Suellio Almeida has graduated from sim racing to a real-life podium at the Dubai Autodrome racing in the Gulf Radical Cup and his experience exemplifies how sim racing enabled the transition. I also feature how to deal with setbacks in your racing career, the relaunch of the F1 esports competition and more. It is all … Read more
The FIA and iRacing are working to grow grassroots motorsport by making available 12-month promotional codes to all ASNs (national associations) that they can offer to their members. The plan is that by offering a low-cost and easily accessible route into grassroots motor sport, sim racers may potentially move on to real-life competition. This is … Read more
Transitioning from Sim to DTM, this is the mantra of Tim Heinemann, a race driver with a rich background in sim racing, as he takes on the challenges of the DTM race series. This week, catch a glimpse of the trailer for his upcoming documentary, ‘The Rookie,’ chronicling his remarkable journey. I also feature a … Read more
(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
This week the Sim Racing Roundup looks at leveraging sim racing to hone your real-world racing skills. I also bring you details on the latest competitive sim racing news, tech reviews and a tribute to the late great Ryuji Urabe. All this and more in this week’s edition of the Sim Racing Roundup on Motorsport … Read more
It’s all about Black Friday 2023 this week as I bring you a roundup of some of the Black Friday sim racing deals that are available this year. You will also see how a sim racer fares in his first attempt at racing a Radical, how an iRacing champion is working to race in NASCAR … Read more
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
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
The 2022 ADAC SimRacing Expo kicks off next week, and in this week’s Sim Racing and Esports News Roundup I bring you everything you need to know. I also look at how sim racing can help you with getting a leg up in real world racing, some sim racing tech news, Gran Turismo 7 developments … Read more