Moza Racing began life as a division of Chinese firm Gudsen Technology. Since 2021, the brand has produced a range of new sim racing and flight simulator peripherals, including pedals, shifters, handbrakes, a motion platform and digital display units. However, its lineup of wheelbases and steering wheels has really put the company on the sim racing map, with an almost overwhelming number of products streaming out from its Shenzhen headquarters. With such a large array of products, it can be difficult to pick out the best, so we’ve collated a list of what we think are Moza’s best options across several categories below. Best Moza round steering wheel for rallying and drifting The CS Pro is a PC-compatible steering wheel dripping with functionality. Ideal for virtual drifting, rallying and road car driving, the CS Pro is available from $329 / €349 / £319 and features eight adjustable RGB-backed buttons, four 12-position rotary encoders, two seven-way funky switches, two thumbwheels and two new ‘brake magic’ buttons to the rear of its plastic and forged carbon chassis. In addition, there is a 2.99-inch screen, a pair of shifter paddles and a pair of analogue clutch paddles, with scope to add a third set. It doesn’t lack inputs, then. Much like the CS Pro, the KS Pro packs in a ton of functionality into its 300mm-wide chassis. Available from $329 / €349 / £319, the KS Pro has the same 2.99-inch touchscreen as the CS Pro, plus an improved forged carbon finish over the original KS. Some of the quality control issues with its predecessor have also been ironed out, for a much more solid driving experience. The wheel comes with four bronze-coloured thumbwheels, two seven-way funky switches, two ‘brake magic’ buttons, five rotary encoders, 12 buttons and two pairs of paddles. It’s
Aug 6, 2026 · via traxion.gg
Wreckfest 2 arrived in early access in March 2025. Since then, through a series of significant updates, there’s no doubt it looks sharper, handles better, has crunch(ier?) damage and some interesting game modes.
But… 17 months on, we can’t help but think something is missing compared to the bombastic original.
There’s still time, as a release date for exiting early access and hitting PS5 and Xbox isn’t confirmed yet, but is it time to become slightly worried? John Munro explores, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below
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- Primary Subject: Porsche Licensing History in Racing Games - Key Update: A comprehensive retrospective exploring Electronic Arts' sixteen-year exclusive Porsche licensing deal, the rise of RUF, and how Porsche's return changed racing games. - Status: Confirmed - Last Verified: August 6, 2026 - Quick Answer: Electronic Arts held exclusive Porsche video game rights from 2000 to 2016, forcing rival racing franchises to use sublicenses or RUF stand-ins. The first time I drove a RUF CTR in Gran Turismo, I had no idea what I was looking at. The game called it a Yellowbird and described the maker as a German sports car marque, which told me nothing. It looked like a 911. It sounded like a 911. Nobody in the game would say the word Porsche, and it took me an embarrassingly long time to work out why. The answer was a contract signed in 2000 that shaped which cars you could drive for the next sixteen years. The Deal That Started With Porsche Unleashed Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed arrived in 2000, and it remains one of the strangest entries in the series. EA built an entire game around one manufacturer, spanning the 356 through to the 996 Turbo, with a Factory Driver mode that cast you as a Porsche test driver rather than a street racer. The marketing at the time promised seventy models covering the company's whole history. Around that release, EA secured the exclusive license to Porsche in games. No public figure has ever been attached to the deal, and anyone quoting you a number is guessing. What is documented is the effect. For the next decade and a half, if you wanted a car with a Porsche badge, you played an EA game, or paid EA for the privilege. Gran Turismo Just Went Without
Aug 6, 2026 · via racinggames.gg
Sim-Lab is finally entering the Direct Drive Wheelbases with a huge bet. There are two main flavours to choose from: the all-mighty DDS39 and the DDS26. Both seem to have very interesting specs. The DDS TorqueSync™ Direct-Drive Wheelbase is a no-compromise force-feedback system built on industrial motorsport technology. Developed with SOLO Motorcontrollers, it combines a 350V servo architecture, 100 kHz control loop, and patented signal processing to deliver torque response that’s faster, cleaner, and more precise than anything in sim racing. Available in DDS26 (26 Nm) and DDS39 (39 Nm), both variants share the same uncompromising engineering and performance. Videos Industrial-grade motor control meets 350V power delivery. Voltage Makes the Difference The DDS TorqueSync™ combines a SPMSM / AC Brushless industrial