Dates have been booked for the 2014 GT World Series, and New Dimension Racing would like to whet your appetite for a winter's endurance racing!
The series will combine the GT1 and GT2 cars, bringing a multiclass endurance racing series back to LFS. It will largely follow the formula of the GT1 World Series and the GT2 World Series, but some changes will be had. The 2014 Season is currently scheduled to have 5 rounds, taking place starting in the latter half of October 2013. The season will end with the 24 Hours of Kyoto on February 8th-9th 2014. The series will be aimed to intermediate to advanced level drivers and teams, who will need to not only battle the other teams but their own weaknesses to perform well in this series.
Full details of the series will be released sometime in August or September 2013, but right now a few things can be told as very likely if not certain:
-Safety Cars will be in use. The current procedure looks like it will involve always using two Safety Cars, which will operate WEC style - picking up the nearest car, then returning to its standby location when the course is ready. This solution will be detailed and explored in the coming month. Other systems have been considered, but all of those were deemed too complex and time-consuming.
-With the necessity of two safety cars currently, the projection is to allow a maximum of 14 cars per class, adjustable based on class interest. If more cars enter a class than the limit, a Pre-Qualifying system will most likely be used.
Entries will be team-based, with a minimum of three drivers on a team's roster at all times. Entries will open in the 2nd half of September, 2013.
Here is the provisional schedule:
Round 1: 6 Hours of Westhill, from Westhill International, 26 October 2013, 18:00 UTC Start
Round 2: 6 Hours of Blackwood, from Blackwood Grand Prix Reversed, 23 November 2013, 18:00 UTC Start
Round 3: 6 Hours of South City, from South City Long, 14 December 2013, 18:00 UTC Start
Round 4: 12 Hours of Aston, from Aston Grand Touring, 11 January 2014, 11:00 UTC Start
Round 5: 24 Hours of Kyoto, from Kyoto National Reversed, 8-9 February 2014, 15:00 UTC Start
The series will combine the GT1 and GT2 cars, bringing a multiclass endurance racing series back to LFS. It will largely follow the formula of the GT1 World Series and the GT2 World Series, but some changes will be had. The 2014 Season is currently scheduled to have 5 rounds, taking place starting in the latter half of October 2013. The season will end with the 24 Hours of Kyoto on February 8th-9th 2014. The series will be aimed to intermediate to advanced level drivers and teams, who will need to not only battle the other teams but their own weaknesses to perform well in this series.
Full details of the series will be released sometime in August or September 2013, but right now a few things can be told as very likely if not certain:
-Safety Cars will be in use. The current procedure looks like it will involve always using two Safety Cars, which will operate WEC style - picking up the nearest car, then returning to its standby location when the course is ready. This solution will be detailed and explored in the coming month. Other systems have been considered, but all of those were deemed too complex and time-consuming.
-With the necessity of two safety cars currently, the projection is to allow a maximum of 14 cars per class, adjustable based on class interest. If more cars enter a class than the limit, a Pre-Qualifying system will most likely be used.
Entries will be team-based, with a minimum of three drivers on a team's roster at all times. Entries will open in the 2nd half of September, 2013.
Here is the provisional schedule:
Round 1: 6 Hours of Westhill, from Westhill International, 26 October 2013, 18:00 UTC Start
Round 2: 6 Hours of Blackwood, from Blackwood Grand Prix Reversed, 23 November 2013, 18:00 UTC Start
Round 3: 6 Hours of South City, from South City Long, 14 December 2013, 18:00 UTC Start
Round 4: 12 Hours of Aston, from Aston Grand Touring, 11 January 2014, 11:00 UTC Start
Round 5: 24 Hours of Kyoto, from Kyoto National Reversed, 8-9 February 2014, 15:00 UTC Start