Can you please help me get started on online racing?

[George Mastrokostas]

Hello all.

I am looking to connect with rFactor sim racers. Can you point me towards the right direction? The public server farm in rFactor is chaotic and most of the times I cannot connect due to missmatches. By the way I have rFactor since 2008.

Please keep in mind the following. I have a very busy schedule and thus commitment to a racing league that runs frequent races is not an option for me now. What I am looking for is to hang out with a other rFactor users in practice servers and the occasional race. If I am not allowed to race that is fine but I would love to just practice with other people.

I can commit to races if they are Le-Mans types of races which happen somewhat far in between. I can participate in such races because I can schedule my time around them.

At any rate like I mentioned above I am looking to hang out with other rFactor users and then cross over with them to rFactor2.
I am mostly interested in the following mods, Enduracers, FIA GT3, HistoricX, NAGT.

I am not the fastest driver. I am a middle of the pack driver. Very safe. I have been in iRacing since early 2009 and I choose to take my self out in order to avoid accidents with other drivers. So far only once have I taken out another driver in a race.

Thank you.

 

[James Scanlan]

here at race department there is the racing club wich is pretty much perfect for what your after they run weekly races on different nights its not a league so you dont have to commit to anything all you have to do is be a licenced member which only involves filling out an application form and then having the right track and mod and showing up on race day no need to commit to anything.

 

[Lee Palmer]

All our club races - http://www.racedepartment.com/rfactor-racing-club/ need no heavy commitment. All we ask is you sign in / out based on your current status. Providing theres still space you can sign in 30 minutes before the race starts.

There will be a FIA GT3 race this friday - threads not up yet

 

[George Mastrokostas]

Thank you guys

One more question.
Are there practice servers for the clubs where I can jump in during the week?

 

[James Scanlan]

you can practice offline if you want as for the club races im not sure if there is a practice server up durring the week or not Lee might be able to shed a little more light on that one.

 

[Evan Madore]

I hate recommending iRacing due to how much it ends up costing, but... iRacing sounds like your kind of sim right now. With your once a month fee you get:

Organized Leagues
A system in place to prevent wreckers
Races and practice running all the time. Great if your schedule is crazy like mine and you can't commit to certain dates and times.
A decent community

If this isn't an option, look no further than RaceDepartment Club events. Free, friendly, and has a bunch of events.

 

[George Mastrokostas]

Evan,

Thank you for the recommendation but I recently canceled my iRacing membership because I was not happy at all with some aspects of the service. However like you mentioned their online model is THE point of reference in the sim community.