Sim racer Sean Terre will be making his motorsport debut in the 2025 all-electric NXT Gen Cup and this week’s Sim Racing Roundup gives you the details on how he got there. I also have news on a whole bunch of other sim racers making the leap to real-world motorsport as well as how you can get a chance to sim race your way to the Race of Champions.
From Sim Racing to the Real Thing
The days when karting was the only pathway into car racing are long gone. A prime example of this shift is 15-year-old sim racing prodigy Sean Terre, who is now set to make his real-world motorsport debut in NXT Gen Cup.
The young German has already made a name for himself in professional sim racing, securing titles such as the 2024 ADAC Sim Racing Carrera Cup championship. Now, he is making the transition to real-world racing in NXT Gen Cup’s fully electric touring cars—without any prior experience in traditional motorsport. Terre represents a new wave of drivers who are bridging the gap between virtual and real-world racing.
“I’ve taken an unconventional path from the very beginning because I want to represent a new type of driver—one who hasn’t followed the traditional karting route but has instead spent thousands of hours in the simulator. What sets me apart is my ability to perform consistently under pressure, and I believe that skill could give me a crucial advantage on track,” said Sean Terre.
You can read more about Sean’s journey here.
Sticking with the NXT Cup, German racer Laurenz Rühl is set to return to the 100% electric NXT Gen Cup for his second season. Having started his career as a sim racer, the now 18-year-old German made his real-world racing debut in the Dutch Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2023, finishing sixth in the junior category. That experience led him to take the next step into NXT Gen Cup, where he joined the highly competitive grid for the 2024 season. Upu can find more details about Laurenz’s path to the NXT Cup here.
Jude Peters has parlayed sim racing into real-world motorsport opportunities. His dad Dale explains in a post for Motorsport Prospects how he did it. You can read it here.
The Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge Great Britain, which Motorsport UK has delivered over the previous two years, has given the opportunity for drivers of all abilities to race online and win the chance to get behind the wheel of real cars in a safe and fun environment.
Recently they welcomed the top three drivers from both the PRO and AM classes of the online championship to the fantastic Porsche Experience Centre Silverstone for a prize day getting behind the wheel of Porsche cars at the unique test facility.
Keep an eye out here for details on the 2025 season.
SimCraft is proud to highlight the extraordinary achievements of their next generation racers, who continue to shine on the world stage and redefine excellence in motorsport as they progress in their racing careers.
SimCraft remains steadfast in supporting these exceptional young drivers, equipping them with the tool to consistently outperform their competition. Our advanced simulation technology gives them a unique edge, preparing them for podiums and victories with an advantage their rivals simply do not have. Their achievements and career progressions demonstrate that SimCraft’s innovative approach to driver development delivers real results.
You can read about their driver journeys here.
The eROC competition returns as part of ROC’s first foray into the southern hemisphere, which will take place at Accor Stadium in Sydney on March 7-8. Sim racers from around the world will have the opportunity to qualify for the ROC using the Asset Corsa platform. The qualifying process kicks off at 5pm AEDT today (Thursday) with a first round that will run until 10pm AEDT on February 17. A second round will then take place between February 19-23.
Rules and guidelines for the competition: https://www.raceofchampions.com/eroc-2025. Tickets for the Sydney ROC are on sale at Ticketek.com.au. More details can be found at SpeedCafe and Traxion.
Check out this finish at the recent Prodigy Racing League race in Miami. TC Racing drivers finished 1-2 separated by only .01 seconds! Find out more about Racing Prodigy and the Prodigy Racing League here.
AccuSim and have established a multi-year technical partnership, as part of which BMW M Motorsport has chosen AccuSim’s Trident Genesis Motion Platform for LMDh and GT motorsport simulator capabilities.
BMW will also use AccuSim’s new AccuVision LED display along with the new simulator. The AccuSim logo will feature on BMW M Motorsport’s DTM and GT3 cars throughout the partnership, highlighting the collaboration.
More details on the partnership can be found here.
SpeedTour has announced a new partnership with Simshop, which names Simshop the Official Simulator of the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA), Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas), Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) and SpeedTour events. The company’s racing simulators are a highlighted component of the SpeedTour Town Center, which will also feature hospitality and special event staging, and become home to future driver appearances, sponsor events and more.
More details can be found here.
Competitive Sim Racing News
- Driven Minds launches first-ever sim racing fundraiser to power mental health support in Motorsport! (Driven Minds)
- FULL SERIES: Game To Glory | Level Up (Oracle Red Bull Racing)
- The Growing Popularity of F1 Esports (Five Reasons Sports)
- iRacing Reveals 2025 Sports & Formula Car Series (Box This Lap)
- Race with Williams Esports at The O2 Arena this week! (Esports Insider)
- This Week in iRacing: February 18-24, 2025 (iRacing)
- Justin Mifsud to Tackle 24-Hour Solo Sim Racing Marathon for Puttinu Cares (Times of Malta)
- Ascher Racing: A New Team Redline Partnership (Box This Lap)
Sim Racing Tips & Techniques
The ULTIMATE Beginners Guide to Sim Racing | Part 0 – Getting Started – Traxion
The ULTIMATE Sim Racing Beginners’ Guide! – Part 1 – Car Control – Traxion
The Ultimate Sim Racing Beginners’ Guide – Part 2 – Traxion
Sim Racing Tech Roundup
- Next Level Racing presents the new GTRacer 2.0 cockpit (Box This Lap)
- Turtle Beach VelocityOne Multi-Shift review: The most bang for your buck sim racing shifter on the market (Windows Central)
- The best racing wheels for PC in 2025 (Games Radar)
- Asetek Simsports Anniversary Deal (Box This Lap)
- I tried the Moza GS V2P wheel to step up my sim racing experience (Car Magazine)
- Cube Control’s SP01-Core pedals pre-orders and price announced (Traxion)
General Sim Racing News
- Assetto Corsa EVO update adds two new cars and Fuji International Speedway (Traxion)
- Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access Review – Starting Position (Gaming Bolt)
- Three Reasons to Be Excited About the New AC EVO Update (Auto Evolution)
- Assetto Corsa EVO: Free Content Update 0.1.6 Arrives! (Box This Lap)
- How Kunos Simulazioni used new technology to create Assetto Corsa EVO’s open-world (Traxion)
- Full Wreckfest 2 release expected before March 2026 (Traxion)
- Wreckreation is “very much alive and in active development” (Traxion)
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer’s convoluted history explained (Traxion)
- JDM: Japanese Drift Master set for further licenced car brands (Traxion)
- JDM: Japanese Drift Master developer looking forward to its “most significant release” after a three-year journey (Traxion)
Author: Mark Boudreau
Mark is the publisher of Motorsport Prospects. As a lawyer, he applies his legal background and research skills to assist race drivers by showcasing the resources they need to make their motorsport careers happen.