motor, the same type found in industrial automation, with an internal 350 VDC bus that delivers massive voltage headroom. Hand-built with harmonised magnet pairs and distributed-wound stator cores, the motor virtually eliminates torque ripple and cogging. The high-voltage architecture provides the power to overcome back-EMF, maintaining torque at higher speeds and delivering significantly faster slew rates. The result is silky-smooth rotation with instant torque delivery that responds to rapid changes without lag or voltage sag. Full USB connectivity designed for today’s wheels and tomorrow’s innovations. Future-Proof Data Passthrough The DDS TorqueSync™ features comprehensive data passthrough that works seamlessly with every steering wheel on the market. Full USB 2.0 runs directly through the base to your PC. No signal degradation, no compatibility issues, no proprietary restrictions. A dedicated 5V power line at 2,500 mA handles high-draw displays and button boxes without taxing standard USB limits. All of this flows through an industrial-grade replaceable slipring rated for 200 million cycles, ensuring reliable signal transmission for years of racing. Your wheels, your displays, your setup: connected without compromise. Patented technology synchronizes simulator
Aug 6, 2026 · via boxthislap.org
iRacing Weekly Tune-in | eSports & Community Events | August 6th to August 12th, 2026 August 5th, 2026 by Justin Melillo Welcome to the iRacing Weekly Tune-in, your guide to what is available to watch this week on the official iRacing broadcast channels, as well as some special events to watch around the iRacing community. From official iRacing eSports to select community events, there’s plenty to tune in for and enjoy. Here’s what on the schedule, from August 6th to August 12th in 2026. THURSDAY | August 6th, 2026 🇺🇸 RE-AIR | eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series | 1 PM ET The replay to the 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series race at Richmond Raceway For more information, visit eNASCAR.com. Car: NASCAR Gen 7 | Track: Richmond Broadcasted by iRacing Watch Here FRIDAY | August 7th, 2026 🇪🇺 iRacing Radical e-CUP | 5 PM ET Fast Cars on fast Tracks. That’s what the Radical Esports Cup offers drivers with a Class C license and the desire to “turn, baby, turn!” The Radical SR10 sports racer offers iRacers a potent combination of acceleration and top end speed, nimble handling and stopping power. Car: Radical SR10 | Track: Lime Rock Park Broadcasted by RACESPOT | Local Broadcast Time: 21:00 GMT Watch Here 🇺🇸 NASCAR iRacing Series | 9 PM ET The NASCAR iRacing Series is an Oval Class C series that precisely mirrors the NASCAR Cup Series. The Open Setup Series has four races over the course of each weekend at the virtual counterpart of the real world track where NASCAR is competing that week. Car: NASCAR Cup Gen 7 | Track: Iowa Broadcasted by Grid Vision Live Watch Here SATURDAY | August 8th, 2026 🇺🇸 INDYCAR iRacing Series | 2 PM ET The INDYCAR iRacing Series returns in 2026! Following the
Aug 5, 2026 · via iracing.com
Corsair has acquired the assets of Australian simulation-hardware company Trak Racer, extending its push into a corner of gaming where a single customer can spend thousands, and in some configurations tens of thousands, of dollars assembling one system. Financial terms were not disclosed. Corsair also did not identify the specific legal entities, assets or liabilities included in the transaction, and did not provide revenue or profitability figures for Trak Racer. Founder Matt Sten will join Corsair as chief technology officer for Sim Solutions, according to the announcement. The Melbourne-based company brings a catalog of aluminum-profile and tubular cockpits, seats, monitor mounts, motion and haptic systems, and flight-simulation products. Corsair said Trak Racer will complement Fanatec, the German sim racing brand it acquired in 2024, which focuses principally on wheelbases, steering wheels, pedals and shifters. That division points toward a more vertically integrated product strategy: Fanatec supplies the electronic controls, Trak Racer supplies the structure around them, and Corsair can add gaming PCs, monitors, streaming equipment and other peripherals from elsewhere in its portfolio. “Trak Racer meaningfully expands Fanatec’s sim racing lineup, bringing an extensive cockpit and accessories portfolio and a passionate, loyal community that we’re excited to welcome to the Fanatec family,” Corsair CEO Thi La said in the company’s release. Sten framed the deal around distribution, saying Corsair’s “global distribution and retail infrastructure, paired with Fanatec’s engineering strength and product portfolio, will let us bring Trak Racer products to a much larger audience while staying true to the community that helped build this brand.” The acquisition extends a sim racing expansion that began before Corsair owned Fanatec. In June 2024, Corsair unveiled a prototype modular sim racing cockpit at Computex, promising a steel frame that could shift between an upright GT position and a semi-reclined, Formula-style one. A closely
