iRacing Announces First Electric Car – Porsche Mission R

The long awaited, fully electric, Porsche Mission R will be introduced to iRacing next week. iRacing and Porsche announced on Thursday, September 1, 2022, that the all-electric concept car will be available on the service in the next build for 2022 Season 4.

This marks to first time electrification comes to iRacing. The Porsche Mission R is designed to match with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car in terms of performance. Electric cars will most certainly be a part of the future in auto racing and this is a preview of what’s to come.

Featuring more than 800 kilowatts of power from its dual electric motors, the Porsche Mission R accelerates from 0-60 mph (0-100 km per hour) in just under 2.5 seconds. The fast-charging battery can be recharged to 75% of its capacity in just 15 minutes in between races. Perhaps the most interesting feature is the self-contained monocoque-type driver cell gives drivers an opportunity to test in the virtual world as a simulator outside of the car.

This car will be available to purchase in 2022 Season 3 Week 13 in next week’s build in the Shiny New Shakedown series. In Season 4, the car will be featured in the fixed-setup Mission R Challenge.

Images thanks to iRacing.

Derek Whitford

Sports fan and enthusiast. I've been an avid sim racer on PC since 2019 but have raced on console games since the early days of Gran Turismo and NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona.

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