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Supercars is today launching a
national e-Sports competition with a ground-breaking challenge leading into
this year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
With the Bathurst circuit and
Supercars a feature in Xbox’s Forza motorsport franchise, a national challenge
will be held to find the best Aussie gamers.
The Harvey Norman Supercars Forza
Challenge will be contested online in September and October with players
clocking their best lap time in a virtual Supercar around Mount Panorama.
The eight fastest qualifiers will win
a trip to this year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
There they will be paired with some
of Supercars’ top drivers including defending Champion Shane van Gisbergen,
current Championship leader Scott McLaughlin and former Bathurst winners Chaz
Mostert and Nick Percat for an All-Stars Challenge.
Fellow Supercars drivers David
Reynolds, Lee Holdsworth, Simona De Silvestro and 17-year old Alex Rullo will
also co-drive in the All-Stars challenge.
The challengers will then compete
against each-other during a live finals event across a ten-race Championship to
determine the ultimate winner.
The All-Stars race and the Harvey
Norman Supercars Forza Challenge grand final will be played across a series of Xbox
consoles in front of a live audience set and streamed live on
Supercars.com, foxsports.com.au in Australia, and across Europe, North America,
Asia and the Middle East with Supercars broadcast partners.
Supercars CEO James Warburton said
the pilot is designed to extend to a global competition which would be staged
in front of live audiences and streamed across multiple events through the
course of the Supercars Championship.
“This e-sports initiative is an
exciting opportunity to showcase Supercars and further our fan engagement,
representing a significant growth market for our teams and partners,” Warburton
said.
“The synergy and popularity of racing
games and the sport of Supercars means that a e-Sports Championship in 2018
will become a natural extension of our product offering.
“We are delighted to be partnering
with Harvey Norman and Microsoft as well as the stars of our show, the
Supercars drivers and their teams.”
Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page said
gaming is becoming increasingly popular in Australia and this competition is a
perfect fit for fans of both Supercars and e-Sports.
“For everyone who has ever dreamed of
driving at Bathurst, this year it becomes a gaming reality with the Harvey
Norman Supercars Forza Challenge,” Harvey Norman CEO Ms Page said.
“We have been working
with Supercars and Microsoft for over a year to bring this
e-Sports challenge to life. Gaming is one of Harvey Norman's fastest
growing categories, so it is guaranteed to be a fan favourite.”
A challenge will be created within
the highly popular Forza Motorsport 6 utilising the Rival component to allow
players to set a lap time of Bathurst for their chance to win.
The finals will be run over three
days and consist of a series of races on a range of international race tracks
that feature in Forza Motorsport 7. While the initial qualifiers will take
place in Forza Motorsport 6, the final series will be contested on Forza
Motorsport 7, due to be released on October 3rd 2017, the week prior
to the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
Forza 7 is the most authentic racing
game ever made, available in true 4K exclusively on the world’s most powerful
console, the Xbox One X. With more than 700 cars including the largest
collection of supercars and our very own Mount Panorama track, Forza Motorsport
7 is this year’s must have racing experience.
The Virgin Australia Supercars
Championship is the premier road racing series down under. Whether you take the
#22 to the legendary Bathurst track at Mount Panorama, to the streets of Long
Beach, or any other track in Forza Motorsport 7, you will find the Aussie
spirit of racing at every corner.
To register for the Harvey Norman
Supercars Forza Challenge head to www.supercars.com/esports