rFactor 2 Round 5 VLM Fuji GP - Sun Nov 30, 2025

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WEATHER TO BE ANNOUNCED.


Fuji speedway background:

Fuji Speedway is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing. Originally managed by Mitsubishi Estate, Fuji Speedway was acquired by Toyota in 2000. The circuit hosted the Formula One 2007 Japanese Grand Prix after an absence of nearly 30 years, replacing the Suzuka Circuit owned by Honda.
After Fuji Speedway hosted the 2008 race, the Japanese Grand Prix returned to Suzuka for races from 2009 onward. The Super GT Fuji 500 km race is held at the racetrack on Golden Week.

Fuji Speedway has one of the longest straights in motorsport, at 1.475 km (0.917 mi) in length. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 license at least until April 2026.

1980–2000: National racing venue

Fuji Speedway former layouts: Red 1966–1974, Blue 1984–1987, Green 1988–2004

The abandoned "30° Bank" of the old track
Fuji remained a popular sports car racing venue; the FIA World Sportscar Championship visited the track between 1982 and 1988 and it was often used for national races. Speeds continued to be very high, and two chicanes were added to the track: one after the first hairpin corner, the second at the entry to the wide, fast final turn (300R). Even with these changes, the main feature of the track remained its approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long straight, one of the longest in all of motorsports.

The long pit straight has also been utilised for drag racing. NHRA exhibitions were run in 1989, and in 1993 Shirley Muldowney ran a 5.30 on the quarter-mile strip at Fuji. Local drag races are common on the circuit, at both 440 yd (402.336 m) & 1,000 ft (304.800 m) distances.

The track continued to be used for Japanese national races. Plans to host a CART event in 1991 were abandoned due to conflicts with the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile. It was not until the autumn of 2000 that the majority of the stocks of the track were bought by Toyota from Mitsubishi Estate as part of its motor racing plans for the future.


1993 インターテック 富士 グループA/INTER TEC FUJI Part.1

 

This is not the modern Fuji layout. The 1993 version has a different track layout.
Me and the boss Nigel Middleton did rFactor 1 Enduracers multiclass here back in the day and it's going to be an adventure ...!
A track modder converted the 1993 Fuji to rFactor 2 on my request. I think SRO is the only site that has this rF2 version now.


Fuji 1993 (Automobilista)

 

RACE WEATHER

 

This is the actual rFactor 2 track we're going to drive. This is a better quality video I made as a demo.

rFactor 2 VLM Fuji Demo Race WSC70s & GT Revival

 

DRIVERS BRIEFING

1. All 6 events of this series will be broadcast
Broadcasters: Rob Milliken & Neil Wood


2. VLM Fuji 1993 Conditions
1) The race will start at 02:00 PM (in-game time of course).
2) Time acceleration is normal. Fuel = normal, tyres = x 3.
3) Cut Track points are set to 6
4) 100% damage
5) This event has a formation lap. The pole sitters can start racing coming out of the last corner.
6) Qualification is NOT set to "private". We go out all together at the same time for 15 minutes.
7) The weather is completely dry.
8) See the "DISCO PROCEDURE".
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A HEADSET CONNECTED TO TEAM SPEAK, WITH OR WITHOUT A MIC.
WHILE ON THE SERVER, WE WILL ALL GO TO THE "RFACTOR2" ROOM ON TEAM SPEAK FOR THE RACE BRIEFING DURING WARMUP TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS.
9. PUNTING:
- If you punt a driver, you have to stop and give the track position back.
- If you are not able to give the track position back, you have to do a pitlane drive-through.
- If you do not give the position back or do a drive-through, you will go 3 positions down in the end result after the race.
- Drivers who are punted can report to me, John van der Geest/admin, if the offender did none of the above.

3. The use of the Esc. key in Qualification
Use of the Esc key during Qualifying is the equivalent of stopping your car and getting out. This may be done only in your pit stall. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Here are the only two we will currently consider. These exceptions are subject to change at any time:
1. You run out of fuel in the pit lane before reaching your pit stall.
2. You sustain damage to your car as a result of another driver and cannot make it back to your pit stall. You must prove your qualifying session was wrecked by another driver and that you made an attempt to return to pit lane.

If you use the Esc key in any location other than your pit stall, your Qualifying session is over and you may not return to the track.

4. You can find the password for the race server on the VLM Fuji event page.

5. Unregistering in time if you can't make it.

6. Please use the SAME NAME in the rFactor 2 game as on our SRO signup list or it won't match in our automated result processing.
You can change your name in the rFactor 2 "Profile" menu.

7. If you plan to PROTEST another driver, you have to wait 24 hours counting from the end of the race.
Any protest filed before that time will be viewed as not received. You can find the rules about submitting a protest here.

8. You can find the server by typing SRO or the track name. Add the server to your favourites so you can always find it.
If you can't find the server in the rFactor 2 server list, you can access this way:
1. click on this link: https://simracepackages.lima-city.de/rF2server/
2. scroll down to "SRO" (it's alphabetical)
3. choose the correct server and join with the password (see point 4 above)
4. the server will start automatically and will take you to the event




Last but not least ... SIMRACINGONLINE wishes you a great race!
And always remember that your fellow SRO members have also put in a lot of time practising for this race,
so please be careful and respectful with your buddies.

 

CHANGING CAR CLASS
Be aware that you also have to change car class on the registration list if you decide to drive another class in the race.
Otherwise you will not be registered in the results.

 

Same goes for me. The Porsches were very respectful and patient if they had to be.

I had a good workout with Robin Taylor as he was on my bumper for nearly the whole race.
10 minutes before the end Robin suddenly disappeared from my mirror in sector 3. As I watched where he was, I missed my braking point a little and spun in the last chicane, just as Robin had spun behind me a few seconds ago. That also cost me 4 seconds.
That was the difference between getting in front or behind after the pitstop. It was almost a perfect race and the win would have been the cherry on top. But it was a great race nevertheless.

1 more epic round to go ...!

 

Try to find a setup that does not understeer to prevent big and micro sliding. Also, increase the tyre noise in the sound menu so you can hear where you slide too much.

Most GT drivers don't change tyres and just take a little fuel.

 

If you set it at 105%, and then practice to keep up with the last cars or even overtaking cars, then you're in pretty good shape to be competitive online with the mid-pack.
The fast guys like Nick Westy will set it at 120%, and maybe even that will be too slow.