Mixing classic cars and sim racing games, there's a new historic rally eSports series for DiRT Rally 2.0 with prizes on offer thanks to a partnership between Exol Lubricants and the Historic Rally Car Register (HRCR). The HRCR run series including the 12-round Stage Masters championship. And the new Exol HRCR eRally Challenge will run at the same time as crews prepare for … [Read more...]
Trackmania Grand League World Cup 2022 Begins On July 1st
It's the climax of the eSports season for a group of racers as the Trackmania Grand League World Cup 2022 begins on July 1st. It will see two days of group stage competitions behind closed doors at the Stade de France Auditorium near Paris, followed by the playoffs and grand finale in front of a live audience on July 3rd. The three days will pit 16 top players against each … [Read more...]
Team Redline Win The Inaugural 2022 VCO Infinity 24 Hour Event
It was a busy weekend for 40 top sim racing teams, but only one team could be victorious as Team Redline win the inaugural 2022 VCO Infinity 24 Hour event on iRacing. Their quintet of drivers finished just 3 points ahead of URANO eSports, with R8G eSports taking third overall. The VCO Infinity event offered something different, with a total of 40 sim racing teams competing … [Read more...]
The Real Race 2021 Champions Crowned
The second annual series held by Lamborghini Esports saw a successful conclusion in Assetto Corsa Competizione with the Real Race 2021 champions crowned across the three regions. And the trio will now take part in a shootout hosted at the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese to become the Italian supercar firm's official sim driver for the 2022 season. The Real … [Read more...]
VCO Partners with Coupe de France GT
French sim racers will have a higher profile series to compete in as VCO partners with Coupe de France GT for iRacing events starting in December 2021. The Virtual Competition Organisation (VCO) will be working on the joint venture as the popular Coupe de France GT becomes powered by VCO. The first event to be scheduled under the new partnership takes place on 12th December … [Read more...]
The Real Race Lamborghini eSports Contest Returns for 2021
There's an opportunity to become a professional sim racer as The Real Race Lamborghini eSports contest returns for 2021. And registration has opened now for the qualification period. It's followed by races from June until November, with one driver given the opportunity to become the first Lamborghini Official Sim Driver. The 2020 series saw more than 2,500 sim racers from … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo Sport Olympic Virtual Series Arrives
It's pretty big news that the Gran Turismo Sport Olympic Virtual Series arrives in GT Sport from today, following the release of update 1.65. Qualification starts from now until May 23rd, 2021, with the top 16 time tral competitors then going through to a world final broadcast live on June 23rd, 2021. The Olympic Virtual Series is running for the first time across five … [Read more...]
New Supercross 4 Esports Series and Historical Cup DLC
Two reasons to revist the latest off-road motorcycling game from Milestone, with a new Supercross 4 Esports Series and Historical Cup DLC both announced. The Monster Energy Supercross 4 SX eSport Championship The Monster Energy Supercross 4 SX eSport Championship is the most exciting of the two, with a grand prize of a real Yamaha Wolverine RMAX4 1000 adventure buggy … [Read more...]
2021 CUPRA SimRacing Series Begins on RaceRoom
Plenty of esports competitions are getting underway at the moment, and many are free to enter. For example, you could win a share of €10,000 prize money as the 2021 CUPRA SimRacing Series begins on RaceRoom. The free-to-play racing sim will host 10 rounds of competition. There will be a hot lap leaderboard for each event with the top 144 drivers qualifying for 6 divisions of … [Read more...]
F1 Esports Women’s Wildcard Introduced for 2021
In an effort to encourage more female sim racers, there's an F1 Esports Women's Wildcard introduced for 2021, with hot lap qualification taking place from May 3-9th. It's only open to female competitors, and the fastest qualifier will then go through to the F1 Esports Pro Exhibition on May 27th. This features more in-game assessments to allow the 10 competing teams to select … [Read more...]
2021 Fanatec Esports GT Pro Series Europe Begins
The inaugral 2021 Fanatec Esports GT Pro Series Europe begins with two hours of free practice for each driver throughout Friday April 16th, followed by the first race tomorrow, Saturday April 17th. It's part of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS organised by SRO Motorsports Group, and will pit the world's top GT drivers against each other on Assetto Corsa … [Read more...]
BMW SIM Cups 2021 Go Even Further This Season
Following a successful debut in 2020, the BMW SIM Cups 2021 will expand to cover series on iRacing, rFactor 2 and Assetto Corsa Competizione. The world's top sim racers will now be able to compete on three of the biggest platforms for a place in the grand finals at BMW SIM Live 2021. Both the iRacing and rFactor 2 competitions have evolved from last year, with prize money … [Read more...]
FIA Motorsport Games 2020 Announced Including Digital Cup
The FIA Motorsport Games 2020 has been announced, once again including the Digital Cup esports event in the Olympics-style mixed-motorsport competition. The mixture of motorsports disciplines will include the core events of the GT Cup, Touring Car Cup, F4 Cup, Drifting Cup, Karting Slalom Cup and Digital Cup. And more categories will be announced as we apporach the 2020 … [Read more...]