iRacing Nürburgring Endurance Series

Overview

The iRacing Nürburgring Endurance Series (Formerly VLN) will feature a series of 9 endurance races - each 4-6 hours long - on the combined Nürburgring VLN circuit. Drivers may participate solo or with a team.

We are changing things up a bit this year trying to most accurately mimic the real world event. For that reason we have expanded the number of classes to 5 and the number of cars per split up to 60.


Cars/Classes

GT3 Class: BMW Z4 GT3, Audi R8 GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3

GT4 Class: Porsche Cayman GT4

CUP Class: Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

TCR Class: Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

MX5 Class: Global Mazda MX-5 Cup

Race Specifications

Race Length (Average): 4-6 Hours

Team Racing: Enabled but not required

Weather: Dynamic

Timeslot: SUN 1:00 GMT &13:00 GMT

Qualifying Attached: Yes

Practice: 10 min

Qualifying: 30 min

Penalties: Stop and Go =50 Inc and every 20 after

Schedule

March 29th - 4 Hours

April 12th - 4 Hours

May 3rd - 4 Hours

June 14th - 4 Hours

July 19th - 6 Hours

July 26th - 4 Hours

August 23rd - 4 Hours

September 13th - 4 Hours

November 1st - 4 Hours

Notes:

What is this series?: This series is essentially a grassroots series that is the backbone of the actual races that take place on the Nordschleife when it isn’t in use for public hot lapping. The series is made up of several motorsports clubs (part of either ADAC or DMV) which each host a 1-off event, totaling nine events throughout the year, and there is a ton of crossover with the Nurburgring 24 (Think Bathurst 12 Hour and Supercars Connection). The series has been run since 1977, and has a primarily German-based driver pool (Hence my choice for GT3’s - The 3 German GT3 cars). The series is pretty all encompassing when it comes to cars, with the 2009 year having 30 classes of cars, though much of the notable cars are from a Touring, GT3, or GT4 background. However, production cars are also allowed, thus creating the grassroots connection, with support from everything from Clio’s to BMW M Series cars


European endurance series

A team racing series featuring the same cars as the iRacing Le Mans Series (LMP1, LMP2 and GTE cars). A limited schedule will see races held every other weekend, in limited time slots. Longer race events (up to 24 hours) than the non-team version of this series will allow you and your teammates to experience what it’s like to go endurance racing. Share the driving responsibilities with your teammates and develop your race strategy - when to pit - take new tires - fuel only - the decisions are you and your teammates to make as you race at some of the most historic road courses around the world.