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I hope everyone has been enjoying racing at TORA so far this year. With TASCAR wrapping up, we will have had four full series (TASCAR, Production Sedan, GT-300, and Vintage Iron), and 3 highly popular endurance races (Daytona, Sebring, and the Indy 500) completed. We have many more series and endurance races coming up later this year, so be sure to stay tuned!

Like the beginning of the year, I do have a couple of updates for everyone.

1. Series Ratings - In my post back in January, I talked about the new “Series Ratings” that we will be applying to TORA series...

Happy New Year everyone!  As TORA enters its 12th year, we continue to make changes to improve the infrastructure/flow of the site.  We are making several big changes going forward.   

1. No More Sign-In Forms - Starting with Vintage Iron next week, drivers will no longer be required to sign in for each race.  Once you register for the series, you will be assigned to a qualifying lobby hosted by either a staff member or a Marshal.  Each week, you will join the same qualifying lobby with the same group of drivers.  If you are not going to make the race, please notify...

One month’s free digital subscription to Motor Sport magazine

We’ve teamed up with Motor Sport magazine, the world’s longest running motor racing magazine, to offer our users one free month of their premium digital platform.

This gives you access to the latest issue of their magazine, over 90 years of Motor Sport articles plus their exclusive subscriber content.

To find out more and to claim your subscription, head over to motorsportmagazine.com/TORA...

COMPETITION TO DESIGN BARWELL’S LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 LIVERY FOR SPA 24 HOURS

Top international GT racing team, Barwell Motorsport, is excited to announce a competition to design the livery of its Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Am Class Lamborghini Huracan GT3, as a one-off for this year’s Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours race event in collaboration with TORA.
This is the car that will be driven by Adrian Amstutz, Leo Machitski, Jon Minshaw and Patrick Kujala in the 70th Edition of the famous Belgian around-the-clock classic.

The winner of the competition,...

TORA British GT eSports Championship returns and adds console and PC ‘cross-play’ for 2018

The TORA British GT eSports Championship will be available to even more drivers in 2018 by offering Forza Motorsport 7’s Windows 10 PC players the chance to compete with their Xbox One counterparts for the first time in the series’ four-year history.

Turn 10 Studios’ popular racing simulation title will once again play host to British GT’s only official online series this year thanks to its myriad GT3 and GT4 cars, as well as the ever-growing number of loyal and new...

If you are interested in taking part in the media shoot this evening please post below.

Lobby will open from 8pm this evening.

LMP3 Cup eSports Championship launched



The United Kingdom’s premier prototype sportscar racing series, the LMP3 Cup Championship, has launched an eSports Championship in conjunction with The Online Racing Organisation (TORA).

After a one-off race in 2016, the LMP3 Cup – endorsed by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) – completed its first season in 2017 with Scottish duo Alasdair McCaig and Colin Noble taking the title in the #79 Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P3. The Championship returns in 2018 with 12 races over six weekends on the best circuits the...

TORA is proud to announce the much anticipated arrival of the TORA Carrera Cup Winter Series, starting October 22nd 2017.
With guidance from Porsche Carrera Cup UK the team at TORA has been careful to present a series that highlights all the best qualities of the real world of the real world equivalent within the Forza Motorsport framework.

Entrants will be greeted by an exciting five round calendar featuring circuits such as Brands Hatch, Silverstone National as well as Mugello

A spec build for the Porsche 911 GT3 RS (currently) will ensure exciting, close racing throughout...

TORA is proud to announce a landmark agreement with Ginetta to bring the famed motorsport brand to the esports racing organisation for the first time.
In October, the Michelin Ginetta SuperCup will commence a five round series utilising the highly anticipated title, Project CARS 2.

Ginetta’s popular G55 will be the focus of the championship which will visit some of the best circuits in Britain including the challenging Knockhill circuit in Scotland and Snetterton track in Norfolk.

