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Alright guys. It's time. (If this post feels rushed, it's because we weren't sure until hours ago that this would work out the way I personally assumed it would. So just know that this decision did not come about in the haste this post assumes. We've been planning and testing for some time now and some of you are already and have been part of some of those discussions. This post is for ALL DRIVERS interested in the 2018 MNRL Series, and beyond)


Please read this entire post!


Backstory:

As many of you know, especially those that migrated from R2P with MNRL, at the time of R2Ps demise MNRL was not using rFactor for our racing. We were using GSCE (Game Stock Car Extreme)
One reason for this was the issue(s) with matchmaker (which is not coming back this time, by the way).
But beyond that, another reason MNRL moved to GSCE is because it was a step above rFactor in a variety of ways.
In past discussions with Norm, he told me it was his opinion (an opinion I have as well) that GSCE was the best available sim for MNRL at that time. The MNRL rFactor conversions to GSCE are the reason I am here amongst you. It is where my sim "career" started, and it is where MNRL would be to this day if it was not for the demise of R2P.

When MNRL was graciously invited to be a part of CMS, the decision was made to revert to rFactor, mainly to draw in larger numbers as we adapted to our new home. It was much easier to bring in newcomers because more already owned rFactor, so it was just a matter of getting them to fire it up again.
The plan was never to stay with rFactor forever though.
The idea was/is to utilize the best tool available to us, for the most amount of users. The ideal is, maximum "realism" and maximum fun in a setting that matches the real world in the closest possible way we can (and again, fun!)...


The Plan:

Now, I've spent countless nights and days over the last month or more trying to figure out what I was going to say when this time came. I've went from trying to sell you guys on it with some nice looking thread here, to trying to explain the myriad cool new features we will have in AMS (Automobilista) that we can and intend to incorporate into our racing.

I've went over this 1000 different ways in my mind....and I've decided against all of them.
I decided (on the fly, no less) that I will simply lay this out with the same approach I've often used here....I'll just type it out, let it flow, and let everyone decide for themselves.

So this little tidbit above says it all.

In 2018, MNRL will be running championship series in AMS.
For now, we will be hosting 2 series as we've been doing....alternating weeks, same scheme. But this time, one series will be in rF, and another in AMS.

After the start of the year, we will be doing a few test races and we'll take the time to help anyone that needs help getting this sim up and running.
Do NOT FEAR! If you are already here reading this, you are very capable of using this sim and you won't have a huge learning curve to hurdle over either. This sim is set up in a VERY similar fashion to rF. The game engine is the same. The sim itself is leaps and bounds forward. (But again, I won't try to sale you on it. The links I'll provide, and the sim itself when you experience it, will do that for me)