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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

Using a Racing Simulator to Prepare for Real World Racing

Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series

Using a racing simulator to prepare for real world racing is an important component of why I put together the Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup every week. The focus has always been on using sim racing to either prepare current race drivers for real world racing or to introduce and transition sim racers to … Read more

Sim Racing in an Analog World

Dynisma Motion Generator

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

Sim Racing Setup Advice and More

Dallara P217 LMP2

Like anything, starting out in sim racing can be a daunting task. From new jargon, questions around sim rig setups, which platform to use and more can all be confusing. In this week’s Sim Racing and eSports News Roundup, I bring you sim racing setup advice for the beginner from a reliable source of real … Read more

Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup for August 18, 2022

Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup for August 18, 2022

This week in the Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup I bring you tips from yet another sim racer who has transitioned to the real thing, details on the eSports component of this year’s Motorsport Games, a summer sale at iRacing, dirt racing on consoles and more. Fitzroy Motor has a great article from sim … Read more

Sim Racing and Esports News for May 26, 2022-In The Zone

Sim Racing and Esports News for May 26, 2022-In The Zone

This week’s Sim Racing and Esports News has a lot of great information that you will be able to put to good use. The Coach Dave Academy looks at VR in iRacing, there are details on updates to rFactor 2, the new World Rally Championship game, this year’s edition of the FIA Motorsport Games and … Read more

Sim Racing and Esports News for May 12, 2022

KMag

This week’s Sim Racing and Esports News sees a few F1 drivers in the news. Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen has signed on with Asetek to work closely with their engineers on the development of sim racing products that replicate the “true feeling of an F1 car.” Meanwhile, watch Charles Leclerc plays F1 22 with … Read more

Sim Racing and Esports News for May 5, 2022-The Real Race Is On

Sim Racing and Esports News for May 5, 2022-The Real Race Is On

I have a lot of great content for you this week in my Sim Racing and Esports News roundup. Lamborghini Esports launches The Real Race, SimGrid talks sportsmanship in sim racing, live sim racing events to debut in Charlotte, opportunities for disabled sim racers, Esports in Africa and much more. It is exciting to watch … Read more

Sim Racing and Esports News for March 31, 2022-Accelerating Opportunities

Sim Racing and Esports News for March 31, 2022

This week on Sim Racing and Esports News I bring you more competitions you can get involved in, an incredible opportunity to support disabled sim racers in making the transition to real world racing, two examples of drivers making the move from sim racing to real world racing and more. The opportunities with sim racing … Read more

Sim Racing and Esports News for February 10, 2022 – Sim Rigs, Virtual Rallying and More

Sim Racing and Esports News for February 10, 2022

This week in Sim Racing and Esports News I focus on using a sim rig for real racing prep as well as updates to rFactor 2 and the 2022 season of the eSports WRC Championship kicks off. Last week on the Racecraft and Driver Development Round-Up I mentioned the Spectro Racing video on using a … Read more