Daiman Patel
rFactor 2 Technical Assistant
Following the success of the inaugural WEC club event, and with the 24 Heures du Mans looming, the next instalment shall be hosted at Circuit de la Sarthe - a mini 2.5h endurance race - literally a petit Le Mans! This gruelling event will be a real test, and separate the boys from the men. After the dominance of Porsche at Silverstone, stock GT3 physics will be used to ensure that everyone begins on an even footing. Driver swaps will not be mandatory. The race will traditionally begin at 3pm (in-game time), and we shall drive into the evening and beyond, until the dead of the night.
Event Details:
Server: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM WEC
Track: Le Mans 1996 v1.0 (Download)
Car: Audi R18 (Download, Template), GTE (Download, Template)
Safety Car: VWEC 370z (Download),requires ISI 370z (Download) (NEW)
You will have the following cars to choose from:
- Audi R18 TDI 2011 (LMP1)
- Ferrari F458 GT3 (GTE)
- Porsche 997 GT3-R (GTE)
- Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 (GTE)
Skin Sharing will be enabled
[if you do driver swaps, remember this bug]
Weather: Sunny
Road condition: Rubber on track were possible
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel use: 1x
Mechanical failure: Time scaled
Blue flag penalties: Off
Assists
Traction control: Allowed
ABS: Low
Auto-clutch: Allowed
Race - Saturday, 31th May 2014
Practice: 16:00 GMT
Qualifying: 17:00 GMT - open session (quickest lap used) [no Parc Fermé]
Warm up: 17:45 GMT - 15 minutes
Race: 18:00 GMT - starting procedure + 155 minutes [formation + rolling start]
Server password: click here
Racing rules: click here
Driver/Team notes:
- Each car can have 1-4 drivers (Driver Swap Tutorial)
- Premium members get priority when signing up
- Cars with multiple drivers get priority over cars with a single driver
- The ratio of GTE to LMP1 will be 2:1 (minimum of 10 LMP1 cars)
- Drivers/teams with known racing experience will get priority to race in LMP1
- LMPs must have their headlights on at all times (additional flashing is encouraged)
- Blue flag: Signals a faster car is behind you. Caution is required, but moving over is not.
- The faster car is expected to look for a sensible passing opportunity. They are responsible for initiating a safe pass. Straights are preferred over corners. Corner exits are preferred over corner entries.
- Slower cars are expected to keep to their racing line and cooperate with safe passes. Moving out of the way is not advised, as it leads to unpredictable situations.
- Faster cars may flash their headlights to indicate that they are about to make a pass.
- Patience is key!
- Remember to test pit-stops and driver swaps (Driver Swap Tutorial)
- Ensure that all drivers in the team have driven some laps in traffic, and different track conditions
- Whilst not racing or preparing for a driver swap, drivers are not permitted to be on the server; timing software will be provided so that team members are able to monitor the race
- Presence on TS is not mandatory, but is recommended in case communication with drivers or teams is required
- Manual formation lap (single file) + rolling start
- Game is set to standing start => clock will already be ticking when we do the formation lap
- The speed of the formation lap will be dictated by the pace car
- When the pace car pulls in the leader will dictate the pace
- No overtaking before the start/finish line
- Note: The pace car will slow down in the Porsche curves (yellow section), so everyone has a chance to close up on the pack - no need to drive too close to other cars before that section!
How to sign up:
- State which class you want to race in and name all drivers for your car
- You can always add or remove drivers to your car later on
- Your final line-up should be clear 24 hours ahead of the event
LMP1:
- Stefan Woudenberg / Gijs van Elderen
- lSd Racing: Nicky de Fré
- Marçal Bonet Andreu
- Redshift Racing: Daiman Patel
- MadCape Racing: April Dillon
- Christian Michel / Simon Christmann
- Rolf Just
- Figjam Racing: David O'Reilly
- SIMCO: Balazs Kiss
- Antonio Castagna
- Driver(s)
- Driver(s)
- Driver(s)
- Driver(s)
- Driver(s)
GTE:
- Redshift Racing: Dennis Coufal
- Redshift Racing: Rui Martins
- Redshift Racing: Yuri Kasdorp
- Redshift Racing: Ricardo Edelmann
- The Venus Project Racing: Kristian Puhov
- The Venus Project Racing: Luka Oslakovic
- Richard Hill
- Damir Dubarič
- Pete Bone
- lSd Racing: Davy Lauwereys
- lSd Racing: Steven Pubols
- Pär Öqvist / Rickard Norgren
- SIMCO: Tamas Cseh
- SIMCO: Imre Bende
- Sergio Fernandez / Jose Mancera
- Claudio Barrera
- Juan Roguez
- Aleksi Kivelä
- James Scanlan
- Driver(s)
Local time: Click here
Countdown: Click here
*time when race session starts
Pace car added!
Start procedure added
utp: 122 DP
Livestream and timing:
Livestream (presented by @Ricardo Edelmann
)Timing
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