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It's safe to say that many amongst the virtual racing community think they're pretty handy when it comes to hustling a simulated car around any given circuit available to us on consoles and PC. It is also likely that a number of us have been to any of the simulators dotted around the UK and felt we were pretty handy at that too. Then there's Base Performance Simulators which is,...

Right guys and girls this has been on my mind for a while now and the time has come for me to step aside and watch this place grow without me ,i have made the decision to step down from all duties at TORA after i finish my commitment to TORA GT on the 21st December so for now i will continue to run the series as i initially intended to but as a organiser and not a staff member.

There are many factors for my decision that i will sum up briefly 1 i have my third child due in January so i will be somewhat busy as you can guess ,2 my commitment to do anything is at an all time low and no...

TORA is proud to announce the addition of it's newest Community Team member, a good friend of the site, many time series champion, ATR Dan!

For those that may not know Dan, he has recently returned from a well deserved break from competition, and immediately jumped in fully as part of the Media Team. His years of experience here at TORA, as well as leadership qualities and dedication to the site, earned him a spot on the CT, where he can help keep things running smooth as possible.

Welcome aboard mate!

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of TORA news. Many apologies for the long gap between the last news article I wrote last month. It’s been an extremely busy time but now I shall make amends.
Just before we begin with the news, I would like to say a big personal thank you to everyone who has taken their time to read my rather long blog. The response that I’ve received from the community has been extremely immense. Whether it was via the TORA forums, Private Message, Facebook...

Take a look

http://blog.codemasters.com/grid/07/club-tora/

Thank you to Codemasters!

In a new for 2014 series, Matt gives us his thoughts on motorsport and sim racing.

Let’s start this time with a question.
What constitutes too much contact in motorsport?
Our sport is replete with examples of categories that indulge in a wee bit of door rubbing. In some cases, this is actively encouraged. NASCAR has bump drafting for example and stock cars are positively boring without it. How about touring cars though?

Back in the Super Touring days there was always a good amount...

Hello and welcome! This article is a look back at month of June. June is a special time in motorsport. Our real life counterparts have had it bad this month, 54 hours of racing in 15 days!!. Enough about real life, let’s get on with the virtual world, and all the coming’s and going’s here at TORA.

Due to his dedication and hard work here at TORA we have decided to bring XPR Devil onto the staff team to help us further develop our FM5 ventures .

I'm sure you will all welcome him aboard welcome Deano   

Hello race fans,
It’s race day! The day some of us have been preparing for over the last month, since Sebring, or since last year’s race is upon us. This year, 28 teams will take to the track over the gruelling 24 hours. 13 LMP cars will compete for overall victory ranging from buzzing deasil powered cars to screaming petrol powered Aston...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of TORA News.

We kick things off with the 5th Forza Motorsport Photo competition where we asked the community to use their creative minds and come up with an “Offroad Theme” to their pictures. You guys have voted and the winner of the competition was XPR Devil who created this rather splendid image. Many congratulations to him and many thanks to those of you...

This time twelve months ago, TORA had completed its fourth annual running of their most prestigious endurance race of them all, the TORA 24 Heures Du Mans.
The field last year was absolutely ginormous with a total of 50 cars taking to the grid and somehow, all of them scrambled to the finish line after 24 hours of arduous, tense, physically challenging but extremely exciting racing.
Last years event...

Hello one and all. Welcome to the latest edition of TORA news.
It’s been a while since we’ve released a written article like this so I do hope you guys will enjoy this as much as I have writing it. But I do personally want to thank the staff of TORA for giving me this fabulous opportunity. And I hope to do you all justice when it comes to publicity.

We kick things off first with the TORA photo...

That's right, from tonight we will be airing a live one hour show each month with the best news and race catch ups in association with our friends at Downforce UK.
This months show will be live from 9.45 pm and will be hosted by our Motors TV lead commentator, Jake Sanson. He will be joined by Matt Hunter and a host of other TORA guests.

You can find out how to listen here
http://www.downforce-radio.co.uk/home/how-to-listen/

We will piste the exact link later this evening....

Note: this is a repost of some ramblings I had come up with last year. In light of some issues that have come up in recent weeks, it seems that some racers could use a few words about respect and sportsmanship. If you have read it before fine, if not let me step up to the pulpit and preach the sermon...

Being somehow involved in racing for longer than I can remember, I have learned a few things along the way. Much of what I learned about racers decades ago still applies in virtual racing...

We all race because we have one thing in common: our love of motorsport...

We'd like to announce that we have brought Flyin Mikey J up from the Community Team and into a full time Staff position as we work towards our a split focus on two different games and consoles. I hope you will all be nice to him

We at TORA return this week by giving a huge Thank-you to all those that took part in our first Endurance Race on Forza Motorsport 5, the MSA TORA 1000km of Bathurst in support of the British Heart Foundation, which saw the two Bathurst Titans, Ford and Holden go head to head for a Grand Total of 1000KM around the Mountain roads. At the core of this event was the Generosity and Commitment that our members have shown, in turn whacking up an impressive...

Dear TORA

It gives us great pleasure in announcing LMR Warspite as joining the ranks of staff as head of FM4 operations.

Chris has shown dedication to TORA heading up many events here and proving to be a truly valid member of our ever growing community, and also with his dedication over the last few months to the racing side of the organisation. As such we are pleased to welcome him to the TORA Staff and hope you will do the same.

As head of FM4 operations Chris will be in charge of the day to day running of all events based on FM4 and will be making sure all...

Seasons greeting, hopefully everyone is geared up and ready for Christmas! We haven't really done an update like this for a while but we now feel that we understand how we are going to approach 2014 as a community and how we are going to go racing.

As everyone is probably aware there are certain...issues with Forza Motorsport 5 that has put a - hopefully - temporary halt to our grand plans for the coming year. As with all other communities affected by Forza 5's features, or lack thereof, some of us have lost the momentum we had on the build up to launch and has put us off our stride...

The third TORA TASCAR season came to a close last night, with LMR DarthMario claiming his 3rd stock car title after finishing 6th in the 'Nippon 150' at the Motegi Super-Speedway.

He finished just ahead of his closest title rival jgroves1996 to take the title by 11 points, the closest finish in TORA's stock car history. jgroves1996 managed to secure 2nd in the championship and the 'Rookie of the year' title....

Treats, Tricks and Stupendous, 3 words we believe can summarise this week as another Staggering week goes by at TORA.

Firstly, all of us would like to say a Huge Congratulations to the CEO and Founder of TORA, Mr Jenson09 and his lovely Wife, who on Saturday became Mr and Mrs, Well Done dude, and we wish you the best. 

"Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." 
- Elizabeth Browning.