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.
RSC Podcast Episode 7 – Management Simulations, F1 Managers, Always Used To Be Better?Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
RSC contains a database of news items. Our #OnThisDay page shows current day and current week of years past...
RSC contains a database of videos back to the 1980s catalogued as intros, laps, trailers, unboxings and more...
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Studio 397 today released an update for their Aston Martin Vantage, BMW M8, Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, Ferrari 488 and Porsche 991 RSR rFactor 2 GTE cars. Changelogs below.
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE v2.47
Fix for wrong default differential preload
New default setup
Qualification fuel map as new default.Aston Martin Vantage GTE v1.57
Added +5kg weight penalty
New default setup
Small adjustment to fuel consumption
Qualification fuel map as new default
Small adjustment to engine torque/power output
Downforce and drag
Corrections to damper travel in both directions (mainly on rebound, but also very minor to bump stops).
Fix for camber adjustment step (now it’s 0.1 deg) Note: this change will require corrections for camber angles in existing setups.BMW M8 GTE v2.07
New default setup
Qualification fuel map as new default
Small adjustment to downforce.Porsche 991 RSR GTE v2.47
New default setup
Small adjustment to fuel consumption
Qualification fuel map as new default
Small adjustment to engine torque/power output and downforce.Ferrari 488 GTE v1.67
New default setup
Fixed fuel tank (was 93L, should be 90L)
Small adjustment to fuel consumption
Qualification fuel map as new default
Small adjustment to engine torque/power output.
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.
