313 Sim Racing

08/09/2020

Last night went well ! 3 top tens, some crazy racing and a huge team point haul !

03/08/2020

A hardware disconnection in tonights World GT took away a solid top 10! However race pace/setup felt great so we’re making progress. Just need abit of luck. 📸 Improvised Design

28/07/2020

Last night didn’t go well, poor qualy then I didn’t get the rub of the green in any incidents meant 3 below average results. Race pace and setup felt good though so roll on next week !

27/07/2020

Live action tonight from 8pm !

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19/07/2020

Strong lineup this season with some serious competition, I’m ready to grind ! Media day tomorrow including a test stream from 8pm

14/07/2020

So ready for this ! Let’s go

07/07/2020

Searching for some pace in the Ferrari and trying to find a sweet spot in the setup. Way to slow in the straights atm but corner speed and tyre life I’m happy with. Decent battle at the end of this when I eventually hit some marks !

https://youtu.be/G47OdbT8rZM

A tough start to the week in split two, learning a new car is never easy !

29/05/2020

So ready for this!

The World GT Championship excited to announce our new title sponsor is FreeM UK !!!

FreeM is a globally recognised bespoke racewear and teamwear brand who provide CIK, FIA & SFI approved FreeM products to the karting and motorsport world. They are now expanding their product line turning their eye to the world of Esports, specifically sim racing. Jonathan, CEO of FreeM UK had this to say about the series:

“All at FreeM UK are incredibly honoured to be supporting the 8th season of The World GT Championship - it’s an event we’ve long been passionate about and it’s fantastic to see how it’s evolved over the past 3 years. It’s also incredible to witness the increasing recognition that eSports is currently generating. We hope this momentum of awareness and enthusiasm continues to increase and with it brings even greater success for the WGTC, offering more and more of the world’s most talented race drivers the ability to showcase their incredible talent. Good luck for the season guys, all at FreeM UK will be following each and every lap!”

We are also proud to have the continued support of Pure Sims & Simmortal for this forthcoming season!

Season 8 will be broadcast live on the iRacing Esports Network by RaceSpot

iRacing

18/05/2020

Final round of the World GT championship tonight ! Let’s do this, stream live from 8pm 👍

04/05/2020

A little VRS sprint race from last week.....

https://youtu.be/dz1e0_qvqSQ

One of last weeks official Races, Trying to tame the flame throwing Mclaren.

01/05/2020

01/05/2020

01/05/2020

A recent onboard from the last round of WGTC. Ready to get back at it on Monday night !

https://youtu.be/hXs3sSwLtf8

Onboard car #313 FitzSty Texense Merced GT3 driven by myself.

22/02/2020

14/11/2019

09/08/2019

🏁 Good luck to Tom, Lewis and James who are representing EvoSR in Apex Racing TV's British GT League sponsorred by Simmortal which starts on Sunday evening from 8pm.

You can follow all the action Live on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/apexracingtv 🏁

11/05/2019

Note to self, GT cars don’t bump draft like NASCAR’s....... MR SALT Racing

21/03/2019

The M8 round Watkins is epic ! 5 wins on the bounce !

11/03/2019

Im going to be giving Iracing's Season 2 of 2019 a proper go. Fresh paint for the vehicle of choice by Hazy signs, Virtual Racing School setup and my first few sessions of logging/comparing done, lots learned, time found and more to be had.

Ready for the Official sessions to begin tomorow, my plan is to concentrate on GTE in the IMSA and 24Hr Leman series.

See you on track !

18/12/2017

Getting some practise in for the WGTC round Bathurst tonight. Streamed live on apex racing TV (youtube from 20:00 GMT)

11/12/2017

New Fiesta Paint ready for Week 1 Season 1 of iRacing's GRC. Massive thanks to Carl @ Hazy Signs.

30/10/2017

30/10/2017

The World Gt Championship starts tonight, I’ll be racing with the lads from Club 73 again in the #313 Club73Gt Audi R8.

