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Two New iRacing Championships. One Great Reason to Race. We’re excited to announce a new partnership between Podium 1 and Grid Finder: two organizations brought together by a shared passion for competitive sim racing. Starting this July, we’re launching two new iRacing championships designed to create structured, rewarding competition for drivers of all levels. Beginning [...]

The legendary celebration of motorsport heritage is here — the Goodwood Festival of Speed! To mark this iconic event, we’re launching a livery design competition to showcase the most stunning, Goodwood-inspired creations from the sim racing community. How do I participate in the Grid Finder Goodwood Livery Competition? You can use any sim racing platform [...]

Get ready to push your skills to the edge—Season 5 of the IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge is here! This thrilling competition spans six rounds of hotlapping, combining three of the best car classes with six world-class racing circuits. Sign up for Season 5 today! How It Works Each round is a test [...]

The legendary endurance racing season is upon us, featuring the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Nürburgring, and 24 Hours of Spa. To celebrate this epic Triple Header, we’re hosting a livery competition to find the best endurance-racing-inspired design in the sim racing world! How do I participate in the Grid Finder [...]

We’re thrilled to announce a brand new partnership between Grid Finder and Suellio Almeida, bringing you an exciting sim racing championship on iRacing, designed for drivers of all skill levels: the Almeida Racing League! Whether you're the next world-class Esports driver, or you just love tight racing in a structured, competitive environment, the Almeida Racing [...]

Grid Finder is proud to announce the Purple Sector Championship — a brand new championship built for drivers looking to leave their mark on the F1 25 competition. With the release of Codemasters' latest title, we're bringing the heat and launching an 8-round championship that is sure to bring you plenty of enjoyment. Sign up [...]

As the much-awaited launch of F1 25 is on the horizon, Grid Finder is proud to announce that F1 25 is now a supported title on our platform! With seamless integration and easy community management features, Grid Finder continues to be the go-to platform to build competitive and casual racing events on F1 games.  Whether [...]

The 109th edition of the Indianapolis 500 is fast approaching, with the race set for May 25th. To celebrate such a prestigious and eagerly anticipated event, we’re hosting the Grid Finder Indy 500 Livery Competition to find the best Indy 500-inspired design out there! How do I participate in the Grid Finder Indy 500 Livery [...]

Get ready to push your skills to the limit—the IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge is back for its fourth season! This exciting series has six rounds of fast-paced hotlapping action, featuring three different car classes across six legendary tracks. How does it work? Each round focuses on hotlapping, so your goal is simple: [...]

Are you ready to take your sim racing experience to the next level? Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just getting started, the Grid Finder Racing Club is your ultimate destination for fair, fun, and competitive racing across F1 24, Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC), and Forza Motorsport. With big plans for the future, including live-streamed [...]

Are you a seasoned commentator with years of commentating under your belt? Or are you a budding commentator that wants to make it big in the sim racing scene? The Elgato Commentator Challenge aims to showcase the very best commentator talent, experienced or new to the commentary scene, in the Grid Finder community! Alongside our [...]

New Era for Grid Finder We're thrilled to announce the launch of the revamped Grid Finder website! After months of hard work and invaluable feedback from our community, we've redesigned our platform to make organizing and discovering sim racing events easier, faster, and more intuitive than ever. Here’s what’s new: Introducing the Community Manager We’ve [...]

We are proud to announce the Top 3 livery designs of the competition. These designers have all captured the spirit of the Grid Finder Love Livery Competition, producing stunning liveries that will surely turn heads on track! As a reminder, the Top 3 liveries receive awesome cash prizes as follows: So which of the designs [...]

Are you ready to bring some love to the track? Grid Finder is thrilled to announce our latest livery competition, where creativity and love collide on track. This time, we’re celebrating love in all its forms, and we want you to design the most stunning love-themed livery! How do I participate in the Grid Finder [...]

