Two months in and we’ve already witnessed what is likely NZs most prestigious sim racing series of the year, league racing is in full swing, and game updates are coming thick and fast.

NZ Sim Racing

• Cooper Prout crowned NZ Toyota 86 E-Cup (NZTEC) Champion. Avoiding the chaos Cooper became NZ champion in style winning the final two races of the season.
  
  1st: Cooper Prout - 755 points, 6 race wins
  🎁 Entry into the CareVets Toyota 86 scholarship weekend!
  2nd: Josh Silcock - 651 points, 2 race wins
  🎁 $1,000 Moza voucher redeemable through SpeedNation
  3rd: Ewan Baker - 603 points, 2 race wins
  🎁 $450 MRP sim racing store voucher
  
  Hard charger award (most overtakes each round): Alex Sprague x2, Bryce Harding x1, Nieko Scoles x1.
  🎁 1x Month Subscription to ApexLab.
  Fastest Lap each round: Cooper Prout x3, Hugo Allan x1.
  🎁 $40 MRP sim racing store voucher
  Driver of the round van vote each round: James McIver, Paul Booth, Josh Silcock, Darryn Lobb.
  🎁 SpeedNation Sim Racing gloves.
  
  Watch the broadcasts on NZ Sim Racing TV.
  Full championship results.

• Supercars NZ V8s Autumn Series announces $2,000 prize pool. The long running iRacing league is stepping up the prizes for their upcoming season with $500 for 1st, $300 for second, continue all the way down to $50 for 10th.
  Follow SupercarsNZ on facebook for upcoming series entry announcements.

• Supercars NZ GT3 series also features $2,000 in prizes. Once again the GT3 series will by running alongside the V8s and for the upcoming Autumn series also features the mega prize pool.
  Join their discord to take part.

• Enduro for Men’s Health looking for support. The race raised over $5,000 last year and is looking to go even bigger in 2026. The format has already been announced for June 13th running TCR cars around Adelaide on iRacing but the team is now putting the call out for bribe ideas to encourage donations during the race along with any other support and ideas the community can offer.
  Reply to this email or join the discord to contribute.

News

• iRacing Arcade releases March 3rd. Originally intended to release last December the lastest game from the iRacing umbrella, from the developers of Circuit Superstars, is finally coming in just few days. Initially only available on Steam.
  Official website.

• Trackmania announced for Esports Nations Cup. Saudi Arabian organisers of the Esports World Cup have announced the new Nations Cup event will take place in November, in Saudi Arabia. Trackmania is one of 26 games included. This is the same group that will host the first Olympic Esport Games in 2027 so the Nations Cup may be an indication of what we can expect from that.
  Official details.

• Nacon files for insolvency. After recently picking up the WRC license that project is now at risk as the company has run out of money to pay it’s debts. We could see the end of Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown, Endurance Motorsport Series before it’s released, and the loss of the MXGP licenses the company currently owns, along with the recent Revosim hardware venture.
  Read more.

• Milestones “Screamer” set to release March 26th. The unique racing game, with scripted story and anime style visuals, is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox.
  Watch the trailer.

NZ League Racing

• Aus/NZ Endurance Series round 1 delayed. The ACC endurance series was originally scheduled to kick off March 22nd but that has now been delayed with an upcoming announcement “as soon as everything’s sorted”.
  Join the discord for updates and upcoming signup.

• ASRNZ Porsche Supercup kicked off February 25th. Featuring small iRacing credit prizes for driver and pass of the week the 8 round championship started things off with a trip to the Adelaide circuit.
  Watch on Youtube.
  Join the community on discord.

• Kiwi Sim Racing (KSR) Endurance series kicks off in March. The 6 round iRacing endurance series is spread across the year with races taking place in between the regular KSR seasons.
  Full details.

• Manawatu Car Club Summer Series in full swing. The winter series was won by none other than Cooper Prout but with his focus elsewhere it’s time for a new champion. Graeme Wall has an early lead 3 rounds into the 7 round season. Late entries are welcome in the series that runs Radicals on iRacing every two weeks.
  Join the discord.

• Hardcore Online Gaming rFactor 2 series in full swing. Round 4 of the 2026 Trans Am Golden Era Series took place last week with 3 rounds remaining.
  Join the discord.

League updates thanks to the NZ Sim Racing Hub. Join their discord for info on all the main sim racing communities in NZ.