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PKC Introduces the Polaris Off-Road Experience

The Simraceway Performance Karting Center invites you to leave the asphalt behind and explore the wild side of Napa Wine Country! This brand new Simraceway experience puts drivers behind the wheel of a POLARIS Ranger 4×4 ATV. A course of essential off-road instruction will be followed by a memorable excursion that takes in stunning views at the famous Dollarhide Ranch–and a range of fine wines at St. Supery’s Vineyards. Find out more by clicking the red tab at the bottom of the screen and talking to us.

New Sim Car: McLaren MP4-29

This British Grand Prix weekend, you can get behind the wheel of McLaren’s latest Formula One challenger, the MP4-29, free on Simraceway‘s Online Racing World! Find out more on our ORW blog, or read on to view our new racer.

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New Sim Car: Jaguar D-Type

Take to the tracks in Simraceway‘s latest virtual release, the Jaguar D-Type, free this weekend! Find out more on our Online Racing World blog, or read on to view our new car.

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Sim Car Spotlight: Instructors Choice Bundle

One of Simraceway Online Racing World‘s Car Bundles–themed collections of virtual cars that can be downloaded quickly and cost-effectively–the Instructors Choice Bundle comprises cars personally selected by PDC instructors, from the McLaren MP4/4 and BMW M1 Procar to the Mazda 787 and Maserati Tipo 61 ‘Birdcage’.To discover more about the reasons behind the Bundle’s classic constituents, check out our Online Racing World blog. To view the Bundle itself, head to the Simraceway ORW website.

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New Sim Car: Nissan GT-R GT3

Ever fancied putting NISMO’s 2012 flyer to the test around Sonoma–or another of our sim racing game’s world-famous circuits? This weekend, you can race the Nissan GT-R GT3 for free! Find out more on our Online Racing World blog, or read on to view our new virtual racer.

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Superkarts! USA Returns to Sonoma

SKUSA headed back to Sonoma in style last weekend with the Simraceway Performance Karting Center hosting Round 4 of the California ProKart Challenge. With over 130 entrants, including 25 S1 Class drivers, and hundreds more watching, two beautiful Californian days saw a host of fiercely-fought, exciting contests. Read on to find out more!

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How to Get Around COTA…Fast!

Simraceway Performance Driving Center instructor Matt Bell is one of a select group: a driver who has taken on Circuit of The Americas twice. In fact, in March of this year the Californian got up-close-and-personal with the Austin circuit twice in one day—once in a Chevrolet Camaro SS GS.R, and once in an Audi R8 LMS.

So who better than the expert GT racer, who has placed second in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series Driver’s Championship (GS Class) two years in a row, to guide us through a lap of COTA in our R8 LMS ultra–as Simraceway players battle to record the quickest times with that same car/track combo and qualify for the 50th Sunday Race-Off?

Read on to benefit from his video and guide, which is also available to download as a PDF.

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Circuit of The Americas Comes Full Circle

Simraceway and Circuit of The Americas have always enjoyed a close relationship–we even managed to launch our version of the course three weeks before its real gates swung open–so, on the eve of its second US GP, we’re naturally delighted that the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. has been such a hit in its first year.

Read on to find out more about COTA’s successful first twelve months–in both the virtual and real worlds!

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Palatov Motorsport’s Fire-Breathing D4PPS Wins at Pikes Peak

According to Wikipedia, “Pikes Peak International Hill Climb…is an annual automobile and motorcycle hill climb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado” on a track that “measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,110 ft (4,300 m), on grades averaging 7%.”

While completely accurate, what that selection of stats fails to convey is just how spine-chillingly fearsome this popular event is. Filled with hardcore, take-no-prisoners corners that are often taken at insane speeds, its drivers are seemingly unperturbed by its blood-curdling collection of blind exits and run-off areas that would be more accurately described as “fall-off areas”.

When Ernest Hemingway observed there were “but three true sports – bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing”, it’s doubtful he was aware there was actually an event fusing two of those endeavors into one challenging contest. And it’s the enormity of this challenge that brings so many contestants to the mountains of Colorado each year. This year, our good friends at Palatov Motorsport decided to take up the challenge–and this is our account of how they got on.

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Team Cal Simraceway Gear Up for Their Biggest Challenge Yet

Simraceway has partnered with the Formula SAE team at UC Berkley to assist its budding engineers and drivers as they develop and race their B12 car in the 2012-2013 season. In a previous post we covered the early stages of their preparation, including the all-important driver selection, and we now join Team Principal Shin Scott and his FSAE team as they continue to ready the car and drivers for the grand final in Nebraska.

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