General info & series rules

Welcome to the F1 Mclaren M23 series (season 2)
Sign up here: https://www.simracingonline.co.uk/racing/seriesinfo/165

Rouen 55 race from season 1

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Mclaren M23 History
It was introduced for the 1973 season and scored pole position with Denny Hulme on its very first outing. Hulme and Peter Revson took three wins between them that season, while rookie Jody Scheckter nearly added a fourth. Scheckter was responsible for one of the biggest accidents Formula One has ever seen, at the 1973 British Grand Prix, when he spun his M23 in front of the pack. Emerson Fittipaldi joined McLaren from Lotus in 1974. His knowledge of the Lotus 72 helped McLaren develop the M23 and that season Fittipaldi gave McLaren its first drivers' and constructors' world championships, beating Ferrari, Tyrrell and Lotus.

Further development in 1975 – including a 6-speed gearbox, a novelty for the time – helped Fittipaldi to second in the drivers' championship behind Niki Lauda, who had the benefit of Ferrari's 312T chassis and McLaren to third in the constructors' championship, behind Ferrari and Brabham. The team experimented with different bodywork styles, including aerodynamic kickups in front of the rear wheels, different nose profiles and extended bodywork in front of the rear wheels, housing the oil coolers. Most of these changes were adopted for the M23 and its successor, the McLaren M26. At the end of 1975 Fittipaldi left the team to join his brother's Copersucar-sponsored Fittipaldi Automotive team. He was replaced by James Hunt, who went on to win a dramatic and controversial 1976 season with the final evolution M23, the M23D.

When the replacement McLaren M26 proved troublesome, Hunt and Jochen Mass relied on the M23 in the early part of the 1977 season, and even though the car was now four years old it was still competitive.

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Sign up link:

Sign up here: https://www.simracingonline.co.uk/racing/seriesinfo/165

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Mclaren M23
We will drive only 1 car: the Mclaren M23.
The Mclaren M23 is a Studio 397 car and is part of the standard content. So it's a free car you can find in the "Mclaren" section.
Or download the car on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1515642353&searchtext=m23

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Skins

Skin pack
The default "Mclaren M23 Shadow" skin pack is pretty ugly and boring. Therefore we will use a costum skin pack that you can download here:
https://www.simracingonline.co.uk/resources/f1-mclaren-m23-1975-skins.641/
To install : extract it to your settings folder (SteamApps\common\rFactor 2\UserData\player\Settings)

You are free to design and use your own carskin aswell !

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How does each race start?

All races will have a formation lap, followed by a standing start.

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No-shows
If a driver does not show up for a race without unregistering for that event or letting me know that he can't make it in the event-forum, he will be taken out of the complete series.

(You don't have to unregister for the whole series. You can unregister only for the race you can't do.)

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

 

It would be, but my aim this time is to have a none-DLC series.
But I'll keep it in mind for a next historic series. We will problably have the Nordschleife 1967 in the Assetto Corsa GT Legends leaque.
https://www.simracingonline.co.uk/threads/gt-legends-league-sign-up-here-to-join-the-club.3759/

 

Thanks for your suggestion, Mark. I know that track, and besides it being a bit "meh" on quality, I would have to invest a lot of time in testing such a big track to see if everything works oke, if there are no track design flaws ect.
Further more, I don't want to change the tracklist once it's set. In my opinion, Jarama Historic is an exciting and excelent track and very suiteble for online racing.
In fact, it's the crown jewel of the series

 

I'm also running the rF2 F1 1991, rF2 Porsche Cup and rF2 GT4 Nissan series.

 

There are plans for another F1 series after the F1 1991. And another modern GT series.
I have tried Modern F1 mods, but the drivability is somewhat lacking, or there are other problems.
Right now I'm focusing on the S397 McLaren MP4/8 with a 1993 skin mod. That is one of the best F1 cars right now.

If you know a modern F1 mod, equal or better then the McLaren MP4/8, send me the download link please.
A thing to remember with that should be that most members should be able to drive it. If you shoot into snap oversteer as soon as you touch the throttle, only a few will have an interest.

 

Paulo Lima can you test this for me please and let me know what you think?

 

Cool man! Thanks, I'll try it out.

 

Great to see you join Jos.
Will be good footage for your YouTube channel !!

 

Race length

I have adjusted the race length to 60 minutes per event for this series.