There were highs and lows as Team ORD start the VW Jetta Cup 2021 Season 2 with the first race at Tsukuba 2000 on Monday. Having competed in the inaugural season earlier this year, we had some mixed results as Ryan Smith did brilliantly to take 4th overall in the drivers championship, Chris Smith ended in a creditable 11th, and I placed in a slightly disapointing 20th. As a … [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...]
Race Diary: Virtual Motorsports Nurburgring GP 2.4 hours
It’s not often you get the chance of two hours and thirty minutes of constant Forza Motorsport action, so when Virtual Motorsports announced the Nurburgring GP 2.4 Hours event I jumped at the chance. And having finally finished the race last weekend, I’m glad I did, even if there were times when I was questioning my sanity. The format was fairly simple. As a multiclass event … [Read more...]
Race Diary: Virtual Motorsport GP2, Season 2, Race 1: Road Atlanta
The racing season is underway once again with the Virtual Motorsport GP2 series which features the Seat Leon Supercup in a specific S613 tune for all drivers - which tends to mean close qualifying times and even closer racing. So having had a few practice laps in the car, I'd adjusted to a front-wheel drive racer despite my preference for RWD or AWD machines. As it's … [Read more...]
Badger’s Race Diary: Feb 25th, 2012: “Back on track”
This week saw two outings, with the Rllmuk Classic Touring Series featuring A Class track machines on the full Mugello course, and the second round of the Virtal Motorsports Classic Series reaching the Old Mulsanne version of Le Mans. And it was an amazing contrast to my last report, in which I managed to wreck my chances in 3 out of 3 races. Rllmuk Classic Touring Cars … [Read more...]
IFCA ALMS Race 8: The final race at Le Man Full Circuit
After an eight race season, everything had built to the final outing at the Le Mans Full Circuit. And I was hoping for a great finish to a tough, but enjoyable, return to online racing. I'd suffered a couple of DNFs due to a dropped internet connection - most memorably during some great racing at Silverstone when I was looking at a good result. I'd also missed a couple of races … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Race 5: Nurburgring GP Full Circuit
There were two major obstacles to overcome to get a reasonable result in this race. The first was that I hadn't had the circuit time on the Nurburgring GP circuit due to the fact I'd avoided paying for it as additional downloadable content until the week before the race. The second was that it was the first time I'd actually been placed in a split lobby, which combined LMPC R1 … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Race #2 Mugello Full
As you can probably tell by my choice of photo to illustrate this update, my second race saw ORD Racing take its first chequered flag of the IFCA ALMS Series. And that's despite the fact I ended up hosting the race lobby due to a number of competitors not being able to make the start. The DNF from the first race had put me in one of the final two lobbies for Mugello, and the … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS S3 Race 1: Sebring Full
Saturday was race day, and if there's one thing to remain jealous about when it comes to professional racers, it's the fact that they can concentrate a lot more on racing, and a lot less on everything else in life. They might have to do sponsor appearances and fan signing sessions, but it's always understood that racing comes first. That's compared to my race day, with an 8pm … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Update #1
With just three days to go before the first race of the IFCA ALMS Series Season 3, I'm suddenly incredibly sympathetic to any racing team which misses testing. Signing up five days before the first event isn't ideal, and the fact I also run my own business and have a family to look after has meant that I've been struggling with practice time. Having signed up at the start of … [Read more...]