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The 2026 Formula 1 Sim Racing World Championship delivered a dramatic finish as Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing secured a record-breaking fourth Constructors’ Championship and Alpine’s Otis Lawrence clinched his first Drivers’ Championship following a tense finale at the virtual Yas Marina Circuit. Both title battles went down to the wire at Formula 1’s Media and Technology Centre in Biggin Hill, with Red Bull ultimately emerging on top of the teams’ standings to claim the largest share of the championship’s $750,000 prize pool. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Welsh standout Lawrence held off a late charge from Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports driver Ismael Fahssi to secure the Drivers’ crown in thrilling fashion. The 2026 campaign featured nine Formula 1 teams competing across 12 rounds held over four live events. The season opened at DreamHack Birmingham, where more than 50,000 fans attended the global esports and gaming festival, while the remaining events were staged at Formula 1’s purpose-built sim racing studio in Biggin Hill. The championship also continued its rapid growth in audience reach. Formula 1 reported that the DreamHack Birmingham opener attracted more than 3.9 million live viewers across three rounds of racing, marking an 85% increase from the opening event of the 2025 season. “The 2026 Formula 1 Sim Racing World Championship has provided an incredible season, marked by a number of exciting milestones that continue to elevate the series,” Emily Prazer, Chief Commercial Officer at Formula 1, said in a press release. “From racing in front of 50,000 passionate fans at DreamHack Birmingham, to hosting events in our own purpose-built facility at the Media and Technology Centre in Biggin Hill, we’ve taken significant steps forward in delivering a truly world-class esports competition.” “Congratulations to Red Bull and Alpine’s Otis Lawrence on their outstanding achievements this season. To win four Constructors’ Championships
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- Fanatec FullForce coming to CSL DD and Gran Turismo DD Pro wheelbases - Firmware update will be free and will launch on 16th June Fanatec’s Vice-President and General Manager, Tobias Stelzer, has today revealed that CSL DD and Gran Turismo DD Pro owners can look forward to a free update that introduces FullForce compatibility to their wheelbases. FullForce is Fanatec’s proprietary force feedback protocol, which, in the company’s words, ‘fuses fidelity vibration cues with the core force feedback signal to deliver a more immersive driving experience’. Essentially, this allows sim developers to utilise subtle physics or audio-based vibrations to enhance immersion. As well as being compatible with PC sims via the CSL DD, this update could also offer Gran Turismo 7 players a better driving experience thanks to the Gran Turismo DD Pro wheelbase’s combined PC and PlayStation compatibility. It must be noted, however, that it’s up to game developers to implement the technology going forward, so there’s no guarantee every sim will take advantage of FullForce. More information about the FullForce rollout will be released next week, but Stelzer confirmed the free firmware update would be released on the 16th June 2026. Discussion 0 Comments Join the discussion Join Traxion.gg to start discussing with members. Already a member? Sign in
PXN Unveils All-New High-Linearity Modular NAVOS Flight Series at FlightSimExpo 2026 Complete Civil Aviation Yoke System + Combat HOTAS Ecosystem – With Innovative Expansion Roadmap, Beginner-Friendly Software, and Thoughtful Design Details ST. PAUL, Minn., June 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Premium simulation peripheral brand PXN today announced the global debut of its all-new NAVOS Flight Series at FlightSimExpo 2026, taking place June 12–14 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, USA (Booth 312). Short for Navigation Operating System, the NAVOS series is a dual-track ecosystem unifying civil aviation and combat flight simulation. Designed specifically for entry-level to intermediate users, the series embodies the principle of technological accessibility – bringing aerospace-grade accuracy and integrated cockpit immersion to mainstream flight simmers, while eliminating the complexity traditionally associated with high-end simulation gear. Event Spotlight: FlightSimExpo 2026 FlightSimExpo is the world's most influential professional flight simulation exposition, gathering top manufacturers, aviation developers, certified pilots, and dedicated enthusiasts. The 2026 edition hosts over 70 leading exhibitors, featuring official product premieres, immersive hands-on demonstrations, and high-level industry dialogues. As a key global platform for simulation technology innovation and accessibility, the event bridges professional aviation training and civilian flight simulation hobbies. NAVOS