Sim Racing

Honing Your Real-Life Skills in Sim Racing

Race Driver Sacha Fenestraz and Sim Driver Luca Ghiotto

Can you use sim racing to hone your real-life skills? Yes, and this week you will find out what two current drivers who couldn’t agree more. I also feature a video on how sim racing and sustainable motorsport have combined for one unforgettable real-life racing experience, iRacing tips for beginners and how to correctly place … Read more

Driving Impressions of the All-Electric ERA F110E

ERA ERA F110E

(In the September 7th edition of the Sustainable Motorsport Roundup I posted a video of a lap of Zolder aboard the all-electric ERA F110E race car. The driver in that video, Oz Maliphant graciously took the time to do a write-up of his experience for Motorsport Prospects. The lap took place in early September 2023. … Read more

Max Esterson On Transitioning from iRacing to Real-World Racing

Max Esterson

This week, Max Esterson explains how he is transitioning from iRacing to real-world racing and discusses the challenges and opportunities it presents. I also feature an opportunity for some sim racing training for those planning to compete for the Ginetta Junior Scholarship, the truth behind Jann Mardenborough’s secret racing lines and understanding understeer and oversteer. … Read more

How the Prodigy Pass Brings Sim Racers Closer to Real-World Racing

Racing Prodigy Radical Race Car

This week David Cook, the CEO of Racing Prodigy explains how the Prodigy Pass brings sim racers closer to a chance at real-world racing. I also have details on a new sim racing competition that can lead to a great racing opportunity, a massive roundup of news, background and reviews of the Gran Turismo film … Read more

From iRacing to Real World Motorsport

Oscar Casasola

Can you go from iRacing to real world motorsport? The answer is yes and this week I bring you more examples of people using sim racing to build real world racing careers both on and off the track. Along with my usual examples of people using sim racing as a pathway to real world motorsport … Read more

Becoming a Mentally Strong Sim Racer

Tony Kanaan Sim Racing

Tips on becoming a mentally strong sim racer are just part of what you will find in this week’s Sim Racing Roundup. In addition to mental toughness, you will learn about Formula E’s approach to esports, why Formula E racer Dan Ticktum thinks that a sim racer will soon be on the Formula E grid … Read more

Max Verstappen Wants to Help Sim Racers Race for Real

Max Verstappen Sim Racing

Max Verstappen wants to help sim racers race for real as part of his soon to debut GT3 racing team, that is how strongly he feels about using sim racing as a driver development tool. I also feature a new program for helping sim racers build their racecraft skills so they can also race in … Read more

Sim Racing is Not Just a Game

Sim Racing Rig

Sim racing is not just a game, but don’t take my word for it. Listen to race drivers and up and comers in this weekend’s Sim Racing Roundup for more proof. People like Max Verstappen, Sacha Fenestraz and Derek Kraus demonstrate how sim racing is becoming integral to driver development. Oh, and video games are … Read more

From Sim Racing to the Nürburgring

BMW 330i

This week in the Sim Racing Roundup you will learn how 3 sim racers went from sim racing to racing on the legendary Nürburgring. I also feature an explanation from Max Verstappen on how sim racing helps him in his F1 career, the growth of sim racing in the Bahamas and how to build a … Read more

iRacing’s Growing Influence on Driver Development

iRacing F4 Race Car

iRacing is having a growing influence on driver development and this week I will bring you just a few examples of the trend. In addition to drivers using iRacing to transition to the real thing, I bring you a comparison of a real-life Mercedes AMG GT4 to the same exact car in iRacing from someone … Read more

Racing Prodigy Goes Mobile

Street Kart Racing

Racing Prodigy has gone mobile as they have launched a new global driver search on the iOS platform Street Kart Racing. Why? Their reasoning is simple. Not everyone can afford a sim racing rig, but millions of young people have an iPhone so a competition featuring the popular Street Kart Racing game makes their mission … Read more

Sim Racing Gives You a Platform to Raise Your Racing Skills

Setshaba Mashigo

This week you will learn how sim racing gives you a platform to raise your racing skills no matter where you live. Whether you hail from Scotland like Lucas Blakeley, New Zealand like Ryan Wood, the United States like Josh Berry, or South Africa like Setshaba Mashigo, all have demonstrated their skills through sim racing … Read more

Sim Racing: The Ideal Gateway to Real-Life Racing

Beginner Sim Racer

While I continue to champion the cause that sim racing is an ideal path to real-life racing, I am going to tone down the hard sell. Instead, I will just continue to bring you examples of sim racers who have started to race IRL (in real life). This week continues that tradition. While I bring … Read more

The Potential of Apple Vision Pro in Sim Racing

Apple Vision Pro

What is the potential of Apple Vision Pro to the future of Sim Racing? A critical one according to this week’s edition of the Sim Racing Roundup. I also bring you more news on the potentially ground-breaking sim racing to real world motorsports program Racing Prodigy, comparing a real racing car to iRacing, exercises that … Read more

Racing Prodigy Launches Prodigy Racing League Using Esports as a Pathway to Real-World Racing

Racing Prodigy Radical Race Car

Innovative racing league will make motorsports more accessible using esports as a pathway to real-world racing Registration opens today for the first iRacing esports tournament, starting June 19, with additional tournaments planned across Street Kart Racing, rFactor 2, and RaceRoom over the summer/fall JACKSONVILLE, FL, June 1, 2023 – Racing Prodigy™, a groundbreaking sports, entertainment, and … Read more

How Sim Racing Has Helped the Career of Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen Sim Racing Setup

Max Verstappen is adamant that sim racing has helped him in his Formula 1 career and in this edition of the Sim Racing Roundup, you will learn how. In addition to this, I look at another sim racer experiencing real-world racing, how esports can grow the motorsport ecosystem, multiclass racing tips from Daniel Morad, Formula … Read more

How Sim Racing Can Help You Prepare for a Real Track

Sim vs Real

Sim racing can indeed prepare you to race on a real track and in this week’s edition of the Sim Racing Roundup you will find out how. I feature three drivers who are specifically applying what they are learning in a sim to racing on a real track and each example is instructive of what … Read more