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The SimRacing Expo 2025 in Dortmund was a full-throttle celebration of virtual motorsport, but beneath the explosive growth, there will be some growing pains.
In this episode, I break down my first-hand impressions from the show floor, from the shock reveal of Assetto Corsa Rally to the hardware overload threatening to fragment the market.
I also explore why big motorsport brands and tech companies are still missing from this conversation, and why that’s a mistake they won’t be able to afford for much longer.
We’ll talk about the Fanatec-Corsair deal and what it signals for the next wave of acquisitions, how iRacing Arcade could bridge the gap between casual players and hardcore simracers, and the uncomfortable truth about simracing’s gender imbalance, and what that means for motorsport’s future talent pipeline.
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