Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Race Car to Appear in iRacing

DualShockers

By Giuseppe Nelva

Published Feb 9, 2012

Cadillac today released the first photographs of the CTS-V Coupe race car, which will debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday, Jan. 10. Cadillac announced last month it was re-entering the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge GT racing series for the 2011 season, which begins March 25-27 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Â Johnny OâConnell, a three-time GT1 champion in the America Le Mans Series, and Andy Pilgrim, who won the 2005 SCCA World Challenge GT class in a

iRacing.com announced today with a press release that the developer stroke a deal with Cadillac to add the CTS-V Coupe Race Car to the range of high performance cars available to iRacing players.

The Cadillac CTS-V race edition cars are currently being prepared by Team Cadillac based on the 556-horsepower CTS-V Coupe for the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge season.

According to the press release iRacing personnel will travel to the Team Cadillac race shop, Pratt & Miller Engineering, near Detroit in the coming weeks to begin the process of creating a digital version of the CTS-V.

In addition to utilizing CAD files and blueprints, the iRacing vehicle dynamics engineers will take precise measurements of one of the Pirelli World Challenge Cadillacs to insure the authenticity of the car’s appearance and performance.

The iRacing team will develop a prototype for testing and development in order to insure the virtual Cadillac CTS-V drives like the real one. iRacing’s Cadillac CTS-V is expected to be available to iRacing members in the spring of 2012.

iRacing.com and Cadillac are also planning a joint marketing campaign to maximize the benefits of their new partnership, with details scheduled to be anounced soon.