Digital Motorsports – the Irish sim racing retailer – recently played host to a World Cup of sim racing, where 33 of the fastest sim racers in the world battled against each other to win a share of a €20,000 prize pool. All the drivers took part in cars liveried up in their nation’s flags, with 20 different countries represented on the grid.
Although there wasn’t a team element to proceedings, some of the top sim racing squads on the planet had multiple entries, including Williams Esports, MSI eSports and VRS Coanda Simsport – who could count on real-life Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup star Ayhancan Güven in their lineup.
As a celebratory nod to 100 years of Polish motor racing, the race was broadcast live from Digital Motorsports’ studios in Warsaw, Poland – close to title sponsor G2A’s Polish R&D base.
The finalists fought for a place on the grid over three days of qualifying, where around 200 initial entrants were whittled down to the final 33, including professional sim-racing superstars such as Mortiz Löhner, Maximilian Benecke and Sebastian Job. The broadcast was set to include a number of the world’s best sim-racers in the studio, but due to Covid-19-affected travel restrictions six of Poland’s top esports drivers filled in as late substitutes.
The contenders were set to duke it out over a 30-minute sprint race using the iRacing version of the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, driving the new-for-2021 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 992 car, with commentary coming from Jack Cunnane and Kevin Galvin.
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