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.
Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
Reiza today released Automobilista 2 update v1.3.1.1 on Steam. This update fixes some issues in the latest update.
Changelog:
GENERAL
Added Real Weather historical data for Cleveland & Watkins Glen
UI & HUD
Fixed instances where custom AI drivers would have the wrong nationailty
Fixed an issue where all AI would have incorrect nationality in session results screen
Fixed leaderboard not being enabled by default in cockpit view
Added tyre wear and temp info to damage widget (this can be disabled by selecting the minimal version
Equalised opacity across all tach/damage modes.
Corrected engine layout UI info for Camaro GT4R & Copa Classic FL FuscaPHYSICS & AI
F-USA: Adjusted tire tread for both compounds; adjusted default gear ratios & added extra final drive options; increased aero drop-off with yaw; switched off downishft autoblip; adjusted pit stop rules & timing
Made AI vehicles uncollidable earlier on pit entryTRACKS
Cleveland: Enabled standing starts & moved rolling start position 300m back
Watkins Glen: Enabled standing starts & moved rolling start position 300m back; Added watchtowers; start gantry, warning light poles, worn maps mapping for tirewalls/tecpro barriers, garages scoretowers, more buildings and gantry structures, tweaked startlight gantry, added startlight; Reworked T1 curbs to minimise issues with AI; Adjusted track limits to not allow running wide into escape roads
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