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New Beginning – Old Management

As you may have noticed during the past week, VirtualR is operational again, run by myself, Montoya, the site’s original founder and, for most of the past 13 years, sole editor. I encountered a serious...

A Fresh Look for A Fresh Start

Providing virtual racing news for 10 years running, VirtualR is back with a major overhaul.

Justin Wilson 1978 – 2015

Veteran Indycar racer Justin Wilson has passed away following a crash at Sunday's Indycar race at Pocono.

Misc

Long Beach Grand Prix 1979 Photos Found

Long Beach Grand Prix 1979 Photos Found

While looking through the boxes on my attic I stumbled across a little motorsport treasure. Burried under old books and clothes, I found a full box of photos from the 1979 Long Beach Grand Prix. I put some of the best...

Wet Weather Testing at Sugo

Wet Weather Testing at Sugo

Even though it had rained cats and dogs all through the night, a couple of Formula Nippon teams went testing on a still wet Sugo track on Wednesday. The one-hour session was topped by Bj??rn Wirdheim, the Swede was the...

Mattias Ekstr??m – DTM Champion 2007

Mattias Ekstr??m – DTM Champion 2007

After a very rough and unfair round at Barcelona, the DTM got its act together and hosted a very entertaining and exciting season finale at Hockenheim. With only three drivers able to clinch the championship, it was...

Introducing the Download Section

Introducing the Download Section

Starting today, I will offer a download section for popular rFactor and RACE 07 addons and mods, trying to provide a fast and convenient download source for all simmers out there. The download section can be accessed by...

French-Kissing a Silver Arrow

French-Kissing a Silver Arrow

Dont let the title fool you, its not getting raunchy around here. As a Steve McQueen-style Le Mans track meets the Mercedes Benz W196, things are getting really historical. The setting of McQueen’s legendary movie...

CoT Restrictor-Plate Racing in Alabama

CoT Restrictor-Plate Racing in Alabama

Less than 24 hours from now, the Car of Tomorrow will make its Superspeedway debut at Talladega. Its yet unknown how the real thing will behave when 43 cars go racing in one big pack, this virtual NASCAR Nextel Cup race...

RACE 07 at Oschersleben

RACE 07 at Oschersleben

The World Touring Car Championship hosted its anual round in East Germany, using the revised layout of the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben for the very first time. With only a few rounds to go until the season finale in...

Formula Nippon at Imola

Formula Nippon at Imola

Japan’s premier Formula series headed abroad to host a race at Imola. Even though the Italian circuit has lost its traditional Formula One race, Imola is still a place for great open-wheel racing. The race was won...

RACE 07 – A first glimpse of whats coming up

RACE 07 – A first glimpse of whats coming up

While Simbin has given us screenshot makers a free-move camera, their fly-over-the-track idea is somewhat difficult to handle to say the least. Here are my first edited shots of RACE 07, featuring Alain Menu at Pau and...

RACE 07 – Released in Germany

RACE 07 – Released in Germany

RACE07, Simbin’s newest title, has been released in Germany today. While the rest of the world has to wait a few weeks, German sim racers can pick up the game now. I bought it today and after a few spins, I have...

DTM at Barcelona – More peaceful this time

DTM at Barcelona – More peaceful this time

rFactor is a place of peace and harmony. While the Sunday’s DTM race at Barcelona turned out to be a farce with manners nowhere to be seen, virtual racing in the Spanish circuit is still how it should be. Enjoy...

Mobil 1 Porsche Supercup at Watkins Glen

Mobil 1 Porsche Supercup at Watkins Glen

After the Formula One lost its traditional venue in Indianapolis, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup has been looking for another opportunity to race in the US. After lots of negotiating, the Supercup finally found a new...

CoT Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway

CoT Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway

The NASCAR Nextel Cup elite was out on the Lowe’s Motor Speedway, testing the Car of Tomorrow on the blazing fast speedway near Concord, NC. The CoT is getting ready to take over full season duty in 2008 and the...

FIA GT at Istanbul Park

FIA GT at Istanbul Park

29 FIA GT teams travelled all the way down to Istanbul to host the series’ first ever race on Turkish soil. While the 2 hour race wasnt blessed with too much spectators, there was no shortage of on-track action...