SRW+ Launched!
SRW Site News | By Paul on 20 October 2008 19:17

Today we are proud to announce that we have launched SRW+ (SimRacingWorld Plus) on SimRacingWorld!

SRW+ is a premium membership option that allows you, the user, special access to features of the site that are not available to normal users, as well as other great benefits:

* Access to popular modifications and premium files at high speed.
* Ability to disable ads.
* Exclusive Partner Discount

We have also devised the following FAQ about the service:

Why are you charging for files?

Firstly, we are not charging for the files themselves, as all files are available and will remain to be available for free download on the site at a capped speed. The SRW+ element of the site allows users who wish to download files at an unlimited speed* the opportunity to do so. It is not financially viable to host large files with unlimited speed downloads due to huge bandwidth costs.

How does this help the community?

Many modifications and files are available for popular racing games. However, within a short period of time the availability of these files evaporates due to the fact that websites cannot financially support the huge bandwidth resources downloading these files uses. Many of the popular modifications of the past are now simply no longer available to download and enjoy. Even when they are available, racing fans often have to jump through many steps on sites such as Rapidshare to eventually get access to the file if they are lucky.

We wanted to create a way where we could offer high quality files to users which would not disappear after a short while. In the past we've linked to mirror sites, yet time after time it has been proven that this is highly unreliable and not a way to offer good quality service that sim-racers deserve. So, we have created SRW+, which offers ALL the files on the site for FREE at a capped speed, as well as allowing registered users to download files at unlimited speeds.

This is no different to many other file sites such as FilePlanet and GameSpot. We firmly believe that through this service we can offer a long term home to many high quality files and modifications that otherwise would simply disappear. This clearly benefits the sim-racing community in a massive way.

Will all files have a capped download speed

Not ALL files will be "SRW+ Files"; the majority of smaller downloads will still be available at unlimited speeds for all users. Only some of the larger files such as modifications will be speed capped for normal users.

Is it expensive?

We believe that our pricing structure is very fair and helps us to cover the cost of our bandwidth. $9.99 is less than 3c a day!

We hope that you will choose to become a SRW+ member, which you can do so here. You can check out a full list of files that are currently available on SRW+ by clicking here. We are adding more all the time!

MotoGP 08 Confirmed Release on Friday
Game News | MotoGP 08 | By Paul on 20 October 2008 12:32

Capcom have confirmed that MotoGP 08 will be released this Friday, October 24th 2008. You can pre-order this game through SimRacingWorld on the right hand side of this page.

Don't forget to check out our MotoGP 08 game profile, or to post your comments on our forums.

BET and RACE Game Profile Added
Game News | BET and RACE | By Paul on 20 October 2008 12:29

Today we have added a game profile for BET and RACE an online multiplayer game where you can race for real money.

BET and RACE is a free game that allows you to race online against opponents across the world for fun, or for money. Money winnings can be turned into real cash (much like online poker games). The game includes various tracks around cities of the globe, and you can race up to 8 players at one time. The game also includes night and rain modes. It is also possible to train in an offline mode included in the game.

Head on over to our BET and RACE game profile, where you can also download the game for free.

rFactor nVidia Card Frame Rate Fix Posted
Downloads | rFactor | By Paul on 20 October 2008 10:25

Today we have added a file by Wombat778 that attempts to fix the issue that many rFactor gamers have using an nVidia graphics card.

This is an attempt to fix an incompatibility that causes very low FPS in rFactor when using many NVIDIA cards (most common on the 8800 series). The problem is caused by the way that these cards allocate memory for vertex buffers.

Quite a few people have been using this fix for a while, and it seems to produce between a 50% to 100% improvement in FPS, especially at the back of the grid. For unknown reasons, however, certain people are not affected by this problem and actually see reduced performance with this file. Your mileage may vary. Please also note that a few people with ATI cards have reported an improvement.

Finally, this also appears to work in at least some other games based on ISI’s engine, including GTR2.

You can download this file from here.

Don't forget to also check out our rFactor game profile, or to post your comments on our forums.