Beginners guide

This guide is made to provide a basic guide to joining the IVRC.

Overview of the IVRC

The IVRC is a sim racing organization which runs a wide selection of virtual motorsport competitions and offers great racing with a friendly and welcoming community to it's drivers. We currently use Automobilista to provide a range of competitions open to drivers of all levels and experience.

Getting Started

If you're new to IVRC there are two easy steps to follow to get you ready to compete:

Step 1 - Registration

The first thing you need to do is to register with us, which is completely free of charge. Signup is split into two parts – forum signup and driver registration. Sign up up for our forum can be done here and gives you access to our friendly community, as well as lots of helpful information. Please make sure you cange your username at our forum to your full name.

After you've signed up for the forum you then need to register as a driver to one of our series, which is done by simply completing the form in the series specific sub boards at the forum.

Step 2 - Getting our mods

Once you've signed up the next thing you'll need to do is get your game setup with all the files it needs to run in our championships.

For downloading files, the league uses a program called SimSync Pro that will download all IVRC related game files and keep them updated at the touch of a button. Our SimSync program can be downloaded here. Once downloaded, simply install Simsync in your game main folder, run the program from there and select the series you want (note: you may have to run the program as administrator). You will get the SimSync password for all mods in the series specific sub boards at the forum.

Further details of each Series

Touring Car Championship

The Touring Car Championship championship is the league's prime touring car series. It is heavily orientated towards TCR's series concept and thus mirrors the usual TCR championships and weekend schedules, which contains a 10 minute Qualifying, followed by two 20-minute races. As it's the pinnacle of the IVRC it will be held every Saturday of a TCC meeting. The series features the closest competition of the IVRC. Only the best will succeed in the Touring Car Championship!

• Tier 2 touring cars (eg. TCR)
• Runs on Automobilista
• Race times (Saturday)
  • Qualifying: 10 minutes, 17:45 GMT
  • Warm-Up / Break: 5 minutes, 17:55 GMT
  • Race 1: 18:00 GMT
  • Warm-Up / Break: 5 minutes, 18:25 GMT
  • Race 2: 18:30 GMT
• Round format:
  • Qualifying format: Unlimited laps, parc ferme (all except fuel, brake settings and steering lock are locked).
  • Race format: Two races which both include a formation lap. Reverse grid (down to 8th place) used in Race 2.
  • Driver aids allowed: Auto-Clutch, ABS (high).
• Season format:
  • Season: 16 rounds – April to December.
  • Points system: Same points for both races. Full description can be found here.
• Each team uses custom liveries and helmet designs. 28 cars are allowed as maximum.
• Races usually feature live race stewards plus a race highlights video on YouTube.
• Full rules can be found here.

24h Nürburgring

The 24h Nürburgring is the league's prime endurance event. It is heavily orientated towards the real race and thus mirrors the 24h Nürburgring weekend schedules, which contains a 90 minute Qualifying, followed by the 24h race one day later. As it's the pinnacle single event of IVRC it will be held once a year.

• Tier 2 Gran Tourismo cars (GT3)
• Runs on Automobilista
• Calendar:
  • Friday: Qualifying: 90 minutes, 17:00 GMT
  • Saturday: Race start, 13:30 GMT
  • Sunday: Race finish, 13:30 GMT
• Round format:
  • Qualifying format: Unlimited laps, parc ferme (all except fuel, brake settings and steering lock are locked).
  • Race format: One lap including a formation lap. Flying start.
  • Driver aids allowed: Auto-Clutch, ABS (high).
• Each team uses custom liveries and helmet designs.
• Races usually feature live race stewards plus a race highlights video on YouTube.
• Full rules can be found here.