One of the last championships looking for a place in simRacing environment. Now TCR Australia will be using Assetto Corsa to entertain their followers. This movement to the italian title will allow many real brands use their own vehicles instead being limited to the only Audi TCR available on iRacing. This could be also an excuse to recreate the whole schedule of the real championship with more local tracks like Mount Panorama, Sydney Motorsport Park and Sandown.
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CEO of the Australian Racing Group, Matt Braid, says the new TCR Australia SimRacing Series will allow the category to capitalise on the popularity of sim racing as the world remains in lockdown.
“The carsales TCR Australia SimRacing Series is going to be a great way to continue the online racing theme as the world begins to emerge from lock down,” said Braid.
“The ARG eSport Cup has been a terrific initiative during the period that we have been in lock down, and now we are able to following this up with a internationally promoted series specifically featuring TCR Australia.
“The program that the WSC Group has put together, with most of the TCR car brands involved, is a fantastic real-world representation of TCR Series racing, and ARG is proud to be the second series from around the world to be selected to compete on the platform.”
Though the real season won’t kick off until the 15th of August at Sydney Motorsport Park, the virtual offering gets underway next week at on Thursday night at Albert Park, getting the ball rolling for the seven round championship.
Round 1, Albert Park, June 18
Round 2, Mount Panorama, July 2
Round 3, Sydney Motorsport Park, July 16
Round 4, Surfers Paradise, July 30
Round 5, Sandown, August 6
Round 6, Adelaide, August 20
Round 7, Macau, September 3
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