KNYSNA, South Africa, 21 July 2021 Knysna Speed Festival, organiser of the iconic Simola Hillclimb, and Monarch Events, a leading esports company, today announced that the second edition of the Virtual Simola Hillclimb will run from 26 July through to 5 September 2021, overlapping with the real Simola Hillclimb. The cross-over event will see the […]
History was made over the past weekend (8 and 9 May) when Lorenzo Gualtieri won three races to claim the inaugural Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb race and King of the Hill title.
History will be in the making this weekend when the top 10 qualifiers in the first Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb fight for glory over two days to be crowned the inaugural King of the Hill.
KNYSNA, South Africa, 20 April 2021 Lorenzo Gualtieri became the first double winner when he secured victory in round four of the Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb. Gualtieri, who was also victorious in the opening round, won a closely contested challenge by 0.083 seconds from round two winner Ruan Gouws. The two victories, to go with […]
Former Group N and Rally driver Charl Wilken emerged victorious from an extremely closely contested round 3 of the Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb. The top three drivers were separated by just 0.083 seconds in the final classification.
KNYSNA, South Africa, 8 April 2021 Ruan Gouws emerged victorious in round 2 of the highly anticipated Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb by just one hundredth of a second ahead of Willem van Rensburg, and round one winner Lorenzo Gualtieri. The final results were delayed as the Clerk of the Course had to impose time penalties […]
KNYSNA, South Africa, 29 March 2021 The highly anticipated Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb completed its first round of action on Sunday with Lorenzo Gualtieri emerging from a fierce battle as the winner by a narrow 0,041 sec over former Group N racing champion Charl Wilken. The opening round of the series emulated the Classic Car […]
KNYSNA, South Africa, 22 March 2021 The highly anticipated Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb starts today with the first round of the series emulating the Classic Car Friday (CCF) element of the real event. As such, in keeping with the classic / historic theme of CCF the first round of the Virtual Knysna Simola Hillclimb will […]
The highly anticipated Virtual Simola Hillclimb is now available for download on the Assetto Corsa PC platform.
Following the announcement of the first Virtual Simola Hillclimb last week over 150 players have already registered to take part in the event, which kicks off on Monday 22 March.
Knysna Speed Festival, organiser of the iconic Simola Hillclimb, has partnered with Monarch, a leading esports eventing company to launch the 2021 Virtual Simola Hillclimb starting with a full-blown series of four qualifiers and culminating in final virtual shoot-outs on 8 and 9 May – the originally scheduled dates of the real 2021 Simola Hillclimb which has been postponed.