RaceRoom – Latest Generation Audi R8 LMS GT3 Coming Next Week

Only yesterday, Sector3 Studios confirmed the Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R as part of next weeks RaceRoom update. Now the Swedish Studio is back announcing yet another next-generation GT3 car for the already impressive list of available RaceRoom racing GT machinery.

Next week’s RaceRoom Racing Experience update will introduce the latest generation of the successful Audi R8 LMS GT3 which has been winning races all over the world since 2009. For now, enjoy the teaser video showcasing the Audi R8 LMS GT3 in action at the Belgian Spa-Francorchamps circuit, a venue where the R8 LMS has often shown its supremacy.

And there is more good news on the way. It’s more than likely that the upcoming update will also bring the awesome Mercedes AMG GT3 to the RaceRoom GT3 class. We will keep you posted.

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The 2016 customer racing’s Audi R8 LMS Sports car was designed according to FIA GT3 regulations. It is built around an Audi Space Frame (ASF) Chassis featuring an aluminum CFRP hybrid design with stressed steel roll cage, CFRP and aluminum bolt-on parts and Safety concept Energy-absorbing aluminum and CFRP crash structures front and rear. The Safety concept meets FIA LMP1 crash requirements with new features such as an In-roof rescue hatch.

The R8 LMS is powered by a V10 engine, 90-degree cylinder angle engine with four valves per cylinder, DOHC, gasoline direct injection, emission control by two racing exhaust gas
catalytic converters. The power output is variable by means of restrictors and can reach up to 430 kW (585 hp).

The rear-wheel driven Audi R8 LMS also features traction control (ASR), Clutch Electro-hydraulically operated three-plate racing clutch (ECA), and a Sequential, pneumatically operated six-speed performance transmission operated by paddle shifters.

Official Webpage – game.raceroom.com – sector3studios.com