RaceRoom Racing Experience: Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R Licenced

Paul Jeffrey · Oct 3, 2016

Sector3 Studios have signed a licencing deal to bring yet another top GT3 specification race car to the sim, this time securing the rights to create the epic Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R for their RaceRoom Racing Experience title.

With an already massive collection of GT3 vehicles playable within the sim, and the McLaren 650S, Audi R8 LMS, BMW M6 and Mercedes AMG GT3 machines waiting in the wings, the RaceRoom Racing Experience simulation is fast becoming the title of choice for fans of GT3 spec endurance racing.

"This astonishing racing car was developed by the company Callaway Competition based in Leingarten (Heilbronn, Germany), 151 kilometers south of Frankfurt and 10 kilometers west of Heilbronn. Callaway Competition was established-one in 1985 under the name “Woehr & Ciccone” company that has specialized since its foundation on body manufacturing, vehicle repairs and racing modifications. In 1988, the company “Woehr & Ciccone” expanded to take over the distribution of Callaway in Europe. The racing department Callaway Competition got its name in 1994"

The latest licencing announcement comes at a very early stage of development, and as such no preview images or indications of when release is expected has been announced by the studio.

Vehicle data

Width: 2042 mm (80.4 in.)
Wheelbase: 2713 mm (106.8 in.)
Overall Length: 4592 mm (188.7 in.)
Homologation Weight: 1240 kg (2734 lb.)
Chassis: Aluminium
Engine Type: 8 Cylinder V, 90° Bank Angle
Power: 550 - 600 HP (depending on Air-Restrictor)
Engine Displacement: 6245 cc (381 cid)

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Are you excited to see another top quality GT3 car added to RaceRoom? Looking forward to checking out the Corvette? Let us know in the comments section below!

Boby Kim · Oct 5, 2016

@Lars Hansen, what or who is KW?

Christian Moreau · Oct 5, 2016

Boby Kim said:
@Lars Hansen, what or who is KW?

KW Suspensions

https://www.kwsuspensions.com/

Their logo is on the backplate of every car in Raceroom.

natedogg1867 · Oct 5, 2016

kmanitou81 said:
I'm redownloading it as we speak. Are you saying that the free content is the same garbage as what was in the closed beta?

He's either using extreme hyperbole, or hasnt played the game at all in the past 2 yrs.

There have been updates to the old content for the past 12 months with each update. And if you havent played since the closed beta years ago, you also now have Portimao as a free track.

Most of the content in the game has been updated, however there is still some that lags behind. Of the free content, the Silhouettes have been updated (and you get the other 3 cars for free now), the Aquila CR1 has been updated, and the Prototypes have been updated and split into 2 classes, P1 and P2 (where you also get a few more free cars as I recall). The only free content not updated, was the Hillclimb BMW Judd.

All GT3 cars (GTR3, ADAC 13/14/15), WTCC 15, DTM 15, GTO, Group 5, Silhouettes, P1, P2, Audi TT Cup 15, FR2, FR Jr, Tatuus F4, NSU, and BMW Procar have been updated.

Of course, with more on the way in the future.

kmanitou81 · Oct 5, 2016

natedogg1867 said:
He's either using extreme hyperbole, or hasnt played the game at all in the past 2 yrs.

There have been updates to the old content for the past 12 months with each update. And if you havent played since the closed beta years ago, you also now have Portimao as a free track.

Most of the content in the game has been updated, however there is still some that lags behind. Of the free content, the Silhouettes have been updated (and you get the other 3 cars for free now), the Aquila CR1 has been updated, and the Prototypes have been updated and split into 2 classes, P1 and P2 (where you also get a few more free cars as I recall). The only free content not updated, was the Hillclimb BMW Judd.

All GT3 cars (GTR3, ADAC 13/14/15), WTCC 15, DTM 15, GTO, Group 5, Silhouettes, P1, P2, Audi TT Cup 15, FR2, FR Jr, Tatuus F4, NSU, and BMW Procar have been updated.

Of course, with more on the way in the future.

I have only played DTM 2013 and ADAC 2014 since the early days, so I'm not familiar with how the main content has evolved.

Boby Kim · Oct 5, 2016

Christian Moreau said:
KW Suspensions

https://www.kwsuspensions.com/

Their logo is on the backplate of every car in Raceroom.

Okay...and KW owns S3? If that is the case its cristal clear for me how the development path is laid out.

natedogg1867 · Oct 5, 2016

Boby Kim said:
Okay...and KW owns S3? If that is the case its cristal clear for me how the development path is laid out.

Bit complex. KW Suspension is run by a guy named Klaus Wolfhath, hence the name of the company. KW Suspension GmbH is the parent company for a bunch of other brands. KW seems to own RaceRoom Entertainment AG. The publisher for RaceRoom Racing Experience. So, Sector3 is the developer of the game, but they kind of have to report to RaceRoom AG, who publishes the game and makes the financial and game direction decisions.

