Fernando Rees - Sim-Racing Career

Sim-Racing Career

Fernando Rees also became a known figure among the international sim-racing online communities. His debut in online sim-racing is said to be in 2001, in the Little Formula Racing Series (LFRS) league, at the time the top level of online sim-racing for the computer racing simulator Grand Prix series.

Rees was present in the most well-known sim-racing leagues between 2001 and 2006, proving to be competent in simulators such as the Grand Prix series (Grand Prix 2, Grand Prix 3 and Grand Prix 4), NASCAR Racing Series (by Papyrus Racing Games), F1 Challenge '99-'02 (by EA Sports) and later in the GTR FIA Racing series (GTR and GTR2).

His dozens of lap records and race results are still online in the different league’s archives, and can be downloaded and watched using the appropriate simulators. Many of Rees’ laps are still celebrated in the sim-racing environment, especially in the Grand Prix series communities.

In an interview on November 27 2006, LFRS disclosed that Fernando Rees would be rejoining the Grand Prix 4 championship in their next season. It ended up being nothing but a rumor. Fernando was never back to LFRS, but was often seen online in GTR2 servers.

In 2008, Rees could often be found racing on GTR2 and GTR: Evolution simulators in various European servers. Fernando actually joined the well-known GTR2 championship of Gamers-Crib in its Season 3 in the first semester of 2008, racing the events of Enna and Interlagos scoring two pole-positions and one win. Fernando also competed in Gamers-Crib's Seasons 4 and 5, scoring a dozen of pole-positions and wins. In Season 5, in his debut in the Premier League, he was incontestably the quickest competitor in Gamers-Crib, with 7 pole-positions in 8 races, but failed to win the championship after a series of in-game mistakes.

Fernando was also a frequent competitor in the Pilsbierbude servers in GTR2, having scored a long list of track records and race wins.