Le Mans to Run a Virtual 24-Hour Race in Place of the Real Thing

[GTPNewsWire]

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

Le Mans to Run a Virtual 24-Hour Race in Place of the Real Thing

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on May 15th, 2020 in the Esports category.

 

[Shofast]

Reminds me of the horror i dealt with on GT 4.

 

[Bloodytears]

Wonder if Eurosport will podcast this, because they actually the only free, and public source here to watch the race, and channel actually holds up this race for many years. If so, I'm in, as usual.

Decided for myself, I will do everything in every year to watch my two 24 favorite races. Big hopes there is a way and news on Nürburgring E-evernt!

 

[Populuxe]

I hope I can watch this. It sounds like fun.

 

[evldave333]

All participants should be locked into their gamer rigs for the full duration n the last one to pit in their pants wins

 

[Sinyster]

I am super excited for this!!!

 

[zzz_pt]

rFactor 2 is not the most visually appealing to watch a 24h long race, Imo, but I'm very curious to see it. I usually follow though Eurosport as well and I hope they broadcast the event.

2020 has been a great year for sim racing and eSports so far. We'll, except live events.

 

[PAWEL17]

Reminds me of the horror i dealt with on GT 4.

You have just brought up some terrible memories. I was 22 hours into it over a 2 day period, when the power went out.

 

[wakas]

I just it'll be fun to watch a PC crash, or the contenders lagging.

I think they have enough time to work on the track visually for this event, its just one track the foliage shouldn't be difficult to replace assuming the game engine can handle the additional detail.

 

[rex1825]

I just it'll be fun to watch a PC crash, or the contenders lagging...

...noooo, server crash is better...

 

[mef]

I'm surprised this isn't going ahead without spectators like other live sports (football in europe).

Maybe Lemans isn't getting as much broadcast revenue as those other sports

 

[Touring Mars]

Participant list:

https://t.co/3el9HKTWey?amp=1

Some notable names and pairings in there...

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Andre Lotterer and Neel Jani
Charles LeClerc and Antonio Giovinazzi
Fernando Alonso and Rubens Barrichello
Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley
Jean-Eric Vergne and Pierre Gasly
Olivier Panis and Aurelien Panis
Jenson Button
Stoffel Vandoorne
Juan Pablo Montoya
Kamui Kobayashi
Bruno Senna
Giancarlo Fisichella

 

[EngieDiesel]

So given what's happened with NASCAR and Formula E's online events, I can't help but wonder if we should we be expecting some weird controversy that ultimately costs someone their job. It seems to be A Thing That Happens™ whenever you get something like this going.

 

[Touring Mars]

So given what's happened with NASCAR and Formula E's online events, I can't help but wonder if we should we be expecting some weird controversy that ultimately costs someone their job. It seems to be A Thing That Happens™ whenever you get something like this going.

Well, Nelson Piquet Jr is there too...

 

[DK]

Well, Nelson Piquet Jr is there too...

Get ready everybody, he's about to say something fascistic/stupid.

 

[gregc]

Well, Nelson Piquet Jr is there too...

And Pagenaud...

Joking apart, that's a pretty stacked field in terms of both real world and sim racers. Should be good!

 

[GTPNewsWire]

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

Button, Leclerc, Verstappen, and Norris Among Star-Studded Virtual Le Mans Entry List

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on June 3rd, 2020 in the Gaming category.

 

[Kevstah2004]

So what snacks is everyone getting stacked up on, for this one
Kobayashi FTW

 

[GregDrou]

I just it'll be fun to watch a PC crash, or the contenders lagging

Lando's PC has high chances of crashing

Participant list:

https://t.co/3el9HKTWey?amp=1

Some notable names and pairings in there...

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Andre Lotterer and Neel Jani
Charles LeClerc and Antonio Giovinazzi
Fernando Alonso and Rubens Barrichello
Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley
Jean-Eric Vergne and Pierre Gasly
Olivier Panis and Aurelien Panis
Jenson Button
Stoffel Vandoorne
Juan Pablo Montoya
Kamui Kobayashi
Bruno Senna
Giancarlo Fisichella

And Felipe Massa

 

[Slapped]

rFactor 2 is not the most visually appealing to watch a 24h long race, Imo, but I'm very curious to see it. I usually follow though Eurosport as well and I hope they broadcast the event.

2020 has been a great year for sim racing and eSports so far. We'll, except live events.

Visually it's OK from my point of view, it's just that it'll take them the entire 24 hours just to load the track.

 

[numbnuts70]

Lando's PC has high chances of crashing

This seems to be the case on F1 2019, a game he dislikes, make of that what you will

Rf2 is more comparable to Iracing so his connection should be more reliable.

Max and Norris (and their teammates) are my bets for the win. (Why no Lmp1?).

 

[Slapped]

Lando's PC has high chances of crashing

It's not his PC, it's his internet connection. Whenever I go back to the UK I'm utterly shocked at how far behind the UK is in terms of internet connectivity.

 

[Bloodytears]

Time for Porsche to own it virtually this year. Didn't expected that huge list from this even, just amazing!

 

[MidnightRush]

Well, Nelson Piquet Jr is there too...

Does this mean we'll get crashgate 2020?

 

[Mr. Apex]

Hey is Jimmy Broadbent participating?

EDIT: Oh, I found him! Mahle Racing Team. In an Aston.
EDIT2: Oh, together with Jamie Chadwick! Wow, that's a team I already sympathize with. The underdogs who just have to win the GTE class!

EDIT3: Does anyone know what this greyed-out-color means … does that mean Jimmy isn't confirmed yet or something?

Hey Jimmy B, i you're reading this: Great stuff! I recently saw your first IRL Nordschleife Lap video and also the Indy win. Hope you guys win the GTE class.
👍

 

[Aceofsquares]

Hey is Jimmy Broadbent participating?

EDIT: Oh, I found him! Mahle Racing Team. In an Aston.
EDIT2: Oh, together with Jamie Chadwick! Wow, that's a team I already sympathize with. The underdogs who just have to win the GTE class!

EDIT3: Does anyone know what this greyed-out-color means … does that mean Jimmy isn't confirmed yet or something?

Hey Jimmy B, i you're reading this: Great stuff! I recently saw your first IRL Nordschleife Lap video and also the Indy win. Hope you guys win the GTE class.
👍

Greyed out boxes probably mean sim racers. White is irl drivers

 

[GTPNewsWire]

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

Live Stream: 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on June 13th, 2020 in the Esports category.

 

[Famine]

Probably one for the Brits only, but that famous-driver-intro sequence reminded me so much of this:

 

[Bloodytears]

Every thing looks great and smooth. Hope no one will go in rage, and perform stupid stuff. Fernando, eh, disaster. Porsche 'course number one!

 

[DesertPenguin]

I never realized how good this could look. How come most series have been using iRacing instead of RF2?