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Sunday saw the first round of the official British GT Esports Championship, broadcast live from the iconic Cheshire venue, Oulton Park. For the first time in an SRO esports competition, there was multi-class racing, with the top-class GT3 cars pedalled by real-world drivers including some familiar British GT names such as Jonny Adam, Sam Neary…Continue reading “First British GT Esports Championship round decided by stewards”»

Chip Ganassi driver Alex Palou took victory at a virtual Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal during the first round of the 2021 IndyCar iRacing Challenge. Leading from pole position, the Spanish driver looked in control most of the way through, but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Supercars superstar and 3x champion Scott McLaughlin, who will…Continue reading “Palou takes IndyCar iRacing Challenge victory ahead of Eves and McLaughlin”»

We explain all the details behind Ferrari’s 2021 Esports Series, as it returns for a second season of intense competition.

Following an incredible start to the season in last week’s GT PRO Series, it’s now time for the challengers to show us what they’re made of. After competing in hot-lap challenges, drivers have been split up based on their rankings. Today’s racing focuses on the top split, containing some of the best rFactor 2 esports…Continue reading “WATCH: GT Challenge Series Season 3, Round 1, Live”»

Following a debut last year, the Indycar esports series is to return next week ahead of the championship’s real racing kick-off on the 18th of April. There’s a three-race mini-series in store for race fans with real-world superstars that includes Will Power, Takuma Sato and IndyCar newcomer and ex-F1 superstar Romain Grosjean scheduled to take…Continue reading “IndyCar iRacing Challenge to return next week”»

Formula E is the pinnacle of electric motorsport and we are proud to host their Accelerate competition on rFactor 2 via our channels for the very first time. In the Formula E Accelerate series, 24 of the very best sim racers in the world battle it out, representing the very same manufacturers you find in…Continue reading “WATCH: Formula E: Accelerate live on Traxion”»

SRO has released a little bit more detail about its upcoming esports series plans for GT World Challenge Europe. As reported a while back, the series – which is due to be run on Assetto Corsa Competizione – is slated to include points for teams in the overall championship based on their success in an…Continue reading “No sim racers but €125k and points for GT World Challenge Europe”»

Let us preface this review by saying that we’re not going to spend too much time examining what’s new in WRC 9 compared to its predecessor. The PlayStation, Xbox and PC versions have been out for some time. Instead, we’ll be investigating how the game transitions to Switch and what features are available or missing…Continue reading “WRC 9 Nintendo Switch review”»

The Background It’s been quite a while since the last Wipeout (or wipEout if you want to be stylised) was released. Sure, we got the “Omega Collection” in 2017 but that was just a remaster of Wipeout 2048 and Wipeout HD. All things considered, we’re overdue some new futuristic anti-gravity racing. PACER first came into…Continue reading “PACER review: Is this the Wipeout successor we need?”»

Here we go then… the start of a brand-new season in the highly competitive rFactor 2 GT Pro Series! It’s bound to be another exciting series and last week’s car draft will have no doubt influenced the pecking order. Can reigning champion Jajovski tame the ill-favoured Radical RXC Turbo GT3? Last season’s runner-up, Kevin Siggy…Continue reading “WATCH: GT Pro Series Season 3 Round 1”»