Aug 5, 2026 · via esportsadvocate.net
In twelve years, the torque output of sim racing wheel bases has multiplied nearly twentyfold. The real cars they are meant to simulate still produce exactly what they produced back then. On 1 August 2026, Sim-Lab opened reservations for its first two direct drive wheel bases. The smaller one delivers 26 Nm. The larger one delivers 39. That is the highest figure a consumer wheel base has ever carried, four above the previous ceiling, and the reaction online was immediate and predictable. Somebody asked who exactly they were planning to murder. The joke conceals a legitimate question the industry has spent a decade avoiding: at what point did we stop chasing realism and start chasing a number? The starting point: two newton metres and a gearbox To grasp the scale of the jump, it helps to remember where we came from. A consumer-grade geared wheel, the kind Logitech still sells today for a couple of hundred euros, produces a little over two newton metres. Belt-driven systems, one rung up, push that to three or four. For nearly two decades, that was the ceiling of what an enthusiast could have at home. The problem was not just the force. Between the motor and the driver’s hands sat gears, belts and pulleys, and every one of those components ate part of the information. What reached the wheel was a filtered, flattened, slightly delayed version of what the simulator had calculated. Kerb strikes arrived rounded off. Loss of grip arrived late. 2013: the people who removed the belt The idea of bolting a steering wheel straight onto a motor shaft did not come from the games industry. It came from industrial automation. In Tampere, Finland, a company called Granite Devices had been building control electronics for servo motors since 2006. Its founder arrived
Aug 5, 2026 · via boxthislap.org
Corsair has bought Trak Racer, placing the Australian cockpit manufacturer alongside Fanatec. The founder joins as CTO, Hot Wheels and Porsche licensing come with it, and Corsair now owns most of a sim rig. Corsair Gaming announced on 5 August 2026 that it has acquired all the assets of Trak Racer, the Melbourne-based manufacturer of racing and flight simulation cockpits, frames, seats, monitor stands, motion systems and accessories. The company joins Fanatec inside Corsair’s growing simulation portfolio. No purchase price was disclosed. Trak Racer was founded in 2008 by Matt Sten and built its reputation on aluminium profile and tubular cockpits spanning entry level to professional, along with racing seats and licensed co-branded peripherals. Its signature TRX cockpit converts between a formula seating position and an upright GT orientation without tools. The founder is staying, and moving up The detail that matters most for anyone worried about what happens to the brand: Matt Sten has joined Corsair as Chief Technology Officer for SIM Solutions. That is a considerably better outcome than the last time Corsair moved in this market. When it acquired Endor AG, Fanatec’s parent, in 2024, the German company was heavily in debt and founder Thomas Jackermeier was ultimately excluded from the deal after a long and contentious process. The community reaction was correspondingly cold. In Sten’s own words, joining Corsair and Fanatec gives Trak Racer a platform to reach far more simulation enthusiasts faster than it could alone, and he framed the intention as bringing the products to a much larger audience while staying true to the community that helped build the brand. Whether that survives contact with a Nasdaq-listed parent is the open question, but starting with the founder in the chief technology seat is a different starting point entirely. How Corsair is dividing the two
Aug 5, 2026 · via boxthislap.org
Delhi Leg of Formula 1 Sim Racing India Draws Over 3,000 Participants Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited (MFRL) concluded the Delhi leg of the F1® Sim Racing India Open 2026 Time Trials at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, after attracting more than 3,000 participants over three days, underlining the rising popularity of Formula 1® and sim racing in India. The event was attended by Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Raksha Khadse, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, who endorsed initiatives aimed at identifying and developing Indian motorsport talent for global competition. A total of 940 drivers earned a place on the official qualification leaderboard after competing on professional Formula 1® simulators. Shivansh De Bejoy, 16, topped the standings with a fastest lap of 1:20.755 around the Monza circuit. Eleven-year-old Aarav Gupta emerged as one of the biggest highlights, finishing 10th overall with a time of 1:21.674, less than a second behind the quickest lap of the event. Six Junior