Esports

Starting today, Gran Turismo players in Japan aged six and above have their chance to compete for their prefecture on the national stage.

Kunos Simulazioni has announced the first season of its new Assetto Corsa Competizione esport series. Called the SRO E-Sport GT Series, it will kick off next month alongside the Blancpain race at the historic Monza circuit.

With the first live event of the year in the bag, Polyphony Digital has revealed the full schedule for this year’s 2019 FIA-Certified Online Championship.

The action continues here in Paris this afternoon, with the first World Tour Nations Cup final.

The first live event of the 2019 FIA-certified Gran Turismo Championship is underway in Paris this weekend. The Manufacturer Series kicks off right now, and like last year, you can watch it with commentary in one of seven different languages at any of the links below.

Well, file this under unexpected surprise. The world of esports continue to grow as Assetto Corsa Competizione joins the ranks with the SRO Series.

As revealed earlier today, Toyota is now an official partner of the GT Sport FIA-Certified Online Championships.

As announced at the Geneva Motor Show‘s first press day, the FIA’s Digital Motor Sport Working Group has now held its first meeting.

He was the favorite heading into the day, and it turned out to be for good reason. With four wins in as many races, Evan Thorogood clinched the title at the WorldGaming Pfaff Forza 7 Canadian Challenge in Toronto on Sunday.

Sixteen drivers remain, but only one will win the chance to drive a race car. The Pfaff WorldGaming Canadian Challenge grand finals kick off very shortly, and it’ll all be live on Twitch.

The cat’s out of the bag: Polyphony Digital is returning to the live event format for its GT Sport invitationals, and it starts in less than a month.

Things have been a little quiet on the GT Academy front recently. As GT Sport’s full esports competition got into action, the gamer-to-racer program seemed to wither somewhat.

Do esports exist? Given their immense popularity, it’s a rather silly question. However, it’s one the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is answering in an odd way.

Esports is a big business. It attracts some of the top gaming talent, big sponsors, and offers up some impressive prize money. Due to this, more and more games are getting in on the action. However, there’s a new event on the horizon that’s unlike any other major esports around, one that focuses on Farming Simulator 19.

You’d think that, by now, the idea that sim racers might be pretty handy with real cars would have sunk in. It’s been over a decade since Lucas Ordonez won GT Academy, and he’s had a class podium at Le Mans among other career highlights.

The premiere yearly Project CARS 2 esport series is back for 2019. There’s €20,000 in prize money up for grabs, and the return of fan-favorite multi-class racing.

After a short and dominant 12-lap sprint in rFactor 2, Igor Fraga has added another win to his resume. The 20-year-old Brazilian has just won the grand prize of the McLaren Shadow Project.

The biggest esports competition in the world is now down to its final three.

After over half a million people tried out, only seven remain in the McLaren Shadow initiative. These lucky (and talented) seven are on-site at the company’s Woking headquarters, where the first of two live stream events is about to go down. The winner will earn a spot on McLaren’s dedicated esport team.

The latest proof that racing esports are on the up comes from McLaren. According to the British car maker, over half a million gamers took part in its multi-platform McLaren Shadow initiative.