Catch the line stream here later tonight - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UQGziGdzdww

The World GT Championship is brought to you by ApexRacingTV and sponsored by Racehub Brands Hatch, Kent's leading racing simulator center, offering state-of-...

04/08/2017

Will be driving the GUNR Endurance team Ford GT in tommorows iRacing 6 hours of the glen race.....

15/07/2017

A VR newbies first week of rift.....

Ok so after months and months of sitting on the fence about buying a rift I finally bit the bullet. I had been tempted and told I should buy one for ages off fellow sim racers but I was very happy with my current triple setup so never bothered trying the rift.....until the recent offer that has swayed so many of us to trying VR. Off to scan I went and came away with the rift/touch bundle.

Out the box -

Lovely box very well packaged really feels like a high end bit of kit. All the parts are nicely made and ooze quality. There are no instructions but the box simply tells you to go to the oculus setup page and everything is self explanitary from there onwards. It runs you through a download and installation then opens the oculus software. At this point you will make an account then it tells you to plug the HMD and sensor(s) etc. Super simple and easy to follow. Mine was up and running within 20 minutes of opening the box.

First try (iracing) -

I followed the setup guide on the iracing forums to adjust the .ini file which made iracing boot into the rift and got straight into it. Ford Gte at Nurburgring GP. Straight away I was gobsmacked by the immersion factor, I was sat in the car, could read all the gauges and buttons and could look around the car. At one point I reached to pull the window net out of the way 😂. Ok so once I'd got over the cool factor I clicked it into gear and drove out of the pits. Coming into the first corner I completely overshot it and barely stayed on the track. After a few corners in it hit me, I had to completely change the way I drove, this was difficult. Braking points were hard to pick out as were some apexs. This was due to the screen door effect that is the major flaw of the rift. Quality is pretty poor tbh and I was considering putting the rift back in the box and firing up the triples. Other rift users told me I have to persevere to allow my brain and eyes to adapt, the quality wasn't getting any better but eventually my eyes did get used to it and the immersion really makes up for the lack of quality. There were parts of the track were the sunlight shone right onto the drivers legs and it tricked my brain into thinking my legs were getting warm ! Crazy, this is when I knew I was hooked. I did have some trouble going two wide and judging distances and car widths in my first few sessions but I soon got used to that.

Everyday use -

I've only had the rift a few days but I'm really enjoying my sim racing more than ever before. I took part in four 45+ car leauge races on the second day of ownership and it was a huge learning curve, I was a second or so off my normal pace and right in the depths of the pack, racing 3/4 wide at times in huge groups, it was stressful yet so enjoyable and insane. I was in the car ! It was cool being able to look over my shoulder to see were cars were around you. My confidence grew throughout the night and I grew to love the rift over that 3 hour period. Since then I've just been getting more and more time using it and each race I get more and more confident and faster. My brain has now ruled out the whole lack of quality issue, although it's still there it no longer bothers me. The last race I did was a street stock race just to see how the rift felt on an oval and it was the most fun I've had in that class. Really intense and I was able to feel what the car was doing so much better that I could on the screens. Although I'm still along way of the pace I had on the triple screens I'm just not bothered, every race is so much more fun on the rift.

Should you buy one? -

If you have a computer that can support and run the rift then yes ! Go get one, right now! I'm a sucker for great graphics so wasn't sure I'd be happy with it but I really am. This really is next level

Tips from a noob to a noob -

Have a fan pointing at you. Make sure your GPU can handle it (6gb+.) Don't have the rift to tight. Enjoy. If your still undecided go and bug some snorkelling goggles and drive around in them for a while, this is the view you will have in the rift.

29/06/2017

Racing tonight in the BSRTC pro series. Would be nice to get another win in the Sim Gear kia.... tune into the livestream from 8pm GMT here - https://youtu.be/gvrQCoMaNyE