iRacing Arcade local splitscreen tested ahead of summer launch

Launch on PC in March with cute visuals and rambunctious racing, a key feature was missing from iRacing Arcade – local split-screen multiplayer.

Now, a work-in-progress version of this feature, which supports up to four players, can be tested in person at the SimRacing Expo Charlotte.

Having tested the build alongside Traxion’s John Munro, plus Larry Fulcher and Justin Melillo from iRacing, a quad-entrant race proved to be typically fraught.

You can add in AI opponents to varying skill levels to bulk up the grid, and it’s in this setting that the game’s oodles of charm shine through. We also tested it with two and three players. In the latter setting, the fourth quarter becomes a large track map.

The stated aim is for the mode to be added ‘this summer’ for PC, and when it arrives, this should be alongside the launch of the PlayStation and Xbox versions. Further car and track content is expected for the title, too, although the representatives weren’t able to confirm which yet.