WTCR Coming to RaceRoom, Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Now Available

Paul Jeffrey · Mar 28, 2018

RaceRoom Racing Experience are bringing the new 2018 FIA WTCR series to the simulation, starting with the Audi Sport RS 3 LMS TCR... and a competition...

Many touring car fans see the still relatively young TCR regulation rule set as the next big thing in tin top racing, having watched the regulations grow from a single European series into one of the widest spread and most popular forms of touring cars since the heady heights of the SuperTouring era back in the early 1990s. Having spread to seemingly every corner of the globe with various national championships popping up almost monthly, the FIA have seen the potential of the regulations and adopted the TCR rule set to the newly launched World Championship series for 2018, replacing the rapidly declining World Touring Car Championship with the new WTCR World Touring Car Cup series.

Having enjoyed a strong and long lasting relationship with the WTCC for many years, Sector3 Studios and the RaceRoom Racing Experience simulation have confirmed WTCR 2018 will be heading to the sim soon, with the stunning Audi RS 3 LMS TCR already available to drive in game. To celebrate what Sector3 are calling a WTCR 'Prologue', the Swedish studio have launched a new official WTCR eSport championship using the new Audi, with a change to win cash prizes and race against real WTCR drivers! You can find out more info HERE.

The Audi RS 3 LMS TCR is available in game now as part of the WTCR eSport Prolouge series in game.

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Looking forward to TCR regulation cars in R3E? Like the sound of the 2018 WTCR series? Let us know in the comments section below!

Isaac Chavira · Mar 29, 2018

Brandon Wright said:
It usually helps to read the full article. At the bottom it clearly says "The Audi RS 3 LMS TCR is available in game now as part of the WTCR eSport Prolouge series in game."

I did read the whole article which like Martin said, is misleading.

Case_ · Mar 29, 2018

(Just a small correction - I said the title is misleading, not the article.)

Jason Mullin · Mar 29, 2018

Well mislead me all the way to the track as I'm very excited about this news, and there can never be enough touring cars.

Vince Wheel · Mar 29, 2018

Richard Hessels said:
There is lots of classic monsters in Raceroom

Of course I am happy with new cars coming in R3E sticking to racing of today, but I would enjoy as well some classics addition one day -iconics and less iconic ones, as there are many choices on decades of racing cars.

Celestiale · Mar 29, 2018

Vince Wheel said:
Of course I am happy with new cars coming in R3E sticking to racing of today, but I would enjoy as well some classics addition one day -iconics and less iconic ones, as there are many choices on decades of racing cars.

I would love that, but at the same time i think it does only make sense if we get a number of classic tracks..i don't see too much sense in throwing classic low-downforce low-grip cars around modern high-downforce orientated tilkdromes..besides the surroundings not fitting at all, leading to missing immersion (at least for me).
I think there is a real market niche regarding classic tracks currently...just imagine any sim with 60s/70s Spa, Silverstone, Monza, Hockenheim, Zandvoort, Nordschleife and Österreichring and the respective cars - in terms of content that would definitely be my fav

Kenny Paton · Mar 29, 2018

Celestiale said:
think there is a real market niche regarding classic tracks currently...just imagine any sim with 60s/70s Spa, Silverstone, Monza, Hockenheim, Zandvoort, Nordschleife and Österreichring and the respective cars - in terms of content that would definitely be my fav

While I was waiting to get my ram back I had great fun with the P & G mod for GTR2. Ran my own Goodwood festival, it would be something to do that in R3E.

michelforest · Mar 30, 2018

Excellent news. Hopefully, they will add the tracks used during the current season.

UMC 22 · Mar 30, 2018

Celestiale said:
i don't see too much sense in throwing classic low-downforce low-grip cars around modern high-downforce orientated tilkdromes..besides the surroundings not fitting at all, leading to missing immersion (at least for me).

I think it makes a lot of sense, myself. There are already a few excellent classics in R3E that are extremely immersive, so they've shown what they can do. The continuing popularity of mods like P&G and of old sims like GT Legends shows that there's more than a niche market out there for classic content, if someone would just step and do it for a modern sim.

Celestiale said:
just imagine any sim with 60s/70s Spa, Silverstone, Monza, Hockenheim, Zandvoort, Nordschleife and Österreichring and the respective cars - in terms of content that would definitely be my fav

Mine too! The only problem I see with this is that so many simmers make a ridiculously big deal about tracks being laser-scanned and 100% ultra-accurate in every way. You can't laser scan something which no longer exists and working from videos and photos isn't ideal. Don't get me wrong, this kind of pin-point accuracy isn't something I care about as long as the spirit and feel is there, but so many people do. Maybe some devs are scared of the inevitable criticism they'd get for not being "perfect" in certain people's eyes?

Case_ · Mar 30, 2018

Well, Project Cars 2 has some historic circuits, including Spa... (runs for cover)

And AMS does have quite a few historic circuits as well, including Hockenheim, Spielberg or Kyalami.

T04STY · Mar 30, 2018

Nano10 said:
The problem always is the AI, the breaking point for the other cars is wrong and the crashes became the game in a frustating experience. Should try like in Project Cars 2 or Assetto and create "AI agression". I prove "adaptable AI" but in the corners (and in the straight lines too) the rivals always crash me. Its a shame.

How early are you braking O.o
The only thing they do is braking 50 meters to early and way to hard but through some fast corners (not talking of flat or slight lift) you just can't follow them.

Nano10 · Mar 30, 2018

T04STY i play in racing games since GP1, i understand the breaking point but in RRE the behaviour is crazy, Project Cars 2, Assetto or RFactor 2 has "% AI agression", for me is a kind of solution.
More cars, series, tracks are ok but if the other cars crash me the game became so frustating.

UMC 22 · Mar 30, 2018

Nano10 said:
T04STY i play in racing games since GP1, i understand the breaking point...

I don't think you do since erratic player driving has been shown to be one of the main causes of being rammed by the AI. Please, go search for the threads discussing that issue and post there if you need to. This thread is not a discussion about the AI.

Nano10 · Mar 30, 2018

No erratic player no, watch this videos and tell me about the AI and the breaking points

T04STY · Mar 30, 2018

Nano10 said:
No erratic player no, watch this videos and tell me about the AI and the breaking points

can you please give us timestamps...I have no intend of watching 25 minutes of spanish videos.

Nano10 · Mar 30, 2018

10.20 or 10.43 in Formula RaceRoom for example

Case_ · Mar 31, 2018

Note the videos are almost a year old, so they don't necessarily reflect the current state of AI. I believe there have been several tweaks to AI behavior since.

Nano10 · Mar 31, 2018

Currently is the same in Indycar. The brake and the acceleration should be progressive, but the bots brake too early or too late and crash especially in the corners. % AI agression is the solution.

Thomas Friedrich · Mar 31, 2018

Just to return to the topic... I bought me in to the competition (it’s only 2 EUR) and I have to say, that I love the TCR Audi! I think there will be real close racing with these cars. I’m really looking forward to the WTCR cars!

UMC 22 · Apr 1, 2018

Nano10 said:
No erratic player no, watch this videos and tell me about the AI and the breaking points

Why do I need out-of-date videos when I have the sim and know from my own first-hand experience what I'm talking about?

You're not going to convince me that your own driving has nothing to do with it, because as I've already told you twice, this has been discussed to death and proven in other, dedicated AI threads on this forum.

If you have AI issues either post a new thread or post in one of the existing threads. Further OT posts here about it will be removed.