Five Sim Racing Esports Series to Follow in 2025

1. Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup - iRacing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRnbeElp4d0

This is Porsche’s leading virtual competition, which is held for the German sportscar manufacturer on iRacing. The car? Well, identical Porsche 911s, but of course.

As there are plentiful cash prizes on offer, several of the top esports teams such as Red Bull and the Max Verstappen-affiliated Team Redline compete - even real-world Formula 4 driver Cooper Webster is in the field this year, and Sebastian Job who recently tested a Formula 1 car.

In fact, it's these two drivers who top the standings after the first three rounds - but four remain, live on iRacing’s channels through March and into April. It all ends at the incredibly challenging Le Mans circuit. There’s even a pre-event All-Stars support series for content creators.

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2. DTM Esports - RaceRoom

This is the official virtual companion series to the real-world DTM championship - Germany’s leading motorsport series.

Don’t worry, each race will be broadcast in both English and German. Using GT3 cars, some of sim racing’s top drivers and teams compete, with coverage on both the RaceRoom and DTM channels.

The calendar reflects its counterpart, and it delivers extremely close racing and, usually, drought season-finales. The six-round season begins 21st March 2025.

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3. eNASCAR Coca-Cola Series - iRacing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhMQQIlSgQ&t=3818s

This is the world’s most competitive oval racing series, although some rounds are at ‘street’ tracks. In order to compete here, drivers have progressed through several supporting ladders, and then survived a draft pick.

Even then, they aren’t safe - finish in the lower part of the standings and they face relegation.

But the rewards are worth it, with $500,000 of prize money on the line, and the final four drivers in title contention take part in a live, in-person, final at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. If you’ve never got into oval racing, this is a great place to start.

It’s an 18-round season, and only two have been completed to date, with the final in July.

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4. Racing Unleashed Racer League - Assetto Corsa

This Racing Unleashed competition deserves more viewers, as the concept is truly unique.

The combination of single-seater Formula 1-style vehicles on Assetto Corsa and popular tracks isn’t what makes it different.

Instead, it’s how the drivers compete. Each is in a full motion simulator, located at one of Racing Unleashed’s European locations. So it’s a LAn event, but then connected to the internet across the various locations, with the competitors racing away from home.

It makes for some thrilling racing too, alongside the distinct process. There’s one race left per month until the final on 10th May, live on the RU YouTube channel. 

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5. F1 Sim Racing - EA SPORTS F1 24

This is the most-viewed sim racing competition on earth, and by some margin, by dint of being live, and free, on the main Formula 1 YouTube channel. Each real-world F1 team enters a professional team of top virtual driving talent.
Consequently, it delivers unparalleled exposure for the world of sim racing, and for this season, the production values are exemplary. Each round is in a LAN environment, with Fanatec equipment, from a studio in Sweden.

It helps that the racing is close too, with EA SPORTS F1 24’s combination of slipstreams, ERS and DRS management meaning you never really know who will win right until the very end.

The final four races are between 25th and 25th March 2025.

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Written by the teams at trophi.ai and Traxion.GG.