Get into leagueracing with Simracing.GP
In March of 2020, MrGit kindly sent me an invitation to Simracing.GP. At the time, I was unfamiliar with what it was. We did a few races to try things out. At the time it was very barebones and only supported Assetto Corsa (AC1). Over the following months, the platform kept adding new features. When the day came that it started supporting Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC), MrGit organized a few leagues through the platform. This made me fall in love with it. So much so that when we started The...
ACC Playercounts in review: March 2021
Since we’re well into April by now, it’s time to review the player numbers for the past month: March 2021. In last month’s post I predicted the player numbers to go back to January’s totals after the record shattering month that was February. I predicted an average concurrent of ~4600 players. Now that the numbers are in, let us see if I was right! A short TL;DR in advance: After British GT DLC boosted ACC to new records, March reverted back to January’s levels of activity as a healthy correction;...
Announcing The Privateer’s Pitbox’ DTM GT3 Challenge!
With the SuperTrofeo wrapped up, it is time to look towards The Privateer’s Pitbox‘ next event. Before we head into our next “big” league, we will organize a short championship. The title might have ruined the surprise, but our next (small) tournament will be the DTM GT3 Challenge! The DTM GT3 Challenge is a short (two nights with two events each) championship styled after the 2018 DTM season. This means we have selected three GT3 cars reflecting their DTM counterparts: the 2015 Mercedes AMG GT3, the 2016 BMW M6 GT3...
Video: SuperTrofeo Round 5 Recap – Barcelona
Friday, March 19th, saw the third round, consisting of races 5 and 6, of The Privateer’s Pitbox’ second Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC) championship, the SuperTrofeo! The first of the night’s two races, this one being at Barcelona, is now recapped in the (embedded) video below. After three second place finishes and one fourth place finish, will I be able to get a win (finally)? Find out below! As I did for our Ginetta Cup, I will be making race recaps by live commentating over ACC’s in-game highlights reel. You can see the resulting video...
Video: SuperTrofeo Round 4 Recap – Imola (night)
Friday, March 12th, saw the second round of The Privateer’s Pitbox’ second Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC) championship, the SuperTrofeo! The second of the night’s two races at Imola is now recapped in the (embedded) video below. After being cleaned up by Mike Nobel, will we be able to defeat him if he starts at the back? Find out below! As I did for our Ginetta Cup, I will be making race recaps by live commentating over ACC’s in-game highlights reel. You can see the resulting video of the fourth race below. If you want...
What’s next for ACC? Exploring all scenarios!
Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC) has been doing very well, yet the roadmap for the game remains empty. This has caused a question to arise among ACC’s fans: what’s next for ACC? In this post, I will look at all the available information and explore different scenario’s based on what I know from interviews and from talking to people working at Kunos myself. I cross-examine those with ideas based on fan demands. While I do not have a complete picture of what is happening behind the scenes, I have some (basic)...
Enhanced Diecast #4: Hot Wheels 1:64 Corvette C8.R GTE
The Chevrolet Corvette C8.R was supposed to debut at Le Mans last year, but due to Covid the team saw fit to pull out of the event, opting to only do IMSA for 2020. With great success: winning 6 out of 11 races, and scoring 3 second-place finishes races in the GTLM-class. Fortunately, Hot Wheels brings the C8.R to Europe as #105/250 of their 2021 releases (HW Race Day 6/10). I bought mine for about five bucks on Aliexpress, which was delivered within a few weeks. This time, I opted...
Video: SuperTrofeo Round 3 Recap – Imola (day)
Friday, March 12th, saw the second round of The Privateer’s Pitbox’ second Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC) championship, the SuperTrofeo! The first of the night’s two races at Imola is now recapped in the (embedded) video below. As I did for our Ginetta Cup, I will be making race recaps by live commentating over ACC’s in-game highlights reel. You can see the resulting video of the third race below. If you want to watch the events unfold live, you can view my Twitch VOD right here. Recap Video Imola Results I hope you once again...
TPP presents: NLS 24 hours!
June 5th, the ADAC TOTAL 24H RACE will start at the Legendary Nordschleife for its 49th edition of the NLS 24 hours (formerly known as VLN 24 hours). Held since 1970, the 24-hour race promises to be a race of superlatives as always. For one day and one night, it pushes both men and machines to the limit. Where else can you experience a field of entrants with over 160 vehicles driving at full speed for 24 hours around the longest racetrack in the world? As a prelude to all...
Video: Adding value to “Hotlap”-videos
First of all: I’m not that fast. Certainly not fast enough to build a channel around setting fast laptimes. “Then why post a hotlap video anyway?” I hear you asking. Well, because I sometimes get frustrated by the quality and lack of effort of these videos. The reason I’m writing this is because I started coaching a beginning driver in our community. I wanted to show him where he was losing time, and how he could prevent it. This started with me recording one of his laps, and comparing it...
