Virtual Motorsports set to run NASCAR Series 3
Popular Forza Motorsport 4 series organisers Virtual Motorsports has announced Series 3 of their NASCAR championship will start on September 20th, 2013. It's a dual-timezone event which takes places on Fridays at (EU Time Zone) 15:00 CDT / 21:00 BST / 07:00 AEST / (US Time Zone) 20:00 CDT / 02:00 BST / 12:00 AEST, and runs on a small amount of tracks that replicate the … [Read more...]
ORD competes in the CRA & VM Indy 500
I've finally returned to competing in organised online racing, having had a bit of an enforced break due to work and family commitments. And what better way to ease myself back into things than going up against some of the best Forza Motorsport 4 racers in four 50 lap sessions around the famous Indianapolis 500 Brickyard? The CRA & VM Indy 500 was originally being … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports announce SpecRacing Series 2
Series 2 of the popular Virtual Motorsports SpecRacing championship is due to kick off on June 7th with drivers now challenged to compete in the 2010 Subaru Legacy B4 2.5GT - the previous season featured the 1994 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo, and was won by F4H Mopar001. Racing on Thursdays at 19:00 CST/ 01:00 GMT / 11:00 AEST, the Subarus will have a performance … [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...]
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...]
Virtual Motorsports announce GP2 Series 2
If you're tempted by racing in a competitive series featuring every driver in the same car, then you might be interested in the Virtual Motorsports GP2 Series 2, which will put all racers in the 2007 SEAT Leon Supercup at S613 performance index. Starting on May 1, 2013, the series will run on Tuesdays at 13:00 CST / 19:00 GMT / 05:00 AEST, and will feature a two-race format … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports announce special Nurburgring 2.4 Hours race
Virtual Motorsports have announced their first one-off Forza Motorsport 4 Special Event of the 2012 season with a testing and challenging Endurance race. The challenge will be to cover the greatest distance in 2.4 hours of driving at the full Nurburgring Grand Prix circuit, with absolutely no assists or circuit guides allowed. That means it'll be as much about surviving as … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports unveils NASCAR series
Unofficial Forza racing series organisers Virtual Motorsports run a range of successful championships, including the Classic Series in which Dan is currently competing. They've just announced the addition of a new NASCAR series featuring the 2011 Chevrolet #04 Chevrolet Racing Monte Carlo SS Stock Car and 2011 Ford #05 Ford Racing Fusion Stock Car. It starts on March 9, 2012 … [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...]
Badger’s Race Diary: Feb 17th, 2012 “3 races, 3 disasters”
The Forza Motorsport season has finally got underway for 2012 as both championship I'd aimed to compete in have started in the same week. And having waited since before Christmas, the anticipation gave way to a bit of frustration as all 3 races ended up in disaster for different reasons. Rllmuk Classic Roadsports: Round 1: The Rllumk Classic Roadsports series is a … [Read more...]