category drivers also secured places among the overall top 20, reflecting the depth of young talent on display. "Motorsport is evolving, and so is the way champions are built. More than just gaming, sim racing is a highly realistic virtual motorsport used by professional racing teams and drivers for training, while also serving as a global esports platform. This is a perfect example of how sport and technology are coming together to shape the future," said Raksha Khadse. MFRL Managing Director Ameet Gadhoke said the strong response from Delhi and support from policymakers reinforced the company's belief that India has the potential to produce world-class racing talent. He added that MFRL remains committed to building a structured pathway for aspiring drivers to compete internationally. Participants who surpassed the official qualifying benchmark have progressed to the
Aug 5, 2026 · via overdrive.in
Corsair has acquired the assets of Trak Racer, the Melbourne-based maker of sim racing cockpits, seats, and motion systems, bringing another well-known sim racing name under the same roof as Fanatec. It was less than two years ago that Corsair emerged as the successful buyer of Fanatec’s business and assets from its insolvent parent company Endor AG, before confirming the deal and committing to keep Fanatec’s product lines alive in September 2024. This time the circumstances are rather less dramatic, but the logic is much the same: Corsair wants to own more of the sim racing market, and Trak Racer fills an obvious gap. Fanatec’s business is centered primarily on the electronics: wheelbases, steering wheels, pedals, and shifters. Trak Racer’s is everything those bolt onto, from entry-level tubular rigs up to professional-grade aluminum cockpits, along with racing seats, monitor and peripheral mounts, and motion and haptic systems. Of course, GTPlanet is an affiliate partner of both Trak Racer and Fanatec (and you can save 5% off orders with Fanatec discount code GTPLANET5). Put the two catalogs together and Corsair can now sell you an entire simulator, frame and all. That’s a meaningful shift for a company that only revealed its first sim racing rig of its own in mid-2024, shortly after it first announced its pursuit of Fanatec. Trak Racer was founded in 2008 by Matt Sten, who now joins Corsair as Chief Technology Officer for Sim Solutions. “Joining CORSAIR and Fanatec gives Trak Racer the platform to reach far more sim racing enthusiasts faster than we could on our own,” Sten said, pointing to Corsair’s global distribution network as the key benefit for the brand. Corsair CEO Thi La described the acquisition as one that “meaningfully expands Fanatec’s sim racing lineup”, welcoming what she called Trak Racer’s “passionate, loyal
Aug 5, 2026 · via gtplanet.net
Corsair just introduced new gaming keyboards with a control dial and a mouse with great battery life The company also recently acquired the racing sim peripheral maker Trak Racer. Corsair just introduced a pair of gaming keyboards and a new gaming mouse, and all three are stacked with nifty features. The Skiff 100 and Skiff 100 Plus gaming keyboards are nearly identical. Both have a rotary dial for nuanced controls, allowing users to skip complicated menus in certain situations. This is also a really good way to access volume and track controls when listening to music. Both keyboards also have 10-zone RGB lighting for dynamic effects, a detachable wrist rest with a rubber surface for ergonomic support and quiet membrane keys. The only difference between the two is that the Skiff 100 Plus has six programmable G-keys that can be customized to complete in-game commands and initiate macros. These keyboards are fully compatible with PC, Mac, Xbox and PlayStation, with no software installation required. The standard Skiff 100 costs $60, while the Skiff 100 Plus costs $70. The company has also introduced the Harpoon v2 wireless gaming mouse. This little doodad features an asymmetric ergonomic shape "built for long gaming sessions." It features the company's Marksman 26K sensor and six programmable buttons. The battery life is also impressive, offering up to 140 hours of use per charge. The mouse is compatible with PC and Mac systems, with no software installation required. The Harpoon v2 costs $70. All of these products are available to order right now. There's one other piece of news in the Corsair world. The company has purchased Trak Racer, a manufacturer of high-end gaming peripherals. Trak Racer is known for making full-body racing cockpits and flight sim accessories. Corsair already owns Fanatec, another company that makes high-end
Aug 5, 2026 · via engadget.com
