Volvo S40 Supertouring And Silverstone Classic Available FREE In RaceRoom

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The symphony of sound, the Volvo S40 Supertourer, is free to use across all game modes for two weeks in KW Studios' RaceRoom! Alongside this touring car icon, the classic version of Silverstone is also included, giving you the perfect location to put this Swedish steed through its paces.

Similar to the Porsche + Nurburgring free trial last month, this combination can be used across all modes, including online, so if you have always wondered what it was really like to race door to door in the most powerful touring cars ever made, then look no further!


RaceRoom's super touring content is fantastic fun to drive against and trade paint with, they are not class leaders, but the sim is more than capable of giving you a good race!

Silverstone Classic​

The other half of this free duo is the classic layout of Silverstone. This collection of layouts has seen some of the most famous touring car races in history. Includd is the illustrious Grand Prix, International and National circuits from the late 1990s, a real treat for supertouring lovers.

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The pit-straight at Silverstone Classic. Image: KW Studios

The final two rounds of the 1998 British Touring Car Championship took place at Silverstone on 20 September 1998, concluding a season marked by consistent competition in a wide range of machinery and consequent race winners.

1998 Round 25 (Sprint Race)​

  • Winner: James Thompson (Honda Accord)
  • Second Place: Rickard Rydell (Volvo S40)
  • Third Place: Yvan Muller (Audi A4)
  • Fastest Lap: Anthony Reid – 1:24.556
James Thompson led most of the race in the black and red Honda Accord, securing his victory and demonstrating Honda's competitiveness in the shorter sprint format. The Volvo S40, the one currently available in RaceRoom for free, was guided home to second by eventual drivers champion Rickard Rydell.

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Rickard Rydell's championship-winning Volvo S40 on display at Supertouring Power, Brands Hatch 2023. Image: C.Minniss Photography

Round 26 (Feature Race)​

  • Winner: Anthony Reid (Nissan Primera GT)
  • Second Place: David Leslie (Nissan Primera GT)
  • Third Place: Rickard Rydell (Volvo S40)
  • Fastest Lap: Rickard Rydell – 1:24.904
Anthony Reid's victory in the feature race and David Leslie's second-place finish showcased just how strong the Nissans had been throughout the season. Still, it would be the Swedish duo of Volvo and Rydell that would take the fastest lap and the title in the final race, the first and only time a Volvo has ever won a drivers championship in the British Touring Car Championship.

Are you a fan of this era of touring cars? Let us know how you get on with the Volvo S40 at Silverstone classic in the comments down below!
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I have been playing raceroom a lot more lately to work through the content, the thing that get me with it is the huge disparity in FFB strength between vehicles, requiring a LOT of tweaking, for exmaple ive tweaked a profile fanalbs to give me really fun feel for the MX5, i fired this up today to try this combo (no profile for the Volvo so used the MX5 one) and was confused as to whether my wheel was functioning properly as there was literally no feedback at all, i had to tweak the fanalabs profile from 40% to 90% to start feeling the car at all, at 90% on a DD1 other games woudl rip my arms off and fling them across the room..
 
I have been playing raceroom a lot more lately to work through the content, the thing that get me with it is the huge disparity in FFB strength between vehicles, requiring a LOT of tweaking, for exmaple ive tweaked a profile fanalbs to give me really fun feel for the MX5, i fired this up today to try this combo (no profile for the Volvo so used the MX5 one) and was confused as to whether my wheel was functioning properly as there was literally no feedback at all, i had to tweak the fanalabs profile from 40% to 90% to start feeling the car at all, at 90% on a DD1 other games woudl rip my arms off and fling them across the room..
The game literally has a built-in FFB meter and volume adjustment, why are you doing global tweak in your wheelbase? User error.
 
The game literally has a built-in FFB meter and volume adjustment, why are you doing global tweak in your wheelbase? User error.


not sure what wheel you use but for us fanatec users we have a per car ability to tweak in the fanalabs software so we dont habe to be screwing around in the game.
Sadly as R3E is legacy no one has bothered to build and share baseline settings for fanalbs
irrespective to have to increase the FFB volume THAT much cleary indicates issues in the FFB on a per car basis

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