New in-person Sim Pro series headlines the 2023 SRO GT World Challenge Esports calendar
The calendar for all five Assetto Corsa Competizione SRO-powered GT World Challenge esports series has been unveiled for 2023, including a new LAN championship.
The virtual counterpart to the GT World Challenge championships is returning for 2023, and it will include a new in-person LAN championship alongside the existing online formats.
The collaboration between the SRO and AK Esports uses the officially sanctioned Assetto Corsa Competizione platform and a field of GT3 machinery.
The online sprint championships for Europe, America and Asia continue in a largely unchanged format, as does the Intercontinental online endurance series which sees multiple drivers per car and includes a virtual 24 Hours of Spa.
Another returnee is the in-person Fanatec GT Pro Series, which happens during real-world race weekends using drivers competing in that weekend’s race. More details for this championship’s format are expected at a later date.
The headline addition is the new SRO Esports Sim Pro Series, which will utilise the same Fanatec Arena as the GT Pro Series, but is open for sim racing teams and drivers.
This builds upon the one-off SRO Esports Racing Night held during the 2022 24 Hours of Spa. We were at that event, one by then-Ferrari driver David Tonizza, and it was enjoyable to see the drivers racing together in the same environment.
This will see 24 entries partake, with 23 determined ahead of each event and the final slot open to a hot-lap qualifier at the race weekend.
Five rounds will make up the new competition, one at each Endurance Cup race: Monza, Circuit Paul Ricard, Spa-Francorchamps, the Nürburgring and Barcelona.
€75,000 is up for grabs, meanwhile, an additional €88,500 will be split across the online championships.
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