Whether it's online racing or life in general, it's easy to get stuck in a rut of repeating the same things all the time. Not only is it not the best way to improve your laptimes, but it also means things can get stale. So I'm trying something new as ORD does Euro Truck Simulator 2. With a new PC (recently bought from Chillblast), I've obviously dabbled with some RaceRoom, … [Read more...]
Virtual One 80s Touring Car Series
The Virtual One gaming community announced its '80s Touring Car Series a few days ago. With a fantastic mix of cars and tracks, this could prove to be a brilliant race package – and it's one that I had to share too! Posted on our forums at the weekend by zombiewoof following the initial announcement, I added a summary for easy reading. Several pages of rules and information … [Read more...]
Race Diary: Virtual Motorsports Nurburgring GP 2.4 hours
It’s not often you get the chance of two hours and thirty minutes of constant Forza Motorsport action, so when Virtual Motorsports announced the Nurburgring GP 2.4 Hours event I jumped at the chance. And having finally finished the race last weekend, I’m glad I did, even if there were times when I was questioning my sanity. The format was fairly simple. As a multiclass event … [Read more...]
Race Diary: Virtual Motorsport GP2, Season 2, Race 1: Road Atlanta
The racing season is underway once again with the Virtual Motorsport GP2 series which features the Seat Leon Supercup in a specific S613 tune for all drivers - which tends to mean close qualifying times and even closer racing. So having had a few practice laps in the car, I'd adjusted to a front-wheel drive racer despite my preference for RWD or AWD machines. As it's … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports GP2 Season 2 Race 1 Road Atlanta Action
A quick clip of the action in the first race of the Virtual Motorsports GP2 Season 2 meeting at Road Atlanta, which proves that 3 into the final chicane can sort of work. ORDC driver Badger Gravling was racing in the orange Seat Leon Supercup, and having started in last due to mistakes in qualifying, he managed to climb back up to eventually take 5th place, despite a hard … [Read more...]
Badger’s Race Diary: Feb 25th, 2012: “Back on track”
This week saw two outings, with the Rllmuk Classic Touring Series featuring A Class track machines on the full Mugello course, and the second round of the Virtal Motorsports Classic Series reaching the Old Mulsanne version of Le Mans. And it was an amazing contrast to my last report, in which I managed to wreck my chances in 3 out of 3 races. Rllmuk Classic Touring Cars … [Read more...]
When ORDC team-mates come together…
OnlineRaceDriver in 2011
Almost a year ago I wrote a post celebrating the first anniversary of this site, which I launched to provide a place for those who enjoy any type of online motorsport and want to get the latest news, reviews and tips, get together with other similar racers, and generally indulge a virtual motorsport passion. So as 2011 ends, how does it compare with our first year? In … [Read more...]
OnlineRaceDriver honoured to be CVG’s Site of the Week
We're incredibly pleased and honoured to have been picked by the legendary Computer and Videogames site as their 'Site of the Week'. It's a regular series recommending the best gaming websites around, and tends to showcase those who really specialise and know their subject. So it's a priviledge to be featured alongside such good company, and it's also really nice after the … [Read more...]
“Your Ambition Outweighs Your Talent”
“Your Ambition Outweighs Your Talent” Ok hands up – who has got overexcited at the start of a race, braked too late for the first corner and punted someone off? Oh good, it’s not just me then. We’ve all done it. Not that I meant to, and I am very sorry to those that I hit… I just got a bit… ambitious. As Casey Stoner said to Valentino Rossi after The Doctor lost control of … [Read more...]
Why I founded OnlineRaceDriver.com
The last three months have been great for OnlineRaceDriver. We celebrated our first year anniversary in January, which coincided with a big increase in traffic, which has kept going for the last three months, and shows no sign of slowing down. We published a load of stories, added a forum (which you should go and register on, as it's been quiet so far, but we've got some big … [Read more...]
Tuning your mind
As sim-racing technology expands, widens, and deepens the experience of what it is like to build, tune, and compete in a simulated car, issues of real world application begin to surface. A cross reference from one world to the other starts to take shape allowing certain questions to be asked, and repeatable tests to take place that can validate or invalidate our assumptions in … [Read more...]
IFCA ALMS Race 8: The final race at Le Man Full Circuit
After an eight race season, everything had built to the final outing at the Le Mans Full Circuit. And I was hoping for a great finish to a tough, but enjoyable, return to online racing. I'd suffered a couple of DNFs due to a dropped internet connection - most memorably during some great racing at Silverstone when I was looking at a good result. I'd also missed a couple of races … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Race 5: Nurburgring GP Full Circuit
There were two major obstacles to overcome to get a reasonable result in this race. The first was that I hadn't had the circuit time on the Nurburgring GP circuit due to the fact I'd avoided paying for it as additional downloadable content until the week before the race. The second was that it was the first time I'd actually been placed in a split lobby, which combined LMPC R1 … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Race #2 Mugello Full
As you can probably tell by my choice of photo to illustrate this update, my second race saw ORD Racing take its first chequered flag of the IFCA ALMS Series. And that's despite the fact I ended up hosting the race lobby due to a number of competitors not being able to make the start. The DNF from the first race had put me in one of the final two lobbies for Mugello, and the … [Read more...]