Just in case you missed this

The Sim Racing Tonight (www.insidesimracing.tv) guys could drive it (a bit)
Unfortunatly they don't show  a real race, just practice laps and how the web based interface of iRacing looks like.


Take a look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbAC-PV3lZI&eurl=http://insidesimracing.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=206

There are still lots of unanswered question for me
(No side view / side mirrors? Only cockpit view? ... etc. etc.)
and things I really don't like
(no skinnable cars or helmets, no pickup racing with friends, every new track [you need to buy them] when your license goes up 15$ to 25$... etc. etc.)

So it's defnetly not something you can enter and just race for fun for an hour in the evening
(as every race etc. will have influence on your rating/license/rank and will follow you forever in the stats)

Anyway I think there is no other way then testing it yourself to really judge about it.

I can`t take articles like that serious. When it`s out i`m gonna buy a "demo-month" and see what it is, I can`t judge anything on iRacing before that..

I`m looking forward to try it out.... Can`t wait.. 

You can always collect empty cans and beer bottles and sell them. One beer bottle 1,- d.kr If you collects 200 cans or bottles (per month),then  i`m sure that you can have fun in iRacing.. 

You could also try to sell some of your organs for iRacing..