How GM is perfecting their sim tools for the unknowns of San Diego, Chicagoland Yesterday at 10:53 Partager Especially when facing an all-new challenge like the street course in San Diego, extracting everything you can out of the sim tools becomes invaluable
This Week in iRacing | June 16th to June 22nd, 2026 June 15th, 2026 by Justin Melillo Welcome back to This Week in iRacing, your guide to the daily, even hourly racing that members can get into, based on where their license level is at. There are also some special series that run at specific times that anyone can jump into, with the right credentials, that offer a more meaningful sim racing experience. Welcome to SEASON 3! Here are a few of the highlighted series taking place this week — 2026 Season 3, Week 1 — from June 16th to June 22nd in 2026. iRACING SPECIAL EVENTS iRacing’s Special Event calendar features a selection of the world’s most compelling races across numerous disciplines. Whether you’re interested in stock cars or sports cars, open-wheel formula cars or sprint cars, sticking to pavement or playing in the dirt, running solo or racing with a team of your closest friends, our Special Events have something for everyone! iRACING WATKINS GLEN 6HR PRESENTED BY VCO The next special event on the 2026 iRacing Special Event calendar is the iRacing 6HRS of the Glen, the third leg of the VCO Grand Slam. The 6 Hours of the Glen Powered by VCO is a 6 hour endurance race held annually at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. It is the third round of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. For more information on iRacing Watkins Glen 6 Hour -> CLICK HERE For more information on the 2026 iRacing Special Events calendar -> CLICK HERE WEEKLY RACING SERIES These are the series that are not confined to the iRacing seasons, that run independently throughout the course of the year and feature some of the most recognizable motorsports racing around. From
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Norris believes Ferrari would be dominating 'with better engine' after Hamilton's victory in Barcelona The reigning World Champion believes Ferrari has the best handling car on the grid in 2026. Lando Norris believes Ferrari would be the dominant force in F1 if they "had a better engine" after Lewis Hamilton took the Scuderia's first victory of the season in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Hamilton claimed his first Grand Prix win for Ferrari in Sunday's 66-lap race since joining the team at the start of 2025, beating the Mercedes of George Russell while championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired late on having just passed his Silver Arrows team mate for second. It marked Ferrari's first win since the Mexico City Grand Prix in 2024 and is also the first time a Mercedes driver has failed to finish on the top step of the podium on a Sunday this season. The only other time Mercedes has not won this season was the Miami Sprint, where Norris claimed victory, with the McLaren driver and reigning champion the man to complete the podium in Barcelona after capitalising on Antonelli's retirement Following the race, Norris highlighted his belief that Ferrari took a step forward in Spain after bringing more upgrades and could pose a genuine threat to Mercedes over the remainder of the season, with Hamilton only 41 points behind Antonelli in the Drivers' standings. "I think we really need to understand how to make the car more drivable in all conditions," Norris told Sky Sports F1. "Clearly it works okay here and better in Miami. "We're lucky that Ferrari don't have a better engine at the minute. If they had a better engine they're dominating. They're the class of the field in terms of cornering performance at the minute and we're not even close to
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It starts innocently enough. Someone fires up a few laps around the Circuit de la Sarthe in a sim, gets hooked on the rhythm of a long stint, and suddenly finds themselves checking the actual World Endurance Championship standings between sessions. That habit — bouncing between the virtual car and the real grid — has quietly become one of the defining behaviors of modern racing fans. The cars on screen and the cars on track have never felt this connected, and the line between playing along and following along keeps getting blurrier. By the time a player knows the Hyperpole order off the top of their head, they're not just gaming anymore. They're tracking a championship. That overlap is exactly why so many endurance fans have started paying attention to the betting side of the sport, too. For US-based fans curious about how that works, sites like CardPlayer.com publish detailed breakdowns of the best offshore sportsbooks available to American players, ranking them on licensing, market coverage, welcome bonus value, and crypto banking options. The appeal for a motorsport follower is straightforward: many of these crypto-friendly, no-KYC betting sites carry full WEC and Le Mans markets, so a fan who already studies stint pace and tire strategy in a sim can put that knowledge to use on the real races. Knowing which sites cover endurance racing deeply — and which ones treat it as an afterthought — is the kind of practical detail those reviews exist to sort out. From the Sim to the Sarthe The reason this crossover feels so natural comes down to how seriously the simulation takes its source material. Le Mans Ultimate is the official game of the World Endurance Championship, built by Studio 397 on the same rFactor 2 physics engine that sim purists already trusted.
