2025 Summer Tour

Overview
Schedule
Rules
Championships & Points

Results available on Discord in the Summer Tour Category

Overview

Welcome to the PCA Sim Racing 2025 Summer Tour!

  • Weekly races will be on Wednesday evenings from May 14 through August 20.
  • All Main League (Pro, Club, Sport, Challenge) drivers may participate.
  • Grid Pass is NOT required.
  • The races will be multi-car class and multi-driver class.

So, when you’re not enjoying your real Porsche or sipping a cold beverage on the beach this summer, join your friends on the grid!

Championships

There are four championships to compete for:

  • Car class
  • Driver class
  • Zone Group
  • Hat Trick (New this year!)

Cars

Drive any car in any race—no requirement to pick one car for the series.

  • Porsche 911 GT3R (992)
  • Porsche 911 GT3 CUP (992)
  • Porsche 718 GT4 Clubsport

Car Settings

  • Starting fuel is not limited
  • Open setups for all driver classes
  • One fast repair for all classes

Drivers

  • All PCA Main League Pro, Club, Sport, and Challenge class drivers.

Event Format

  • Multi-Class. All car types and all driver classes will race together.
  • All events start at 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST on Wednesday evenings.

Single Race Event Format

Cars in a class will grid together.

  • 20-minute open practice
  • 10-minute lone qualifying / 3 laps
  • 45-minute race

Heat Race Event Format

Cars will grid by pace, not by class.

  • 20-minute open practice
  • 10-minute lone qualifying / 3 laps
  • 25-minute Heat
  • 25-minute Feature

Sessions

  • All events will be “League Sessions” in the PCA Sim Racing “Main League”.
  • Sessions will be created and available for Test Drive two weeks before the event date.
  • The number of participants in a session will be the maximum number permitted by iRacing.
  • Register quickly to avoid being precluded from joining the session.

Tracks, Dates, Times

  • All events are on Wednesdays with practice starting at 9:00 PM Eastern / 6:00 PM Pacific.
  • The sim date and times below are iRacing settings for the event.
  • Times are the actual practice start.
  • Click here for the full event schedule.

Drop Races

  • A driver’s best 5 finishes in each car class are counted, except for the Hat Trick Championship, where the best 3 finishes in each car type are used.
  • All others can be dropped in the Summer Tour.

Race Conditions

  • Generated weather with a dynamic sky.
  • Rain only if expressly noted in the schedule above.
  • In-sim date will be the same as the actual event date.
  • Starting times for races will vary.

Race Communications

  • iRacing voice chat function for “necessary” communication during the event.
  • Use an available channel in the PCA Sim Racing Discord server If you and your race spotter would like to communicate privately.

Race Control

  • There will be no live Race Control.
  • All drivers are to exhibit the sportsmanship and camaraderie expected in PCA Sim Racing.
  • There may be PCA Sim Racing Admins in sessions. They have the authority and ability to silence and/or DQ drivers not demonstrating these qualities.
  • Race Control will be by iRacing AI.
  • Follow all instructions of the iRacing AI.
  • There will be no clearing of penalties or issues.

Incident Race Review

  • There is no IRR process for the Summer Tour.
  • Drivers involved in an incident are encouraged to review the replay and then reach out to the other driver to share perspectives.
  • Otherwise, leave it on the track and move on.

Replays

  • Replays will not be saved/posted by PCA Sim Racing Admins. Drivers may save their replays.

Overview
Schedule
Rules
Championships & Points

Results available on Discord in the Summer Tour Category


Summer Tour emblem by Stephen Chen.