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Q3 2022 Content Hotfix Update Released

Q3 2022 Content Hotfix Update Released

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Hello sim racers, 

Hotfix update time! The team here at Studio 397 have been hard at work looking at a few outstanding issues to some of our content that released alongside the recent Q3 2022 update for rFactor 2, and despite the not inconsiderable difficulties associated with deploying updates during active Competition System seasons – we’ve managed to put together a few nice improvements that we will detail below. 

A note on the Competition System and Updates

It is worth noting that due to how the Competition System currently works within rFactor 2, it is not possible to upload these new changes to an active competition. As all of these cars are currently in use within the CS, and because we didn’t want to delay this update for the wider community, players will have access to two versions of these cars within their rFactor 2 install – the current version, as will continue to be used in the CS, and the new, updated version which can be used anywhere else within the simulation. In time, when the CS is updated, the new versions will be brought forward into the Competition System. 

Caterham Academy v1.05

rFactor 2 Steam Workshop | CLICK HERE

  • Set default caster to 6 degrees(max)
  • Enabled wheels in cockpit
  • Made cockpit labels show at night
  • Fixed strange alpha behaviour on rims
  • Fixed car #2 rim texture
  • Made gauges visible at night
  • Adjusted gauge glass material
  • New tires
  • Stiffer sidewalls, less grip delta from track rubber
  • AI revised significantly
  • Added new camera to match real onboards

Hyundai i30 BTCC v1.03

rFactor 2 Steam Store | CLICK HERE

  • Fixed normals on left mirror indicator light
  • Updated showroom viewing distance

Toyota Corolla BTCC v1.19

rFactor 2 Steam Store | CLICK HERE

  • Fixed milky look on some windshields

Vintage Mini Cooper v1.05

rFactor 2 Steam Store | CLICK HERE

  • Removed 20th onboard cam
  • Moved head position lower and slightly forward
  • Minor tire revision, more wet grip, less realroad sensitivity
  • Made shift times slightly slower
  • AI tweaked to better match player
  • Forcing clutch use for valid shifts
  • Fixed AI CRR
  • Removed shift protection sound

All these content updates are available to download the next time you restart your Steam client. 

rFactor 2 – available now on Steam

BTCC 2022

Released | rFactor 2 Q3 2022 Update and Content Release

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Release day!

The wait is finally over, today is the big new build update and content drop for rFactor 2!

Seeing as we all like surprises, how about another car too? Yes, the Q3 2022 update and DLC drop will also include the awesome Ford Focus ST BTCC!!!!!!!

Bringing a wealth of updates and improvements to the simulation, the new build update deployed today brings with it some important changes for the ongoing development of rFactor 2. Of the main highlights from this build, the introduction of what we are calling ‘Real Road 2.0’ is perhaps the most significant – as we look to add new layers of realism to the driving experience, introducing dynamic surface temperature changes that will significantly affect how the drivers and cars interact with the circuit and its behaviour – across an array of different weather and temperature conditions. Although this change isn’t immediately visible to players in the way a graphic update would be, for example, we are massively excited to see and hear how these quite fundamental improvement helps to expand the whole rFactor 2 playing experience. 

Moving away from the game update, we have also taken the opportunity to continue our expansion of content offerings within the simulation, adding exciting new vehicles and a very different types of circuit as part of this Q3 2022 release. From the high energy thrills of tin top touring cars to the flat out performance of modern endurance racing, with a sprinkling of old school charm mixed in for good measure, we think our new content releases should be pretty popular – and certainly helps us in our quest to ensure rFactor 2 contains something for everyone to enjoy. 

We are pretty happy with the way the 2022 Q3 update and content release has developed, especially considering the difficult timings around the natural holiday period for many of our team, and we hope you enjoy the content and build release as much as we hope you will. While we scurry back into the office and start pushing on with our November plans, let’s have a look in more detail at some of the goodies that form today’s release.

The Update

As many of you will know, this year we have moved to a quarterly cycle of content deployments. What this means in reality is that every three months, we drop a substantial new build of the simulation, and a selection of new content to play with. In order to ensure we hold maximum confidence in the robustness of our latest code changes, we tend to deploy what we call a ‘Release Candidate’ update around one month prior to full release. Here, players can choose to ‘opt in’ to this early look build, try out the update early, and hopefully catch any unexpected issues that may occur prior to us pushing the final build into the public domain. 

This strategy has worked well for us so far, and what it inevitably means is you will see some slight differences between the change note of the RC, and the logs from the new public release found below. Simply put, this is both a mixture of us having worked various hotfix updates into the build since RC deployed, and also the result of having a few extra weeks in order to finalise additional things that didn’t quite make it into the first release. So, let’s take a look at what today’s new update looks like in more detail: 

Client: 9261937
Dedicated Server: 9261942

General

  • Updated Track Limits System taking into account many factors to award warning points for infringements with drivers given a short amount of time post cut to give up any gained time or positions in race.
  • Ability to set Track Limits to None/Default/Strict
  • Ability to configure number of Track Limit Points before a Drive Through during race sessions.
  • Improved calculation of infringement during time off track, taking into account, time gained, distance travelled, throttle application, time off track, speed differentials, positions gained during race, wall riding and more.
  • During all sessions invalidate current lap and sometimes next lap, based on how close to the end of the lap and the size of the infringement.
  • During race sessions earn warning points, if 3 points are acquired in one go or you pass the cumulative point limit threshold (5 by default) a drive through is given. The size of penalty increases for extreme cuts.
  • Pit Lane Exit violations are now logged and penalized accordingly (May require content updates)
  • Disabled Pit Exit violations by default on Ovals in none race sessions and added ability to customize which sessions have Pit Exit limits enforced via GDB or RFM.
  • Wrong Way Driving calculations have been tweaked to be more lenient when far from the track.
  • Strict mode intended for eSports, has harsher thresholds and invalidates all off track laps in non race sessions.
  • Improved logging options and ModDev options for analysing cuts.
  • Support for up to 16 input devices
  • Added chat message indicating when there are latency issues and collision is turned off.


HUD

  • Added current Track Limits points to Penalties MFD Page in Race Sessions.

