German real-world hillclimb venue Glasbachrennen seems set to be launched for sim racing platform RaceRoom.
The 5.3km route has been recreated within the title to be used within the FIA Esports European Hill Climb Cup, which has its remaining this weekend in Luxembourg.
At present, RaceRoom has the fictional ‘RaceRoom Hillclimb’, which was used for the qualifying stages of the Fédération Internationale de l’Vehicle’s competitors.
Nonetheless, within the run-up to the championship-deciding spherical, the FIA and RaceRoom launched in-game photographs of the Glasbachrennen point-to-point route. Traxion has confirmed with each events that it has been developed and will probably be used for the occasion.
It’s one more distinct venue for the simulation, which has standard areas similar to Monza, Spa-Francorchamps and Laguna Seca, but additionally splendidly area of interest venues like Charade and Adria or historic German airfield circuits similar to Diepholz.
Situated in Unhealthy Liebenstein (Steinbach), Glasbachrennen is used within the real-world FIA European Hill-Climb Championship.
Distinguished by its armco-lined route, slender confines and use of tyres for nook markers, racing was first held right here in 1974. It was revived in 2005, after which once more in 2011, following vital funding, and joined the FIA competitors in 2024.
FIA Esports European Hill Climb Cup finals
2,153 drivers from 87 totally different international locations fought for a spot within the finals of the sim racing competitors, and they are going to be utilizing this new monitor for the very first time within the deciding spherical.
The finalists are: Sami Joe Abi Nakhle (Lebanon), Alessandro Ottaviani (Italy), Turkka Häkkinen (Finland), Julian Kunze (Germany), Mihai-Alexandru Neg (Romania), Filip Floristeanu (Romania), Moritz Löhner (Germany) and Julian Klaffenböck (Austria).
“The worldwide make-up of the sphere competing on this first European Hill Climb Cup is a transparent reflection of the worldwide attraction of Esports and its capability to deliver rivals from totally different backgrounds and motor sport cultures collectively,” mentioned Niroshan Pereira, President of the FIA Esports Fee.
The LAN finals will probably be recorded as-live and launched after the occasion to observe on-line.
New RaceRoom content material
It’s not but clear when the Glasbachrennen hill climb will probably be launched to the general public, though RaceRoom does have a booth at the SimRacing Expo Frankfurt, between 16th and 18th October and a live stage keynote on the 17th.