RaceRoom Racing Experience | VW Scirocco Group 2 Coming Soon

[Paul Jeffrey]

Sector3 Studios have announced another new piece of content is heading to the simulation soon - the awesome 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco Group 2.

• New DLC confirmed alongside already announced Watkins Glenn circuit.
• The car will include a collection of historic liveries.
• DLC set to release in December.

RaceRoom Racing Experience fans rejoice - another new and exciting content announcement has been revealed by Sector3 Studios - the simulation will be getting some more historic content this month, in the form of the beautiful Volkswagen Scirocco Group 2 car of the 1970's!

Yes, more content is heading to RaceRoom Racing Experience this month, following on from the recent announcements of the ultra modern Audi R8 LMS GT2 machine and the legendary Watkins Glenn International Circuit in the United States. December looks like Christmas is going to come early for RaceRoom fans!

Historic content is always appreciated by sim racing fans (OK, maybe not everyone, but I certainly enjoy it!) and Sector3 Studios have something of a reputation for producing highly enjoyable historic racing cars, leaving a mouth watering prospect for players eager to get behind the virtual wheel of this stunning racer.

Additionally, Sector3 have confirmed the car will come complete with a selection of historic liveries too, really helping to immerse the player in what should be a fantastic experience within the sim.

VW Scirocco Technical Specs:

• Year: 1977
• 170 HP
• 4 cylinder engine
• 200 kp/h Top Speed

The Scirocco was one of Volkswagen's first successful race cars based on a production model.

Original Source: Sector3 Studios

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[RaceNut]

Nice... But yet again they introduce only one car in a new category. I wish they would release a few at a time so we can use that car in races other than single make races.

They show it running with other cars (similar performance specs) so, could fit in the class pretty well.

 

[UMC 22]

And I think the track is expensive if its not laser scanned.

New R3E track = £4.50. Two Starbucks Cappuccinos = £5.20. New R3E track = Hours of fun. Two Starbucks Cappuccinos = 30 mins if you don't mind drinking the last half lukewarm.

Expensive? Given the cost to entertainment ratio, I really don't think so.

I heard you're not forced to buy it all at once.

Much more expensive if you buy it piecemeal though, unless you really know you will never want everything.

 

[muzikant]

New R3E track = £4.50. Two Starbucks Cappuccinos = £5.20. New R3E track = Hours of fun. Two Starbucks Cappuccinos = 30 mins if you don't mind drinking the last half luck warm.

Expensive? Given the cost to entertainment ratio, I really don't think so.


Much more expensive if you buy it piecemeal though, unless you really know you will never want everything.

On my g25 and 27 it was perfect on my dd1 not!
No any road feel on my wheel... Try it last summer how is it now??

 

[UMC 22]

No any road feel on my wheel... Try it last summer how is it now??

I don't know why you're quoting me... I don't own a DD so I have no idea. Works fine on my T300.

 

[analogeartrhquake84]

RaceRoom + new FWD car = Must have! Instabuy

 

[BeliacosGR]

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[muzikant]

I don't know why you're quoting me... I don't own a DD so I have no idea. Works fine on my T300.

My fault, sorry for the quoting

 

[Michel Bélisle]

Is there a better sim for FWD than Raceroom? I think not.

 

[Alex Hodgkinson]

Use above with in game profile Fanatec DD1 Alternative.

That configuration paired is what is what's mostly used to develop car behaviour.

 

[Case_]

Anti aliasing and MSAA in RaceRoom is bad, no?

If you find the in-game AA bad (which it kinda is, I guess, but it's also very cheap), then at least on nVidia, you can easily improve it by forcing a better AA alternative through nVidia Inspector.

(For example.)

 

[Mekonrider]

2 Starbucks drinks for £5.20 what is this trickery! I had a caramel macchiato and I'm sure it was £4 or something!

Got home, checked the raceroom store just in case this had been released. Need it!

 

[passenger]

This Sim has great classic old cars like the DTM, and this is another great addition. I wish
some other Sims could have them too.

 

[RichardHessels]

Christmas sale coming up, you can usually get the entire thing for around 50$ That is pretty cheap for that amount of content. Besides DLC cars/tracks are cheaper than on iRacing and RF2

They did a black friday sale. € 50 somthing for everything.

 

[Michel Bélisle]

I don't remember from last year...

Does Sector 3 Studios, usually, have a Xmas/Holiday sale?

 

[Naliport Halulam]

Finally after the long wait (since 2008) we got now the Scirocco!

Is the promised new tire physics any good ?

Anyway thank you Scawen for your hardwork.

 

[Dethrone1427]

Fingers crossed they add more cars to that particular class.

 

[Filip Carlén]

Such a cool car, love older/unique touring cars (and "amateur" classes as well).

 

[Butthurt_Saddle_sore]

Completely taken by surprise by this announcement. Cool beans! I bet this car is going to be a blast.

 

[AlleyViper]

If you find the in-game AA bad (which it kinda is, I guess, but it's also very cheap), then at least on nVidia, you can easily improve it by forcing a better AA alternative through nVidia Inspector.
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(For example.)

On an AMD card, just setting the game profile to Adaptative Multisampling instead of default Multisampling also helps a lot to eliminate aliasing at the edges of transparent textures (as usual for dx11 games using msaa), such as the 2d horizon, fences or trees. It's probably equivalent to setting Transparency MS for those settings on the NV CP, not as good as Transparency SS but still a big improvement.

(along with 4x msaa set ingame, if you don't override it via cp)

The only other option available on the AMD CP is to discard msaa and override fs ssaa instead which should be much heavier.


Regarding the new car, it's always nice to see a standalone car that can be used as a cup series. If you can live with only one skin, these end up being very cheap, specially on sales. A bit saddened to see the Group 4 roster left with only 2 cars for so long, but a Gr.2 FF brings something new to the table.

 

[hobsey]

I thought I had read somewhere that they were group 5, not group 2 as suggested in the title.

Oh well, clearly read it wrong wherever I saw it.