New GT3 / Manufacturer Coming?

[Daunt]

Via the iRacing Forums:

http://www.iracing.com/sro-iracing-com-announce-blancpain-gt-sim-racing-series/

"...with Aston Martin and another major manufacturer expected in the future"

Speculation can begin

 

[Slider]

Also http://www.iracing.com/sro-iracing-com-announce-blancpain-gt-sim-racing-series/

 

[Kenadian]

Please be the Audi, please be the Audi, please be the Audi.

 

[Daunt]

please be the audi, please be the audi, please be the audi.

please!

 

[Noodleguitar]

I'm guessing Bentley for no good reason, but Audi would be nice indeed. Above that though, I'm hoping for a Mercedes SLS.

Please be the Audi, please be the Audi, please be the Audi.

Also, that way of writing it fits your avatar gif nicely!

 

[Daunt]

I'm guessing Bentley for no good reason, but Audi would be nice indeed. Above that though, I'm hoping for a Mercedes SLS.


Also, that way of writing it fits your avatar gif nicely!

lol.... I'd guess between the two german cars. Just hoping it is Audi and not Merc. They are saying that they will soon have the vast majority of the cars from Blancpain on iRacing... which some are taking to mean majority of the cars fielded by teams, not the makes themselves. Since I think Audi, BMW and Merc have the highest showing they suspect we'll get those... hopefully

 

[Slider]

Audi would be awesome. I saw an R8 next to a Vantage GT at work. Oh, I just about whispered sweet nothings to them.

 

[rcast]

not to be a negative Nancy but i doubt it will be the audi or merc cause they have not been one to just give the license for their cars that easy all though i would love the audi it will probably be the corvette , gtr and if we are lucky we will get the lambo

 

[Slider]

Those would still be nice to have too. Because 'murika.

 

[Daunt]

Please?

 

[Kenadian]

not to be a negative Nancy but i doubt it will be the audi or merc cause they have not been one to just give the license for their cars that easy all though i would love the audi it will probably be the corvette , gtr and if we are lucky we will get the lambo

The SLS is in Assetto Corsa, actually I think there's a few Merc's in AC.

 

[Daunt]

It has been rumored on the German iRacing forums that some staff visited Stuttgart, which could mean Mercedes or Porsche (they both have offices there)

The Mercedes is also in Project Cars, too. I think the licensing argument doesn't really apply unless it isn't in any recent sims (like Porsche pretty much). But PCars and Assetto both have Audi (Audi is coming to Assetto very soon, already confirmed signed long ago) both have Mercedes, and a few other brands that iRacing doesn't.

 

[Kenadian]

I can guarantee you it will never be Porsche as long as EA holds the license to it.

Personally I'd love to see the SLS in iRacing, it's a beast of a car and sounds awesome!

 

[Daunt]

I can guarantee you it will never be Porsche as long as EA holds the license to it.

Personally I'd love to see the SLS in iRacing, it's a beast of a car and sounds awesome!

Honestly, more GT3 cars are great. Though I do want Audi before any of them, I'd love any and all GT3s (except that fugly Bentley ) From what I've read, if they really wanted to make a Porsche on iRacing, they can make it work.

Either way though, I think re-adding a Porsche would be a waste, as we already have the RUF. Then again the RUF is the only car that makes no sense on the service and needs to be redone, exterior and ESPECIALLY interior. Honestly have no clue how that got added like that anyway.

 

[Kenadian]

Anyone can get Porsche so long as their willing to pay EA handsomely to use the rights. It really makes no sense when you can use the Ruf which is pretty much the same thing and 3rd party skin it as a Porsche.

I don't know why you have such a hate on for the Ruf, is it really that bad of a car? The C-Spec is one of the funnest lower license cars in all of iRacing to drive and has a reasonable community supporting it.

I'm sure it can use with some updating but so can many of the cars in the service.

H3ll I'd just love to see properly colored brake lights on the CTS-VR but that won't stop me from driving it.

 

[Kenadian]

...but I do agree that the Audi would be terrific as would the SLS.

Oh, and I do like the Bentley as well

 

[Daunt]

Oh, and I do like the Bentley as well

Well I knew you had a thing for boats with wheels so I suppose this doesn't come as a surprise haha.

And I just hate the RUF based on its aesthetics, not how it drives. It annoys the hell out of me that it looks and makes me feel like I'm in a street car, rather than a proper race car. When we raced the C-spec it was fun, the car itself to drive is enjoyable, especially racing on the not-oft-raced circuit configurations, like Road Atlanta short or whatever it is called.

And yes a Cadillac update would be nice but I doubt it will happen. That thing seems to be swept under the rug and forgotten... and now there's a new CTS-V.R IRL so I don't see them doing anything drastic with the old one.

 

[Slider]

We need ATS-V

mm Bentley...ungh..