This Week in iRacing: December 17-23, 2024

Welcome back to This Week in iRacing, our weekly post that details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing!

As always, This Week includes topics ranging from official eSports to some of the top community-driven events, and everything in between.

Welcome to Week 1 of the first season of 2025! Here’s what to expect from 2025 Season 1, Week 1, from December 17th to December 23th, 2024.

For the Members: iRacing Official Series Highlights

Every week, iRacing offers daily, even hourly racing that members can get into, based on where their license level is at. There are also some special series that run at specific times that anyone can jump into, with the right credentials, that offer a more meaningful sim racing experience.

Here are a few of the highlighted series taking place this week.

WINTER NASCAR iRACING SERIES

Since there’s no NASCAR iRacing Series until the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season begins, the offseason makes room for the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series (WNiS), a similarly-structured fixed and open setup series which will utilize the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series cars. Week 6 will feature the 1987 cars at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The races this week are scheduled for:

Fixed Schedule: Wednesday, 21:00 GMT; Friday, 02:00 GMT; Saturday, 10:00 and 17:00 GMT; Monday, 02:00 GMT
Open Schedule: Thursday, 02:00 and 19:00 GMT; Saturday, 02:00 GMT; Sunday, 15:00 GMT

For more information on the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

BMW M2 CUP – NEW ROOKIE SERIES!

With the introduction of the BMW M2 CS, we have a new series at the Rookie ranks called the BMW M2 Cup. This fixed setup series will run on base package tracks. A base content car on base content tracks, this series has the potential to be one of the biggest yet!

Week 1 Schedule:

at Oulton Park Circuit – International

FIA F4 ESPORTS REGIONAL TOURS

The Regional and Global editions of the FIA F4 Esports Series returns returns with a slightly different format in 2025 Season 1. Both the fixed and open setup Global series will be going off hourly on the hour (at the same time) while the Regional series will be going off hourly on the :30.

Week 1 Schedule:

Americas: WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca – Full Course
Asia-Pacific: Tsukuba Circuit – 2000 Full
Europe: Oulton Park Circuit – Fosters
Global: Snetterton Circuit – 300

RICMOTECH RING MEISTER / DRAFT MASTER CHALLENGE BY SIMAGIC COMBINATIONS

Two of the more unique daily racing series on iRacing are the Ring Meister Ricmotech Series and the Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC Series, where the cars change every week as opposed to the tracks. The setups are fixed in both series, which means it’s all about jumping in and racing the combination at hand.

The Ring Meister Ricmotech Series (races on every odd 2 hours | qualifying every even 2 hours at :30) takes place at the Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten and cycles through mostly road-type racing vehicles every week. As for Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC (races every hour on the hour), the series contests six weeks at Talladega Superspeedway and six weeks at Daytona International Speedway, featuring many common NASCAR-oval style cars.

Week 1 Schedule:

Ring Meister: TCR cars at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten
Draft Master: 1987 NASCAR Cup cars at Talladega Superspeedway

RAIN MASTER

For wet weather racing enthusiasts, Rain Master is one of the latest Special Series available on iRacing. Introduced in 2024 Season 4, those looking for some fixed setup wet weather racing can now jump into select GT3 vehicles, including the BMW M4, Lamborghini Huracán EVO, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche 911, Ferrari 296, Audi R8 LMS EVO II, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and Ford Mustang, at 12 different road courses around the world. 2025 Season 1 introduces the Acura NSX GT3 EVO to the fold.

The forecasts will include light rain throughout the short, 15 minute events. Races run every hour at 15 minutes past the hour.

Week 1 Schedule:

at Virginia International Raceway – Grand Course

Coming Soon: Dirt Oval fans have two new year-long series to look forward to in 2025—Dirt Super Late Model Tour – Fixed and Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour – Fixed! Starting in February, these tours will transition to year-long special series, similar to the NASCAR iRacing Series (NiS), running from February through November.

Official iRacing eSports

There’s only one eSports event left on the 2024 calendar, with the World of Outlaws Pro Series. World of Outlaws will continue into the 2025 calendar with their final four races in January.

Both the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series and Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup will be back early on in 2025. The eNASCAR College Series will have a Spring Semester and championship to look forward to as well. Also, the IMSA Esports Global Championship has two races to go at the beginning of January!

WORLD OF OUTLAWS PRO SERIES/QUALIFYING SERIES

The World of Outlaws are back in the eSports rotation with the sixth race of the 2024-25 season in the 410 Sprint Cars at the Sprint Car Capital of the World, Knoxville Raceway. This season, the qualifying series will take place simultaneously as the season progresses, with each race getting their 35 driver lineup from the week prior’s qualifying series action. The series will also rotate between 410 Sprint Cars and Super Late Models.

KNOXVILLE – RACE #6 — BROADCAST BEGINS AT 8:00 PM ET (01:00 GMT)

For more information on the World of Outlaws Pro Series -> CLICK HERE

OFF THIS WEEK:

IMSA Esports Global Championship
- Next Race -> Race #3 at Sebring International Raceway (January 5th)
eNASCAR College iRacing Series
- Next Race -> Race #5 at Watkins Glen International (January 21st)

For more information on the IMSA Esports Global Championship -> CLICK HERE
For more information on the eNASCAR College iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

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