Graphics

  • Driver labels now correctly depth buffer regardless of display mode
  • Added Light Dust Particle Profile
  • Expanded Decal Features on IBL Road Shader
  • Fixed orange ambient bug

UI

  • The first launch wizard controls configuration can now be re-run from the “Calibrate controls” page
  • Moved “Electronics” setup settings (TC and ABS) under the “Engine” heading, which has been renamed to “Engine & electronics”
  • Fixed damage multiplier setting description in singleplayer session settings
  • Moved damper setup settings to their own tab
  • Fixed sporadic empty car list on server join
  • Added “Track Limits Rules” singleplayer setting
  • Added “Track Limits Points Allowed” singleplayer race setting
  • Added Tender Springs to suspension setup page
  • Added description/tooltip to Tender Springs setup
  • Improved description/tooltip for Traction Control and ABS
  • Fixed alphabetical sorting of opponent filters and opponents list
  • Fixed race countdown timer format for duration longer than one minute
  • Updated Aston Martin logo
  • Added a button to refresh the setup list
  • Added two settings into the “Visuals” column in graphics settings to adjust the vertical and horizontal position of the Track Limits Info (TLI) screen
  • Fixed alphabetical sorting of car selection list

Physics

  • Dynamic track temperatures based on weather conditions and cars driving on track
  • Added a toggle to load temperatures from real road files on main game/moddev/dedi
  • Added improved anti-lock braking and traction control systems. (Only available on the TEST version of the McLaren Senna GTR)
  • Added Traction Control Power Cut map to control the amount of TC to apply. (Only available for the new TC)
  • Added Traction Control Slip Angle map to control the target (maximum) slip angle before TC activates. (Only available for the new TC)
  • Added ABS/TC dash LEDs which show the amount of slip and show when the systems activate
  • Added Tender Springs functionality (Only available on the TEST version of the Porsche 991 GT3 Cup)
  • Fixed ABS/TC aid through settings

Networking

  • Cars that lag too much or teleport will have collision disabled for 5 seconds.
  • Network speeds now enforce the player limit to max out at the highest acceptable number the connection can support

Sound

  • Fixed loops not restarting correctly
  • Fixed loud audio spike when loading into multiplayer sessions
  • Fixed random shift sounds in the garage
  • Separated TC and Pit Limiter events
  • Fixed audio loop points
  • Fixed spotter and start lights not playing or being delayed
  • Fixed game startup without audio device or with +nosound enabled
  • Performance: Sound system now uses another thread, eliminating random frame time spikes and improving game performance
  • Fixed tracks with lots of ambient sounds not playing any sound at all in some conditions
  • Fixed other cars crashing online playing crash sounds on the player car
  • Fixed HRTF selection
  • Fixed a rare crash when crashing sounds play

Live Stream Overlay

  • Updated broadcast overlay live timing page
    • Fixed live timing page not loading
    • You can now customize the styling with custom CSS (custom_livetiming.css)
      • Added CSS classes: car class for each row and last sticky row
    • Added car class and team name columns
    • Added car livery images
    • Added tire icon
    • Added configurable scrolling and multiclass mode

Modding

  • Batched loading warning pop up messages together for fewer popups (Dev Mode/Scene Viewer)
  • Added warning popup for assets exported with default LOD Out for optimization debugging (Dev Mode/Scene Viewer)
  • Added cancel button to show no more messages that session (Dev Mode/Scene Viewer)
  • Fixed various content issues with Showrooms and Joesville (Dev Mode/Scene Viewer)
  • Added Sideview_UI showroom to ModDev for UI screenshots of cars.
  • Fixed an issue in MapConverter where it would crash with textures named *_M_<type>.TGA
  • Added “FarLight” parameter to IBL Shaders in Material Adjust section. This allows us to set materials to be in shadow beyond shadow cascades.
  • Fixed crash when no AIW file present

Known Issues

  • UI – Steering lock second bracket is cut off

Real Road 2.0

This is the heart of the racing experience – the track surface itself. In the real world, a racetrack is rarely a static proposition, as a multitude of factors can influence the racing surface at any given time – from atmospheric conditions, through to the simple act of cars circulating around the lap.

With these new changes, we have looked to increase the immersive aspect of driving within rFactor 2, by taking into account some of these varied differentiators and applied that into how our previously static track surface behaves. What does this mean? Simply put, our track surface (on all tracks) now has an element of dynamic functionality, where the surface temperatures, and thus the behaviour and levels of grip they give up, will change and can be influenced by varied factors. These temperature changes can be influenced by things such as geographical location, cloud cover, time of day, ambient temperatures and heat transfer from cars running over the surface of the tarmac. 

As a driver, this means each circuit will offer up varied levels of grip, and produce varied amounts of tyre wear, depending on the factors stated above. Furthermore, this opens up the opportunity to us to now expand how wet tracks dry (or dampen) over time, with covered areas less likely to change surface behaviour as quickly as those open to the elements.  

In order to ensure our players remain firmly in control of their own unique driving experience, we have ensured that track temperature will initialise at the beginning of a session based on the weather conditions set by the player, and will dynamically change over the course of track running – so you now have the tools to closely align your experience to how you want it to be.

New Traction Control and ABS Feature

The new ABS functionality utilises the same ABS onboard map as the original implementation, however, with these new developments drivers will be exposed to a much more accurate and realistic set of behaviours. Under heavy braking, when the tyres start locking up the ABS will activate and releases the brakes on an individual wheel basis, until grip returns and the ABS turns off again and brake pressure returns – exactly mirroring the mechanical functionality of real world ABS behaviour. ABS working hard? Expect quite a jolt through the force feedback!In terms of traction control, in this new build we now have three onboard TC maps, these are as follows:

  • Onboard TC
  • Power Cut TC
  • Slip Angle TC.

The power cut TC controls how much power is cut when TC activates, with a higher map value simulating a higher level of power reduction. The slip angle TC controls how much lateral (side) slip a car can have before TC kicks in, with a higher map allowing less slip. Not all cars have these two settings, so one or both of these may be disabled, in which case they are controlled by the main “onboard TC” map. Next to this, the onboard TC map also controls the longitudinal (forward) slip the driven wheels can have before TC kicks in, again a higher map means less allowed slip.

Furthermore, additional dashboard ABS/TC lights will be introduced to cars with these features enabled.

Cut Track Functionality

Another significant change brought forward for this build is the introduction of a heavily revised and reworked cut track and penalty detection system. Having reviewed the limitations of the previous iteration, this new system has been developed to both closely mirror how real world circuit racing penalties are applied, whilst also providing a more robust, fairer and clearer way of dealing with on track infringements by drivers. The new cut track and penalty detection system has been optimised for both non race and race events sessions, with appropriate weighting of infringements and penalty issuing developed in accordance to the type of session in which those infringements are collected. 

