The Virtual One gaming community announced its '80s Touring Car Series a few days ago. With a fantastic mix of cars and tracks, this could prove to be a brilliant race package – and it's one that I had to share too! Posted on our forums at the weekend by zombiewoof following the initial announcement, I added a summary for easy reading. Several pages of rules and information … [Read more...]
TCR 2014 4H of LeMons
If all goes to plan, Team ORD will be competing in the TCR 2014 4H of LeMons race on Sunday, December 28th. The idea behind it follows the 24 Hours of Lemons, which is an endurance race for cars costing $500 or less. The Forza Motorsport 4 version allows cars costing $10,000 or less (with a few additions that really shouldn't cost more than $10k), to compete in 4 stints of … [Read more...]
Team ORD: Virtual Motorsports Pirtek GT Cup
The Virtual Motorsports Pirtek GT Cup marked a new era for Team ORD. Not only had we recruited BigBen0913 as a full-time partner to join Badger Gravling following their VM Endurance outing, but we were even running a three-car team with the last-minute addition of CallMehDarkside who joined on loan from his regular team. Looking at the R3 class GT cars for the 8 week … [Read more...]
Team ORD: VM Rivals Round 8: Maple Valley Reverse
The final round of the Virtual Motorsport Rivals Series took place on Maple Valley, running the reverse short circuit for race 1 and the reverse long circuit for race 2. Going into the final round, I was still competing for a chance to be the top Audi driver in the series, despite the disaster at the penultimate Silverstone round when I got wiped out early on in both races. … [Read more...]
Team ORD Racing Round-Up: VM Rivals and Classic Enduro
The past week saw the OnlineRaceDriver.com team compete in two Virtual Motorsport events for Forza Motorsport 4. First up was the Rivals Round 7 at Silverstone. Then Saturday saw Badger Gravling team up with painter and race BigBen0913 as the OnlineRaceDriver.com team for the VM Classic Enduro Event. Virtual Motorsport Rivals Rd 7: Silverstone I've always preferred Brands Hatch … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports Pirtek GT Cup opens for signups
The Virtual Motorsports Pirtek GT Cup is an 8-week championship taking place on Forza Motorsport 4 with a variety of GT class cars. To spice things up, all cars will be running on drag specification tyres, which means wear will be taken into account when pit stops are planned. You can sign up now, with the races held from 20th April on Sundays at 14:00 CDT / 20:00 BST. The … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports Rivals Silverstone Crash
Team ORD Race Round-up: VM Rival Series Rd6: Sunset Peninsula
The sixth round of the Virtual Motorsport Rivals Series took place on Wednesday night at Sunset Peninsula, and I was under pressure to do well with the aim of remaining the top Audi TT driver in the series. Although the top 6 drivers in the EU series are all racing in the 2010 Nissan 370Z, there are 3 Audis in the top 10, separated by a handful of points. So my aim was simple … [Read more...]
VM Rivals Rd6: Sunset Peninsula Reverse Crash
Virtual Motorsports announce Classic Endurance event
Virtual Motorsports has announced a very special Forza Motorsport 4 Classic Endurance event to take place on Saturday April 5th from 12 noon CST/ 6pm BST, with four 37 lap races in a selection of classic Trans-American and classic cars from 1965-1980. The racing will take place at the historic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca course, and the event is designed for teams or brave … [Read more...]
ORD Racing Round-Up: Road Atlanta times two
Another week of racing to catch up on as both the Virtual Motorsports Classic and Rivals series visited Braselton, Georgia for competition at the Road Atlanta circuit. Owned by Panoz Motorsports, the 2.54 mile circuit is challenging, particularly when it comes to the initial climb and descent over a steep hill, with some tricky corners to make it even harder... VM Classics … [Read more...]
Team ORD Racing Update
Team ORD are now competing in two Virtual Motorsport Forza 4 Series - in addition to completing the Classic Season 7, which will be coming to a close soon, we're also now involved in the 2014 Rivals Series 1, which puts drivers in either a Nissan 370Z or an Audi TT to fight it out. VM Rivals Series 1: Round 2 Hockenheim The Rivals series is slightly unusual for a racing … [Read more...]
VM Classic Series 7 reports – Rounds 2 to 5
It's been a hectic few weeks, so it made sense to collect the recent Virtual Motorsport Classic Series races into one update. One thing I've definitely noticed is that the competitiveness of the drivers has increased during my absence from online racing. Qualifying times have continued to come down over the previous seasons, and the split between first and last is closer than … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: Virtual Motorsports Classics S7 Hockenheim
Between running a business and a handful of websites I've had a bit of time away from organised online racing. But I couldn't resist returning to the Virtual Motorsports Classic Series. The seventh season now allows cars up to and including 1995 models, each tested and given a set of parts to balance it with the rest of the field, giving a massive selection to choose from. The … [Read more...]