Hot Rocket Racing Club and RaceRoom Asia Teams Up

Local motorsports club Hot Rocket Racing Club recently announced its new collaboration with leading ‘Sim Racing’ (simulator racing) developers RaceRoom. More specifically, this collaborative effort involves the former’s Sim Racing Division and the latter’s regional arm, RaceRoom Asia. Together, both seek to further promote sim racing locally and cultivate local talents from which.

“We plan to incubate these talents and prepare them for high profile races and the highest performing drivers will be sponsored to represent the Hot Rocket Race Team,” said Hot Rocket Racing Club founder and president Terry Kuan.

He further adds that talents scouted in this new endeavor will be selected for its driver development program where candidates will train with partners Axle Sports and its coach, former Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong.

Through this collaboration with RaceRoom Asia, the Hot Rocket Racing Club Sim Racing Division will host monthly sim race sessions at the RaceRoom Racing Experience centre located in Ara Damansara. As an added bonus, Hot Rocket Racing Club members will also benefit with free training thanks to this partnership.

Source: RaceRoom Asia FB.

Notably, the RaceRoom Racing Experience centre’s Racing Motion Simulators’ are widely considered to be top-flight setups in the sim racing world. Costing approximately RM150,000 per unit, each simulator consists of the following:

-        Thinkvision 44-inch curved monitor

-        Simecube direct drive steering base

-        Ascher Martin Steering Wheels

-        3motion ‘Siletforce’ 3dof G-force motion simulator

-        Load cell (Pressure sensor) brake and accelerator pedals

-        RaceRoom Racing Experience EvO software

Since reaching commercial prime in recent years, Sim Racing has brought the average person to race on world-class tracks in the virtual world. It’s also a fast growing segment in the gaming industry that attempts to accurately simulate auto racing. Globally, Sim Racing’s market size was estimated at US$4.04 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach US$9.99 billion in 2027.

Fuelling this growth further is the relatively low cost for anyone to get started with Sim Racing compared to real-life motor racing – circuit rental, car repairs and modifications, fuel and tyres, competition fee and mechanics all make motorsports a far reach for the average Malaysian. In contrast to that, a beginner’s setup into Sim Racing only requires a computer/ game console, decently-built sim rig, tv screen and an internet connection to participate in official races worldwide like the ones hosted via RaceRoom.

More details about the Hot Rocket Motorsports Club are available via its official website, HotRocketRacingClub.com, as well as its social pages (Facebook & Instagram).