racecraft.online Season 1/2025

Racecraft.online is excited to announce the debut of our first racing Season of 2025! We've done a major revamp to our Series schedule to increase race availability, with a big focus on fun race combos that make full use of all the superb 1.6 and IMSA content!

Season Overview

• Our new LM Junior Series features the superb GT4 + LMP2 combo on many of the WEC and IMSA tracks.
• The fan-favourite bespoke GT3 series is back in full force, using both GT3 generations - that means you can take part even if you don't own the Gen 2 DLC's.
• Our mainline Endurance series now runs exclusively GT3 + LMDh on the full 2025 IMSA calendar, using accurate (accelerated) race durations and start times. There's also a Le Mans on there for good measure!
• New this season is also Monday's Cup Car Trophy, where you can challenge your driving skill in the one-make Super Trofeo and Carrera Cup classes.
• Wednesday features our collaborative effort with US-based private league 'Ope Racing, on a country-wide P3 tour of Brazil. If you're a fan of Brazil content (I'm looking at you South Americans ), then this is the series for you.
• And Friday sees our most experimental series to date, featuring a mix of oval, off-road, kart and Copa Truck races. The perfect way to relax and have fun on a Friday evening.
• Of course, we can't forget about returning classics such as Tuesday's Green Hell, the Club Racing and Formula Rookie Hourlies, and Sunday's (newly-renamed) Roszman Cup.

You can find the full schedule format below along with more detailed race info. I also recommend you join our Discord, where you hang out and talk to our regular drivers.

We hope to see you on track with us!
The RCO Team

 

Another week, another recap from Season 1 of racecraft.online. It's been a slower week overall, but that's to be expected as the New Year vacations are coming to an end.

• The 'Ope League Race got some surprising attention this week! Even though numbers were small, both EU and US slots got enough sign-ups to disable the AI, and we've heard the races were very enjoyable. Which is to be expected on a track like Guapore!
  

• Last week's Track Challenge was apparently quite chaotic, but fun. The Opalas barreled down the twisty and narrow roads of the Sudschleife, drifting and sliding all the way through! Let's just say not everyone made it out unscratched.

Below you can find what's going on this week!

• Club Racing moves to the maze-like Snetterton 300.
• Formula Rookie heads to a track that always creates close racing - Guapore.
• GT3 Challenge takes on the ever-popular Interlagos.
• Historic sees the Procars in a test of speed at Monza 1971.
• Prototype Legends jumps forwards in time to the late 90's with GT1 @ Imola 2001.
• LM Junior races on Mosport this week.

As for the (remaining) Weeklies:

• Test your mettle on Cascais with the Lambo Super Trofeo's in today's Cup Car Trophy!
• Tuesday's Green Hell switches to the one-make G55 Supercup.
• Wednesday's Ope Racing League moves to another high-speed, close-racing track: Guapore!
• Learn how to tackle Atlanta's famous esses during Thursday's Track Challenge.
• Friday's Funday is hosting a proper Stock Car Brazil race, featuring the 2024 SCB's @ Campo Grande!
• Saturday's Endurance Cup heads to the 3rd race of the IMSA calendar, Watkins Glen, which is bound to create close battles.
• Puma or Ginetta? Pick your poison at Daytona for this Sunday's Roszman Cup.

Thank you everyone who raced with us and we hope to see you this week on track too!

The RCO Team

(Thank you to our users Ared, Zingy and Ricxx for this week's cinematic shots!)

 

Week 4 recap is here, with the main theme of last week being Daytona.

Before I get into the recap, we've made a significant change to our promotion system - we've decreased the number of races required for a promotion from 5 to 1 to increase the accessibility of non-Rookie races to new drivers. Or, in other words, your License will now be directly based on your Safety and Consistency, without requiring a minimum number of races to promote.

• The 'Ope League Race once again featured some good racing, with +10 player races on both EU and US timezones. The long straights and tight turns of Velopark made for many overtaking opportunities and some close battles in the P3's. Cheers to our Aussie mate WoodyLizard for livestreaming the US split of the race!

• Last Friday's Funday saw some chaotic racing as 10 drivers battled the gas-guzzling, gargantuan, 1000+ BHP Copa Trucks on Velopark. The trucks posed a unique challenge, requiring a very different driving style to most cars. Plenty of sliding and exhaust fumes!

• Saturday featured the main event, the 24h Daytona Race. Despite 20 people registered, only 12 showed up, with an even split between LMDh's and GT3's. These brave drivers took on the grueling one and half hour race, marking a monumental achievement for the race winners. Thank you once again to WoodyLizard for livestreaming the race!

As for this week, the main theme is Bathurst, paralleling the IRL 12h of Bathurst going on this weekend! Two Weeklies feature the main events of this week:

• Learn Bathurst during this Thursday's Track Challenge, running the GT5's in preparation for the main event...
• Saturday's 1h30m Endurance Cup race! Featuring the GT3 Gen 2's, Bathurst will prove a significant challenge and a true test of endurance and driver skill. The smallest mistake could cost you the race, and it'll be just as much about surviving Bathurst as it is about racing the other people!

Hourlies:

• Club Racing heads down to the National layout of Silverstone.
• Formula Rookie visits Goiania Short.
• GT3 Challenge takes on the ever-popular Imola.
• Take a trip to the past of Bathurst with our Historic series, which is running Group A's on the 1983 layout of the famous circuit!
• Prototype Legends goes on a Season hump with the P1's @ Brasilia Full.
• LM Junior heads to Germany this week, racing on Hockenheim.

As for the other Weeklies:

• Monday's Cup Car Trophy is switching to the Porsche Carrera Cups for 4 weeks, racing on Spielberg for the inaugural race.
• Tuesday's Green Hell switches to GT4 this week.
• Wednesday's Ope Racing League heads down to quaint Londrina.
• Friday's Funday is hosting an oval race this week, using the Copa Montanas!
• Caterhams SS @ Sebring club for this Sunday's Roszman Cup - a very interesting combo!

Thank you everyone who's been racing with us! We hope you'll enjoy this week's combos as well, and we hope to see as many of you in the Weeklies as possible!

The RCO Team

(Thank you Ricxx for documenting the Brazilian Truck Simulator race!)