AnE GT-Pro League starts Sunday

Hope its a clean start like this on sunday, looking down the start finish straight at Monza.

Inside Sim Racing Episode 36

New episode is up.....

Got to love motorsport

Who said motorsport was boring.

OTC, Carnell Grabs pole but fails to finish

A mixed night of racing saw round 3 of Syncro's OTC go off with a bang.With a tough track and very fast car there where lots of thrills and spills.A tight qualifying session saw Nick Carnell pinch poll from Damon Clewlow.With many cautions it turned into a long night.With all the AnE drivers gaining points bar Carnell who with 12 laps to go suffered a crash with Jake Adams and was unable to finish.

Historic TC Cup Final Rd 08 coverage

Fantastic racing in the mk1 Escort from the last round of race connects TC Cup.


rF. Escort. Zolder. from 808 on Vimeo.

AnE GT pro Pre-Season Event

Tonight See's the last test session before next Sundays season opener at Monza.Spa is the venue tonight and it looks like there will be a full grid, and with lap times being very close at the top its set up for a good race.

Race Connect F1 Video round up

The boys at Race Connect have just released a race video from round 1 at Bahrain showing some great racing an very clean driving.

Round 2 Albert Park

With Race connect's F1 series moving down under here's a nice little preview of the great Albert Park, with a great soundtrack to go with it.

Holman Grabs point

A tough opening race in the race connect GP series was won by Andrea's Nilson.Nilson qualified on pole and dominated the field of 22 drivers.Of the 4 AnE drivers taking part only 1 finished, Martin Holman came 8th to grab a championship point while Ian Beech retired with a broken rear suspension Chris file Decided to bring it back to the pits with wing and handling problems and Nick Carnell's coming together with team mate Holman ended with broken front suspension and a missing front wheel.The Championship moves down under for the next round at Albert park a tough street circuit which could bring many retirements.
All in all it was a great nights racing and the start of a great series, hats off to race connect for a well run and organised event.

F1 whispers doubt Renault future

Speculation has stepped up a gear that 2009 could be Renault's last season in Formula One.

Team president Bernard Rey said this week that the Enstone-based squad's parent Renault Group has pledged its support for "this year."

This comment was followed by whispers in F1 circles that team management may have informed the latest meeting of the FOTA alliance that Renault engines will not be available to customer teams beyond 2009.
Sources are also reporting that nearly 100 staff at Enstone will shortly be shed, ostensibly due to the newly installed cost-saving measures.
In fact, the sources said precisely 98 staff may now already have been given notice that their employ is to end.

The sources informed that the majority of the losses will be limited to both the test team and the aerodynamic department.

© CAPSIS International
Source: GMM

Race connect F1 series

Good luck to all who are taking part in the f1 series tonight over at race connect,the mini series kicks off at Bahrain.There is going to be some tough full length racing over 5 tracks in this mini GP league.The new CTDP 06 is the mod being used through rfactor and it looks made for such a league.Check out the boys at race connect for some great race leagues which cater for everyone's racing needs.They can be found at www.raceconnect.com
Now for a taster of the action to come later on tonight, here is a look at the mod vs the real deal around the very track Bahrain.Enjoy

InsideSimRacing Episode 35

This is a fully packed Episode to close the year out with. In this
episode we have a full review of Turismo Carretera, we cover the
latest new regarding the Live For Speed patch, review the ear
buds by Razer. In addition we cover the ARCA Elite racing series,
and showcase many new mods for Rfactor including CTDP the
long awaited Formula One more as well as the new world that is
VHR stock cars. We also are giving away a copy of both Rfactor
as well as STCC the game.

Beechy's Dream Car

If you´re wondering what the ever rising computing power will mean for the graphical aspect of driving simulations, the following might give you an idea.

Imaging company Proper Graphics has created a virtual version of the Koenigsegg CCX supercar, made of 192.449 triangles. Even though the car is much more detailed than the vehicles in Gran Turismo 5, it has been crafted according to Polyphony Digital’s polygon and texture specifications.

Today’s systems and gaming consoles aren’t powerful enough to handle more than one of these beauties yet. Once the time comes, we´ll be in for some serious eye-candy as the high resolution pictures and video show.

F1 1991 LE 1.1 - Released

Slimjim, TMF & EViL Group have released a new version of the Formula One 1991 Leage Edition mod for rFactor.

Improvements in version 1.1 mainly include new sounds by Montesky as well as some graphical fixes. The new version comes as a complete download, you don’t have to have the initial released installed.

