The Playseat® SMS-R Championship Series (powered By Events House) was the 2019 esports major in Project CARS 2 and took place in the PC version of the game, with €20,000 in prizes up for grabs.

This year the championship came down to the wire in a closely fought season. The Finals saw VP Gaming, Veloce, SDL and ACR go head-to-head in Pro Class. But which team came out on top? And who would take the Challenger crown? Could Khaki make it two major titles in a row? Click below to find out more about the 2019 major.

THE 2019 SEASON HAS BEGUN!

2018 was a marquee year for racing esports, with more events held around the world than any other year, and the racing esport industry maturing and growing at an encouraging rate.

Within Project CARS Esports we saw...

Bumper-to-bumper action in the ACR Triple Threat League
Summer and Winter A1 Esports Leagues
The Logitech G Challenge Europe
The arrival of the XITE Rally X League
The arrival of the Renault Esport Series
Project CARS drivers dominating the eROC
The sunsetting of our long-running ESL Go4 Cups

Now, for 2019, we're recommitting to our SMS-R Major series by partnering with PlaySeat and Events House to bring you the biggest and most competitive championship ever... with past champions returning and new teams from the world of Forza and GT Sport qualifying to truly see who is the best of the best.

Elsewhere, we continue to expand and refine the Official Esport Racing Rankings that reflect the winners of every major tournament and event held in esports racing. With help from partners, drivers, and team managers, this is now the definitive place to see who are the most successful virtual drivers of all time.

As always, thanks for joining us on this journey and strap in for some amazing racing this year!

Andy Tudor
Chief Creative Officer

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2018 REPORTS & RESULTS

LOGITECH G CHALLENGE

After a series of online qualifying rounds in the McLaren 720S, the fastest drivers flew to Paris Games Week to battle for a place in the McLaren Shadow semi-finals.

A1 ESPORTS LEAGUE SEASON 2

ESL's A1 Esports League returned to Project CARS 2 in 2018. This time the action switched to asphalt racing focusing on the amazing road and race cars of Mercedes-Benz.

RENAULT ESPORTS SERIES

This UK competition challenged Britain's best sim-racers to show their talent in Renault Sport's thoroughbred racing cars in three in-game Community Events. The fastest drivers progressed to online Quarter and Semi-Finals, before a live Final at the 2018 British Grand Prix.

REPORT & RESULTS

O F F I C I A L

ESPORTS RACING RANKINGS

The Power Rankings are a statistical record of every driver that has stepped onto the podium in any esports racing event, irrespective of game or platform.

The aim is to give an impartial overview of the best drivers around the world, what they've achieved, and how they stack up against others.

The Power Rankings are updated regularly after major esports events.

We hope you find these interesting as esports racing continues to grow to new heights with the introduction of the DiRT World Championship, A1 eSports League, McLaren Shadow and more.

CHECK OUT THE RANKINGS

ESPORTS TEAM LIvERIES

Fans can start getting excited at the chance to represent their favorite team via official liveries for several of the top esports teams available in each Project CARS 2 DLC Add-On. These include some familiar faces, and some newcomers from the Forza Motorsport community - F4H Motorsport and JapSpeed Racing.

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