Nacon and DRL have partnered to bring the 2021-22 DRL World Championship Season for esports races starting today. The season’s simulated races start tonight at 8 PM EST on NBCSN and Twitter. The esports portion of the season will air live weekly from November 17th through December 15th.
In this new era of sports, the DRL World Championship Season will combine esports and real-life drone races, where the virtual part of it will feature the RIG Commander Pro headset.
For the next five weeks, the DRL pilots will race through intense, digital drone races on the DRL SIM, the ultimate FPV (First Person View) drone flight simulators. Battling it out through spectacular SIM maps, pilots will aim for the fastest finishes and collect equally-weighted points to physical DRL drone races, marking the first time an athlete must dominate both esports and real-life competition to be crowned the World Champion.
Ari Mark, DRL SVP of Head of Partnership Development had this to say,
DRL pilots are at the pinnacle of our sport and require best in class equipment for our competitions. Flying in professional esports headsets from Nacon will keep our elite drone pilots connected during the esports portion of our season.
All throughout the 2021-22 season, fans will be shown branded commercial spots, streaming promotions, and unboxing features that they can gear up with RIG and Nacon. The league will also release a new digital video series called “Sounds of DRL” showcasing the best audio from DRL Sim racing moments and victories.
Gregory Morquin, Nacon Global Business Director added,
It’s fitting on the 10th anniversary of launching as the first stadium class audio solution for esport, the RIG Commander PRO will be used in the DRL, the next evolution of esports, combining live event competition with SIM virtual racing.
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