Happy to be here

Hello, guys below are my team presentation with all the details needed. Glad to be here!

Name: Jamal Ghandour
Nickname: Shlagem
Country: Lebanon
Age: 37
Jamal was born on January 17th, 1983 is an avid SimRacer and real-life racer.
Consultant and occasionally a driver of the famous SIMMSA esports
ERacing/Esports Consultant worked on the execution of the McLaren Shadow project in the Middle East 2018.
Technical Director at GMD racing academy, the very first professional driver development center focused on simulation.
GT Academy International Finalist in Silverstone and Nissan works driver in 2014
Qualified to GT Academy regional finals twice
Finished 3rd, August 2016, in iRacing – 24 Hours of Spa at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, with KB Motorsports driving the BMW Z4 GT3
Winner, 2014, “Gran Turismo 6” competition organized by KFC in Lebanon
Winner, August 2001, “Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec” launch competition organized by Virgin Megastore in Lebanon
Podium finishes, Sodi World Series (SWS) with GoKarts
“Shlagem” the Lebanese rocket (dates back to 1996 GP2 era, his nickname is based on a cat name which does not have any meaning whatsoever).
He is a clean, intelligent and consistent race driver.
He holds a Master’s degree in Biology, is a Certified Programmer, is a teacher his daily life and is the founder of Sim Racing Middle East (SRME), a community platform to bring together SimRacers from the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and MENA (the Middle East and North Africa)
His hobbies are reading, walking, karting, geeking and SimRacing.

SimRacing Hardware:
Obutto R3Volution cockpit and JCL-SimRacing Quad Monitor Stand
Wheel: SimQuip.NET OSW, MiGE 130ST-M10010 + AS-SimDesign MOMO Mod. 27/C Steering Wheel (Spares G25/27/29 & T300RS/T500RS)
Pedals: MPPC Pro Sim Pedals (spares 3xLogitech Pedals, T3PA GT edition, T3PA Pro)
Other: DSD short-throw shifter, Logitech G27 shifter, DSD Race King, Recaro Pole Position Seat, ignition controls BB, M-spec shift light, custom-made BlackBox MK9 Pro Button Box.

SimRacing PC:
CPU: Intel i7-9700K
CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX TG
COOLING: Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM: G.Skill 16GB TridentZ RGB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
MOBO: Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
SSD: Samsung SSD 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2.5″ 250GB
HDD: Seagate BarraCuda ST1000DM003 1TB x2
GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti AMP Extreme Edition 11GB OC
DISPLAY: 3x Dell S2716DG, 27”, 16:9, WQHD (2560×1440) @144hz, G-SYNC
DISPLAY: 1x BenQ SE2231, 22”, LCD (1920×1080) @60hz

Sim involvement:
iRacing
Assetto Corsa (AC)
Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC)
RaceRoom Racing Experience (R3E)
Project CARS (pCARS)
Automobilista (AMS)
rFactor/ rFactor 2 (rF/ rF2)
F1 201X
GTR/ GTR2
Motorsport Manager (MM)
Gran Turismo (series)
Dirt Rally
Dirt Rally 2.0
KartKraft

Welcome!