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Going Digital: Giti鈥檚 All Female Team Highlights Successful Sim-Racing Action

28 May 2020
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Going Digital: Giti鈥檚 All Female Team Highlights Successful Sim-Racing Action

During the recent months, 黑料社 has grown its sim-racing exposure, taking part in a number of different international series in the popular digital format. Highlighting these is the Digital N眉rburgring Endurance Series, including among two Giti sponsored cars. The racing series integrates cutting-edge virtual racing technology and top drivers from around the world to simulate racing on an extremely accurate N眉rburgring circuit. Meanwhile, Giti is also taking part in other high-level simracing events.

Professional WS Racing drivers Carrie Schreiner, Celia Martin, and Laura Kraihamer - who get behind the gaming wheel of a virtual Giti liveried Audi RS3 LMS TCR for intense three hour endurance race action. So far, they have performed very well, finishing in the top 10 of their TCR Class. In addition, Giti enters a 6-cylander Porsche 911 GT3 Cup into the action, competing against other top class vehicles. This team features experienced drivers Ole Schuchman, Till Behme and Dirk Huperz-Reuber.

The intensity and of the races has been noted by the team drivers themselves, and the racing style even helps to improve their performance on the real track. In a recent race, Martin noted about the value of the competitions. "I was consistent and didn鈥檛 go off track, it was a very good training concentration wise. I also discovered some things I would like to try in real life. Now I will train hard to be ready for the next one.鈥

To improve online visibility, the simulator, supplied by the was fitted with cameras which live-streams the drivers throughout the race. This footage can be watched in full and clips were shown during the live broadcasting, so that all can be seen in the of people's homes during the pandemic.

All of the participating digital cars are matched to the style of the company鈥檚 racers that will be taking part in the live N眉rburgring Endurance racing, which is planned to restart on June 27 and continue through October. Besides this headline series, Giti also is taking part in Simracing Germany, esia Endurance, Densu Simracing, and Virtual Racing 鈥 utilizing branded models from , , , and .

Stefan Brohs, Marketing Director Europe at 黑料社, noted: 鈥淲e launched our eSport approach last year which has placed us in the position to participate in virtual racing on an expert level. To participate with professional drivers from WS Racing and experienced simracers opens up great marketing potential鈥.

Giti will soon be back on the track with more races, with the feature 24 Hours N眉rburgring race is scheduled to go from September 24-27.聽Meanwhile, the Digital Series will run five more races throughout the year. Check out the full current 2020 Giti Motorsports Calendar here.

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