RaceRoom is set to host their seventh special Ranked Event of the 2023 next weekend, on Saturday, 12th August. The venue is Road America, the 4.048-mile road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, and the race will be contested over a two hour limit with current-gen GT3 cars and the Mazda DPi on track.
There will be three regional time slots based on America, Europe and Oceania locales. The European top split will be broadcasted live on the RaceRoom social channels.
Leaderboards are open to set a time now, but the servers will be split by players Ranked Multiplayer Rank. Laps must be posted before 10th August at 13:00 CEST.
A post on the KW Studios forum revealed more of the details about the race. All drivers that set a time will be invited to race, but will need to fill out a confirmation form to lock in a spot on a grid.
This event will happen a week removed from what is scheduled in the real-world this weekend at Road America, as the IMSA WeatherTech Series is set to compete on the popular American course.
To set a lap time on the Leaderboard, players do not need to own the content. However, to participate in the event itself, players will need to own both Road America and the car you plan to use.
Some of the details have been reposted below. More details can be found on the KW Studios forum.
RaceRoom 2 Hours of Road America Special Ranked Event details
Time zone/regions for the race
The races are organized in three main time zones:
- America: EDT
- Europe: CEST
- Oceania: AEST
When to Confirm by
The confirmation form will be open from Thursday August 10 12:00 CEST until race day Saturday August 12. The form will close at a different time for each region:
- America: 09:00 EDT
- Europe: 12:00 CEST
- Oceania: 18:00 AEST
Race day timetable: All times below are the local times (AEST / CEST / EDT):
- 18:00 – Practice
- 20:00 – Qualification (30 minutes, private lap)
- 20:30 – Warm-up (3 minutes)
- 20:34 – Race start (120 minutes)
Race server settings
- Ping limit
- Broadcast server 200
- Other servers: 350
- Incident limit:
- Broadcast server: 50
- Other servers: 70
- Mandatory pitstop: no
- Start: standing start with no jumpstart protection
- Setup: open
- Qualification: 30 minutes
- Join during qualification: enabled
- Qualification type: private/flying lap
- Warm-up: 3 minutes
- Race duration: 120 minutes
- Drivers per grid: minimum 16, maximum 34
- Allowed GT3 cars:
- Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo, BMW M4 GT3, Bentley Continental GT3 EVO, Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO ‘20, McLaren 720S GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3 ’20, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
- Classes: DTM ’21, ADAC ’21 and GTR 3
- Balance of Performance will be announced as soon as possible
