ARCA Sim Racing is a stock-car racing simulator developed by The Sim Factory LLC, a small American based computer software company devoted to the production of racing simulation software. The game simulates the 2008 ARCA

Automobile Racing Club of America

Automobile Racing Club of America is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States, founded in 1953 by John Marcum. The current president of ARCA is Ron Drager. The ARCA RE/MAX Series races stock cars similar to those seen in past years in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and indeed most cars...

 RE/MAX

ARCA RE/MAX Series

-History:The series started as a local touring group. Led by John Marcum, the Midwest Association for Race Cars was formed with drivers like Iggy Katona and Nelson Stacy being early drivers.The series became a part of the Daytona Speedweeks in 1964...

 season.

Overview

ARCA Sim Racing is based on Image Space Incorporated

Image Space Incorporated

Image Space Incorporated, commonly known as ISI is an Independent video game developer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in the fields of...

's game engine, GMotor2, which was used in rFactor

RFactor

rFactor is a computer racing simulator, designed with the ability to run any type of four-wheeled vehicle from street cars to open wheel cars of any era. rFactor aimed to be the most accurate race simulator of its time...

. In August 2006, The Sim Factory purchased the rights to use the GMotor2 engine in their software, and with the help of ISI, The Sim Factory was able to recode the engine to produce a realistic stock car simulation.

The game is produced by a very small company consisting of about 10 devoted developers. The software was released for pre-ordering on January 1, 2008. The game originally included 10 (now 15) tracks that were scratch built to replicate the real life tracks.

Included tracks at release

• Daytona International Speedway
  Daytona International Speedway
  Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
  
  
• Talladega Superspeedway
  Talladega Superspeedway
  Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
  
  
• Pocono Raceway
  Pocono Raceway
  Pocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
  
  
• Kansas Speedway
  Kansas Speedway
  Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at the speedway until 2011...
  
  
• Nashville Superspeedway
  Nashville Superspeedway
  Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. On August 2, 2011, it was announced that Nashville Superspeedway will not host any NASCAR events in 2012. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles in...
  
  
• Iowa Speedway
  Iowa Speedway
  Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond International Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful...
  
  
• Milwaukee Mile
  Milwaukee Mile
  The Milwaukee Mile is a -long oval race track in West Allis, Wisconsin that seats about 40,000 spectators. It operated as a dirt track until 1953. The track was paved in 1954....
  
  
• USA International Speedway
  USA International Speedway
  The USA International Speedway was an oval located near Lakeland, Florida, United States, that opened in 1995. The track was a .75-mile-long concrete paved oval with 14° banked turns. The USAR Pro Cup Series had a race at the speedway in early March, and the final championship race in mid to late...
  
  
• Salem Speedway
  Salem Speedway
  Salem Speedway is a .555 mile long paved oval motor racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, approximately south of Indianapolis. It opened in 1947. Major auto racing series that run at Salem are ARCA, USAR and the USAC...
  
  
• DuQuoin Speedway (DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack
  DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack
  DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one-mile clay oval motor racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, about southeast of St Louis, Missouri. It is a stop on the ARCA and USAC Silver Crown tours.-History:...
  
  )

Tracks released

• Rockingham Speedway
• Michigan International Speedway
  Michigan International Speedway
  Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...
  
  
• Daytona Road Course (Infield Road Coarse)
• Kentucky Speedway
• Toledo Speedway
  Toledo Speedway
  Toledo Speedway is a racetrack located in Toledo, Ohio. It is owned jointly by Roy Mott and ARCA President Ron Drager. It is operated by ARCA and run as the sister track to Flat Rock Speedway in Flat Rock, Michigan.-Weekly program:...
  
  
• Illinois State Fargrounds - Springfield
• Cayuga Speedway
  Cayuga Speedway
  The Cayuga Speedway, also known as the Cayuga 2000 Speedway, is a racing track located near Cayuga in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...
  
  
• New Jersey Motorsports Park
• Berlin Raceway
  Berlin Raceway
  Berlin Raceway is a 0.438 mile long paved oval race track in Marne, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. It opened in 1950. The track is notable for the lack of an outside wall on the back straightaway, a unique feature for a national series such as ARCA...
  
  
• Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
  The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a motor racing circuit, venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series....
  
  
• Concord International Speedway, a recreation of Charlotte Motor Speedway
  Charlotte Motor Speedway
  Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
  
   (Oval, Road Courses (Big RC,Bandolero, Legends RC and a GoKart RC), 1/4 and 1/5 Mile Ovals)
• Fort Worth Speedway, a recreation of Texas Motor Speedway
  Texas Motor Speedway
  Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
  
  
• Chicagoland Speedway
  Chicagoland Speedway
  Chicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing including the opening event in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IZOD IndyCar Series, recording...
  
  

External links

• ARCASimRacing.com - Official website
• TheSimFactory.com - The Sim Factory official website

Additional League Links supporting ARCA Sim Racing

• www.ASRseries.com/main - The ARCA Sim Series Website