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WELCOME TO THE F1 1939 CHAMPIONSHIP





1939 Grand Prix season
The 1939 Grand Prix season was the seventh AIACR European Championship season. The championship winner was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II less than two weeks after the final event in Switzerland.
The Italian GP initially had been a fifth event, but it became clear well before the war that it would be cancelled due to construction work. At that time, it was also undecided which scoring system would be used, the old minimum points system that basically counted positions, or the French maximum points system similar to the modern one.

Although Hermann Paul Müller would have won the championship on points according to the old system, the president of Nazi Germany's highest motorsports organisation declared Hermann Lang the champion. Lang was clearly the dominating driver in that season, which was acknowledged by the international press.

In the first two of the four championship events, both Lang and Müller won once while the other failed to complete 75% of the distance. The German round saw Lang retiring early, and Müller finishing 2nd behind Caracciola. This left Müller in the lead in both scoring systems, as published in magazines, with the Swiss round deciding the outcome. Müller finished 4th behind three Mercedes, which gave him the lead in the old point system, while in front, Lang had beaten Caracciola for the lead in the maximum points system.


Grand Prix Racing (F1) 1938/39 - Part 1 - The Mercedes W154

Grand Prix Racing (F1) 1938/39 - Part 2 - The Auto Union Type D

 

The series will take place on Saturdays bi-weekly.
First event: Saturday, February 10 2024
Qual: 20:00 GMT = 15 minutes
Race: 20:20 GMT = 45 minutes
50% damage
Tires = normal
Fuel = normal
No mandatory pitstop
Fast lap point = 1
You have to stay in the same car that you choose for your first event.

Cars used in this series
F1 1939 Alfa Romeo 158 Tuned
F1 1939 Auto Union Type D Tuned
F1 1939 Mercedes Benz W154 Tuned

Custom skins
You are free to use custom skins.

Standing start
1. The race starts with a standing start without a formation lap.
2. At the green light, the race starts.

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No Esc. on track rule in Qualification
In qualification, you can not press Escape (Esc.) while on track (if you crash) and then go back out again.
If you want to do another run, you have to come into the pits first.

This is to protect the other drivers from someone taking abnormal risks to set a good lap time and crashing (other cars).

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Teamspeak
Teamspeak is one of the features of Sim Racing Online.
If you would like to hook up with other drivers on Teamspeak before the race (or any time), here is the forum link for the SRO Teamspeak address and password:
https://www.simracingonline.co.uk/threads/teamspeak-ip-address-password.19/

For those who are not familiar with Teamspeak, you need to add the Sim Racing Online channel to your "bookmarks".

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Maximum number of drivers
The maximum field for all 6 events = 20 drivers.

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Mod update

There has been an update for this mod. It's now on v1.04.
Please download the new update here.

 

Hi Caitlin, the creator bugg66 called his mod "F1 1930s", so I'm just keeping in line with the name. We are running the 1939 cars from that mod, so hence the title

 

Sorry, but I'm not going to change pit speed limits.

 

Cool. Thank you!

 

WE'VE GOT SKINS

Thanks to Gilles da Silva, we now have A LOT !! of skins to choose from.
Download link

Preview - click to enlarge



Installing a rF2 costum skin:
(you have to put each file from the download in the corresponding car after you created a new folder)
1. In rF2, choose the corresponding car for the costume skin
2. select customise
3. create a new folder
4. find the new folder in your rF2 player + settings
5. put the mas file there
6. reselect the corresponding car you chose and click on 'alt'

If you need help, let me know.

 

I also have to go to the sound setting to change it every time I start rF2, or the sound is too soft.
Is there a permanent way to fix that?

 

Re-uploaded the skin pack

I have re-uploaded the skin pack (upper right corner) by uploading the pack through Sim Racing Online instead of Mediafire.
This should work for everyone

First unpack the skin pack. Every car from every brand has a custom skin. Select the one you want.

Remember:
- You don't have to install the complete skin pack, only the skin for the car that you are going to drive.
For example, if you want the F1 1939 Tuned Mercedes nr. 20;

1. in rFactor 2, first select the F1 1939 Tuned nr. 20 car and go to Customize
2. then create a new folder
3. go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\rFactor 2\UserData\player\Settings and find the Folder "F1 1930s"
4. inside the folder F1 1930s you will find the folder that you have created
5. put the Mercedes nr. 20 "custom skin pack from the skin pack" inside that folder
6. go back to rF2 and select the Mercedes nr. 20 / go to Customize / click on "+" and then "Alt" / go back and forth until you find your custom skin.

 

Poll question; Nordschleife 67 or Hockenheim 66?

I have replaced round 5 Hockenheim 1966 with Zandvoort 1967.
It is voiced that the Nordschleife will DNF too many drivers and it would be better to place Hockenheim 1966 for round 4.

POLL; Would you rather have the Nordschleife 1967 or Hockenheim 1966 for round 4?

 

Hi Neil, Only for the race session.