Sim racer turned REAL racer with Rudy van Buren | S02E10

08/02/21 • 33 min

Rudy van Buren has twice finished on the podium this season in the highly competitive Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, but his career path to this point has been far from conventional.
Starting out in karting, Rudy then focused his effort on sim racing, where his natural talent shone through. This culminated in two GPVWC titles in 2017, the Superleague and International Touring Cup and winning the inaugural World's Fastest Gamer competition to become the McLaren F1 team's simulator driver for 2018.
The 29-year-old Dutchman came third in the GT Pro Series and become a Mahindra simulator development driver in 2020 - a role he still holds today, with aspirations of having a test soon.
In our latest podcast episode, Thomas Harrison-Lord speaks to the talented esports and motorsport competitor on the differences between sim and reality.
Visit Traxion for the last esports news and race reports: https://traxion.gg/category/esports/
Follow Rudy: https://twitter.com/rvburen

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How iGP Manager continues to evolve, Jack Basford interview | S02E09

Joining us this week on the Traxion.GG podcast is Jack Basford, founder and CEO iGP Games, creator of iGP Manager – a leading single-seater management game.
Originally released back in 2011, the free-to-play online-league-based title is available via any web browser, or through PC, iOS and Android apps, all of which synch together. Earlier in 2021, a new 3D race feature was added to the game too, and the development team continue to evolve the platform.
We speak to Jack about how he still innovates, over 10 years since the original launch, and what the future is for iGP Manager. We also chat about other games he enjoys playing and his former motorsport experience.
Listen to the latest episode to find out about this innovative experience and why you should check out the game.
Hosted by Thomas Harrison-Lord and Justin Sutton.

For the latest iGP Manager news, visit: https://traxion.gg/category/games/igp-manager/

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More information about GRID Legends: https://traxion.gg/grid-legends-announced-by-codemasters-arrives-2022/
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The Traxion Sim Racing Podcast - Sim racer turned REAL racer with Rudy van Buren | S02E10

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:05.580

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Speaker 200:00:05.629

Welcome to a brand new episode of the traction dot Gigi podcast. I'm Tom and joining us today is really from Baron Porsche cup Dyson driver, and a factor to SIM racing professional. How you doing Rudy ?

Speaker 300:00:19.160

Hello, thanks for having me all good on this end and

Speaker 200:00:21.949

Then yeah , no probl