The iRacing eNASCAR series will return in 2021, which comes to the surprise of absolutely no-one. But, we do now have a look at the schedule and confirmation of some serious prize money – $330,000 to be precise. $330,000 is an astronomical amount of money and one of the highest prize pools in racing esports…Continue reading “Schedule released for 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola Series”»
A minor update to the iRacing simulation is coming tomorrow. This marks the 4th update to season 1 of the 2021 season (which confusingly started in December 2020). Patch 3 was fairly minor as well, featuring mainly BOP and setup adjustments for cars. Notable changes include: Further BOP updates – Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Ferrari 488…Continue reading “2021 season 1 patch 4 update for iRacing”»
As previously reported, Formula 1 is bringing back the Virtual GP Series for three weeks only. Just like the events that took place as motorsport was suspended at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, this race will feature a number of celebrities, influencers and a sprinkling of F1 drivers as well. This melting pot of…Continue reading “F1 Virtual Austrian Grand Prix drivers revealed”»
Ahead of tonight’s Formula E:Accelerate esports event, the drivers participating have been announced. Whilst three of the drivers were pre-determined by the qualifiers on rFactor 2 hosted a few weeks back, teams were free to determine the majority of the drivers on the grid. Interestingly there are a number of drivers that represent other teams…Continue reading “Revealed – Formula E: Accelerate drivers”»
Further F1 Esports team changes rocked the established boat today with the surprise announcement that 2020 Jarno Opmeer will be joining the Brackley-based team. The announcement comes as the F1 Esports fraternity gear up for the first 2021 Virtual GP show on Sunday (31st January 2021). Former McLaren driver Dani Moreno will also make a…Continue reading “Champion Opmeer joins Mercedes-AMG F1 Esports team”»
Following last year’s successful sim racing events, NASCAR has once again joined forces with iRacing to recreate the Pro Invitational Series. Last year’s events took place during the coronavirus pandemic’s halt on sporting events. Many series, including Formula One, IndyCar and Le Mans also held their own virtual events as there was a wait for…Continue reading “NASCAR announce return of the eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series”»
For the third instalment of the Winter Heat Series on NASCAR Heat 5, the PlayStation and Xbox competitors headed to the unique Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course on Sunday, 24th January 2021 for the New Year Resolution 70. The newest track to be added to NASCAR Heat 5, this marked the first official esport competition on the 2.439-mile…Continue reading “Castro and Buttafuoco keep their resolutions”»
The world-renowned esports team, Coanda Simsport, took victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona on iRacing this weekend. Their team consisted of a trio of some of the iRacing service’s very best road course drivers: Joshua Rogers, Mitchell deJong and Mack Bakkum. In some respects, it was a dominant victory for the #8 Coanda Simsport…Continue reading “Coanda Simsport take the win in Daytona 24 top-split”»
Following server issues earlier in the day, the special event has finally started. The top-split race started at approximately 18:24 UTC – over 5 hours later than the initially scheduled race time and almost 1 and a half hours later than the revised schedule offered by iRacing. It has also been alleged that iRacing admins…Continue reading “iRacing’s Daytona 24 Hour FINALLY gets underway”»
UPDATE: iRacing have confirmed that they are going to attempt a 5 pm UTC restart (4-hour delay) and offer all affected drivers $5 in credit. Once again, iRacing has been having registration problems with a special event. After frustrated racers being initially stuck in limbo over not being able to join a session, iRacing has…Continue reading “Daytona 24 on iRacing hits big problems”»
