Old rFactor Articles (merged)

Bram Hengeveld · Dec 22, 2009

Welcome to the new Formula Pro Championship at RaceDepartment.com.

After weeks of speculations, the news is finally out. RaceDepartment and PrestoGP partnered to create a new fantastic Formula One league for all its members. The newly created series will feature a World and an European Championships regulated respectively by Racedepartment and PrestoGP. Both leagues will follow the basic same structure. Most importantly all will race the Mak-Corp (MMG) F1 2007 cars for Simbin Race series (GTR-Evo).

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In addition, we are pleased to announce some fantastic prizes for the top 3 of the Pro World Series division as well a nifty cash prize for the winning team.

List of all prizes:
FPWS: Drivers' Championship
• 1st place driver: Logitech G27* racing wheel or an Intel i7 920 processor (winner's pick)
• 2nd place driver: Logitech G35* headset
• 3rd place driver: Logitech Gaming Headset G330*

FPWS: Teams' Championship
$100 (US dollars) cash prize to the winning team (paid to the team owner)

Join us for the fun!!

For all league details visit -> link

League forum -> link

Jayblue · Apr 28, 2010

Very good video highlights thanks to everyone involved

The presentation was really professional too, you should be proud of it guys!

Mark Birney · Apr 29, 2010

Book it?

Dennis Hirrle · Apr 29, 2010

Formula SimRacing is excited to join forces with RaceDepartment with immediate effect. RaceDepartment, being a highly respected and large simracing community, running several high profile leagues and events, is a great partner for Formula SimRacing in the endeavour to bring professional simracing to the next level.

For this year, RaceDepartment will host Formula SimRacing's official discussion forums along all the other already existing league and discussion forums of RD, bringing the community closer together and making it easier for all sim racers and community members to keep track of important sim racing leagues, events, and news around the sport.

For 2011, RaceDepartment and Formula SimRacing will look into the option of an even closer partnership which is to be worked out.

Eric Kaczmarek, RaceDepartment Admin:
"RaceDepartment Staff are very excited about its new partnership with Formula Simracing. FSR brings to RD the finest Open Wheeler league on the internet. It's professionalism and drivers is a fantastic addition to our growing community.

Welcome guys! Looking forward to work together on some new exciting projects."

Dennis Hirrle, FSR Admin:
"Since many years, sim racing has a big issue: It is shattered. Too many leagues on too many different places makes it unnecessarily hard for the racers and the whole community to keep track of what's going on. Several weeks ago Eric and I started our talks and it was a very pleasant experience. I'm all for joining forces, that's why we're here and are now partnering up with an excellent community as RaceDepartment is. Talks have been very fruitful and I'm excited to see what we can do for the longer term future!"

Formula SimRacing, ran by the International SimRacing Club, is currently in its 10th season of existence, being a high profile open wheel league based on rFactor. Three different categories of racing suit for the rookie as well as the pro racer, and all of them are broadcasted live.
The next event is the Monaco Grand Prix this coming weekend!

For more information, if you're new to FSR, please check out our website at www.formula-simracing.net .

Thankyou!

Philip Oakley · Apr 29, 2010

Fantastic news!

Eric. K · Apr 29, 2010

It is indeed a great news!!

Bram Hengeveld · Apr 29, 2010

Welcome guys :letsgoracing:

Xosé Estrada · Apr 29, 2010

Fantastic news for RD, FSR and over all for the simracing community

Keith Barrick · Apr 29, 2010

Thanks everyone!

Book it is kind of a catch phrase I took from a live announcer who is a friend of mine who does live gokarting events. He would use that phrase on Temp. Street circuits with long straight aways into hard braking zones. The "Book it" really stands for something like "Put that pass in the books" meaning the pass was completed.

Interlagos was tough because there was only really 2 Book it moments and both were by the same driver....Bahrain had many more.

As long as there is "bookable" passes I will keep "Booking it"

Keith

Yoeri Gijsen · Apr 29, 2010

This is very interesting news indeed. A big weclome to FSR.net.

Ben Buitendijk · Apr 29, 2010

great news! congrats!

Brian Clancy · Apr 29, 2010

This can only be good news RD and FSR and all its users

Rhys Gardiner · Apr 29, 2010

Excellent news. I'm looking forward to meeting some FSR members and possibly racing with them.

Welcome to RD guys, and have fun!

Mark A Warmington · Apr 29, 2010

:signup: Sim Racing needs to continue pooling its resources if the genre is to continue growing in strength for the future benefits of us all!

Valter Ostman · Apr 29, 2010

Great video!

Ross Balfour · Apr 29, 2010

Ohh the big boys are in town

Welcome FSR, hope this is the start of a great partnership between the two of us

Dinca Andrei · Apr 29, 2010

U never know from where u can learn somethng new so welcome FSR

Mitchell Phillipi · May 4, 2010

Not only did drivers have to contend with the new version of the track, with painfully slow chicanes, but also the first race of the season to be run in the rain! Tire management, as well as pit strategy decisions would reveal the top contenders here. Without further adieu, the results from Barcelona are as follows:
FPWS Pro Division sees Fernando Rees of 05F1 Motorsport on top of the podium with a total race time of 1h21m24secs. Following 1m01secs behind is Peter Duivelaar, and another 1m05secs behind Peter is Joshua Wilson.

Driver Standings Season FPWS: S3
1. Ventis Didrihsons 95(0)
2. Jamie Blewitt 84(0)
3. Peter Duivelaar 75 (-8)

FPWS Semi-Pro Division has only five points between the top two drivers! Standing at the top of the podium is Kevin Ledoux , again just as last round, finishing a full 38secs ahead of Ivo Simons. Ivan Mills follows up in third place 1m00secs behind Ivo. It’s worth noting that the McLaren boys have gone from bickering to full blown man-fits akin to some three year olds fighting over their favorite race car after a front straight incident. The Paparazzi has decided NOT to publish pictures (after legal threats from the F1 president) of the after race debrief where both McLaren drivers were seen throwing punches as well as screaming at the tops of their lungs. Both feel that neither were at fault, but one thing is for certain – only one McLaren driver finished the race and there are threats of the team being re-thought for next season. Yikes

Driver Standings Season FPWS: S3
1. Ivo Simons 100 (0)
2. Kevin Ledoux 95 (0)
3. Joao Andias 85 (-3)

Ryan Callan · May 12, 2010

A couple of months ago, Com8 released some previews of his scratch-made project - Norisring 2009. Here are some new previews of his work, and it is looking stunning.
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Also below is an on-board lap of the track in alpha stage from a couple of months ago. Com8 plans to have the track released before the DTM Norisring round on July 4.