CORSAIR has just bolstered its accessory catalogue. Today, the company known for delivering quality peripherals has acquired Trak Racer, a pillar in racing and flight accessories. Let’s face it, simulation racing has grown exponentially in the past decade, so peripherals like what Trak Racer offers have become more lucrative. Today, it’s apparently grown lucrative enough for the brand to jump in with both feet and acquire Trak Racer for its known prowess in racing and flight sim peripherals. As a global designer and manufacturer of sim racing and flight simulation cockpits, seats, monitor stands, motion systems and accessories, Trak Racer joins the company’s portfolio of brands as a complement to Fanatec, the leading name in sim racing hardware. Founded in 2008 by Matt Sten, Trak Racer has built a loyal following among sim racing and flight sim fans with products ranging from entry-level rigs to professional-grade cockpits, giving racers of all calibres a cockpit or a driver’s seat worthy of their experience. Sten said, “CORSAIR’s global distribution and retail infrastructure, paired with Fanatec’s engineering strength and product portfolio, will let us bring Trak Racer products to a much larger audience while staying true to the community that helped build this brand,” adding that joining the company gives Trak Racer the ability to reach more racing/flight simulation fans than ever before. Matt Sten is also staying on board, joining CORSAIR as Chief Technology Officer for Sim Solutions. The acquisition gives CORSAIR its first real foothold in flight simulation. Trak Racer’s TR550 Flight Simulator provides an established starting point in the category, and the same engineering that goes into a great racing rig, including precise controls, a rock-solid frame, ergonomics, displays, motion and haptics, carries over directly to flight simulators. Chief Executive Officer of CORSAIR, Thi La, said, “Trak Racer meaningfully expands
Aug 5, 2026 · via cgmagonline.com
Corsair Gaming has acquired the assets of Trak Racer, expanding its position in the rapidly growing sim racing market while extending its gaming hardware portfolio into flight simulation. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition builds on Corsair’s strategy of expanding its Gamer and Creator Peripherals segment into adjacent enthusiast categories and strengthens the company’s existing Fanatec sim racing platform with a broader range of cockpit, chassis and simulation hardware. By combining Fanatec’s electronic racing controls with Trak Racer’s physical simulator systems, Corsair is creating a more comprehensive end-to-end simulation ecosystem for consumers, professional racers and commercial customers. Founded in 2008, Melbourne-based Trak Racer designs and manufactures premium racing and flight simulation cockpits, seats, monitor stands, motion systems and related accessories. Its product portfolio spans entry-level through professional-grade systems and complements Fanatec’s lineup of wheelbases, steering wheels, pedals, shifters and simulation software. Corsair said the combination creates opportunities to offer integrated hardware bundles while simplifying the purchasing process for simulation enthusiasts. The company expects the expanded portfolio to increase sales of complementary products, including cockpits, racing controls, displays, gaming PCs and accessories, while maintaining the distinct product offerings of both brands. The transaction also enhances Corsair‘s direct-to-consumer business. Trak Racer generates the majority of its sales through direct channels, giving Corsair an opportunity to leverage its global retail, distribution and e-commerce infrastructure to expand the brand’s reach into new international markets and customer segments. Beyond sim racing, the acquisition provides Corsair with an established position in the flight simulation market through Trak Racer’s TR550 Flight Simulator platform. The company said the adjacent category represents a natural extension of its existing expertise, as both racing and flight simulation rely on similar technologies, including precision controls, structural engineering, virtual reality integration, motion systems and haptic feedback. The acquisition also
Aug 5, 2026 · via citybiz.co
* The original version of this article was published by Nissan Motor Corporation. Nissan Formula E Team’s most important development tool isn’t the race car; it’s a state-of-the-art simulator helping to shape the team’s on-track success Formula E race weekend. Over 9,000km from the circuit, a special ops team is working hard in the Nissan Formula E Team HQ in Paris, putting in vital and sustainable work to help drivers Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato secure more points in their pursuit of championship success. Plenty about Formula E tallies beautifully with the advancing world of driver-in-the-loop simulators. The sport’s limited track testing time and its celebrated street circuits, which can’t be recced or rehearsed in any traditional sense, both ensure a state-of-the-art sim isn’t just desirable, it’s the bedrock of a successful team. Tommaso Volpe, the managing director and team principal of the Nissan Formula E Team, explains, “With Formula E’s limited physical testing, the ability to run highly