In terms of track cutting, for the purposes of this new system a track cut is defined as leaving the legal bounds of the race surface and re-joining it and gaining a lasting time or positional advantage from it. The system has a number of parameters in which to calculate the severity of the cut, and what type of penalisation will be awarded.

Once drivers re-join the track, the system then takes some time to consider the situation and to see if the driver is trying to correct for their errors, under control or even going quick enough. This will help reduce false detections and receiving warnings for making a mistake

Tender Springs

The addition of Tender Springs marks another considerable physics improvement that has been added to this new build update. According to suspentionsecrets.co.uk “There are two main uses for tender springs. The first is for road use and bumpy circuits such as the Nürburgring Nordschleife or Sebring. With the tender spring installed, the soft overall rate absorbs all of the lumps and bumps on the road surface allowing the tyre to stay in contact with the ground instead of being bumped off the surface if only a stiff spring was being used. This keeps the car compliant and maintains high levels of grip through bumpy sections or over potholes etc. Then once the car begins to corner, the tender spring is fully compressed quickly and the main spring rate takes over to provide much better cornering stiffness, keeping the car flat and controllable through the corner“. 

This in an important additional mechanical tool for our drivers to extract extra performance, and more importantly, balance within their virtual cars. Tender Springs are used across a variety of different cars already available within rFactor 2, and in the coming weeks and months these will be added as additional updates for the appropriate vehicles, starting the the Porsche Cup car that released alongside the July Release Candidate. 

USB Limit Increase

At last! Finally players with more than their fair share of controller inputs on their racing rig can keep everything plugged in when using rFactor 2! For this new build, the development team here at Studio 397 have upped the USB controller limit to 16 – meaning the software can now identify, allocate and utilise up to 16 different USB devices… get those button boxes and other goodies back out the cupboard, it’s time to rock the hardware in rFactor 2!

Car Updates

As part of this new build, and due to our ongoing commitment to ensure all our content adheres to the latest changes and improvements we bring to rFactor 2, we have taken the opportunity to further update a range of existing content with the new improvements recently brought to the simulation. Further to our big GTE and Oreca 07 uplift, the following content has undergone the update treatment: 

Toyota Corolla BTCC v1.17

  • Fixed logo issue on skins
  • Updated camera position
  • Fix for drag reduction with rake

Infiniti Q50 BTCC 1.15

  • Fixed logo issue on skins
  • Fix for drag reduction with rake

Formula E 2022 v1.07

  • Fixed right mirror not adjusting

Porsche GT3 Cup v1.41

  • Added tender springs

McLaren Senna v1.15

  • Upgraded to new sound engine
  • Added new TC and ABS
  • Added shift protection
  • Added new engine cooling
  • Minor sound tweaks
  • Added ABS and TC LED bars to display
  • Made all three TC options say off when set to 0

Oreca LMP2 v3.03

  • Added new TC options

GTE Cars v3.11

  • Added new TC options
  • Updated TC and pit limiter sounds

BMW M8 GTE v3.11

  • Removed high poly rear wing collision model

Corvette C8R GTE v3.11 & Ferrari 488 GTE v3.11

  • Updated engine starter sound
  • Seat height adjustment fixed

Dallara IR18 v1.67

  • Fixed numbers not displaying on score tower
  • Fixed push to pass working on ovals
  • Added talent file

Kart Cup 2014 v2.04

  • Removed tilt in cockpit camera

Track Updates

This new build has also provide us the opportunity to go back and review a few issues with existing content within the simulation, giving us a chance to look at some of our previously released circuits and apply a few useful quality of life changes and improvements – details of which can be found below: 

Donington v1.11

  • Fixed Start Light Sequencing
  • Various AI Improvements including Craner Curves & Old Hairpin (GP & National)
  • Various Cut Corridor Updates
  • Improved AI lines into Craner Curves & Old Hairpin (GP & National)
  • Various minor AI tweaks
  • Fixed cut corridors at pit entry

Indianapolis v1.22

  • Fixed Oval Safety Car Location
  • Updated Curbs on Modern GP layout T6-T7 for 2021
  • Reviewed Cut Corridors on RC & GP layouts
  • Adjusted Concrete Road bumpiness
  • Minor LOD optimization
  • Minor Collision Fixes
  • Fixed minor collision issue
  • Tweaks to AIW on Road Course layout
  • Fixed objects with default lodding
  • Updated RRBIN
  • Fixed Oval Safety Car Pit Lane Position

Zandvoort v2.61

  • Added new Grandstands and Paddock Assets to GP layout
  • Fixed Pit Door Sequencing
  • Fixed AI Fuel Calculations

Le Mans v2.83

  • Added 2022 Layout with accurate advertisement
  • Updated materials on roads, curbs, grass, gravel traps etc
  • Added extra decals to surfaces
  • Fine tuned night time glare
  • Fixed some issues with TDF settings
  • Fixed some armco smoothing issues
  • Fixed a material error on road lines resulting in some lines not being tar-ed out.
  • Fine tuned Cut Track detection
  • Stricter cut track on tight turn apexes
  • Fixed floating MMA advertisement sign issues before Ford Chicanes
  • Updated Specular settings for groove on road and curbs
  • Fixed various minor advertising issues
  • Corrected some minor GDB issues on 2022 layout
  • Updated concrete porsche curves run off on 2022 layout

Nordschleife v2.37

  • Various material updates to Terrain, Foliage and Barriers
  • Various minor texture fixes
  • Various optimizations to decal object groupings
  • Various minor LOD optimizations
  • Added CBASH & RRSHD for faster loading

New Content – Cars

Everyone likes new content… so here is new content! As we strive to continue making rFactor 2 the most immersive and diverse product in sim racing, we are delight to present a selection of very, very cool cars for the title as part of this build update. Moving away from our more recent offerings of high speed, intense experience cars, we’ve taken the opportunity with this build to concentrate more on our ground level, hard racing friendly machinery – and because of that, we think we’ve managed to put together some seriously exciting cars to drive. 

From our continued collaboration with the British Touring Car Championship and building on the well received cars we released last time out, to introducing 2 new brands to the rFactor 2 family in the form of the Caterham Academy and vintage Mini Cooper, it would be fair to say we are pretty stoked with what’s on offer for rFactor 2 players in Q3. 