People often say KW is in charge of R3E since they own RaceRoom AG, and RaceRoom AG is who Sector3 deals with.

Phew.

Boby Kim · Oct 5, 2016

natedogg1867 said:
Bit complex. KW Suspension is run by a guy named Klaus Wolfhath, hence the name of the company. KW Suspension GmbH is the parent company for a bunch of other brands. KW seems to own RaceRoom Entertainment AG. The publisher for RaceRoom Racing Experience. So, Sector3 is the developer of the game, but they kind of have to report to RaceRoom AG, who publishes the game and makes the financial and game direction decisions.

People often say KW is in charge of R3E since they own RaceRoom AG, and RaceRoom AG is who Sector3 deals with.

Phew.

Thanks for the explanation. Now it is a lot more clear that S3 is not responsible for certain decisions. S3 must have a hard time sitting in between a very demanding community (incl. myself) and a contracter.
Those raceroom centres are for parties just like bowling and paintball. At those centres there is no need for further indepth game features like flags, indepth car setups etc. All they care about is a large diversity of cars.

Skybird05 · Oct 5, 2016

Since people mentioned and complained on the AI, days ago I had a thread on that AI, and official staff answered and indicated that new AI system is entering internal testing.

Give it some time, work is being done on the AI right now.

C-F Chardon's full reply:
https://forum.sector3studios.com/in...on-the-ai-and-number-of-cars.6408/#post-90724

Boby Kim · Oct 6, 2016

Ugh...good AI performance for small grids. Why would a raceroom centre need large AI Fields?

I run rF2 with bloody 60 cars and no matter my starting pos....ai behaves excellent

ctbear · Oct 6, 2016

Will it be added to GTR3 pack? Or I will have to buy it speratally?

Alex72 · Oct 6, 2016

Is this an expensive endeavor? To get R3E with everything that comes with it? I also only saw VRP on the site and it did my head in as i have no idea what that is in real money lol. Its a bit early so dont be mad guys. I will check into it later today, but if anyone who has gotten the full package could maybe say what you paid roughly would be appreciated.

natedogg1867 · Oct 6, 2016

ctbear said:
Will it be added to GTR3 pack? Or I will have to buy it speratally?

Dont think anyone knows just yet. Seeing as the rest of the previously released GT3 cars got released in the GTR3 class, I would guess so. Sector3 is probably getting these new licenses for a new ADAC season though, but previous ADAC cars were released into the GTR3 class, such as the Bentley.

Alex72 said:
I also only saw VRP on the site and it did my head in as i have no idea what that is in real money lol. Its a bit early so dont be mad guys.

vRP is pretty simple if you are european. 100vRP = 1 EUR. 1000vRP = 10 EUR. 2750 vRP = 27.50 EUR. You can buy big packs of vRP on RaceRooms website that will give you the best value. There is a thread about pricing somewhere in the R3E forum here at RD for more infos. You can then compare your currency to EUR for your actual cost.

Last year they had a Black Friday (late November) sale where everything in the game was sold for $50.

You can also try out every car in the game by test driving it from the store page in game.

The full package is expensive for those that got into the game a few years ago, and bought things piece by piece. The bundles are by far the best deal. DTM pack, ADAC pack, etc. Since those give you cars and tracks.

Alex72 · Oct 6, 2016

@natedogg1867 Thanks bud. That sure made it much easier.

Lars Hansen · Oct 6, 2016

Boby Kim said:
Why would a raceroom centre need large AI Fields?

They wouldn't. But presumably RaceRoom can't generate enough income on its own to support the further development of R3E.
And if you want to introduce a sim to a larger market, you need good AI.
Like it or not, some 70-80% of sim-racers will never participate in a MP race.

Vapir · Mar 28, 2017

throws money at Vette

Isaac Chavira · Sep 19, 2017

I know it's an old thread but any word at all when the rest of the 2017 GT cars are coming? i.e Audi R8 LMS, Porsche RSR and this one?

Lorenzo Bonder · Sep 19, 2017

Isaac Chavira said:
I know it's an old thread but any word at all when the rest of the 2017 GT cars are coming? i.e Audi R8 LMS, Porsche RSR and this one?

Porsche you mean the Porsche 911 GT3 R as the RSR is the GTE/GTLM version.

It's pending approval from companies and some other things AFAIK, still will come this year.

EDIT/Addition: Let me reiterate that the ones who are announced and under development like the C7.R Callaway, R8 LMS and the AMG GT3, that is what I meant above.

I wanted to correct on the 911 naming, I don't know zip about GT3 R on R3E yet.

TheReaper GT · Sep 19, 2017

C7 gt3r

Case_ · Sep 27, 2017

The Callaway Corvette will be coming as part of the next patch, according to the official sources.

https://twitter.com/raceroom/status/912966493851308032