12 HOURS OF DAYTONA
GET READY FOR THE ULTIMATE RACING CHALLENGE AT THE 12H OF DAYTONA SPECIAL EVENT ON ASSETTO CORSA!
Join the first 2024 special event, at the legendary Daytona International Speedway. This endurance race will test your skills, strategy, and ability to deal with traffic. Whether you're a professional or a beginner, don't miss out on this free-to-enter Special Event!
Quick summary
- Free registration until the last week before the event starts.
- AM or higher racing license for GT3 class and LMP2 class.
- 20 valid laps in the event's free practice required to classify for the race by each driver.
- Maximum lap time requirement to classify for the race.
- A new car in special events - Oreca 07 LMP2 IMSA. Same as in Multiclass 1h series.
- Can race from the same rig (WSS account).
- Teams of 1-5 drivers.
- Divisions are ordered by the team's average fastest lap time in free practice.
- There will be live race control.
- There will be live broadcast.
- Rolling start. How to do a rolling start?
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LIVE RACE CONTROL
There will be live race control in Division 1 during the qualifying and the race to issue penalties during the race if necessary for contacts, dangerous driving, and connection issues.
CAR CLASSES
Your team can choose from 8 GT3 cars and one LMP2 car. We recommend LMP2 car only for experienced sim racers because they don’t have ABS which makes braking very challenging and they are much faster so they require more precision.
GT3 cars are easier to control and to set up so the racing is usually closer in this class. They have ABS and TC systems which make them much easier to drive compared to the LMP2 prototype. All cars BoP could be updated no later than 2 weeks before the start.
HIGH-LEVEL RACING & REQUIRED CLASSIFICATION
We want to ensure that only the most dedicated teams take to the start line, which is why there are classification requirements.
Requirements for each driver who wants to participate with the GT3 class car:
- Have an AM or higher driving license.
- Complete 20 VALID laps with the GT3 car in the EVENT’S free practice server.
Requirements for each driver who wants to participate with the LMP2 class car:
- Have an AM or higher driving license.
- Complete 20 VALID laps with the LMP2 car in the EVENT’S free practice server.
- Set a faster than 1:32.500 lap time with LMP2 in the event's free practice server.
If you drive clean laps in practice you will complete the required valid laps requirements faster and also learn how to properly drive in endurance races, where consistent and clean laps are much more important than overall pace.
DIVISIONS
Divisions will be ordered by the fastest lap from the free practice session. More specifically by an average of the fastest laps set by the team. So if you want to race in the first division which will have live race control and live broadcast make sure you and your teammates put in a good lap in the free practice session of this event. You can see in which division you are currently if you have a Premium subscription.
CIRCUIT
12 Hours of Daytona is a prestigious sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layout, a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course, utilizing portions of the tri-oval and an infield road course allowing for some strategic drafting and fuel saving.
Generally, it’s an easy and safe track with plenty of runoff areas, so it’s a great place to start your endurance racing experience.
ENDURANCE USING ONE ACCOUNT
It’s enough to have one WSS account per team to participate in the race. IT IS NOT mandatory to have at least 2 drivers in a team anymore!
All the teams in the race will have to make 5 (five) Long Pitstops, which will take 3 minutes each. It doesn’t matter if you do a driver swap during the Long Pitstop or not. However, you need to represent a team to participate in this event, even if you will race using one account. Find a team or create a team here.
ENDURANCE USING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS
It is also possible for a team to race from different WSS accounts. You will need to make a minimum 5 (five) Long Pitstops or do the driver swaps. To race with your team members you need to join or create a team. A maximum of 5 drivers in one team are allowed.
BRIEFING
There will be a mandatory briefing for all the drivers participating in 12H OF DAYTONA. All drivers must attend the briefing because we will provide all the necessary information on how to race in 12H OF DAYTONA. After the briefing, there will be a Q&A session that is not mandatory. Briefing starts 1h before the race server starts and will take approximately 15 minutes.
The briefing will be on the World Sim Series WSS-briefing channel.
LIVE BROADCAST
There will be a live broadcast with commentary of Division 1 on WSS Social Media: FB, YouTube, Twitch, and other media channels. The stream link will be announced on our social media a day before the event. Subscribe to our Youtube channel to get notifications about our live streams.
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RACE, YOU NEED TO HAVE:
- Assetto Corsa Ultimate edition;
- Content Manager;
- Shaders patch activated (How to activate) not older than v0.2.2:
- Enabled real Penalty APP:
The "Real penalty app" will be downloaded automatically by joining the event using WSS app.
CONTENT MANAGER USERS must download Real penalty app manually and enable it.