Official SRO E-Sport GT Series Announcement

Paul Glover · Mar 28, 2019

Mr Latte said:
Yeah, its a real bag of laughs over here........

Well done on the media partnership.
I hope it works out better than the backstop .

Urgh.

Paul Glover · Mar 28, 2019

Tony said:
Why would you want triple screen support in a racing sim??? ( please note the sarcasm in my comment)

I don’t need it.....

Paul Glover · Mar 28, 2019

Paradyski said:
Wish i could compete however with 1.48.5xx at Monza i can only watch others on YT lol

Practice, practice, practice

Paul Glover · Mar 28, 2019

FlyGasm said:
I guess someone has confidence this will be a good sim? Seems like that would be added pressure for Kunos. Could be a good thing or bad, depending on how you look at it.

I would imagine this was always on the cards when the deal was signed, before the first line of code was even written.

thepharcyde · Mar 28, 2019

I would just like a completed game come the weekend Q1

mr Sw1tchblade · Mar 28, 2019

I think this championship is very good start for ACC. And i hope we will see interesting show

OZ67 · Mar 28, 2019

speedyx56 · Mar 28, 2019

Paul Glover said:
There are online qualifiers

Which are only a mean of selecting another 12 drivers who have to attend the on-site event at the real track to race. Should one qualify but not be able to travel to the track, they won't be able to race anyway which effectively restricts this series to locals and people with enough money to travel. (same as Raceroom's series with a finale in Germany but several online rounds before)

clemencaman · Mar 28, 2019

Maybe the game will be ready in april for singel monitor systems, but without triple screen support and this ugly vr support, acc will not win any plant pot! I think this announcement will put a lot of pressure on kunos and will show us in two weeks how fare the development is away from usefull userbility of acc! Good luck!

T_rac3 · Mar 28, 2019

Paul Glover said:
There are online qualifiers

speedyx56 said:
Which are only a mean of selecting another 12 drivers who have to attend the on-site event at the real track to race.

I must agree with @speedyx56. From the official site:
"Rounds and Dates
The SRO E-Sport GT Series consists of 4 on-site Rounds:"
Only qualification are online.

Andreas Knöpke · Mar 28, 2019

If it helps to sell a few more copies .... why not.

Otherwise: who cares.

Tberg · Mar 28, 2019

Andrew Harper said:
If i’m reading this right...

Three classes of driver will be allowed to take part.

PRO : These are professional "real world" drivers as well as celebrities (whatever that means!)

SILVER : This is "us". Register at the website. And get lapping. However 12 slots is not a lot for the hundreds that will try and make it on the leaderboard.

AM : 12 drivers who set hot lap times at the events themselves.

An interesting concept but the limit is quite low. Shame they can’t just have a Pro server, Am server, etc. Ho Hum.

It's not an online race, it's an on-site knockout tournament. Only those who are serious about e-sport simracing will attend and be able to travel (PRO). There's no point at registering to the website trying to get a laptime, if you can't participate at the on-site events (SILVER). If you live in the area at the event and haven't qualified online or get invited as a PRO, you can go on to the event and register (AM) to try your luck.
Only the 12 best PRO, 12 best SILVER and 12 best AM will be able to race the semi-finals. There's 12 stations available at the events. The finals will be the 4 best PRO, 4 best SILVER and 4 best AM, racing against each other (12 on grid).
E-sport doesn't mean online-sport.

AJ McDaddy · Mar 28, 2019

And of course there's always the online RD GT Championship...

Ernie · Mar 28, 2019

Seems like a "hotlapping 'til death" event, where Mr. Average has no chance at all. I have no problem with that, but it will be just another "Aliens vs. Celebs" eSport-Event.

And why only 12 drivers per class/grid?

Oldzeb · Mar 28, 2019

I can't qualify for the one I don't like!!! :o

Bram Hengeveld · Mar 28, 2019

AJ McDaddy said:
And of course there's always the online RD GT Championship...

Funny you mention that as we have something special coming up, connected to the SRO E-Sport GT Series

Bram Hengeveld · Mar 28, 2019

With regards to the #nomoneynotravel questions, give this a serious read https://www.racedepartment.com/thre...an-i-travel-to-an-onsite-esport-event.166638/

Minolin · Mar 28, 2019

Bram Hengeveld said:
With regards to the #nomoneynotravel questions, give this a serious read https://www.racedepartment.com/thre...an-i-travel-to-an-onsite-esport-event.166638/

That's a very cool writeup. It reminds me on this:
https://davidperel.net/become-a-racing-driver/

In a way it's similar, though the financial requirements to go the esports path are the same except for a few hundred thousands you need to bring for your seats in real cars

But the story is the same, pure talent is not enough; organisation, commitment and creativity is required to get somewhere. Still especially the Silver path is a very low-effort start.

We don't know yet where the path ends for the Top3 (or other participants), but it could be a good practice to move on to the next level (and read David's text again in the end of the year

)

thepharcyde · Mar 28, 2019

Frank Lehmann said:
Seems like a "hotlapping 'til death" event, where Mr. Average has no chance at all. I have no problem with that, but it will be just another "Aliens vs. Celebs" eSport-Event.

And why only 12 drivers per class/grid?

Because the FPS will need to be a constant 60fps

protonv5 · Mar 28, 2019

Minolin said:
That's a very cool writeup. It reminds me on this:
https://davidperel.net/become-a-racing-driver/

In a way it's similar, though the financial requirements to go the esports path are the same except for a few hundred thousands you need to bring for your seats in real cars
But the story is the same, pure talent is not enough; organisation, commitment and creativity is required to get somewhere. Still especially the Silver path is a very low-effort start.

We don't know yet where the path ends for the Top3 (or other participants), but it could be a good practice to move on to the next level (and read David's text again in the end of the year )

"But the story is the same, pure talent is not enough; organisation, commitment and creativity is required to get somewhere."

mod-edit: for the state of the game or development related issues feel free to open a constructive thread here https://www.racedepartment.com/forums/assetto-corsa-competizione.383/