accurate simulations is crucial not only for race preparation but also for car and powertrain development. This new simulator is already helping us accelerate our engineering process, validate software and optimize the car long before we reach the circuit.” A new dawn The Dynisma DMG-1, installed at the Nissan Formula E Team HQ in 2025, helps combat the frenetic pace of a Formula E race weekend. Drivers Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato can walk each track with their engineers on the Friday morning ahead of practice, feeding vital information they pick up on surface or corner geometry changes – to which the series’ temporary city courses can be especially vulnerable – directly back to the team’s Paris base so that their race tactics can evolve via the sim ahead of the physical car running on track. A pair of British drivers
Aug 5, 2026 · via pmw-magazine.com
The CONSPIT summer promotion has a hard deadline of 20 August, the H3 handbrake just dropped in price, and the dual-mode shifter shown in May is still not on sale. Here is where the brand stands this week. CONSPIT has spent the last two years going from unknown quantity to a name that shows up in every mid-to-upper range buying conversation. Founded in 2020 and based in Shanghai, the company was the first in Asia to develop hydraulic brake pedals and one of the earliest to push carbon fibre into sim racing hardware. It now supplies a complete ecosystem, from wheel bases through to cockpits. Right now there are three things worth knowing, and two of them have dates attached. The summer promotion ends on 20 August CONSPIT is running up to 15% off in a campaign that started on 20 July and closes on 20 August. That is a genuine hard stop, not a rolling banner that quietly renews, which makes it one of the few offers in the current market where waiting actually costs you something. Sixteen days sounds like plenty. It is worth remembering that the second half of August is the slowest shipping window of the year across the industry, with several European brands closed entirely, so if you want the discount and the hardware before the new season starts, the useful deadline is earlier than the stated one. We covered where this sits against everything else currently discounted in our August 2026 sim racing deals roundup. The H3 hydraulic handbrake has come down in price As of 2 August, the H3 hydraulic handbrake has been listed at around 399 dollars, down from 429. Small drop, but it lands on what is arguably the most interesting single product in the CONSPIT catalogue. The H3 is a
Aug 4, 2026 · via boxthislap.org
Rockstar's great Midnight Club racing series was killed off for one simple reason, and you can probably guess what it was I'll give you a hint: It rhymes with three pee yay. Every few years or so I find myself idly wondering whatever happened to Midnight Club, Rockstar's arcade street racing series. I quite liked Midnight Club 2 back in the day, although I fell away from the series after that because, in fine Rockstar fashion, subsequent games weren't released on PC. The series as a whole ground to a halt in 2008 with Midnight Club: Los Angeles—despite going over well with critics, the series was never heard from again. In a new interview with Kiwi Talkz on Insider Gaming, former Rockstar designer Kris Roberts, who worked on multiple Midnight Club games and Red Dead Redemption before leaving in 2010, said there were a few factors involved in the decision to kill the series, including missed deadlines and "non-trivial conflict" between Rockstar New York and the San Diego studio where Midnight Club was developed, but the obvious elephant in the room was Grand Theft Auto. "The perception was we never got the accolades or the reception," Roberts said. "The New York perspective was, 'You’re not GTA.' When you’re the red-headed stepchild project—you know, we’re doing a good job, we’re world-class, but we’re still treated less than. It was challenging." Roberts said the San Diego studio was working on a new Midnight Club when he departed, but it was subsequently cancelled: "It was pretty clear that there would be no more Midnight Club and everything was going to be GTA and stuff moving forward, and that’s just the way it was going to be." Which sucks, because Midnight Club was pretty great (apart from the whole console-exclusivity thing), but also isn't
Aug 4, 2026 · via pcgamer.com
