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If you have ever wanted to race on a track but didn’t want the heartache of crashing you daily or just can’t seem to find the funds at the right time then this series may be for you!

The ‘SAU Vic iRacing Championship’ is a virtual race series played on the premiere race simulator – iRacing. Offering laser scanned real world tracks, various race breed vehicles and almost flawless driving physics iRacing gives a fun yet challenging experience at an affordable price. With a focus on race craft and safe driving it gives new comers to racing a great insight to motorsport without the sometimes costly repairs or even worse personal injuries, while allowing veterans to practice and hone their racing technique when not racing in the real world. Even V8 Supercar drivers such as Shane van Gisbergen or Arrie Maree from the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship now use iRacing as a way to practice their skills for real world racing.

To join the ‘SAU Vic iRacing Championship’ all you need is an account with iRacing and have a steering wheel or gamepad, then search the league directory for the ‘SAU Vic iRacing Championship’ and click on the ‘join’ button. Membership to the site is very affordable at only $13 a month (AUD/USD rate dependent), much cheaper than panel beating or a new gearbox! When you join you are given everything necessary to race in the ‘SAU Vic iRacing Championship’, there are no other purchases needed to compete. There will also be trophies for the top drivers 3 at series end.

The series is run like a normal real world race series –

  • SERIES RULES -

Point system – Top 10 drivers receive points. 1st gets 10 points >>> 10th gets 1 point

Practice (40mins) – Qualifying (20mins) – Race 20 laps (approx. 30-35mins)

Reckless and unfair racing will incur after race penalties.

(More Rules will may be added as the series progresses and evolves)

  • DRIVERS -

Andrew Greentree

Chris Coxhead

Justin Masters

Liam Clements

Luke Emerton

Sam Lehmann

Huy Phan

Tony Olsson

Andrew Richmond

David Marinucci

Evan Burns

Jonathan Gage

  • LEADER BOARD as of Round 3 -

1/ Tony Olsson - 65 points >>

2/ Chris Coxhead - 53 points <<

3/ Justin Masters - 20 points - -

4/ Sam Lahmann - 18 points - -

5/ David Marinucci - 30 points >>

6/ Nicholas Vargheese - 15 points <<

7/ Jonathan Gage - 15 points - -

8/ Svedi Mustafa - 12 points - -

9/ Liam Clements - 12 points <<

10/ Evan Burns - 08 points <<

11/ Huy Phan - 08 points <<

12/ Luke Emerton - 00 points <<

13/ Andrew Richmond - 00 points <<

14/ Andrew Greentree - 00 points <<

Edited by Tony Olsson
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When you join you are given everything necessary to race in the ‘SAU Vic iRacing Championship’, there are no other purchases needed to compete.

Eh, hi end gaming machine, screens, seat, wheel n pedal box?

:-)

Eh, hi end gaming machine, screens, seat, wheel n pedal box?

:-)

I'm running a pretty standard $300 computer, only thing good about it is the graphics card. You only really need high end if your wanting super high detail on every little thing in the game. As for a steering wheel, many top iRacers use a simple $20 dollar thrustmaster wheel, you can now even use iPad or iPhone with an app called brass monkey using the ipad as a controller. So there are heaps of options out there to allow people to race :)

What cars and what tracks?

The cars in the series are the Mazda MX5 Cup, Mazda MX5 Roadster, Pontiac Solstice and the Ford spec Racer. These cars have fairly comparable lap times and are also cars that are included in your memebership when you join iRacing. The tracks in the series are Lime Rock Park (USA), Okayama (JAP), Laguna Seca (USA) and Summit Point (USA). Again these tracks are included in the iRacing Membership.

, you can now even use iPad or iPhone with and app called brass monkey using the ipad as a controller.

Have just found Brass Monkey is also available on Android devices from Google play :)

i might jump on this...

any idea when first round is?

Trying the first Wednesday of every month for now, so looking at the 4th of June from 8pm. Here is the Facebook link to the event - https://www.facebook.com/events/569451479823332/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Fist round will be at Lime Rock Park - prac-quali-20 lap race

If you need any help finding the league or anything else about the series send me a message or post here and I'll lend a hand best I can.

Should be a fun series, hope to see you there! :)

I'm in,

Andrew Greentree is my name for those that want to add me

Hey Andrew, thanks for joining the series! Have added you to the league and will send you a friend request later today over iRacing.

Also

I've raced against Tony in the past

he is rather fast

Thanks :) Look forward to seeing you on track :)

Last time I raced any of the cars they were all on the original tyre model

looking forward to driving the SRF that now doesn't handle like greased soap :)

The new iRacing build is great, your right the tyre models are a lot better than they used to be!

Yeah same here with the srf anyway. Haven't driven it since it's update but have heard that it's way better

The SRF is great, love the thing, toss up between that and the MX5 Roadster for me in this series.

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