BTCC Pack 2

BTCC Pack 2 | Steam Store: CLICK HERE

Starting with our ongoing collaboration with the British Touring Car Championship, and following up on the hugely popular release of our BTCC Pack One back in May, we are delighted to be able to introduce the wonderful Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance and Ford Focus ST NGTC models to the simulation, complete with the full teams and liveries of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship racing season. These two cars represent some of the most recent models to enter the BTCC of late, and two of arguably the most striking looking from a field of incredible touring car machinery. Both running to front wheel drive configuration, the key difference between the two cars, aside from the obvious visual aspect of being from different brands, is the Focus runs a self developed Ford / Monutune engine, while the Hyundai utilises the TOCA / Swindon lump found in the already released Infiniti Q50 and Toyota Corolla. 

Caterham Academy (free car)

Caterham Academy | Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE

Keeping in theme with the world of close competition, the free car of the August content drop is none other than the mighty Caterham Academy, a light weight, highly manoeuvrable and incredibly popular club level race car that has pretty much dominated the national racing scene in recent decades. Built with simplicity and weight saving in mind, the Caterham is a car that lends itself perfectly to hard racing, where drivers of any skill and experience level can ply their trade and really get a kick out of charging hard and going door to door with their racing rivals on track. Built with a wealth of technical detail and dyno information from multiple independent sources, this little Caterham is something that we are particularly excited to get into the hands of our players, as we fully expect this to quickly establish itself as one of our ‘go to’ vehicles for online racing, so expect to see this one added to the rFactor 2 Competition System very soon after release. 

Mini Vintage

Mini Vintage | Steam Store: CLICK HERE

Another car that most certainty lends itself to great racing, all be it in a very different way indeed, is the little Austin Mini Cooper S Mk1 Group 2, a welcome addition of classic content that should appeal to many different driving skills and styles. Although not a big car in size, in heart the little Mini is as big as it can get out on the race track. A terror of touring car racing in period, the Mk1 Cooper S remains an exceptionally popular car in historic racing throughout the world, still capable of proving itself a very compeditive proporsition against many varied rivals, and most importantly of all, a car that never fails to thrill drivers behind the wheel. 

Short wheel base construction encourages drivers to steer with the throttle and rear wheels, this certainly isn’t a car that requires precision and patience, far from it in fact, if you aren’t going sideways on full lock then you just aren’t driving this thing to its full potential. That said, even though arm gymnastics are required to keep on the straight and narrow, the Mini is still a very forgiving beast, so expect this to be another car that provides exceptional potential to have good, clean and close racing – another little star that should prove one to watch in the months ahead.

New Content – Track

Tracks are an important part of any racing simulation, and here at the studio we’ve been incredibly busy this year working to ensure we can offer some of the most detailed and accurate representations of the venues you all know and love. As you can imagine, the time taken to develop a track is significant, and the quality of our laserscanned circuits is, we believe, second to none in the industry. That said, while we all love a big release like Monza or Daytona, we also need to keep in mind that smaller and more niche venues are also just as important to the overall gameplay experience of the title, and often it is these unexpected choices that end up producing some of the best racing experiences.

As such, for this quarter we have elected to think a little outside the box, and bring a very different type of track to the title – one that should go a long way towards offering something a little different for our players to enjoy… 

World Wide Technology Raceway

World Wide Technology Raceway | Steam Store: CLICK HERE

A staple of the IndyCar schedule in oval form, Gateway is one of the lesser known circuits of American motorsport, yet something of a hidden gem in terms of how high speed and quite challenging the layout can be when in road course configuration. 

Developed by the Studio 397 track team with the aid of detailed laserscanned technology, Gateway is a circuit that we think may well surprise quite a few people with the unique and interesting challenge it offers our drivers, especially once players get into the groove of pushing the car to the very edge of its potential in the deceptively fast series of sweeping turns deep into the infield section of the racecourse. 

Fully recreated in both oval and road course configuration, Gateway joins our rapidly increasing list of American based circuits in rFactor 2, and despite the relatively low profile nature of the venue, should offer our drivers something a little different in terms of look and feel compared to more recent track releases. Perfect for lower powered cars, yet just a suitable for high performance open wheel and GT machines, Gateway is a track that doesn’t just add variety to the content offering within rFactor 2, but is a circuit that features many of its own unique and interesting challenges not found in more traditional European layouts. 

Competition System Season 5 Schedule

A new season of the rFactor 2 Competition System is now live, with new cars, new classes, old favourites and plenty to get your teeth into for some good quality online racing adventures! New series for this season include the Mini Challenge and the much anticipated GT Endurance Trophy – so make sure you head over to the Competition System within the main rFactor 2 UI, and get yourself signed up for a race today! 

You can find out all about the different events on offer in Season 5 by checking out the announcement article on the Studio 397 website, link HERE. 

As always, here at Studio 397 we are incredibly excited to hear what our community think of these new improvements and content releases for our simulation – and most importantly of all, we absolutely cannot wait to join you out on the track in the weeks ahead. Have fun, and see you on the track! 

rFactor 2 Q3 2022 Update and DLC – Now Available! 

Announcing Competition System | Season 5

Announcing Competition System | Season 5

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Hello sim racers. 

Can you believe it, another season of the rFactor 2 Competition System is ready to go – Season 5 is here! 

For this new campaign of virtual racing activity, we have quite the combination of new and exciting content put together for your online racing thrills. From returning favourites the likes of the Open Wheel Sprint, to brand new and fan requested championships like the GT Endurance Trophy and Mini Challenge, plus of course the debut of the mighty Caterham in our Rookie Cup – Season 5 is packed to the brim with new, exciting and entertaining opportunities to head out on track and race with your fellow sim drivers. 

The headline for this new season has to be the debut of the GT Endurance Trophy into the Competition System. Utilising the freshly updated and improved GTE class of cars, and putting together longer, 90 minute races leading up to the 2.4 hours season finale, this new series should produce quote the test of driving skill and determination for our fans of longer distance racing adventure – a category that we are sure will provide plenty of racing highlights for many in the rFactor 2 community. 

That said, if you like your action on track to be a bit shorter, we’ve got you covered! In keeping with tradition here in the Competition System, the Rookie Cup returns for Season 5, but this time we’ve taken the decision to put aside the little Alpine tin top, and replaced it with our new (and free) Caterham Academy. Anyone even slightly familiar with Caterham will know this means only one thing – immense racing action! We can’t wait to see how these races unfold in the weeks ahead. 

