Sim Foundation
THE SIM STEP · STUDIO CHENNAI · BATCH OF 8Rs. 10,000
- Racing line, braking and car control on pro simulators
- Coached against your own telemetry
- Personal data report every session
- Where the ladder to real rally & race cars begins
RACESIMS /// ACADEMY × ARKA MOTORSPORTS
RaceSims Academy
Learn to race in real rally and race cars — on real gravel stages and real racetracks — with simulator coaching in between. Run by RaceSims and Arka Motorsports.
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LIVE TIMING
WHAT ARE YOU HERE TO BECOME?
LAP 01/∞
P1
Driver School
Simulator coaching in Chennai, then REAL competition cars — on real gravel rally stages and real racetracks. One ladder, all the way to a licence.
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P2
Engineer School
Vehicle setup, telemetry and race engineering — hands-on at a championship team's real workshop and dyno.
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P3
Experiences
Real hot laps and thrill rides in rally cars, plus corporate days and the junior programme — feel it before you commit.
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ACADEMY /// DRIVER SCHOOL
Become a racing driver
This is real motorsport, not just a simulator. You start on the sim in Chennai, then drive REAL competition cars — on private gravel rally stages with Arka Motorsports, and on the racetrack in cup-spec race cars. Programmes run in fixed batches of 8 — book online and we confirm your intake dates.
01 START ON THE SIM
02 DRIVE REAL CARS — STAGES & TRACK
03 RACE WITH A LICENCE
Rally Car Experience
REAL GRAVEL STAGES · ARKA · BATCH OF 8Rs. 1,00,000
- Drive a real rally car on real gravel stages
- Hot laps with a professional rally driver
- Timed driver-of-the-day competition
- Certificate on completion
Race Car Experience
REAL RACETRACK · BUZZING HORNET · BATCH OF 8Rs. 1,00,000
- Drive real laps on a real racetrack in a race-prepared car — including the Polo Cup car
- In cup-spec cars with Buzzing Hornet Motorsport, the team behind India's Polo Cup
- Racing line, braking markers and track etiquette
- Hot laps with a professional racing driver
Rally School
REAL GRAVEL · ARKA · BATCH OF 8Rs. 1,50,000
- Multiple real-car days on real gravel stages
- Weight transfer, slides, trail braking, pendulum turns
- Left-foot braking and handbrake technique
- Sim consolidation between real-car days
Race Car School
REAL RACETRACK · BUZZING HORNET · BATCH OF 8Rs. 1,50,000
- Multiple real track days in cup-spec race cars
- Racing line, corner phases, consistency
- Race starts, overtaking and defending
- Rehearse each circuit on the sim before you drive it for real
Advanced & One-on-One
REAL CAR · RALLY OR CIRCUITTAILOR-MADE — ENQUIRE
- Personalised by champion instructors, in real cars
- Rally: linking corners, acute corners, pace notes
- Circuit: race craft, qualifying laps, race runs
- Sim-based rehearsal and telemetry review
FMSCI Licence Programme
REAL COMPETITION CAR · RALLY & CIRCUITENQUIRE
- Briefing: your first event, safety, test details
- Driving evaluation in a real competition car
- Written assessment and debrief
- Your official entry into Indian motorsport
Co-Driver Course
REAL STAGES · ARKA · BATCH OF 8Rs. 25,000
- Pace notes, recce and map reading
- Timing, controls and stage procedures
- Real stage time in the co-driver's seat
- Taught by championship co-drivers
ACADEMY /// THE GARAGE
The real cars you'll drive
Not simulators — real competition machinery you get behind the wheel of, maintained by the teams that race it.
RALLY
ARKA MOTORSPORTS
Arka Rally Cars
Real rally-prepared machines you'll actually drive on gravel — maintained by the championship team that competes in them.
- Competition roll cage, race seats & harnesses
- Rally suspension and gravel-spec setup
- Hydraulic handbrake, intercom-equipped
FULL SPECIFICATIONS SHARED AT ENROLMENT
CIRCUIT
BUZZING HORNET MOTORSPORT
Polo Cup Race Car
A real cup-spec race car you'll drive on a real racetrack — the one-make car from India's Polo Cup programme, run by Buzzing Hornet Motorsport.
- Race-prepared cup-spec Volkswagen Polo
- Roll cage, race seat & harness, competition tyres
- The same car raced in the national one-make series
FULL SPECIFICATIONS SHARED AT ENROLMENT
ACADEMY /// PARTNERS
Our race team & series partners
Real cars, real stages, real track — with the teams that race them.
ACADEMY /// ENGINEER SCHOOL
Become a race engineer
The programme nobody else in India offers — taught by a working race engineer and tuner, hands-on from simulator telemetry to a championship team's real dyno.
Tuner & Race Engineering
CHENNAI + ARKA FACILITY · BATCH OF 8Rs. 25,000
- Vehicle dynamics: setup, springs, dampers, alignment
- Telemetry & data analysis — find lap time in the traces
- Real-world module: Arka's workshop, real dyno and ECU configuration
- Engineer a live driver session on our simulators
Teams & Formula Student
CUSTOM PROGRAMMESON REQUEST
- For engineering colleges and race crews
- Data workflows, setup development, run plans
- Built around your car and your calendar
ACADEMY /// EXPERIENCES
Feel it first
Not ready for a programme? Start with an experience in a real car — most of our students did.
