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Luminaries from across the motorsports and esports worlds are getting together to take part in an online competitive gaming version of Top Gear’s ‘Star in a Reasonable Fast Car’.
Swiss-born French IndyCar and former F1 1 driver Romain Grosjean and British F1 and Twitch star Lando Norris will take part, as well as Lando’s teammates from his Quadrant esport team.
Square Enix and Original Fire Games have partnered with BBC Studios and Top Gear for upcoming racing game Circuit Superstars, and the Star in a Reasonably Fast Car Invitational will see motorsports, esports and YouTube personalities racing in Circuit Superstars’ version of the Top Gear ‘Test Track’. This track will also be in the game when it fully launches later this year.
Competitors will race their way to the top of the leaderboard to be crowned champion of the ever so catchy title: ‘BBC Top Gear x Circuit Superstars Star in a Reasonably Fast Car Invitational 2021’ (or ‘BBCTGxCSSIARFCI2021’ for short).
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“Like every racing fan, I have always wanted to drive the Top Gear test track, and Circuit Superstars is making that a reality. The competition will be tough, with top drivers from a variety of championships and with just one chance to set the perfect hot lap, it will be exciting to see who comes out on top.”
Romain Grosjean
Commentary for both the practice sessions and the hot laps will be hosted by Brit Jack Nicholls, who can be heard lending his voice to BBC Radio 5 Live, F1 and Formula E, as well as the Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
“Like every racing fan, I have always wanted to drive the Top Gear test track, and Circuit Superstars is making that a reality. The competition will be tough, with top drivers from a variety of championships and with just one chance to set the perfect hot lap, it will be exciting to see who comes out on top,” said Romain Grosjean.
Commentator Jack Nicholls added: “I’m so looking forward to seeing how our drivers get on. Make no mistake, this game looks cute, but with a very short circuit and a top-down view, our competitors will find it fiendishly difficult to hook up the perfect lap. The competition will be fierce!”
Circuit Superstars will be available for PC, Xbox, PlayStation in 2021 and is currently available on Steam Early Access.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
