BMW M6 GT3 Announced for RaceRoom Racing Experience

Paul Jeffrey · Apr 12, 2016

Sector3 Studios have made another big announcement regarding new content secured for their current motorsport simulator, RaceRoom Racing Experience, in the form of the new 2016 BMW M6 GT3.

With another "new style" GT3 car confirmed to be joining the sim alongside the already announced McLaren 650S RaceRoom aim to bring more 2016 flavour to the racing sim.

Fast becoming the closed top GT title of choice for fans of GT3 style competition, RaceRoom Racing Experience brings another new car to the sizable roster as the new M6 takes over as successor to the very popular BMW Z4 campaigned by works teams in a variety of GT racing series since 2010.

Although the announcement is new news to many in the sim racing community judging by the screenshots found in this article it looks like the team over in Sweden have already begun work on the car and are at a reasonably advanced stage of development already.

No news of a release date currently exists for the 585hp 4.4-litre V8 racer but stay tuned to RaceDepartment for any new news as it becomes available.

With the recent Nordschleife update keeping fans of new content entertained and the previously announced Audi TT VLN, Bentley GT3, Tatuus F4, Formula RR Junior, ADAC GT Masters 2015 and updates to the GTO Class in game amongst others 2016 looks like its still got plenty in store for RaceRoom Racing Experience!

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Excited? Do you like the new style GT3 cars of the current era? Do you think R3E is fast becoming a natural successor to GTR2? Let us know in the comments section below!

Blimey · Apr 13, 2016

look at RaceRoom players getting all that cool content recently.

Keith Joyce · Apr 13, 2016

kamackeris said:
Regarding ai.... So I just tried sonoma with the wtcc15 cars as debating whether to race tomorrow with Rd and first lap massive traffic jam behind a chevvy that hit the tyres at the hairpin...

Your point being? Sounds exactly like one of our club races...

kamackeris · Apr 13, 2016

Good practice then haha

cmtr · Apr 13, 2016

What a beautiful version! Can't wait to drive this.

Schwud Nelsh · Apr 13, 2016

kamackeris said:
Regarding ai.... So I just tried sonoma with the wtcc15 cars as debating whether to race tomorrow with Rd and first lap massive traffic jam behind a chevvy that hit the tyres at the hairpin...

Have you got them to run a 20min practice and at least 15-20mins qually should help put them in the right order fastest at the front or your other option is to join us on Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday and you don't need the AI

Eugene Abramoff · Apr 13, 2016

Damn, that's really awesome, first Bentley, now BMW, my best guess next up is new R8

Rodent · Apr 13, 2016

Seeing as they have the Audis, I really wish Sector 3 would convince them to let them have a go at the Lambos aswell. Pretty silly to call it GT masters without.

Eugene Abramoff · Apr 13, 2016

Rodent said:
Seeing as they have the Audis, I really wish Sector 3 would convince them to let them have a go at the Lambos aswell. Pretty silly to call it GT masters without.

I think it is a matter of price, Ferrari and Lamborghini are the most expensive licenses to acquire. Kunos has good relations with Ferrari so perhaps they got a discount, yet still there aren't that many cars available, and by the time they got Lamborghini they have been working a while, so possibly saved up enough to get them.

If any of you had played TDU2, you probably remember that Atari had to make a choice Ferrari or Lamborghini, due to costs as well. This is why you do not see those two manufacturers together or at all very often. Look at RRE, iRacing, pCars (which is a strange example because SMS worked with EA and later very closely with Ferrari to make Ferrari Racing Legends title).

Vangelis Parginos · Apr 13, 2016

So AC is probably paying the most of all... they got Ferrari, Lambo, Ruf, Audi, Merc, McLaren, BMW, Nissan, Chevy, Lotus.... too much money for a little group

but i guess Sector 3 is smaller.
Too bad for us, but who knows....

Eugene Abramoff · Apr 13, 2016

Vangelis pargiNOS said:
So AC is probably paying the most of all... they got Ferrari, Lambo, Ruf, Audi, Merc, McLaren, BMW, Nissan, Chevy, Lotus.... too much money for a little group but i guess Sector 3 is smaller.
Too bad for us, but who knows....

They are Italian, and have huge potential, so these two things might make their life easier here; plus they are missing Porsche, hopefully not for long.
Porsche by the way is top 3 most expensive as well as difficult for very stupid and very well known reasons.

Rodent · Apr 13, 2016

It's a matter of priorities no doubt and AC proves it's possible and shames just about every other studio out there. If Kunos can negotiate licenses such as Lamborghini there's no reason Sector 3 with it's connections via KW can't do the same.

Eugene Abramoff · Apr 13, 2016

Rodent said:
It's a matter of priorities no doubt and AC proves it's possible and shames just about every other studio out there. If Kunos can negotiate licenses such as Lamborghini there's no reason Sector 3 with it's connections via KW can't do the same.

How does KW help? I believe Lamborghini ride on Ohlins, Aventadors at least.

Rodent · Apr 13, 2016

They help in so far as they own Sector 3 and probably have quite some pull ( or all of it I would imagine) when it comes to what Sector 3 can try to get licensed.

Edit: And I can't imagine there wouldn't be someone working at KW/Raceroom Group that had some connection with someone in the Volkswagen Group seeing as how they have both Audis and Bentley coming soon.

DewCrew88 · Apr 13, 2016

I really really hope good things keep happening for Sector 3. I like the guys who run it and I hope the can get more people interested and playing soon.

oscark · Apr 13, 2016

Eugene Abramoff said:
Damn, that's really awesome, first Bentley, now BMW, my best guess next up is new R8

Sorry to have to burst your bubble.... but I think to have heard.... NSU "Twin Turbo" ..... will be released first....

Metalogic · Apr 13, 2016

Eugene Abramoff said:
They are Italian, and have huge potential, so these two things might make their life easier here; plus they are missing Porsche, hopefully not for long.
Porsche by the way is top 3 most expensive as well as difficult for very stupid and very well known reasons.

Raceroom has the RUF RT12R, which is almost a Porsche:

http://game.raceroom.com/store/cars/gtr-3/ruf/ruf-rt12r-gtr3

Eugene Abramoff · Apr 13, 2016

Metalogic said:
Raceroom has the RUF RT12R ,which is basically a Porsche:

http://game.raceroom.com/store/cars/gtr-3/ruf/ruf-rt12r-gtr3

So does every other game I mentioned, except for all these race cars are fictional. Only a couple are real in pCars and both are real in AC. That's not the point. RUF license are not nearly as expensive, plus they are very easy to access. The problem is we never get actual Porsche cars as they come from the factory, no proper race cars and definitely non of the high end cars like Carrera GT and 918.