Hot Lap
REAL RALLY CAR · RIDE SHOTGUN · ARKARs. 5,000
- Passenger seat of a real rally car with a professional driver
- Harness, helmet, roll cage — and plenty of sideways
- Hairpins, pendulum turns, handbrake action
Corporate & Team Days
STUDIO, STAGES OR TRACKON REQUEST
- Sim racing events with our team
- Real rally-stage or racetrack days with our partner teams
- Race formats, timing and podiums — we run the show
Junior Programme
KIDS & TEENSBATCHES OPENING SOON
- Sim-first — safe, structured, genuinely fun
- Adjustable rigs and a kids' cockpit
- A real pathway toward karting and junior motorsport
ACADEMY /// FAQ
Academy questions, answered
Real cars, fees, batches and the path to a licence — all in one place.
Q.01 Is this real cars, or just a simulator?
Both — and that's the point. You start on professional simulators at RaceSims Studio Chennai to learn the craft safely, then you drive REAL competition cars: rally-prepared cars on real gravel stages with Arka Motorsports, and cup-spec race cars on a real racetrack with Buzzing Hornet Motorsport. The simulator is how you prepare; the racing is real.
Q.02 What does each programme cost?
- Hot Lap — Rs. 5,000
- Sim Foundation — Rs. 10,000
- Co-Driver Course — Rs. 25,000
- Tuner & Race Engineering — Rs. 25,000
- Rally Car Experience — Rs. 1,00,000
- Race Car Experience — Rs. 1,00,000
- Rally School — Rs. 1,50,000
- Race Car School — Rs. 1,50,000
- Advanced One-on-One and the FMSCI Licence Programme are tailor-made — enquire for a quote
Q.03 Do I need experience or a racing licence to start?
No. Sim Foundation starts from zero — racing line, braking and car control on professional simulators. The ladder takes you all the way to the FMSCI Licence Programme, your official entry into Indian motorsport.
Q.04 Where does the training happen?
Simulator modules run at RaceSims Studio Chennai, our simulator centre opening soon. Rally programmes run on real private gravel stages with Arka Motorsports. Circuit programmes run at a real racetrack in cup-spec cars from Buzzing Hornet Motorsport, the team behind India's Polo Cup programme.
Q.05 Are the cars real competition cars?
Yes. You drive real rally-prepared cars maintained by Arka Motorsports — the championship team that competes in them — and real cup-spec race cars from Buzzing Hornet Motorsport, including the Polo Cup car raced in the national one-make series.
Q.06 What's the difference between an Experience and a School?
An Experience is a single taste of the real thing — theory, real driving and hot laps with a professional driver in one programme. A School is the full curriculum: multiple real-car days with sim consolidation in between, building genuine competition craft.
Q.07 Can kids train at the Academy?
Yes — the Junior Programme is sim-first, safe and structured, with adjustable rigs and a kids' cockpit. Anyone aged 7 and up can drive. Junior batch details are being finalised — enquire on WhatsApp to get on the list.
Q.08 How do I book?
Every priced programme on this page has a Book Now button — reserve and pay online in a few taps, and we confirm your batch dates on WhatsApp. Prefer to talk first? Message us at +91 73582 29224.
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One Academy, Two Race Teams — Sim to Stage & Track
RaceSims Academy is run in partnership with two of Indian motorsport's real operators. Arka Motorsports — the championship team behind 121+ Indian National titles, led by seven-time National Rally Champion N. Leelakrishnan with National Rally Champion Karna Kadur — runs our rally programmes. Buzzing Hornet Motorsport, the team behind India's Polo Cup programme, is our official partner for circuit racing — so you can experience and train in genuine cup-spec race cars.
Sim training happens at RaceSims Studio Chennai on professional simulators with full telemetry. Real-car training happens where the discipline demands: rally programmes on private stages near Coimbatore — no public traffic, about an hour from Coimbatore International Airport — and circuit programmes at the racetrack in cup-spec race cars. Because both sides speak the same data language, your progress carries from screen to gravel or tarmac and back.
How Batches Work
Academy programmes don't run walk-in — they run in fixed batches of 8 seats, so every participant gets real seat time and one-on-one instruction. Book your seat online for a programme and we confirm your intake dates on WhatsApp. When a batch fills, you're first in line for the next one.
Fees
- Hot Lap (Arka, single passenger ride) — Rs. 2,000
- Sim Foundation — Rs. 10,000
- Co-Driver Course — Rs. 25,000
- Tuner & Race Engineering — Rs. 25,000
- Rally Car Experience (Arka, private gravel stages) — Rs. 1,00,000
- Race Car Experience (Buzzing Hornet, incl. Polo Cup car) — Rs. 1,00,000
- Rally School — Rs. 1,50,000
- Race Car School — Rs. 1,50,000
- Advanced & One-on-One — tailor-made; enquire
- FMSCI Licence Programme — enquire
- Junior Programme — batches opening soon; enquire
Next batch dates are announced on WhatsApp and our Discord — book to be first in line.
Good to Know (Real-Car Programmes)
- Minimum age 16 (under-18s with parent/guardian present) · valid driving licence and manual transmission required for driving courses
- Own-car options and technical crew support available on request
- Helmets and intercom systems provided (Peltor / OMP / Stilo) — bring driving shoes and a GoPro for your onboard footage
- Batches capped at 8 participants with one-on-one instruction