V-WTCC by SimBin Studios and Eurosport Events

[Danny Pattiwael]

Eurosport and SimBin Studios are proud to announce V-WTCC, the Virtual World Touring Car Championship.
A unique motor sport concept combining the best out of two worlds: the FIA WTCC and the SimBin game RACE 07 online and on site.
During five semi-finals held at the European WTCC events, gamers will fight on site for a seat in the Grand Finale at the FIA WTCC race meeting in Monza.
Just like WTCC the virtual counterpart V-WTCC will be broadcast on Eurosport within the youth-oriented programme BUZZ.
Each round will kick off with an online pre-qualifying period and all current and future RACE 07 owners will have instant access from the game menu to the in-game registration for V-WTCC.
Make sure to stay tuned for more information about pre-qualifying and opening of the virtual paddock.

Source: FIA WTCC

 

[Danny Engels]

V-WTCC News (V-WTCC - The Virtual World Championship)

The second Semi-Final event was dominated by the white army. At the circuit of Brno the BMW drivers swept around the track and left the rest to sniff the dust.

At June 14th the qualified drivers fastened their ‘seatbelts’ to take a shot at the podium positions and the invitations to the season final at Monza. The competition was slightly modified to meet the temporarily smaller capacity. The field was split in two and two heats would decide who would participate in a final race for the prizes.

It had been no secret that the BMWs were the favorites to win, as they proved to be significantly faster in the ranking of Brno. And so they did. In both heats BMW scored a one-two and in the final heat the four of them got away from the Seats, who proved to offer the most resistance with drivers Viktor Szabo and Ismail Sancak. Honda and Chevrolet had to do with the remaining places, though it was clear that limits of these cars were tested and maximum result achieved.

A top four BMW was only prevented when BMW driver Rene Hiddel made a mistake and spun off, leaving the way open for the other three BMWs to divide the podium positions. Danny Engels and Daniel Struck battled for second till the very end, but they could not catch Nils Naujoks, who successfully safeguarded his leading position.

The Chevrolet HHR, the Grand Prize of V-WTCC 2008, has three new potential owners. Six spots are taken for the final event and ten more are available to whoever manages to beat the rest to it.

Check the BRNO Results

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Nils has the same focussed look on its face as David Greco had in Valencia. Are those the eyes of an overall winner?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

V-WTCC Brno (life is good)

All images provided by Koos Schaamteloos :alla:

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

V-WTCC Brno (life is good, part II)

Shall i continue? (again all images by Koos Schaamteloos)

 

[Nils Naujoks]

gimme more

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

gimme more

ok ok

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

V-WTCC will organise some extra non-championship races besides our V-WTCC competition. These races are just for fun and are a good practice for the real competition.
If you are interested to join in one of those races please drop a post in the thread that is opened for each race.
Please note that you keep the password for yourself at all times. Every interested driver should sign up for themself.

Read more: Extra Non-Championship Races - The Official V-WTCC Forum

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

The Brno broadcast is now visible on the FIA WTCC site: FIA WTCC

See Free Video and click to play :thumb: FIA WTCC - Virtual WTCC - WTC

See how Nils goes "Maximum Attack" with Felix Porteiro !

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

IGN writes about V-WTCC and the HHR

SimBin Presents the New Chevrolet HHR, the Grand Prize of V-WTCC

The Virtual World Touring Car Championship is a touring tournament featuring RACE 07 -- The Official WTCC Game.

June 24, 2008 - The Chevrolet HHR, the Grand Prize of V-WTCC showed its dark orange V-WTCC branded skin to the crowd for the first time at the second semi final of V-WTCC held at Brno in the Czech Republic. As part of Chevrolet's efforts for the environment, the HHR will be equipped with an LPG installation and the winner will receive a EUR500 LPG voucher.

"It is a whole new experience for Chevrolet as we are involved in this kind of project for the first time ever. It looks promising and we are looking forward to see how it develops" said Eric Nève, Manager Motorsport, Chevrolet Europe.

The Chevrolet HHR was doing more than just collecting sunbeams at the V-WTCC Game Park; it was leading the FIA WTCC field as the Official WTCC Leading Car and showed off at the official track podium afterwards.

On June 14th the second V-WTCC Semi-Final was held on the circuit of Brno. In a series of races Nils Naujoks, Danny Engels and Daniel Struck claimed the tickets to the season's V-WTCC Grand Finale at the historical track of Monza in Italy run parallel to FIA WTCC. These drivers join the previously qualified David Greco, Sven Eckhardt and Tomislav Vladovic in this long anticipated final event of the season.

Six spots have been claimed for the final showdown at Monza and ten more spots remain to be claimed in the battle for the Grand Prize. Brands Hatch is coming up next at the end of July.

www.v-wtcc.com

Source: IGN: SimBin Presents the New Chevrolet HHR, the Grand Prize of V-WTCC

 

[OverTake.gg]

SIMBIN PRESENTS THE CHEVROLET HHR, GRAND PRIZE OF V-WTCC!

The brand new Chevrolet HHR, the Grand Prize of V-WTCC showed its dark orange V-WTCC branded skin to the crowd for the first time at the second semi final of V-WTCC held at Brno in the Czech Republic.
As part of Chevrolets efforts for the environment, the HHR will be equipped with an LPG installation and the winner will receive a €500 LPG voucher.

It is a whole new experience for Chevrolet as we are involved in this kind of project for the first time ever. It looks promising and we are looking forward to see how it develops said Eric Nève, Manager Motorsport, Chevrolet Europe.

