2022 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual

A topic for those who are interested.

15th and 16th of January, but the line-ups have been revealed today.

Edited by statman, 14 January 2022 - 12:46.

Go 444 Alpha Ind. ByKolles-Burst Go!!

I have to cheer for the car(s) with driver(s) I know IRL here.

However, there are a couple of entries that sticks out as somewhat more of a favorite than others in terms of line-up.

LMP:

#1 Rebellion. Kuba and Nikodem are absolutely brilliant on rF2 which will help.

#4 ByKolles, ByKolles eSports are a really good team and have been top four in all races of the Le Mans Virtual Series this season.

#8 R8G Esports have also been really good. Jajovski is a handy driver to have in that team.

#67 haven't done Le Mans Virtual this season, but it is a really strong team. Huis, Opmeer and with Juncadella as one of the Pro-drivers, Juncadella have always been a huge simracer, going back 10-15 years. That's a solid one.

#70 & #123 Redline. Redline are always really quick, but they are also prone to different issues. Again we see a massive simracer as a Pro-driver (Verstappen).

GTE:

#55 BMW Team GB, this team... Both Pro-drivers are absolute top simracers. Trogen having several podiums in top splits in big iRacing events, and iRacing RX Champion. While Setsaas has been doing the Porsche Supercup World Championship thing on iRacing the last two years. Both are from iRacing though, which may cause some hiccups. But that's a heck of a lineup.

#71 Team Redline, again Redline is a contender, they also have an amazing simracer as a Pro-driver. Rudy van Buren. The first ever winner of McLaren World Fastest Gamer, which was on rFactor 2. A really good line-up here as well.

#88 Proton Competition, may not have the biggest names but have done really well in the Le Mans Series so far.

#91 & #92 Porsche Esports Team. This is basically VRS Coanda Simsport. The #91 have Mitchell deJong as a Pro-driver, but he is a regular VRS-simracer. The #92 has Güven, who is a regular with VRS as well. Both DeJong and Güven have done the iRacing Porsche Supercup, together with the rest of the simracers in VRS. #92 also won this in 2020 when it was broadcasted instead of the real Le Mans. They really should be among the favorites.

Aslo #111 Red Bull Racing... 3 sim-drivers and only one Pro? That looks weird. It's a really good line-up, but isn't exactly by the book?

On a sidenote, there is a lot of Norwegians in this race compared to any other real or simulated race I've ever seen (except the Norwegian championships, obviously, d'oh!).

Edited by Myrvold, 15 January 2022 - 23:59.

but the line-ups have been revealed today.

At least the half-planned ones.

Already been changes.

No badass Jacques Villeneuve trashing the field with his joypad?

Gonna pass

Interesting answers from Max on simracing: https://youtu.be/MDtR91h1qhA?t=355

If anyone wants to replicate what Max uses:

Customized Playseat Sensation Pro with a custom made carbon fibre seat.

Closest thing you can order at Playseat costs about € 2000,- , seat included.

Heavy duty gaming PC with 4 screens, about €5000,-

Leo Bodnar Simsteering2 Direct drive system: €4000,-

Precision Sim Engineering LM-X Steering wheel: €3400,- (yes, that's just the wheel)

Heusinkveld Ultimate+ pedals: €1300

That's a total of € 15.700,-

Edited by A3, 08 January 2022 - 12:51.

Double #F1 Champion @alo_oficial will be present during the 24 Hours of #LeMansVirtual race as he becomes Team Manager of the @alpineracing Esports squad.

Jimmy Broadbent is in, confirmed.

Race is Saturday-Sunday I suppose?

Race is Saturday-Sunday I suppose?

Yes

I think qualifying will also be streamed.

I'll be supporting the #55, as Jack is a local driver, and, of course, Jimmy in the #56!

Max seriously pissed for a bit with tha #2

24 Hours of Le Mans Qualifying Here’s how the top three will line-up. What a battle we have! Realteam Hydrogen on pole with the sister @TeamRedlineSim car driven by @Max33Verstappen just 0.002 behind!!  

GTE also close

Edited by statman, 15 January 2022 - 09:06.

Are there any team or driver streams worth watching outside of the main coverage?

