Logitech G Championship Series Round 4 Results

Round 4 of the Logitech G Championship Series took our Project CARS Esports drivers to Le Mans during the weekend of the 24 Hours. For many of our top teams, this was a French homecoming, with many of them hailing from France including the likes of SDL Motorsport, Team Shark Racing, BAM and many others.

As Round 4 took place alongside the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the pilots were tasked with the ultimate challenge in sportscar racing, driving an LMP1 hybrid. This time, it was the race-winning 2014 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro. The R18 is a monster, boasting huge downforce levels, massive power and only weighing 900kg. LMP1 cars have more in common with Formula A than they do with sportscars, so we expected many of our top open-wheel drivers to shine in this tin-top.

As the LGCS is a time attack series, we selected the shorter Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans for this event, rather than the enormous Circuit de la Sarthe. The Bugatti layout is a more technical circuit, focused on high and medium speed corners rather than the long straights of la Sarthe. This calls for the teams to find a well-balanced setup to keep their cars stable in the high speed chicanes and long, sweeping curves, whilst not compromising the slower corners at turns 2, 6 and 11.

Continue reading to find out which of our drivers mastered this week's event...

console division

After the explosive performance of newcomer, Elmister in Round 3, normal service was resumed in the Console Division in Round 4, with the top teams bouncing back to reclaim their place at the front. SDL Motorsport took its first win in the LGCS Console Division, with Rotax coming through on a 1:18.790. Teammate M Power followed closely behind on 1:18.884, whilst PSFRacing's Fab came home third.

This was SDL’s best performance of the season in the LGCS Console Division, as SoniK, Rossi46, and Mihalo also scored good points, bringing the team to the top of the LGCS Console team standings for the first time.

It was a more difficult week for Team Shark and Unity. Team Shark’s top finisher this week was Racer in seventh place, whilst Unity’s top driver at Le Mans was SmOkKy in twelfth. That said, both teams still brought home some solid points, with several drivers scoring for each, so they are still right in the fight at the top of the championship in second and third.

In the drivers’ standings, Team Shark’s Atho maintains his lead at the top, though PSFRacing’s Fab has cut the gap down to just three points. Rotax’s first win of the season also brings him into play in the leading battle, just five points behind Fab. Unity’s SmOkKy and SDL’s Mihalo round out the top 5.

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pc division

In the PC Division we saw a familiar looking podium, but there was a new driver on the top of it. Masa took his first win of the season for SDL Motorsport. After a solid start to the season, it was a great way for him to bounce back after the disappointment of finishing off the podium in fifth in Round 3.

Masa’s SDL teammate, Mangator came second to continue his astounding record of not finishing lower than second in the LGCS this season. Privateer driver, FinPro also kept up his great record of scoring a podium in every Round of 2016, taking another third place finish. Yoohan came fourth for SDL, followed by Coyote Online Racing’s claytonssv in fifth.

SDL Motorsport is continuing to show amazing consistency in the LGCS PC Division, with the other teams finding it a big challenge to break into the podium places. SDL has a big lead now at the top of the team standings, but the battle for the drivers’ title remains incredibly tight. Mangator leads FinPro by only 25 points, with Masa just three behind them in third. It seems that we can look forward to a huge battle all season long as these three drivers continue to trade blows each week.

Elsewhere in the PC Division, it was a good week for UK team, CQR Club, which climbs to fifth in the team standings after tightlines and Magictap picked up decent results in tenth and eleventh. We also must say that the standard of the privateer drivers in the LGCS PC division is incredibly high. Eleven privateer drivers scored points on PC this week, which is a truly remarkable achievement by our lone wolves in an open setup competition where members of the big teams can work together on tuning their cars.

FULL RESULTS for this Round and the season so far are available at the Series page.