Lewis Hamilton launches his own Extreme E racing team

Posted on 08/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Lewis Hamilton has announced that he’s launching his own team to compete in the Extreme E off-road racing series. Hamilton’s team, X44, will be part of the first Extreme E race season, which is expected to take place at the start of next year. The su...

Logitech’s G923 racing wheel makes you feel every curve of the road

Posted on 05/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you're serious about racing games, a controller just won't cut it. That's where a racing wheel accessory comes in, which can make it feel more like you're driving a car. Now Logitech, a company that's known for making some of the best gaming wheel...

Daniel Abt will race again after virtual Formula E cheating scandal

Posted on 02/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Remember Daniel Abt? The Formula E driver was disgraced after secretly subbing in an 18-year-old esports professional during a virtual 'Race at Home Challenge.' Abt was suspended from the competition, ordered to make a 10,000 euro (roughly $11,279) c...

Formula E returns August 5th with six races around an old Berlin airport

Posted on 17/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Formula E season is set to resume nearly five months after it was suspended due to COVID-19, although it won’t look much like what it did when the season started. Organizers have announced that the EV competition will wrap up with a six-race seri...

Jaguar ends I-Pace electric race series due to COVID-19

Posted on 19/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Jaguar’s electric racing series has come to an end two years after it began. The automaker is shutting down (via The Verge) the I-Pace eTrophy at the end of the 2019-2020 season after having “reviewed [its] strategy” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic...

A virtual race will replace the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June

Posted on 16/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Like so many other sporting events, the 24 Hours of Le Mans race will not occur as originally scheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Officially the 88th running of the world’s oldest active sports car endurance race has been rescheduled to Septem...

Porsche’s track app uses CarPlay to show lap data while you drive

Posted on 09/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There’s no guarantee you’ll find a race track to drive during the pandemic, but Porsche will be ready whenever you can hit the course. It recently updated its Track Precision app for iOS (via Autoblog) with CarPlay support to make lap data much more...

Eurosport follows ESPN in airing an esports racing championship

Posted on 23/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A pan-European TV network is joining ESPN in broadcasting virtual races while motorsport is shut down due to COVID-19. Eurosport has signed a deal to broadcast Torque Esports’ The Race All-Star Series on cable, satellite, IPTV and streaming (both liv...

Formula E team fills the sports void with online marble races

Posted on 18/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Formula E is delivering more than realistic race simulations to fill the gap in broadcasts left by the temporary shutdown of conventional sports. The Envision Virgin Racing team has teamed up with Jelle’s Marble Runs, the YouTube channel of Marbleymp...

NASCAR driver fired after using a racial slur while streaming

Posted on 15/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The switch from real-life racing to esports has been increasingly popular with viewers — NBC reports that last weekend’s iRacing Indycar Challenge at MIS brought in 25 percent more viewers than the first event — but slightly tricky for racers. Not be...

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