With the final stage of the eSports series done two weeks ago, the eight finalists and the schedule have been announced today. Participation overall wasn't quite what i would have expected, we started with 844 players for the first round, hit a low of 315 in poland and finished with 347 players in finland. of the four teams assembled, only two really showed up, so that did not quite work out as well.
still, i loved the competition even though i was usually among the lowest 20% of the players since many stages for new for me, but i finally managed to play every "epic" stage in the game, thx to the event. bring on wrc08 and the next esports season!
from the wrc homepage:
The culmination of a season of fierce competition in the eSports WRC Championship will take place at ADAC Rallye Deutschland on Saturday (18 August) night.
Eight top-flight gamers will compete in the grand final at the rally’s Bostalsee service park after fighting through 13 qualifying rounds. They will be joined by the wild card winner of the German final which takes place at Bostalsee on Friday night.
The qualifiers are headed by Hungarian driver WEC SUBEE203, who claimed five wins and 10 podiums in the regular season to top the rankings. Subee finished fourth in the 2017 final.
Second ranked was Frenchman TX3 NEXL, who lifted the 2017 title, followed by real-life rally driver WED JON ARMSTRONG. The Ulsterman tackled two WRC 2 rounds last year in a Ford Fiesta R5.
The other finalists are MIHALUR (Finland), CAR JONNO (Britain), TX3 RARES (Romania), WED GREEKMAN (Greece) and TX3 GTKRYSPAPL (Poland).
Players face two qualifying phases, each comprising three special stages. The finalists will be trimmed to six after the initial three tests and will be further whittled down to four after the second phase.
The top four will compete over three more stages before the world champion is crowned. The winner will drive away in a Hyundai i20 coupé road car worth 20,000 euros.
The championship is organised by WRC Promoter, Bigben Interactive and Kylotonn Games and played on WRC 7, the official game of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Fans can enjoy the action from both finals on WRC All Live (see below). Coverage of the German final begins at 17.30 on Friday with the world final starting at 19.14 on Saturday.