Automobili Lamborghini’s entry into the esports space is proving extremely popular, with last weekend’s 2nd qualifier for The Real Race, attracting hundreds of drivers. 

Sim racers Fulvio Barozzini, who started online racing in 2004 and became a serious sim racer in 2014, and Samir Ibraimi who started competitive sim racing in 2018, have already secured their places in September’s live finals.

They will be heading to the live finals at Lamorghini’s Sant’Agata Bolognese headquarters, in Italy, with Nils Naujoks (aka n1lyn), a former professional sim racer since 2003 and now manager of G2 Sim Racing, French sim racer Arnuad Lacombe, and Matthias Egger, who has competed in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series and been sim racing for over 19 years.

Explaining the appeal of The Real Race, and his experience so far, Fulvio Barozzini said:

“I had been playing it (Assetto Corsa Competizione) for 2-3 months and fell in love, definitely the best GT3 class simulator on the market. Suddenly I stumbled on the news that Lamborghini was launching their first eSport event on ACC, with magnificent prizes for the winners, and decided to join immediately! 

“A quick registration, then it was just about entering the Special Event called Lamborghini – The Real Race on Assetto Corsa Competizione and doing my best behind the wheel. Pretty straightforward. The qualifier, in its two sub-phases (hotstint and race), was pretty cool. No flaws on the organization side, tough (but fair) competition and a lot of fast drivers attempting to qualify.”

Three qualifying races still remain, with registrations opening again on 26 June at esports.lamborghini. 

AYO.NEWS says:

It looks like Lamborghini is on to a winner with The Real Race – but that’s no surprise when a brand with the heritage and prestige of Lamborghini partners with a sim race of the quality of Assetto Corsa Competizione!

The sim racing revolution continues…

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