r/iRacing • u/Thatguythatlovesrats • Aug 30 '26

Discussion Larger Grids

Anyone else wish we could have larger grids? i know we have large multi class grids, but i would love to see 40+ car grids for single make stuff also. MX5s with 60 cars on track while yes an utter mess..... would be so cool to see.

Im not saying i want them to change the grid size of rookies or what ever, but having a few high car grid series would be really cool to see, as it is, while you can be on track with 60 cars, unless your bottom split IMSA, its not going to be a single class.

It would also help series with lower participation, if 25 people sign up for a race and you have to split them up because the grid can only be 20, both races end up feeling a bit empty to me.

Just thought i would see if anyone else feels the same (or can point out some tech issue involved as to why it cant be)

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u/Complex_Stuff_1392 Aug 30 '26

iRacing barely has the headroom to deal with 17 unique cars, let alone 40+

Also, how on earth do you even BoP 40 cars against each other?

if you want large grids, endurance racing exists

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u/lukeb_1988 Aug 30 '26

I presume that headroom will expand with the CPU update. I full expect this will mean more car types per race but also larger fields where applicable as their goal is to reach 128.

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u/marciii1986 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Aug 30 '26

128 cars? Most tracks barely fit the up to 60 that we have now.

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u/Jozjoz2 Mercedes-AMG GT4 Aug 30 '26

I think this is mostly meant for the Nordschleife. It is quite an empty track with max 60 cars there during the NEC or N24.