Originally working in military simulator design, this Michigan-based studio developed Zone Raiders for Virgin Interactive before moving to Electronic Arts for publishing their second PC title, Sports Car GT, when Westwood Studios (their SCGT development partner) was acquired by the software giant.
Known primarily for their mod-friendly SCGT and rFactor racing platforms, ISI also developed Formula One and NASCAR titles on PC for Electronic Arts, but perhaps their lasting contribution to the genre was the licensing of the isiMotor engine that allowed studios such as 2Pez, Blimey! Games, KW Studios, Motorsport Games, Reiza Studios, SIMBIN Studios, Slightly Mad Studios, The Sim Factory, Tiburon and rFactor 2‘s ongoing developer Studio 397 to begin with or release on an evolution of their software.
Another fork of the isiMotor engine, rFpro, continues to be developed and is used by a wide array of automotive companies for both road and motorsport simulation.
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Studio 397 published their monthly roadmap today and here are the bullet points:
– New laser scanned Formula E track coming (not named).
– Endurance fixes a part of the next release. They seem confident they are fixed.
– Beta UI nearly (more nearly than last time) at stage to become default.
– Beta UI includes ability to edit materials on cars (like seen in ACC since a few versions back. rF2 screenshot of the UI below).
– Important update to the plugins coming for stock cars. I assume this is for race rules.
– New modding documentation coming for PBR.
– Loch Drummond will be available in dev mode.
– Next build out very soon “this month”… Which probably means next month (September)?
– Updated Bentley Continental GT3 and new Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo cars won’t be out for a few weeks.
– Nordschleife PBR updates releasing soon (screens below).
– Attack mode from Formula E coming to online racing (with mod support for other series if wanted).
– Paul Jeffrey of RaceDepartment now works for Studio 397.
rF2 is a simulation designed to simulate any type of multi-wheeled vehicle of any era, supports modding directly, and features an advanced physics, suspension, and tire model.
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