
That means Forza‘s official esports series preceeded both the F1 and Gran Turismo esports championships which had their first seasons in 20 respectively. The official Forza esports series was known as the ForzaRC (or the Forza Racing Championship), and it started on Forza Motorsport 6 way back in 2016. Live stream starts at 1 PM ET: /b1fPlbqkRf- Xbox April 14, 2017

Watch the #Forza Racing Championship New York Invitational April 15-16. But Forza hasn’t had any competitive top level racing in over a year. The F1 games play host to the F1 Esports Series Pro Championship and Gran Turismo has its own FIA-certified championship, of which the likes of Jarno Opmeer and Takuma Miyazono are the respective reigning champions. There’s the F1 games by Codemasters, the Gran Turismo series on PlayStation and then on Xbox, the Forza games (both the circuit-focused Motorsport games and the open world Horizon series).Įvery major racing game has its own dedicated esports championship. Photo credit: it comes to mainstream console racing games, there are really only three main players that come to mind. Why did Forza fail to sustain its own racing championship? But whilst the PlayStation exclusive has thrived in esports, its Xbox contemporary has struggled.

Gran Turismo‘s championships have their World Final this weekend.
