Virtual Drift Championship Game

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AMSTERDAM, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- G2A.COM, the world's largest marketplace for digital entertainment, today announced its long-term partnership with Virtual Drift Masters, a series that brings the excitement from the asphalt-covered Drift Masters tracks to the world of e-sports, allowing drifters to navigate pixel-perfect replicas of iconic tracks from the Drift Masters Championship within the Assetto Corsa driving simulator. The 2024 series will begin on April 26th and consist of six rounds.

This isn't the first time G2A.COM has ventured into the e-sports space, with the platform's impressive history of backing over 100 events and 70 teams worldwide. In 2023, the company extended its support outside of the virtual sports landscape and into traditional competitions by partnering with Drift Masters Grand Prix, the fastest-growing professional drift series, which garnered a live audience of over 55,000 fans for its Grand Finale. Virtual Drift Masters is the next joint project that falls in line with G2A.COM's enhanced brand strategy to expand its offerings beyond gaming into the vast realm of digital entertainment.

"G2A.COM's foundation lies deeply rooted in the gaming world, and as an all-digital company with a longstanding presence in esports, connecting both online and offline sporting events was a natural evolution for us," shared Mona Kinal, Chief Marketing Officer at G2A.COM. "Drifting, with its exhilarating thrills and universal appeal, perfectly aligns with our goal of engaging diverse audiences and inviting people into the world of digital entertainment. Through our partnership with Virtual Drift Masters, we are opening the Gate 2 Adventure for v-drifting fans to engage and experience the Drift Masters experience like never before."

"We're thrilled to announce the return of the Virtual Drift Masters Championship in 2024 in collaboration with our esteemed partners at G2A.COM," shared Adam Krawczak, President of Drift Masters Grand Prix. "With cutting-edge technology and G2A.COM's support, we're bringing together the worlds of motorsport and gaming to deliver an unparalleled experience to fans worldwide, pushing the boundaries of virtual racing and engaging broader audiences on a global scale."

G2A.COM's partnership with Virtual Drift Masters marks the beginning of a long-term project that aims to offer sideways driving tutorials for drifting beginners, a drifting academy, and opportunities to meet and compete with Drift Masters' drivers. All updates are available on the official Virtual Drift Masters website, Facebook, and Instagram.

G2A.COM is the world's largest and most trusted marketplace for digital entertainment, where more than 30 million people from 180 countries have purchased over 100 million items. Users can choose from more than 75,000 digital offerings, including games, DLCs, and in-game items, as well as non-gaming items such as gift cards, subscriptions, software, and e-learning materials, sold by sellers from all over the world. G2A.COM also leads in online security, awarded with the prestigious American CNP award alongside companies such as Microsoft, Barclay's Bank and First Data.

The virtual rounds will run in line with the real Drift Masters championship and are scheduled to kick off before their real-world counterparts, setting the stage for a thrilling season ahead. Upcoming Virtual Drift Masters rounds are set to take place on these dates:

2024 Virtual Drift Masters is just a starting point for the long-term perspective including tutorials for beginners, a drifting academy, and opportunities to meet and compete with Drift Masters stars. All updates are available on the official Virtual Drift Masters website, Facebook, and Instagram.

Worldwide virtual drifting series unites cyber drivers from all over the globe with computer simulator Assetto Corsa. The series runs during the off-season of the main competitions. It is launched to attract competitors from all over the world, because the competitions has Online format.

This is the first round of Bitlook Virtual Drift series. We chose the Assetto Corsa platform, but in the future it is possible that we will try to hold competitions on other platforms as well. The Bitlook Virtual Drift series runs in the winter period, during the off-season of the main competitions. It is launched to attract as many participants as possible from all over the world, because the competitions are Online.

Nemuno Žiedas is a motor racing circuit in Kačerginė, a small town near Kaunas, Lithuania opened in 1960. Lithuanian and Baltic Touring Car Championship rounds are held in Nemuno Žiedas, as well as many professional and amateur events.

