u/djfil007

TL:DR... they're downsizing their studio to just the original 3 founders. No real news/info about future updates for iRacing Arcade.

The usual uploader on TPB hasn't been able to post yet (now 4 days after the event), and the few YouTube channels known to upload the race state they've been blocked from uploading the actual event (only a "review" show with AI voice-over and still images).

Thanks!

• Tracks
  • Jerez
  • Magny-Cours
  • Monza (including the banked oval layout 👀)
  • Misano
• Cars/Classes
  • Formula Fangio (60's F1)
  • Formula Turbo (80's F1)
  • DTM Retro (80's DTM)
  • Big Rig Cup (Truck Racing)

2 Months from today, September, we'll be heading to Tokyo (from Canada). Everything is booked for flights, hotels and select ticketed events (that require pre-booking). But I have a few questions I'm having a few topics I'm having issues with settling on...

1) Luggage on Trains

During our 12 days, we're in 4 different regions (and 4 hotels). I know about luggage forwarding services, and we're planning to use one on our final day (flight leaves at 10pm, so we'll want to spend the final day doing things and then grab our bags at the airport in the evening before check-in). And our first few train usages are either very short (airport to first hotel), or reserved train routes (to Izu and back on Odoriko).

Our questions are for following routes we need to take

Tokyo Station (not staying there, but our reserved train back to town will end there) to Tamako Station (2-3 trains depending on route)...

and Tamako Station to Shiomi Station (again 2-3 trains depending on route)...

How will this be with 4 pieces of large rolling luggage? Ensuring we don't take these routes at peak times, is there place for large luggage on-board? Do I need to look at alternate options? Am I just over thinking this?

2) eSIM + 050 VOIP?

We're going to use Saily. I have a big credit with them (from a previously cancelled trip that needs to be used up)... but that of course doesn't give me phone calls. I'm not too concerned about calls for restaurants, and I'll use apps if ever taking cabs/Uber (rare or emergency use only)... but if I need to contact a hotel (one of our hotels gives us a pickup shuttle from the train station) or say I needed to contact my bank back in Canada, do I just rely on pay phones (hotel phone and calling cards)? Or apps like LINE (never used it, but heard it's the popular one in Japan)? Or has anyone ever used "Brastel's My 050" VOIP app?

Thank you!

$23 CAD ($18 USD) seems like a fair price for the full bundle... so it has me interested. I enjoy sports games, but never play online. Right now for my soccer/football fix I'm casually playing r/SPFootballLife 2026. And for reference my last EA FC (FIFA) purchased was FIFA 20... but to be honest, I mostly played it's Volta (street soccer) mode, which I know is no longer part of EA FC 26.

I exclusively plan to play single player and am mostly interested in playing either thru the the World Cup Game tournament mode and probably a standard season mode (pick a favourite team and just slowly grind thru a full season... but I'm not really in to doing too much team management or the old be-a-pro style).

My two concerns I hope to have answered in this thread...

1. In the mentioned modes, is straight forward gameplay possible? And no insane feeling/need to fall for MTX (like you see in the online modes)? Any other concerns for a player like me?
2. When the servers eventually go offline (probably in 2028 or whenever; seems to be average 3 years after release) what can I expect that experience to be like, and what modes will become unplayable? For example, I can revisit FIFA 20, but it's annoying with how many messages/errors you must navigate thru and how many (including offline) modes are blocked (including major parts of Volta).

First and foremost I hope for it to be compatible with Densha De Go Final PC (Modernizer version). I assume if that works, I can find way to get it to work with other train titles on PC and emulators. Happy to buy anywhere/import to Canada. Not most expensive, but not low quality. Not picky on one or two handle style.

Thanks!