Hurry hurry!! There are now not much more than 48 hours left to sign-up for the PCM.Daily Online Championships. Go to the Sign-Up Thread if you want to take part in any or all of the events taking place. Being hosted on PCM15 there'll be Road Racing, Keirin, 200m TT, Elimination, Scratch and Points races over a two week period. Racing takes place from the 14th to the 24th September at a variety of time slots, so there is definately a way for anyone and everyone to take part. Don't miss out on taking part in PCM.Daily's incredible Online Championships!

Category: Stage Making (Giro Variant by Pellizotti2, PCM12)

We've seen several top-quality stage makers in the past years - one of the ever active sub forums on PCMDaily, the stages' section brought us many many enjoyable downloads and exciting new routes. Pellizotti2 used to be one of those usual suspects of stage makers, who delivered with both stunning landscapes and - more important - quality profiles. PCM12 became Pelli's most active time as a stage maker: his thread with a total of 21 pages shows, how popular he was.

His variant for the Giro d'Italia would be a milestone on Pelli's way to become PCMDaily's "Stage Maker of the Year 2012"! The only year with emmea90 missing out on this prestigious award.. go and check the route, with highlights such as 'Monte Zoncolan', a steep climb up 'Planaval' or a 60km ITT from Forli to Faenza. A well designed route, that's also to be found in the Stage Database.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ... - Miguel98 (Oliveira wins)

Online Championships 2015

They're back for a second time. The PCM.Daily Online Championships are returning and sign-ups opened on Thursday. Keirin, 200m TT, Points, Scratch, Elimination and Road Race are all being held, meaning there is surely something for everyone. It is now a PCM15 based championship so you can find more details in the PCM15: Online subforum. Sign-ups are OPEN so come and take part!

EDIT: The Championships have moved to PCM15!!!

Cycling Dominates

It's been a week heavy on real world cycling. La Vuelta is a race that just keeps on giving for talking points with epic racing, epic stages and just all-round entertainment. The Week 2 Thread has just been bursting as Aru heads proceedings, though not without "help" from Landa, whilst Dumoulin might just be making himself a favorite to win overall. I'm sure a Week 3 thread will be landing soon for what is probably the best GT of the year.

But we about more than just La Vuelta. The week included some big transfer news, to be found in the Transfer Season 15/16 thread. Or perhaps you want to catch up on some big news and World Championship squad announcements in the News in September thread. Perhaps you want to talk about how cycling is changing with MTN doing so well and the UK growing it's domination in the Cycling is Changing thread. And i've brought the Womens Cycling thread back to life.

Man-Game Madness

Quiet week for the ProTour but the Dauphine concluded with Rein Taaramäe taking the win for Bouygues Telecom. Andy Schleck, Vesuvio, was second and Robert Gesink a distant third. The best ManGame action has been lower down. The brutal Tour d'Andorra is almost complete, this 5 day monster is currently headed by Tiago Machado, Prio-Porto, but anything really could still happen here. If you like flatter racing then look to the Monterrey TTT event where RBC squeaked a close victory. The Continental teams have had action as well, most notably at the sprint-fest Hanko Classic. Yauheni Hutarovich took the honors for BelarusBank over Lavoine and Richeze.

Story Game Summary

The MG isn't the only game on the site. The ICL, run by bikex, has almost finished it's season and has opened it's sign-ups for the 2016 season. You can get all the details on how to join in the Sign-Up thread. For EPIC it is the Tour of Turkey that is center stage right now where Nieve won the latest stage, but it's Pellizotti who leads the race overall.

However if road racing isn't your bag then good news everyone! Cyclo-Cross: A New Dawn is back! Ian Butler has restarted the great game with an NES race from Johannesburg, South Africa. Next up is Lisbon as the game jumps right back to full throttle.

Thread of the Week

It's the PCM.Daily rFactor Racing League 2.0 thread. Race weekend brought a lot of new discussion as the league broke a record for participants with 11 drivers making the startline. Only 4 finished but it's a huge step forwards for the league. If you want to know more go to the thread, or alternatively check out baseballlover312 and SSJ2luigi commentating on twitch!

The Second Annual PCM.Daily Online Championships are here! A few months later than last year we are back and ready to host another incredible competition. It's a chance to show that last year was not a fluke, or that you are better than in 2014, or you could settle that score from the World Cup! Oh and if you wanted more reason to compete we have prizes to give away to the wnners.

Sign-Ups are now OPEN!

They run from today through to 23:59 Thursday 10th September, which is one week from now. Events commence on Saturday 12th and will run almost every day through to the 23rd September. We'll have Keirin, 200m TT, Points Race, Scratch Race and Elimination on the Track and a Road Race competition on the open roads. Like last year there will be an Overall Competition across every event to crown us a true PCM.Daily Online Champion.

So get involved! You do need PCM14 and an internet connection, as well as 75 posts, to compete. Any questions just message me, TMM, or post in the General Thread. Good Luck to you all!

Why does this suddenly get more public attention the week after I win a race - SSJ2Luigi (rFactor League)

Breakaways and Recovery

It's not often that somebody from Cyanide joins in with a discussion on the forum, but when they do, it always tends to be worth a read. This week saw a few posts from Freire which gave an interesting insight into the game mechanics behind how the AI decides whether or not to chase down a breakaway attempt, and the workings of freshness, and how the recovery stat is involved. So if you have any thoughts on either of those parts of the game, get on over to those threads and leave a comment - it just might have an affect on the development for next year's game.

Height Maps and a Hard Tour

This week has seen Samu12 complete his Tour de France variant, a race he set out to make as "21 days of hell". There are cobbles throughout the first week, before the latter two weeks are dominated by some extraordinary mountain stages with climb after climb. A few notable stages at the end of the race are a 108km time trial that finishes on the top of Mont Ventoux, a summit finish on the Pic du Midi, and a final stage that is nowhere near Paris - and a tough 315km long!

Meanwhile I have written a detailed guide on how to use the heightmap feature of the stage editor to create stages, which hopefully helps to unlock one of the great mysteries of the stage editor. Heightmaps do make it easier to create races outside of the .DEM file coverage, such as the Rio 2016 Olympic course.

Jersey Votes

This Tuesday voting will open for the August Graphic Contest, in the sixth month of competition to decide upon the best fantasy shirt designed in the past month. The contest, organised by MARSUPILAMI, has seen five different jersey designers take victory so far: Cavendish-Fan, krisa, Maximka, trvalezmateny, and the_hoyle. With plenty of entries this month, it could be one of the most competitive votes yet.

Weekly Vuelta

Bilbao will get a stage win at some point in these three weeks, definitely. - Shonak

Will Shonak be right? Two more weeks to find out, after a near miss yesterday.

Thread of the Week

U23 Discussion Thread. This week saw the Tour de l'Avenir, the biggest Under 23 stage race of the year, and a chance to see who may (or may not) be the stars of the future in cycling. Probably the most discussed race of the season, of the races that don't have TV coverage!