The Weekly Whip, your one-stop online racing overview

[Chris]

Welcome to the Weekly Whip!
RaceDepartment Club Racing caters to all skill levels, whether it's your first time on track, or you're a seasoned veteran, the clubs provide a fun and friendly environment to learn the basics of racing, or to go wheel to wheel with a rival! This is the place to get the run down on all the awesome events here at RD that are coming your way this week!

Assetto Corsa:
The Assetto Corsa club caters to the European, American and Australian regions.
Here are this weeks events:

• Europe - Sunday - Formula Renault 3.5 @ Mugello
• Europe - Monday - GT3 @ Hockenheim
• Europe - Tuesday - Pagani Zonda R @ Spa-Franchorchamps
• Europe - Wednesday - GT3 @ Imola
• Europe - Friday - Formula Abarth @ Imola
• Europe - Saturday - GT3 @ Silverstone
• America - Tuesday - 90's DTM @ Magione
• America - Friday - Formula Renault 3.5 @ Zandvoort
• America - Saturday - GT @ Silverstone
• Australia - Saturday - Mazda MX-5 @ Brands Hatch Indy

Game Stockcar Extreme:
The newly updated Game Stockcar Extreme club runs for the European and American regions.
Here are the races coming to you this week:

• Europe - Sunday - SuperV8 @ Johannesburg Historic
• Europe - Monday - Formula Vee @ Buenos Aires No.8
• Europe - Tuesday - Formula 3 @ Buenos Aires No.8
• Europe - Wednesday - SuperV8 @ Buenos Aires No.8
• Europe - Thursday - Touring Cars @ Spielberg
• Europe - Friday - Mini's @ Cordoba
• Europe - Saturday - Touring Cars @ Guapore
• America - Tuesday - Mini's @ Salvatore
• America - Wednesday - 2014 V8 Stockcars @ Spielberg Historic
• America - Thursday - Touring Cars @ Spielberg

Project CARS:
The Project CARS club sets off on a three day adventure from Zolder to totally not Monte Carlo. Here's what's coming at you this week:

• Europe - Tuesday - Renault Clio Cup @ Zolder
• Europe - Wednesday - GT3 @ Nurburgring
• Europe - Thursday - WTCC @ Monaco (Azure Circuit)

RaceRoom Racing Experience:
This week the R3E club heads to the ultimate track in low drag: Monza. So shave off some wing, and get ready to brake late. Here's what to expect this week:

• Europe - Monday - WTCC 2014 @ Monza
• Europe - Tuesday - DTM '92 & TC Classics @ Monza
• Europe - Wednesday - WTCC 2014 @ Monza
• Europe - Thursday - ADAC 2013/14 @ Monza
• Europe - Friday - GTR3 @ Monza
• Europe - Saturday - WTCC 2013 @ Monza
• Europe - Sunday - Multiclass Madness @ Monza

rFactor:
This week the ol' reliable horse that is rFactor utilizes the awesome HistorX mod at Vanport and Zandvoort. Be sure to get in on the nostalgic fun!

• Europe - Sunday - Porsche RS 2.8 @ Vanport
• Europe - Tuesday - GTTC-B1 @ Zandvoort GP
• Europe - Thursday - GTTC-B1 @ Zandvoort GP

rFactor 2:
The rF2 club extends their stay in America at the hot and sweaty Sebring International for some Megane and GT3 madness.

• Europe - Wednesday - Midweek Megane @ Sebring International
• Europe - Friday - GT3 Club @ Sebring International

Richard Burns Rally:
If race tracks aren't your style, the legendary Rally Sim heads down under this week for some notorious red gravel stages. RBR is run across four timezones with the winner being the one with the lowest accumulated time. See the event details in the link below to find out when your region is set to leave the start line!

• Monday & Tuesday - Rally Australia Special Stages 1-6

Never raced at RaceDepartment before but looking to get involved?
Make sure to grab yourself a Premium Membership and have a read of our Club Racing rules and you are ready to go! See you on track!

 

[ETandK]

Hi Chris,

No chance of covering our few lost souls in South Africa on a European server for Assetto Corsa?

I am predominately a solo artist doing hot laps and AI but have been doing so for years and would like to test the waters with good multiplayer events, will appreciate your feedback,

Thank you,

ET

 

[Chris]

Hi Chris,

No chance of covering our few lost souls in South Africa on a European server for Assetto Corsa?

I am predominately a solo artist doing hot laps and AI but have been doing so for years and would like to test the waters with good multiplayer events, will appreciate your feedback,

Thank you,

ET

Hi ET,

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Are you looking to get into some rd racing?

 

[yusupov]

whats the car in the upper right??

 

[xnorb]

whats the car in the upper right??

Looks pretty much the same as the car in the bottom right, no?

 

[yusupov]

i suppose so, for some reason it looked like a much shorter body. but i dont recognize the sim then?

 

[Chris]

The Top right is the BMW Z4 GT3 in Project CARS, and the bottom is the Z4 GT3 in RaceRoom.

 

[Jonathan Menéndez]

@Chris Stacey something is wrong here:

• Europe - Saturday - Opala @ Guapore

The link is for Touring Cars, same day and same track.

 

[Chris]

@Chris Stacey something is wrong here:

• Europe - Saturday - Opala @ Guapore

The link is for Touring Cars, same day and same track.

Ah, thanks for pointing that out Jonathan .
I'll try to fix that ASAP.
Hyperlinks are fiddly business

 

[Ricoow]

Hi Chris,

No chance of covering our few lost souls in South Africa on a European server for Assetto Corsa?

I am predominately a solo artist doing hot laps and AI but have been doing so for years and would like to test the waters with good multiplayer events, will appreciate your feedback,

Thank you,

ET

You 'lost souls' are welcome in any of the races, be it Australian, American or European events. Since South Africa is in the same timezone as I am currently (Amsterdam) and after the DST rollback you will be in the same time zone as Eastern Europe, which means you should be able to join our events in the evening
A high ping is not really a problem anymore in the more recent Assetto Corsa builds, the only thing that is a problem is when your connection is unstable, then you will start warping around and see other drivers warping as well. You can test the stability of your connection by using www.pingtest.net and selecting a dutch server. (RD's EU and USA servers are hosted in the Netherlands)

 

[kedy89]

Can confirm that, high ping is no big problem, as long as it's stable. I've raced in several AU AC Club races, the only issue is that with faster cars the cornering starts to look weird.

 

[JeffL]

Great Job Chris, this is very helpful.

 

[ETandK]

Hi ET,

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Are you looking to get into some rd racing?

Yes Chris but not sure if there are any servers supporting South Africa to make it worth while?

Thank you,

ET

 

[ETandK]

You 'lost souls' are welcome in any of the races, be it Australian, American or European events. Since South Africa is in the same timezone as I am currently (Amsterdam) and after the DST rollback you will be in the same time zone as Eastern Europe, which means you should be able to join our events in the evening
A high ping is not really a problem anymore in the more recent Assetto Corsa builds, the only thing that is a problem is when your connection is unstable, then you will start warping around and see other drivers warping as well. You can test the stability of your connection by using www.pingtest.net and selecting a dutch server. (RD's EU and USA servers are hosted in the Netherlands)

Dankie Ricardo,

This is good news and I must try it soon,

Thank you for the information. much appreciated.

Regards

ET

 

[Kjell Nielsen]

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[Bram Hengeveld]

Where exactly do you see an USA server? What Chris posted and we organize are events for various timezones. Americans can perfectly fine run on European based servers.

 

[Kjell Nielsen]

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