Virtual motorsport vintage endurance racing

Virtual Motorsports goes back in time to present to you their second special event of 2014 which will be an Endurance Race on Forza Motorsports 4. This Endurance Race will see 4 stints of racing which will approximately last one hour each. The Event is the Virtual Motorsports Vintage Enduro takes place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and will accept drivers of all skill levels to come compete as part of a two-man team which will share two stints each, as well as Privateer’s who wish to complete all 4 stints by themselves, which is no small feat! The event will take place with limited damage and allow any assist configuration the participant wishes to use.

The Race is scheduled for Saturday 5th of April at 12:00 CST / 18:00 BST. However all participants are required to Qualify beforehand. The Official Qualifying Session will take place on Saturday 29th March at 15:00 CST / 20:00 GMT and will consist of a single 45 minute session. Additional Qualifying sessions will be hosted throughout the week between the Official Qualifying Session & The Race but will close a few hours before the Race on Saturday 5th April. The Vintage Enduro will consist of 4 stints, each consisting of 37 laps. Stint 1 will have the grid set to Qualifying Result order, which will mean a short 1 lap race has to be completed to sort the order of the grid for a standing start. For stints 2, 3 and 4, the starting order will be the finishing order of the previous stints’ race of all the lobby’s together. The Cars selected for this event are an array of classic Trans-Am cars mixed with classic saloon & sports cars from 1965 to 1980 and are build to the middle of A class complete with full Forza Race Aero.

Working alongside Turn 10, the event is officially sponsored and will feature DLC, in-game credits and gift cars to be won by the drivers. Those skilled, or lucky enough to finish in the top 10 of the Drivers Classification will earn themselves a share of the credits available, with the overall winner of the Classification also gaining a unicorn car of their choice or a DLC pack too. Not only that, the top 5 in the Teams and Privateers Classification will receive a share of the credits, with the winners in each receiving a choice of either a unicorn car or a DLC pack. In addition, for all drivers that complete the distance, a random draw will take place to determine who receives either a unicorn car or a DLC pack.

For this special event, there will be 2 Championships to contest in for the Vintage Enduro. There will be one classification for the Teams to compete in, which has all 4 stints total race time added together, for which one driver will drive 2 stints, and the other 2 stints completed by his teamate. The other Championship will be for the Privateer’s who choose to brave all four stints themselves, and therefore carry over their own 4 x total race times to make their final classification time.

This is a special event at Virtual Motorsports that has been setup after the success of the VM Classics Series, which has always been sought after by fans. This Endurance spin off event targets a select few historic cars to race with a slight rebuild around one single famous American circuit, Laguna Seca. You are not required to have a teamate, but it will help a lot as 4 stints of 37 laps around Laguna Seca can be pretty intense even for the most decorated Forza veteran. You may sign up to this event at any time but Sign Ups will close a few hours before the event commences, so get your information in early!

If you want to get involved or learn more, follow this link to the VM Vintage Enduro section for more!