Dual Ecosystem: Tailored Solutions for Civil & Combat Flight The NAVOS Flight Series delivers a fully modular and expandable simulation ecosystem designed for everyone from aspiring pilots to dedicated flight simulation enthusiasts. It consists of two independent, high-performance product lines: - Civil Aviation – NAVOS Flight Yoke System A comprehensive home cockpit solution engineered for authentic civil aviation simulation. The system features a flight yoke with interchangeable conventional and force-feedback elevator modules, an Engine Control Quadrant System, a motorized elevator trim system, a dedicated T.P.M. (Throttle–Propeller–Mixture) unit for light aircraft, a high-resolution flight instrument display system, and an aviation radio stack panel. The ecosystem is further complemented by
1000 races and building! The LEGO Group & McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team celebrate the teams 1000th race with new co-created LEGO® products and driver helmets All currently available assets can be viewed here: Media Toolbox Today, the LEGO Group and McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 team join forces in celebrating McLarens 1000th race in Monaco by unveiling two new co-created LEGO® Editions helmets as well as real driver helmets based on the new sets, to be worn this weekend at the Monaco GP. Both LEGO Editions sets feature the drivers in LEGO minifigure form for the first time and are available today, 3rd June 2026. Louise McEwen, Chief Marketing Officer at McLaren Racing, said Our partnership with the LEGO Group is rooted in a shared commitment to creativity, innovation and inspiring the next generation of fans, and this launch captures that perfectly. Seeing our drivers helmet designs reimagined through LEGO creativity, and then brought back onto the track at Monaco, is a powerful expression of what we can achieve together. Its playful, its authentic, and it connects our heritage with new audiences in a way that feels both meaningful and relevant. Weve built something truly special with the LEGO Group over the years, and this is another milestone that reflects the strength of that partnership and the ambition we share for what comes next. Julia Goldin, Chief Product & Marketing Officer at the LEGO Group, said: With a partnership spanning over a decade, were excited to bring the power of LEGO creativity to the historic celebration of McLaren Racings 1000th Race. Its been a true co-creation process, where our LEGO design team worked closely with the drivers and McLaren Racing to develop these special 1000th race LEGO helmet products. Now fans will be able to build the sets at home,
Microsoft Flight Simulator has revealed plans for an exciting Red Bull Air Race challenge at FlightSimExpo 2026, giving attendees the opportunity to test their flying skills in virtual reality and compete for a place in a live tournament on the FSElite Stage. Visitors to the Microsoft Flight Simulator booth throughout Saturday will be able to fly the Red Bull Air Race course using a high-end PCVR setup powered by Pimax. The experience aims to showcase the speed, precision, and intensity of low-altitude air racing from a fully immersive cockpit perspective. Whether you’re an experienced virtual pilot or trying flight simulation in VR for the first time, attendees will be able to put their skills to the test and see how quickly they can complete the course. The competition will also feature a Community vs. Creator Tournament. The two attendees who set the fastest qualifying times before 3pm on Saturday, June 13, will secure a place in the live event, taking place at 4pm / 21:00 UTC on the FSElite Stage. Those two qualifiers will compete against well-known flight simulation content creators Blu Games, Moosestaffa, NickFlightX, and Twotonemurphy for a chance to win prizes provided by MOZA. For those wanting to prepare in advance, the qualifying event at the Microsoft Flight Simulator booth will take place on the Abu Dhabi course. The two successful community racers will receive a bye into the semifinal stage, where they will once again race on the Abu Dhabi circuit against one of the invited creators. The grand final will then move to the Spielberg course. All races will be flown using the Intermediate difficulty setting, although pilots will be free to enable or disable race assist options according to their own preferences. Microsoft Flight Simulator also confirmed that its development team will be present throughout
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Authentics Store Tickets Hospitality Experiences Arcade Previous Current Upcoming FAN FORUM: The Ferrari, Haas, Racing Bulls, Alpine and Mercedes drivers meet the fans TECH TALK – Dog or cat? Mad Monaco Mods! Weekend Warm-Up - 2026 Monaco Grand Prix Ruth Buscombe, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jolyon Palmer and Laura Winter set the scene in Monte Carlo ahead of this weekend's Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. Jun 04, 2026 4:49pm UTC FP2 Highlights: 2026 Monaco Grand Prix FP1 Highlights: 2026 Monaco Grand Prix 2026 Monaco GP FP1: Hadjar crashes out of first practice Jolyon Palmer's Analysis: Lando's landmark lap in Monaco
