V-WTCC by SimBin Studios and Eurosport Events

[Bram Hengeveld]

Server: V-WTCC.COM #EU-1
Password:
Practice: 18:00 GMT
Qualification: 18:30 GMT
Race: 1 of 2 starts at 19:00 GMT
Duration: 2 x 12 laps

Sign up here please:
Thursday July 31st - WTCC @ Imola - The Official V-WTCC Forum

[Bram Hengeveld]

Server: V-WTCC.COM #EU-1
Class: WTCC 2007
Track: Curitiba 07
Password:
Practice: 18:00 GMT
Qualification: 18:30 GMT
Race: 1 of 2 starts at 19:00 GMT
Duration: 2 x 14 laps

Sign up here: WTCC @ Curitiba - Friday August 1st 2008 - The Official V-WTCC Forum

[Bram Hengeveld]

Don't miss out on the free extra daily races: Extra Daily Races - The Official V-WTCC Forum

[Maik Peters]

V-WTCC site is really nice.. Respect to the builders... Keep it going..

Also a applause to the Organizers

[Bram Hengeveld]

Yes the new layout is nicely done indeed! We are really proud on the webteam!

[Bram Hengeveld]

How come there is suddenly no interest in WTCC anymore

[Bram Hengeveld]

Yokohama Shines on the Winner’s Car


During each of the Semi-Finals the drivers not only battle for the tickets to Monza, but also for a brand new set of Yokohama tyres. Nils Naujoks tell us about his.

Read more here:
V-WTCC - Virtual World Touring Car Championship" on all pages | Presented by SimBin

[Bram Hengeveld]

On August 3 the top drivers of the Oschersleben ranking gathered to battle for the tickets of the fourth Semi-Final. Previously unlucky drivers took their chances in these Brand Cup Races and earned a ticket.

Read More: V-WTCC - Virtual World Touring Car Championship" on all pages | Presented by SimBin

[Bram Hengeveld]

Schedule for the upcoming 14 days:

WTCC @ Curitiba: 14th August 2008
WTCC @ Zandvoort: 15th August 2008
WTCC @ Valencia: 16th August 2008
WTCC @ Pau: 17th August 2008
WTCC @ Brno (Wet): 18th August 2008
WTCC @ Porto: 19th August 2008
WTCC @ Anderstorp (Wet): 20th August 2008
WTCC @ Oschersleben: 21st August 2008
WTCC @ Brands Hatch: 22nd August 2008
WTCC @ Monza: 23rd August 2008
WTCC @ Macau: 24th August 2008

[Bram Hengeveld]

Only 3 sign ups so far. Nobody interested?

[Lee Downham]

Hey Bram

I see that a few of us are having problems with the time format ...
Why not start posting up in a couple of other time zones to help ease everyone's confusion, ie. not just GMT but also CET, as I guess most folk here would be on that, or at least can work it out from one or both of those time zones when things are actually going on?

GMT does get real confusing for me, and I am English and have lived and worked abroad for years now, so I should know it really, but it hurts my head to do all this time travel just to figure out whether I can race or not

... I mean, you got GMT, which is the time in the UK when they don't have "daylight saving" (or BST which is what they are on now).
Then the EU, which is where I live, is one hour in advance of the UK
... but if the UK is on daylight saving, then I too am on daylight saving
... which means that I am still only one hour ahead of the UK, but two hours ahead of GMT
... but then in winter it all goes back to just one hour in front of GMT
... oh stop please ...

EDIT ... and I got so confused in writing all this that I even forgot the time zone where I have lived for more than 1 year is the same as the UK!!??

[Bram Hengeveld]

GMT is the worlds standard time.. bringing in other defaults defenitly wont work. We did it here in the beginning as well running on CET but in the end that confuses more then the standard time zone..

The other suggestion of running events for different zones is something i would love to do, but we first need the interest for it

[Bram Hengeveld]

Still some spots left for tonights race, sign up here:
WTCC @ Zandvoort - Friday August 15 2008 - The Official V-WTCC Forum

[Bram Hengeveld]

WTCC 2007 action at Valencia, Spain. Sign up here:

WTCC @ Valencia - Saturday August 16 2008 - The Official V-WTCC Forum

[Bram Hengeveld]

The long awaited Semi-Final where top shots Mathieu Prevot and Henrik Horvath will be present is at hand. The competition will be more exciting then ever, as new rules apply!

