The announcement of a brand new racing simulation created noticeable excitement in the summer of 2022 when RENNSPORT was first unveiled - the project has since gone on to host the very first sim racing esports competition in ESL history, with big teams like Team Redline or G2 Esports on the virtual grid. Meanwhile, the average sim racer is still waiting even for beta access, and the last official bit of news in this regard was published in late January.
Image Credit: RENNSPORT on Twitter
Set to be an all-new sim built from scratch, RENNSPORT set out to revolutionize not just sim racing esports, but the modding community as well, planning to provide modders with bespoke tool kits for the sim to create content. Initially, the closed beta, for which sim racers could sign up as early as September 2022, would be underway by the end of last year.
Meanwhile, ESL R1, as the esports competition is called, has seven of its eight rounds befor their Spring Major on June 3rd and 4th already under its belt, leading to some of the sim racing community questioning this divided approach.
Though not official news, RENNSPORT CEO Morris Hebecker shared an interesting announcement during his guest appearance on the Grid Finder Sim Sundays podcast: "We definitely will have a reasonable amount of race tracks and cars by the beginning of next year." Then, a more complete version of the sim should be available - "I wouldn't say it's a release, but kind of a release", says Hebecker.
At the time of writing this article, RENNSPORT's car roster consists of five cars, four of which are in the GT3 category. There are four tracks available, one of which is not a circuit but a point-to-point track.
The recent silence does not mean that the RENNSPORT team has not been hard at work behind the scenes in the meantime: Hebecker promises that at the RENNSPORT Summit in Munich - at which the ESL R1 Spring Major is going to be held - in June, "we definitely will have four or five new cars that we will show there, and also new race tracks."
Getting the Beta underway is the top priority right now though, as Hebecker explains: "There are so many people on the wait list, and the only thing we have on our Discord server is that they ask 'when can we have a go at the Beta?' We need our time. Wait until the summer, then we can show what it will look like."
What are your thoughts on what is on the road ahead for RENNSPORT? Let us know in the comments!
Image Credit: RENNSPORT on Twitter
Set to be an all-new sim built from scratch, RENNSPORT set out to revolutionize not just sim racing esports, but the modding community as well, planning to provide modders with bespoke tool kits for the sim to create content. Initially, the closed beta, for which sim racers could sign up as early as September 2022, would be underway by the end of last year.
No Beta Date Yet
This date could not be met and was moved to early February - a self-imposed deadline RENNSPORT also could not fulfill. Instead, sim racers were informed in late January that the start of the closed beta had been postponed, this time without giving a new date to look forward to.Meanwhile, ESL R1, as the esports competition is called, has seven of its eight rounds befor their Spring Major on June 3rd and 4th already under its belt, leading to some of the sim racing community questioning this divided approach.
Though not official news, RENNSPORT CEO Morris Hebecker shared an interesting announcement during his guest appearance on the Grid Finder Sim Sundays podcast: "We definitely will have a reasonable amount of race tracks and cars by the beginning of next year." Then, a more complete version of the sim should be available - "I wouldn't say it's a release, but kind of a release", says Hebecker.
At the time of writing this article, RENNSPORT's car roster consists of five cars, four of which are in the GT3 category. There are four tracks available, one of which is not a circuit but a point-to-point track.
RENNSPORT Cars
- Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II
- BMW M4 GT3
- Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
- Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
- Porsche Mission R
RENNSPORT Tracks
- Goodwood Hillclimb
- Hockenheimring
- Nürburgring
- Spa-Francorchamps
The recent silence does not mean that the RENNSPORT team has not been hard at work behind the scenes in the meantime: Hebecker promises that at the RENNSPORT Summit in Munich - at which the ESL R1 Spring Major is going to be held - in June, "we definitely will have four or five new cars that we will show there, and also new race tracks."
Getting the Beta underway is the top priority right now though, as Hebecker explains: "There are so many people on the wait list, and the only thing we have on our Discord server is that they ask 'when can we have a go at the Beta?' We need our time. Wait until the summer, then we can show what it will look like."
What are your thoughts on what is on the road ahead for RENNSPORT? Let us know in the comments!
