The e-sports challenge is divided into two parallel “tracks”, one group is electric formula drivers and the other group is e-sports players.
Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, April 15 (Reporter Liu Wei) the electric Formula Championship (FormulaE), which was stopped by the epidemic, announced the launch of the online e-sports challenge on the official website on 15th, team drivers and e-sports players can participate in the competition. The activity aims to raise funds for the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The e-sports challenge is divided into two parallel “tracks”, one group is electric formula drivers and the other group is e-sports players. The winning e-sports players have the opportunity to experience the electric Formula track on the spot. The two groups of players use the same e-sports software.
The Portuguese driver Antonio Feliz da Costa of DS titanium racing team said: “This is a very good idea. Racing technology can be transformed from virtual training to real scenes, and such competitive sports are rare. We need to get used to the new virtual environment, while e-sports players have the opportunity to try the real track, which is very interesting.”
Every Saturday for the next nine consecutive weeks, the two groups will compete online and conduct a test match on the 18th. Every Monday to Thursday is the qualifying window time for e-sports players, from which 18 players will stand out.
Fans can watch the live broadcast of the race on the two tracks on the official website of electric formula and the official social media account, and the live broadcast of each race takes 90 minutes. From April 25, the official TV relay agency of electric formula will also provide live broadcast and highlights.