🏁 NZR iRacing 24 Hours of Nürburgring – Championship Description
The Ultimate Test of Virtual Endurance Begins Here.
Welcome to the NZR iRacing 24 Hours of Nürburgring – the pinnacle of endurance sim racing in the NZR calendar. This is not just another race. This is 24 hours of relentless focus, teamwork, strategy, and survival on the most demanding racetrack ever created: the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, combined with the Grand Prix layout, forming the nearly 25-kilometer "Green Hell."
The NZR 24H Nürburgring is a celebration of endurance racing, sim racing precision, and the incredible dedication of teams who dare to take on one of the toughest challenges in virtual motorsport. From sunset to sunrise, from cold tires to worn-down brakes, this is where heroes are made, limits are pushed, and legends are written.
🌍 The Event
Held annually as the flagship endurance race in NZR’s competitive calendar, the 24 Hours of Nürburgring is a multi-class, team-based, full-length endurance race hosted on iRacing – the world's leading online racing simulator. With real-time driver swaps, dynamic day-night cycles, weather transitions, and the fearsome Nordschleife terrain, this event replicates every element of real-world 24-hour endurance racing.
Teams will race for 24 continuous hours, tackling more than 150 laps of one of the most iconic and brutal circuits in motorsport history. Every corner, crest, and kink of this circuit can end a team’s race. Precision is rewarded. Mistakes are punished. Survival is never guaranteed.
This isn’t about sprint speed. It’s about endurance, adaptation, consistency, and the power of collaboration.
🏎️ Classes & Competition
The race features a multi-class format designed to replicate the real-world Nürburgring 24 layout, encouraging both outright pace and multi-class traffic management skills.
Provisional Class Structure (subject to registration numbers):
- SP9-GT3
The flagship category features top-tier machinery and elite-level competition.
- SP10-GT4
The proving ground for consistency-focused teams, with tight intra-class battles and accessible handling.
- CUP 2-992 cup cars
Cup car warriors will fight their own high-intensity battle in a field known for close-quarters racing and ironclad reliability.
Each class will race for its own victory, with separate podiums, live standings, and class-specific coverage on broadcast.
👥 Teams & Drivers
This is a team endurance event. Every entry must consist of 1 to 6 drivers per car. Driver swaps are mandatory and must occur during pit stops. Stint lengths, fatigue, and strategy will all shape the outcome. The smartest teams – not just the fastest – will rise to the top.
Minimum and maximum drive time rules will apply to each driver to ensure fair competition and promote team participation across all 24 hours. This encourages real-world-style race management, sleep cycles, and shift planning.
Only the most organized, disciplined, and resilient teams will conquer this mountain of a race.
📡 Live Broadcast & Coverage
The full 24 hours will be broadcast live with professional commentary, multi-camera coverage, telemetry overlays, and team interviews. Expect full pre-race build-up, mid-race check-ins, and dramatic race conclusions streamed to thousands of viewers.
Highlights will be created post-event, featuring onboard footage, overtakes, crashes, and emotional team radio moments.
Teams are encouraged to submit liveries, driver info, and promotional material to be featured during the event.
🧠 Strategy, Setup & Survival
What sets the Nürburgring 24 apart is not just the race duration, but the constant unpredictability. Teams must manage:
- Dynamic day-night cycles
- Changing track temperatures and weather conditions
- Multi-class traffic over narrow sections
- Pit stop strategy, tire wear, and fuel windows
- Driver fatigue and concentration lapses
- Car reliability under stress (mechanical failures simulated by damage model)
Your setup will need to be both fast and durable. Aggression must be balanced with self-preservation. Overtaking may gain you seconds—but a crash could cost you hours.
🧾 Scoring & Recognition
The NZR 24H Nürburgring is a standalone endurance crown jewel, but also awards points toward the NZR Endurance Cup, a season-long championship.
Awards Include:
- 🥇 Class Winners (SP9 / SP10 / CUP 2)
All participants will receive digital certificates. Podium finishers will be featured in a dedicated post-race write-up, social media coverage, and live interviews.
🛠️ Registration & Technical Requirements
- Team Registration: Required via SIM Grid
- Driver iRating Minimum: 1000 average per team (exceptions possible via review)
- Entry Limit: Capped grid – early registration recommended
- Livery Submission Deadline: At least one week before the event
- Communication: All teams must be present in NZR Discord during the race for briefings and steward updates
- Hardware: Each driver must meet iRacing’s performance standards (stable internet, no latency spikes, reliable input devices)
⚖️ Race Stewarding & Conduct
Live race control will monitor the full event, with a dedicated stewarding team available to assess incidents and issue penalties.
Key Rules:
- Respect all drivers, on and off track
- Blue flags are advisory but critical for multi-class safety.
- Track limits will be enforced (iRacing system + steward review)
- Dangerous or unsportsmanlike driving will result in penalties or DQ.
- Driver swaps must occur during pit stops only.
- Teams must adhere to the minimum drive time rules.
Stewards will be reachable throughout the event for protests and support.
🧭 Schedule Overview (Example)
- Race Week:
- Friday: 12:00 pm NZST 2 Hour Practice and Qauil
- Saturday: 12:00 pm NZST Race Start
- Sunday 12:00 to 12:30 pm Race finish
All times subject to confirmation.
🎉 Why Race the NZR 24H Nürburgring?
Because this is what sim racing is all about.
The 24-hour format brings out the best in teams. It tests your strategy, engineering, mental strength, and driving craft. It’s a marathon, not a sprint – where every second counts, and every mistake matters.
You’ll remember every hour of this race. The early chaos. The midnight stints. The sunrise push. The final battle to the line.
Whether you’re racing for the win or just to finish, the achievement is the same: you faced the Green Hell... and survived.
So gather your team. Build your setup. Practice every corner. Prepare for battle.
This is the NZR iRacing 24 Hours of Nürburgring – and it’s waiting for you.
