Sim Racer Deagen Fairclough Wins British F4 Championship

Sim racer Deagen Fairclough has claimed victory in the British F4 Championship, and he’s just one of several sim racers competing in real-world racing, highlighted in this week’s Sim Racing Roundup. I also feature a video charting one sim racer’s journey from iPad sim racing to Prodigy Week, why Porsche and Genesis are involved in esports and much more!

From Sim Racing to the Real Thing

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From sim racer to winning the coveted ROKiT British F4 Championship title at world famous Silverstone, record-breaking Deagen Fairclough is the latest e-sports graduate to make a super-successful switch from virtual to real world racing.

Now in his second F4 season, Fairclough has dominated in 2024 not only becoming the first driver to seal the title before the season finale but also winning an unprecedented number of races. His latest two victories at Silverstone took his tally to 12 wins with three races still remaining on the calendar, thus eclipsing the previous record of 11 set by Alex Dunne in 2022.

Sim Racer Deagen Fairclough Wins British F4 Championship

Earlier this year twenty four drivers and six reserves drivers signed contracts to become real world racing drivers. They had all competed in sim racing to win their pass to attend Prodigy Week held at the Atlanta Motorsports Park in the United States. It was all made possible by Racing Prodigy and their partners, with a determination to break down the barriers into motor sports.

“As the first season continues to develop, the qualification for the second season has now begun. This is your opportunity to become a real world racing driver. A lot of things that are being offered sound too good to be true. I know, I thought that myself. Which is why I wanted to put this video out and show you the real experience of a real person experiencing a real race car for the first time during Prodigy Week. If you think you’re the next Racing Prodigy, head over to https://racingprodigy.com/ now and sign up.” Watch the video above from Tough Monkey for a taste of the journey from sim racer on an iPad to real-world motorsport.

William Byron

Over the years, William Byron has established himself as a formidable racing driver in NASCAR. The man from Charlotte, North Carolina rose through the ranks and is currently racing full-time with Hendrick Motorsports. However, his start to the pinnacle of stock car racing did not start with karting, but with iRacing. SportSkeeda has all you need to know about William Byron.

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Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer Porsche has a works team competing in digital racing. And like Le Mans and Formula E, sim racing is not a sport simply for the sake of it. In an interview, Nina Braack, Manager Esports at Porsche Motorsport, talks about video games, the industry and the sport.

“Talent, training, tactics and teamwork – that’s what Esports are all about. So it all dovetails very well, especially as sport is not defined by physicality alone. Because we simulate real conditions in sim racing, a lot of the demands placed on athletes in our discipline are transferred from the real world to the digital sphere.”

Read the full interview with Nina here.

Sim Racer Deagen Fairclough Wins British F4 Championship

Esports Insider reveals that race winner Lando Norris wore a Quadrant-themed helmet during the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix. The design of the helmet moves away from Norris’ distinctive fluorescent green color, which is also the primary colour of the Quadrant brand. According to a social media post from the organization, the ‘liquid carbon’ design is a ‘tease for Quadrant’s rebrand’ set to take place in early 2025.

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AutoGuide explains why Esports matters for Korean manufacturer Genesis. “It’s the advancements in simulation that make this approach possible—and unlock a new avenue for Genesis to court would-be buyers. “Our design team works very closely with Gran Turismo developers to maintain authenticity,” says Genesis, and things like modern force feedback wheels and the availability of the PSVR2 headset puts players behind the wheel in a very convincing way. “The designers provide all of the data to the development team, which uses real world physics to convincingly replicate aerodynamic forces, engine performance and traction,” explains the Genesis spokesperson, “which determines how the car performs and reacts on each of the racetracks.””

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