Rapido Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 TONIGHT is the first practice round of the 2019 ChampCar Sim Series. I'm posting the details in a General Discussion thread to let the wider community know of the changes that we've made with respect to schedule/rules/scoring and to encourage interested competitors to check it out. All other event-specific threads will be posted, as usual, in the Sim Series forum section. ChampCar Sim Series The Sim Series uses iRacing as its simulator of choice for the Sim Series. With an ever-evolving physics model, day-night transitions, changing track states, and a wide variety of precisely scanned tracks, iRacing continues to be the benchmark for online motorsport simulation. The Sim Series comprises two divisions for East-Coast (Atlantic Division) and West-Coast (Pacific Division) drivers. There are 15 rounds that make up the season, which is mirroring the real-life ChampCar schedule as closely as possible. All races (practice and championship) are on Wednesday evenings, with the championship round at the track occurring the week before ChampCar event. All 15 Championship Rounds in the Atlantic Division will be broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch by the HJBC. Events and Scoring All events (for both divisions, practice and championship) follow the same format. Session are 4hr in length and start launch at 6pm local time (ET and PT respectively). Practice is 2hr, open qualifying is 1hr, and then the race is 1hr. All sessions utilize iRacing's dynamic weather and track state, which means some races may end in darkness. The races all use the 2015 Maxda Miata Cup car with the iRacing fixed baseline setup. The setup will have reduced fuel, meaning a pit stop will be required during the race. Championship rounds award points to drivers down to 38th place, as long as they complete over 50% race distance. Practice round results do not count towards championship totals but are run to the same conditions as the championship rounds. There are four drop weeks factored into the final championship totals for each driver, so even if you miss a round or have a couple of bad races it is not the end of your championship chances. Prizes The exciting part - the overall championship winners of both divisions will win a free race entry to a 2020 ChampCar event. If you are a owner or member of an existing team then this can be redeemed for a free race entry. If you are a novice driver with no real track experience, ChampCar will work with you to join the driving roster of an established team for an event and give you the full ChampCar experience of budget endurance racing on America's greatest tracks. The second and third place championship finishers in both divisions will win a coveted ChampCar welded trophy, just like the ones teams win at official ChampCar events. We are very grateful to ChampCar management for arranging these prizes. I will update this thread with championship information periodically, for all advice threads and resources head over to the Sim Series section of the forum, and I hope this will encourage those on the fence to come and join us on the virtual track soon! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido Posted January 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 The team at the HJBC have put together the below promo video for the league, to help build the hype for the new season. If you're interested, please come and check it out! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 First race broadcast is live NOW! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido Posted February 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 Round 2 of the Sim Series takes place tomorrow night, see the YouTube link for the live broadcast which will start at 8:50pm Eastern! We saw a great field last time out at Road Atlanta, and now have attracted the entry of Robert Hartley, one of the highest ranked iRacing drivers in the world. He is determined to battle with John Allen for the win, and there promises to be great action throughout the field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido Posted March 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Round 4 tonight at Daytona Roval, featuring the online debut of our very own @Doc in the broadcast booth! Race will be live at the link below at around 8:50pm Eastern. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido Posted April 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Another great race tonight in Round 5 of the Sim Series, close door-to-door battling for the full hour throughout the field and our closest ever finish as John Allen beats Alex Albert by just 0.024s. Please enjoy the replay of the live broadcast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido Posted November 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Pleased to report that the ChampCar Sim Series is still going strong - we had a decent grid for Round 13 last night, even at this late stage of the season, and it was an exciting race! Thank you as always to ChampCar for supporting our efforts to bring this series to their membership, and to grow iRacing as a valid route into real world competition. If anyone has any queries then please feel free to reach out to me. All our races are broadcast on YouTube - please enjoy the link below to the last 10 minutes of the race, which produced the closest finish in the history of the Sim Series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer28173 Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 https://store.boingboing.net/sales/playseat-challenge-racing-video-game-chair?utm_source=boingboing.net&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=playseat-challenge-racing-video-game-chair&utm_term=scsf-361995&utm_content=a0x1P000004N5xU&scsonar=1 a buddy sent me this link. I wish I had seen this back before I threw in the towel on SIM. It looks pretty useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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