26th April 2018

Detroit’s Belle Isle Coming to iRacing: Fresh Air

iRacing showcased on their Facebook page yesterday preview scans of the Belle Isle street circuit in Detroit, Michigan which indicates a rare move to a street track more rather than the traditional circuit scans that iRacing is more commonly known for. The 2.35 mile circuit is hoping to be released for June 2018, adding more focus on iRacing’s partnership with...

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12th April 2018

Simracing Merry-go-round: Jump off if you are Dizzy

Silly season looks like it no longer exists after continued moves in the drivers market that continues to have a domino effect. The last few weeks has been massive in terms of the shift in the landscape of simracing and has had a profound effect in terms of how certain teams will look going forward. The void left with the...

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4th April 2018

F1 to Franchise Their Esport: Major Mistake!

Formula One announced today on their website that for their second esport venture they will introduce franchising, making drivers qualify to be drafted by the Formula One teams. The tournament which is set to have a $200,000+ purse attached to it could have just made a catastrophic decision that looks set to impact the whole of simracing and change how...

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28th March 2018

Simracing Commentary: From a Broadcaster’s Perspective.

Simracing has always been in the shadows, however over the last couple of years, we have seen how simracing has begun to push more and more into the light and gain more traction in the racing setting. Be it the up and coming GRC world championship qualifiers, Formula One, the CTC Lotus 79 Series or the Maxx Bantz Open, a...

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25th March 2018

The Great Heusinkveld CORE Exodus Has Arrived!

Heusinkveld CORE Motorsports announced today on twitter that six of their seven drivers have departed from their team. Kay Kaschube, Alexander Vos, Nils Koch, Laurin Heinrich, Andre Boettcher and Moritz Lohner have left Angelo Michel as the only driver left at the team. To say this move came out of left field would be a complete understatement as just two...

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17th March 2018

Sim Racing Observer Announces Hall of Fame!

We here at the Sim Racing Observer have decided to announce today the creation of the Sim Racing Observer Hall of Fame. At current, we shall have the hall of fame open to iRacing at this time due to our lack of knowledge in other areas however if and when we get the personnel to competently cover those areas, we...

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14th March 2018

IWCGPS Chaos: Ostgaard to Coanda, Huis and Carroll MIA and Jensen Leaves Apex

The merry go round of simracing in the last week has taken a thoroughly dramatic turn as late moves before the start of the 2018 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series ravage the headlines. VRS Coanda Simsport have picked up Tommy Ostgaard from Positive Simracing while Apex Racing UK’s Marcus Jensen has signed with an undisclosed team for 2018. This...

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11th March 2018

iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring Falls Behind Closed Doors: No iRanking Points

For the third time in fourteen months, an iRacing World Tour event has failed to see through the entirety of a broadcast, falling behind closed doors for the finish of the event last night. In light of the news breaking, the Sim Racing Observer has elected not to offer any iRanking points for the event in fairness to all of...

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10th March 2018

iRacing Week 13 Writeup Part 5: The Community

Happy Friday everyone! The end of the work week is here and the end of week 13 is coming here shortly, and that means we have reached the final part of our series. And the last piece of the puzzle, that makes or breaks whether or not the sim can function as an esport is the community. It is a...

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8th March 2018

iRacing Week 13 Writeup Part 4: Marketing

Welcome to Thursday everyone. Hope everyone has enjoyed the new content as much as I have. The new dirt tracks are interesting, cushion update a little controversial, the LMP1s are awesome, and the Sonoma GRC track greatly surprised me. We have been talking about a lot of controversial subjects this week. Some have rustled some feathers, others not so much,...

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