Track Cams for Gourmets

So what is my mission? I would say to capture and show the essence of racing, to create the most realistic, most immersive and most spectacular camera packages for you as an iRacing member.

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Everything you're about to see and experience here is driven and fueled by dreams and emotions. The joy of giving, the love of life, the thrill of racing and being on the edge. So if you're passionate about racing and you're a gourmet like me, what you can get here is not just a digital product that is practical for spectating and creating iRacing photo/video content but hopefully something beyond that... fun and relaxing moments. It can also help you calm down after an intense race :)
 

Hello, I'm Istvan and I customize the track and car camera angles in iRacing. Let me give you please some background and history about what I do and demonstrate with some vide examples the capabilities of the customized cameras.

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The fact that you're here means that you like iRacing and want to improve and maximize your experience. Customized cameras can elevate your spectator experience just like a good setup helps elevate your driving experience. Can you imagine iRacing without custom paints? If you're answer is 'no' than probably you won't be able to imagine iRacing without carefully and well designed custom cameras if you use them for a while.

I know this is not the most important thing in the World but with every joyful or 'wow' moment you may get during spectating, hopefully contributes to your well being and keeps that little candle light open in your heart :)

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Since around I was 8 years old I started to watch Formula 1 races, and Dakar. For some reason I got addicted to racing in general. And in sims I equally enjoyed driving then watch the crashes :)

In 2011 summer I started as an iRacer and I enjoyed racing so much that after good races I was so pumped and excited that I watched replay to re-live my best moments and all the racing action happening around me. I used the post race minutes also to analyze what happened and to calm down. And I found immediately a need to improve and enhance the default iRacing cameras.

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I'm also a hobby photographer and visual type of person. And I love the thrill of racing. I'm not sure where this is coming from but its something in my inner core.

I grew up and whatched races in the 90's. And there was race recap videos with special and close up camera angles that was never part of the live coverage. I recorded those to tape just because I found that cool. Today's racing with the technology available can deliver amazing shots (close ups, slow motion or overhead, etc).

So almost instantly after I arrived on iRacing and while spending time on replays I realized how much room for improvement is in the camera setup for iRacing. I realized how much more accurate and more entertaining racing action can be shown compared to the default settings you get with the software. I wanted to implement those special angles seen on TV to trigger similar emotions and feel.

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Luckily the iRacing camera tool allows you to modify the cameras so I started to improve those. Learned to use the camera tool to its maximum potential and I apply all my creativity.

Looking back I started all the camera work just for my needs and in 2012 I thought about releasing it to others. I constantly looked for improvements to satisfy my needs. I introduced DynamicTV and added StaticTV and started releasing real life event replica angles. And they become very popular. If you don't believe me see what the iRacers say in my new and old iRacing forum thread.

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Then sometime in 2016 I realized that streamers and broadcasters who are using my cameras are actually doing a business and get paid for their service. Everybody knows cameras are and always will be essential part of any broadcast but back then I didn't get any compensation. That moment made me realize this really has some value for not just broadcasters but many individual iRacers. And - although it was not my goals or anything - I had to add some price tags to my camera packages. First I was uncomfortable but gradually I started to learn about business and value creation. And thanks to that decision in 2016 I started to focus all my efforts on camera creation and innovation. And it led to where I am today. I develop and maintain 100+ cars and 100+ track configurations, I do my own videos and I developed this website also on my own. iRacing is constantly evolving and releasing new content so you can not do it once and forget about it. Sooner or later every camera gets outdated and needs re-work. During a period when I really push or simply are in the zone it can take up to 60-80 hours per month workin on this. But I like it, I don't even have the time to drive anymore and enjoy racing from the car :) Instead I enjoy it from the outside and translating the racing action through the cameras to you by using a combination of my artistic and engineering skills. Along the way I learned a lot about racing, video and photo editing. And the result of that is the pure joy I feel when someone - hopefully you as well - comes to me and tells me how great and joyful it is to spectate with these cameras.

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Below you can see demonstration videos and you can also read about the features. In the Gallery section you can check photos made with the help of the cameras.

 

This is a little video teaser about what is waiting for you. At the end its all about racing isn't it? :)