Porsche launches inaugural Porsche Esports Carrera Cup North America season

The North American department of German automotive marque Porsche has introduced the launch of the inaugural Porsche Esports Carrera Cup North America season.

The sim racing competitors will happen from March 18th to April twenty second, with its qualifiers operating from February 18th to twenty fifth on the iRacing platform.

Qualifying rounds on the digital variations of Street America and Sebring Worldwide Raceway will decide the highest 40 drivers based mostly on their combination instances in iRacing’s Time Assault mode. Just like the real-world Porsche Carrera Cup, drivers will use a default setup to make sure a degree taking part in discipline.

Every of the six rounds will embrace a 60-minute follow session and quarter-hour of qualifying earlier than drivers take to the grid and compete in a 40-minute dash race. The race winner will obtain 25 championship factors, whereas two factors might be awarded to the driving force who earns Pole Place. The motive force who units the quickest lap throughout a race will obtain a bonus level.

Porsche is not any stranger to the world of sim racing, having operated a number of occasions over the previous six years. In Could 2025, the marque opened a devoted facility at its Cologne headquarters for its manufacturing unit workforce to follow and compete.

Along with its North American championship, Porsche continues to host regional competitions within the UK and world wide. The UK version attracts a few of sim racing’s greatest names comparable to Crew Redline driver Sebastian Job.

Regardless of the expansion of sim racing slowing down following its preliminary increase interval in 2020, the self-discipline continues to draw new stakeholders seeking to enter the esports trade.

iRacing, the platform used for the Porsche Esports Carrera Cup North America season, stays one of many scene’s hottest titles. In January, it introduced the return of the IndyCar Thrustmaster iRacing Professional Collection, that includes a $50,000 (~£36,582) prize pool.