“Ginetta’s Paul Zwicky-Ross said;
After the success of our 2016 Ginetta...

This week's installment of our Ask A Racer TORA Q&A segment has me catching up to up and coming American GT racer and NASCAR "Road Ringer" Billy Johnson on his way to Road America.






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Over the BTCC weekend at Donington Park Formula 4 driver Billy Monger suffered an accident which was of such a serious nature the 17 year old has suffered life altering injuries.
The outpouring of support from all corners of the motorsport family has been incredible to see and as part of that extended family we feel duty bound to do our part by bringing together the sim racing family to show our solidarity with Billy, his family and friends.

As part of that TORA will be arranging...

Following their long history of organising sports car racing, TORA is proud to announce the 2017 season of the TORA Endurance Championship (TEC).
The championship is once again supported by RaceTech International and takes place exclusively on Forza Motorsports 6.  
This season of TEC aims to provide an experience similar to that of the World Endurance Championship with a car choice and track list that will be familiar to fans of that series.
The Race Tech TORA Endurance Championship...

TORA British GT Championship moves to Xbox and Forza Motorsport for 2017


The TORA British GT eSports Championship will move to Xbox One’s Forza Motorsport 6 platform full-time in 2017 with a 14-race calendar designed around the dates of its real-world counterpart.


The Online Racing Association (TORA), which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has retained the right to organise British GT’s official online championship for a second season, but will switch...

TORA HQ: 08/03/17

TORA is proud to announce that Ben Williams will take on the role of Vice-President of TORA with immediate effect.

Ben has been instrumental in a wide range of TORA projects and has worked over and above the call of duty on many occasions to ensure the smooth running of our core activities.
He has also developed his role in TORA's media output via radiolemans.com and has proven to be instrumental in the TORA Staff group. He has built up massive respect among the community and staff alike and it with great pleasure that I extended this...

The 2017 WIX Racing Touring Car Championship blasts back into action in March with a packed field and exciting new venues matched with old favourites.
Subtle changes to the regulations will assure exciting racing throughout the season while still maintaining the spirit and feel of the great touring car championships which have always been the inspiration behind the TORA series.
The championship returns to a three race format for the first time in three years and a reverse grid third race...

Hello one and all and welcome to TORA's 10 year anniversary!

We the staff aim to make this the most exciting year of racing yet and have got a barrel load of cups, series and championships for you to enjoy over the next 12 months. From some classic series like TASCAR, American Iron and Indycar to the new and unique modern championships like TEC and the ASCC, we hope to provide something for everyone in the year of TORA. Here is a little taste of what's in store for 2017.

Touring Car Championship

Today TORA is pleased to announce another major landmark in our journey.
Following discussions between the two groups of TORA and TURN the decision has been made jointly to merge the two communities ,this means our staff team will be joined by James Brown (HCR Motorhead) as our Head of Live Media, Chris Bell (HCR Bellmond) as our Development manager , Chad McGinley (F4H Stingray) as our Head of Touring Cars and returning to the staff Martin Hall...

A statement from the TORA Staff:

It has come to our attention that apparently some drivers in lobby A of the TASCAR DeweyTee Memorial 400 made several comments about one of their fellow competitors who just so happened to be female.  These were the type of comments that do not follow TORA Sporting Regulations.  Article 2.3.3 of these regulations says "Bigoted, hateful, or offensive statements against any religion, race, nation, gender, age group, or sexual orientation" are among the type of statements that are not allowed on our site.

The TORA Staff is taking this very seriously...

TORA is proud to reveal the popular Touring Car Championship (TCC) is returning for a Summer series commencing on June 28th exclusively to Forza Motorsport 6.
The Winter Series saw over 100 drivers take to the track in some of the most competitive touring car racing  to date. It is hoped to see that number jump significantly this time round as TORA adopts a similar winning formula for this exciting second encounter.

TORA is also honoured to continue its partnership with WIX Racing...