Update can be found at:

http://www.virtualr.net/f1-1991-le-11-released/

Dennis to quit as McLaren F1 boss

Ron Dennis is to step down as team principal of McLaren and hand over to current number two Martin Whitmarsh ahead of the new Formula One season.
Dennis, 61, who has run McLaren since 1981, will stay on as executive chairman of the McLaren Group.
The 51-year-old Whitmarsh will take over McLaren's F1 operation on 1 March

"It's time for Martin to take over. It is 100% my decision - this is a job he will embrace and from now most race-day decisions will be his," said Dennis.

"I still have huge passion for F1 and I want to be supportive of Martin's responsibilities, but that will come purely in the form of voicing an opinion.

"Maybe they'll get my opinion when they don't want it! But I hope Martin will listen to my opinions, even if ultimately - as it will - the ultimate decision rests solely with him.

"This is the right time for this decision. But don't see this as some sort of retirement because it is the exact opposite.

"The first thing I must do is raise my own game because everybody realises this is a tough period in which to work. My decision - and it is solely, and exclusively my decision - has been made on the basis of what is best for McLaren.

"We are a very diverse organisation and we have a number of other projects ongoing, including the development of our road car, and that is going to be a real challenge.

"However, really I want to downplay this decision, because today is about the new car, where we're going forward as a team - it certainly isn't about my stepping down," added the 61-year-old.

Dennis merged his Project Four racing company with Team McLaren Ltd to form McLaren Racing in 1980 and took over as team principal in 1981.

Whitmarsh has been at McLaren since 1989, when he assumed the role of head of operations.

And he said: "It doesn't feel like a bombshell to me - Ron has reached this point and I was keen for him to dictate a timeframe - but I certainly didn't push him.

"I've worked with Ron for 20 years and he has had an incredible career, but Formula One is changing and evolving and so is this business."

The 2009 Formula One season opens with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 29 March.

F1 1991 LE 1.0 - Released

Slimjim, TMF & EViL Group have released the Formula One 1991 LE mod for rFactor, bringing another historic F1 season to rFactor.

Based on Erik Van Leeuwen’s F1 1991 mod for GP4, these cars have been carefully converted to bring them to rFactor standard. The mod takes us back to a time when Formula One was still healthy as the grids were made up of up to 18 teams.

Please note that this is a leage-edition mod, meaning that all cars have the same physics for equal racing. If you´re looking for realistic 1991 cars, you should wait for the full historical version of this mod.

This fantastic mod can be download at Virtualr.net. just follow the link below.

http://www.virtualr.net/f1-1991-le-10-released/

ParcFerme F1 Championship 2009

The RaceConnect Formula 1 Championship uses the recently released CDTP 2006 1.0 Mod.

This series runs Fortnightly on Thursday evenings.

Practice:- 19:45 UK Time
Qualifying:- 20:10 UK Time
Warm-Up:- 20:25 UK Time
Race Start:- 20:30 UK Time

Formation Lap With Standing Start.

Driving Aids Allowed :- Low ABS & Medium Traction Control
Points Allocation :- 1st = 10 points, 2nd = 8 points, 3rd = 6 points, 4th = 5 points, 5th = 4 points, 6th = 3 points, 7th = 2 points, 8th = 1 point

OTC off and running

With a field of 14 runners Syncro's OTC got off to a great start, with Damon and Jake taking the sprint and endurance wins.With such a big field there were no problems or crashes and the racing was very clean.A big thanks goes out to Dan cable for running the show, it was a first class night.Next week it See's the turn of the Legends.Here are a couple of shots from the racing taken by the Syncro staff.

FSR 2008 Ama summary video

FSR's amateur season comes to a end with a great video looking back over some fantastic racing.

Chequered Flag announce race Team

Chequered Flag are entering a team in the [AnE]GT pro League,the drivers slots will be filled by Nick Carnell and Chris File.Although no official announcement has been made rumours are building as to which car has been secured for the drive.It seems the Lamborghini Murcielago is the favourite to take to the field.There will be updates on the teams progress as the season continues.

Hot out of the spray booth

With the paint still drying some photo's of the OTC cars are out, Pj racing and team spurs are finished and ready to race.The cars belong to Chris file, Ian Beech and Martin Holman.These fantastic looking paint jobs are the work of Chris File aka Morbid Monk, Chris recently won a award for his paint jobs at the Race Department.When he's not spraying Chris can be found green lanening his tractor around the valley's of Whales.

DTM: Schumacher not in DTM 2009?

