RD Le Mans Series Season 5 (rFactor 2)

[Francois Siegwald]

The official announcement will be made around August 8, 2013.

Hi everyone
I'm Fitouf from F1CL, French League^^

We are the August 9, I missed something for the official announcement?

 

[Lars Brugman]

*repost from RD Facebook*
So, finally heading home after a fruitful meeting at Bahrain where we spoke with the local organization.

We took this picture from the private helicopter (whoohoo) that took us to the airport. We are going to miss the air-conditioned RaceDepartment tent but we shall return!!! ‪#‎V‬-WEC

I can only guess announcements will be made soon.

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

Soon... very soon.... very very soon...

 

[Francois Siegwald]

Soon... very soon.... very very soon...

Love that

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

Rumour has it some information was already "accidentally" leaked in this thread.

 

[Chris Butcher]

In terms of payware I think it is a non issue. In one of series I run at another community, it moved to a completely different game and people payed up. If the series is good enough, people will pay.

 

[Richard Blokker]

Rumour has it some information was already "accidentally" leaked in this thread.

Whoop! nice info

 

[Jimi Hughes]

Thank god something has been announced. I was starting to consider life outside sim racing as all of the active leagues I'm in are about to come to an end. Thank F*** RD have saved me from dealing with real world issues for another few months

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

VWEC 2013 announced!

The first league information is now available in the General Information thread. It contains the the calendar, the car park and the first set of rules and instructions, amongst which are the instructions for signing up. Time to get those reading glasses!

Sign-up procedure

For the next five weeks the sign ups are open for all interested teams to apply for a license and enter a car (or two) into the series. Anyone that applies has a chance of getting a spot on the grid, regardless of whether you sign up today or five weeks from now.

When September comes we will start giving out licenses to teams we think are suitable for the series. The last few spots will be given away after the sign-up window for Sepang closes. That is after September 13, 2013.

Note that we have included to option of sharing some of your team's history with us in the sign-up form. This is especially important for teams that are new to us or RaceDepartment and prefer to be in the faster classes. Convince us.

Since we have "only" 40 spots on the grid, some teams will be invited to be reserve teams. These teams are still requested to make the necessary preparations, including providing a skin, so we can call on them without having to go through much last-minute work.

Applications will still be considered after September 13, 2013, but they will be considered for the 8 Hours of Bahrein - not for Sepang.

We're looking forward to your application.

 

[Erwin Levasier]

count us in
The Rare Endurance Team will be there

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

Whoop! nice info

count us in
The Rare Endurance Team will be there

And you are damn quick to sign up! I had barely clicked the "publish" button when I found your sign-up form in my inbox!

Thank god something has been announced. I was starting to consider life outside sim racing as all of the active leagues I'm in are about to come to an end. Thank F*** RD have saved me from dealing with real world issues for another few months

You are welcome, Jimi. May you be saved from the real world's harm!

 

[Richard Blokker]

And you are damn quick to sign up! I had barely clicked the "publish" button when I found your sign-up form in my inbox!

That's how we like it

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

I am a bit disappointed with the tracks (my opinion).
First of Silverstone was announced and I was really excited, because in WEC Spa and also Sebring are used, but Bahrain and Sepang don't get me going

 

[Xavier de Carvalho]

I am a bit disappointed with the tracks (my opinion).
First of Silverstone was announced and I was really excited, because in WEC Spa and also Sebring are used, but Bahrain and Sepang don't get me going

Silverstone would have been a great circuit to use. However, there were a few issues the internal VWEC modders had encountered during testing which had deemed it unfit to use in this series. These circuits were selected after countless hours of testing behind the scenes in the last couple of months by the staff working on this series. They had given a lot of thought to the calender, and had tried many things in order to see if they could get Silverstone (just one example), to work. There is a high standard that needs to be met in terms of content for this series. At the moment, with the current legal content, this selection is the best possible selection for this series.

 

[Mickael Folcher]

I think this is a little bit like a pre season, before big things came in february/march with proto & more...
I guess Silverstone and Sebring will be in good order in the season II.

 

[Miroslav Davidovic]

Just a question, why do we need SimSync Pro? Shouldn't be required with rF2, no?

BTW I am looking for team mates in the Vette, it's my first endurance race ever so not aiming for the win, just experience and a good race.

 

[Tamás Fóth]

All sounds good, just need to find a teammate now

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

Silverstone would have been a great circuit to use. However, there were a few issues the internal VWEC modders had encountered during testing which had deemed it unfit to use in this series. These circuits were selected after countless hours of testing behind the scenes in the last couple of months by the staff working on this series. They had given a lot of thought to the calender, and had tried many things in order to see if they could get Silverstone (just one example), to work. There is a high standard that needs to be met in terms of content for this series. At the moment, with the current legal content, this selection is the best possible selection for this series.

Thank you for the detailed explenation. What a shame, that parts of ISI's official content can't match the required standards. Could you tell us which issues occured during driving on Silverstone?

 

[Xavier de Carvalho]

No issues driving on the circuit. @Marco Bijl or @Yoeri Gijsen could you guys answer that for @Frederic Schornstein ?

 

[Calum McLure]

Would it be something to do with the pit boxes maybe?