iRacing

http://www.simtrophy.com/ have opened the sign-up’s for the special event on the 5th & 6th of December.

Race will be run on the Silverstone GP Circuit. 

Who and how many drivers transfer to the main events will be dependant on the number of entries. If the race fills up (100) entries, the following would be an example of how the system will work:

4 Heat races

1s to 5th in each heat go to the  A-Main
6th to 10th in each heat go to the B-Main
11th-15th in each heat go to C-Main
All remaining drivers go to the D-Main

Each Main event will use the ‘bump-up system’. As I know you can count, 5*4=20. All the heat races will have a max field of 25 drivers. Sunday will start off the day with the D-Main and the top 5 finishers from the D-Main will be able to compete in the C-Main. This will also be true all the way up to the A-Main event. This system does a couple of things, it  #1 ensures everyone who signs up gets at least 2 races, 1 heat race and 1 main event. #2 if you are a badass, and we all know you are, but just had some bad luck in your heat race this gives you a second chance to show your stuff big boy!

Showdown at Silverstone

Http://www.insidesimracing.tv presents episode 51 of Inside Sim Racing. On this show we review Supercar Challenge for the PS3 and Top Race for the PC. We also take a look at iRacings new build with the Dallara Indycar, Corvette C6-R and Mosport. Also ,Top Simulation Cars of all Time sponsored byhttp://www.simraceway.com where we review the Toyota Supra for rFactor and the Indycar by iRacing.com. Also Tech Tips by Shaun Cole about where to start with a setup.

With the Corvette CR-6 shaping up to be included in the next build in about 11 weeks time we’ve been treated to the first render of the car and boy, does it look good!

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iRacing Corvette CR-6

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Corvette CR-6

iRacing have announced a delay to the much-anticpated Corvette CR-6.

According to the news page on iracing.com, the Corvette was scheduled for release;

“…before its real-world counterpart makes its final start at the 24 Hours of Le mans, June 13, 2009.”

Unfortunately, iRacing’s Tim Wheatley has updated the situation on the member forums;

Unfortunately, the Corvette is unlikely to make the new build coming at seasons end as we are waiting on some data. The time of the people who would be building it has been spent elsewhere while they were unable to do this and as soon as they can do it, they’ll be back on it.

Current estimate is now late summer.

Pity about the delay but fingers crossed we’ll be getting the Lotus 79 at the end of this season so that should tide us over waiting for the Corvette!

Dale Jr. let the proverbial out of the bag in the Windtunnel interview so we’ve known the CR-6 is on it’s way for a while;

BEDFORD, MA (December 5, 2008) – The Chevrolet Corvette is the definitive American sports car, and the C6.R is the ultimate production-based racing version of this iconic automobile. Winner of the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006 (the most recent of Corvette’s four Le Mans triumphs), and the American Le Mans Series GT1 champion in each of the four years it has competed (running Corvette’s ALMS championship total to eight), the current version of the C6.R is scheduled to retire from the race track following a final shot at Le Mans in June, 2009. The Pratt & Miller team – with GM Racing the co-developer of the C6.R – will then field a new version C6.R in the GT2 class, where rules require use of more of the production car’s architecture and Corvette will take on Porsche and Ferrari.

“As the current C6.R prepares to leave the field of battle in the physical world, we’re very pleased to make a home for it in the virtual one at iRacing.com,” said Scott McKee, the company’s vice president of marketing. “Pratt & Miller will be taking on new challenges in the more restricted GT2 class, so the current C6.R will stand as a performance high-water mark. Our current members, and the many Corvette enthusiasts who have followed the C6.R’s competition history, will be able to experience this car’s remarkable capabilities long after the flag falls at Le Mans next summer.”

Acknowledging that the C6.R’s addition to the iRacing fleet wasn’t exactly a well-kept secret – Dale Earnhardt, Jr. dropped a hint during an interview on SPEEDtv’s Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain in early November, and Corvette Quarterly broke the full story a week later – McKee pointed out that eight of the 11 tracks on the current American Le Mans Series schedule are either already in the iRacing track inventory or in development, so iRacers will be able to experience the car’s performance on most of the tracks where it competed in the physical world.

“All of us on the team and at General Motors are proud of the success that the GT1-class C6.R has achieved during its racing career,” said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing Program Manager. “Every good thing must come to an end, and so it will be this June at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the GT1 car’s real-world racing career; we’re on to a new C6.R project now. But, it’s good to know that in the virtual world this car will continue to compete, and that the fans who have supported us over the years will have the opportunity to experience the C6.R for themselves through the creativity and innovations at iRacing.”

McKee hailed the Corvette as a particularly important addition to the iRacing inventory of cars, and stressed that the techniques iRacing uses in the development of all of its vehicles will ensure the performance fidelity of the virtual duplicate of the C6.R.

“Our friends at Pratt & Miller are sharing with us the necessary CAD files and other data,” McKee said. “When we’re finished the only element of the actual race car we won’t have is the air conditioning system.”

The iRacing Corvette C6.R is expected to be available to iRacing members before its real-world counterpart makes its final start at the 24 Hours of Le mans, June 13, 2009.

Nice! The Corvette CR-6 has been announced for inclusion in iRacing at some point in the future.