If you have a tolerance for surreal humour and in-jokes, Jimmy Broadbent's stream is the one I'll be watching when not on the official stream.  His community can be a bit OTT sometimes, but they really get behind his team-mates when he does an endurance race, and he wears his heart on his sleeve.  Plus, if you're watching during the night, while he's asleep, his friend from Oregon, John Bacho, who is an ex-sim racer whose eyesight now reduces his ability to race, takes over the stream, keeping an eye on the car for Jimmy and interacting with the chat.

Edited by cpbell, 15 January 2022 - 11:04.

A bit of a shame to be running parallel but there is also a 24h Daytone event on starting today

https://youtu.be/jwqKW4li9fM

This is quite entertaining. Commentary is a little annoying at times. The timing screen wasn't working earlier but it seems OK now.

https://livetiming.a...lmvirtualseries

It will never get old that I'm watching the current F1 Champion taking part in an online sim race.

Alando Fernonso. 

Max leading!

Edited by thegamer23, 15 January 2022 - 13:59.

Shame about the W-Series team.

Alex Brundle sounds exactly like his Dad only younger! Never heard him talk before.

Max and James Baldwin are running 1-2 with nothing to seperate.

Shame about the W-Series team.

 

Alex Brundle sounds exactly like his Dad only younger! Never heard him talk before.

You should watch F2! 

(And he's commentated on the W Series broadcast as well. A natural)

Edited by FLB, 15 January 2022 - 14:38.

Coverage is great, feels like the real event!

Crash in Mulsanne!

Yeah the coverage of this is outstanding. Can't fault it really.

#56 running last - had a 6 minute penalty for Rene Buttler as team owner not being classified as a Pro, then were squeezed into the second chicane by another GTE, which spun as a result, yet both drivers got a drive through.

Sort of surreal listening to JPM and son (and what the commenters were discussing). Sounds like the drivers at home have an advantage.

Edited by Secretariat, 15 January 2022 - 15:54.

Rosenqvist and Verstappen in the same team?

Savage!

20 seconds lead on P2 Veloce esport entry.

Still 7 cars in a minute, it's wide open!

Edited by thegamer23, 15 January 2022 - 16:11.

Alonso-managed Alpine has connection problems and took out 2 GTEs - it took out the #56 before the incident that was shown.

Rosenqvist and Verstappen in the same team?

The TV graphic is exactly the same as in the actual 24 hours race, brilliant!

Alonso-managed Alpine has connection problems and took out 2 GTEs - it took out the #56 before the incident that was shown.

Really nice fight for the lead in the GTEs now.

#123 Redline. Redline are always really quick, but they are also prone to different issues. Again we see a massive simracer as a Pro-driver (Verstappen).

:/

Verstappen is out!

Verstappen is out!

Just saw the crash, driver error, very surprised.

Max clip:

https://clips.twitch...9aG9sKOW_mQu5r3

I guess he didn't move back fully over to the right before entering the corner?

Max's race ending crash

https://clips.twitch...9aG9sKOW_mQu5r3

Yep, used too much kerb.

Quite a mistake, his 2022 season starts with a bang 

edit: beaten to it!

 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 January 2022 - 21:24.

This game looks stunning at night. 

I have been tuning in and out through out the day. What's his driving time as I never saw him out of the car? Small error, game over. I suppose his Saturday night is still young.

This game looks stunning at night. 

Indeed.

Some of the TV shots looks straight out of the 2021 Le Mans race.

This game looks stunning at night. 

There's a reason why the RaceDepartment races at times does go from day to night. It looks great, and even the free mod-tracks can look amazing. There is a couple of rF2 modders who put in a lot of time and work to make the lights on and around the track look awesome. There's even a guy making a Russian track now, who, for some reason, have decided to model every interior-light in the buildings near the track with windows that makes you see the light. Because that makes it look better, more realistic and right.

I have been tuning in and out through out the day. What's his driving time as I never saw him out of the car? Small error, game over. I suppose his Saturday night is still young.

He was out of the car for a while. But idk how long, as I just saw a different name there, then I headed for dinner myself.

damn it Max

Last 2 hours!

RedLine team #70 leading the race with Oliver Rowland at the wheel! 

1 minute & 40 seconds lead on P2

Bonito/Colombo/Van Buren/Siggy leading the GT category, wich is pretty open: just 30 seconds lead on P2

Edited by thegamer23, 16 January 2022 - 10:54.