Introduce yourself

[Pedro C Costa]

Name: Pedro Costa

Nickname:

Age: 22

Residence: Portugal

Where did you hear about us: From Miguel Cabral

What series are you planning to run: VEC, VLMS

Simracing experience: The most use sims RF2, Asseto Corsa, Automobilista

League experience: R4-sims, Qracing, SlipStreamSeries

Simracing hardware: T300

Real vehicle: Marin Mountain Bike

Favorite simracing car: Automobilista Stock V8, Formula Renault 3,5 rf2, Ferrari 488 gt3 rf2

 

[Jack Brown]

Name: Jack Brown

Nickname: Smuffy

Age: 19

Residence: Hampshire, UK

Where did you hear about us: Seen streams of your events on Youtube/videos from Jimmy Broadbent

What series are you planning to run: SRCA to start and hopefully work up to the VEC

Simracing experience: Started on Gran Turismo 3/4, Played GT5/6 pretty much everyday before moving to PC for iRacing, but now play Assetto Corsa and Rfactor

League experience: 5 years

Simracing hardware: G27

Real vehicle: Mk6 Fiesta

Favorite simracing car: Porsche Cup Car in Assetto Corsa

 

[Ignacio Hortal]

Name: Ignacio Hortal

Nickname: neruxxx

Age: 27

Residence: Chile

Where did you hear about us: mates at the rf2 league i participate and JPlays twitch stream

What series are you planning to run: first doing the academy properly of course, then maybe lone runs at VSGT

Simracing experience: 400 hours in rfactor 2 400 hours in assetto, 130 hours in AMS, 60 in raceroom. which are the most simracey titles i own. always with a wheel.

League experience: rdlms plus some RD events, and lots of races with the vrc forums guys in rfactor 2 (GT sunday league)

Simracing hardware: G29

Real vehicle: sold it a couple years ago, last one was an chevy optra

Favorite simracing car: mercedes amg gt3

 

[Marie Hruschka]

Name: Marie Hruschka

Nickname: Gulaschgirl

Age: 19

Residence: Lower Austria

Where did you hear about us: I watched Jimmy Broadbent race VEC, and that's basically how I discovered this website.

What series are you planning to run: My ultimate goal is VEC, but for now I'll take anything that involves a GT car.

Simracing experience: Got a wheel since 2011, but started racing hardcore sims 3 years ago.

League experience: The only thing that's close to a league would be the official iRacing serieses. I plan on doing some VOR races as well, though.

Simracing hardware: a G27, a single screen, and an awesome rig called "desk"

Real vehicle: 2004 Škoda Octavia

Favorite simracing car: Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

 

[Pedro Henrique Ribeiro]

Name: Pedro Henrique Ribeiro

Nickname: Elric

Age: 27

Residence: Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Where did you hear about us: Jimmy Broadbent's channel on Youtube and Twitch.

What series are you planning to run: VEC

Simracing experience: I play sims since 2015

League experience: I raced a small league with friends.

Simracing hardware: Logitech G27

Real vehicle: -none-

Favorite simracing car: Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3

 

[Benjamin Puopolo]

Name: Benjamin Puopolo

Nickname: Ben

Age: 31

Residence: USA

Where did you hear about us: Jimmy Broadbent

What series are you planning to run: VLMS

Simracing experience: Rfactor. Rfactor2, Assetto Corsa, Iracing etc.

League experience: Iracing

Simracing hardware: Fanatec CSW 2 base, CS Pedals 3, htc vive, xbox one universal hub with Momo mod 88 rim.

Real vehicle: 1997 Subaru outback

Favorite simracing car: Ferrari F40

i7-6700K Skylake - 16GB DDR4 RAM - 512gb SSD - 2x GeForce GTX 1070FE - Win 10 64bit.

 

[Jamie Pyatt]

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Name: Jamie Pyatt

Nickname: Casper

Age: 54

Residence: Mandurah, Western Australia

Where did you hear about us: Fellow sim racers

What series are you planning to run: Whatever @Shawn Jacobs and @Jeremy Talbot tell me I am running in !!

Simracing experience: Various Racedepartment leagues and regular weekly club races. Have used AMS, AC, rF2 and RaceRoom

League experience: a number of Racedepartment and RaceonOz leagues in a wide variety of cars.

Simracing hardware: Hybrid Racing Simulations DD wheel. Heusinkveld Pro Pedals and Shifter and Simulate-it cockpit with triple screens.

Real vehicle: Company car

Favorite simracing car: Aussie Racing Car in AMS, various URD mods and GT cars in AC

 

[Sebastien Stako]

Name: Sebastien Stako

Nickname: Oldseb

Age: 40

Residence: France

Where did you hear about us: Forum, FB, Youtube (Jimmy B)

What series are you planning to run: VSGT or VEC! (with chance)

Simracing experience: Start on GT legends/GTR and many others

League experience: rfr, iracing

Simracing hardware: T300/G27 Load Cell Ricmotech

Real vehicle: R5 GT turbo/ 405 Mi16 (90's) now Citroën C3...

Favorite simracing car: AMG GT3

 

[Joan Prim Armengol]

Name: Joan Prim Armengol

Nickname: Jan

Age: 22

Residence: Spain

Where did you hear about us: Jimmy Broadbent's streams

What series are you planning to run: VSGT and if possible VEC

Simracing experience: Started playing GT4, then GT5, iRacing

League experience: Simracing-gp, iRacing

Simracing hardware: Logitech Driving Force

Real vehicle:

Favorite simracing car: MP4-12C GT3

 

[Sebastien Lemartrier]

Name: Sébastien Lemartrier

Nickname: zebignounours

Age: 32

Residence: France

Where did you hear about us: YouTube (Jimmy Broadbent and some VEC live streams)

What series are you planning to run: VEC

Simracing experience: rFactor 1&2, Assetto Corsa, GTR, RaceRoom, Iracing etc.