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Three classic Renault F1 cars released for free in AMS 2 Hungaroring and Historic Track Pack Pt4 available as DLC Michelin and Bridgestone tyre war commences in-game New content has been released for Automobilista 2, with the Hungaroring, the fourth part of the sim’s Historic Track Pack and three classic Renault Formula 1 cars arriving. The Renault machinery was initially slated as paid DLC, but due to a licensing imbroglio, it now appears free for all players. The Historic Track Pack Pt4 ($7.99) adds six historic track layouts to the game, while the Hungaroring DLC ($6.99)implements the venue for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The new content will be temporarily available to sample for free before reverting to a paid model later. As well as content, AMS 2 has been updated to V1.6.9.8, which replicates F1’s infamous tyre war era, introduces Customizable Car Performance Scalars and re-adds standing water to the game. Check out the full details below. Hungaroring DLC and Historic Track Pack Pt4 Put simply, the Hungaroring DLC adds the modern-day version of Hungaroring to AMS 2. Located in Mogyoród, the venue has hosted the Hungarian Grand Prix since 1986, and despite its narrow and challenging layout, has remained a fixture of the F1 calendar ever since. The fourth part of AMS 2’s Historical Track Pack adds six classic circuit configurations from the past, centred around the late ‘90s to the early noughties. These are: Barcelona 1999 Barcelona 2001 Imola 2005 Indianapolis 2001 Spielberg 2001 Monza 2005 (Also included in the Premium Track Pack, Monza DLC and/or any other bundle that includes them) Three Renault F1 cars and tyre wars Three Renault F1 cars have been added to the game for free, including Fernando Alonso’s title-winning R25 and R26. Perhaps even more impressively, developer Reiza Studios has implemented Michelin
- Primary Subject: Rally Racing Video Games (2026 Multi-Platform Overview) - Key Update: The sim racing community continues to thrive with the ongoing Early Access updates of the brand-new Assetto Corsa Rally alongside classic community-modded titles. - Status: Confirmed - Last Verified: June 15, 2026 - Quick Answer: The top 5 rally games to play in 2026 are DiRT Rally 2.0, Richard Burns Rally, EA Sports WRC, Assetto Corsa Rally, and art of rally. Let’s face it, rally racing games feel like a dying genre. Compared to blockbuster franchises such as Formula One, Need for Speed, or Forza, new releases and content for the Colin McRae Rally and World Rally Championship game series are slowly fading. Dirt racing in games such as Gran Turismo 7 or the newly released Forza Horizon 6 is limited in favor of the more popular tarmac. Nevertheless, I’d like to believe that rally isn’t a dying art form. There’s something to be said about throwing the weight of the car around corners and trying to find grip on surfaces where there is none, on the brink between a fast time and a DNF. More than that, rally attracts the most hardcore and passionate of fans, who risk certain death in real life to see fast cars drive dangerously close down tight roads or up jumps that send a one-ton death machine flying through the air, and although videogames can’t exactly replicate that feeling, it does get close. Rallying has found a niche spot in the sim racing community that keeps that daredevil feeling alive by continuously supporting and creating new content online. Whether you’re a beginner trying to dip your toes into rallying, or a veteran looking for something new, here’s my definitive list of the top 5 must-try rally games in 2026. DiRT Rally
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Hamilton’s Barcelona comeback: From frustration in 2025 to joy in 2026 A year ago in Barcelona, Lewis Hamilton endured what he called “the worst race I’ve experienced”. One year on, and he’s claimed his first ever Grand Prix victory in Ferrari red at the Spanish circuit.
