VELOCIPEDE Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Con un messaggio ed una foto tramite Facebbok, iRacing ci segnala quello che sarà il suo prossimo partner... Look who iRacing just partnered with! da Wikipedia: La RUF Automobile GmbH è una casa automobilistica tedesca. L'azienda è specializzata nello sviluppo dei modelli Porsche. Quando l'originale arriva alla Casa, Ruf installa molti componenti di propria fabbricazione all'interno, modifica il motore aumentando così le prestazioni; per questo motivo la Ruf è riconosciuta dal governo tedesco come costruttore. La Ruf è soprattutto nota per il modello CTR, detto Yellowbird. La compagnia fu fondata nel 1923 a Pfaffenhausen, da Alois Ruf Sr. come garage di servizio e fu addirittura estesa a stazione di rifornimento. La Ruf cominciò a sperimentare il design automobilistico alla fine degli anni quaranta, e nel 1955 disegnò e costruì un autobus che fu venduto in tutta la nazione. La reazione positiva che ricevette invitò Ruf a continuare la strada della produzione, e avviò una compagnia di costruzione di autobus. Il figlio di Ruf, Alois Jr., fu molto influenzato dal lavoro del padre e nel 1960 cominciò a restaurare modelli Porsche nel garage di suo padre. Nel 1974, alla morte di Alois Sr., Ruf prese il controllo della compagnia e decise velocemente di abbandonare gli autobus per dedicarsi completamente alla modifica delle Porsche. Nel 1975 apparve sul mercato la prima Porsche modificata da Ruf. Ma la Ruf debuttò effettivamente con un modello in piena regola solo nel 1977, con una Porsche 930 da 3,3 litri. L'anno successivo fu la volta di un altro modello, una 911 a motore aspirato naturalmente e capace di sviluppare 217 cavalli. Negli anni seguenti la Ruf si inserisce sempre di più nel mercato, arrivando a produrre modelli velocissimi ed estremi, toccando l'apice nel 1987 con la CTR, che segnò il record di velocità per un'automobile in commercio e con la CTR2, uno dei modelli più veloci immatricolati per la circolazione stradale. Nell'aprile 2007, la RUF ha lanciato la CTR 3 per celebrare i trent'anni della CTR e la nuova sede nel Bahrain. This post has been promoted to an article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Myers ha confermato: sarà riprodotta la RUF RT12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 iRacing plans to add the RUF RT12R to its lineup of virtual race cars and high performance automobiles later this year. Manufactured by RUF Automobile GmbH, the RT12R is among the world’s very fastest production automobiles.“We’re excited to offer the RUF RT12R to iRacers around the world,” says Steve Myers, Executive Vice President and Producer, iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation, LLC. “We’re proud of the assortment of virtual race cars we have available, but iRacers have made it clear they also want high-performance, exotic automobiles in our service. The RUF RT12R certainly fits the bill. It’s a superb piece of automotive sculpture, with performance that is nothing short of breathtaking.” At the heart of the Ruf’s performance is a3.8 liter, twin-turbo, flat six engine producing 730 horsepower and nearly 700 lb/ft of torque. Coupled with a six speed transmission, the RT12R has a top speed of 230 mph. “RUF is pleased to partner with iRacing.com in building a digital version of the RT12R,” said Estonia Ruf, Director of Marketing, RUF Automobile GmbH. “For more than 70 years RUF has been recognized for the craftsmanship and cutting-edge engineering that goes into all of our automobiles. Although it is a young company, comparatively speaking, iRacing clearly shares those core values of craftsmanship and engineering excellence.” iRacing vehicle dynamic engineers will begin the process of creating a digital prototype of the RT12R later this spring. When completed, the prototype will undergo a rigorous testing and development process in order to insure the virtual Ruf drives just like the real one. iRacing expects to release the RUF RT12R to members in the fall of 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Work in progress on the Ruf RT12R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Making progress of the Ruf RT12 R This post has been promoted to an article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 nuovi screens This post has been promoted to an article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Tony Gardner says iRacing plans to release three versions of this car all for the normal price. For $11.95 you would get all three versions of the car, AWD, RWD, and a cup/racing version. The car in the screenshots are of the “cup” version.Steve Myers wrote “Lets not call it a “cup” car, lets call it a “track” car. Its name in the sim will be Ruf RT 12R Track. Imagine you had a Ruf RT-12 R and you blew the motor and you decided to put a normally aspirated racing motor in it and put slicks on it to go racing with. And yes, we recorded and will have a different engine sample set for track version of the car.” fonte iracerstuff.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Tony Gardner Good afternoon:Just thought would provide a brief update.The RUF car is coming along well and in testing. Will be 3 cars for price of one as discussed earlier. RW drive, 4 W drive and a "cup" version.On the oval side plan was to release the Super Late model next but seemed to be some complaining about car we scanned so we doubled-back and decided on a different SLM and scanning it next week. Specifications and pictures below. Because of that instead the likely next oval car out and expect in coming build will be the Ford Mustang Nationwide car with the Super Late to follow after that in regard to oval cars.Will actually be scanning two SLM next week but will be just focusing on one at least in the short term:By the way thanks to RB performance for their help and an iRacing member who also helped organize the contact!RB Performance Chassis built by Ricky Rolfe (has built 7 of the last 8 ACT Championship cars)2013 Chevrolet PASS Super Late Model #51• 1 month old, brand new RB Performance chassis• Straight Rail• 2700 lbs• 57% left side• Tires: 10 inch Hoosiers• Engine: 355 cubic in - 500 HP• Brand New Five Star Body - Chevy2013 Ford Fusion PASS Super Late Model #92• 4 month old, brand new RB Performance chassis• Straight Rail• 2700 lbs• 57% left side• Tires: 10 inch Hoosiers• Engine: 355 cubic in - 500 HP• Brand New Five Star Body - Ford Fusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VELOCIPEDE Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 iRacing.com @iRacing The first version of the RUF RT12 R will arrive to the #iRacing service before the beginning of 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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