Shortly after the release of Grand Prix Legends the sim racing community looked forward to another title that promised to offer a similar insight into historic racing. Trans-Am Racing ’68-’72 ultimately never released, a victim of a publishers shady dealings, but as a part of my research I uncovered a VHS of a never-released trailer for the game. Watch the trailer and read about what sim racing missed out on.
RSC contains a database of 153 developers, 468 software titles, 374 cars, 42 bikes, 242 tracks and more...Legendary British game developer whose career spanned a 20 year period and included groundbreaking simulations of Formula Three and Formula One, including arguably the first ever racing sim: Revs (1984).
Most famous for his Grand Prix series that were published under the MicroProse label until 2000, his career unceremoniously ended when his studio was shut down by Infogrames and the Xbox version of Grand Prix 4 cancelled just prior to release.
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Sorry for the late posting, haven’t felt well again the past few days. Raceroom put out this update on Tuesday, featuring many AI updates and some graphical updates, as well as a new layout on Lausitzring.
Update details:
Download size = 2.9 GB
Client version = 0.9.0.978
Client BuildID = 5396614
Dedi version = 65.0.1170
Dedi BuildID = 5397334
Changelist:
Dedicated Server – Added Scheduling feature, allowing to set up automated spawns on specified dates and times as well as a repeating pattern.
Player Profile – Added “Ranked Multiplayer” tab with the player’s ranked history and statistics.
Controller – Added two alternative FFB profiles for Fanatec DD1 and DD2
Controller – Reduced default FFB slip effect from 5.0 to 2.0 for Thrustmaster profiles
Fixed – Sepang South layout no longer locks the game up when in single race sessions using a web gameplay overlay.Content updates:
Hockenheim – Updated to 2020 specs. Mostly means walls were moved closer to the track before turn 12 (Mobil 1 Kurve), but many details were updated like curbs, runoffs and environment assets such as the Porsche Experience center.
Lausitzring – Renamed into its new official name “DEKRA Lausitzring”. A new layout is available for free to all Lausitzring owners: the DTM Grand Prix Course. The track has been updated to 2020 specs and that includes a modified pit entry path.
Monza – Updated to 2020 specs with 3D curbs, textures and assets updates.
Nürburgring – Minor updates to update the track to 2020 specs. Some curbs, runoffs refinements.
Zolder – Updated to 2020 specs, which mostly means a new and freshly resurfaced track, curbs and updates to the paddock building.
All tracks – Adjusted initial fuel consumption estimates in order to provide more accurate values in the car setup menu before the player recorded actual consumption telemetry laps.
Bathurst – AI improvements
Bilster Berg – AI improvements
Dubai – AI improvements
Imola – AI improvements
Indianapolis – AI improvements
Macau – AI improvements
Moscow Raceway – AI improvements
Nordschleife layouts – AI improvements
Sachsenring – AI improvements
Sepang – AI improvements
Shanghai – AI improvements
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3 – Fixed an off-center driving camera
Formula RaceRoom X-17 – AI Improvements
RRE/R3E is a free-to-play racing simulator that allows sim racers to race a variation of cars and tracks from all around the world.
