(This article was originally posted to Darren’s LinkedIn profile. It has been re-posted with his kind permission.) The Gamer to Racer Crossover is complete. But will ‘gaming’ ever become a real and equal alternative to karting for young drivers? I’d argue it has to. William Byron winning the 500 for Hendricks Motorsports this week has … Read more
IndyCar is on a roll as they enter new media negotiations on the back of their best viewing numbers since 2016. It’s all part of this week’s Business of Motorsport. I also look at the two new racing teams that made Forbes’ list of the World’s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams, the possible return of … Read more
This week I bring you a Gran Turismo film review you should pay attention to. Hint, it’s not just about the move but about race driver development. Continuing with the Gran Turismo theme, you will also get some great tips on using sim racing to prepare for racing in real life, the latest candidates for … Read more
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
Finding the best seating position for sim racing is just one of the topics covered this week and as always there is plenty more. From the latest news on the Gran Turismo movie, watching a sim racer race in a real F4 car and a look at esports and marketing, there is much to learn … Read more
Will the Gran Turismo movie put sim racing in the spotlight? The trailer has been released and we will know in August, but I hope so. In addition to the Gran Turismo trailer and my interview with Jann Mardenborough whom the film is based on, I bring you the details on how Cooper Webster is … Read more
Sim racing in an analog world is a theme this week on the Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup. From the inspiration that sim racing had on one young driver to go racing in the real world, to a real-world racetrack building a state of the art sim racing simulator, the crossover between the two … Read more
As Nik Berg discovered, the switch from sim racing to real-life racing in one steep learning curve. But as I have pointed out in the last few months of the Sim Racing and Esports Roundup, it is starting to become a valid entry point for people wanting to go real-life racing. In addition to Nik’s … Read more
IndyCar and sportscar racer Stefan Wilson talks sim racing and how it can be a fundamental part of a real-world racer’s prep work in this edition of the Sim Racing & Esports News Roundup. I also bring you some competitive sim racing news, new sim racing hardware and more general sim racing news. All this … Read more