Apparently there will be an Officially sanctioned Online championship a first in the History of FIA and Online racing which will especially be the pinnacle for Online racing. What we know: There will be 3 championships (World, international and regional). So I would assume international would be based on Contintent and regional would be a national championship. No word on how this will be formed but my guess will be via a time trial or timed race of sorts and ranked individuals will be put into the classes they fit in. Likely things to consider: we know Redbull already sponser gamers but with an official grading system like this, it will be very much possible to have a professional series each driver being payed to race via sponsors and or teams. More info: http://www.gtplanet.net/kazunori-ya...otorsport-with-gran-turismos-fia-partnership/
It's pretty amazing that the FIA is acknowledging the emergence of virtual racing. Though they surely couldn't rely on GT servers etc to run a championship like we do here given how problem prone it is. They would need to run these races in a controlled environment.
