R3E news and rumors

[Case_]

So we have a general discount thread (though it's often missed), but as far as I know, there isn't a general news thread to post various small-ish pieces of information that have come up, so I thought it might be a good idea to start one?

So information about the upcoming December patch are starting to appear, and we now have a confirmation that three Porsche cars will indeed be coming with it, with first one being...

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 2017

The latest incarnation of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is based on the seventh generation of this sports car icon, and it lives up to its calling: uncompromising performance on the race track.
The four-liter six-cylinder boxer unit delivers up to 485 hp.
The drive force is transmitted to the rear axle by six-speed sequential dog-type transmission.
The fate of the 911 GT3 Cup is played out in the Porsche one-make championships, where the only thing that counts is the performance of the individual driver.
While carrying "GT3" in its name, the car has quite different driving characteristics compared to its bigger brother, the GT3 R.
The lack of ABS & Traction control makes it quite a challenge to drive and will put your skills on track to a test.
A special feature of this car are the purple LED lights on the data display, that will warn you about traction loss & locking brakes.

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/porsche-911-gt3-cup-2017.9881/#post-137245

The other two cars should be announced in the coming days according to S3, but it's fairly obvious one of them will be the GT3 R, aka the "proper" GT3

 

[Case_]

It's not in the public version of the game yet if that's what you're asking.

 

[Yetch]

Is the added car setup options (seen in picture above) only available to certain car classes?

If Raceroom stick to their usual policy then it would only become available on the cars, in the series that allows it. No idea though as there has been no official announcement yet, esport comps finish mid November, so expect something following then.

 

[Alex Hodgkinson]

It's coming to all cars

 

[Yetch]

It's coming to all cars

Cheers Alex Hodgkinson, does this mean that the FXR17 gets ABS? and the NSU?

 

[Georg Ortner]

There will be settings for ABS to be:

- OFF
- Factory (whatever the car uses in real life)
- ON

If you are hosting a server you will be able to select which options to allow.

 

[Case_]

The Cayman liveries are coming in the next patch:

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/cayman-trophy-by-manthey-racing.11879/

 

[Yetch]

New physics to boot, bloody needs it, bit of an old dog with three legs at the moment, could do with being a bit more nimble. Has to be one of my least used cars, do hope we get a bit more to tinker with in setups if it's changing class. Georg Ortner?

 

[Case_]

GT4 cars are coming next patch!

We have announced the KTM X-BOW GT4 a while ago, and next patch you will finally get the keys to the car.

This won't be the only car to be featured in this new GTR4 class though.

We are glad to introduce the Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR, as entered in the various GT4 series around the world.

Based on the Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport racecar the GT4 CS MR has been fitted with a comprehensive upgrade kit developed by Manthey-Racing GmbH.

With the upgrade, the vehicle qualifies as a GT4 homologated racing car, thereby allowing it to participate in national and international races in the GT4 category.

Read more: https://goo.gl/MK6tJC

 

[Kenny Paton]

GT4 cars are coming next patch!

Thanks Martin, that saved me
I see they're hinting at something else in the GT4 class.
"You didn't think we'd stop here though, did you?
Stay tuned for a little bonus announcement next week"

 

[Georg Ortner]

New physics to boot, bloody needs it, bit of an old dog with three legs at the moment, could do with being a bit more nimble. Has to be one of my least used cars, do hope we get a bit more to tinker with in setups if it's changing class. Georg Ortner?

The Cayman GT4 CS MR definitely has more setup options than the Clubsport, thanks to the Manthey Racing upgrade kit.

 

[Yetch]

The Cayman GT4 CS MR definitely has more setup options than the Clubsport, thanks to the Manthey Racing upgrade kit.

Ere Georg Ortner, you told Porsche that the 9 licensed cars will now be 10 or are we talking a technicality here?

 

[Case_]

It apparently doesn't count towards the Porsche cars yet to be released, as mentioned by Georg himself on the S3 forums.

 

[Case_]

Black Friday Sale has started at RaceRoom!

Get 30% discount on individual cars & tracks
and 25% additional discount on packs!

➤http://game.raceroom.com/store

Charge up your vRP Balance here ➤http://bit.ly/RaceRoom_vRP to get an even better price.

Only now you can get all current content in RaceRoom for only 49.99€
by purchasing the 7.500 vRP package on raceroomstore.com

Offer is valid from 19.11.2018 - 26.11.2018

 

[Case_]

Last week we announced the GTR4 class becoming available with the next update.

And today we have more good news.



The Lotus Evora GT4 will join the KTM Xbow GT4 and Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT4 on the grid!



The Evora GT4 by British car manufacturer Lotus cars combines a lightweight chassis with a powerful 350+ HP engine.



It also has an excellent aerodynamic package making it a very competitive choice.



The car complies with GT4 race regulations.



It raced at the Dubai 24 hours, Silverstone 1000km, Sepang 12 hours, Bathurst 12 hours and various GT championships around the globe.



The GTR4 class including the KTM Xbow GT4, Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT4 and the Lotus Evora GT4 will become available with the next patch!



https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/lotus-evora-joins-the-gt4-grid.11986/

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

nice, clever way out of the gt3 prison by rre, good strategy. i can see acc going that way, too, picking up the blancpain support categories later next year, so good move by sector 3 to be there first , shrewd.

 

[Kenny Paton]

As title says, maybe it's the biggy

 

[Kenny Paton]

Cancel previous post
Seems like it's a server problem

 

[Case_]

http://game.raceroom.com/store/pack/gtr-4

1099 vRP for the whole pack, 399 for a single car with one livery. The Cayman MR is considered a livery update only against the older Cayman, so if you own the old one, it's 79 vRP for you.

 

[Kenny Paton]

The Cayman MR is considered a livery update only against the older Cayman, so if you own the old one, it's 79 vRP for you.

God I hope it drives better than it as well.

 

[Case_]

Oh, right, there's also the periscope car in GT2 spec...again counts as a livery update against the GT3 version, so 79 vRP if you own that one:

http://game.raceroom.com/store/cars/gtr-2/p4-5/p4-5-competizione-gt2