driver education

eDE Chris’s Classroom

Chris Paiz will continue his classroom sessions on the first Monday of each Series Event at 7 PM Eastern / 4 PM Pacific. These sessions are designed to introduce new tracks before the events. We appreciate Chris for taking the time to create these valuable track walks and sessions!

If you missed his live presentations, all of Chris’s classroom videos are available online. You can join him in our dedicated Discord category or on his Twitch channel, Racing_Lawyer.

We are fortunate to have Chris sharing his real-world racing wisdom and knowledge as part of our eDE Driver Education

September 10th, 2026|Categories: driver education|Tags: Chris's Classroom, Paiz|

Entry Class Racing

Mike Patterson, Longhorn Region
Area Manager

The Entry Class League is PCA Sim Racing’s entry-level racing series to help new participants ease into the competitive world of sim racing. It is our primary program for providing instruction to novice drivers. For more skilled drivers, it is an opportunity to experience the PCA Sim Racing community before progressing onward.

This is where everyone joining PCA Sim Racing starts out, whether you are a newbie or an experienced sim racer. To join the Entry Class League register for PCA Sim Racing and complete the Onboarding process.

New to sim racing? Perfect!

This is where beginners

September 2nd, 2026|Categories: driver education, entry class racing|Tags: Driver Education, eDE, Entry Class Racing|

2026 Grid Pass Schedule

The 2026 Grid Pass will consist of the following:

Series 15 (starts January 7th) with 8 events per class
Series 16 (starts September 2026) with 8 events per class
Team Racing Special Events (first event is the 100-lap Daytona RC on Sunday, January 4th)
Super Series (a new series – details TBA)

Participation in these events requires the purchase of a Grid Pass. Grid Pass allows PCA Sim Racing to broadcast and include live Race Control in more than 80 events.

To register for the 2026 Grid Pass, make sure you first log in to PCA.org with your account,

November 3rd, 2025|Categories: driver education, race series, team racing|

eDE Personal Coaching

Available early 2026

October 18th, 2025|Categories: driver education|

eDE Sessions

Entry Class eDE

Sessions start at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific on Tuesday and Sunday evenings. Onboarding orientation and Entry Class will remain a nationally based function. Mike Patterson will lead the group in eDE. In addition, Entry Class drivers are welcome to join the Sport & Challenge sessions to get even more time on track. New in 2025 will be recorded video reviews of Entry races. These videos will be added to the PCA Sim Racing YouTube channel so drivers can refer back to them. Each incident in the races will be reviewed.

Sport, Challenge, Entry eDE

October 18th, 2025|Categories: driver education, Uncategorized|

What is eDE?

PCA Sim Racing’s “e Driver Education” program (eDE) is modeled after the popular PCA HPDE program, where experienced instructors train drivers in classroom sessions and on real sports car tracks. Our eDE program functions the same way, only in the virtual world.

For drivers new to sim racing, and more experienced sim racers who want to join PCA Sim Racing, we have a complete program to get you started.

If you are not a member of PCA Sim Racing, click the

October 11th, 2025|Categories: driver education, racecraft|