Our team at Grid Finder are happy to welcome back the IMSA Esports Club in 2025, with the IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge returning for the 3rd consecutive season and more events currently in the works! IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge Grid Finder is bringing to you the very best hotlapping [...]

With 2024 coming to a close, we thought we'd feature one of our proudest moments of this year! A month ago, the Porsche Endurance North America 6 Hours of COTA came to a close, and it saw our RAFA Racing Club x Grid Finder Livery Competition winner getting their livery being put onto the RAFA [...]

Are you a new driver on iRacing? Feel like you could use some extra practice in the FF1600? Look no further than the Grid Finder Community Open Wheel Rookies! With three rounds, in three FREE tracks, anyone with an iRacing subscription can register and race with everyone! What tracks will I be racing on? We’re [...]

Who are The Samaritans? The Samaritans do incredible work in being there 24/7 for people in times of crisis. This is through providing tools and resources to help people cope with any challenges in life that people face, without judgment or pressure. With 23000 volunteers responding to calls for help, and 2500 volunteers ensuring the [...]

Grid Finder is delighted to present the IMSA Sports Car Series, bringing Grid Finder at the forefront of Gran Turismo 7! And we’re starting with the bang alongside a very familiar name in Rory Alexander to provide the very best racing experience for all you console enjoyers! The IMSA Sports Car Series is sure to [...]

Grid Finder presents the RAFA Racing Club Livery Competition with a HUGE prize on the line for the winner! That’s right! Grid Finder have partnered with RAFA Racing Club to host a livery competition you won’t want to miss out on. What’s the prize, you may ask? Well, the winner of the livery competition will [...]

Big news, Trackmania fans! The wait is over: Grid Finder is officially bringing Trackmania into its ever-expanding lineup of supported racing games with the launch of Version 1.0. Please remember that this is our starting point, and we plan to tackle and enhance the experience as much as possible. But if you encounter any major [...]

Ladies and gentlemen! After an intense round of judging, we're thrilled to announce the winners of the Traxion Livery Competition. The creativity and talent on display were truly exceptional, making it no easy task for our judges to pick the best of the best. But after much deliberation, we have our champions! (But also thank [...]

Our team at Grid Finder has some exciting news to share with you all! We’ve planned out some exciting events alongside the brilliant team at IMSA and iRacing and we cannot wait for you all to get started and take part! IMSA Time Attack returns for Season 2! That’s right! The Time Attack challenge on [...]

The Traxion.gg Livery Design Competition is here! This contest invites sim racing enthusiasts and budding designers to showcase their creative skills by designing a livery that embodies the spirit of Traxion.gg. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a fresh talent eager to make your mark in the sim racing world, the Traxion.gg Livery Design Competition [...]

The final stop of this seasons IMSA World-Wide Tour, reaches the Virginia International Raceway for the last round. GT3's will get their last run out for Season One of the IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge! Remember, you are in with a chance to win some amazing prizes just be setting a lap time [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! After an intense round of judging, we're thrilled to announce the winners of the Grid Finder Livery Design Competition. The creativity and talent on display were truly exceptional, making it no easy task for our judges to pick the best of the best. But after much deliberation, we have [...]

The round-the-world IMSA exploration mission moves onto the world renowned Circuit Barcelona de Catalunya. LMP2's will be the class of choice for this penultimate round of the first season of the IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge! Remember, you are in with a chance to win some amazing prizes just be setting a lap [...]

What is the Grid Finder Livery Design Competition? The Grid Finder Livery Design Competition is here! This contest invites sim racing enthusiasts and budding designers to showcase their creative skills by designing a livery that embodies the spirit of Grid Finder. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a fresh talent eager to make your mark [...]

Round 3 has come to a close around Mosport in Canada, and drivers got their hands on the GT3 machinery for the first time this season. 2650 laps completed across all manufacturers in the past 2 weeks bought fierce competition from all involved. I want to wish a big thankyou to all the drivers who [...]