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 4, 2026) – Ahead of last year’s Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, all Cody Ware had to go on was his work in the simulator. The NASCAR Cup Series driver had never made a start at Iowa in any series. In 2026, Ware returns to the .875-mile oval with firsthand experience, allowing the 30-year-old racer to juxtapose his sim sessions with the reality of what he felt a year ago in the Hawkeye State. “I learned the track is very abrasive,” said Ware when asked about the difference between racing Iowa in simulation and turning actual laps on its asphalt. “They’ve done some asphalt work, but it’s disconnected as far as where the new patches of pavement are compared to the old, and so that created a lack of forward drive. It definitely was one of the tougher races we had last year. But it was also tangible experience, too. We didn’t have that before.” Simulation is incredibly valuable. The immersive, full-motion platform technology allows drivers and their teams to optimize their setups for individual track configurations, and for drivers to log practice laps ahead of an upcoming race weekend. It is as close to the real thing as drivers and teams can get, with a massive wrap-around, high-definition video screen that mimics the track from a driver’s perspective, complete with all the markers needed to note brake points and acceleration zones. “For any race weekend, the sim is crucial,” Ware said. “It gives the team a chance to get the car dialed in, get us right for qualifying and, hopefully, get us a decent starting position. Without the sim, it would take me all of practice and qualifying to even have a semblance of what I need in the car.” In this brave
Aug 4, 2026 · via speedwaymedia.com
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc competed against two Ferrari e-sports drivers in a recent video for the team’s YouTube channel. Each driver set a hot lap around the Red Bull Ring, home of the Austrian Grand Prix, on the F1 25 video game. Hamilton, an avid player as a child, became an ambassador for the EA Sports product last year. Perhaps it was no surprise that he comfortably outpaced teammate Leclerc, setting a 1:06.468 compared to the Monegasque’s 1:07.583. Lewis Hamilton beats Ferrari e-sports drivers in F1 25 challenge But Ferrari e-sports competitors John Evans and Bari Broumand were surprised to discover that they couldn’t match Hamilton’s time. The video doesn’t show their exact times, but they were both a fraction slower than the seven-time champion, likely within a couple of tenths based on their reactions. Evans, who used to represent Aston Martin, competed in the F1 Sim Racing world championship in 2022 and 2023/24 and is currently Ferrari’s third driver. What rating would you give Lewis Hamilton for the 2026 season so far, from 1-10? Broumand has worn Mercedes and McLaren colours in the past and finished fourth in the F1 e-sports series in 2022. One comment from Broumand suggested that they weren’t using their own setups, which can make a significant difference to lap times. Hamilton suggested that a high 1:04 would be possible if he perfected his lap. Sure enough, that would put him near the top of the global time trial leaderboards for Austria. - READ MORE: Emerson Fittipaldi says ‘nobody’ is talking about the real reason for Lewis Hamilton’s 2026 rebound F1 invited drivers to race in a virtual championship in 2020 while racing was suspended due to the pandemic, and it was George Russell, then of Williams, who prevailed. Hamilton didn’t take part in
Aug 4, 2026 · via f1oversteer.com
2026-27 eNASCAR College iRacing Series kicks off in September; Sign up now! August 4th, 2026 by Justin Melillo The eNASCAR College iRacing Series in partnership with the PlayVS College League is back for the 2026-27 academic year with $60,000 in scholarships on the line. As previously announced, the season expands from six Tournaments to eight, with two IMSA tournaments bringing two road course races at Watkins Glen and Daytona, as well as a new car to the series—the Ford Mustang GT4, over the span of the season. All Tournaments still consist of a Time Attack, followed by two weeks of racing. Four Tournaments will take place during the Fall Semester from September to November. The other four for the Spring semester are scheduled between January and March. The points structure also gets an overhaul this upcoming season, as does the event format. Tournament sizes will change to 100 entries. Additional points will now be awarded in the semifinals. Week 2 Points will mirror the real-world NASCAR points system, having an emphasis on winning. The action kicks off later this year, and registration is officially open! THE SCHEDULE Increasing from six to eight Tournaments, plus the addition of IMSA and return of road course racing, the 2026-27 eNASCAR College iRacing Series powered by PlayVS is set to be the biggest season of collegiate competition yet. The six oval Tournaments will be run in the NASCAR Trucks, and the IMSA-backed events will showcase the Ford Mustang GT4. The Queen City Crown (Charlotte), Great Lakes Gauntlet (Michigan), Clash on the Beach (Daytona), and the Sunset Splash (Homestead-Miami) all return to the schedule. The new Tournaments—the Peachtree Pursuit (Echo Park/Atlanta), Big Apple Battle (Watkins Glen), Monster Mash (Dover), and the Ocean’s Roar (Daytona Road Course)—features three brand-new venues for the College Series schedule, and
Aug 4, 2026 · via iracing.com
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