Le Mans 24 goes virtual with rFactor 2 for its 88th annual race on June 13 at 15:00 French local time

In a press release, the Le Mans organization confirmed the 88th edition of the race will take place on Sept. 19 and 20 with real prototypes and GTEs on the track.

But on June 13 and 14, the original racing dates, professional drivers will compete virtually via simulator seats in rFactor 2 — a racing simulation game built for PC — to challenge each other for 24 hours.

Essentially, the teams will consists of four drivers (two professional drivers and two sim cars) using either LMP2 or GTE cars. The grid will also consist of a total of 50 cars with a minimum driving time of four hours for each driver and a maximum of seven hours.

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