Introduced in 2023 as a feeder series by Motorsports UK for non-professional drivers to progress into the British F4 Esports Championship, the 2024 UK FF1600 Esports Cup beings in August with a Time Attack pre-qualification on iRacing. It's open to all nationalities, and you don't need Motosport UK Esports membership or an entry fee to test your skills when the pre-qualifier … [Read more...]
The Official British F4 Esports Championship Returns For 2023
With two more rounds and a new feeder championship open to all drivers, the official British F4 Esports Championship returns for 2023 on iRacing. Launched last year by sanctioning body Motorsports UK, each of the events will feature two races, broadcast live via Race Spot TV, and the schedule will only use circuits from the ROKiT British F4 calendar. The 2022 series was a … [Read more...]
Support Team ORD in the RLCC Clio Cup Series
The Racing Line Clio Cup is a new five round iRacing championship kicking off tonight, Monday April 24th, and you can support Team ORD in the RLCC Clio Cup series each week as it's broadcast live online. Qualifying starts at 7.50pm UK time with two 15 minute races beginning at 8pm, and there's a field of around 20 teams and 40 drivers competing for the titles in the inaugral … [Read more...]
New Historic Rally ESports Series For DiRT Rally 2.0
Mixing classic cars and sim racing games, there's a new historic rally eSports series for DiRT Rally 2.0 with prizes on offer thanks to a partnership between Exol Lubricants and the Historic Rally Car Register (HRCR). The HRCR run series including the 12-round Stage Masters championship. And the new Exol HRCR eRally Challenge will run at the same time as crews prepare for … [Read more...]
ESL R1 2023 Spring Season Driver Line-Ups
After the details, participating teams and calendar were announced for the inaugural ESL R1 competition earlier this week, organisations have been sharing their ESL R1 2023 Spring Season driver line-ups. And it should make for some tough racing, with organisations fielding high skilled and experienced sim racers. A total of 12 teams are taking part, with each fielding 4 … [Read more...]
ESL R1 Rennsport Sim Racing Series Details Announced
The format, team and prizes have been confirmed with the ESL R1 Rennsport sim racing series details announced. Each year will see two championships running, with the Spring season kicking off on February 10-12th, 2023 with the first of eight rounds. Each of the two annual seasons ends with a Major event, which will see the top 24 driver compete to become the champion and get … [Read more...]
New Rennsport-based ESL R1 Esports Series Revealed
With a closed beta beginning soon, before an open beta starts in Spring 2023, we've already seen a new Rennsport-based ESL R1 Esports series revealed in a teaser video promising more details on January 23rd, 2023. The German-based eSports company has been around for more than 20 years, and has hosted some racing game competitions in the past using Live for Speed. But that … [Read more...]
Trackmania Grand League World Cup 2022 Begins On July 1st
It's the climax of the eSports season for a group of racers as the Trackmania Grand League World Cup 2022 begins on July 1st. It will see two days of group stage competitions behind closed doors at the Stade de France Auditorium near Paris, followed by the playoffs and grand finale in front of a live audience on July 3rd. The three days will pit 16 top players against each … [Read more...]
Team Redline Win The Inaugural 2022 VCO Infinity 24 Hour Event
It was a busy weekend for 40 top sim racing teams, but only one team could be victorious as Team Redline win the inaugural 2022 VCO Infinity 24 Hour event on iRacing. Their quintet of drivers finished just 3 points ahead of URANO eSports, with R8G eSports taking third overall. The VCO Infinity event offered something different, with a total of 40 sim racing teams competing … [Read more...]
VCO Partners with Coupe de France GT
French sim racers will have a higher profile series to compete in as VCO partners with Coupe de France GT for iRacing events starting in December 2021. The Virtual Competition Organisation (VCO) will be working on the joint venture as the popular Coupe de France GT becomes powered by VCO. The first event to be scheduled under the new partnership takes place on 12th December … [Read more...]
Redline Dominated The 2021 iRacing Petit Le Mans
It was a commanding performance as Team Redline dominated the 2021 iRacing Petit Le Mans powered by VCO, with wins across all three classes. The 10 hour endurance race held at the virtual Road Atlanta saw the eSports organisation take victory in the GT3, GTE and LMP2 categories in the top split of the event. And that was despite the car of F1 star Max Verstappen retire after … [Read more...]
The Real Race Lamborghini eSports Contest Returns for 2021
There's an opportunity to become a professional sim racer as The Real Race Lamborghini eSports contest returns for 2021. And registration has opened now for the qualification period. It's followed by races from June until November, with one driver given the opportunity to become the first Lamborghini Official Sim Driver. The 2020 series saw more than 2,500 sim racers from … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo Sport Olympic Virtual Series Arrives
It's pretty big news that the Gran Turismo Sport Olympic Virtual Series arrives in GT Sport from today, following the release of update 1.65. Qualification starts from now until May 23rd, 2021, with the top 16 time tral competitors then going through to a world final broadcast live on June 23rd, 2021. The Olympic Virtual Series is running for the first time across five … [Read more...]
New Supercross 4 Esports Series and Historical Cup DLC
Two reasons to revist the latest off-road motorcycling game from Milestone, with a new Supercross 4 Esports Series and Historical Cup DLC both announced. The Monster Energy Supercross 4 SX eSport Championship The Monster Energy Supercross 4 SX eSport Championship is the most exciting of the two, with a grand prize of a real Yamaha Wolverine RMAX4 1000 adventure buggy … [Read more...]
2021 CUPRA SimRacing Series Begins on RaceRoom
Plenty of esports competitions are getting underway at the moment, and many are free to enter. For example, you could win a share of €10,000 prize money as the 2021 CUPRA SimRacing Series begins on RaceRoom. The free-to-play racing sim will host 10 rounds of competition. There will be a hot lap leaderboard for each event with the top 144 drivers qualifying for 6 divisions of … [Read more...]