The second round of Bitlook Virtual Drift with the Assetto Corsa. The Bitlook Virtual Drift series will take place during the off-season of the main competitions. It was launched to attract competitors from all over the world, because the competitions are Online.

Suzuka, openly touted by F1 drivers and fans as one of the most enjoyed, is also one of the oldest remaining tracks of the Formula 1 World Championship, and has a long history of races as venue of the Japanese Grand Prix since 1987.

The third round of Bitlook Virtual Drift with the Assetto Corsa. The Bitlook Virtual Drift series will take place during the off-season of the main competitions. It was launched to attract competitors from all over the world, because the competitions are Online.

Chayka Autodrome is a motorsport racetrack in Ukraine, situated near the capital city Kyiv. The circuit was built in 1975. Chayka was very popular and known as the best track in USSR due to very fast sectors and corners 2-4. The track was pretty difficult and dangerous, there was no runoffs, very close barriers, poor quality asphalt and bad landscaping.

Since the foundation of Fdration Automobile de l'Ukraine (FAU) in 1993, it hosts various regional racing series, such as Ukrainian Touring Championship and Superbike Ukraine. It become more popular after holding drift events such as United Drift Challenge and Bitlook Pro-Am Drift. Winter series of Bitlook Snow Drift also was hosted by Chayka Autodrome.

The fourth round of Bitlook Virtual Drift with the Assetto Corsa. The Bitlook Virtual Drift series will take place during the off-season of the main competitions. It was launched to attract competitors from all over the world, because the competitions are Online.

Bitlook is a key organisation in Ukrainian Motorsport. More than 10 years of experience in Drifting, Touring Car, Time-Attack and eSports. We organise competitions, exhibitions, show runs and services.

Drift Masters is super excited to announce that as part of our 10th-anniversary celebration, we have come together with our good friend and partner, G2A, to bring back the super exciting Virtual Drift Masters Championship. Initially conceived in 2021, Virtual Drift Masters is set to return in 2024, and this year, we are taking it to incredible new lengths, thanks massively in part to our collaboration with our good friends G2A.

The anticipation mounts as the virtual rounds will run in line with the real championship and are scheduled to kick off before their real-world counterparts, setting the stage for a thrilling season ahead. Upcoming Virtual Drift Masters rounds are set to take place on these dates:

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Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner or a turn. The technique causes the rear slip angle to exceed the front slip angle to such an extent that often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car is turning left, wheels are pointed right or vice versa, also known as opposite lock or counter-steering). Drifting is traditionally performed using three methods: clutch kicking (where the clutch is rapidly disengaged and re-engaged with the intention of upsetting the grip of the rear wheels), weight transfer (using techniques such as the Scandinavian flick), and employing a handbrake turn. This sense of drift is not to be confused with the four wheel drift, a classic cornering technique established in Grand Prix and sports car racing.[citation needed]

As a motoring discipline, drifting competitions were first popularized in Japan in the 1970s and further popularized by the 1995 manga series Initial D. Drifting competitions are held worldwide and are judged according to the speed, angle, showmanship, and line taken through a corner or set of corners.[1]

Keiichi Tsuchiya, known as the "Drift King" (ドリフトキング, Dorifuto Kingu), became particularly interested in Takahashi's drift techniques. Tsuchiya began practicing his drifting skills on the mountain roads of Japan, and quickly gained a reputation amongst the racing crowd. In 1987, several popular car magazines and tuning garages agreed to produce a video of Tsuchiya's drifting skills. The video, known as Pluspy,[6] became a hit and inspired many of the professional drifting drivers on the circuits today. In 1988, alongside Option magazine founder and chief editor Daijiro Inada, he helped to organize one of the first events specifically for drifting called the Ikaten (short for Ikasu Hashiriya Team Tengoku). He has also drifted through every turn in Tsukuba Circuit.[citation needed]

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