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All you need to know about our new esports programme

Welcome to the McLaren Shadow Project, our newly-launched pioneering esports programme. Bigger than ever before, McLaren Shadow is our search for the brightest and the best racing talent in esports.

What is McLaren Shadow Project?
Shadow Project is the next phase in McLaren’s esports strategy, following the success of its World’s Fastest Gamer competition last year won by Rudy van Buren.

The scope and scale of the competition
As before, our program is a champion of champions approach. You can enter McLaren Shadow project via a variety of gaming formats including PC, Xbox One, and mobile (iOS and Android). This is via the best racing games on the planet, including Forza Motorsport, Real Racing 3, iRacing and rFactor 2.

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THE FIRST McLAREN SHADOW QUALIFIER BEGINS

McLaren has announced the new McLaren Shadow Project, a virtual racing program that shadows their real-world racing – and once again, iRacing will be included in the qualifying.

This year iRacing will host two qualifying series, one featuring the McLaren MP4-30 and one featuring the MP4-12C GT3. The iRacing driver with the highest combined points total from the two series will earn an invitation to the finals to be held in January 2019 at the McLaren headquarters in the UK.

Stay tuned for further announcements as we get closer to the start of the racing.

Details on the two series:

McLaren Shadow MP4-30 Qualifying

  • Five Weeks – July 31 – September 3
  • Three races per day – 01:00, 10:00, 19:00 GMT
  • Open setups
  • Standard iRacing points
  • Open to D license and above
  • Tracks – Montreal, Nurburgring GP, Monza, Spa, Interlagos

McLaren Shadow MP4-12C Qualifying

  • Five Weeks – September 11 – October 15
  • Three races per day – 01:00, 10:00, 19:00 GMT
  • Open setups
  • Standard iRacing points
  • Open to D license and above
  • Tracks – Brand Hatch, Circuit Zolder, Circuit of the Americas, Imola, Suzuka


The iRacing driver with the highest combined points total from the two series will earn an invitation to the finals to be held in January 2019 at the McLaren Technology Centre.

Head over to iRacing.com/McLarenShadow for all the information on each qualifying series and to enter.

Want to watch the action? Sunday races will be streamed live every Sunday during the qualifying period from 20:00 BST at www.iracing.com/live. 

 

 

 

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McLaren Shadow rFactor 2 Qualifier

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Get ready for one of the world’s most intense and demanding competitions for virtual racers.  Last year, rFactor 2 winner Rudy van Buren won the overall prize.  Now with the McLaren Shadow project, it’s your turn to compete with some of the best.  It’s a contest that will see the winner offered an awesome role, follow @mclarenshadow on Twitter for the latest news!

Registration is now open, dive into the rFactor 2 McLaren Shadow qualifier and experience the authentic replica of iconic McLaren open wheelers of different eras. Servers will be running the first car/track combination from 18th of September onward.

Schedule and format

So, how does it work!?

Well, we will be hosting 3 rounds of racing before going into the final. To get into each of these rounds you need to finish high-up in the hotlap standings which happen before each race. The hotlaps last for around a week and if you make it within the required number you will qualify for the weekend showdown of this round. These races are live-broadcasted and officiated, so your time to shine! Top 10 of these Weekend Showdowns qualify for the rFactor 2 Grand Final on the 28th of October.

18th – 28th September: Round 1 McLaren MP4/8 on Silverstone GP – Top 30 qualify for Weekend Showdown 30th September

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1st – 12th October: Round 2 McLaren M23 on Zandvoort – Top 30 qualify for Weekend Showdown 14th October

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15th – 19th October: Round 3 McLaren MP4/13 on Indianapolis GP – Top 30 qualify for Weekend Showdown 21st October 

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28th October Round 4 (Final) – Winner qualifiers for McLaren Shadow Project Final

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Winning Round 4 (the rFactor 2 McLaren Shadow final) secures you a spot in the McLaren Shadow Project Final later this year, and with this having a shot at becoming part of their esports team.  If you are already qualified as a top 10 entrant to the final round, your time from other time trials will not be included in the results.

Click here to register

Before you begin, if you haven’t already, you will need to have a copy of rFactor 2 installed, or for the first round only, you can join with the rFactor 2 demo!

If not, there are a few steps required to get going.

Step 1

Firstly create a Steam account, download and install rFactor 2 here http://store.steampowered.com/app/365960/rFactor_2/ – If you don´t own rFactor 2 yet or want to have a look first, you can find our free demo here, which also gives you access to the first round of the competition: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400330/rFactor_2_Demo/

See here for a guide on what to do with your install

Step 2

You are ready to go! Click here to enter the McLaren Shadow competition.

Log into our competition system with your Steam account. Just click on the “Sign In” and follow the steps according to steam.

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After that, you can subscribe to the current event.

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If you don´t have an account on our competition system yet, you will need to fill in those details and create one.

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After you’ve done this, it´s time to sign up for the Shadow event.

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Make sure you read the terms & conditions.

The next step shows you the current session running, info about the event etc.

On the bottom left you find your quick way onto hotlap servers to create your fastest laptime on track.

