miniduro goes Nürburgring!
(GT3 full, but reserve list open so don't hesitate to signup in case of dropouts)
Welcome to the return of miniDURO, our traditional prep races for iRacing special events! This time we're thrilled to feature a shake-up of the single 2.4H warm-up race into a full-fledged 3-round championship - all to aid teams for the upcoming iRacing Nürburgring 24! As usual, these races feature the same cars & track config as the special event i.e. GT3/PCup/GT4/TCR/BMW M2 at Nürburgring Combined - Gesamtstrecke 24h.
This series is open to solo as well as 2-driver team entries. Races will feature a variety of different sim times & weather with the hope to replicate the special event's conditions as best as possible.
raceday format
- 13:00 UTC - Practice
- 14:15 UTC - Lone Qualifying, 30 minutes/max. 3 laps
- 14:45 UTC - Drivers' Briefing (Post-Quali Warmup session)
- 15:00 UTC - Race
Events calendar
- May 10th | R1 - 2H race matching N24 race start sim time, rain disabled
- May 17th | Break Week for NEC 3
- May 24th | R2 - 2.4H night race, rain disabled
- May 31st | R3 - 3H morning race, rain enabled but not guaranteed
- June 7th | iRacing Nurburgring 24
registration requirements
- Registering on SimGrid - don't hesitate to join the discord to ask for help with registering
- Creating an account, then either create a team (under your profile dropdown) or join one
- Join the FRS discord
- Register for the event with your chosen team (as 1 or 2 driver entry), car & number
- Staying in the FRS Discord & grabbing the miniDURO role to stay up-to-date with any announcements/updates
There is no minimum road licence or iRating required for this event, the race is open to all interested drivers :)
RACE SESSION DETAILS
- Sim Date/Time: Match special event green flag- timings will be updated once confirmed
- Drive-through at 25x and every 10x after (No DQ)
- 1 Fast Repair per race available to all teams
- BoP will match NEC, except for last round if N24 BoP is released 24h prior
We're proud to host the broadcast for the race on our own twitch channel! See the above link on raceday for the stream
Live stewarding
We
have live stewarding for the session with stewards on
hand to keep an eye on proceedings as well as dish out penalties as/when
required. For those interested, we will make use of the iRacing Live Stewarding App to achieve this. We are using our own ruleset that we expect all drivers to (see our Rules here).
For the smooth running of the event, we will not be making use of
full-course yellow nor deploying the safety car for the duration of the
race.
CUSTOM LIVERIES
We love to see custom paints used in our races! To this end we advice for drivers/teams to use liveries from Trading Paints and/or upload their own on there since our broadcast will be using TP as
well - do sort out your liveries through this tool if you wish to see
your car's paint on the stream. Naturally, as this is iRacing, we urge
people to abide by the iRacing rules and not pick paints that fall foul
of them (i.e. nsfw/offensive/politically charged liveries). We reserve
the right to remove offending teams from the race if need be.
