Permitting non-professional drivers the possibility to compete in digital IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races, the third IMSA Esports International Championship kicks off on Nov. 24. The favored sim racing competitors that includes digital variations of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship automobiles and racetracks follows on the heels of the particular race season.
The IMSA Esports International Championship is a partnership amongst IMSA, iRacing and VCO (Digital Competitors Organisation) to ship probably the most genuine digital racing wherever. Skilled sim racing groups from around the globe compete and, for the primary time this 12 months, the competition will embody a qualifying course of open to all racers on the iRacing platform.
The 2024 IMSA Esports International Championship is comprised of a four-race season and options two automotive lessons – Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) – with 12 completely different exactly digitized variations of race automobiles from 10 completely different producers, together with new-for-2024 sim equipment from Chevrolet, Ford and McLaren. Vehicles accessible by class are:
GTP: Acura ARX-06, BMW M Hybrid V8, Cadillac V-Sequence.R and Porsche 963
GTD: BMW M4 GT3, Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, Ferrari 296 GT3, Ford Mustang GT3, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2, McLaren 720S GT3 EVO, Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
The IMSA Esports International Championship season kicks off Nov. 24 at digital Michelin Raceway Street Atlanta, website of Motul Petit Le Mans. Succeeding sim races happen at a spate of IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup host tracks, together with Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Dec. 8), Sebring Worldwide Raceway (Jan. 5, 2025) and Daytona Worldwide Speedway (Jan. 12, 2025). All races might be two hours, 40 minutes lengthy and stream reside on the IMSA and iRacing Fb, Twitch and YouTube channels.
The IMSA Esports International Championship additionally welcomes a brand new Premier Accomplice in Thrustmaster, a number one producer of sim-racing and gaming equipment.
“The recognition of the IMSA Esports International Championship continues to develop with opponents and followers alike,” stated Brandon Huddleston, vp, IMSA Partnership Advertising and Enterprise Growth. “Final 12 months, greater than a half-million viewers watched the racing on the livestreams. We imagine that opening up the chance for all iRacing members to try to qualify for the sequence will make the championship much more well-liked and thrilling. We’re wanting to see the way it all unfolds and to welcome Thrustmaster as a Premier Accomplice of the championship.”
Full particulars for the 2024 IMSA Esports International Championship, together with data on how public iRacing drivers and groups could register for the pre-qualifying classes, are included within the official sequence rulebook.
