History

Simracing

A brief timeline of our sim racing activities. You can find more information on the website of our sim racing team, Team RaceCar.
Have we sparked your interest in sim racing? Feel free to reach out if you’d like to become part of the team — we’d love to hear from you!

Mirage RC-24-EM in Assetto Corsa Competizione. Design: Daniel Senff

2025: Mirage Simracer

The RC-24-EM by Daniel Senff continues the tradition of Mirage’s yellow-and-blue sim racers.

2024: Online Simracing

Since 2024, we’ve been planning to take part in selected individual events from time to time. Both the RaceCar entries and Mirage prominently feature the logo of the Mirage Cuisine blog.

Mirage RC-22-EM in Assetto Corsa Competizione. Design: Daniel Senff
Screenshot eines Mirage-RaceCar in der Deutschen Simracing Formula Meisterschaft 2010
Screenshot of the Mirage-RaceCar RC-15 in the German Simracing Formula Masters 2010. Design: Daniel Fredrich

2010: Deutsche Simracing Formula Meisterschaft

As internet connections improved, true online racing was no longer an issue. Competing as Mirage-RaceCar, we took part in the DSFM in 2010 and 2011.

2004: International GP4 League

In addition to the Hotlapcompetition, Mirage also competed as RaceCar’s B team in the second division of the international GP4 league. The highlight came in 2004, when we finished as runners-up — a result that would have earned promotion to the top division, had it not been restricted for “B teams.”

RaceCar-Mirage RC-13 in the International GP4 League 2004. Design: Daniel Senff
Screenshot of the Mirage-DCGRAFX RC-11 in the International Grand Prix 4 League (GP4IL) in 2003. Design: Daniel Senff

2003: Offline Simracing

Over 20 years ago, Formula 1 simulations didn’t handle high ping or limited bandwidth very well. As a result, the best option for sim racing at the time were so-called offline leagues: each driver raced against the clock and submitted their time. Whoever completed the set distance in the shortest time was declared the winner.

2001: First starts in the Hotlapcompetition

Daniel und Felix started 2001 in the Hotlapcompetition of the online magazine Racingmag

RaceCar-DCGraFX RC-09: First sim racing car of the Équipe Mirage. Design: Daniel Senff