The International Motor Sports Association will have its own, officially sanctioned, racing esports championship later this year thanks to renowned organisers Virtual Competition Organisation.
Announced during its yearly ‘State of the Sport’ presentation, the IMSA Esports Global Championship will consist of four 2 hours 40 minutes races with two drivers per car. Each race will be held using iRacing and broadcast live on RaceSpot TV.
The invitational championship, presumably top-tier professional racing esports teams and drivers, will see multi-class races across GT3 and TCR. The cars eligible in the GT3 class are BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche, while Hyundai and Honda will duke it out in TCR.
“IMSA deserves a world-class Esports racing championship – and it is fantastic that we at VCO can do our bit to make this series happen and bring about success,” said Florian Haasper, CEO of VCO.
Countless real-world motorsport organisations are now represented in esports racing. But IMSA in particular, with its unique diversity of cars and format,s has everything needed to wow fans virtually as well.”
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