Fundamentally, Sim Racing is the Cheapest Form of Motorsport

Fundamentally, sim racing is the cheapest form of motorsport according to Pole Position Founder and CEO Ryan Trutch in discussing the initiative to use sim racing to develop real world race drivers in the United Arab Emirates.

This initiative is just one that I cover in this week’s Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup. I also cover how a sim racer became a sim driver for F1’s Red Bull Racing, the team’s agreement with Rokt to develop female sim racers, how Ted Trax Racing is looking beyond sim racing to the real thing and the latest competitive sim racing news.

I also feature some helpful advice on sim racing racecraft as well as a healthy dose of sim racing technical news and reviews. All this and more in my weekly Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup on Motorsport Prospects.

From Sim Racing to the Real Thing


Fundamentally, Sim Racing is the Cheapest Form of Motorsport

Young UAE racing enthusiasts dreaming of a career as a Formula One driver have been given fresh incentive with the launch of a new esports centre designed to speed the journey into competitive motor sport. Immersive Esports, a state-of-the-art destination for sim racing enthusiasts now open on Dubai’s Umm Suqeim Street, offers 30 race simulators, MotoGP simulators and Virtual Reality treadmills spread over two floors. “Immersive Esports is an important part of this strategy, and its goal is to give drivers the tools they need to achieve their dreams by making a name for themselves in the motor racing world,” said Pole Position Founder and CEO, Ryan Trutch. “Immersive Esports is an important part of this strategy, and its goal is to give drivers the tools they need to achieve their dreams by making a name for themselves in the motor racing world,” said Pole Position Founder and CEO, Ryan Trutch.

“Fundamentally, sim racing is the cheapest form of motor sport,” says Trutch, who is backed by 37 years’ experience in UAE motor sport.“It has millions of enthusiasts worldwide, and allows young people to engage with a generation of gamers, while lowering the entry barriers into motor racing.”


Fundamentally, Sim Racing is the Cheapest Form of Motorsport

In From Sim Racing to the Real Thing, I talk about how sim racers have parlayed their success and experience in sim racing to progress to real world racing. The video above is a bit different. It explains how a sim racer became a Red Bull Racing F1 simulator driver. “Sebastian Job is a world champion esports driver, and now, he’s helping the real-world Oracle Red Bull Racing team on its Formula 1 simulator. Job, a Red Bull Racing Esports driver, is the 2020 Porsche Esports Supercup champion, and also a Scuderia AlphaTauri driver in F1 Esports Series Pro. But, when we talk about F1 simulation, in this instance, we’re talking about the top-secret F1 team’s set-up to assist during racing weekends. Here, Job talks to Traxion.GG about the differences between sim racing, and sim testing, plus the task ahead of himself to adapt to the F1 games in esports competitions when compared to iRacing.”


Fundamentally, Sim Racing is the Cheapest Form of Motorsport

I recently caught up with Tom Hockley of Ted Trax Racing to see what the UK youth-oriented sim racing club was up to and as I learned, quite a lot! For a bit of background on Ted Trax Racing you can see my previous feature on the organization here.

Tom and his band of volunteers are really working hard to build a community of youth participating both online and in person. As part of his extensive networking endeavors, he is working with everyone from Motorsport UK and their new esports initiative as well as real-world racer Luke Reade to increase the visibility of the club and their mission to make the sport more accessible.

They are working on putting together several workshops that incorporate all aspects of a motorsport career as a way of introducing youth to the sport as a whole and not just as a driver. In addition, they are hoping to become a facilitator between real life racing series, organizations and events and their community to introduce them to the wide array of motorsport activities in the UK.

As always, much depends on obtaining funding which Tom is actively working on but with positive momentum building, that will hopefully become easier to obtain to fulfill their exciting goals. You can get more information on Ted Trax Racing and on how to participate by going to their website here


Competitive Sim Racing News

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The Formula 1 team, Oracle Red Bull Racing has announced a new partnership with the global leader in e-commerce technology, Rokt. The two organizations will collaborate on numerous initiatives to promote more diversity in F1 racing and beyond as Rokt joins as an official team partner. In this deal, the Austrian racing team will undertake efforts with its new partnership with the goal of boosting diversity both inside and outside of Formula 1. Moreover, Red Bull intends to hire a female eSporter for its own sim racing squad, among other things.

Bruce Buchanan, CEO, Rokt, said, “Rokt and Oracle Red Bull Racing are both innovative, disruptive, mission-driven companies focused on our commitment to diversity, sustainability and being a force for good in our communities. We’re thrilled to partner with the Oracle Red Bull Racing team and align on our mission to unleash possibility, develop the careers of talented female ethletes and empower women in sports, engineering, e-commerce and other fields across the globe.


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