 

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Before you hit “join session”, make sure you got Steam open, rFactor 2 installed, as well as the needed content for that round.

You will likely see a pop-up looking similar to this, make sure to Open Steam Client Bootstrapper here.

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Steam will then notify you about joining the server. This won’t pop up into to foreground so you might need to click on your steam window to see and accept it.

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Now you are ready to go!

Choose your car livery, click on race and off you go.

During the session you can adjust your car settings to your liking. Good luck!

If you need help you can chat with us directly on Discord – click here https://discord.gg/CruX93K

Rules

Right just some hotlap/time trial rules, we will be reviewing all laps that qualify in the top-30 and performing spot-checks, those that do not observe correct driving may have their lap removed or will be disqualified (DQ)

  • Observe the track limits at all times, if we observe track cutting that is unrealistic with all wheels in an off-track position the lap will be invalidated
  • You can use the green run-off at Stowe if the game allows it – if you are outside of this area with all four wheels your lap will be DQ’d
  • Do not use off-tracks prior to the lap starting to gain speed
  • Do not use external software to modify performance
  • Respect your competitors

Good Luck!

Results - Timing

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Αντρέα, κάτι αντίστοιχο αλλα και με αγωνιστική σεζόν κανονικά, τρέξανε στο iRacing με αρκετά μεγάλη επιτυχία και πολλές συμμετοχές!!!

Σιγά - σιγά φαίνεται ότι θα την ψάχνουν οι μεγάλες ομάδες όλο και περισσότερο, να κοιτάνε και προς σιμ οδηγούς μήπως ανακαλύψουν κανα ταλεντακι


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Third rFactor 2 race at Indianapolis in the MP4-13

 

Άλλος ένας πολύ ωραίος αγώνας με πάρα πολύ καλούς οδηγούς.

 

Τελικά το studio μπορεί να αργεί λίγο αλλά για άλλη μια φορά μας παρέδωσε τρία πολύ καλά αυτοκίνητα.

McLaren MP4/8  -  McLaren MP23  -  McLaren MP4-13

Αν δεν τα δοκιμάσατε, κάντε το.

Συνέχεια με  Semi-finals

 

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Απαράδεκτο.

Έβαλαν τα παιδιά από forza, mobile racing κτλ, να τρέξουν rF2 , iracing έστω και Project cars.

Αν αντέχετε δείτε το.

 

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  Οι τρεις πέρασαν.

Ο βραζιλιάνος έδειχνε να το χει. 

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McLAREN SHADOW GRAND-FINALS TEASER
Seven finalists. Five games. One epic prize.

Seven gamers made it through to the grand-finals. But only one will become our McLaren Shadow Driver.

Tune in to the livestream here on 16 - 17 January 2019 to watch the biggest esports competition final in the world.

McLaren Shadow Project is our pioneering esports programme. Bigger than ever before, our search for the ultimate racing talent in esports is on.
 

 

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McLAREN SHADOW GRAND-FINALS: EXPLAINED
Get set for our esports extravaganza ahead of the finals

More than half a million gamers entered worldwide. But only one will become our McLaren Shadow Driver.

Seven competitors from around the world will head to McLaren HQ for their toughest challenge yet - the McLaren Shadow Project grand-finals.

The world's biggest esports racing competition will feature four days of intense tests and race offs, with two of the days streamed via our YouTube channel on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 January 2019.

The winner of the search for the brightest and best esports racing talent will receive a seat in the McLaren Shadow esports team, and the opportunity to join our esports development programme, to hone their skills and work with our F1 team.

Who are the finalists?
Ebrahim Almubarak, Bahrain, qualified via Atyaf eRacing

Miguel Ballester, Spain, qualified via Forza Motorsport 7

Henrik Drue, Denmark, qualified via Real Racing 3

Igor Fraga, Brazil, qualified via the Logitech G Challenge

Xiang Gao, China, via HTC Vive

Marcus Jensen, Denmark, via iRacing

Nuno Pinto, Portugal, via rFactor 2

How will they be put to the test?
The competition will play out over four days. 

The drivers will take to the track on the world’s best racing games, including Forza Motorsport 7, Real Racing 3, Project Cars 2, iRacing and rFactor 2. Powered by Alienware PCs and screens, the driver rigs will be comprised of Sparco gaming seats and Logitech G wheels, pedals and headphones. The competitors will race in virtual reality on Project Cars 2 using the VIVE Pro McLaren Limited Edition VR system and battle it out on mobile on Real Racing 3.

Outside of gameplay, McLaren Applied Technologies’ human performance division underpins the McLaren Shadow Project and finalists will be the subject of rigorous human performance testing, including looking at their physical and mental resilience and performance in the McLaren automotive simulator, before being tested on their real-world racing skills during a track day at Dunsfold in a McLaren 570S GT4 car.

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Keeping up with the competition
The live finals, presented by a team led by Nicki Shields, start at 7pm GMT / 8pm CET / 11am PST on our McLaren channels.

You can watch the stream at the following addresses:

16th  www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbqCbGzhiGM

17th  www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7dYS1h2PcM

 

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