{"id":1445,"date":"2025-08-19T20:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:48:32","slug":"season-8-public-signups-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/season-8-public-signups-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 8 &#8211; Public Signups now open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the eighth season of the <\/span><b>eSport Endurance Series<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, organised by <\/span><b>e-Racing Series, the first on Le Mans Ultimate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e-Racing Series was founded back in <\/span><b>2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the purpose of hosting online competitions on <\/span><b>Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> rFactor2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Throughout our adventure we have made many experiments, with cars, classes, categories, formats and tracks. In the long run, we realised that what we felt the most comfortable with was <\/span><b>endurance racing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with all the adrenaline that it brings along.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per last season, we had an invite sign-up phase, which took from August the 7th \u2013 to August the 18th!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">During this first phase we received a little more signups than expected so, we are evaluating opening a second server!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">So this is the official opening for the public signup phase! During this phase every team can sign-up for this fantastic new season!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In regards to the <\/span><b>eES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this season will be a complete turnaround over previous seasons, considering the change of platform. Most tracks will however be confirmed from previous seasons. While <\/span><b>Sebring, Spa, Imola, Interlagos, Le Mans and Bahrain <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will stay, we will also visit <\/span><b>Circuit of the Americas and Fuji<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can find the <\/span><b>detailed schedule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> below:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[20\/09\/2025 &#8211; Preseason]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 3h of Monza<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[25\/10\/2025 &#8211; R1]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 8h of Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[22\/11\/2025 &#8211; R2]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 6h of Imola<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[20\/12\/2025 &#8211; R3]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 6h of Fuji<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[17\/01\/2026 &#8211; R4]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 6h of COTA<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[21\/02\/2026 &#8211; R5]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 6h of Interlagos<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[21\/03\/2026 &#8211; R6]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 12h of Sebring<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[18\/04\/2026 &#8211; R7]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 8h of Spa Francorchamps<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[19\/06\/2026 &#8211; R8]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 24h of Le Mans Qualy*<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>[20-21\/06\/2026 &#8211; R8]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 24h of Le Mans &#8211; Race<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1427 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/EES-Splash-1-2048x1152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/EES-Splash-1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/EES-Splash-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/EES-Splash-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/EES-Splash-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the car classes, Hypercar class <\/span><b>will stay as premier class here on e-RS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, featuring all the original Le Mans Ultimate cars and will be divided into <\/span><b>PRO and AM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We will also have again the <\/span><b>GT3 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">class (divided into <\/span><b>PRO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>AM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) with the official GT3 cars from <\/span><b>Motorsport Games<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 <\/span><b>LMP2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be removed as middle class.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The available cars are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Hypercars:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Alpine A424<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Aston Martin Valkyrie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">BMW M Hybrid V8<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cadillac V-LMDh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ferrari 499P<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Peugeot 9X8 (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Porsche 963<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Toyota GR010<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>GT3:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Aston Martin Vantage AMR<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">BMW M4 GT3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Corvette Z06 GT3.R<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ferrari 296 GT3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ford Mustang GT3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Lexus RC-F GT3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">McLaren 720s EVO<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Mercedes-AMG LMGT3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Porsche 911 GT3 R<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are interested in this, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would like to sign up, you just have to fill in the <\/span><b>following <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/8hAsN6YSdM3vMiuPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FORM<\/a> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">google account needed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The car choice <\/span><b>is not considered final<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so you can choose just a <\/span><b>placeholder car<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Definitive choice has to be <\/span><b>made<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <\/span><b>September the 14th<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please remember that, as per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DSilB8vbIcVKZ6ia3o6JrZCydx_dIfu2GhuBA83QffU\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official Rulebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Sect. 1, Rule 7, you have to consider the current <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AUpswZzgiRHKhQJtSKjW4tFRgTSextsQ\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=113288131180617435141&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drivers Category<\/span><\/a> <b>before signing up your Team. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have drivers not included in the above list, you have to provide us a few results of these drivers (race results in endurance championships, and if you have an iRating in iRacing or an ELO in LFM) in order to rank them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, every driver <\/span><b>must pay<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the entry fee for the championship. <\/span><b>Sign-up fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>35\u20ac<\/strong> per driver of regular teams. The entry fee will be applied also for drivers added to the lineup during the championship. After the end of the third race entry fee will become \u20ac 15,00 for each added driver.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>The public signup phase will end on the 14th of September 2025 at 21 CEST<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This will also be the deadline for drivers to complete the payment of the sign-up fee in order to have access to the discount.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please note that the sign up <\/span><b>will be completed following the payment of the fee <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from <\/span><b>at least<\/b> <b>2 drivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Your drivers can pay it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/MarianoCalo\/35\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you want to pay the entry fee for one or more of your drivers you can do it by simply editing the last number on the paypal link (for example 50 for 2 drivers, 75 for 3 drivers and so on).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Please, Ask your driver to write in the payment note Team Name and Number sent in the Google Form<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Hope to see you on track,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e-Racing Series &amp; eSport Endurance Series Staff<\/span><\/i><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<span id=\"creative-link-wrap-4164\" class=\"ult_main_cl ult-adjust-bottom-margin  \" >\n\t \t\t\t<span class=\"  ult_crlink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<a  data-ultimate-target='#creative-link-wrap-4164 .ult_colorlink'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:36px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/PiUZZGAHQLL2dc8Y8\"  class=\"ult_colorlink ult-responsive \" style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold; \"  data-textcolor=\"#333333\" data-texthover=\"#333333\"data-style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span data-hover=\"SIGNUP FORM\" style=\"color:#333333;;;\" class=\"ult_btn10_span   \">SIGNUP FORM<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span><span id=\"creative-link-wrap-1425\" class=\"ult_main_cl ult-adjust-bottom-margin  \" >\n\t \t\t\t<span class=\"  ult_crlink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<a  data-ultimate-target='#creative-link-wrap-1425 .ult_colorlink'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:36px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DSilB8vbIcVKZ6ia3o6JrZCydx_dIfu2GhuBA83QffU\/edit?usp=sharing\" title=\"Official Rulebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  class=\"ult_colorlink ult-responsive \" style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold; \"  data-textcolor=\"#333333\" data-texthover=\"#333333\"data-style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span data-hover=\"Official Rulebook\" style=\"color:#333333;;;\" class=\"ult_btn10_span   \">Official Rulebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span><span id=\"creative-link-wrap-8417\" class=\"ult_main_cl ult-adjust-bottom-margin  \" >\n\t \t\t\t<span class=\"  ult_crlink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<a  data-ultimate-target='#creative-link-wrap-8417 .ult_colorlink'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:36px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AUpswZzgiRHKhQJtSKjW4tFRgTSextsQ\/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113288131180617435141&rtpof=true&sd=true\" title=\"Drivers Categories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  class=\"ult_colorlink ult-responsive \" style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold; \"  data-textcolor=\"#333333\" data-texthover=\"#333333\"data-style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span data-hover=\"DRIVERS CATEGORIES\" style=\"color:#333333;;;\" class=\"ult_btn10_span   \">DRIVERS CATEGORIES<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Welcome to the eighth season of the eSport Endurance Series, organised by e-Racing Series, the first on Le Mans Ultimate! e-Racing Series was founded back in 2017, with the purpose of hosting online competitions on Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione and rFactor2. Throughout our adventure we have made many experiments, with cars, classes, categories, formats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportenduranceseries.com\/rf2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}