Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?
As a direct ancestor of iRacing, the ‘Grand Prix Legends engine’ had multiple stock car racing false starts, before eventually releasing as NASCAR Racing 4. The original NASCAR 3, cancelled and replaced by one that used NASCAR 2’s engine, is barely remembered.
The G25 (2006) was a good entry level wheel and quickly became the standard for sim racing. Technically the G27 (2009) is very similar to the G25 with more buttons and refined features. Both wheels feature gear-driven force feedback that is more noisy than belt or directly-driven systems.