Season 5

Dates | 8th August to 18th September 

Series | Rookie Cup (New Car), Open Wheel Sprint, Touring Car Challenge, GT Endurance Trophy (New Series), Mini Challenge (New Series), Race of the Season

Rookie Cup

Car: Caterham Academy 

Times: Daily, at the beginning of every hour

Format: 10 minute practice, 5 minute qualifying, 20 minute race

Open Wheel Sprint

Car: Tatuus FT-60 (Steam Workshop)

Times: Daily, 30 minutes past every hour

Format: 10 minute practice, 5 minute qualifying, 25 minute race

Touring Car Challenge

Car: BTCC

Qualifying: 1x Hot lap split qualifying Monday 8 – Thursday 11 Aug / Donington Club

Race: 1 x Race every Friday 21:00 CEST

Hot lap qualifying: This sets the split for the season – points awarded each race will determine split for race 2-6

Format: 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, changed to lap count (roughly 25 mins)

GT Endurance Trophy

Pre-qualifying: 25th July – 7th August

Cars: GTE (Steam Store)

Times: Every Sunday at 20:00.

Format: 10 minute Practice, 10 minute qualifying, 90 minute race except final = 2.4 hours (144 mins)

Mini Challenge

Pre-Qualifying: 08 August – 14 August

Car: Austin Mini Cooper S MkI Group 2

Times: Mondays at 20:00

Format: 10 minute Practice, 5 minute qualifying, 20 minute race

Race of the Season – Hotlap Qualifying until 11 September

Car – Austin Mini Cooper S MkI Group 2

Track: Brands Hatch Grand Prix

Date: Sunday 18th September

Time: 21:00 CEST

Qualification: Hotlap competition to run 5 weeks through the season

Number of Drivers: 30

Race Details: 45 minutes

Season 5 has it all – returning favourites, brand new combinations and of course, our new content from the Q3 2022 content drop – make sure you don’t miss out!  

Announcing Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance NGTC

Announcing Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance NGTC

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Hello sim racing fans! 

Ah, don’t we all love that wonderful time when we at Studio 397 share with you all the fruits of our labours over the last few months, rolling through that exciting journey of announcements ahead of the latest quarterly update and content drop for rFactor 2? 

Since we deployed our hugely popular Q2 2022 release back on May 9th, we have been delighted to hear the waves of positive feedback from the community about our first batch of modern British Touring Car vehicles, and following up on our intention to bring the full grid to life within rFactor 2, we cannot wait for you to get your hands on this next mighty new car! We are sure you will agree, this car is one of the most interesting and exciting brands in the championship, representing one of the very latest models to join this hugely popular series – and to see it in virtual form within our simulation is an incredibly exciting moment for the team – one that we hope you share with us as we step ever closer to release day. 

BTCC Car Pack 1 | rFactor 2 Steam Store: CLICK HERE

The Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance is an incredibly potent racing machine. Run by the EXCELR8 Motorsport outfit in the UK, and fielding one of the most exciting drivers of the BTCC in the form of Tom Ingram, the Hyundai has already proven itself to be massively quick and capable of taking strong results in the highly competitive world of British Touring Car Championship racing – not to mention one of the most attractive cars on the grid! 

Run by Justina Williams, EXCELR8 Motorsport only made their debut in the BTCC for the 2019 season, off the back of a highly successful and long standing association with the Mini Challenge Series (one that continues to this day). Starting life in the series cautiously with the then rather aged MG6 GT cars, it wouldn’t take EXCELR8 long to establish their credentials in the championship, before making a bold move in the winter of that same year to commit to the design, development and build of the brand-new i30.

Unbelievably, that first season with the new cars would yield almost instant results, with both drivers going on to secure podium finishes before the 2020 campaign came to a close. With such obvious potential displayed by the new cars, for 2021 the team expanded yet again, joining forces with Trade Price Cars as they upped the entry to a total of four machines for the new campaign and beyond – a decision that seems to be paying off handsomely for the team, with victories and strong race finishes becoming something of the norm for this exciting new outfit. 

This car is particularly special as it represents yet another new manufacturer to the BTCC. Although much like with the majority of the field, the team do not have full factory support from Hyundai, it remains an incredibly exciting opportunity for fans of British motorsport to see the popular Korean marque represented alongside the healthy grid of different cars that hold a place in the modern era of British Touring Car Championship racing. 

Having undergone aggressive development over the course of its lifetime within the paddock, the Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance is already a very potent machine in the right hands. Front wheel driven and powered by a Swindon developed Hyundai engine, the car has proven a capable prospect on the many varied types of circuit run within the British Touring Car Championship season. 

Working well under ballast and able to manipulate the front end for strong corner entry, the Hyundai is certainly a car to be reckoned with – and being at such an early stage of development, it can only get quicker from here on in..

Q3 2022 Announcements

So there we have it folks, the full list of Q3 2022 content releases have been revealed – and with it, another nice collection of cars and tracks to keep our ever keen sim racing community happy and going quickly! We can’t wait for you all to get your hands on this new content, and we remain excited about the opportunities we have to present new, interesting and diverse content within the simulation. August 8th is right around the corner…

BTCC Hyundai – Coming to rFactor 2 soon!

Announcing Caterham Academy

Announcing Caterham Academy

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Hello sim racers!

Here we go again with another content announcement for rFactor 2, and this time, we are delighted to be able to bring a very important national level racing car to the simulation, free to all users, as part of our upcoming 2022 Q3 Content Drop this August – the wonderful Caterham Academy! 

A car steeped in history and sold in the thousands throughout the UK and abroad, for decades now, Caterham has become synonymous with bringing motorsport to the wider public, and very soon our drivers here in rFactor 2 will get the opportunity to sample what is one of the most cost-effective and enjoyable ways to hit the race circuits, now in virtual form! 

Initially launching with the Academy version of the mighty Caterham, with further models to follow in the months ahead, this nimble and exciting car is one of the finest ways to get yourself out on the circuit and feel the white-hot heat of competition for yourself. Low power but exceptionally light, the little Caterham is the type of car that just adores being thrown around on the racetrack, and produces an incredibly entertaining driving experience that allows races to not only have fun, but to also get in and up close with your rivals on track. Expect to make a pass in a Caterham and be done with the move? Unlikely, you’ll probably find you’ve got at least another couple of cars going side-by-side with you on the run down into the next corner – more than likely the next few corners actually! 