Mosport has been conquered, and after a full rotation of car classes, we move back to the GTP Car Class but this time around the highly technical Fuji International Speedway, lets preview Round 4 of this seasons IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge on iRacing! Remember, you are in with a chance to win [...]

Round 2 was a huge success with nearly 2500 laps completed in the LMP2 in the past 2 weeks! A big thankyou to all the drivers who took part in Round Two of the Competition within iRacing, we can now reveal the prize winners for Round Two of the competition. Participation Winners 3 winners have [...]

2 Rounds down and 4 to go, this time we head to the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park with the ever impressive GT3 Car Class, including the new Ford Mustang GT3 and Chevrolet Corvette GT3's recently added to iRacing, lets prepare to move into Round 3 of this seasons IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge [...]

The Fan Village at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa will feature an exciting new activity this year. Attendees can look forward to a thrilling collaboration between Grid Finder, Traxion, Rafa Racing, AK Esports, and Fanatec. This year’s highlight includes the opportunity to drive on AK Esports’ state-of-the-art sim racing rigs with participants having the [...]

What a week! A big thankyou to all the drivers who took part in Round One of the Competition within iRacing, over 300 of you took to the track at Watkins Glen International setting over 5000 laps and we can now reveal the prize winners for Round One of the competition. Participation Winners With that [...]

With so many of you setting some stonking lap times around Watkins Glen, we are prepared to move into Round 2 of this seasons IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge on iRacing! Remember, you are in with a chance to win some amazing prizes just be setting a lap time within the Time Attack [...]

Welcome to the New and Improved Grid Finder Livery Tool! Great news for sim racing fans and livery designers! We're thrilled to introduce you to Grid Finder's latest and greatest update: the revamped Livery Marketplace. If you're into sim racing liveries in iRacing, Assetto Corsa, ACC, Gran Turismo, or any other racing game, this is [...]

Today starts the official IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge on iRacing, offering sim racers an opportunity to practice and compete in a structured environment with a chance to take home prizes for setting laps. Each round mirrors the conditions of upcoming IMSA Grid Finder Endurance Series events, providing realistic practice and the chance [...]

Get ready, racers! The IMSA x Grid Finder Time Attack Challenge is here to put your skills to the ultimate test. This thrilling event on iRacing offers you the chance to refine your racing technique and win incredible prizes. Starting on day one of Season 3 within iRacing, 11th June 2024, drivers will be able [...]

Grid Finder, a leading online racing community management tool, is thrilled to team up with the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), a premier sports car racing series in the United States. This collaboration aims to extend the thrill of IMSA races into the digital realm by creating an exclusive online racing experience for fans across [...]

We have the most exciting news to announce, Traxion.gg, our beloved sim racing news hub, is making a grand comeback

This week, we welcomed the iconic Darren Cox to the Sim Sundays podcast. His incredible story derives from the idea of breaking down barriers between online racing games and the highly competitive world of “real-life” racing. However, this isn’t just any story; it’s about a ground-breaking initiative that dared to dream big. Darren Cox, a [...]

With the launch of the Le Mans Ultimate game, we’re excited to be a part of this ground-breaking era of endurance and sim racing. This masterpiece is a collaboration between the creators of rFactor 2, Studio 397, and Motorsport Games, and it’s based on the prestigious FIA World Endurance Championship and the iconic 24 Hours [...]

Patch Notes – Week 5/2/2024 Grid Finder developers have been working hard on improving league management tools and refining the user experience whilst working on something exciting in the background (more on that later!). Check out the latest additions and fixes below! Thanks to all the communities, drivers and creators who have helped us refine [...]

RAFA Racing Club has acquired sim racing community platform, Grid Finder. Grid Finder will join the RAFA family of brands with a shared vision to build the world’s largest online racing platform, providing value to sim racers, gamers and motorsport enthusiasts around the world.

Showcasing the talent and passion of sim racing's broadcasters & commentators What is the Elgato Challenge? The Elgato Challenge is here! This contest invites sim racing enthusiasts and budding commentators to demonstrate their commentary skills in a compelling 20-60 second commentary clip. Elgato, renowned for their superior streaming technology, and Grid Finder, the home of [...]