A second-hand Xbox is not the usual starting point for a motorsport career. For Girlie Lukhele, it provided an entry into a world that has traditionally been difficult and expensive to access – especially for women. Through sim racing, she learned the techniques, discipline and focus needed for competitive driving long before she entered a real rally car. Today, she balances sim racing, motorsport and content creation, building an audience around a passion that began as a hobby and developed into something far bigger. Her rapid progress was underlined last month when Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa handed her a seat in its GR Cup Hot Seat programme at Zwartkops Raceway. Swapping rally stages for circuit racing, Lukhele qualified fifth in the GR Cup Media Challenge, before claiming two third-place finishes in her debut weekend. More significantly, the experience exposed her to the intensity of wheel-to-wheel racing and provided another stepping stone in a motorsport journey that began behind a simulator. In an interview immediately after the race, she told us about the costs of getting started, the role sim racing played in her development as a driver, and why access remains one of the biggest challenges facing aspiring racers in South Africa. Sheryl Goldstuck: What were the challenges you faced getting into sim racing? Was it similar to trying to break into real racing? Girlie Lukhele: Sim-racing was much easier to break into than actual motorsport. My biggest challenge in the beginning was the financial expense of sim-racing. I didn’t realize at the time how expensive sim-racing could be as a hobby, but I was determined to get into it despite that. I started out with a second-hand Xbox which I eventually had to upgrade in a few months’ time as many of the games I liked were being
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Rival Stars Horse Racing launches for Switch today Can you avoid the glue factory!? | After successfully launching on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One, the extremely popular horse racing sim is completing its console launch with an arrival on Nintendo Switch today! | Players can jump into their own singleplayer story, restoring a racing dynasty and as they thunder their way to silverware. While on their journey, they’ll be able to breed their own horses and raise them from foals before winning championships and carving their names in history. Players can take on a number of different game modes, including Flat Racing, Steeplechase, and Cross Country, or enjoy Free Roam mode, where they can take their horse on relaxing rides through verdant locations. And players can pit their skills against others on the racetrack in online multiplayer, too. Key Features - Race and Ride to Victory: Feel every race and live every moment in story mode or online multiplayer across locations inspired by the most famous race tracks in the world. - Breed Dream Steeds: Create a legendary lineage and breed adorable foals before training them to become racing stars! - Enjoy the Equestrian Lifestyle: Relax and explore gorgeous locations in stunning Free Roam. Ride around scenic locations inspired by the Swiss Alps and American Southwest, and snap lasting memories in Photo Mode. [Press release] Comments (0)
EA Sports released the 2026 Season Pack for F1 25, bringing Formula 1's new era to the official game with updated regulations, cars, teams and driver line-ups. Available now as a downloadable update for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, the pack introduces the full 2026 Formula 1 season, including the arrival of Audi and Cadillac as new teams on the grid. Players can race with Cadillac's driver pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez, while Isack Hadjar joins Red Bull and Arvid Lindblad makes his debut with Racing Bulls. The update also gives fans an early opportunity to experience the new Madrid street circuit, known as MADRING, before it hosts its first Spanish Grand Prix in September. The circuit is designed to promote close racing and offers a virtual preview of Formula 1's newest venue. A new generation of Formula 1 machinery is included, reflecting the 2026 technical regulations. The cars are lighter and smaller, while active aerodynamics feature prominently through new Overtake and Boost modes aimed at adding strategic depth during races. EA Sports has also expanded assist options for both controller and wheel users. My Team mode returns for the new season, allowing players to create and manage their own operation as Formula 1's 12th team while competing under the championship's revised regulations. Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton continues his role as a brand ambassador for the EA Sports F1 franchise as part of the 2026 Season Pack launch.