The Car

Caterham, or specifically the Lotus 7 on which this model is based, has been around and prominent in motorsport for a very long time indeed. Loved by drivers and racers for the simplicity of the design and upkeep, as well as the golden combination of manoeuvrability and low weight, this car is very much the definition of what a ‘driver’s car’ should be. Happy to be hustled around on road or track, and not afraid to offer up the odd rear overtaking the front moment, without ever getting too dramatic as to being out of control, Caterham has become a byword for the type of car anyone and everyone eventually gets behind the wheel and goes racing with. 

The model set to be released to rFactor 2 as a free content addition during the 2022 Q3 Content Drop is the entry level Caterham Academy, part of the pyramid of championships that Caterham offers in order to help drivers progress and develop their racing skills up through the multitude of series run by the British manufacturer. 

Similar to the higher ranking series cars, the Academy comes in at slightly lower horsepower than the more senior categories, with the Ford Sigma derived engine capable of producing around 115 mph top speed, and 0-60 tracked somewhere around the region of 5.3 seconds. On paper, these most certainly aren’t supercar beating figures, but when you couple this with the fact the car weighs a scant 625 kg including the driver, you quickly begin to understand that this is a vehicle that will very easily produce an exceptional driving experience, whilst still being more than capable of offering up some really close and intense racing out on the many varieties of circuit available within rFactor 2. 

Complete with multiple liveries to offer up a healthy mix of designs for multi car events, and as a car that is sure to be introduced into the rFactor 2 Competition System soon after release, here at Studio 397 we firmly believe that the mighty Caterham will quickly prove itself to be as popular with our virtual racing drivers, as it is with our real life counterparts on the world circuit. Forgiving enough to encourage close racing and beginner-friendly tendencies, and challenging enough to be exceptional fun for even the most seasoned driver, we can’t wait to see how the community react to the new car once it is released as a free content addition this August!

Technical Specs

  • Caterham tuned Ford Sigma, 1596cc, 4 cylinder, naturally aspirated.
  • Max Power (bhp/rpm): 125 @ 6,800
  • Max Torque (Nm/rpm): 150 @ 4,800
  • Weight: Minimum 625kg including driver.
  • 5 speed gearbox.

Release Details

The Caterham Academy is set to release as part of the upcoming 2022 Q3 August Content Drop for rFactor, alongside a raft of new content, features, fixes and improvements. The car will be made available as a new, free item within the Studio 397 Steam Workshop page, available to download for all users of the simulation once released. 

The August update will introduce the Caterham Academy, with further models from the Caterham racing range set to be introduced as part of future quarterly update build releases. 

Announcements So Far

We are very much looking forward to our community taking this car out on the track for the first time, and we look forward to making even more cool announcements as we continue our build-up to the Q3 August Content Drop in rFactor 2. As always, stay tuned to our social media channels, Discord and the forum for all the latest news and features, as and when they are revealed. 

Caterham Academy – Coming soon to rFactor 2! 

Announcing the Austin Mini Cooper S MkI Group 2

Announcing the Austin Mini Cooper S MkI Group 2

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Hello sim racers! 

Welcome to our latest content announcement as part of the rapidly approaching 2022 Q3 August Content Drop here in rFactor 2. 

Today, we have the distinct pleasure to welcome to our roster of cars a very exciting entry level addition, the frankly quite delightful Mk1 Austin Mini Cooper S Group 2 race car!

Developed to adhere to FIA Group 2 historic racing regulations, the mighty Mini is a unique of a car as you will find in the world of motorsports. Developed as a convenient city car for the road, and made famous by the Beatles in the mid 1960s, the Mini went on to be something of an unexpected success story in the world of racing, proving itself to be a more than capable racer in-period, and has since become one of the de facto ‘go to’ cars for a wealth of historic racing championships around the world. 

Easy to maintain, chock-full of personality and incredibly agile and fun to race, the Mini Cooper S is a perfect way for many drivers to introduce themselves to the world of racing, and have a bag full of fun into the process! 

For this August update, we will be adding the iconic Mini to our roster of cars within the simulation – but we haven’t finished with Mini yet! In a future quarterly release, we plan to introduce the modern JCW cup car to the simulation as well, so before too long our drivers will have the opportunity to sample 60 years of development for one of the most enduring, and endearing cars in the automotive world

Technical Specs

  • 125HP and 140NM of torque. 
  • Full roll cage
  • Racing suspensions and dampers
  • LSD and rear ARB

Release Details

This mighty Mini will be made available as part of the upcoming 2022 Q3 Content Drop for rFactor 2. The car will be available within the rFactor 2 Steam Store as both a standalone item, and part of a wider pack, the details of which will be revealed closer to release. 

As always with these quarterly updates, for those players wishing to purchase the full content offering, a complete ‘Q3 Pack’ will also be made available to purchase, containing the full offering of paid DLC as part of the August release. 

Something a bit different, and a car that is sure to excite and enthral our players in equal measure. Not long to go now until release, so don’t forget to stay tuned to our various social media channels, Discord, website and forum to find out any further information about the upcoming rFactor 2 content drop for August – not long left to wait! 

Austin Mini Cooper S Vintage – Coming August 8th to rFactor 2! 

Announcing World Wide Technology Raceway

Announcing World Wide Technology Raceway

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Hello sim racers! 


The first reveal of the Q3 2022 Content Drop for rFactor 2 is here – World Wide Technology Raceway!

A brand new laserscanned circuit and something a little on the different side, WWTR, or Gateway as it is known in US motorsports is a 1.6 mile American road course built within the infield of the oval layout, based just east of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, close to the Gateway Arch.

As part of this new release, we have laserscanned and created both the oval and road course configuration of this interesting little American track, so whatever your vehicle preference, Gateway should allow you a perfect playground to get out on the tarmac and have yourself some virtual racing fun. 

The Track

T1 & T2

Turn 1 on pretty much any roval course is always an interesting high speed affair, and Gateway certainly continues that theme with the challenging run down into the opening braking zone of this short lap. Approached at maximum velocity from the start finish stretch of the original oval layout, here drivers need to first negotiate the moderate left-hand kink down past the traditional oval apron, juggling braking and car positioning, before rolling to the outside line and aggressively reapplying the brakes in order to slow the car and launch into the second corner of the lap. Realistically, T1 and T2 are intrinsically linked together and are approached as a single entity, get the first part wrong, and it’s likely you will find yourself very quickly running out of racing room as we approach part 2. 