The ADAC Sim Racing Expo returns in 2023, but this time, at a brand-new location. Havingcalled the iconic Nürburgring circuit home, the Sim Racing Expo moved to Nürnbergfor 2022 and now, is moving further north to Messe Dortmund. The move comes as a resultof hoping to welcome more gaming and racing fans to the event [...]

SRO Esports returns in 2023, with a new addition to the roster in the form of the SRO Esports Sim Pro Series, an on-site invitational series which follows the GTWC Endurance Cup rounds. The International GT Challenge Esports (powered by Mobileye) returns for another series and is the only official endurance series for SRO. The [...]

This time we've built a whole new split management system (F1 league managers would know this as a Tier management system!). This allows you to drag and drop drivers between splits/tiers before your season starts and mid-season, with results being carried over.

My first time at Gamescom was an eye-opener. The scale of this event is enormous. Not surprising really, 3.1 billion people game… But what was surprising, is how much sim racing was present at the event.

Forza Motorsport was the headline act of GamesCom in our eyes…. obviously. We were incredibly hyped to play the game and see how it squared up to its main rival, Gran Turismo 7.

it's Team Standings that claims top spot on our release headline. You can now earn points as a team of as many drivers as you like (10 v 10 if you really want?!) and see Team Standings next to Driver Standings.

This time we've focused on improving the event creation flow after some really useful feedback from the guys in our Grid Finder discord server. We've redesigned the event creation wizard to make it a lot clearer and simpler and totally redesigned the event settings pages.

Hello Everyone, and welcome to Version 3.2.0 of Grid Finder! Here are some of the new features you can look forward to seeing on Grid Finder… New Games: New driver dashboard: Community Areas Overhaul: Quality of Life Improvements: These updates aim to enhance your Grid Finder experience, making it easier and more enjoyable for drivers [...]

The 2023 ESL R1: Racing Released Championship kicked off in style this season, with 12 teams and 48 drivers battling it out to finish on top. For racers and from racers, ESL R1 was born after ESL and RENNSPORT joined forces to give competitors a virtual racing experience they’ve never seen before. There are 12 [...]

The new season of F1 Esports is well underway, with the first two phases – Qualification and Challengers – complete, the third – Pro Exhibition – is ongoing. These three phases all lead up to the great culmination of the season, the Pro Championship.

It’s finally time. Version 3.0.0 of Grid Finder is here! This is a bit of a sweet moment for the Grid Finder team as it’s the first major release we’ve had after we’ve turned this passion project, that started in Tom’s kitchen on Wix, into our full time jobs. But enough about us… Grid Finder [...]

In December 2022, Grid Finder connected with the sim racing world at the 2022 ADAC Sim Racing Expo in Nuremberg, Germany. For the Sim Sundays podcast, Tom and Chris spoke to different names at the Expo about all things Esports throughout the weekend. Seb Hawkins, Team Manager of Williams Esports and driver Louis Nahser caught up with Tom [...]

Grid Finder v2 was a beast, it was the base that Grid Finder was built on, it endured the rapid growth in the number of communities that make Grid Finder what it is today and for that we will always be grateful! So why did we rebuild it? The old site had some flaws that [...]

We spoke to VCO & BS Competition owner Florian Haasper. We spoke about sim racing in esports and sim racing team management

Seb Hawkins is Esports Executive at Williams Racing and Williams F1 Esports’ Team Manager, and he sat down with Sim Sundays to give us an insight into his role in the Esports world. About 10 years ago, Seb started out on iRacing having found it easier to navigate than any other Esports platform he tried, [...]

Dave and I, two British northerners… chat about iRacing, streaming, the state of sim racing generally and McDonalds. Dave’s infectiously friendly attitude made for a great casual show while making an open offer to fans of the podcast to “share his hash brown” and chatting about his love of sim racing. Dave and I spoke [...]