Sim Racing World Cup: The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) will field an Indian contingent in the inaugural edition of the Sim Racing World Cup set to be held in Monaco on October 23. The prestigious tournament (organized by the Monaco Esports Federation in association with the International Esports Federation) will feature one of the world’s most popular sim racing titles, Assetto Corsa.
The Indian National Qualifiers are open till July 3, and players can now register for the event. Here’s everything that is known so far about the event. For future updates on Gaming and Esports, follow InsideSport.IN.
Sim Racing World Cup: Indian National Qualifiers
In order to select the two sim racers who will represent the country at the prestigious event, ESFI will be conducting the National Qualifiers, wherein playoffs will be held online as well as offline. The finals, on the other hand, will be played in a hybrid mode. Two players will be selected from an offline event and 18 from online as the 20 players will ultimately fight in the finals for two spots in the Indian contingent.
The offline playoffs event is scheduled to take place at the INOX in Mumbai from July 4 to 7 while the online playoffs will be played from July 8-10. Finals will be conducted on July 11 and ESFI will soon announce the venue.
Registration process:
The registrations for the National Qualifiers have already started and will be closed on July 3. The professional players, as well as enthusiasts, can join the ESFI Discord for all details including the registrations, etc.
“The ESFI is incredibly excited for the inaugural edition of the Sim Racing World Cup which is the largest sim racing event to date and to expand to simulator-based esports. We urge all car racing enthusiasts to participate in the national qualifiers and show their real racing talent with their skills around karting and drifting in the game. Racing games are very popular in our country and everyone has that nostalgic vibe with these games. It’s time to prove our mettle on the international stage and this will be a true representation of ESFI’s commitment to the growth and development of sustainable and responsible gaming in our country.” said Lokesh Suji, Director of Esports Federation of India and Vice President of the Asian Esports Federation.
ESFI has joined hands with India’s largest eRacing organizer, IR Esports to conduct the National Qualifiers. IR Esports curates plans and executes custom motorsport-based campaigns via Esports across various mediums.
“We are very excited to announce our partnership with ESFI. Together we can grow the online racing (sim racing) space in India. Online racing is already hugely popular amongst the Indian youth, and creating a proper structure, will create opportunities for these esports athletes,” Rayomand Banajee, Founder of IR Esports added.
The Sim Racing World Cup will be played in two stages—Continental Qualifiers and Global Finals. Two players from each country will participate in the Continental Qualifiers and only one winning athlete from the continent will be qualified for the Global Finals.
ESFI continued its partnership with one of the country’s top sports and Esports firms, Artsmith- Concepts & Visions as the communication partner and with Inox as a multiplex partner. The live-action of National Qualifiers will be streamed on ESFI’s official YouTube and Facebook channels.
For more updates about the Sim Racing World CUp, keep following InsideSport.IN.
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