RD GT Championship 2021 I

RaptorOne · Jan 29, 2021

Hi guys - do we know how often the races are gonna run?
If it's gonna be on weekends, I can't do EVERY weekend but if it's like once a month I would love to get involved.
If it goes back to weekdays i've got no probs

akephoe · Jan 30, 2021

Sorry, will skip todays testrace. I'm to tired after a long training ride.

UHF79 · Jan 30, 2021

not raced on SGP before, does the server just popup at the start time?

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 30, 2021

Welcome to the second of pre-season test races. On Saturday February 6 we'll be testing on Silverstone. If you are interested in the RDGTC 2021 (or just interested to race with us), it's time to register you cars!

All premium members can sign up for this event and we have unlimited slots available so make sure to bring a friend to this race. This event will take place on the newly developed platform Simracing.GP and it's extremely easy to join!

Event Details

Cars: GT3
Track: Silverstone
19:00 UTC | Practice (15 minutes)
19:15 UTC | Qualification (15 minutes)
19:30 UTC | Race (60 minutes)
Sign up: click here

Register your car for this event

If you do not have access to the RD community on Simracing.GP yet please send Bram or me a private message including your email address so I can send you a direct invite. Skip to step 2 if you have access to SGP already.
Got access? Click here and register your car for this test event
Please leave a post below when you are joining the race and it's always great to tag a friend so they are aware you are racing.

Useful links

See you on track!

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 30, 2021

More info coming up this week. Reveal of the sponsor, how to qualify, broadcast details etc.

Stay tuned, it will be worth it

Piotrek Blaszczak · Jan 30, 2021

Gyus. I'm so sorry, I tried, but I have food poisoning,. A whole week of preparation and such bad luck tonight. Have fun.

UHF79 · Jan 31, 2021

Signed up again, Spa was excellent, managed to stay out of trouble and finish 8th!

Ernie · Jan 31, 2021

I have also signed up.

Ernie · Feb 1, 2021

I'll just leave my video here.

UHF79 · Feb 1, 2021

@Ernie shame you dropped it and picked up slight damage, but it did mean I had you 4-5secs behind me for 50 mins of the race which was great fun for me

Ernie · Feb 1, 2021

Yes, i pushed to gain on you, but it was tough with this "understeer of hell".

RaptorOne · Feb 1, 2021

Bram Hengeveld said:
More info coming up this week. Reveal of the sponsor, how to qualify, broadcast details etc.

Stay tuned, it will be worth it

Thanks Bram - hopefully I can avoid another first lap shocker like Spa!

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 3, 2021

Silverstone will be an important track for this series. My advice the more track time here the better

Quentis Gillispie · Feb 6, 2021

I received the simracing.gp invite and the email from @Bram Hengeveld. I still can't join the community or select a car for this event.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 6, 2021

Quentis Gillispie said:
I received the simracing.gp invite and the email from @Bram Hengeveld. I still can't join the community or select a car for this event.

send me a new pm with your email address please. YOu appear on the SGP group memberlist but not on the RD one

G-Slev · Feb 6, 2021

Really great to see some new faces in an RD race tonight

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 7, 2021

Guys, expect the announcement to drop tomorrow evening guys. Monday night it should all be online: sponsor announcement, live broadcast coverages, rules, prizes and the opening of the signups

Stay tuned!

Daniel Watkin · Feb 7, 2021

Waited all week for the announcement. Which turned out to be an announcement of an announcement.

Just a light-hearted joke, no upset here. Looking forward to the series

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 8, 2021

The RD GT Championship sign-ups are now open. The tenth season will be held on tracks from the real life British GT championship (the DLC is needed) for Assetto Corsa Competizione proudly hosted by the new esports racing platform Simracing.GP

The GT3 series features an unique pre-qualification system that will be thrilling to take part in, the high quality broadcast team from RaceDepartment TV will live stream the races to ten-thousands of simracing enthusiasts. Live stewards will oversee each race to ensure the best possible driving standards and our sponsor AK Informatica has kindly provided great prizes to be won!

The Format

Saturday 20 February 2021 | Pre-Qualification Event; you have four hours to run a minimum of 10 timed laps on Silverstone to try and set the fastest leaderboard time. The top 80 drivers who qualify within 104% of the time of the polesitter advance to the pre-qualification race.
Saturday 27 February 2021 | Pre-Qualification Race; The Top 80 drivers who made the cut are battling it out in a two split race where the top half of both fields qualify for the RD GT Championship and will be amongst the 40 drivers who will make up for the exciting group of races.
Saturday 06 March 2021 | Round 1: 1H of Donington Park (P:30, Q:15, R: 60 w/ 1 pitstop)
Saturday 13 March 2021 | Round 2: 1H of Snetterton (P:30, Q:15, R: 60 w/ 1 pitstop)
Saturday 20 March 2021 | Round 3: 1H of Silverstone (P:30, Q:15, R: 60 w/ 1 pitstop)
Saturday 27 March 2021 | Round 4: 2H of Spa-Francorchamps (P:30, Q:15, R: 120 w/ 2 pitstops)
All events start at 19:00 UTC

How to sign-up
RDGTC is open to all premium members of RaceDepartment. Not a premium member yet? Click here to upgrade your account today.

Copy and paste the following sign up template to register yourself for the series and post it in the comments below and make sure to pick a car name from the spoiler list:

Code:

RaceDepartment.com Username:
Simracing.GP Username:
My GT3 Car:

AMR V8 Vantage (2019)
AMR Vantage V12 GT3
Audi R8 LMS
Audi R8 LMS Evo (2019)
BMW M6 GT3
Bentley Continental GT3 2015
Bentley Continental GT3 2018
Ferrari 488 GT3
Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO
Honda NSX Evo (2019)
Honda NSX GT3
Jaguar G3
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX
Lamborghini Huracan GT3
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo (2019)
Lexus RC F GT3
McLaren 720S GT3 (Special)
Mclaren 650s GT3
Mercedes AMG GT3
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
Nissan GT R Nismo GT3 2018
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 2015
Porsche 991 GT3
Porsche 991 II GT3 R

Not a member of the RaceDepartment community on Simracing.GP yet? Click here to send me a private message including your email address for a direct invite.

We will manually add you to the pre-qualification events hosted on Simracing.GP. You can pick one car for the qualification events. However the car you pick for the remainder of the series will be locked once round 1 starts.

The Prizes

Logitech G923 steeringwheel for the RD GT Championship overall winner.
Logitech G PRO X headset for a random driver which completes every race of the championship.
Various RD premium membership giveaways for our fan viewers on our Twitch channel

About RD GT Championship
Since 2008 the RD GT Championship established itself as the esports racing series for grand tourer cars running a sprint or an endurance championship.

About AK Informatica
AK Informatica is the leading Italian company in the organization and management of the most important Esports competitions across the world. Founded 16 years ago as an IT company and after having established itself as a point of reference in the hardware sector in a very short time, in 2018 it debuted with the first official Porsche national Esports championship. After the first successes, international confirmations arrived thanks to the solid partnership built with SRO Motorsports Group, Dallara and many other automotive brands that decided to choose the professionalism and experience of AK Informatica.

Click here to visit our sponsor AK Informatica

About Simracing.GP

SGP is a platform which provides everybody with the tools to create communities and manage online racing across your favourite racing sims. If you want to create complex multi-split leagues or just set up races for you and your friends, you can do it all on Simracing.GP. If you just want to race, you can find races and leagues from a host of communities already on the platform, as well as the SGP races open to everyone, everyday.

Click here to visit our host Simracing.GP