T3 & T4

Having successfully made your way through the opening encounter, the next big event of the lap is the first of two very, very high speed chicanes here at the World Wide Technology Motorsports Park circuit. Requiring a healthy handful of commitment and bravery, turns 3 and 4 can be taken surprisingly quickly if you are willing to get up close and personal with the steep curbs that mark out the corner limits – get it wrong here and drop a wheel on the grass, and be prepared to spend a lot of time trying to gather the car and keep yourself on the grey stuff – it’s a much more difficult section of track than first appears, and critical to the overall prospects of securing a strong lap time. 

T5 & T6

Similar to turns 3 and 4, yet in reality completely different in nature, the next section of the lap is another very fast left / right chicane – but this time approached at considerably higher speeds, and with an interesting catch right at the end of the segment. Approached flat chat, here the driver needs to begin a gradual deceleration phase halfway through the sequence, balancing the car and your commitment in order to prepare yourself for the most difficult corner of the track – turn 7. 

T7

Having worked your way through the proceeding chicane, drivers are then immediately thrown into the seemingly never ending Turn 7, gradually winding on the lock whilst trying to bleed away excess speed without inducing too much of the dreaded understeer that can quickly push you too far out to the outside of the turn and into the inevitable grass tracking excursion and eventually the wall. 

Good car balance and a willingness to thoroughly understand the limits of your available grip are critical ingredients for a strong run through this part of the track, leaving you with an incredibly satisfied feeling should you get it right, and firmly frustrated when things go wrong. One of those corners where things seem to go well every other lap at best, compromise is the name of the game here, and minimizing the losses when the inevitable mistakes happen over the course of the stint.  

T8

Turn 8 should be considered the most important corner of the lap here at Gateway, as this is the final part of the infield course that leads out onto the oval layout – and with it a prolonged period of flat out driving as you race towards the start / finish line to begin yet another lap of the Missouri venue. Despite being technically considered a hairpin, Turn 8 is deceptively long and offers a couple of realistic lines for drivers to take. Do you go into the corner high and aggressively come back down onto the apex, or does your car respond better to the lower line and drifting up to the outside oval retaining wall when hard on the gas? Interesting options, and a critical decision point in order to maximize acceleration and speed as we head out onto the oval portion of the lap.

T9 & 10

Turns 9 and 10 of the road course are in effect turns 3 and 4 of the oval, and depending on the car and grip underneath you, should be a fairly simple case of keeping the loud pedal firmly to the floor and charging onwards towards breaking the timing beam at the end of the lap. These two oval corners are of course vitally important to the overall lap time here at Gateway, and will likely be the main part of track that drivers have accounted for when setting up their cars in the garage. A good run through 9 and 10, plus a healthy slipstream from a rival car ahead, and you should be perfectly positioned to have a look at making the overtake into the first (actually second) corner into the braking zone – be aware if you are the lead car in this situation, as defence here is almost impossible – making you something of the sitting duck as you start another lap of this surprisingly interesting little venue. 

So, there we have it – the first reveal of the Q3 update and content drop for rFactor 2 is here and ready to go! Something a bit different for sure, and a track that in either oval or road course form should provide a healthy handful of thrills and spills for our sim racing community here at rFactor 2 – we can’t wait for you to give it a go for yourself. 

World Wide Technology Raceway – Coming soon to rFactor 2

Announcing Competition System | Season 4

Announcing Competition System | Season 4

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Hello sim racers, 

Season 4 of the rFactor 2 Competition System is ready to go – are you up for the challenge? 

This new season is an exciting one for all of us, as we look to mix things up a little with a brand-new series to join, as well as returning and expanding some fan favourites you have come to know and love over recent months. Developed with a view to offering racing opportunities for drivers of all tastes, we think this latest collection of events should provide some epic moments for our players, and we can’t wait to get out on track and go door-to-door with you all! 

Headline activity from Season 4 has to be the long awaited and welcome return of GT3 cars in the Competition System, and not just the cars themselves, but a brand-new series for you to get involved with! Please welcome into the world the GT3 Sprint Trophy, a dedicated Competition System series where drivers will be pitched into 60 minute races every Wednesday evening, on a range of exciting circuits from within the current rFactor 2 offering. These races should provide that GT3 hit our audience have been asking for, and with it, plenty of exciting racing opportunities – get your rigs ready, this is going to be intense!

Season 4

Dates | 27th June to 5th August.

Series | Rookie Cup, Open Wheel Sprint, GT3 Sprint Trophy, Touring Car Challenge, Race of the Season.

GT3 Sprint Trophy

Pre Qualification from 15th-26th June

Cars: GT3

Times: Every Wednesday at 20:00

Format: 10 minute Practice, 10 minute qualifying, 60 minute race

Rookie Cup

Car:  Alpine A110 Cup (Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE)

Times: Daily, at the beginning of every hour

Format: 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, 20 minute race

Open Wheel Sprint

Car: Tatuus FT-60 (Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE)

Times: Daily, 30 minutes past every hour

Format: 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, 25 minute race

Touring Car Challenge

Cars: Infiniti Q50, Toyota Corolla

Qualifying: 1x Hot lap split qualifying Monday 27th – Thursday 30th June / Laguna Seca

Race: 2 x Races every Friday 21:00 CEST

Hot lap qualifying: This sets the split for the season – points awarded each race will determine split for race 2-6

Format: Race 1 – 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, 6 lap race / Race 2 – 10 minute practice, top 6 reversed grid, lap count track dependant – overall race time roughly 25 minutes.

Race of the Season – Hotlap Qualifying until 31st July

Car – Toyota Corolla

Track – Donington GP

Date: 7th August

Time: 21:00 CEST

Qualification: Hotlap competition to run 5 weeks through the season

Number of Drivers: 30

Race Details: 45 minutes, 1 x pitstop – upgrade

Live Steam: Yes – TraxionGG YouTube

Season 4 is set to be another great period of online racing in rFactor 2, and we are just as excited as you to get things up and running – see you all out on the track(s)!

Bahrain Headlines New 2022/23 Le Mans Virtual Schedule

Bahrain Headlines New 2022/23 Le Mans Virtual Schedule

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Get ready for some incredible racing action this year, as we announce the latest season of the Le Mans Virtual starting this September 17th with a brand-new track to rFactor 2 – the Bahrain International Circuit! 

