EPISODE · Jun 25, 2022 · 40 MIN
How VCO Esports is shaking up sim racing, CEO Florian Haasper | S4 E15
from The Traxion Control Sim Racing Podcast · host Traxion.GG
A sim racing print magazine, a yearly awards ceremony and now an esports competition with a difference - the Virtual Competition Organisation, aka VCO Esports, has a lot going on, and its aims are to enhance our community.Joining us on this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast is VCO CEO Florian Haasper, who explains how his BMW Motorsport and sports journalism background are helping push VCO and his agency bürosüd plus to new levels.We discuss Munich's new role as a sim racing hub, how the SEND IT magazine came about and how the SIMMY Awards will change for 2022. We also deep-dive on the Esports Racing League competition and how the plan is to take inspiration from non-driving esports events to elevate the genre further by making viewers become team fans.If you’d like to hear more episodes like this one, please follow, like and subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a comment on the Traxion.GG website or a review. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us to create more episodes in the future.Buy SEND IT sim racing magazine: https://vco-esports.com/order-send-it/Follow SEND IT magazine: https://twitter.com/vcosenditVCO SIMMY awards: https://vco-esports.com/vco-simmy-awards/Follow VCO:https://twitter.com/vcoesportshttps://www.youtube.com/vcoesportshttps://vco-esports.com/Follow BS+COMPETITION:https://www.instagram.com/bscompetition/https://twitter.com/bscompetition/Follow Traxion.GGhttps://twitter.com/TraxionGGhttps://www.instagram.com/traxiongg/https://www.twitch.tv/traxiongghttps://www.youtube.com/traxiongghttps://www.facebook.com/TraxionGG/ Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A sim racing print magazine, a yearly awards ceremony and now an esports competition with a difference - the Virtual Competition Organisation, aka VCO Esports, has a lot going on, and its aims are to enhance our community.Joining us on this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast is VCO CEO Florian Haasper, who explains how his BMW Motorsport and sports journalism background are helping push VCO and his agency bürosüd plus to new levels.We discuss Munich's new role as a sim racing hub, how the SEND IT magazine came about and how the SIMMY Awards will change for 2022. We also deep-dive on the Esports Racing League competition and how the plan is to take inspiration from non-driving esports events to elevate the genre further by making viewers become team fans.If you’d like to hear more episodes like this one, please follow, like and subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a comment on the Traxion.GG website or a review. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us to create more episodes in the future.Buy SEND IT sim racing magazine: https://vco-esports.com/order-send-it/Follow SEND IT magazine: https://twitter.com/vcosenditVCO SIMMY awards: https://vco-esports.com/vco-simmy-awards/Follow VCO:https://twitter.com/vcoesportshttps://www.youtube.com/vcoesportshttps://vco-esports.com/Follow BS+COMPETITION:https://www.instagram.com/bscompetition/https://twitter.com/bscompetition/Follow Traxion.GGhttps://twitter.com/TraxionGGhttps://www.instagram.com/traxiongg/https://www.twitch.tv/traxiongghttps://www.youtube.com/traxiongghttps://www.facebook.com/TraxionGG/ Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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