2008 might have been Ralf Schumacher's only year in DTM. The former Formula 1 driver is still without a new contract for 2009. His contract with Mercedes ended on December 31st. Although talks with Mercedes are still ongoing, the 33-year-old driver stated that he only wants to continue in DTM if he can drive a car of 2009-specification.

Historic GT & Touring Cars 1.01

As part of Chequered flag service we try to promote good Mods for all of the racing Sims on the market.Rfactor is one of the best Sims which has a massive following and more mods than you could ever wish for, and Historic GT is one of the best.

Using GT Legends' 3D models as base of the project, the mod will include classic racing cars which were seen during touring races in the 60's & 70's, as well as the actual FIA historic counterparts with physics, sounds, liveries, etc. made from scratch, to bring a satisfactory and realistic driving experience to the player.

2009 Syncro Touring Car Championship (STCC)

Tonight See's the start of Syncro Racing's STCC, good luck to all drivers taking part especially the boys from AnE racing.

Ferrari to bring back pit lights

Ferrari plans to bring back its controversial 'traffic lights' pit stop system for the 2009 season. After several incidents last year, the Italian team abandoned the unique automated system following the Singapore Grand Prix, where Felipe Massa dragged the fuel hose down the pitlane.
But team manager Luca Baldisserri told the Italian newspaper La Stampa,"We have analysed the errors of 2008 and improved the system."
"Now an electronic programme will prevent the car from leaving the box when the fuel hose is attached,"he said.
The automated system, using sensors and buttons to show coloured lights to the drivers during pitstops, replaces the traditional 'lollipop' approach.


Source: GMM
© CAPSIS International

European Team Challenge League Standings 2008

Team AnE's first attempt in the ETC against some serious racing teams is going well.Racing continues after the Christmas break on Friday 16th and all the action can be watch on the live race casts at PRSTV.

AnE Mini League revisited

With thoughts of another Mini league being run by AnE racing, I thought i'd dig out one of the race video's from the 2007 Mini Challenge.A rainy day at Snetterton made for some tricky racing with the race winner Ian Beech going on to take the League title.

SimRDISP7X

MMG is a household name in the rFactor community, most notably for having released the Formula One 2007 mod.

Now, the group expands their activities to sim racing hardware by unveiling the SimRDisp7X data display. The external display delivers all kinds of information including revs, speed, gears, fuel, pit limiter, safety car periods, engine overheating and traction loss. It features three segment displays and a bar of LED’s, giving it a realistic racecar look.

The display is connected via USB and is completely compatible to rFactor and it’s upcoming successor. MMG plans to make the display compatible to other titles such as the Simbin simulations, iRacing and ARCA Sim Racing in due time.

The SimRDisp7X sells for €75/$106, 100 units are available for pre-order until January 7th, orders will be shipped by January 29th. The display can be attached to your screen, a mount for the Logitech G25 will be following shortly.

Syncro racing OTC

Only 1 week away and the cars are coming out of the garages.Next Monday (12th) will see the start of Syncro racing's Oval Triple Championship, 12 races over 3 formats.The mod's running will be Rfactor's Indy 95, legends and the new NSS 2009.Taking part for the [AnE] Racing team will be Martin Holman, Ian Beech, Chris File and Myself.A big thank you to Dan Cable at Wyldeone's paint shop for doing my spray jobs.Here's the Chevy I will be driving in the NSS 2009 races.

Tribute to Honda

F1 will miss you.

Hello Race Fans

Welcome to Chequered Flag, the home of all things racing.From real world motor sport to the virtual world of motor simming, you will be able to see whats happening around the world.My name is Nick Carnell I live in the UK and I'm a big fan of all motor sport's and with this blog hope to spread the interest in a great hobby and sport.The thing that got me into motor sport was going to the RAC rally as a youngster and seeing these beautiful cars flying past me at what seemed to be light speed,from there watching F1 on the telly I found my true passion in the world of fast cars.
Then came the Internet and the marvels of online gaming, from there it has seen a massive rise in virtual racing.Everything from World wide leagues to fun racing, whether your driving a state of the art F1 car or a go-kart it doesn't matter it's great fun go on give it a try.As part of a online clan for many years which has evolved and plays quite a few different genre's of games [AnE] has moved into the world of virtual motor sport.It has members from all over the world coming from different walks of life,bus drivers, firemen, farmers, telecoms engineers, bankers, policeman and even a nurse to name just a few.
Please stop by and visit us again there will be regular updates on league racing and all the fun stuff to.
Thanks again

Nick