This officially licensed Airbus cockpit is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 pilot's dream If you've got the budget and desire to make your Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 experience a little more realistic and comfortable, this might be the rig for you. I'll be the first to admit that when it comes to simulation games I lean more towards racing than flight. But I can certainly appreciate some impressive hardware for fans of virtual flying. Hardware such as the new Trak Racer Airbus TR550 cockpit that I saw at the recent Sim Racing Expo in Charlotte. It's hard to miss in its striking white and blue color scheme. It's an officially licensed product taking design cues from Airbus. This new cockpit is small enough so that you don't need an entire room to set it up while still having the capability to house your dedicated flight sticks and any additional accessories you like to use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Trak Racer is keen to point out this isn't just a chair with a joystick attached, which is comforting when it costs over €1,000. "The TR550 is a dedicated flight simulation rig engineered to replicate the seating position, sidestick geometry, and immersive environment of a modern Airbus flightdeck. Not a gaming chair with a joystick. The real thing — as close as you can get without walking the tarmac." I can't say I've ever been in the cockpit of an Airbus jet, but looking for photos online, it looks like Trak Racer did a good job of recreating the layout and flying position. All while ensuring that if you're a yoke user, rather than a stick, you still benefit from the same quality and comfort. All the mounts are fully adjustable, including the pedals, so virtual pilots have complete freedom to
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NASCAR and iRacing have been intertwined for more than a decade now, with future Hall of Famer William Byron and rising star Rajah Caruth being the biggest examples of that connection. But if the words of NASCAR’s Senior Director of Sim Racing, Ray Smith, are anything to go by, the impact of sim racing in the scene is much bigger than we can see on the screen. In an interview with Insider Gaming, Smith talked about how nowadays, aspiring racers are much more likely to start their journeys in the simulations, as although those looking to join motorsports would have Indy or Charlotte as their main options before, ”nowadays, you want to be in motorsports, go to the sim, go to iRacing.” He then continued by mentioning other career paths the platform has propelled, ranging from former Champions now taking engineering positions to content creators, journalists, and more. Of course, we also have a clear example of the dream road in the aforementioned Rajah Caruth, whose story has become a beacon within the community. When talking about it, Smith said: “I think that story, we’re working on telling that story more and more and more because we want that young Raja Pruth kid to see that roadmap.” You can currently play NASCAR 25 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, as well as try out iRacing on PC. The 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season has also started, allowing you to see the first steps of what can very much be a future champion. This marks the competition’s 17th anniversary. You can check out its official schedule on iRacing Sport’s official site, as well as catch the races on both the eNASCAR official site and via iRacing’s official Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. Make sure to also take a look
iRacing and the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) will bring back the FIA F4 Esports Global Championship presented by MOZA for a third consecutive year, with the eight-race competition scheduled to begin Oct. 31. According to the announcement, the 2026 championship will feature a $35,000 prize pool and live broadcasts across iRacing’s social media channels. Drivers will qualify through iRacing’s FIA F4 Esports Regional Tours during 2026 Season 3, with the top 10 eligible competitors from each of the Europe, Americas, and Asia-Pacific regional tours invited to the global championship. The return of the series extends a partnership that has become one of the clearer examples of a motorsport governing body using esports not only as a media product, but as a recruitment and participation tool. The FIA and iRacing began working together around the Formula 4 platform in 2023, when the Formula iR-04 was relaunched as the FIA F4 inside iRacing. The FIA has since positioned the program as a way for national sporting authorities, known as ASNs, to offer iRacing access and the FIA F4 car to new users through member clubs. That structure gives the championship a different business profile than many standalone esports tournaments. Rather than relying solely on prize money or team participation, the FIA F4 program sits closer to a funnel: regional participation feeds global competition, while the FIA’s national member network gives the initiative institutional reach beyond iRacing’s existing subscriber base. The 2026 format remains largely consistent with prior editions. The championship will run across four doubleheader events on Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, and Nov. 21. Drivers will race fixed setups, and tracks will be revealed only 24 hours before each event, a format designed to emphasize adaptability rather than preparation resources. The series’ prize pool also remains steady at $35,000.