ESRA ... what is www.esra-league.com ?

[Fred Joseph]

As Goldtop was kind enough to drop by at ESRA and suggested I should post here, here I am



ESRA (for European Sim Racing Association) is organising iRacing championships for more than two years now.. and our goal was and will always be to try and offer the best racing environment possible to our drivers..

Since Assetto Corsa came out in the very first version, we believe it would be THE next simulation.. so we got involved in the process with the Beta testing team..  and when we see how it have evolved now, I bet we were pretty damn right to believe in it

Now since the V1 RC is gone out, we started organising our first official championship.. We had quite some success in the fun races we had so we had to make two pools of drivers.. (yeah, one of my main issue with AC is it's 24 drivers limit for now.. :'( ).

We are organising a multiple car champ, with the BMW Z4 GT3, the Mc Laren GT3, Mercedes SLS GT3 and P 4/5 C Competizione..



See a little trailer here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnFCYoX4VT8

How can I embed videos here again ?

At the moment the registrations are closed.. as we have 48 drivers registered (including PicNick and Shark  )
You can still enlist and get a wild card if spots are available.

If you have any questions let me know !

Fred

[Simon Gymer]

*BUMP*

Would be good to see some more of you fellows there for the GT league (every other Thursday night). Looks like, although the official registration is closed, that due to attendance drop-off places are available every week now for wildcards!

[Fred Joseph]

Tuesdays is iRacing Shark

GT Series on Assetto Corsa is thursday and yes, there are free spots too

(just to be clear )

[Simon Gymer]

I think they're all GT3 cars Fred so I class both as GT3 racing. :-D

Oops, sorry, about the day, my head completely wrong there!

[Fred Joseph]

I think they're all GT3 cars Fred so I class both as GT3 racing. :-D

Yes they are but I didn't know if you were talking Assetto Corsa or iRacing (although we are on a AC sub forum)..

Well, thanks for the BUMP 

[goldtop]

The last time I checked there were 2 pools of drivers and both were oversubscribed. If there are spots available I should be ok for some of the races...do I need to register or anything?

[Fred Joseph]

One of the pool is pretty open

You have to subscribe yes..
Go here : http://www.esra-league.com/threads/gt-series-s1-teams.2422/page-7

Then you'll be redirected to Pool A or B depending on what times you can achieve on particular track (we trust you).
Maybe for thursdays race (at Spa), there will be just one pool

[Mark J]

Missed the GT3 series unfortunately but liking the look of the upcoming BMW E30 series championship. Hoping to sign up to that, but sadly does mean It will clash with P&g every other week  :'( should make for great close racing in cool older cars.

I'm also signed up for the F458 race at Silverstone on Monday 19th Jan if anyone wants to join me 

[Fred Joseph]

There are a few races stil going in the GT3 series Mark that you can join (freely).

Just poping in also to say that after many thoughts, we decided to go "pay to play" for Assetto Corsa racing at ESRA.. Donations barely covered 1/3 of the total server costs so far, and the renting is ending in may so we had to decide something.

15€ for a year of racing I hope it's not too much.

All details here : http://www.esra-league.com/threads/m3-series-2015-announcement.2594/#post-59215

[Fred Joseph]

M3 series grid is full (24 drivers) 

Hopefully Kunos will open the grids to more drivers.. 24 is not enough 

Team Shark is already fielding two cars

[Simon Gymer]

Good work Fred. BUT you did say (correct me if I'm wrong) if there were 40 drivers you would open up 2 pools so you can still register even though it's full as also people drop out.

[Fred Joseph]

Changed my mind.

Seriously yes I've changed my mind.. two pools is really hard to handle... you have to make prequalifications first, then you have a (lot) work to start servers each week... considering we are only two capable of running it at the moment.. I prefer to stay with one pool for now.

And that is even if I really need more to actually participate to help me pay the server

We also start another GT³ series in the mean time (official announcement soon) .. so, better keep it simple.

Now if some admin would step up and help us...  *wink wink*

 

[Mark J]

I have signed up for the upcoming season 2 of GT3 racing if anyone wants to join me. 21 drivers already signed up 
A team mate would be nice but if not then good to see any other regular face.

[Simon Gymer]

Picnic and I am signed up already too.

[goldtop]

Is this pay per drive?