That’s right, following an incredibly successful year in 2021, Motorsport Games, the ACO and rFactor 2 are back again for another season of the premier endurance racing online competition, mixing real world teams and drivers with elite esport stars of today, racing together over a five round campaign that ends in the now famous Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual over the weekend of January 14th and 15th next year – a welcome return to the toughest endurance racing series in the world. 

More Info | Le Mans Virtual Website: CLICK HERE

This season, the Le Mans Virtual Series will run with a prize fund of US $250,000 and is set to feature both the LMP2 Oreca 07, and the full roster of GTE cars available within rFactor 2. Mixing the world of real and virtual is one of the key points of interest within this series, and as such, in order to accommodate the often packed schedule of our real world drivers, for the 2022/23 season a change in the rules no means that teams must field at least one professional driver in their car during an event this season, rather than having to run the full campaign as was the case in previous iterations of the championship. 

The championship will again feature a five round campaign, with a brand-new track making its esports debut for round one, in the form of the Bahrain 8 Hours on September 17th…

Bahrain International Circuit

(photo credit: Motorsport Images) 

Laser scanned and built with incredible attention to detail, the Bahrain International Circuit is coming to rFactor 2 as part of the November 2022 Q4 content drop to the simulation! Set to feature in both the Grand Prix and Outer Circuit configurations, Bahrain has quickly established itself as a popular track amongst fans and drivers, and one that very often allows for some spectacular racing action – especially with GT and endurance racing machinery. 

More details on the track and preview screenshots will be made available in due course, so stay tuned to the rFactor 2 website, Discord, forum and social media channels to hear all the latest news first!

Le Mans Virtual 2022/23 Calendar

The 2022/23 Le Mans Virtual Series is going to be incredible, and we cannot wait to get the action started. With the addition of the new Bahrain Grand Prix circuit, we think the calendar this year is our best one yet – a true test of endurance esport racing skill and bravery – a championship not to be missed!

Le Mans Virtual 2022/23 – Coming soon to rFactor 2! 

Announcing Competition System | Season 3

Announcing Competition System | Season 3

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Hello sim racers!

Welcome to Season 3 of the rFactor 2 Competition System! 

If you cast your mind back to early February of this year, we launched our new initiative to put together what we have decided to call ‘seasons’ of racing action into the Competition System – designed to offer up an opportunity for our players to easily review and access what we hope are a satisfying mix of different types of online competition within the simulation. In the period between first launching this new schedule and today, we have seen a wealth of exciting racing across many types of car, from our ever popular Rookie Cup events, to much more powerful and dramatic machinery in the form of the recent Dallara IR-18 2022 INDYCAR – all designed and run with a view to making pick up and play racing in rFactor 2 as easy as possible for our sim racing community. 

Now, as we sit here and celebrate the new Q2 2022 update and content drop for rFactor 2, it’s time to launch Season 3 – including a brand-new and very exciting addition….

The big headline for this new season is without doubt the introduction of touring car racing for the very first time, as we bring into the fold the exceptional Infiniti Q50 and Toyota Corolla GR Sport NGTC cars as part of the Touring Car Challenge events that will be held every Friday evening at 21:00 CEST. Running over the course of six races at some of the most exciting touring car style tracks in rFactor 2, this is one we cannot wait to see you out on the circuit and giving it your all for the race victory! 

If you don’t yet have the BTCC cars in your inventory for this new season, fear not, dear sim racer – we continue to have you covered with our range of events that exclusively use free to download content. The Rookie Cup returns with the Alpine A110 Cup car and a selection of free tracks, and the move to use the Tatuus FT-60 for our Open Wheel Sprint series is again another series where tracks and car are freely available within the Studio 397 Steam Workshop – so no excuses, get yourself out on track and join us in some epic online racing action!

Season 3

Dates | 9th May to 19th June

Series | Rookie Cup, Open Wheel Sprint, Touring Car Challenge, Race of the Season.

Rookie Cup

Car:  Alpine A110 Cup (Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE)

Times: Daily, at the beginning of every hour

Format: 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, 20 minute race

Open Wheel Sprint

Car: Tatuus FT-60 (Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE)

Times: Daily, 30 minutes past every hour

Format: 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, 25 minute race

Touring Car Challenge

Car: Toyota Corolla GR Sport / Infiniti Q50 (Steam Store: CLICK HERE)

Qualifying: 1x Hot lap split qualifying Monday 9th – Thursday 12th May / Donington Club

Race: 1 x Race every Friday 21:00 CEST

Hot lap qualifying: This sets the split for the season

Format: 10 minute practice, 10 minute qualifying, race length varies per track

As it is now the tradition for each new season of racing in the Competition System, to celebrate the end of S3 we will be hosting our scheduled ‘Race of the Season’ special event, where we put some of our fastest drivers together in a live broadcast race on the Traxion.GG YouTube channel, to see who can come out on top with the ultimate performance on the day. As always, this Race of the Season event will be open to anyone within the rFactor 2 community, and we will allocate a split to each driver based on their hotlap performance over the course of a five-week period. At the conclusion of the qualification competition, the top 30 drivers will be entered into a 45-minute race with a mandatory pitstop, and the first three drivers to the flag will earn a virtual podium spot – and the new Race of the Season trophy for their collections! 

Race of the Season

Car: Dallara IR-18 INDYCAR (Steam Store: CLICK HERE) 

Track: Laguna Seca (Steam Store: CLICK HERE) 

Date: Sunday 19th June

Time: 21:00 CEST

Qualification: Hotlap competition to run 5 weeks through the season

Number of Drivers: 30

Race Details: 45 minutes, 1 x pitstop – upgrade

Live Steam: Yes – TraxionGG YouTube

Formula Challenge

The best open wheel series in rFactor 2 is back with a bang, bigger, better and more exciting than ever before!

The Formula Challenge Series will be held on the Fridays in the same week as Formula Pro. Formula Challenge is the feeder series into Formula Pro, where drivers fight for a team spot in Formula Pro season 2. Drivers will qualify through the Competition System and will be sorted in splits for the season opener. Throughout the season, drivers will be able to move up and down between the splits.

The Formula Challenge car will have reduced power (bhp) and torque.

Hotlaps are closed, and the racing is right around the corner – get ready for awesome!

Season 3 is set to be another great period of online racing in rFactor 2, and we are just as excited as you to get things up and running – see you all out on the track(s)!

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