Sim Racing News for November
Another month of sim racing updates so you don’t miss a thing.
NZ Sim Racing
NZ Esports Racing Series (NZERS) finals. At the LAN finals in Wellington Matthew McEwen swept the field to win NZERS 2024 and earn a test drive in the Toyota 86 race series. Lewis Atkinson had to make a comeback to claim second after crashing into pit entry in race 1. And Ben Groves proved he could be a star of the future picking up third.
Watch the recording on Twitch.Mega Esports GT7 Race Day. Bringing an all new event format that reflected at traditional motorsport day with 3 different race categories alternating race sessions it was unfortunately a couple Aussies who got the best of the $1,170 prize pool. None the less Matthew McEwen and Simon Bishop walked away with a good share.
Read more.Logitech Race Days results. Kiwi Casey McConnon finished just 0.01 off the lead taking home second prize of a Astro A50 headset and Venom movie/merch pack. The Forza Motorsport time trial event was available in stores across NZ and Australia. 16 of the top 30 prize positions were kiwis.
Official results.
Logitech G Challenge "Winter" Season. The Logitech McLaren G Challenge is back with a familiar format on Forza Motorsport. Once again the winner of the Asia Pacific region will get a trip to an F1 Grand Prix and Lando Norris meet and greet along with many other prizes and cash up for grabs. Open qualifiers are underway and run through to March.
Learn more.
Extras
Team NZ to race in next Race of Champions. Hayden Paddon has been announced as the first driver for Team New Zealand and will be joined by another yet to be announced kiwi at the Race of Champions event next March.
The announced drivers includes big names such as Sebastian Loeb, Sebastian Vettel, and Jamie Wincup.Brendon Leitch crowned Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Champion. Read more. Unfortunately no kiwis qualified for the esports Super Trofeo finals to mirror his efforts in the virtual world. Watch the esports finals.
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