On August 30 the fourth Semi-Final will be held at the circuit of Oschersleben.

Ranking top shot and BMW Brand Cup winner Mathieu Prevot enters as one of the favourites. He completed the Oschersleben Brand Cup Races the fastest and now finally has the chance to compete for a spot in the season final.

Pretty much the same goes for three times Chevrolet Brand Cup winner Henrik Horvath, who also makes his debut at a
V-WTCC Semi-Final.

The Oschersleben Semi-Final also features the first use of penalty weights in V-WTCC. Due to the obvious domination of BMW in the previous three Semi-Finals the V-WTCC Team has decided to add 50kg of weight to all BMW cars in the Semi-Final of Oschersleben, to put them on equal level with the front wheel driven cars. Additionally V-WTCC now steps away from the use of the standard ‘Dry’ weather settings. Semi-Final competitors can now also run into wet or extremely hot situations during any session of the Semi-Final.

Stay tuned for more news around the Oschersleben Semi-Final!

Read more:
V-WTCC - Virtual World Touring Car Championship" on all pages | Presented by SimBin

[Attila Domján]

Olllle, good to see Henrik finally could make to travel to the semis, and Mathieu, all the best buddy, make us RPM proud again!

[Mike Jaanus]

is there a beginer version of this series as im relativly new to the pc racing sim world

[Bram Hengeveld]

The V-WTCC is for everybody, experienced and newly racers. All races are with driving aids allowed so if you have the chance, go online and check it out Mike

[Bram Hengeveld]

On August the 30th the fourth Semi-Final was held at the circuit of Oschersleben in Germany. After two breathtaking races Roman Meier came out as winner and became the first non-BMW victor in V-WTCC.

Read on:
V-WTCC - Virtual World Touring Car Championship" on all pages | Presented by SimBin

Our Virtual RD Hero Henrik Horvath in the blue Chevy shirt on the picture

[Günthar Rowe]

cool to see another model take a win...

[Bram Hengeveld]

In the last online ranking competition of V-WTCC the 16th seat for the Final at Monza will be given away. Drivers can take the Chevrolet Extreme out on the Nordschleife in SimBin’s newest game ‘GTR Evolution’. Be part of the action and win a Chevrolet HHR!
From Monday 8th till Friday 26th of September the V-WTCC will be open for one final ranking period. This time drivers will exchange their WTCC cars for the Chevrolet Lacetti of the WTCC Extreme class and attempt to set fast laptimes at the historic Nordschleife of the Nürburgring.

On September 26th the doors close and the ranking freezes. The fastest driver on the ranking will win one of the sixteen spots in the V-WTCC Grand Finale at the circuit of Monza, Italy, held on the 4th of October. The numbers two and three will also get a ticket to the Finals as back up driver, in case one of the other finalists is prevented from showing up. The winner of this Grand Finale wins a customised Chevrolet HHR with LPG installation.

To participate in this competition there are a few requirements for drivers to have:
- The latest version of Steam (download here)
- A copy of the game GTR Evolution (get it here – note: both Full Game and Expansion Pack are valid to participate in this competition)

How to sign up:
1) Start GTR Evolution
2) Go to Main Menu > World Ranking > V-WTCC > Register/Servers.
3) There you can enter the servers and give it your best shot!

Good luck in the final ranking period of this season!

Check out the leaderboard at V-WTCC - The Virtual World Championship

[Bram Hengeveld]

Direct link to the leaderboard:
V-WTCC - Virtual World Touring Car Championship | Presented by SimBin

[Lee Downham]

Nice on Bram!
Sounds like its gonna get fast and busy out there on the Nordschleife ...

Is the leaderboard live as it was in the past?
I did literally just two laps in early hours of this morning (1am or something), but my time is not up there ...

Luckily it wasn't a superhuman effort (6:45.xxx), but seems there might be some problems with the timing ... as I had no steam errors, etc to suggest otherwise.

[Günthar Rowe]

it won't be me, but I'll have a bash. Very cool