22 1:39 a.m.
Jay_W said:

So Elon finally sold us a starlink and I've wanted to give iracing a go since it first came out. In theory, we have enough bandwidth and low enough ping, but thought I'd check here and see if anyone has successfully run iracing on Elon's setup... 

A friend in my iRacing league was on Starlink and didn't have any issues with lag.

dps214
dps214 Dork
11/19/22 4:34 p.m.

Also curious of the results. A friend got starlink for their RV that we use for autocross travel and we've been trying to figure out if we could game on it. The one time we used it the latency seemed consistent but it's hard to tell how well it really works until you put a consistent load on it. I'd guess it's probably going to be situation dependant, how good and consistent of a signal you get it that particular location, that particular day, etc. I'm not sure I'd want to try official races where dropping connection can kill your irating and safety rating, but for league/hosted races with no consequence it's probably worth trying. Also worth noting that you don't need internet to do test drive sessions. So even if the connection can't sustain races you can still practice on your own.

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