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ZoomAutomobilista 2Alle BilderWenige Tage, beziehungsweise Stunden nachdem Reiza Studios ausführlich zu dem bevorstehenden Doppelupdate für Automobilista 2 im Juni informiert und die Highlights von V1.6.9.8 und V1.6.9.9 vorgestellt hat, ist am Samstagnachmittag, 13. Juni 2026 die Version 1.6.9.8 veröffentlicht worden, welche 3 RenaultF1-Boliden, Neuerungen bei den Formel-Rennserien und verschiedenen Verbesserungen am Gameplay beinhaltet die auch zu spannenderen und realistischeren Langstreckenrennen führen dürften. Zusammen mit V1.6.9.8 erscheinen auch zwei neue Erweiterungen. Das neue "Historic Track Pack Pt4"-DLC mit Klasse-1-Strecken aus den 2000er Jahren und der Hungaroring. Wie es bei AMS2 Tradition ist, stehen die neuen DLCs allen Nutzern in den ersten Tagen nach der Veröffentlichung kostenlos zur Verfügung und ermöglichen es so die neuen Spielinhalte kennenzulernen und zu entscheiden, ob man dafür Geld ausgeben möchte. Alle mit der nun aktuellen Version verbundenen Änderungen sind wie immer aufgeschlüsselt nach Bereichen im offiziellen Änderungsprotokoll aufgeführt. Automobilista 2 - 1.6.9.8-Changelog (13.06.2026): CONTENT Tracks -Hungaroring DLC Historic Track Pack Pt4: -Added Barcelona 1999 -Added Barcelona 2001 -Added Imola 2005 -Added Indianapolis 2001 -Added Spielberg 2001 -Added Monza 2005 (Part of the Premium Track Pack, Monza DLC or any other bundle that includes them) Cars -Added Formula V10 Gen3 Class (Renault R25, V10 Gen3 Bridgestone, V10 Gen3 Michelin) -Added Formula V8 Gen1 Class (Renault R26, V8 Gen1 Bridgestone, V8 Gen1 Michelin) -Added Formula V8 Gen2 Class (Renault R28, V8 Gen2 M1) GENERAL -Added "Limited Setup" option to "Rules and Penalties" Dialog for single player Custom Event -Added basic dedicated server support for overriding vehicle weight, power and drag per user Steam id -Moved MP "Force Default Setups" option from Realism dialog to unified "Limited Setup" option on "Rules and Penalties" dialog -Fixed CTD when trying to join server with unofficial "mod" vehicle -Fixed issue in multiplayer where the vehicles at the front of the grid would
Ferrari Hamilton could not pick off Russell into Turn 1 despite gambling on a soft tyre start. That left him pitting earlier than the Mercedes cars on a three-stop strategy. But he had a lot of pace on both the medium and hard tyres, closing in on Russell and was set to challenge for the win until a VSC stoppage handed him a cheap final pit stop. That saw Hamilton come out in the lead, and from there he was imperious as he galloped to a first Ferrari win by nearly 20 seconds. Leclerc had a good getaway to climb from P10 to seventh, and picked off Piastri. He was fighting with Verstappen for much of the race, but a late power steering issue saw him retire the car, the second race in a row he has not seen the chequered flag. Lewis Hamilton, 1st "This is an incredibly special moment. Winning my first race with Ferrari is something I've dreamt about since I was a child, and to finally achieve it feels incredible. There were moments last year when this moment felt almost impossible, but I’m so grateful to Fred for believing in me and everyone there for making me feel so at home. We’ve been working so hard all year and so many things have changed over the past months, and today is the result of all that effort. "I'm so proud of everyone, both here at the track and back in Maranello. The upgrades we brought this weekend performed exactly as we hoped, the car felt great, and the team executed everything perfectly. The pitstops were fantastic and every detail was handled brilliantly. I've been fortunate enough to experience many special moments in my career, but this one is different. Ferrari has the greatest fans in the
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2026 Barcelona-Catalunya GP: Hamilton’s Ferrari crew belt out the Italian national anthem Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari pit crew celebrated his first victory for the team by singing along to the Italian national anthem, as Hamilton himself watched on from the podium.
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