(repost from Community Hall and the first new thread here in an age)

In an effort to promote sim racing here I propose anyone with interest in sim racing give this a go.

There's a new round of ranked leaderboard competitions posted for RaceRoom. The link to the Steam page is in one of my posts above. The download is free. The competition is free to join. So grab your old wheel and dust it off, or hook up your controller and give it a go! It goes for two weeks so try it as much as you like

This is not racing, it is time trial, hotlapping. It's just your car out on the track with unlimited attempts at setting your fastest time and seeing where you end up on the leaderboard.

You have the option to challenge any driver on the list. Doing so places their car on the track as a ghost car, so you can race me or anyone. And even better, it's a great tool for discovering where you are slow and can find time to go even faster. Pick a lap that's three or four tenths faster than your best and it will reveal where you can improve. Please note RR has the most strict track limits in the business. All four wheels over the white line is a violation and the lap will not count.

The track is Watkins Glen GP with the inner loop. The car is Formula US, a 2016 Indy Car. Open wheel, very fast, sounds wicked

So yeah, if you're keen, join me on the leaderboards and have a bash

R3E Watkins Glen Ranked Leaderboard


I'll put up a ghost tonight after work. Hope to see you there. Let us know if you join and what name you're running under. I'll take friend requests from anyone here at SimHQ. I'm Derek Bond in the sim, running under the United States flag (sort by US to find me easily)

To achieve anything in this game you must be prepared to dabble in the boundary of disaster — Stirling Moss