How long before we get this in rfactor 2?
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According to news from IMSA, General Motors is currently working on a Chevrolet Corvette C8 for IMSA’s GT3 class. This move follows the decision to phase out the GTLM class—where the C8.R ran—after this year.
The news comes from a discussion with Mark Stielow, Director of Motorsport Competition Engineering for GM Racing, who “confirmed GM is working on a GT3 version of the C8-generation Corvette.”
So we assume this means GT3-spec Corvettes for customers?
How long before we get this in rfactor 2?
I'm wondering what this will do to Corvette's GTE Pro entries for Le Mans
This is good news. I hope we will once again see customer Corvettes racing in road racing events around the world.
Chevy needs to figure out a way to "sell" them but they must be raced ,
Not raced and Chevy takes them back ,
Ferrari sold a Series car (I think ) where you did not really own the car and Ferrari supplied the support , maybe not that idea but something that rich guys cannot just buy them and park them .
Yes, hopefully many many cars will be sold and raced! That would be trickle-down grassroots racing I could get behind!
In reply to Red5 :
Yup, figure it's good for the collector car world (factory-built Corvette race car!) and the motorsports world (factory-built Corvette race car!).
Maybe they could build a version that would slot into club racing, SCCA T1 / GT2?
Porsche sells plenty of "GT3" and "GT3RS" 911's. Hope to see the Vette follow a simliar idea.
Agreed. Let's hope they won't pull the same build and don't sell like they did with the ATS-V.R GT3 race car.
That ATS-V GT3 race car was complicated, expensive and far from stock. Hopefully The GT3 Vette will be closer to stock, like a GT3 Porsche. They need to build something that doesn't need a large, dedicated team to operate. Ford sold a bunch of the factory Mustangs race cars that way at various level of tune.
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