League experience: Iracing

Simracing hardware: T300 Alcantara Edition

Real vehicle: Peugeot 208

Favorite simracing car: Alpine LMP2

 

[Ryan Smith]

Name: Ryan Smith

Nickname: Smiffy

Age: 18

Residence: London

Where did you hear about us: Twitch Stream (twitch.tv/JPlays)

What series are you planning to run: All of them, once I get the required licences.

Simracing experience: 7 years, playing anything from Gran Turismo 5 all the way up to iRacing.

League experience: A variety of leagues on iRacing from a prototype down to a Cup Car.

Simracing hardware: Fanatec ClubSport Base, Fanatec Formula Rim, Fanatec V3 Pedals

Real vehicle: Ford Fiesta 1.2 16v

Favorite simracing car: Mercedes AMG GT3.

 

[Mark Robinson]

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Name: Mark Robinson

Nickname: 2Sheds

Age: 56

Residence: Uk

Simracing experience: A bit of iRacing & Rfactor 2

League experience: FairPlay Sim Racing

Simracing hardware: Fanatic CSL, Triple monitors

Real vehicle: A hem

Favorite simracing car: BTCC

 

[Tony Frank Hayes]

Name: Tony Hayes

Nickname:Tmack

Age: 41

Residence: uk

Where did you hear about us: youtube

What series are you planning to run: sgt or any endurance I can get a drive for

Simracing experience: six years LFS @ AB racing and DOP two years iracing (I ported the AB league across) three months RF2 & protect cars

League experience: as above

Simracing hardware: T500 rs with turn one orica rim.

Real vehicle: Megan 16v

Favorite simracing car: spec racer ford (iracing)

 

[Alex Everett]

Name: Alex Everett

Nickname: Alex

Age: 19

Residence: USA

Where did you hear about us: youtube

What series are you planning to run: VEC, VLMS

Simracing experience: My whole life. Grand Prix Legends, GTR2, GT Legends, Assetto Corsa, Rfactor 1/2

League experience: This will be my first league

Simracing hardware: Logitech Driving Force

Real vehicle: Jeep Wrangler

Favorite simracing car: Porsche 911

 

[Peter Horvath]

Name: Peter Horvath

Nickname: Mach1

Age: 48

Residence: Sweden

Where did you hear about us: Google

What series are you planning to run: VEC

Simracing experience: Grandprix Legends, GTR, iracing, rr

League experience:

Simracing hardware: Fanatec

Real vehicle: BMW F800R

Favorite simracing car: 911

 

[Dylan Scrivens]

Name: Dylan Scrivens

Nickname: bobbo

Age: 17

Residence: Portugal

Where did you hear about us: YouTube

What series are you planning to run: Not sure.

Simracing experience: F1 Codies, rF2, Assetto Corsa, PCars.

League experience: Various F1 Codies leagues and more recently FSR in late 2016 and until now in 2017.

Simracing hardware: G29

Real vehicle: I'm 17...

Favorite simracing car: Mazda 787b on Assetto Corsa

 

[Aaron Ackles]

Name: Aaron Ackles

Nickname:

Age: 31

Residence: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Where did you hear about us: YouTube

What series are you planning to run:

Simracing experience: Gran Turismo1-6, Forza Motorsports, Iracing, Rfactor 2

League experience:

Simracing hardware: thrustmaster t300, thrustmaster T3PA pedals

Real vehicle: VW mk5 rabbit

Favorite simracing car: Mercedes AMG GT3

 

[Joe Berkett]

Name: Joe Berkett

Nickname: Joe

Age: 21

Residence: New Zealand

Where did you hear about us: Word of Mouth

What series are you planning to run: VEC, VLMS

Simracing experience: iRacing, rFactor 1 - 2, Assetto Corsa, Automobilista

League experience: Various leagues on iRacing

Simracing hardware: Too much to list

Real vehicle: 1989 Nissan Bluebird SGS

Favorite simracing car: That's an unfair question

 

[Alistair Long]

Name: Alistair Long

Age: 20

Residence: England

Where did you hear about us: Watching streams

What series are you planning to run: Academy and VLMS

Simracing experience: 2 years, I have AMS AC and RF2

League experience: RDLMS, VRE WSC, EEC

Simracing hardware: Logitech G27

Real vehicle: Mk1 Foot

Favorite simracing car: Assetto Corsa's Porsche 919 Hybrid.

 

[Jay Cooper]

Hi to all

Name: Jay Cooper

Nickname: Jay or Coops

Age: 33

Residence: UK

Where did you hear about us: It was a while back so I can't remember

What series are you planning to run: VLMS, VEC and open wheel events or series.

Simracing experience: My first real heavy involvement with sim racing would have been back in the Grand Prix 2 days, right up to the present day with rF1, rF2, AMS, R3E and iRacing.

League experience: I joined Realish Racing in 2011 when it ran its events on Forza with the Xbox and have seen it through up to now where the pc sim events have now taken over. I have also been an active member in the past with F1SR and UK Dirt. I also have my daily runs on iRacing.

Simracing hardware: Custom built rig with G25.

Real vehicle: Audi A3

Favorite simracing car: Too many to choose from.