rF2: Porsche GT3 Cup Now Available

Paul Jeffrey · Sep 30, 2019

Hot on the heels of the legendary Nurburgring Nordschleife DLC, Studio 397 have released the lovely Porsche GT3 Cup car for the simulation.

Continuing a growing trend of Porsche cars showing up in sim racing games, Studio 397 have added a new model to the range of vehicles already in the title.. adding the GT3 Cup as a standalone series as part of their weekend of new content releases for the simulation.

Starting the weekend celebrations in style with a laserscanned version of the German Nordschleife circuit on Thursday 26th September, Studio 397 then followed that up with a release for the Porsche GT3 Cup, available now for £4.42 from the rFactor 2 Steam Store page.

Apologies for the late posting, been a bit busy out of country with the SRO E-Sport GT Series grand finale.

So folks, what do you think of this content combination?

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fireballr18 · Oct 2, 2019

CrimsonEminence said:
With "rushed", i mean sound (you even have no starter sound) and interior (the rF2 dash problem).

I don't care about standard setup, i can change it my way, but i find the standard setup to be okay... drivable. It's made for good turn in, if you have throttle control and know your braking points.

Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring.

It is the german endurance championship for the big course, we love so much.^^

Even für Germans you have to read it twice to understand

The good is we will have real VLN/24H action with the upcoming GT4/Touring car dlc. I know people who are only driving the hell, nothing else for years

Durge Driven · Oct 2, 2019

Darren Byrne said:
what does VLN mean exactly?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtElEI41NT-nyFbpujT0VOVr5uporlCL-

Alex72 · Oct 2, 2019

CrimsonEminence said:
W
Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring.

It is the german endurance championship for the big course, we love so much.^^

How much differences are there on the GT3 and GT4 cars that run under VLN (ADAC?) compared to standard GT3/GT4?

CrimsonEminence · Oct 2, 2019

Alex72 said:
How much differences are there on the GT3 and GT4 cars that run under VLN (ADAC?) compared to standard GT3/GT4?

GT Cars should be pretty similar there, maybe a tiny bit more air restricted for BoP, but i have no clue. The overall performance is, what you would expect from a GT car^^

fireballr18 · Oct 2, 2019

BOP for sure. It's always and each year something like hide and seek not to show the real performance of the car to get some advantages by the race committee.

UnixRoot · Oct 2, 2019

fireballr18 said:
I know people who are only driving the hell, nothing else for years

Oh, that's me. Nice to meet you, mate.

2stains · Oct 2, 2019

fireballr18 said:
A VLN-version/setup of the car is announced. Therefore the current setup will be not tailor-made for the Nords.

Announced as in a new Cup car is coming?
Got any more info?

fireballr18 · Oct 2, 2019

2stains said:
Announced as in a new Cup car is coming?
Got any more info?

I don't think so. I guess just a different setup like the aero kits for Le Mans. No more information except for the text in the roadmap.

CrimsonEminence · Oct 2, 2019

2stains said:
Announced as in a new Cup car is coming?
Got any more info?

The Porsche Cup gets another suspension kit, when used on the Nordschleife for the heavy track conditions in real life. You will probably be able to choose the kit in the Showroom upgrades-selection-screen, when it is released.

protonv5 · Oct 2, 2019

protonv5 said:
The ampersand is not a word. Lol

Got a disagree. I guess the ampersand is a word then.

2stains · Oct 2, 2019

thepharcyde said:
All those who have created their own setups, are you able to share for us noobs, who have no idea what we are doing ?

Much love

I found a rather unusual "hack" ! Dropping the tyre pressures to 110kpa front and 120kpa rear really stopped the car moving around ! I don't like this idea as it seems too low with a starting pressure of around 15 where i feel 28 should be goal . I may be wrong on whats more life like ,15 or 28 but that 110f / 120r really helped .
Also -5.3 front and -4.5 rear camber . Rear wing P4. Ride height 7.2 front / 8.4 rear . Toe 0.586 rear . all else default other than fuel needed .
This was good for 1:59;xx at Nürburgring GP

Let me know if it helps .

Case_ · Oct 2, 2019

(BTW, for anyone interested, Raceroom has updated the Cup Car today - "tyre model refinement to have much more response to tyre pressures, tuned dampers and rear camber, differential tweaks".)

fireballr18 · Oct 2, 2019

Martin Fiala said:
(BTW, for anyone interested, Raceroom has updated the Cup Car today - "tyre model refinement to have much more response to tyre pressures, tuned dampers and rear camber, differential tweaks".)

Nice for raceroom

Seriously, I think I'll give it a try later, perhaps in Dubai.

davehenrie · Oct 2, 2019

I rarely drive the Porsches, so excuse my ingnorance, but I keep seeing in this thread the toe in settings to be negative and negative. Generally I've seen a negative number for the front, which provides a toe-out alignment, and a positive value in the rear.(toe-in) Is the Pug THAT different?

protonv5 · Oct 2, 2019

protonv5 said:
Got a disagree. I guess the ampersand is a word then.

Denis disagreed that I stated that the Ampersand is not a word and that someone disagreed with that. I think.

boomn · Oct 2, 2019

Ampersand represents a word, but in past times was also considered the 27th letter of the alphabet by many!
That is also where the name evolved from. From reciting out loud "...x,y,z and per se &" became "x,y,z, ampersand"

McKiernan · Oct 2, 2019

Ampersand is a word that represents the symbol ampersand, which symbolises the word ampersand.

2stains · Oct 2, 2019

boomn said:
Ampersand represents a word, but in past times was also considered the 27th letter of the alphabet by many!
That is also where the name evolved from. From reciting out loud "...x,y,z and per se &" became "x,y,z, ampersand"

If this is English, I've only been speaking it for nearing 50 years and never heard of ampersand... But I like it and happy to have learnt something new. I've always been real good at me wordz.

davehenrie · Oct 2, 2019

there is a magazine called ampersand as well. I think it's a private publication for a church or business.
but, I have to ask, is there an ampersand hidden somewhere on/in the Porsche GT3 Cup car? Back to business folks!

CrimsonEminence · Oct 3, 2019

davehenrie said:
I rarely drive the Porsches, so excuse my ingnorance, but I keep seeing in this thread the toe in settings to be negative and negative. Generally I've seen a negative number for the front, which provides a toe-out alignment, and a positive value in the rear.(toe-in) Is the Pug THAT different?

?
You usually use negative toe at the front and positive on the rear. With almost every car.