IMSA

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IMSA is a single player sport game. It received negative reviews from players.

The official IMSA Racing mobile application.

Genres & Tags

Sport

Play Modes

Single-Player

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35%

Audience ScoreBased on 987 reviews

emotional1 positive mentions

stability28 negative mentions

The app has shown improvements over time, with better functionality and responsiveness compared to previous versions.
The support team is responsive and has implemented user feedback, such as bug fixes and UI improvements.
The app provides timely articles and updates about the IMSA series, making it a valuable resource for fans.

The app frequently crashes, especially during critical events like races, making it unreliable for live updates.
Users report issues with account creation and login, often getting stuck on the registration screen or facing validation errors.
The app lacks essential features like live video streaming in the US and has poor performance, including lag and unresponsiveness.

stability
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The app suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting frequent freezing, lag, and crashes that severely hinder functionality. Many have experienced problems during the signup process and while navigating the app, leading to a frustrating user experience. Overall, the app is described as buggy and poorly executed, detracting from its intended purpose of providing live race updates.
- “Honestly, I want this app to be good, but it is slow, freezes, and functionality only works about 50% of the time.”
- “You must sign up to use the app, but then when you try to do so, the favorite manufacturers page freezes and won't let you continue.”
- “This app is junk; they tell you at the track to follow the race, you will have live scoring, etc. The only problem is the app freezes and locks up constantly, which really ruins the race experience.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
60%
Users have reported significant issues with the music functionality, particularly concerning the app's tendency to unexpectedly increase volume to maximum levels, which can be alarming and potentially damaging when using headphones. Although a change in developers has addressed some problems, the app still frequently stops responding, leading to frustrating experiences while listening to music.
- “The app turns up your volume to 100% and stops working without warning, which can be quite alarming when you're peacefully listening to music.”
- “When it stops responding, it causes the volume to increase to maximum levels, which is frustrating when you're already using it for other media like videos or music.”
- “A change of developer solved some issues, but it still stops while not open, causing the volume to spike to maximum, which is very painful when it happens while listening to music on headphones.”
- “The app turns up your volume to 100% and stops working without warning even when not using it, which tends to scare the crap out of you when you are peacefully listening to music.”
- “When it stops responding, it causes the volume to increase to max levels, which is terrible when you're already using it for other media like videos or music.”
- “Change of developer solved some issues; however, it still keeps stopping while not open, which then turns the volume up to max. This is very painful when it happens while listening to music on headphones.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
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The graphics in the app receive mixed reviews, with some users praising the visuals and audio quality from previous seasons, while others criticize the current experience for being plagued by slow performance, unreadable graphics, and frequent issues that hinder usability. Overall, the inconsistency in graphical quality has left many users frustrated.
- “I haven't used it in this season, but last year it was fantastic: great visuals, great audio, and great graphics.”
- “I'm at the track, you've got big screens showing the coverage at the corners, but you won't show the video. You make me fight with the app to show scoring (flips away every couple seconds), show tiny, unreadable graphics instead of car marque... let me count the ways.”
- “Inexcusably slow (I have a Galaxy S4 - it's not the device), graphical issues everywhere, borderline unusable.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The optimization of the app has been criticized for ongoing performance issues over the past four years, with users reporting consistently poor performance and a need for significant improvements.
- “Four years of issues and terrible performance.”
- “2021 continues the abysmal performance of IMSA with respect to this app.”
- “Poor performance, needs to be optimized.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
Users appreciate the live and ad-free streaming of races, highlighting the value of the service, but express a desire for in-app purchases to access additional content like the 24 Hours of Daytona. While they understand the need for advertising revenue, some are frustrated by the registration process that limits access to features. Overall, the monetization strategy is seen as a mix of free content with potential for paid enhancements.
- “Plenty of updates on racing series, team and driver information, live commentary. Best of all: they broadcast races live and free, including a great stream (and no ads!) for all races. Best value racing on the planet!”
- “I know this is all part of the advertising game that earns money for the series, which I'm not opposed to, but you can't advertise to me if I refuse to finish the full registration of your app.”
- “Please include in-app purchases to be able to watch the 24 hours of Daytona and other races live.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users report significant issues with the story aspect of the app, noting that it crashes consistently on both Android and Windows Phone platforms, particularly when attempting to open or read a story. The latest update has not resolved these problems, leading to a frustrating experience.
- “I thought the experience would be better on Android vs. Windows Phone, but it's the same sad story.”
- “The app crashes as soon as you try to open a story.”
- “After the latest update, it crashes immediately when I try to read a story.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect of the game is characterized by moments of intense engagement and reflection, where players experience a profound connection to the narrative and characters, often leading to a sense of longing or nostalgia during gameplay.