iracing league partners with Southeast Spec Racer!
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:50 pm
Greetings All
First, a BIG thanks for letting me join this community and to all the new contacts who have accepted my FB friend requests. Ray ESportsracing
The goal of my site is to connect real world racers and virtual racers in an ESports environment.
My background is growing up around the SCCA racing, autocross, and eventually racing the Spec Racer Gen 1 version .
I also have a background in simulation as a flight simulator technician, first thru the USAF, then with a manufacturer/training provider, FlightSafety, as a tech, tech instructor, and site manager, and now with a major US airlines simulator training facility.
These 2 backgrounds I feel gives me a unique perspective on the capability of the motor-racing ESports world.
I have reached out and connected with many drivers on the real world side and gratefully appreciate your acceptance! Some old friends, and some new ones.
For the past 7 years I have been involved in the iracing community primarily racing the SRF, establishing a league, and hosting a quarterly SRF big grid event we call the vRunoffs, obviously in honor of the real thing.
I am looking at setting up some leagues using the iracing platform to help connect the 2 worlds. We currently have the Weekend Warriors which is normally broadcast on YouTube thru the Global SimRacing Channel every Sunday. Check out some of the broadcasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bhZTFl ... tiNR3GphJs
We have some BIG news on the Weekend Warriors front to come out shortly regarding sponsorship and real world connections!
Another league of possibility would be one following the SCCA Super Tour Series.
We have 8 of the 11 Super Tour series tracks available in iracing. Can I interest some of you in joining and participating in one or both? The SRF ESports Super Tour league will probably run on Tuesday eves prior to the weekend of the Super Tour races. The first would be Tues 8 Jan, so its time to start setting up for members, etc. Let me know!
Is there something else that could be done to help connect, and set up to use for training, etc?
I know, I know, Gen 3! We are already pressing both sides, SCCA Enterprises and Iracing to get this done. Equipment recommendations, computers, iracing questions, etc?
I have a website set up for leagues and discussion, etc
http://virtualmotorsportsracing.com/
There are pages set up for sim hardware vendors, Leagues, Broadcasters (yes there is a genre of broadcasters for this, using YouTube, Twitch, etc) and even a page for sim/real world connection , as well as a forum available.
Lets hear some of your ideas, I am getting towards retirement in a few years, and this has become a personal goal.
Cheers
Steve
First, a BIG thanks for letting me join this community and to all the new contacts who have accepted my FB friend requests. Ray ESportsracing
The goal of my site is to connect real world racers and virtual racers in an ESports environment.
My background is growing up around the SCCA racing, autocross, and eventually racing the Spec Racer Gen 1 version .
I also have a background in simulation as a flight simulator technician, first thru the USAF, then with a manufacturer/training provider, FlightSafety, as a tech, tech instructor, and site manager, and now with a major US airlines simulator training facility.
These 2 backgrounds I feel gives me a unique perspective on the capability of the motor-racing ESports world.
I have reached out and connected with many drivers on the real world side and gratefully appreciate your acceptance! Some old friends, and some new ones.
For the past 7 years I have been involved in the iracing community primarily racing the SRF, establishing a league, and hosting a quarterly SRF big grid event we call the vRunoffs, obviously in honor of the real thing.
I am looking at setting up some leagues using the iracing platform to help connect the 2 worlds. We currently have the Weekend Warriors which is normally broadcast on YouTube thru the Global SimRacing Channel every Sunday. Check out some of the broadcasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bhZTFl ... tiNR3GphJs
We have some BIG news on the Weekend Warriors front to come out shortly regarding sponsorship and real world connections!
Another league of possibility would be one following the SCCA Super Tour Series.
We have 8 of the 11 Super Tour series tracks available in iracing. Can I interest some of you in joining and participating in one or both? The SRF ESports Super Tour league will probably run on Tuesday eves prior to the weekend of the Super Tour races. The first would be Tues 8 Jan, so its time to start setting up for members, etc. Let me know!
Is there something else that could be done to help connect, and set up to use for training, etc?
I know, I know, Gen 3! We are already pressing both sides, SCCA Enterprises and Iracing to get this done. Equipment recommendations, computers, iracing questions, etc?
I have a website set up for leagues and discussion, etc
http://virtualmotorsportsracing.com/
There are pages set up for sim hardware vendors, Leagues, Broadcasters (yes there is a genre of broadcasters for this, using YouTube, Twitch, etc) and even a page for sim/real world connection , as well as a forum available.
Lets hear some of your ideas, I am getting towards retirement in a few years, and this has become a personal goal.
Cheers
Steve