Romain Grosjean, most famous for founding his esports team R8G Esports... okay maybe not, but he does have a sim racing team - and he's seriously passionate about it!

Romain has had an illustrious career in motorsports, from winning five junior championships to being thrust into the world of Formula 1, to now competing in IndyCar for the Juncos Hollinger Racing team.

In 2020, Romain decided to step into the world of sim racing and start R8G Esports which fields some of the best drivers in the world in top-flight esports competitions!

In this podcast, the French driver discusses his sim racing experiences, draws comparisons between sim racing and real-world motorsport, and weighs in on sim racing’s future.

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In significant news for fans of the Formula 1 games and the F1 Sim Racing (Esports) competition, Jarno Opmeer has joined Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing.

The team, with links to Max Verstappen and Team Redline, now sees two-time champion Opmeer join the reigning champion Frederik Rasmussen at the Milton Keynes outfit.

In this podcast interview, the Dutch competitor and content creator talks about his return to shifter karting, LAN events for esports and what could be done to improve EA SPORTS' F1 games.

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GTRevival is now called Project Motor Racing and will be published by Farming Simulator custodians GIANTS Software.

Hear from, first, GIANTS Founder and CEO Christian Ammann about why the independent Swiss firm is entering sim racing and then from Ian Bell.

The former lead of GTR, Need for Speed: Shift and Project CARS (among others) explains project delays, custom physics engines, the Lister Storm and Project Motor Racing’s new direction.

Details about the new graphics engine are expected at a later date. These interviews took place at Silverstone, while the team captured data from race cars.

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Ahead of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown's release in September, we spoke to its Game Director, Guillaume Guinet.

Why is it an always-online MMO? What will change from the demo to the final version in three months time? What are the post-release plans? Nintendo Switch? VR? Bikes?

It's all answered here...

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Le Mans Ultimate's DLC and possible subscription extras. What happened to the IndyCar Game? The rebirth of Motorsport Games. Your questions answered (consoles, VR, co-op within LMU). Stephen Hood, CEO, discusses this and more in this Traxion Podcast episode.

It's Motorsport Games unleashed, no holds barred.

The BTCC relationship, a possible rFactor 3 and a single-player career for Le Mans Ultimate. Discuss in our Discord or via social.

Let us know which other developers you'd like to hear from in future episodes. This is a pilot episode of a new podcast series, set to start on a later date, joining forces with Sim Sundays! Enjoy episode one of "Under the Hood" where we speak to the game development industry.

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Join Ross Gowing, Senior Creative Director, and Jon Armstong, Game Designer and real-world rally champion, to discuss EA SPORTS WRC with Thomas Harrison-Lord, covering all the smaller details you may have missed.

Are stages 1:1 recreations of the real-world WRC venues? How was the 2017-spec Volkswagen Polo captured? How did the project come about?

The first official World Rally Championship games, by Codemasters, hear how the team has worked with Unreal Engine, refined DiRT Rally 2.0's handling system and implemented the new-for-Rally1 hybrid system.

All are answered here, but also be sure to let us know your thoughts via the Traxion website's comments section - we'll try to answer your questions!

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For nearly two years now, Rory Alexander aka EERIEISSSS, has been a full-time sim racing content creator, driving Gran Turismo 7 and Assetto Corsa Competizione. It follows his first upload over five years ago.

Here, Thomas Harrison-Lord speaks to Rory about the shift to a new job in life, and balancing family with the will to push his YouTube channel forward. How Shorts mixed with live streaming works for him, the motivation behind his process and how to keep the channel financially secure.

We also touch upon his incredible supportive community, and how his streams are a constant distraction for Tom.

Recorded at the Gran Turismo World Series Showdown, where Rory won the Pro-Am competition paired with Igor Fraga.

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Max Esterson grew up in New York City playing Formula 1 video games, and latterly, iRacing. He didn't kart for a decade.

Yet, here's racing, and winning, in GB3 - the UK's premier single-seater championship, on the ladder to Formula 1. He aims to compete in FIA Formula 3 next season and has backing from the sim racing subscription-based platform.

If you've seen the Gran Turismo Movie, well Esterson is working the sim-to-real career, but without winning a reality TV show competition. Just raw talent, guile and passion.

In this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast, Thomas Harrison-Lord is joined by Piers Prior - who is not only part of the Traxion family but co-commentates and co-presents the GB3 championship - find out what makes Esterson tick, his lofty ambitions and how iRacing has supported his efforts.

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Join Thomas Harrison-Lord to discuss The Crew Motorsport with Ubisoft Ivory Tower's Stéphane Beley, Senior Creative Director, and Julien Hummer, Content Director.

With just days until the multi-platform open-world racing game launches, here you will hear about its four-year gestation (beginning as DLC for The Crew 2), the original game name and the new playlist structure.

The team also covers why Hawaii is the ideal location for this new Crew spin-off and the work required to get Toyota cars included.

The Crew Motorfest is coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox on 14th September, but Gold and Ultimate digital edition owners receive early access on the 11th.

Also, from the 14th, the first five hours for all players will be free to play across all platforms.

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We’re back with a brand new season of the Traxion Podcast, and we begin with a riveting conversation with Circuit Superstars and Karting Superstars developer Original Fire Games.

On this episode of the Traxion Podcast, Thomas Harrison-Lord speaks to Carolina, Alberto and Carlos Mastretta of Original Fire Games about its upcoming title Karting Superstars.

The team talk passionately about its newest game, which sees you race in a chase camera perspective using karts in a world familiar to fans of its previous release Circuit Superstars.

Karting Superstars has only been a couple of months in development, so here you’ll learn about the eye-opening reasons for its existence and the team’s aims and development plans.

Let us know in the comments below if you’ve got any questions or messages of support for the team, and don’t forget you can watch our initial hands-on gameplay video.

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In this insightful interview, we discuss the benefits of a sorted car setup in sim racing, how to sell your used equipment and the perfect segue.

On this episode of the Traxion Podcast, Thomas Harrison-Lord speaks to David Perel and Steve Worrell about what makes sim racing setup shop Coach Dave Academy tick, how its Delta app is making competitive driving easy, the future of The SimGrid and a new venture, SimTrader.

Ferrari GT driver Perel explains how real-world motorsport competition helps his Speed Capital company stand out from the competition, while Worrell highlights his new role at the business.

The trio also discuss the challenges and opportunities the sim racing industry faces over the next 12 months, and which titles catch their eyes.

We hope you gain some valuable insight into the business behind one of sim racing’s leading enterprises.

Let us know in the comments below if you’ve ever used Coach Dave Academy for training or setups, and are interested in the new equipment trading website.

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