The Chevrolet HHR was doing more than just collecting sunbeams at the V-WTCC Game Park; it was leading the FIA WTCC field as the Official WTCC Leading Car and showed off at the official track podium afterwards.
On June 14th the second V-WTCC Semi-Final was held on the circuit of Brno. In a series of races Nils Naujoks, Danny Engels and Daniel Struck claimed the tickets to the season’s V-WTCC Grand Finale at the historical track of Monza in Italy run parallel to FIA WTCC. These drivers join the previously qualified David Greco, Sven Eckhardt and Tomislav Vladovic in this long anticipated final event of the season.

Six spots have been claimed for the final showdown at Monza and ten more spots remain to be claimed in the battle for the Grand Prize. Brands Hatch is coming up next at the end of July.

For further details, videos and pictures: www.v-wtcc.com

Picture from: Official Chevrolet Site | 2008 Cars, SUV's, and Trucks | Chevy (1LT in Sunburst Orange II Metallic)

 

[OverTake.gg]

Round 4 of V-WTCC about to Start!
The next road to the Chevrolet HHR opens

As the online qualification of round 3 draws to its climax, the online qualification for round 4 is about to start. The ranks once again open for new faces. This new round means new chances for all who try their skills and their luck in this first season of the Virtual World Touring Car Championship.

In late April of this year SimBin, Eurosport and Partners launched V-WTCC, a unique project that links real racing with virtual racing in one championship. In just six simple steps anyone go from registering to the competition to winning the V-WTCC Grand Prize: the Chevrolet HHR!

Eric Nève, Motorsport Manager at Chevrolet Europe proud of the HHR

In five separate rounds, held on various tracks, the participants go from setting lap times in the online V-WTCC Ranking to driving the online Brand Cup Races, to traveling to the location of the onsite Semi-Final, held at a circuit during the WTCC venue there. Here drivers can qualify for the season’s Grand Finale at the historical circuit of Monza in Italy, where they can win the car.

A few months have passed and two of the Semi-Finals have been held already, with the third, held at Brands Hatch (Great-Britain) coming up at the end of the month. Now the first steps can be made in the fourth qualification period. This time V-WTCC moves to the circuit of Oschersleben in Germany, where the battle for the top spots in the V-WTCC Ranking will be resumed on the 7th of July.

To read more about V-WTCC and see how you can take part, please visit www.v-wtcc-com.

About V-WTCC
The "Virtual World Touring Car Championship", or V-WTCC, is a unique project developed and managed by SimBin Studios in close cooperation with Eurosport Events and the official V-WTCC partners AMD, ATARI, CHEVROLET, MONROE, YOKOHAMA, and fun.PokerRoom.com,

V-WTCC is a virtual world championship based on RACE 07- The Official WTCC Game where people from around the globe test their skills as virtual drivers o line and onsite in the most accurate representation of the WTCC cars ever created.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Go to the WTCC in Brands Hatch with i3D

As read on the i3D forums:

i3D.net in collaboration with Simbin Studios and the V-WTCC is offering free tickets to the WTCC, V-WTCC, Formula Masters and British Touring Car championship events for the Brands Hatch circuit, UK (the track is located near London).

The event takes place on the 26th and 27th of July 2008!

The tickets give access for both days and include paddock access!

A list of events that take place (small changes could be possible):

Saturday:

WTCC Free practice 1
British Touring Car Championship Open Qualification 1
WTCC Free practice 2
Formula Masters Race 1
British Touring Car Championship Open Qualification 1
WTCC Qualification
British Touring Car Championship Race 1

Sunday:
British Touring Car Championship
WTCC Warm Up
WTCC Race 1
Formula Masters Race 2
WTCC Race 2
British Touring Car Championship Race 2

Those are the track events that take place during the weekend.

Apart from those there are also the V-WTCC events. People with our guestpasses are allowed to compete in the Race 07 demo event. Those that finish in the top 8 of the demo event recieve a free copy of Race 07 and are allowed to compete in the V-WTCC Brand Cup Races!

To enter the contest please type "I want to go to the WTCC with i3D.net!" in this thread!

(Transport to the event and hotel stay are not included in this contest.

Contest closes on saturday the 14th of July!

Respond at the link under this message if you are interested in some free tickets. Don't miss out on this unique event and you wont believe your eyes when you see Paddock Hill Bend in real life:

Go to the WTCC with i3D! (Race: Brands Hatch, UK) - i3D.net Game Forums

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Round 4 of V-WTCC about to Start!

 

[Martijn Niesen]

[FONT=&quot]What.. No whale tale? I’m a bit disappointed. :banana052:[/FONT]

 

[i3D.net]

Don't be dissing that girl, she's awesome, great poker dealer

 

[i3D.net]

I see Bram already beat me to posting this here

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Anyone did a time for Oschersleben qualy already?

 

[Christopher Aponte]

not yet

 

[Alexander Akhmatov]

Yes I do. 1.34.6 on Honda, as far as I remember

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

V-WTCC: Fifth Semi-Final to be held at Mantorp

FIFTH SEMI-FINAL TO BE HELD AT MANTORP

With the removal of Anderstorp from the WTCC calendar, V-WTCC also changes plans. While WTCC goes to San Marino , V-WTCC stays in Sweden to organize the last Semi-Final during the STCC season final at Mantorp Park .

On September 27 th 2008 this Semi-Final will take place. Even though the location of the event is the circuit of Mantorp, the virtual track on which the Semi-Final is driven remains Anderstorp. The event promises to be quite a spectacular one, as not only the last tickets for the V-WTCC Grand Final can be claimed, but also because the race weekend on Mantorp plays hosts to the climax of the Swedish Touring Car Championship featuring cars driving in WTCC, like the BMW, Chevrolet and Honda, as well as cars unknown to it, like the Volvo C30.

For more information head over to V-WTCC - The Virtual World Championship